The surprising truth about Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love’s marriage
nypost.com“Heavier Than Heaven: A Biography of Kurt Cobain,” told The Post. “I think the idea of the wedding in a church … I couldn’t imagine that happening in a billion years.”Blessed by the grunge gods, it was a union that would go down in music history.
Sadly, their romance would end in tragedy when Cobain committed suicide slightly over two years later, on April 5, 1994. But despite all of their troubles — from drug addiction to allegations of domestic violence — there was a lot of love along the way.“Kurt Cobain picked Courtney Love, and Courtney Love picked Kurt Cobain,” said Cross. “No matter how flawed they were at times as individuals, they were two people that loved each other.”And when they took those vows, they meant them — and made no apologies to the doubters who predicted a rocky future for the couple. “I was going, ‘Yeah, I know what’s going to happen,’” Love told Rolling Stone of their tumultuous life together in a 1994 interview after Cobain’s death. “I don’t give a f – – k.
I love this guy. My prince on a goddamn white horse.’”Cobain and Love had their fateful first meeting on Jan. 12, 1990, at the Satyricon nightclub in Portland, Oregon, where Nirvana was playing an early gig.
They would end up spending more time together when Nirvana went to Los Angeles to record “Nevermind” in the spring of 1991, since Love lived near the Van Nuys studio where the band was making their breakout album.
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