Love to Hate Courtney Love: A History of Her Famous Feuds

A Long Time Ago They Used to Be Friends

Considering the events of the last twenty-five years or so, it’s almost unbelievable that Courtney Love and Dave Grohl used to be friends a long time ago. Back in 1992, when Kurt and Courtney got married in Hawaii, their families may not have been there, but Dave Grohl was. There is even a photograph of the three of them holding hands after the ceremony.

A portrait of Dave Grohl, RuPaul, Kurt Cobain, Krist Novoselic, and Courtney with baby Frances Bean.

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In the early 1990s, Dave became the drummer for Nirvana, and Courtney started seeing the band’s leading man, Kurt Cobain. Love reminisced about their long-lost friendship in 2018, saying, “I liked Dave very much. He was a boundless bundle of energy, not only a great talent but great fun.” What went wrong between them?