Courtney Love To Sue Activision

Over the past few weeks, music fans have shown their distaste for the use of Kurt Cobain as a character in Guitar Hero 5. Although she was behind it, Courtney Love has decided to switch sides.

Despite showing she was behind the idea, Love stated on her Twitter page that she is planning to sue Activision.

"For the record this Guitar Hero shit is breach of contract on a Bully's part and there will be a proper addressing of this and retraction," she said.

"WE are going to sue the shit out of ACtivision we being the Trust the Estate the LLC the various LLCs Cobain Enterprises."

Activision vaguely responded to the protest stating Love had signed a written agreement and that the other two members of Nirvana, Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic, have no say in regards to the use of Kurt's likeness.

In a statement issued yesterday, however, Grohl and Novoselic say they are "dismayed and very disappointed in the way a facsimile of Kurt is used in the Guitar Hero game," adding, "The name and likeness of Kurt Cobain are the sole property of his estate — we have no control whatsoever in that area." The pair ask Activision to "re-lock" the Cobain character and state, "It’s hard to watch an image of Kurt pantomiming other artists’ music alongside cartoon characters. Kurt Cobain wrote songs that hold a lot of meaning to people all over the world. We feel he deserves better."

Some media outlets have speculated that Love's actions come after certain videos of the Kurt Cobain character were released. Since the character can be used for any song in the video game, there have been videos posted of the likeness singing tracks like Bon Jovi's "You Give Love A Bad Name".

Comments

[EternalLife18]

.....really? man if this doesnt prove shes just after money nothing will

and really i mean come on its a ****ing video game i very much doubt kurt wouldve cared people take this stuff FAR too serious

[Sandon8]

FirsT

It's so tipical of Courtney,if she has already signed a written contract se has no way of persuing legal action. Think before you act Courtney....and don't act only for the money, at least not with your late husband's image

[hendrix n page]

dumb bitch
she's just in it for the money i mean she gave them permission now she's suing them is it like she expects to win?

[Broomstick]

Ha ha I never even thought that about being able to use Curt to sing Bon Jovi songs, it's like a fantasy come true.

[kfong03]

it's all courtney's fault... first she agrees to allow the gamr to feature which is already as bad as disrepectful gets, now after she cashes in on that she wants to sue activision for more money, if it wasn't for that fact megadeth's album is impressing me right now i'd be pretty pissed...

[AEnima18]

She lets his image be used, then decides to sue? God I hate this woman.

[XtractionProces]

She just wants to get back on Nirvana's side. Oh, and get some cash. Obviously.

[USCENDONE BENE]

forever will she own the memory of Kurt Cobain

[mdawg24]

What a nut job.

[RDSElite]

Fcking b*tch. She gave the authorisation, now she really IS disrespecting him..

[smalRaptor]

didnt she help design the kurt cobain model? i dont understand! argh

[beelaal85]

She's obviously high on crack! She@Activision: Wanna freebase?

[DiaryOfJane]

Kurt was an amazing musician and it was tragic that he died, but really, I mean its a video game chartacter that looks like him, who really cares?

[Cookiestar]

So she lets them use his image, gets paid a bomb...
Then changes her mind and tries to sue them for even more...
She doesn't really do her money-grabbing bitch image any favours
x

[pjpwnsu]

why would they put him as a "guitar hero" anyways....the guy blows nuts at guitar to begin with. oh wait, you dont need to make talented/skilled music to make a lot of money...sry, i forgot

[metal_al73]

i hate courtney even more now

its a game, get over it

[Kikuta]

Why the fuck does everyone have to take the smallest things so bloody seriously? It's a goddamn video game paying tribute to a music icon, how the fuck can you be offended by that?

[PIMO]

Kurt Cobain should come back and just pimp smack her Chris Brown style

[BrianApocalypse]

She gives love a bad name.

[Shabalaba]

[quote]DiaryOfJane wrote:

Kurt was an amazing musician and it was tragic that he died, but really, I mean its a video game chartacter that looks like him, who really cares?[/quote

I agree with the latter, there are far worse things going on in the world than the commercialisation of a musician.

Courtney Love is just beyond words

[Stratopower]

The fact that they are using Kurt as the Guitar "HERO" should be a compliment enough, the fact that his music is being used and the recognition that he is still a well loved artist even today should be enough praise.

I personally think that they are all looking at this completely the wrong way, the fact that there is a character of him performing shows that people still love Nirvana and their music, and respect that Kurt was a great musician.

How it is disrespecting him is beyond me, I mean they wouldn't complain if there was a Jimi Hendrix version?!!

[IsThereLoveInSp]

Its just him in a videogame. How is this offensive at all?

[Bring_Met_2_Mcr]

This is such bullsh*t. Just because he's dead doesn't make him God. I have great respect for him, but, he wasn't the most amazing musician around no matter what his die-hard fans say. I mean, come on, he's too good to be recreated as a video game character but Metallica aren't? F*ck off..

[CapnKickass]

BrianApocalypse wrote:

She gives love a bad name.

Well said.

Too bad the dude isn't still alive then we could all just shut up about it.

[skate-fiend]

It's a videogame that a bloody shitload of people are going to play. What better way to pay tribute to Kurt then this?
And of course his character is a striking image of him, BECAUSE IT'S HIS CHARACTER. Durr.
Not bloody rocket science.

[Irish Bassist]

no way will she win.surely all activisions lawyers will have to say is 'she agreed to do it and now she broke her promise'.

activison should then counter sue,take all of cournteys money and give it to charity.

[WarwickFunk]

Thats just where the crack and heroin took her that day. Lets just be happy that she could complete a thought.

[Jøhnny]

Someone wants more money eh...?

[flambe chicken]

i just noticed, is he wearing a daniel johnstone t shirt in that screen-shot?

[nerv]

I cant believe this, how could be this happening?, Activision considers kurt Cobain a guitar hero?, now I really hate this games

[end_citizen]

flambe chicken wrote:

i just noticed, is he wearing a daniel johnstone t shirt in that screen-shot?

He certainly is. He wore that shirt a lot.

I wonder if Daniel is getting royalties?

[Maddy!]

I dunno...Kurt was always against being commercial. I don't think if he was alive he would of allowed it himself. Still I do agree Love is just in it to get as much money out of it as she can.

