Kristen Pfaff was a bass guitarist. She was best known for her work with Hole. Kristen was born and raised in Buffalo, New York, attending Buffalo Academy of the Sacred Heart. She spent a short time in Europe and briefly attended Boston College before ultimately finishing at the University of Minnesota. While living in Minneapolis, following her graduation, she taught herself to play bass guitar. She, guitarist/vocalist Joachim Breuer, and drummer Matt Entsminger formed the band Janitor Joe. In 1993, Kristen moved to Seattle to work with the other members of Hole on Live Through This, the major-label follow-up to Pretty On The Inside. Her time in Seattle was a creatively rich period, and she formed close friendships with Eric Erlandson, and Kurt Cobain. While working on Live Through This, Kristen and Erlandson dated, and stayed together for most of 1993, remaining close even after splitting up. However, while living in Washington's 'heroin capital', Kristen developed a problem with drug use. By most accounts, her drug use was relatively moderate. She entered rehab for heroin addiction in the winter of 1993, and took a sabbatical from Hole in spring 1994, to tour with Janitor Joe. Soon after her return, her friend Kurt Cobain died in April 1994. In the wake of Cobain's death, Kristen decided to leave Hole and Seattle, and return to Minneapolis to rejoin Janitor Joe permanently. Around 9:30am on June 16, 1994, she was found dead in her apartment by Paul Erickson, a friend with whom she had planned to leave for Minneapolis that day. On the floor there was a bag containing syringes and drug paraphernalia. Her death was attributed to "acute opiate intoxication," and ruled accidental. She was 27 years old. #grave #cemetery #mausoleum #graves #cemeteries #cemeterylovers #cemeterywandering #cemeterybeauty #cemetery_shots #cemetery_nation #cemeteryexplorer #cemeteryexplorers #famous #famouspeople #famousgraves #famousgrave #graveyard #gravephotographer #gravestone #gravestones #taphophile #taphophilia #celebritygraves #kristenpfaff #accidentaldeaths #accidentaldeath #Hole #kurtcobain #Seattle #bass #bassist #bassguitar #bassguitarist #grunge #grungegirl #courtneylove - @famousgraveco