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Courtney Love Gave Up Rights to Kurt's Image for Cash

Rob Quinn — Fri, 04 May 2012 01:41:00 CDT

She lost custody of her daughter, Frances Bean in 2009, and in 2010 Courtney Love gave up custody of the name and likeness of Frances' father Kurt Cobain, according to court documents obtained by The Fix . The documents show that Love surrendered publicity rights for the Nirvana frontman in return...

Cobain Working on Solo Album When He Died

Evann Gastaldo — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 08:51:55 CDT

Former Hole guitarist Eric Erlandson dropped a bombshell in an interview with Fuse.tv last week that's getting some attention now : When Kurt Cobain died, the Nirvana frontman was working on a solo album. "[Kurt] was headed in a direction that was really cool. It would have been his White...

Courtney: Dave Grohl 'Sexually Obsessed' With Kurt

Evann Gastaldo — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 13:57:18 CDT

Courtney Love and Twitter always mix like alcohol and heavy machinery, and this time around the singer is accusing former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl of attempting to seduce her daughter, 19-year-old Frances Bean Cobain, and of being "sexually obsessed w kurt." Gawker has the tweets, which were sent out last...

How Adele Is Like a Modern Kurt Cobain

Evann Gastaldo — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:54:05 CST

There's no question that Adele is the reigning queen of pop music, and she's frequently hailed for her "authenticity"—much as Kurt Cobain was two decades ago. But that "early ‘90s fetishization of authenticity" led to a bunch of "dour, humorless copycats" who only brought us "wave after wave of...

Courtney Love Explains Weird Cobain Rant

Evann Gastaldo — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 11:16:05 CST

Courtney Love had quite the night on Sunday, first ranting against a fan who held up a picture of Kurt Cobain before storming off stage, only to return and flash the audience. Afterward, she explained the diatribe (which you can watch in full in the gallery—it’s definitely NSFW), the...

Courtney Love: First Night With Kurt Was at a Days Inn

Evann Gastaldo — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 09:59:30 CDT

Courtney Love slept with Kurt Cobain for the first time at a Days Inn in Chicago, she recalls in an excerpt from an upcoming book in New York . During their first "post-coital moment," the video for "Smells Like Teen Spirit" came on, she says, and "I pulled away from him,...

6 Craziest Quotes From Courtney's Vanity Fair Interview

Evann Gastaldo — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 10:55:22 CDT

Courtney Love is getting a lot of press for a recent Vanity Fair interview in which she says that if Kurt Cobain came back to life, she'd kill him again for committing suicide. But that's far from the only interesting thing she says. Highlights: The full Cobain quote : "Mad? Ya...

Nevermind Turns 20, Will Hit Shelves Anew

Sarah Whitmire — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 10:50:40 CDT

Nirvana's Nevermind turns 20 this September (yep, it has been 20 years and yes, you are old). So Universal thought it only right to celebrate the multi-platinum album by issuing a remastered version of it—as part of a massive set that includes four CDs and one DVD. The set,...

Courtney Wanted to Snort Kurt's Ashes: Book

Evann Gastaldo — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 10:49:57 CDT

It’s been a while since Courtney Love’s last crazy headline , but fortunately, author Neil Strauss is here to give you a fix. In his new book, Everyone Loves You When You’re Dead , he reveals that after Kurt Cobain’s death, Love considered snorting her late husband’s ashes. “She was serious when...