The Complicated Life Of Kurt Cobain

He & Courtney Love Fell In Love, Used Drugs, & Had A Baby

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Cobain met Courtney Love at a nightclub in Portland in 1990 at a time when he was heavily using drugs, including heroin. At first, he tried not to get involved and later recalled: “I was determined to be a bachelor for a few months…But I knew that I liked Courtney so much right away that it was a really hard struggle to stay away from her for so many months.” The pair eventually hooked up and regularly took drugs together. They married in 1992 in Hawaii, and their daughter Frances was born six months later. When she found out she was pregnant, Love claimed she stopped using drugs.