[fob12]

She's insane for real, but I'm not dissapointed because it'd be a good thing if this dumb franchise ended.

[Shread_6009]

Im torn, on one hand their in a way promoting his music and legacy, but at the same time they are using his music and image to promote the sale and promotion of another corporate fad, something he was against from the beginning of his career...

Ive decoded i will simply find away to get a copy of the game without paying. Its what kurt wouldve wanted

[TheBurningFish]

Irish Bassist wrote:

no way will she win.surely all activisions lawyers will have to say is 'she agreed to do it and now she broke her promise'.

activison should then counter sue,take all of cournteys money and give it to charity.

Internet hi-five!

[spectorlegend]

Ha what a bitch

[Revival]

What a dumb crack *****.

[Kebabmashine]

so, i really like nirvana but at first I was like, well it's a video game what should be bad about putting kurt in it... now, I saw this video that is mentioned in the article, and now I feel sick...really

[Mr77]

Kikuta wrote:

Why the **** does everyone have to take the smallest things so bloody seriously? It's a goddamn video game paying tribute to a music icon, how the **** can you be offended by that?

Well said. Surely it's some kind of tribute. The man and his music have a place in many peoples hearts, most certainly mine. Crazy woman. RIP Kurt Cobain

[heavenbesideyou]

lawl. I would love to see Kurt Cobain sing Bon Jovi.

[koikomoru]

Guess she needs more money to put up her nose.

So sad...

[J.J.G.]

she's a bitch period.
Cobain deserves better for sure planting his image in some kind of kids toy is an outrage

[MGB2]

i hate her

[ixcamdentown]

Shread_6009 wrote:

Ive decoded i will simply find away to get a copy of the game without paying. Its what kurt wouldve wanted

awesome

checked.
calm down guys. sure courtney is a bit of a screw-up but that's no excuse for sending her death threats, lol.

[GoToSleep]

Everyone makes a huge deal of these things cause it's Kurt Cobain. But seriously, it's a video game. I mean would I want to be a popular game character playing other people's songs if I was Kurt? Probably not I'm guessing. If you really want to respect the man and his legacy than do what he would want.

[RockUAway]

I hope UG has a story someday saying she blew her own brains out...

RIP Kurt,

Id love to use him in the game, whether or not anyone likes it and on whatever song i please (KURT SINGING GNR!

atleast its not his actual voice singing the songs, dont get me wrong he was a good singer but he was grunge, enough said. (I.e. He'd sound like shit singing bon jovi)

[98Timberwolf]

If he would be against anything I think Kurt would be against that crazy bitch using his image to make as much money as possible. At least the game is a tribute to Kurt and his music in a way.

[Metal Onslaught]

this is stupidity. Who cares that they use the likeness of a dead guy? I'm pretty sure every single person already used in these games is going to die some day! So what then? All of a sudden people will start suing the game makers, and calling it distasteful? grow up son, grow up.

[Dabobble]

What a stupid twat to sit here and ride the fence. People that respect him and his music wouldn't have signed an agreement putting him in as a character in a plastic guitar game. And it's as a useable character so he's lipping songs spanning from Fleetwood Mac to Jet. Nothng against the bands appearing in GH or RB, I hear theres more money from having your song in the games than you get from iTunes even. But to have him parading around as a cartoon is sad. I thought it was bad taste to have Johnny Cash there but Kurt is even worse, and Courtney Love had to sign off on it and now she's pretending she's up in arms now that the fans are pissed. There are artists who are alive and wouldn't subject their likeness to such stupidity.

[amicone18]

Lol at Kurt Cobain singing you give love a bad name

[601210]

I'd think Kurt wouldn't really want to be in a video game. From what I understand, he wasn't exactly much for all the media attention he was getting. I'm likely to be wrong, though.

[theotherguy7145]

I don't think Kurt would have minded using his image. They should cut use on Teen Spirit though.
He hated that song in the end cos that's all he got known for.

[MetalOutlaw]

The second biggest money-grabbing bitch in the world of rock after $haron ****ing Osbourne!

[Dabobble]

98Timberwolf wrote:

If he would be against anything I think Kurt would be against that crazy bitch using his image to make as much money as possible. At least the game is a tribute to Kurt and his music in a way.

If you want to be a tribute to someone's life and music in a GH game, The Beatles: Rock Band is a very good model to follow. Activision is not using Kurt's likeness in a respectful way by having him used to sing random band's songs. If they put him in as unlockable for Nirvana songs, that'd be respectful. If they made a whole Nirvana Rock Band or GH and put him in, that'd be respectful, that'd be a tribute. Using him as a tool to make quick cash is not respectful, and it's a game, you don't see Dave Grohl volunteering for this or any other living artists for that matter. It's not in his image and wouldn't have been something he'd have done. Dave Grohl is right, he deserves better as did Johnny Cash.

[Spoony_Bard]

Courtney Love is nanners. The suits at Activision are nanners. Guitar Hero is nanners. Kids that obsess over Guitar Hero are nanners.

[Dabobble]

MetalOutlaw wrote:

The second biggest money-grabbing bitch in the world of rock after $haron ****ing Osbourne!

At least Sharon earned her keep, she was Ozzy's manager back when he was at his pinnacle.

[ExurKun]

I lol'd

[MetalOutlaw]

"Shot myself in the head, and I'm to blame, you give love, a bad name!" XD

[Zero_Focus]

to be honest i dont understand all the fuss about using Cobains image, mean he is a legend in his own right in world of grunge but they use other dead icons such as HENDRIX for one so why is there so much fuss about Kurt, Hendrix might not have wanted to be used in a game but he cant exactly call them on it can he

seems a bit contradictory that people say its a disgrace to have Cobain sing certain songs but its ok to have Hendrix sing La Bamba????

they really need to chill out about it all

[alexcarroll15]

MetalOutlaw wrote:

"Shot myself in the head, and I'm to blame, you give love, a bad name!" XD

LOL! but this is still stupid, its clearly a homage to kurt and will open up nirvana to the younger generation who may not yet have heard of the greatness of nirvana

dave and kris should chill out itll just rake in cash for them when the game sells some more copies of nevermind

[floomdesk]

JUSTICE

[BrixDK]

Kurt Cobain singing "Livin' on a prayer"... Definition of irony

[goncalocobain]

courtney love just won with his death, maybe she managed to kill him.

