Where are the contemporary Mouths? The musical maniacs? The untuned brats? It’s strange how Courtney Love is still the most outspoken and fearless figure in rock ‘n’ roll. No filter here. None of the fear that comes with artists who have come of age during social media and are hyper-aware of the cost of a slip of the tongue.
Is it any wonder that the Nineties are back? A time which had that last generation of bands who were truly railing against the world by simply being their messed up selves, not smoothing out their personalities in the corporate pop manner that was the industry standard then – and is again now. Charlie XCX? Pur-lease.
So it’s no accident the grungey likes of Kim Gordon, Kim Deal, Black Francis – along with the Gallaghers of course – are all the rage again, along with Love. Her latest move is a new song with 070 Shake…