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Filled with lyrics about body parts and rage,
the similarities to Cobain's writing style is more than suspicious.
Even more suspicious is the departure of all but one of the
members of Hole before the recording of this album. I guess
they would realize that Love never could have written these
great tunes by herself. The less people in on the secret, the
less people there would be to squeal, eh? Regardless of the
authenticity of Love's authorship of these tunes, they are great.
She adds her growl to each track, and essentially does her best
mimicry of her husband. The release of this album also happened
to be four days after Cobain's suicide. What a fortunate marketing
decision! While working at Sunset
Gower Studios on a TV show in 1995, I talked to a very stoned
Love, who had staggered onto the lot looking for her recording
studio, and ever since then I've doubted that anybody that f'd
up couldn't have produced something this stellar. At least she
bothered to write a song about one of my old bosses at Interscope
("Jennifer's Body") who apparently pissed her off
back in her days at Sub Pop. |
Musical Connections:
Courtney Love
The Smashing Pumpkins
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