Late producer Steve Albini once called Courtney Love as Kurt Cobain’s ‘psycho hose-beast’ wife.
A Courtney Love fan account named ‘fkyeahcourtneylove’ recently shared a new photo of Love and Cobain, along with Nirvana’s photo with Albini and a brief video of Kurt. Here is the caption from the post:
“According to Michael Azzerard’s book ‘Come As You Are,’ (Michael wrote the forward for the new Guzman book too) Courtney reportedly showed up un-announced to the ‘In Utero’ recording sessions in Minnesota (Feb 1993) as she missed Kurt and was taking care of a 5-month-old baby at the time. Steve Albini, who was producing ‘In Utero,’ made a backhanded statement regarding the disruption: ‘I don’t feel like embarrassing Kurt by talking about what a psycho hose-beast his wife is, especially because he knows it already.’”
The post also included Courtney’s response:
“To which Courtney responded: ‘The only way Steve Albini would think I was a perfect girlfriend, would be if I was from the East Coast, played the cello, had small hoop earrings, wore black turtlenecks, had all matching luggage, and never said a word.’”
Steve Albini Recently Died From Heart Attack
This IG post came after Albini passed away at 61 a few days ago. Albini died at his recording studio in Chicago called Electronic Audio. Albini was known for leading underground bands like Shellac, Big Black, Rapeman, and Flour. He was famous for producing albums like Nirvana’s ‘In Utero,’ Pixies’ ‘Surfer Rosa,’ PJ Harvey’s ‘Rid of Me,’ Manic Street Preachers’ ‘Journal For Plague Lovers,’ and others.
After his death, Nirvana shared Albini’s letter where he explained his musical approach and how he planned to record ‘In Utero.’ The producer said in his message:
“I think the very best thing you could do at this point is exactly what you are talking about doing: bang a record out in a couple of days, with high quality but minimal ‘production’ and no interference from the front office bullet heads. If that is indeed what you want to do, I would love to be involved.”
He continued:
“If, instead, you might find yourselves in the position of being temporarily indulged by the record company, only to have them yank the chain at some point (hassling you to rework songs/sequences/production, calling-in hired guns to ‘sweeten’ your record, turning the whole thing over to some remix jockey, whatever…) then you’re in for a bummer and I want no part of it.”
Albini also explained that he values the band’s creative and social dynamics above all else when recording music. He doesn’t dictate how they should play but offers opinions if necessary. He mentioned he doesn’t want royalties for producing and mixing albums. Steve thinks the band’s work is what counts, and he likes getting paid a set amount for his job.
You can see the photos in the IG post below.
Photo Credit: fkyeahcourtneylove – Instagram