It started out all peppy and poppy, but then Jeff Buckley died, and it became a homage to Evan [Dando] and Jeff and Brian Wilson. It’s all about self-destructive pop boys.
Nowadays it’s hard to imagine, but there was a time when stage-diving and crowd-surfing never existed at rock shows or at any shows, for that matter. Iggy Pop was the first person to go out and walk on the hands of his audience, that stands out to me as an iconic event. However, in all the crowd-surfing moments I’ve witnessed, watching Courtney Love walk into her audience was one of the most outrageous I’d ever seen. I can remember it clearly: I was watching with friends at Manhattan’s Bowery Ballroom balcony in 2004 as she was elevated above the crowd, being passed from hand to hand. I remember thinking how funny and weird it looked, like a giant snake pit. It was such a crazy angle to view it all from, and there I was, looking down as it unfolded. From where I stood, it almost looked as i the crowd wasn’t made up of individual people, but that it was really just a gigantic organism, all moving in sync with Courtney Love at the helm.
With all of the concerts I have been a part of and have seen over the years, this was truly a memorable musical moment. Every person in the audience fed off her energy from that performance. And when she crossed that invisible boundary between the stage and the crowd, everyone jumped at the chance to literally carry her performance on. Taking it all in, I couldn’t help but think about Iggy and his legendary stage dives. It was wild to watch how Courtney took such control of that audience, continually leaping into the crowd. It was such an incredible performance to witness, and it was definitely one of the most exciting rock ‘n’ roll moments of the last decade.
- Deborah Harry.
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Courtney Love on Babes in Toyland tour bus at Lollapalooza, 1993.
Melissa and Courtney at a Hole press conference, 1998
Wait wait wait
Ed Norton dated Courtney Love?
AAAAaah.
Yes. They met on the set of PVLF and dated from 1996-1998 :)
“He’s been more of a daddy to Frances than Kurt ever was” Courtney on Edward Norton, 2006.
He also played guitar on a few songs at some Hole gigs in 1998.
Northern Star is about Edward saving Courtney from Kurt’s ghost. Bet you didn’t know that!
“I think I would’ve been happier if I’d married Edward. I’ll regret that to my dying day.”
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Her wedding dress she was going to wear before she and Edward Norton broke off their engagement.
Hmmmm…
In the back of the gallery, a lace John Galliano wedding dress (which is the only thing not for sale) hangs on the wall. It’s emblazoned with the words “NOT MY CUNT ON MY DIME MISTER”; Love originally wrote the words in red lipstick, then had them embroidered over with red stitching. A lace veil is in a nearby case with the words “fuck yes” over and over again beside a broken glass slipper, which we later learn was made especially for her by Disney for $5,000. It’s like Cinderella gone sour.
A PR rep informed us that David LaChapelle and Fred Torres encouraged her to show her work and supplied her with materials. The work was all made in the last year. The rep also clued us in about the dress, saying that it was meant for a wedding between Love and Edward Norton.
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1995?
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<3
Courtney & Winona in 2001.
The actresses started drinking early, on their way to a party at the Hugo Boss store on Fifth Ave… Stepping out of their limo, Love dropped a glass of champagne.
“You’re no one in the rock industry unless you’ve feuded with me or slept with Winona Ryder.” ~ Courtney Love
Clove & Noni <3
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1995.
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‘97
This bitch.
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