Courtney Love says Kurt Cobain and Lana Del Rey are the only “true musical geniuses” she’s ever know.
The musician – who is set to release her first album in more than 12 years – made the comments during an interview on Marc Maron’s WTF podcast.
Discussing her first LP since Hole’s 2010 record ‘Nobody’s Daughter’, she revealed that her next release won’t be a rock album because “rock’s not a thing”.
Produced alongside Dirty Pretty Things guitarist Anthony Rossomando and Justin Parker – a frequent collaborator of the Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd singer – and during the interview, Courtney opened up about her feelings towards the singer.
“Lana and Kurt are the only two true musical geniuses I’ve ever known. And by that I mean they can Spielberg anything,” she said.
Citing her performance of the Allen Ginsberg monologue ‘Howl’ – which she compared to Nirvana’s cover of three Meat Puppets songs for their MTV Unplugged session – she added: “She’s got the integrity that Kurt had. The only two people I know that I can say [that about].
“By the way, Stipe? Bono? Yes, these are people that I know and love. Billie Joe, sure. But Lana? She’s got a magic thing. And she’s not even fucked up!”
