SEATTLE -- The two surviving members of Nirvana have countersued Courtney Love, saying she has manipulated the memory and work of her dead husband, lead singer Kurt Cobain, for the benefit of her own career.
Claiming breach of contract, bassist Krist Novoselic and drummer David Grohl said Love has wronged them by blocking the release of a Nirvana boxed set on the 10th anniversary of the groundbreaking album "Nevermind." The set was to include "You Know You're Right," one of the last songs Cobain recorded before his 1994 suicide.
"Those who deal directly with her can attest that the case is really about securing more money to support Love's prima donna lifestyle," the court documents filed Wednesday said. "Her rhetoric about fighting for the underdog is revealed as window dressing when one examines her treatment of her ex-husband's former partners."
Furthermore, they said, she is "irrational, mercurial, self-centered, unmanageable, inconsistent, and unpredictable."
Love initially went to King County Superior Court in May to dissolve Nirvana LLC, the corporation responsible for handling Nirvana's legacy, and to stop the release of the boxed set.
Novoselic, Grohl and a representative of the Cobain estate formed Nirvana LLC in 1997. Eventually, Love became the representative of the estate.
Love has said she was forced to sign on to Nirvana LLC under duress, that she was misled about the band's assets and that the partnership has poorly managed Nirvana's legacy.
