Don’t know what years and context she was wearing this.
The irony was most likely intentional on Courtney's part. It's the same reason why Kurt Cobain went around checking himself into hotels under the name "Bill Bailey" (aka Axl's childhood name). It's meant to be mocking.
how come people like him or defend him in this feud? i know Cobain was going for this “cool kid” behaviour all the time but after reading his biography and Guns biography, I couldnt help but notice Kurt was a massive spoiled kid jerk lol, and all of that because Axl wanted to play concerts with him and wasn’t underground enough anymore 💀
Exactly. Outside of the Gn'R feud, I've been watching more old interviews with him and the rest of Nirvana and he really did act like all the kids in high school that I thought were cool and wanted to hang out with but would never give me the time of day. Much as I love Nirvana's music that's off-putting to me now as an adult. But I think so many people at least back then, were on team Kurt in the feud because Nirvana was the new shiny thing that MTV was holding up as the Holy Grail, and Gn'R were then looked at as washed up sleazeballs because the media blew Axl's behavior out of proportion. Kurt knew that too and used it to his advantage.
Yeah, the checking in under Axl’s name he was abused under was really shitty of Kurt to do. And as open as Axl was about hating his name and his abuse, there is no way he didn’t know
It comes to me Kurt would pick Axl as an embodiment of everything which he would consider wrong, and never did the job to find out if he’s right - and was probably worried how much he’s probably wrong; he comes to me as someone who needed to feel miserable (there’s this weird concept that feeling miserable makes you art better and artist as a more relevant or what not) and fighting for his own relevancy putting someone else down. Basically the guy hated himself but also wanted to be celebrated and very, very shallow and hypocritical. Yes, some parts may be results of childhood neglect and probably some kind of neurodivergence making navigating social situations difficult for him, but that’s no excuse to behave like an a-hole and consciously put people down IMHO. I’m still trying to guess how much Courtney was an a-hole herself and how much he was just agreeable and subdued to Kurt’s ideas and opinions.
Well said!
Tbf to Kurt, I don't think he knew the reasons behind Axl choosing to change his name. By the time Axl revealed that his stepfather had been physically abusing him, the feud was already in full swing. And by the time it was revealed Axl's stepfather had also raped him (and that fact is still not well known), Kurt was already dead.
Kurt just never got the chance to know Axl personally. If he had, I think he would have seen that they weren't the natural archenemies that Kurt thought they were. Just like with Axl and Dave Grohl.
I mean Axl reached out to him multiple times saying he is Nirvana fan despite being famous af himself and he wore their merch, he was opening all the door to talk to Kurt, yet I feel like people pitty Cobain and Love forgetting that they were pair of heroin junkies who on top of that made a kid in all that mess
You got your facts wrong, Axl disclosed the things that happened with his abuse in the 91/92 Rolling Stone interview, Cobain died in 94.
I imagine he would've mellowed out had he lived longer and it's hard to be mad at a dead man, but Kurt had a real mean streak to him, honestly. Most of the GNR-Nirvana feud was the later camp going out of their way to piss off Axl whenever possible, he threw a tantrum demanding Krist and Dave forfeit writing credits, happily shit on pretty much every notable band in interviews, and hated Pearl Jam for the petty crime of *checks notes* playing sports in high school. If he was 27 today instead of 27 a few years ago he'd probably be either a death/black metal elitist or have the taste and personality of the average Pitchfork writer.
thank you this is what i’ve been thinking… kurt seems like a massive pick me boy of some sort
Anyone who knows Axl’s real name is a hardcore fan. Knowing how much Cobain and his wife were media whores it wouldn’t surprise that they loved Axl, but played up the whole “anti-rock” angle for the hits.
Nah, she fantasized about Axl before the beef. She said that he had the hottest nose in rock n roll… weird but yeah she had the hots for him
More ironically is he also often used Simon Ritchie (Sid Vicious’ real name) to check in for hotel.
That never happened.
Yes, it did. Just say you didn't know instead of accusing me of lying for no reason.
Never did happen! Cobain never ever went around checking himself into hotels under the name "Bill Bailey". You're just repeating ONE fake news that came from Twitter in 2014, just one post and that's it. I was there, he never did.
I posted a link in my reply to you. This did not come from a tweet.
Yes, just wondering is it before or after the Kurt-Axl feud.
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I actually thought Hole was way better than Nirvana but I’ll prob get shit for saying that
I liked both actually, but neither were GNR and I’ve always wondered what Cobain’s legacy would have been if he lived. Would we still have gotten Foo Fighters? Idk….
I think GNR music has stood the test of time way better than either of those bands though . They’re still played way more than either of them
Oh G-d, she's so corny...I can't believe it
It’s a terribly photoshopped picture lol. This photo is from the first photshoot she did with Kurt Cobain in 1990/91
Hola soy Santi me gusta mucho la foto de la chaqueta con la imagen axl roses 👍👍👍👍👍✌️✌️✌️
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Is that Courtney Love? If so, this would be extremely ironic