Now Courtney Love may not be on top of her game these days but she is no doubt one of the most influential women in Rock of all time.She is best known for her role as lead singer in the hugely successful grunge band Hole, but perhaps she is known even better as Wife to the late grunge god and front man of Nirvana Kurt Cobain.
Courtney was born July 1964 in San Francisco, California. After a turbulant and troubled childhood Love gain legal emancipation from her family at the age of sixteen. She left Orgeon and travelled around the U.S, England and Ireland. It was at this time in her life that Courtney developed her love for punk and rock music.
Courtney was born as Courtney Michelle Harrison, she changed her name to Love when she worked as am erotic dancer in Portland after travelling. She chose Love as a tribute to "Peace and Love".
Courtney got involved in many bands and finaly moved to L.A where she formed Hole in 1989.
She taught herself to play guitar and took her influence for Hole from the likes of Big Black, Sonic Youth and Fleetwood Mac. Hole were a hugely famous and influential band earning Courtney her status as a true Rock Chick.
However her turbulent marriage to the late Kurt Cobain also boosted her fame and caused alot of controversy. They met on January 12th 1990 and were married in Hawai in 1992. People warned Courtney that marrying Cobain would ruin her life but she said " Whatever i love him and want to be with him". Two years after their marriage on April 8th 1994 Kurt was found dead at their Seattle, Washington home, he'd committed suicide with a shotgun.
Courtney Love is Infamous for her drunk and wild behaviour, something that perhaps only greatens her rock star image. In my opinion she is one of the most famous rock chicks of all time.
Check out Courtney's Facebook page bellow and also see her do her thing with Hole in the video bellow.
Courtney Love's facebook Page
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