[1] Courtney Love (born Courtney Michelle Harrison on July 9, 1964) is the … Read Full Bio ↴[1] Courtney Love (born Courtney Michelle Harrison on July 9, 1964) is the lead singer, lyricist, and rhythm guitarist for the alternative rock band Hole. Love is also a solo artist, an occasional model and actress. Love was born in San Francisco, California to psychotherapist Linda Carroll and Hank Harrison, a short-lived manager for The Grateful Dead.
Love began her professional music career with a brief stint as the lead singer of Faith No More in the 1982. Shortly, she was kicked out of the band, due to the band wanting a male singer. Three years later, she formed an all-female pop-rock band called Sugar Babydoll with Kat Bjelland and Jennifer Finch, and later - also with Bjelland - the Pagan Babies. Love had greater early success as an actress, appearing as the best friend of Nancy Spungen in Alex Cox’s Sid Vicious biopic Sid and Nancy in 1986, and in Cox’s Straight to Hell in 1987, as well as small roles on television episodes.
Returning to music in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Love claims she co-founded the all-female rock band Babes in Toyland with Kat Bjelland in 1987, but others deny it;. Acrimony between Love and Bjelland led to Love’s quick exit from the band. The band’s biographer claims she stole house receipts to a Butthole Surfers concert. In 1989, Love formed her own band, Hole, with guitarist Eric Erlandson. The band’s 1991 debut album garnered little critical or popular attention in the United States but was celebrated in the influential British alternative-music press. Already a star in England, Hole’s fortunes improved considerably wtih Love’s marriage to Kurt Cobain and the publicity about Cobain’s death.
Unpopular with some Nirvana fans (comparisons to Yoko Ono were made early on and persist to this day), Love’s image was further tarnished by a 1992 article in Vanity Fair entitled “Strange Love,” in which she admitted to using heroin in the early stages of pregnancy. As a result, Child Welfare Services briefly investigated the Cobains’ fitness as parents. Love claims to this day that she was misquoted, saying she had told author Lynn Hirschberg that she had stopped using it once she learned she was pregnant.
Like Axl Rose, Love was ridiculed in the press for her abrasive, sometimes erratic behavior, such as cursing at paparazzi and publicly harassing Cobain’s former girlfriend, folksinger Mary Lou Lord.
Shortly before the release of Hole’s breakthrough album Live Through This in April 1994, Cobain committed suicide. Love read his suicide note at a televised memorial a few days later, sobbing hysterically and alternately cursing her husband as a “fucking asshole” and pleading with him to come back. Hole's bassist Kristen Pfaff died of drug overdose two months later. She was replaced by Melissa Auf der Maur later that year.
Love was a fashion trend-setter. In her early career, she modelled a “kinderwhore” look, which she was accused of having ripped off from Bjelland, although other sources suggest that the ripoff was in fact in the opposite direction. Love stated that the look was inspired by Christina Amphlett of 1980s rock group The Divinyls, most famously in a lengthy phone message recorded and subsequently released by The Muffs, who had ironically titled their album Blonder and Blonder after a sarcastic quote by Love regarding lead singer Kim Shattuck. Love’s style has since evolved, and she has modeled for more sophisticated designer labels.
Love received considerable acclaim for her role as Larry Flynt’s wife, Althea, in Milos Forman’s 1996 film The People vs. Larry Flynt, opposite Woody Harrelson as Flynt. She was also praised for her supporting role in the 1998 Andy Kaufman biopic Man on the Moon, which starred Jim Carrey as Kaufman. Other notable film credits include Basquiat, 200 Cigarettes, and Feeling Minnesota.
Love released solo album ‘America’s Sweetheart’ in 2004, which contained a lot of collaborative work with Brody Dalle of The Distillers. In 2010, she resurrected the Hole name with a new lineup and released ‘Nobody’s Daughter’; this album contains some tracks from the never released album ‘How Dirty Girls Get Clean’.
In late 2012, Love announced per a Twitter account that "Hole is dead", and confirmed she would return to performing as a solo artist under her own name. She also referred to an upcoming single she recorded, produced by James Iha. On December 29, 2012, Love performed an acoustic show in New York, and performed at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2013. Love has booked a tour of the east coast beginning in June 2013.
