Courtney Love issues message to Dave Grohl following years long feud
Courtney Love has called for Dave Grohl to speak to his fans following a long feud which began after the 1994 death of Kurt Cobain.
The widow of the Nirvana frontman and Grohl, who had joined the group as drummer in 1990, had disagreements over the control of Nirvana’s music.
In the early 2000s, the singer filed lawsuits against Grohl and Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic over the rights to unreleased Nirvana recordings and the band’s catalogue. They reached a settlement in 2002 and shared control of Nirvana’s music.
After a long public feud, the relationship between the pair eventually softened when Nirvana was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2014.
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The Foo Fighters frontman told Rolling Stone that he 'just tapped her on the shoulder'.
“We gave each other a big hug… We’re family, no matter what,” he said.
Love, 61, has now urged Grohl, 57, to inform his fans of the reconciliation.
"Grohl, come out with it and just say we’re cool. Like, come out with it," she said on The Magnificent Others podcast with Billy Corgan.
"Be man enough to man up, because you’re the übermensch who has all the straight males, and we’re cool.
"But you won’t say it because you’re afraid you’ll lose your audience? You’re afraid it’ll affect your relationship with literal Paul McCartney?"
Love then asked Grohl if the 'straight white males' section of his fan base to 'stop picking on me'.
"The millennials, in particular. Gen Z is not picking on me anymore," she said.
"But your heart drops whenever somebody that you're cool with, or maybe just remotely cool with — this is you in the press. Like, Oh my god, this is still happening?"
Corgan responded: "Well I can confirm that I’ve spent time with you and Dave together, and Dave doesn’t have any issue with you. So."
"How many songs has he written? I can't write a song about — I'm just gonna be b**chy for a second," she replied.
"You can cut it or not. I couldn't write a song about Dave Grohl to save my life. If I had to, I'd do the ASMR thing of upload the colour, I don't know, brown, whatever.
"And he's written like four songs about me! And they're hits! I'm like, wait, what? What about me? I don't get it, particularly at that time, when he wrote those songs."
LADbible Group has reached out to Dave Grohl's representatives for comment.
Anish Vij