ocr: Courtney Love was raised in Oregon and New Zealand, and spent her early years as: an avid groupie, stripper, member of Faith No More, and bit actress in Alex Cox's films "Sid And Nancy" and "Straight To Hell.' - The second album by her band, Hole, titled Live Through This by a grim coincidence, was released a week after the suicide of her husband, Kurt Cobain. Since her subsequent rise to musical stardom, Love has devoted the bulk of her time to an acting career and a total de-grungitying makeover, which may be why it's taking her SO long to write new Hole material.
