LaunchDaily
11/13/2009
Courtney Love told RollingStone.com on Thursday (November 12th) that her new album, Nobody's Daughter, will be released in January, and that it will go out under the name of her original band Hole. Although the group features no original members besides Love, she said, "Wherever I lay my head is Hole. It's four letters. It is one of the best band names in f***ing history, if I do say so myself. For a while I was a little embarrassed it was maybe vulgar, but at least it's not phallic. It's H-O-L-E, it's a great band name, and it's mine."
The last Hole album, Celebrity Skin, came out in 1998. Former guitarist Eric Erlandson has questioned whether Love has the right to use the name.
Love added that the album, her first since 2004's disastrous solo effort America's Sweetheart, is "more important than any record I've ever made, by far."
Love initially recorded the disc in 2005 with Linda Perry and Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan producing. She later abandoned that version and decided to re-record the album with a different producer and a new band.
The singer said that the album's lyrics explore "greed, vengeance and feminism."
Love has recently been at the center of a dispute with the makers of the Guitar Hero video game franchise, claiming she did not give them permission to make an avatar of her late husband, Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain, perform other artists' songs in the game. Activision, the game's publisher, denied Love's assertion, although the members of No Doubt have recently brought similar accusations against the company.
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