The daughter of 'Grateful Dead' devotee Hank Harrison and psychologist Linda Caroll, Courtney Love spent her early years in hippy communes and at schools in Europe and New Zealand. As a musician, she played in early incarnations of Babes In Toyland and Faith No More, as well as acting in bit parts for some Alex Cox films. She started her own band, 'Hole', and in 1992, married Nirvana singer Kurt Cobain. After Cobain's suicide in 1994, and the release of Hole's second album "Live Through This", Love continued to thrill and enrage her fans and detractors with her on-stage and off-stage antics.
Nightlife columnist Belissa Cohen sued Love for "assault, battery, negligence, and intentional infliction of emotional distress" resulting from an incident involving Cohen's attempt to photograph Love at an LA fashion show. [28 May 1998]
"I'm not a woman, I'm a force of nature."
"I'm not going to hurt anybody other than that dick who keeps writing songs about me."
--about Dave Grohl in a Howard Stern interview"Cocaine is like really evil coffee."
(What she told her daughter about drugs.)
Birth name: Courtney Michelle Harrison
Gender: Female
Spouse: Kurt Cobain (24 February 1992 - 5 April 1994) (his death) 1 child James Moreland (1989 - 1989) (divorced)
Profession: Singer
Nickname: CLover
Height: 5' 10" (1.78 m)