[Dabobble]

they used Hendrix too? I'd be just as pissed about that. It's exploiting someone's image and life to have them after death whoring themselves out to a plastic guitar video game. You're not even a legend but I doubt you'd like that. Ever notice it's the dead legends that they use? Slash is really pretty much the only living one that *****d out and he was the spokesman. The main reason it's a disgrace is that Cobain so was not the kinda guy to be frolicking around singing cover songs.

[Dabobble]

BrixDK wrote:

Kurt Cobain singing "Livin' on a prayer"... Definition of irony

"You give love a bad name" far more ironic ocnsidering Courtney

[SomeoneYouKnew]

Really?
If she already signed a contract ...
Perhaps she thinks that doesn't matter.

Do contracts mean nothing?
It seems to her they don't.
Maybe she should rethink this.
Everyone knows she's just milking this for more attention.

[Chad11491]

she can't do anything. She signed a written agreement, she can't just change her mind. She should have thought about that before she signed it. She may be in the right, but right now she's just coming across as a dumb money-grabbing hoe.

[Dabobble]

SomeoneYouKnew wrote:

Really?
If she already signed a contract ...
Perhaps she thinks that doesn't matter.

Do contracts mean nothing?
It seems to her they don't.
Maybe she should rethink this.
Everyone knows she's just milking this for more attention.

She ****ed up but if enough fans get pissed along with her bitching, they may just lock Kurt or maybe make him only playable on Nirvana tracks and then it's not as disgraceful.

[MetalOutlaw]

Putting Kobain in this is homage to the man! There is no living rock star who has been against being in GH so far (Slash, Tom Morello, Ozzy Osbourne, Zakk Wylde, Sting...) so I reckon Kuurt would of been fine with it.

And when is one of the gods (IRON MAIDEN!) going to apear in the game? GH 5 has 2 mins to midnight, so hopefully the next one.

[joshgrwk]

you guys are getting ahead of yourselves. courtney love figured out how to work twitter? THAT'S news. of course, being awake for 3 weeks straight on crack helps. anyway, i'm siding with dave and krist. they were his bandmates, and they don't like it. neither do i.

[slashrock94]

I agree with Courtney. Apparenently it wasn't known that Kurt would be used for other songs as well when the contract was agreed. So either Courtney didn't read carefully enough, or she has the right to "sue the shit out of Activision", which she should.

[Dabobble]

MetalOutlaw wrote:

Putting Kobain in this is homage to the man! There is no living rock star who has been against being in GH so far (Slash, Tom Morello, Ozzy Osbourne, Zakk Wylde, Sting...) so I reckon Kuurt would of been fine with it.

Is Kurt Cobain anything like any of the guitarists mentioned? Sting is an aging rocker who probably thought it'd be cool to have kids playing as him. Zakk Wylde is just crazy and aging. Ozzy Osbourne does reality tv and a World of Warcraft commercial...being in GH is not nearly as degrading. Tom Morello isn't in the spotlight much anymore and isn't grunge, course he wouldnt care. Slash is a seemingly lighthearted guy. No way did Kurt Cobain, a man who birthed grunge and gave it fame. Who's more likely to write a song about nuclear holocaust than anything happy, seem like the kinda guy to be ok with bieng in GH. I don't think he liked the fame he had much less the fame that he'd get from whoring out to plastic guitar games.

[Metallicaloveu]

They will probably use the same image under a similar name like curt cocaine - that's not a bad name for a rock star!

[SomeoneYouKnew]

Dabobble wrote:

She ****ed up but if enough fans get pissed along with her bitching, they may just lock Kurt or maybe make him only playable on Nirvana tracks and then it's not as disgraceful.

Read your comment.
I get where you're coming from.
Please re-read mine.

Don't think she's doing this for his sake.
I suspect it's more about her.
Maybe I'm wrong, though.
Everyone should take a closer look.

[belavista man]

Like it matters. Che said 'yeah'. She can't change her mind now, the game's done. And why are Nirvana fans 'showing their distaste'? Because he's dead? Big woop.. Hendrix is dead and he was in one of them..

[fender456]

EternalLife18 wrote:

and really i mean come on its a ****ing video game i very much doubt kurt wouldve cared people take this stuff FAR too serious

ya seriously

[TheEsupremacy]

Besides the child he fathered with this drug addicted piece of work of a woman, I believe if Kurt were alive today he'd be so far away from her. She's nasty. Do some research on her, it gets really sick. Doesn't make Ted Nugent look good either.

[ewall09]

shes a money grubbing Who-Re

[slaptasticdave]

Dear Courtney Love,

NO ONE GIVES A FUCK ABOUT WHAT YOU DO OR THINK!

love,

me

[joker_thief]

hmm guess she's kinda batshit crazy aint she? tho it would've been slightly amusing

[aebers79]

Courtney Love is a freak, but I don't really understand why Kurt Cobain is looked at like a God. He wrote good music, but it's not like creating a character is defiling his greatness. It's honoring more than anything

[wesselbindt]

*raises left eyebrow*

[palefire]

A lot of you have pointed out how Kurt was above doing cover versions of other people's songs, and you're right! He'd never do something like that at a show, especially not if it was televised or on a record.

Unless it was 'My Sharona'. And they did do 'Love Buzz' on the first album. And I guess they did 'Here She Comes Now'. And 'Man Who Sold the World'. And they sometimes did Vaselines songs...and Meat Puppets... um...what was my argument again?

[Turkeyburger]

lol

[edinfang]

Yay Go Courtney!

[CreepingDeath90]

why does everyone make a big deal about kurt being in the game? jimi hendrix was in world tour and no one cared and johnny cash is in this one but no one cares...as for courtney, they should really take away her control over cobains image, she just uses it for her own ****in money needs

[Xaur Kun]

someone needs to explain common sense to her
i glad Kurt is in the game
i did everything as Hendrix in the last one
Hendrix was the last person they resurrected for the game and he was a god now kurt is gettin the same treatment

[Shinozoku]

Since the character can be used for any song in the video game, there have been videos posted of the likeness singing tracks like Bon Jovi's "You Give Love A Bad Name".

LOL!!!!!

