Kurt Cobain does Bon Jovi in Guitar Hero 5… and Courtney Love isn’t happy
Before reading on, watch the video above. It’s from Guitar Hero 5, and shows the inclusion of Kurt Cobain’s likeness – a very good one too – as an avatar in the game. But what’s causing a right royal rumpus today is the fact that the character doesn’t just appear when gamers are playing Nirvana songs – he can be unlocked for use on other tracks too.
Such as Bon Jovi’s ‘You Give Love A Bad Name’.
Which, as even fairly casual Nirvana fans will tell you, isn’t quite reflective of Kurt’s actual musical tastes when he was alive. And that’s putting it lightly.
Music journalist Everett True posted a no-punches-pulled verdict on his blog, accusing Courtney Love and Dave Grohl – in their roles as Nirvana rightsholders – of being “F***ing corporate cock-sucking memory-destroying fret-wanking MTV-supporting fame-chasing money-grabbing grave-turning publicity-loving vacuous spoiled jaded c***ing rock whores.”
And now Courtney Love herself is angrily tweeting that it’s not her fault and that she’s going to sue the game’s publisher Activision for breach of contract.
It remains to be seen whether that’s true, but it has to be said, Activision should have seen this problem coming a long way off when it started licensing avatars in this way. Whether it has the legal right to make the virtual Cobain mime to any song it wants or not, for fans it may undermine the reason for including Kurt in the game in the first place.
Tags: courtney love, guitar hero 5, kurt cobain
September 10th, 2009 at 8:14 pm
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September 10th, 2009 at 9:38 pm
she should sue. kurt should never be seen singing bon jovi. even if it is animation. not okay. great article over here: http://onthebutton.wordpress.com/2009/09/09/rockband/
September 10th, 2009 at 11:34 pm
I can see how she would be upset about his likeness being used by why all the focus on Bon Jovi’s song? What is so wrong about it…..it’s a game. Would I be offended if that had Jovi on here singing Nirvana?…ummmm no because again it is just a game. Besides that I bet half the Nirvana/Cobain fans never even knew that Jon wrote a song for Cobain’s daughter after his death.
September 11th, 2009 at 12:38 am
Its just a game….. sure Kurt had strong musical views and probably won’t agree to this but this is only a game after all. If you don’t agree either don’t play the game or don’t use Kurts likeness for anything other than Nirvana songs.
September 11th, 2009 at 1:26 pm
what sado’s if nirvana were still around they would be were pearl jam are and guns n roses ,selling nothing and living on there past one album sales ,in utro was one of the worst albums ever recorded and nirvana were on the wane before the sudden death of kurt ,but because he dies idiots make him a god and proclaim him a rock legand when in fact time would probably have finished his career like alot of so called cool bands.
September 21st, 2009 at 6:01 am
Gary,
You’re an idiot.
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