[2] Courtney Love is also the name of a band with Lois Maffeo and Pat Maley (Yoyo Recordings Founder). There are multiple explanations for the name, but this was before Love herself became famous. The duo would release three well-regarded 7” singles on K Records and a few compilation tracks, but no albums. They disbanded on 1991.
singles and EPs:
* Uncrushworthy 7” EP, 1990, K Records
* Highlights 7” EP, 1991, K Records
* Hey! Antoinette 7” EP, 1991, Feel Good All Over
compilations:
* “Don’t Mix The Colors”, Kill Rock Stars, 1991, Kill Rock Stars
* “Spray”, Throw: The Yoyo Studio Compilation, 1992, Yoyo Recordings
* “Baseball Bat”, One Last Kiss, 1992, Spinart
* “Motorcycle Boy”, International Pop Underground Convention, 1995, K Records
Love began her professional music career with a brief stint as the lead singer of Faith No More in the 1982. Shortly, she was kicked out of the band, due to the band wanting a male singer. Three years later, she formed an all-female pop-rock band called Sugar Babydoll with Kat Bjelland and Jennifer Finch, and later - also with Bjelland - the Pagan Babies. Love had greater early success as an actress, appearing as the best friend of Nancy Spungen in Alex Cox’s Sid Vicious biopic Sid and Nancy in 1986, and in Cox’s Straight to Hell in 1987, as well as small roles on television episodes.
Returning to music in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Love claims she co-founded the all-female rock band Babes in Toyland with Kat Bjelland in 1987, but others deny it;. Acrimony between Love and Bjelland led to Love’s quick exit from the band. The band’s biographer claims she stole house receipts to a Butthole Surfers concert. In 1989, Love formed her own band, Hole, with guitarist Eric Erlandson. The band’s 1991 debut album garnered little critical or popular attention in the United States but was celebrated in the influential British alternative-music press. Already a star in England, Hole’s fortunes improved considerably wtih Love’s marriage to Kurt Cobain and the publicity about Cobain’s death.
Unpopular with some Nirvana fans (comparisons to Yoko Ono were made early on and persist to this day), Love’s image was further tarnished by a 1992 article in Vanity Fair entitled “Strange Love,” in which she admitted to using heroin in the early stages of pregnancy. As a result, Child Welfare Services briefly investigated the Cobains’ fitness as parents. Love claims to this day that she was misquoted, saying she had told author Lynn Hirschberg that she had stopped using it once she learned she was pregnant.
Like Axl Rose, Love was ridiculed in the press for her abrasive, sometimes erratic behavior, such as cursing at paparazzi and publicly harassing Cobain’s former girlfriend, folksinger Mary Lou Lord.
Shortly before the release of Hole’s breakthrough album Live Through This in April 1994, Cobain committed suicide. Love read his suicide note at a televised memorial a few days later, sobbing hysterically and alternately cursing her husband as a “fucking asshole” and pleading with him to come back. Hole's bassist Kristen Pfaff died of drug overdose two months later. She was replaced by Melissa Auf der Maur later that year.
Love was a fashion trend-setter. In her early career, she modelled a “kinderwhore” look, which she was accused of having ripped off from Bjelland, although other sources suggest that the ripoff was in fact in the opposite direction. Love stated that the look was inspired by Christina Amphlett of 1980s rock group The Divinyls, most famously in a lengthy phone message recorded and subsequently released by The Muffs, who had ironically titled their album Blonder and Blonder after a sarcastic quote by Love regarding lead singer Kim Shattuck. Love’s style has since evolved, and she has modeled for more sophisticated designer labels.
Love received considerable acclaim for her role as Larry Flynt’s wife, Althea, in Milos Forman’s 1996 film The People vs. Larry Flynt, opposite Woody Harrelson as Flynt. She was also praised for her supporting role in the 1998 Andy Kaufman biopic Man on the Moon, which starred Jim Carrey as Kaufman. Other notable film credits include Basquiat, 200 Cigarettes, and Feeling Minnesota.
Love released solo album ‘America’s Sweetheart’ in 2004, which contained a lot of collaborative work with Brody Dalle of The Distillers. In 2010, she resurrected the Hole name with a new lineup and released ‘Nobody’s Daughter’; this album contains some tracks from the never released album ‘How Dirty Girls Get Clean’.
In late 2012, Love announced per a Twitter account that "Hole is dead", and confirmed she would return to performing as a solo artist under her own name. She also referred to an upcoming single she recorded, produced by James Iha. On December 29, 2012, Love performed an acoustic show in New York, and performed at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2013. Love has booked a tour of the east coast beginning in June 2013.
[2] Courtney Love is also the name of a band with Lois Maffeo and Pat Maley (Yoyo Recordings Founder). There are multiple explanations for the name, but this was before Love herself became famous. The duo would release three well-regarded 7” singles on K Records and a few compilation tracks, but no albums. They disbanded on 1991.