[Chaingarden]

I don't think this is the same thing as using the likeness of other music icons. It's pretty sensitive here just because the hatred of the commercialization of Nirvana's music, Seattle as a hip music and fashion hub, and Kurt Cobain's image is arguably what caused him to commit suicide in the first place. I'm sure it was meant in good fun, but in reality, this is a bit like spitting in his face after he's dead. It would be a little like using a Leftover Crack song as the theme for some hot new MTV show. A little weird, unsettling, and contradictory.

[DukeFame]

i had no idea johnny cash was in GH too that is also disrespectful. I am convinced all this crap is greed, GH doesn't need any more help selling copies using two deceased artists likenesses to sling crappy fake guitars for little kids and drunk college dudes is a slap in the face. How many copies of this game do they wanna sell? Perhaps they're using kurt and johnny to sell billions instead of millions.

[Fiddelers elbow]

Nice one on the can of worms activision.

[-[NiL]-]

I lol'd at "there have been videos posted of the likeness singing tracks like Bon Jovi's 'You Give Love A Bad Name'."

[MonsterOfRock]

Most likely she won't sue Activision (coz theres absolutely no way of winning the lawsuit once you've signed up for it) and just twitting all these crap for attention, like she always does. Shes not a dumb bitch, infact a clever one.

And chill the hell out people, its a game. And besides, none of your oppinions are gonna make any difference to anything.

And seriously, Cobain is not worth the debate, hes merely a good musician, not a god, certainly not of the guitar. Besides, the greatest grunge band has always been Pearl Jam, followed closely by AiC and thats a fact, fanboys.

[Slapfunkah]

yes, because Kurt Cobain is property of Courtney Love, so she can sue. my ass.

[silent caution]

MonsterOfRock wrote:

Most likely she won't sue Activision (coz theres absolutely no way of winning the lawsuit once you've signed up for it) and just twitting all these crap for attention, like she always does. Shes not a dumb bitch, infact a clever one.

And chill the hell out people, its a game. And besides, none of your oppinions are gonna make any difference to anything.

And seriously, Cobain is not worth the debate, hes merely a good musician, not a god, certainly not of the guitar. Besides, the greatest grunge band has always been Pearl Jam, followed closely by AiC and thats a fact, fanboys.

i wont argue with that, but fact is no band meant as much to as many people as nirvana did

Checked.

Oh, and by the way: anyone who brings up Kurt Cobain murder theories is getting warned for spam. I'm going to delete the posts that have mentioned them without warnings, but it's completely irrelevant to the topic.

[MonsterOfRock]

silent caution, yea I do agree that as far as grunge following goes, no one tops the popularity of Nirvana. But in other genres however, The Beatles and Metallica come to mind as having gigantic fanbases as well, but thats off topic.

[White-Trash Wil]

i dont believe that she would say those things.....she doesnt have that big of a verbal dictionary, she's barely able to "the" and now she can say (and spell) bigs words like "trust the estate". BTW, i hate Courtney Love and what she did to Kurt, but this is just idiotic on so many levels and as MonstersOfRock said she's doing this for the attention.

[Razor888]

Who gives a **** its a game its fun and i love the idea of using one of my dead idols. They should make a rock band with only dead idols or make them specific to their music like rock band beatles. I would love them to make rock band nirvana it would kick ass.

[Slay 'Em]

What a dumb bitch! How can you say that after you agreed with the decision?

[ShredCat6]

Sounds like Courtney needs to up her medication.

[Killzark]

Why are people getting so mad about Kurt in the game?I think he would have loved it! He was all about exposing people to new kinds of music and that's just what GH does

[flame843]

i think the lesson we can learn here is that courtney love should never be trusted with legal decision-making.

[The Sharkman]

silent caution wrote:

i wont argue with that, but fact is no band meant as much to as many people as nirvana did

Are you crazy?

It was like any other product...

His fans are to blame...
Kurt is not a sellout....

There are many, many greats that, over time become aware that, instead of an innovative influential conveyor of valid ideas, are just tools to make the ones they fight a little bit richer...

Sid Barrett is maybe the biggest "would be", or Hendrix or Paul Kossoff , etc. etc....

Let them R.I.P.

[chrisdazzo]

I am so sick of this douchebag Cobain getting so much attention. He's in a video game, wow, great. All he is now is a cash machine.

[Soothsayer92]

MetalOutlaw wrote:

"Shot myself in the head, and I'm to blame, you give love, a bad name!" XD

That's actually kinda ****ed up. The fact that you said that tells me that you're not a real Kurt Cobain fan.

[ilikeguitar90]

chrisdazzo wrote:

I am so sick of this douchebag Cobain getting so much attention. He's in a video game, wow, great. All he is now is a cash machine.

It's not his fault he's getting raped from the grave by money-hungry *****s like courtney love...

[ERNIE889]

people, your forgetting the issue here, Kurt's not a garden hose you could sue your neighbor for, be offended by the argument. the real crime is JIMI's use...

[Black Ox]

Who didn't see this coming? Love is such a dumb *****. She tried to cash in on Cobain's expense and now this happened.

[genghisgandhi]

i love courney love, when you die, you hand over all creative contol of your likeness, and francis is getting a portion of the money

[leadg]

I can easily see where she is coming from though...she probably assumed it was for nirvana songs only and it turned out different whether shes a bitch is irrelevant. Contracts are tricky and u may be ok with it, but it doesn't mean family and friends are. Its a little thing that my generation and younger lack nowadays which is respect.

[Zero_Mike]

Can you say: ...PUBLICITY STUNT?

What a colossal bitch. No wonder Cobain up and offed himself.

[Vypor]

Go figures.. i hope courtney gets involved in an airplane crash, escapes with a parachute, and falls directly on top of a traveling helicopter.

That would make my day.

[Ambush72]

This is a publicicty stunt to sell more copies, and people will buy it, i mean face it since GH3 they dropped sales, so this will boost it because people we be talking aobut kurt cobain, am i the only one seeing this?

also
-LAST!!!!!

[Timothy O.]

Let's think about this: she signs a waver for the rights to use Kurt. That gives her money right? A few weeks later she's trying to sue activision to get MORE money. I'm sorry but if this isn't suspicious then tell me what is.

That being said, they really have some nerve allowing you to use Kurt in this. Are there even any Nirvana songs in this one?

