Courtney Love Biography

- It is said that Love's biological grandmother is children's author Paula Fox.

- Frances Bean Cobain’s godmother is Drew Barrymore.

- Love has admitted to having extensive plastic surgery on her face and body.

- Love’s legal name since February 24, 1992 has been Courtney Michelle Cobain, though she uses the name Courtney Love professionally.

- Love took ballet as a child through her teens and has had extensive surgery done on her feet (due to injuries).

- Though the band denies it, Love insists she inspired the song Crush With Eyeliner that appeared on the 1990s R.E.M. album Monster.

- The Nirvana song "Heart-Shaped Box" is about Love.

- In 1998, Billy Corgan of Smashing Pumpkins helped produced the album Celebrity Skin.

- Love wore an antique silk dress that had once belonged to the actress Frances Farmer at her wedding to Kurt Cobain.

- According to her mother Linda Carroll, Love’s stage name originated because she called her "Courtney, love" as a child.