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Courtney Love

Before she became a rock star, Courtney Love worked as an exotic dancer at Jumbo's Clown Room, a topless bar in Hollywood, in the 1980s. After struggling with acting jobs and working with various bands, Courtney started Hole in 1989, and the rest is grunge rock history.

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