Courtney Comes Clean

I first encountered Courtney Love on a warm evening last September at New York’s Mercer Hotel, where the singer was staying while hunting for a new Manhattan apartment. She was scheduled to headline a large concert the next day to benefit the recovery community. Intrigued by the prospect of her performing for thousands of recovering addicts and drunks, I asked her if she'd agree to an interview about her hard-won sobriety. I arrived at the appointed hour to find her slumped over a table in the lobby, nursing a bottle of Stella.
“Who the fuck are you?" she snapped, as I approached her table, tape recorder in hand. Apparently she'd forgotten about our meeting. Joining her that evening were two other well-known musicians, both of them sober, who'd agreed to back her  at the rally. Micko Larkin, Hole’s latest guitarist, is a moppet-haired 24-year-old Brit whom Love describes as her "little brother." Simon Kirke, the drummer for the band Bad Company, battled his own problems with substances over the years, but managed to overcome them. As Courtney carried on for the next few hours, he smiled serenely, providing a Zen-like counterpoint to her high-wattage presence...

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Maer Roshan @'The Fix'