[Dentless Dave]

Jøhnny wrote:

Someone wants more money eh...?

That's what it sounds like to me. Oh, the web we weave. I'm surprised she hasn't auctioned off his ashes yet. She's auctioned or sold everything else....

[Hamburger89]

I'm not a fan of nirvana or cobain, I think they're overrated. However, the last thing cobain would have wanted is to be in a videogame made just to make money.

[TechnicolorType]

that's bullshit
****ing jimi hendix is dead and was in world tour..

tons of other famous people have been in GH games and "pantomimed" stuff so i don't see the big deal.
talk about ****ing stupid.
kurt shouldn't be treated different than others.
he wrote good shit.
and so did all those other artists.

[hamsterman64]

WarwickFunk wrote:

Thats just where the crack and heroin took her that day. Lets just be happy that she could complete a thought.

Hahaha. I'm not really sure if it's a good thing that a crack/heroin junkie CAN complete thoughts. Especially not if this kind of sh*t is the outcome.

As for the respect argument, I definitely understand where people are coming from. Of course it's important to respect people that have made some kind of impact on peoples' lives - and for everybody in general - but then again, a lot of this just has to do with perspective.

Personally, I don't think that there is anything wrong with using somebody's likeness, living or deceased, so long as all of the necessary rights were acquired and the creation of the likeness is done in a way that the majority would consider respectful. Having seen the rendered Cobain, I'd definitely say that there's nothing remotely disrespectful about his representation in the game. If anything, I'd consider it a favor to Nirvana/Kurt's hardcore and casual fans alike.

As for Love, the fact that she signed on to the project willingly and decided to retract and sue is beyond fishy. I'm less concerned with G5's use of a legend and more with Love's abuse of said legend. She's basically just whoring him out.

[Dentless Dave]

DiaryOfJane wrote:

Kurt was an amazing musician and it was tragic that he died, but really, I mean its a video game chartacter that looks like him, who really cares?

It's a lot of legal stuff that has to do with his estate and likeness/image. When you own that estate, you have to protect it for it to remain worth any money. That is why "fake" products and unauthorized likenesses or products are looked down upon. If everyone used his likeness as they wished, then the estate would be almost worthless.

[3 days grace14]

she signed and sealed so she can kiss ass! we all know she only want to wring the last few bucks outa the name anyway!!!!

[Metallidethium]

Sandon8 :
FirsT

It's so tipical of Courtney,if she has already signed a written contract se has no way of persuing legal action. Think before you act Courtney....and don't act only for the money, at least not with your late husband's image

fail because you werent first. nor would anyone care if you ever were first. as for this fiasco, it doesnt matter who but one party will be making money off of cobain's name and probably for the wrong reasons. if you want to pay tribute to an artist, ide say dedicate the game to them or atleast a song pack and make it so that he's only singing/playing those songs. it's like making a jimi hendrix character and having him sing "dead on arrival" by fall out boy.

[LedZepKicksAzz]

For those of you saying, "What's the big deal? It's just a video game," do not understand Kurt Cobain.

So Courtney signs the deal, and upsets Nirvana fans everywher and disrespects Kurt's memory. Then, she changes her mind and sues, knowing that she'll still get all the money, but also knowing that now she looks like she cares about Kurt Cobain. This is a sad attempt to get everyone back on her side. Pitiful.

[hellfire21]

Dabobble wrote:

What a stupid twat to sit here and ride the fence. People that respect him and his music wouldn't have signed an agreement putting him in as a character in a plastic guitar game. And it's as a useable character so he's lipping songs spanning from Fleetwood Mac to Jet. Nothng against the bands appearing in GH or RB, I hear theres more money from having your song in the games than you get from iTunes even. But to have him parading around as a cartoon is sad. I thought it was bad taste to have Johnny Cash there but Kurt is even worse, and Courtney Love had to sign off on it and now she's pretending she's up in arms now that the fans are pissed. There are artists who are alive and wouldn't subject their likeness to such stupidity.

greatly said my friend. no one here understands this point it seems.

[ndschroede23]

I like how they imply that singing songs "like You Give Love a Bad Name" is reason enough for people to be upset at Cobain's inclusion in the game. As if he's somehow "above" low-art bands like Bon Jovi. Give me a break.

[kajones]

pjpwnsu wrote:

why would they put him as a "guitar hero" anyways....the guy blows nuts at guitar to begin with. oh wait, you dont need to make talented/skilled music to make a lot of money...sry, i forgot

stfu... what makes kurt not talented or skilled. the man did some amazing ass live shows, put heart into his music, and wrote some music that will stand the test of time much longer than any of the stuff our "talented" asses will ever produce. talent he has. skill not so much. mayby you dont like some of the whiny little fans that think kurts the greatest guuitar player in the world, but get your shit straight and stop bashing the dude. skill doesnt make for a whole lot better music anyway. hell do you really think he could play like dragonforce and still sing ok over it. that would sound redicoulous man.....

now that my mad rant is over. Courtney love is a hooker. this is dumb. ill side with grohl in a little bit, but theyre saying that because he was their best friend. im sure itd be weird if any of our dead best friends was dancing around on a video game.

[1201ZJ]

lmao, they should have seen it coming

[Leigh093]

If this is how she treats the press and media, imagine how Kurt got treated....

[JVitherXD]

It was a tragedy that kurt died and that he was married/going out with a complete money grabbing b***h but still he wasn't a guitar hero, he made great songs and influenced many people to go away from the mainstream and try a new music branch, but he played chords and mediocre solos, his music isn't for guitar hero and it is disrespectful that people are using his well known image to sell a video game that 10 year olds play, when they don't understand what his music means

[StONE_ROdGEr]

Look at this article from the other day:

One of the major concerns about the licensing was featuring Cobain in the video game as an actual character. Courtney Love had a major say in the artist being incorporated and wanted to make sure the singer looked like himself.

"Courtney supplied us with photos and videos and knew exactly what she wanted Kurt to look like," said Riley. "She picked the wardrobe and hair style, which turned out to be the ‘Teen Spirit’ look, then we went back and forth over changes — some subtle, some not so subtle."

http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/upcoming_releases/ku rt_cobain_your_newest_guitar_hero_character.html

Shes' got to be in it for the money. Fuck her.

[sykguitaryst]

i dont see how cobains character is any different than jimi hendrix, slash, or even hayley williams..

