Courtney Love reflects on 33 years of Hole’s ‘Pretty On The Inside: “I’m still battling Kurt’s damned demons – when do I get to battle mine?”
nme.comCourtney Love has reflected on the 33rd anniversary of Hole‘s debut album ‘Pretty On The Inside’.Released in September 1991, ‘Pretty On The Inside’ was produced by Sonic Youth‘s Kim Gordon and Don Fleming from the band Gumball.
It marked Hole’s first major release following their formation in 1989.Speaking about the album in an Instagram post shared by Fyeahcourtneylove – a fanpage dedicated to the musician, Love shared: “‘POTI’ [‘Pretty On The Inside’] is like an exorcism it felt awesome to scream that loud and be that visceral and primal, but back to R.E.M.
right after. and the lyrics on ‘POTl’ are sick I never corrected one lyric I simply scatted what was in my head then and it was 25 yrs of repressed rage.”A post shared by Fk Yeah, Courtney Love. (@fkyeahcourtneylove)She added that she believes the “lyrical equasions on ‘POTI’ are the best I will ever do (Rimbaud stopped young) I know im one of the best, but ‘poti’?
It can’t really be topped lyrically for feminine lyrics, feminine rage it was my first time letting go of all sense of proportion, whats ‘nice’.”Love explained that she created ‘Pretty On The Inside’ with that concept in mind and claimed that she knew within a week to two that the LP would have “the exact impact that it had no more no less, and it was awesome.”“I like being in total control like that, then I hooked up with Kurt Cobain at some point and everything lost control,” she continued, adding: “He-lovely, but the nonsense?
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