You'd think that being in the opening slot for Jane's Addiction would be one cool gig - one that most definitely wasn't about you. It seems that grunge mistress Courtney Love forgot that fact for at least 45 minutes last night at the Hollywood Bowl, in sunny Los Angeles, California, during a Hole unveiling of sorts.

Love (as a joke) introduced her makeshift band as Molly Hatchet, scolded the audience for eating during her set and apparently threw a pumpkin from the stage, wrote an LA Times reviewer. Ah, that Courtney always was a charmer.

Anyway, Love and Co. went on to play some new tunes of their own and the odd Hole hit. New songs included the Zepplin-esque "All The Drugs In The World" and "But Julian, I'm A Little Older Than You." **Psst… NME.com says this latter tune was named after a meeting that occurred between Love and The Strokes' lead singer Julian Casablancas**

The Band's set wore on and Love soon asked the crowd if they'd like to hear three or four more songs. Cue some more audience booing and before they knew it, the band was playing what was to be their last ditty.

Just over half an hour after their set began , the Hollywood Bowl's house lights rose, the band's power was cut off and the quintet was left stranded on the stage being drowned out by intermission music.

NME.com reported that Love staged a wee protest complete with handwritten cardboard sign before attempting to play her acoustic guitar to the audience in the pit. She left the stage and then returned minutes before Jane's Addiction was slated to begin and numerous reports say she would not leave the stage until she was literally carried off by event staff.

At the beginning of Love's set, NME noted that she said 'Perry [Farrell] wants to put me in my place for this show, but we're going to put him in his."
 
 
 

Kristina Koski
Chart Attack, October 30, 2001