{"id":670191,"date":"2026-05-28T13:54:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T13:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/670191\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T13:54:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T13:54:12","slug":"3-rock-songs-from-the-1990s-you-didnt-know-were-written-about-real-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/670191\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Rock Songs From the 1990s You Didn\u2019t Know Were Written About Real People"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the 1990s, when it came to music, there was an emphasis on telling it like it was. People didn\u2019t have time for metaphor or to tiptoe around a difficult subject. No, people wanted the gritty truth. So, the top songwriters of the day gave it to them. Here below, we wanted to highlight three rock songs from the decade that didn\u2019t pull any punches and didn\u2019t shy away from addressing real subjects. Indeed, these are three rock songs from the 1990s<\/a> you didn\u2019t know were written about real people.<\/p>\n

\u201cViolet\u201d by Hole from \u2018Live Through This\u2019 (1994)<\/p>\n

Before Courtney Love married Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain, she was dating Smashing Pumpkins lead vocalist Billy Corgan. But the two had a falling out, and Love wrote this song to, well, process that split. Performing the tune in 1995 on Later\u2026 with Jools Holland, Love said it was \u201ca song about a jerk, I hexed him, and now he\u2019s losing his hair\u201d. Poor, Billy.<\/p>\n

\u201cTears In Heaven\u201d by Eric Clapton from \u2018Rush: Music From The Motion Picture Soundtrack\u2019 (1991)<\/p>\n

This is not only one of the saddest songs of the 1990s, but it\u2019s also one of the saddest songs ever written. The backstory is beyond tragic. It almost feels like too much to even bring up here. And yet, we will. This tune was co-written by Eric Clapton after the death of his four-year-old son, who fell dozens of stories from an apartment window. Just unthinkable. But as the great artists do, Clapton did his best to turn the worst moment of his life into something that lasted so that he could always remember his boy.<\/p>\n

\u201cLittle Miss Can\u2019t Be Wrong\u201d by Spin Doctors from \u2018Pocket Full Of Kryptonite\u2019 (1992)<\/p>\n

At first blush, this song sounds as if it\u2019s a bold take on a breakup. But that\u2019s not the case. Several years ago, Spin Doctors lead singer Chris Barron told us<\/a>, \u201c[\u2018Little Miss Can\u2019t Be Wrong\u2019] is actually about my stepmom, my dad\u2019s ex-wife. People always think it\u2019s about an ex of mine but it\u2019s actually about my dad\u2019s ex, who I grew up with. She was actually a malignant narcissist, if that rings a bell. She was a really rough person to grow up with and she said I was going to be a guitar-playing janitor.\u201d Well, looks like Barron got his revenge on that person!<\/p>\n

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