Courtney Love (
Hole) -
Interview with
Jools Holland (
1995)
Courtney Michelle Love (born
Courtney Michelle Harrison, July 9, 1964) is an
American alternative rock singer, songwriter, musician, actress, and visual artist. Prolific in the punk and grunge scenes of the
1990s as the frontwoman of Hole,
Love became a fixture in alternative music, drawing public attention for her uninhibited stage presence and confrontational lyrics, as well as her highly publicized personal life following her marriage to
Kurt Cobain.
The daughter of psychotherapist
Linda Carroll and publisher
Hank Harrison, Love mainly grew up in
Portland, Oregon, where she was in a series of short-lived bands before landing roles in films by
British cult director
Alex Cox. After forming Hole in
1989, Love received substantial attention from underground rock press for the group's debut
album, produced by
Kim Gordon, while their second release,
Live Through This (
1994), lent her a more high-profile renown, receiving critical accolades and going multi-platinum. In 1995, she returned to acting, earning a
Golden Globe Nomination for her performance in
Miloš Forman's
The People vs. Larry Flynt (
1996). Shortly after, Hole's third release,
Celebrity Skin (
1998), earned Love recognition as a mainstream musician, and was nominated for multiple
Grammy Awards.
Love continued to work as an actress, appearing in big-budget pictures such as
Man on the Moon (
1999) and
Trapped (
2002), and released her first solo album,
America's Sweetheart, in 2004. In
2010, she released
Nobody's Daughter under the Hole moniker with a reformed band. Love debuted a new solo single in early 2014, and also saw a return to acting after being cast in the FX series
Sons of Anarchy, the Fox series
Empire, and the
ABC series
Revenge. On
December 1, 2014, it was announced that Love would be touring with
Lana Del Rey as an opening act for
Del Rey's
Endless Summer Tour in
2015.
In addition to music and film, Love has had ventures in modeling and visual art, and has advocated for victims of sexual abuse and domestic violence,
AIDS research, and
LGBT rights. She has one daughter,
Frances Bean Cobain, from her marriage to Kurt Cobain.
- published: 01 Jun 2015
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