Hole and Courtney Love Trivia Quiz

Answer: Los Angeles

The alternative rock band Hole was formed in Los Angeles, California in 1989. Singer Courtney Love and guitarist Eric Erlandson formed the band after Erlandson responded to an ad posted by Love. In the ad, Love wrote "I want to start a band. My influences are Big Black, Sonic Youth, and Fleetwood Mac." Love had been trying to start a band for a while, in San Francisco and Portland before moving to Los Angeles.

The band was originally going to be called Sweet Baby Crystal Powered by God but Love settled on the name Hole. Love has said the name of the band was inspired by her mom, by a quote from the Greek tragedy "Medea" and yes as a reference to genitals.

Answer: Kim Gordon

The debut album by Hole is called "Pretty on the Inside" and was released in 1991. The loud punk rock-inspired album was named the top album of the year by "Village Voice." Love wanted Kim Gordon, of Sonic Youth fame, to produce the album as she was a fan of the band.

She sent a letter, a barrette (Hello Kitty) and copies of the band's early music to Gordon and asked her to be involved in the making of the album. Gordon was impressed with what she heard and agreed. The band released one single from the album called "Teenage Whore" and embarked on a tour to support it, playing in Europe and in the United States at renowned rock clubs such as CBGB in New York City and Whisky A Go Go in Los Angeles.

Answer: Celebrity Skin

"Celebrity Skin" is the tenth single released by Hole and the debut single from their third studio album. Released in 1998, it reached number one on the US and Canadian alternative charts and was a top twenty hit in the United Kingdom and Iceland. The song is about celebrity and includes literary references from Shakespeare and Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Billy Corgan of Smashing Pumpkins fame wrote the guitar riff for the song.

The popular song is included in the 2019 movie "Captain Marvel" and the 2011 movie "Hop."

Answer: No

In 1999 the song "Celebrity Skin" was nominated for two Grammy Awards. It was nominated for Best Rock Song and for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal. It lost out to "Uninvited" by Alanis Morissette and to "Pink" by Aerosmith. The album "Celebrity Skin" was nominated for best rock album but lost out to "The Globe Sessions" by Sheryl Crow.

In 2000 the song "Malibu" was nominated for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal. This time, Hole lost out to Everlast and Santana for the song "Put Your Lights On." Hole have also been nominated for MTV Video Music Awards and NME Awards.

They did win for album of the year in 1994 for the album "Live Through This" as voted by "Spin" readers.

Answer: Melissa Auf der Maur

Canadian musician Melissa Auf der Maur was recruited by Hole in the summer of 1994. Hole's former bassist, Kristen Pfaff, checked into a drug rehab center in 1994 and thought about leaving the band to focus on her health. Tragically, she was found dead of a heroin overdose in June 1994.

In the summer of 1994, Auf der Maur joined the band as they embarked on a world tour and is on several of their releases, including the album "Celebrity Skin." Auf der Maur left Hole in 1999 and briefly joined the Smashing Pumpkins before starting a solo career. Shortly after Auf der Maur left the band, another member (Samantha Maloney) also quit.

The band broke up in 2002. There have been some attempts at getting back together in the years since.

Answer: Juvenile hall

Courtney Love was born in San Francisco, California in 1964. She lived in San Francisco until her parents divorced in 1970 and she then moved to Oregon as well as New Zealand. She returned to Oregon with her mother in 1973. She attended an all girls school for a while but was expelled for bad behaviour.

She was arrested at the age of fourteen for shoplifting and sent to Hillcrest Correctional Facility, which is a juvenile hall. She spent time in and out of foster care until 1979. In 1980 she was legally emancipated and was estranged from her mother.

Answer: Courtney Harrison

Courtney Love was born Courtney Michelle Harrison. After becoming emancipated in 1980, she moved to Japan and began work as a topless dancer. She was deported after two months. Upon her return to the United States, she worked at a strip club and started using the name Love as a way to keep her identity hidden.

She had a number of odd jobs and spent some time in Ireland where she studied and hung out with musician Julian Cope. She spent time in London and Liverpool before returning to the United States in 1982. Back in the US, she convinced the members of Faith No More to let her join the band, which she did for a short while before being fired.

Answer: Gretchen

Love had an interest in film as well as music. She enrolled at the San Francisco Art Institute and studied film. She took experimental theater classes and had a role in the experimental short film "Club Vatican." In 1985 she auditioned for the part of Nancy Spungen for the movie "Sid and Nancy." That part ultimately went to Chloe Webb but director Alex Cox wrote a small part for her as a friend of Sid and Nancy's, called Gretchen. Alex Cox also cast her in a main role in the 1987 movie "Straight to Hell" and she appeared in an episode of "Andy Warhol's Fifteen Minutes." She also had a part in the Ramones video "I Wanna Be Sedated."

Answer: Hawaii

There are a number of different accounts as to how Courtney Love and Kurt Cobain first met, varying from 1989 to 1991. In 1991 they became re-acquainted and by 1992 they were a couple. The two got married very shortly after dating, in February 1992 on Waikiki Beach, Hawaii.

In August of that year, their daughter, Frances Bean Cobain was born. Love and Cobain were addicted to heroin and there were accusations that she was using while pregnant. She maintains that she quit when she found out that she was pregnant but the accusations took their toll on herself and Cobain.

In April 1994, Cobain took his own life at their Seattle home. Love was in rehab at the time in Los Angeles. Following his death, she stayed out of the limelight, spending time with friends and family.

Answer: Dirty Blonde: The Diaries of Courtney Love

The memoir, released in October 2006, includes a number of notes, diary entries, artwork, poems and lyrics. It includes a rejection letter from "The New Mickey Mouse Club", a letter of apology to her husband and daughter, and notes from Hillcrest about her unruly behaviour.

It wasn't her first foray into writing. Between 2004 and 2006 she co-wrote a semi-autobiographical manga called "Princess Ai." In 2006, she also worked on her second solo album and a documentary about the making of the album was made, called "The Return of Courtney Love."