By the time Hole‘s third album Celebrity Skin had been released in the fall of 1998, the world had already met two different Courtney Loves. The first was a vitriolic weapon of self-destruction: a brash bottle blonde with smeared red lipstick, ripped tights and coquettish babydoll dresses, who growled and sneered with the best of them. The word “troubled” became synonymous with her name and bled into her music: the Pacific Northwest-bred alt-rock band married riot grrrl ethos with the heaviness of the grunge scene her husband Kurt Cobain became the wearied face of.
- 9/8/2018
- by Brittany Spanos
- Rollingstone.com
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Despite turning 50 this year, Courtney Love seems to have no plans for slowing down. Alongside tearing up the UK with a series of electrifying gigs earlier in 2014, her first shows this side of the Atlantic in four years, she is also returning to acting; back in July, it was announced that she would be joining the cast of Sons of Anarchy in a recurring role for the show’s final season. In addition, the release of her new single ‘You Know My Name’ earlier this year, alongside performances of new songs on recent tours hint that a new solo album may not be too far off the radar either. Rejoice!
As one of the most outrageous personalities in entertainment, Courtney has achieved iconic status with her onstage theatrics, notorious antics and distinctive musical style. As frontperson of grunge band Hole and as a solo artist, she has experimented with a range of styles,...
Despite turning 50 this year, Courtney Love seems to have no plans for slowing down. Alongside tearing up the UK with a series of electrifying gigs earlier in 2014, her first shows this side of the Atlantic in four years, she is also returning to acting; back in July, it was announced that she would be joining the cast of Sons of Anarchy in a recurring role for the show’s final season. In addition, the release of her new single ‘You Know My Name’ earlier this year, alongside performances of new songs on recent tours hint that a new solo album may not be too far off the radar either. Rejoice!
As one of the most outrageous personalities in entertainment, Courtney has achieved iconic status with her onstage theatrics, notorious antics and distinctive musical style. As frontperson of grunge band Hole and as a solo artist, she has experimented with a range of styles,...
- 9/2/2014
- by Stephanie Farrell
- Obsessed with Film
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