Editing Courtney Love (section)

===Performance===
[[File:Courtney Love Hole (4753167616) (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright|Love, playing a [[Rickenbacker 360]] in 2010, has played both [[Fender (company)|Fender]] and [[Rickenbacker]] guitars throughout her career]]
Love has a [[contralto]] vocal range.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2015/jan/09/courtney-love-theatricalised-concept-album|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|title=Courtney Love's 'theatricalised concept album' sounds practically amphibian|author=Soloski, Alexis|date=January 9, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170608025657/https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2015/jan/09/courtney-love-theatricalised-concept-album|archive-date=June 8, 2017|url-status=bot: unknown|access-date=June 28, 2017}}</ref> According to Love, she never wanted to be a singer, but rather aspired to be a skilled guitarist: "I'm such a lazy bastard though that I never did that", she said. "I was always the only person with the nerve to sing, and so I got stuck with it."<ref name="superrock" /> She has been regularly noted by critics for her husky vocals as well as her "[[banshee]] [-like]" [[screaming (music)|screaming]] abilities.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/culturebox/2004/04/love_me_love_my_tantrums.html|work=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]|title=Love Me, Love My Tantrums|date=April 7, 2004|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180708221854/http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/culturebox/2004/04/love_me_love_my_tantrums.html|archive-date=July 8, 2018|first=Amanda|last=Fortini}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://time.com/72542/courtney-love-you-know-my-name/|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|title=Hear Courtney Love Howl on 'You Know My Name'|author=Feeney, Nolan|date=April 22, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140504144233/http://time.com/72542/courtney-love-you-know-my-name/|archive-date=May 4, 2014}}</ref> Her vocals have been compared to those of [[Johnny Rotten]],<ref name="rotten">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/live-through-this-19940421|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140807194629/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/live-through-this-19940421|archive-date=August 7, 2014|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|title=Live Through This|date=April 12, 1994|first=David|last=Fricke}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,301841,00.html|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=April 15, 1994|title=Live Through This Review|first=David|last=Browne|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180930115748/https://ew.com/article/1994/04/15/live-through-this-2/|archive-date=September 30, 2018}}</ref> and David Fricke of ''Rolling Stone'' described them as "lung-busting" and "a corrosive, lunatic wail".<ref name="rotten" /> Upon the release of Hole's 2010 album, ''Nobody's Daughter'', [[Amanda Petrusich]] of ''Pitchfork'' compared Love's raspy, unpolished vocals to those of [[Bob Dylan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/14178-nobodys-daughter/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100628210153/http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/14178-nobodys-daughter/|archive-date=June 28, 2010|work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|title=Hole: Nobody's Daughter|first=Amanda|last=Petrusich|date=April 27, 2010}}</ref> In 2023, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' ranked Love at number 130 on its list of the 200 Greatest Singers of All Time.<ref>{{Cite magazine|date=January 1, 2023|title=The 200 Greatest Singers of All Time|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-singers-all-time-1234642307/courtney-love-13-1234642975/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20241114042033/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-singers-all-time-1234642307/wanda-jackson-5-1234642911/|archive-date=November 14, 2024|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|language=en-US}}</ref>

