Auf Der Maur played alongside Love in the band from 1994 to 1999The post Hole’s Courtney Love and Melissa Auf Der Maur reunited in the studio after over two decades appeared first on NME.

In 1994, Hole bassist Kristen Pfaff died of a heroin overdose, one more tragedy in a long line of them around that time. The band quickly found a new member: Melissa Auf Der Maur, who’d previously been in the Montreal band Tinker. Auf Der Maur was in Hole for five years, and she played and sang back up on their classic 1998 album Celeb...

She has recalled how hate has constantly been directed at her, but Cobain's passing took it to "a whole new level"The post Courtney Love says after Kurt Cobain died, “the hatred towards me reached a completely new level” appeared first on NME.

She also suggests that Lana Del Rey "should really take seven years off"The post Courtney Love says Taylor Swift is “not important” and “not interesting as an artist” appeared first on NME.

Last fall, Courtney Love promised a new solo album by Christmas. It’s still not here, but she does have a new BBC Radio 6 show called Women, which the rock iconoclast has promoted by sharing her opinion of Taylor Swift.