Courtney Love and Dave Grohl’s long running feud has been dragged back into the spotlight, with Love publicly calling on the Foo Fighters frontman to clear the air once and for all.
Speaking on Billy Corgan’s podcast The Magnificent Others, Love revisited the tension that’s lingered since the Nirvana era, despite what looked like a truce during the band’s 2014 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction (Per Rolling Stone).
‘Just say we’re cool’
Love didn’t dance around it:
‘Come out with it and just say we’re cool,’ she said, addressing Grohl directly. ‘Be man enough to man up, because you’re the Uberman. [You have] all the straight males and we’re cool, but you won’t say it because you’re afraid you’ll lose your audience. You’re afraid it’ll affect your relationship with literal Paul McCartney.’
That last jab pulls from old tension, Love previously criticised Nirvana’s surviving members performing with McCartney at the 12-12-12 Hurricane Sandy benefit, making it clear at the time she wasn’t impressed.
Old wounds, still open
Love went further, suggesting Grohl’s public silence has allowed fans to continue targeting her.
‘Dave, it would really behoove me if the straight white males that are your base will stop picking on me,’ she said, adding that ‘the millennials in particular’ have been the most vocal, while Gen Z has largely moved on.
She also took aim at what she claims is lyrical shade.
Love said Grohl has written four songs about her, while late Stone Temple Pilots frontman Scott Weiland allegedly penned two, her verdict was blunt, calling it ‘lazy’ writing before questioning, ‘Why have you written mean songs about me?’
Corgan steps in
Corgan, who has had his own complicated history with Love, tried to cool things down mid conversation.
‘I can confirm that I’ve spent time with you and Dave together, and Dave doesn’t have any issue with you,’ he said. ‘There’s the stuff that goes on behind the castle walls, and there’s stuff goes out front.’
Love cut him off before he could expand, shifting the conversation elsewhere, but the damage was already done.
A feud that won’t stay buried
For fans who’ve followed this saga since the ‘90s, none of this is exactly new, but the fact it keeps resurfacing says a lot.
Even decades removed from Nirvana, the fallout still lingers, shifting between private tension and public jabs, whether Grohl responds or keeps quiet, this one doesn’t look like it’s settling anytime soon.
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