[shredAMERICA!]

this is stupid. if shes signed and agreement she has no chance.
and plus its a video game. grow up

[KISSARMYSOLDIER]

I couldnt give a shit that activision are using kurts name and and likeness, i dont think he'd even give a shit. But please show a little respect for his memory, he spent his whole life trying to kill the joke that was "hair metal" and now his likeness is singing their songs. Talk about a kick in the nuts!

[VanTheKraut]

Courtney Love just sounds more and more like an 8th grade girlwhos only purpose in life is getting more and more money.

[JakeCurran]

Kurt hated media like this, he never would have consented to being in guitar hero 5...

[Evanm888]

of course kurt wouldnt have signed off on this if he were alive today, but guess what? hes not. it doesnt matter what kurt believed in or what he would have done, because THE MAN IS DEAD.is it disrespectful to what he lived for? maybe, but WHO CARES WHAT KURT THINKS, HES FUCKING DEAD. and anyway its not like the game is deliberately mocking his image by making him available to sing songs by other artits. he is featured in the game as a tribute to honor his music, not to poke fun at him. the intentions are good, so everyone calm down.

[mr_metal121]

wat a money grabbing cow, i think her being such a nob is more disrespectful to Kurt because she's making a major tantrum over his memory and she's a b*tch

[unclenono]

Oh wow...more bickering over a dead man. Why can't people wake the f**k up and worry about more important problems such as global warming...lol. Anyway, it's only a game. Who's gonna' remember this in ten years?

[dudemanwhoathe1]

JakeCurran wrote:

Kurt hated media like this, he never would have consented to being in guitar hero 5...

you dont know kurt. You're not him. How would you know he would have cared? He didn't give a shit about anything like that, at least not very much. Honestly I could see him doing it, I really could.

[zink10192]

I don't remember Kurt singing songs about him being all about making elaborate plans to get money by disrespecting himself and then trying to get more money by suing the gamers for using himself...

all seems like a waste, this world is deffinetly turning more green by the second, too bad the environment still sucks :P

[metalgirl0]

Didn't she agreed with Activision ? Man, she's just trying to get some cash desperately, she fails so hard

[MasterExploder0]

I can't wait to have Kurt play Sweating Bullets...

[anuldestoyr]

LMAO! Last time i came on here, it said "Kurt Cobain to be new character in guitar hero" with this picture. Now, I come back, and it says "Courtney Love to sue Activision." Wow.

[Early Cuyler]

will somebody please shoot Courtney Love already?

checkedd

[blistered earth]

she is a fjordin retard shes broke and is cashin in on kurts death and popularity first she says use him for that crappy game now she feels bad about it and is gonna sue em (just to cash in) she could just as easily file a cease and desist but god forbid she not make money
and furthermore why would she act like she owns kurt cobain (the dude killed himself to get away from you)

[blistered earth]

ps early i agree 100000
00000%

[ironmaiden_98]

PIMO wrote:

Kurt Cobain should come back and just pimp smack her Chris Brown style

thats the best thing ive heard in a long time

[calicovon]

belavista man :
Like it matters. Che said 'yeah'. She can't change her mind now, the game's done. And why are Nirvana fans 'showing their distaste'? Because he's dead? Big woop.. Hendrix is dead and he was in one of them..

C'mon people, how hard is this to understand? We aren't up in arms about Kurt's image being used because he is dead, we're pissed because it's against everything he stood for. Hendrix and Cash loved the spotlight, Cobain took his own life because he hated it so much. And quit dissing his skills, real Nirvana fans have never talked up the merits of Kurt's guitar skills. He wrote amazingly simple melodies that sounded great but no, he's no Hendrix, and I can agree with that thought. It might have been ok if he was just on there for his own songs, (MIGHT have been ok, I'm pretty against the whole thing in general, but my opinion means nothing) but to have him singing the music of Bon Jovi and other hair bands, well that's just wrong. The man hated that genre of music, and that was well documented. Why do this to his image Activision? And to the people saying "Oh, it doesn't matter, he's dead", imagine your image being used posthumously for something you hated enough to end your life over. This sucks.

[buddyboombotz]

EternalLife18 wrote:

.....really? man if this doesnt prove shes just after money nothing will

and really i mean come on its a ****ing video game i very much doubt kurt wouldve cared people take this stuff FAR too serious

Maybe if she wasn't suing them...

[NemX162]

A lot of you don't seem to understand, the problem isn't that they are using a "great guitarist" in a video game, or the fact that he's dead. The problem is that it is against his ideals, and that he isn't alive to say no.

[pacsabbath25]

lol about the 10 year olds not knowing what the songs mean i hope if he is put n there taht they have the song in bloom

[sludgegarden69]

i dont know what kurt would have thought about this, he was really anticommercial but on the other hand he might not even take it seriously and just laugh about it. either way courtney is obviously trying to get money out of this, but go easy on her shes been through a lot of shit. nobody really deserves the stuff shes had to endure, not even a person like her

[DyingToFish]

this is stupid, for one you hav to be big, and I mean BIG to even on this game, so frankly all the people complaining can keep doing it, but seriously, SUE ACTIVISION!? god thats insane, all becuz of a video game that MILLIONS of kids play, if anything this will bring back Nirvana so people need to loosen up.

[BigZman95]

BrianApocalypse wrote:

She gives love a bad name.

lmao

Checked.

[maidenfan15]

NemX162 wrote:

A lot of you don't seem to understand, the problem isn't that they are using a "great guitarist" in a video game, or the fact that he's dead. The problem is that it is against his ideals, and that he isn't alive to say no.

The point is, Courtney signed off on it. She has absolutely no case. Whether it's right or wrong is irrelevent.

Besides, what about Johnny Cash? Last time I checked, he was dead too. People just don't make a big deal about it because he died of old age, not blowing his brains out. Everytime a musician dies, they get a HUGE cult following.

[maidenfan15]

And yes, I accept the fact that Kurt was anti-commercial, but it's a game. I honestly don't think he would have cared.

[Rflyon]

I don't think it's really a problem that they'd choose him to represent a Rock Icon... That is, after all, what he was, like it or not. The problem isn't even in the song selection.

