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<\/a><\/p>\nBy PDX People<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n PORTLAND, Ore. \u2013 If you\u2019re a fan of alternative rock or indie movies then the name Courtney Love<\/a><\/span> will be well-known to you since she\u2019s one of the biggest names to achieve mainstream success in both genres over the last 20 years.<\/span><\/p>\n What most people don\u2019t know is that Courtney Love is from Portland <\/a><\/span>Oregon and originally started her creative journey here before moving onto Los Angeles where she would ultimately form her well-known band: Hole before moving on to starring in films like The People vs. Larry Flynt in the 1990\u2019s.<\/span><\/p>\n Courtney Love was born in San Francisco in 1964 and moved around a lot during the first 12 years of her life. By the early 1970\u2019s she was being raised in Portland Oregon<\/a><\/span><\/strong> by her stepfather, and by the age of 16 she was legally emancipated and living on her own.<\/span><\/p>\n Like many well-known musicians and writers over the last 30 years Love spent her time traveling between San Francisco and Portland where she started getting her feet wet in the music industry and formed her first band. During this time she also started acting as well and quickly achieved a taste of fame when she was cast in several indie movies, and music videos, but she quickly gave it all up for a few years when she moved to Alaska, taught herself to play guitar, and eventually moved to Los Angeles in the late 1980\u2019s to form her band: Hole.<\/span><\/p>\nCourtney Love and Portland Oregon<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n
Courtney Love\u2019s Music Success <\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n