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While numerous music stars used monikers that weren’t their birth names as they climbed to fame, there have been rare cases of rock stars changing their names after becoming famous. John Mellencamp, for example, was originally known as Johnny Cougar before reverting to his actual name, while Prince notoriously changed his name to an unpronounceable symbol. Even Kelly Clarkson legally changed her name, to Kelly Brianne (but publicly remains known by her original name).
Add Courtney Love to that list — maybe. In 2010, she revealed she was officially changing her name to Courtney Michelle, a nod to her birth name, Courtney Michelle Harrison. “Courtney Love is dead. We’ve all decided we don’t like her anymore,” she told NME, as reported by The Guardian. “The name Courtney Love, it feels like I’ve outgrown it. We love her when she does onstage, but I don’t need her in the rest of my life.” Love also offered an explanation of why she’d decided to ditch the name by which she’d been publicly known for well over a decade. “‘Courtney Love’ is a way to oppress me,” she said.
Immediately after Love’s interview began making headlines, though, Love’s rep walked back those statements. “The NME took it out of context,” Love’s rep said in an email to MTV News, despite the fact that Love’s remarks had also been captured on video. “She’s not changing her name, unless it’s to ‘Courtney Love Mellencamp’ or ‘Big Baby Jesus,’” the rep joked.
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