The problem is that Kurt Cobain would NEVER gallivant around the stage making over-the-top "RAWWWK" gestures with no guitar in sight. Maybe everyone who allowed Kurt's likeness was actually expecting him to portray HIMSELF... not some ridiculous clown dancing around on-stage.

[canvasDude]

As an Activision employee, I will tell you that we are just a bunch of music fans and guitarists who wanna share our passions with the world. Why all the hatred toward GH? It's just meant to be fun and open up the world of rock music and guitar to a new generation. If you don't like the game, don't play it.

[devilskommander]

Slapfunkah wrote:

yes, because Kurt Cobain is property of Courtney Love, so she can sue. my ass.[/quote]

ahhhhahahahahahahahahahaaaa
extreme lol

[yutsi]

RockUAway wrote:

I hope UG has a story someday saying she blew her own brains out...

RIP Kurt,

Id love to use him in the game, whether or not anyone likes it and on whatever song i please (KURT SINGING GNR!

atleast its not his actual voice singing the songs, dont get me wrong he was a good singer but he was grunge, enough said. (I.e. He'd sound like shit singing bon jovi)

Kurt is not grunge and hates crap like GNR. Courtney is just dumb. I agree that he shouldnt be used to sing crappy songs by other bands on guitar hero, but why did she sign a deal THEN complain?

[MetFan10]

She loved him very much and now she thinks she's made a mistake on his behalf. She isn't in it for the money.

[Haunt3dAng3l]

yutsi wrote:

RockUAway wrote:

I hope UG has a story someday saying she blew her own brains out...

RIP Kurt,

Id love to use him in the game, whether or not anyone likes it and on whatever song i please (KURT SINGING GNR!

atleast its not his actual voice singing the songs, dont get me wrong he was a good singer but he was grunge, enough said. (I.e. He'd sound like shit singing bon jovi)
Kurt is not grunge and hates crap like GNR. Courtney is just dumb. I agree that he shouldnt be used to sing crappy songs by other bands on guitar hero, but why did she sign a deal THEN complain?

Kurt not grunge? Where the hell have you been? Gun's N Roses had (note the word HAD) far more skill and better songwriters than Nirvana. GNR had the fans and the album sales to prove it. "Crappy songs by other bands on guitar hero" you say? I'm sorry, but your comment smells a lot two things....Nirvana fanboy and Teen spirit.

[daniel c b]

wtf

[tdauza1]

Courtney planned this. Before the game was released, she agreed to let Activision use Kurt Cobain as a character, but after the game is released she just decides to change her mind? This was planned. All she cares about is the money. Courtney is a *****.

R.I.P. Kurt

[SephiSpawn]

If she wins this case.... The world truly is corrupt.

[EnyoAdonai]

I'd be suprised if any company wants to deal with her again after this... and if I'm right in saying that, Kurt Cobain will finally cease to be a tool for money making.

[Craig-Bass1995]

TBH I Feel If Guitar Hero Are Going To Use The Image Of Kurt Cobain, They Should Only Do So On His Own Songs. He Manage To Become A Music Icon In His Life And Death, So Giving Him Another Voice Would Be like, For Example, Giving A Chav A Guitar And Telling Him To Learn A Machine Head Song--- It's Just Wrong! Kurt Cobain Has Created His Own Style, And Changing That Style Would Just Be A Mockery To His Name! Maybe If Guitar Hero Would Make A Nirvana Game Like They Did With Metallica We Would Have No Problem, Would We?

[McHizzie]

Fuck that bitch! lol hows she gonna whin if she was behind putting him on there

[Superperfex]

Did anyone actually take offense to him being in the game?

[Santeria420]

Wow, I was going to say something but everybody else already said it. Anyway, Love is disgustingly greedy as usual and the whole lot of them are taking this far too seriously.

[yoduh4077]

There's no way she would win if she did sue. Aside from the likeness waiver or whatever, Activision has grossed over One Billion Dollars from the GH francishe. They could hire every lawyer in the western hemisphere to defend themselves if they wanted to. I think they should countersue for slander, or some BS reason, just so they can take all of Love's money so she doesn't pull sh!t like this again.

[DontFightTheFoo]

\Facepalm

[Johnny Nixx]

Wow what a dumb bitch she is. Like most of you said its a ****ing video game, who cares. I'm sure he'd think it would be cool to have his himself remembered in something like that. Shes just a stupid bitch wanting more money... pretty simple.

[Austere]

Kurt Cobain hated commercial shit. If there' anything in the world that's commercial, it's guitar hero. Hendrix was one thing but this is ****ed up.

Courtney's probably so drugged up at this point that she doesn't even know what she wants.

[HardRockKid]

GOOD JOB COURTNEY
you guys need to stop being dicks to her, Kurt loved her, stop blaming her for everything wrong with nirvana

[Archenas]

This whole situation is pretty funny. I'm sure she's in it for the publicity if not for the money. Either way, it's an awful attempt.

Off-topic thoughts after reading through the comment fighting about whether it's respectful or not or if he deserves it or not;

I'm not a hardcore fanboy over Nirvana or Kurt like a lot of people are for whatever reason. I don't see it as respectful or disrespectful to put a 3D model of a famous artist on a game. It's a tribute, yes. It's fun. They put Kurt, Tom, Jimi, Slash, Zakk, etc on the game for fun and flavor.

In Guitar Hero, you're a rising band and famous musicians challenge you to guitar duels and request the honor that you play their songs alongside them afterwards. It's fun and in the game for theme. No one needs to flip out and take it as an insult that they're in a game, or that you're supposed to beat them at a guitar duel in the game when you clearly couldn't in real life, or anything people say.

This game brings up a lot of band/genre-based and real guitarist VS Guitar Hero guitarist fan wars.. A lot more than it should. Why don't people fight over the trash talkers on Call of Duty saying how good they are with a rifle? I never see "You're pathetic for playing a war-based shooting game. Go be a real frontline soldier!!" but there's always people bashing on Guitar Hero fans for not playing real guitar. I personally play real guitar AND Guitar Hero, and am very good at both. I don't see the big deal.

This Kurt disagreement among these comments on whether it's disrespectful or not is just ANOTHER war to add to GH's history. Nirvana's music is good. So is almost every other band on the game (personal taste obviously). And a lot of songs on past GH's are also by now-dead artists. Free Bird? Sweet Home Alabama? Any of the Hendrix songs? Lynyrd Skynyrd and Jimi Hendrix are amazing in many, MANY ways. Nirvana had good lyrics and a new form of playing at the time.

