1995 : At the 1995 MTV Video Music Awards , Hole perform the song " Violet " from their major-label debut album '' Live Through This '' . This was one of the first major televised performances given by frontwoman Courtney Love following the death of her husband Kurt Cobain and the death of her band 's bassist Kristen Pfaff in 1994 . Before beginning the song , Love dedicated the performance to her husband and multiple people in the entertainment industry who had recently died : " This is for Kurt , and Kristen , and River , and Joe , and today Joni Abbott , this is for you . " Abbott worked in the Talent Relations department at MTV and had recently committed suicide . The song ended with Love throwing her guitar , knocking the microphone stand into the crowd and pushing over speaker-boxes with bandmate Eric Erlandson before exiting the stage . Love also caused a stir when she interrupted a post-ceremony interview with Kurt Loder and Madonna by throwing her make-up compacts at the singer as they broadcast outside the awards venue
1995 MTV Video Music Awards
1995 MTV Video Music Awards
MTV Video Music Award