singles and EPs:
* Uncrushworthy 7” EP, 1990, K Records
* Highlights 7” EP, 1991, K Records
* Hey! Antoinette 7” EP, 1991, Feel Good All Over
compilations:
* “Don’t Mix The Colors”, Kill Rock Stars, 1991, Kill Rock Stars
* “Spray”, Throw: The Yoyo Studio Compilation, 1992, Yoyo Recordings
* “Baseball Bat”, One Last Kiss, 1992, Spinart
* “Motorcycle Boy”, International Pop Underground Convention, 1995, K Records
For Once In Your Life
Courtney Love Lyrics
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Hole You just don't love me And I just don't care Oh, I…
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Lucy Kaplansky Remember when they took him in the middle of the…
Pretty Maids Hanging by the phone waiting impatiently I'm in a minor key…
Ras Shiloh For Once In Your Life (demo) Courtney Love Esconder origin…
Steve Lawrence For once in my life I have someone who needs…
Stevie Wonder For once in my life I have someone who needs…
The Jealous Sound The decks just build and break Everybody takes Here I stand …
The Nat King Cole Trio Before this dance is through I think I'll love you too I'm…
We have lyrics for these tracks by Courtney Love:
03-hold on to me Hey this life is never fair The angels that you need…
All Do Anything Give me your tired Give me you poor Yearning to be free Yeah…
All The Drugs The devil's driving my car tonight And he's drunk He's pisse…
Almost Golden Honey do the things I'll never do to you Oh no…
Asking For It Every time that I sell myself to you I feel a…
Awful Swing low sweet cherry Make it awful It's your life, it's yo…
But Julian I'm A Little Bit Older Than You Hey! Busty co-eds live live live You'll crash the car, man,…
Car Crash There's a ghost on the highway, And I want to run…
Celebrity Skin Oh, make me over I'm all I wanna be c walking fire You…
Dirty Girls Now i’ve lost my mind, yeah and i’ve lost control And…
Doll Parts I am Doll eyes Doll mouth Doll legs I am Doll arms Big…
Dying You′ve seen the crippled dance Be your money baby, now's you…
Fly Look at me, I'm alive, I wanna jump but I don't…
Heaven Tonight I feel the horses Coming galloping I will never grow old I'l…
Hello Shut up I'm about to take all your innocence for…
Hold On To Me Hey this life is never fair The angels that you need…
I Give me your tired Give me you poor Yearning to be free Yeah…
I'd Do Anything Give me your tired Give me you poor Yearning to be free Y…
I'll Do Anything Give me your tired Give me you poor Yearning to be free Yeah…
I’ll Do Anything Give me your tired Give me you poor Yearning to be free Y…
Letter To God Oh dear god I’m writing this letter to you Cause I…
Life Despite God You shouldn't have loved me baby When I was nothin',…
Love Despite God You shouldn't have loved me baby When I was nothin',…
Malibu Crash and burn All the stars explode tonight How'd you get…
Miss World I am the girl you know Can't look you in the…
Mono Hey Yeah We had everything vinyl and mono And we looked the …
Mother I'm tired of being brave Acting as if I'm sane I play…
Never Go Hungry Again its along way back from where ive fallen in its a very…
Never going to be the Same Cut me up today I should've stood in your way You lied And…
Nobody's Daughter Made something better He kept it for himself I'm not that …
Pacific Coast Highway I knew a boy, he came from the sea He was…
Reasons To Be Beautiful Love hangs herself With the bedsheets in her cell Threw myse…
She Walks on Me Geeks do not have pedigrees Or pefect punk rock resumes Or a…
Softer Softest I tell you everything And I hope that you won't tell…
Sunset Marquis follow me back to the sunset marquis lock ourselves into th…
Sunset Strip Sitting here on top of the hill I've got everything I ever…
Uncool Pretty faces grab the headlines You leave me nothing but my…
Violet And the sky was made of amethyst And all the stars…
Walk Out On Me Don't look at me that way Like you know how it's…
Wedding Day I left this back, black and bloody All these snakes they…
You Know My Name Hey! You know my name I'll bring the truth I'll never cha…
Zeplin Song Will you accept a collect call From Robert Plant? We picked …
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jj williamsoconnor
Is she HIGH?FUCK YEAH!...Is she A REAL PERSON WITH IMPERFECTIONS AND OPENLY MENTALLY ILL?HELL YEAH!...IS SHE EVERYTHING A ''REAL AND GENUINE ARTIST/GENIUS'' SHOULD BE?...FUCKIN HELL YEAH!....I LOVE YOU COURTNEY!...Your voice grates sometimes you get it so so so FUCKIN WRONG!...BUT when YOU GET IT RIGHT?!!!!!...........WOOOH...YOU BLOW US AWAY!...The sweet always tastes sweeter with the bitter!
Thomas Hanusik
Stop judging
BTSbwl
<3 exactly this is fucking life.
masyryslove
so genuine it hurts.
DerAlmighty
I love it how she pets her guitarist before starting. Courtney Love is the trashiest class act who ever lived and she's awesome.
jj williamsoconnor
@DerAlmighty AMEN!
Luis Romeo Rodriguez
The demos are masterpieces compared to the final product. This song is just iconic <3
The Rachel
She's an amazing song writer! Congratulations Court ;)
Sharon eagles
I love this version of the song hate that the one on the album is different
Vince F
“All that I am is out and lay bare...” haunting lyrics. I prefer the demo version to the album version. This is a great performance from Courtney