Courtney Love, lead singer of the rock band Hole, said she couldn't meet a demand for a $106, 000 tombstone and $140, 000-a-year security costs at Calvary Catholic Cemetery.

"I don't have that kind of money and Kurt didn't have that kind of money," she said.

Love said she was rejected at Lake View Cemetery, where martial-arts movie star Bruce Lee and his son, Brandon, are buried.

"Their reason was they already had their hands full with Bruce Lee and Brandon being buried there and they couldn't take on another celebrity," said Dean Mathiesen, Love's personal assistant.

Cobain, who made millions from his success with the Seattle-based grunge rock group Nirvana, committed suicide in April last year.