Courtney Love is almost always mentioned along with Kurt Cobain. Their relationship was even the subject of several documentaries and books. However, she also dated Billy Corgan before Cobain and left Corgan to be with him.
Courtney was together with Billy Corgan at the time she had a crush on Cobain. She later claimed that Corgan kind of lost her at some point that time. She says she remained true to him while she had feelings towards Cobain. Their relationship ended decades ago, but the pair continued to work together for a time.
Courtney Love is often blamed for Cobain’s death. Some sources believe that she murdered him, others claim she was the one who made him use drugs. None of these seem to be verified, but they left behind a story to be told over the years.
Billy Corgan Lost Love Due To An Unpaid Ticket
Courtney was in a romantic relationship with Smashing Pumpkins’ Billy Corgan before her passionate relationship with Kurt Cobain began in 1991.
She revealed in the Cobain documentary ‘Montage Of Heck’ that Corgan lost her after he didn’t want to pay for her ticket home. She said back in those days when she and Kurt were platonic, Billy Corgan wouldn’t pay for her plane ticket back from Roskilde. So she took a ferry ride with Nirvana as the band played with Smashing Pumpkins at that show. She said she had a crush on Kurt. She also revealed that she was still dating Corgan at that time.
She then confessed that she flew to Chicago to sleep with Corgan but ended up with Cobain in the night. She ran into Cobain’s arms in the Omni Northstar Hotel and their daughter Frances was made that night. The couple then married in 1992 while Courtney was already pregnant with the baby.
Some sources say Courtney was the one who introduced Cobain to heroin and they went on a binge of drugs. The couple wanted to get clean before Frances’ birth, but they didn’t. Cobain then descended into a self-destruction stage and died at the age of 27 by suicide.
Corgan and Courtney resumed their relationship in 2006 after Cobain’s passing. Some sources claim that Courtney even gave Cobain’s jacket to Cougan. Courtney and Cougan’s affair lasted for two years and ended by Corgan himself as he claimed things weren’t the same.
Love Continued To Work With Corgan
Their relationship ended on serious terms, but Billy Corgan and Courtney Love continued to work together for some time. They collaborated for the album ‘Nobody’s Daughter.’ It was released under the name of Courtney’s band Hole in 2010. It seems Corgan regretted this partnership as he claimed that Love used his songs without his consent. He said he didn’t give her permission and has no interest in supporting her in any shape or form.
Later that year, Corgan told Courtney to go live off somewhere without Kurt Cobain’s money in a tweet. He continued to attack her with his tweets. Courtney compared dealing with him to a white-hot knife into the belly. She later said she was sorry for provoking Corgan and didn’t fight back.
Courtney claimed she was the inspiration for Corgan’s songs and Smashing Pumpkin’s ‘Siamese Dream,’ ‘Mellon Collie,’ and ‘Infinite Sadness’ at a festival in Brazil in 2011. She even went on to say that she has the credit for the chorus of the Smashing Pumpkins’ ‘Disarm:’ ‘The killer in me is the killer in you.’
Corgan has moved on since his relationship with Courtney. He has two children of his own and has been married to Chloe Mendel. Courtney posted a picture of her, Corgan, and Marilyn Manson on her Instagram page in 2014 along with the caption: ‘See all hatchets buried and true love never dies in the heart.’ The post was removed since, so it’s not clear whether they are on good terms or not.
