The magic and chaos of the 90s captured in photos

I wanna play you guys some music that Melissa made in the '90s but not with her famous bands.

[gentle music] And the next day my feet hurt.

My feet hurt

hurtSo that song, that song is called And the Next Day.

It's recorded by Li- by, by Melissa Auf der Maur in her apartment sometime in the '90s.

It's a part of a collection of old demos that just came out.

It's called Bass Womb Room.

Then you got the new book, Even the Good Girls Will Cry.

That's her '90s sort of rock memoir.

I'm gonna go to you on this because obviously this is a reflective time-

Mm-hmm

... on Melissa.

We're thinking a lot about what Melissa means and also like the role that she's had.

You've had a chance to speak with her-

Mm-hmm

... earlier this year.

What, what are her reasons for spending this time diving into this time period right now?

I think that whenever we hear a rock star's story, we put that rock star narrative and identity first.

But as-

Yeah

... we were just talking about, Melissa's actually a photographer and an artist first, and I would argue historian, a historian first and an archivist first.

Mm.

This is someone who from when they were a teenager was journaling everything, keeping every ticket stub, e- love letters sent between her and Dave Grohl.

[laughs]

Like, pages and pages.