Live Through This album. The band had earned positive reviews for
Pretty on the Inside, but was mostly known up to that point because of singer Courtney Love's marriage to Kurt Cobain. But there was no mistaking the chops of Hole after
Live Through This was released.
There have been misconceptions about the disc over the years as some assumed
Live Through This was a reference to Cobain's death, which actually occurred just a few days prior to the album's release. In reality, the title was derived from a quote in the film
Gone With the Wind and struck a chord with Love, who had been under all sorts of media scrutiny over her relationship with Cobain and her pregnancy thanks to an article in