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 Courtney Michelle Love (born Courtney Michelle Harrison; July 9, 1964 in San Francisco, California) is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist and actress best known as the frontwoman of early '90s grunge band Hole and the widow of Kurt Cobain.Love moved around a lot in The '80s and was in various bands. At one point, she joined Faith No More as a temporary vocalist, but was kicked out for (surprise) clashing too much with the other musicians. Along with guitarist Eric Erlandson, she started Hole in 1989, which had an alarming inability to hang onto drummers and bass players. With Hole, she made the following albums: Pretty on the Inside (1991), a harsh Noise Rock album produced by Kim Gordon and Don Fleming. The lineup was Love, Erlandson, Jill Emery on bass and Caroline Rue on drums. Live Through This (1994), a more obviously Grunge album produced by Sean Slade and Paul Kolderie (previously producers for Radiohead's Pablo Honey). It became their most successful album, but Cobain's contributions were uncredited, which brought about rumors that he had ghostwritten it. (Cobain contributed nearly-inaudible backing vocals to "Asking for It" and "Softer, Softest".) For this album, Emery and Rue were replaced by Kristen Pfaff (who died of an accidental overdose two months after the album's release) and Patty Schemel. My Body, The Hand Grenade (1997), a compilation of early (and recent) material released while the band's attempt to record a third album collapsed. Included a Nirvana song called "Old Age" which was rewritten and credited entirely to Love without any mention of its origin. Celebrity Skin (1998), a more-accessible Power Pop album. Produced by Michael Beinhorn and with some contributions by Billy Corgan and Jordon Zadorozny of Blinker the Star. To prevent a repeat of what happened with Live Through This, the album contained extensive liner notes and writer's credits just so people would know exactly who did what. Melissa Auf Der Maur played bass on the album (and quit in 1999 to join the Smashing Pumpkins after D'arcy Wretzky left the band), while Schemel controversially left during the sessions for unclear reasons and was replaced by a session drummer in the studio and Samantha Maloney for the tour.Love disbanded Hole circa 2002 after a period of inactivity, and became more known for erratic behavior and insulting other alt-rock musicians than for her music. In one notorious example, she provoked a legal pissing match with Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic, delaying the release of Nirvana's With the Lights Out box set for three years, which did not endear her to the band's fans.In 2004, Love recorded a solo album, America's Sweetheart (2004). This was not as well-received as her Hole material, with the songwriting being criticized as weak and the production as overly commercial; even she admitted that she was mostly out of it during recording. This album featured Emilie Autumn, and launched her non-classical career. In 2009, Love revived Hole with an entirely new lineup, annoying Erlandson and Auf Der Maur, since they only learned about it from Love's announcement. (The latter was baffled by the announcement saying she would be the bassist.) This lineup (Love, Micko Larkin, Shawn Dailey and Stu Fisher) put out a new album, Nobody's Daughter (2010), which received very, very mixed reviews. Fisher left a year after the release, being replaced with Scott Lipps. Hole disbanded a second time in 2012, and Love has since remained a solo act to this day, touring with people like Lana Del Rey.After some bit parts in the late 1980s, she had a relatively successful period of acting in the mid-1990s to early 2000s, most notably in The People vs. Larry Flynt, where she won quite a few awards and even managed to impress Roger Ebert. Yes, she's perpetually name-droppy, but in reality, she's always seemed to be privy to a lot of insider information. When asked by Natasha Leggero in 2005 if she had advice for young girls moving to Hollywood, she responded, "If Harvey Weinstein invites you to a party at the Four Seasons, don't go." While the truth about Weinstein would eventually come out over a decade later, everyone laughed this off at the time — "no big deal, Courtney’s crazy!" — and she was reportedly blacklisted by her talent agency. There also exists an interview with Howard Stern where she hinted — but fell far short of revealing too much — about David Bowie's illness, which ultimately led to his death, before it was publicly known.More strange stuff about Love: She auditioned for The Mickey Mouse Club at age 12...using a poem by Sylvia Plath. She was in the music video for "I Wanna Be Sedated" by The Ramones. She is not just connected to Kurt Cobain, but four other members of the "27 Club": The Grateful Dead's Pigpen McKernan, Echo & the Bunnymen's Pete de Freitas, The Gits' Mia Zapata, and Kristen Pfaff. Hole's "Violet" was written about Billy Corgan. Two control freaks in a relationship, shocker that it never worked out. Love says it's "a song about a jerk, I hexed him and now he's losing his hair." She created a Self Insert Manga called Princess Ai under Tokyopop in 2004. Drew Barrymore is the godmother of her and Cobain's daughter, Frances Bean Cobain. She's almost been called into active duty more than any 10 Army reservists combined.Discography: Albums with Hole: Pretty on the Inside (1991) Live Through This (1994) Celebrity Skin (1998) Nobody's Daughter (2010) Compilations with Hole: My Body, The Hand Grenade (1997) Icon (2011) As a solo artist: America's Sweetheart (2004)
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