Overview
- Courtney Love made the request during Billy Corgan’s podcast The Magnificent Others, which aired Wednesday, April 1, as the two discussed past conflicts and media pile-ons.
- Billy Corgan said he has spent time with both of them and that Grohl “doesn’t have any issue” with Love, while outlets noted Grohl’s camp has not responded publicly.
- Love asked Grohl to tell his audience to stop “picking” on her and described his fan base as mostly straight white millennial men, adding that Gen Z has moved on.
- The conversation also revived their long-running grievances with Sonic Youth’s Kim Gordon and broadened into critiques of ’90s indie gatekeeping and arguments over authenticity and class.
- Coverage stressed the history behind the rift, from a 2002 settlement over Nirvana rights to a public hug at the band’s 2014 Hall of Fame induction, with no new legal moves or official statements since the podcast.