Courtney Love in Hole name dispute

COURTNEY LOVE has been criticised for wanting to reunite Hole by her former bandmate.

Co-founding member of the band, Eric Erlandson, parted ways with Hole when the band split in 2002.

He said he wishes Love all the best but questioned her decision to release her new solo record under the Hole name.

Speaking to Spin magazine, he said: "There is no Hole without me.

"If [Courtney] has a solo album together, I think that's great. I think she should finish it and put it out and do that. But as for the real Hole? I'm open to discussions."

Former bassist Malissa auf der Maur added: "You can't take a Hole reunion that lightly."

Reacting to Erlandson's comments, Love used her Twitter page to post that the band name was hers.

She wrote: "Uh I just hear that a former guitar player is saying I can't use my name for MY band, he's out of his MIND.

"He may want to check the trademark and his amex 'Disease Model Tour' Bills, and umm, let's see his 99 usage of that amex and his 01 usage of wow 298K?198,000 DOLLARS? Hole is MY Band, MY name and MY Trademark."