She has played a variety of [[Fender Musical Instruments Corporation|Fender]] guitars throughout her career, including a [[Fender Jaguar|Jaguar]] and a vintage 1965 [[Fender Jazzmaster|Jazzmaster]]; the latter was purchased by the [[Hard Rock Cafe]] and is on display in New York City.<ref name="jazzmaster">{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161111114908/https://www.flickr.com/photos/rustysheriff/4373963261|archive-date=November 11, 2016|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/rustysheriff/4373963261/|work=Flickr|title=Courtney Love (Hole) Jazzmaster Fender Guitar – Hard Rock Cafe NYC|date=April 9, 2007}}</ref> Between 1989 and 1991, Love primarily played a [[Rickenbacker]] 425{{sfn|Yarm|2011|p=353}} because she "preferred the 3/4 neck",<ref name="hole tones" /> but she destroyed the guitar onstage at a 1991 concert opening for the Smashing Pumpkins.<ref name="cromelin">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/22821393/the_los_angeles_times/|page=F9|title=Pumpkins, Hole Unleash Frustrations|date=December 19, 1991|author=Cromelin, Richard|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> In the mid-1990s, she often played a guitar made by Mercury, an obscure company that manufactured custom guitars,{{sfn|Bacon|2012|p=106}} as well as a [[Univox Hi-Flier]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://equipboard.com/pros/courtney-love/univox-hi-flier|work=Equipboard|title=Courtney Love's Univox Hi-Flier|access-date=February 6, 2017}}</ref> Fender's [[Vista Venus]], designed by Love in 1998, was partially inspired by Rickenbacker guitars as well as her Mercury.{{sfn|Bacon|2012|p=106}} During tours after the release of ''Nobody's Daughter'' (post-2010), Love has played a [[Rickenbacker 360]] onstage.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rockshot.photoshelter.com/image/I0000faG1oanue2A|work=Rockshot|title=Courtney Love at Shepherds Bush Empire|author=Ford, Kim|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161112154332/http://rockshot.photoshelter.com/image/I0000faG1oanue2A|archive-date=November 12, 2016}}</ref> Her setup has included Fender tube gear, [[Matchless Amplifiers|Matchless]], [[Ampeg]], Silvertone and a solid-state 1976 Randall Commander.<ref name="hole tones" />

Love has referred to herself as "a shit guitar player", further commenting in a 2014 interview: "I can still write a song, but [the guitar playing] sounds like shit&nbsp;... I used to be a good [[rhythm guitar|rhythm]] player but I am no longer dependable."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/may/08/courtney-love-kurt-cobain-bitch-zits-notes-hole-interview|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|title=Courtney Love: I wrote the Kurt Cobain 'bitch with zits' note|first=Charlotte Richardson|last=Andrews|date=May 8, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161104143216/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/may/08/courtney-love-kurt-cobain-bitch-zits-notes-hole-interview|archive-date=November 4, 2016}}</ref> Throughout her career, she has also garnered a reputation for unpredictable live shows.<ref name=smith /> In the 1990s, her performances with Hole were characterized by confrontational behavior, with Love stage diving, smashing guitars<ref name=cromelin /> or throwing them into the audience,<ref name=pattydoc /> wandering into the crowd at the end of sets,<ref name=pattydoc /> and engaging in sometimes incoherent rants.<ref name=boston /> Critics and journalists have noted Love for her comical, often stream-of-consciousness-like stage banter.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/article/more-talk-less-rock-15-masters-of-onstage-banter-2016|work=[[The A.V. Club]]|title=More Talk, Less Rock: 15 Masters Of Onstage Banter|date=August 13, 2007 |author=Bahn, Christopher |author2=Earles, Andrew |author3=Hyden, Steven |author4=Modell, Josh |author5=Murray, Noel |author6=Phipps, Keith |author7=Keith Phipps |author8=Nathan Rabin|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180930081301/https://www.avclub.com/more-talk-less-rock-15-masters-of-onstage-banter-1798212092|archive-date=September 30, 2018}}</ref><ref name=powers>{{cite web|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2010/03/hole-at-sxsw.html|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|title=Hole at SXSW: Courtney Love offers one-liners worthy of the Comedy Store|author=Powers, Ann|date=March 19, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100609024423/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2010/03/hole-at-sxsw.html|archive-date=June 9, 2010|series=Pop & Hiss}}</ref> Music journalist Robert Hilburn wrote in 1993 that, "rather than simply scripted patter, Love's comments between songs [have] the natural feel of someone who is sharing her immediate feelings."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-11-09-ca-54735-story.html|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|last=Hilburn|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Hilburn|title=POP MUSIC REVIEW : Notes From the Underground: Hole Shows Surprising Depth|date=November 9, 1993|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221001072143/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-11-09-ca-54735-story.html#selection-1689.1-1702.0|archive-date=October 1, 2022|access-date=October 1, 2022}}</ref> In a review of a live performance published in 2010, it was noted that Love's onstage "one-liners [were] worthy of the [[The Comedy Store|Comedy Store]]."<ref name=powers />