In my opinion? Kurt doesn't deserve to be on a guitar-based game. At all. He's not a good guitarist. His idea of a solo was playing along with the pitch of the chorus's vocal line like someone who JUST started learning guitar might do or throwing his guitar on the ground and kicking the strings and the whammy bar. He's a good SONGWRITER and if they ever release Vocals Hero: Nirvana you bet I'll buy it, but..

I know I got off-topic and ranty. Just some observations I've made over the years I suppose. All my opinion, but.. Kurt didn't do much besides write meaningful lyrics from the heart. And fight the media (Whoa!). And play guitar poorly.

I like Nirvana's music, I purchased and listen to a couple albums still, but they are NOT the demigod icons people make them out to be.

[olithebass]

Activision just dug themselves in a hole basically but they've got more than enough money to defend themselves against this ridiculous lawsue! typical american really lol
(no offence to americans reading this)

[BLood_Mountain]

WHO CARES. The dude is dead. He wasn't even a good guitarist. He wrote some good lyrics, i'll grant. But really. I wouldn't pick him as a character anyway if I played the game. This isn't news.

[Audioslave1001]

Cobain Enterprises...I thought I'd never see those two words together...there goes music...

[Night_Lights]

the whole reason for the backlash is that fact that Kurt will be playing guitar along to other peoples songs, like classic rock hits. Its such a jarring, ironic image.

[Wesseem]

maidenfan15 wrote:

NemX162 wrote:

A lot of you don't seem to understand, the problem isn't that they are using a "great guitarist" in a video game, or the fact that he's dead. The problem is that it is against his ideals, and that he isn't alive to say no.

The point is, Courtney signed off on it. She has absolutely no case. Whether it's right or wrong is irrelevent.

Besides, what about Johnny Cash? Last time I checked, he was dead too. People just don't make a big deal about it because he died of old age, not blowing his brains out. Everytime a musician dies, they get a HUGE cult following.

did you even read the guys post? he said it WASN'T about him being dead. only that if he were alive he would say no to being in GH, unlike jonny cash. get it?

[Santeria420]

Austere wrote:

Kurt Cobain hated commercial shit. If there' anything in the world that's commercial, it's guitar hero. Hendrix was one thing but this is ****ed up.

Courtney's probably so drugged up at this point that she doesn't even know what she wants.

Hendrix is far more important to rock than Kurt. And I'm a Nirvana fan. So if anybody would be too good for this, it would be Hendrix, not Kurt. And however non-commercial he may have been, he still signed with a major label. None of this even matters, its just a game, goddamn, and a fun one at that.

[paquiquinho]

calicovon wrote:

belavista man :
Like it matters. Che said 'yeah'. She can't change her mind now, the game's done. And why are Nirvana fans 'showing their distaste'? Because he's dead? Big woop.. Hendrix is dead and he was in one of them..

C'mon people, how hard is this to understand? We aren't up in arms about Kurt's image being used because he is dead, we're pissed because it's against everything he stood for. Hendrix and Cash loved the spotlight, Cobain took his own life because he hated it so much. And quit dissing his skills, real Nirvana fans have never talked up the merits of Kurt's guitar skills. He wrote amazingly simple melodies that sounded great but no, he's no Hendrix, and I can agree with that thought. It might have been ok if he was just on there for his own songs, (MIGHT have been ok, I'm pretty against the whole thing in general, but my opinion means nothing) but to have him singing the music of Bon Jovi and other hair bands, well that's just wrong. The man hated that genre of music, and that was well documented. Why do this to his image Activision? And to the people saying "Oh, it doesn't matter, he's dead", imagine your image being used posthumously for something you hated enough to end your life over. This sucks.

Thanks for taking the time to write the exact thing I was going to write.

[clockwise86]

This isn't really about whether or not Kurt loved her. The whole world is just sick of her antics. She sells his image, then when that's not what people want she starts talking about how she's going to sue the s*** out of Activision.

If her decision was actually about Kurt's honor I wouldn't mind. But it's just about more money for her. Kurt wanted one thing in his suicide and that was for people to forget him and drop the hype. You would think the woman he was so in love with would respect that and stop making a fuss over his name/likeness every six months.

If there is one thing I hate it is hypocrites and Courtney Love is the biggest I have ever seen. She's never done anything worth a d*** and so she uses her dead husband as a means to make herself seen.

[Idiot_Son]

shes trying for a double pay day, and also trying to look good for the Cobain fanboys...

[Idiot_Son]

an videogames are counter culture. they still aren't recognised as commercial

[clockwise86]

Idiot_Son :
an videogames are counter culture. they still aren't recognised as commercial

Any skateboard game I've seen in the last 5 years begs to disagree with you.

['chillin']

courtney is a stupid a** b*tch
she needs to forget about money and act like a decent person

[IRISH_PUNK13]

man i cant beleive that b*tch she allowed cobain to be turned into the one thing he never wanted to be and that is being an icon for ignorant people who do not understand his music or only knew him for teen spirit.

[Superperfex]

If activision was run by people that actually know music, this would never have happened. they would know what kurt would want. (Or a basic Idea of it)

[Seref]

Now I ain't sayin' she a gold digger,
But she ain't messin' wit no broke N(achos)

[LazyLatinoRocke]

She helped activition make Kurt Cobain and now shes suing them? *Facepalm:

[Shirate]

Coming in GH 6..... play as MICHAEL JACKSON!!! That's right, play as the king of pop himself!!!

[NirvanaChicken]

Lmfao!!! Courtney is such a dumb a s s!!! She makes meee laaugh!!! Wow, I love Kurt [obvisouly more then she does] and I think Activision should sue her stupid punk ass for being so stupid. She bassically betrayed them.. How are you gunna help someone make a vidio game, then turn around and sue them? Man, that wome needs to go die in a hole....

[NirvanaChicken]

But I'm not so sure about the idea of having Kurt on there.....

[Dan Halen 1990]

oh well she shouldn't have signed an agreement. she wont't win in court.

[Dan Halen 1990]

Shirate :
Coming in GH 6..... play as MICHAEL JACKSON!!! That's right, play as the king of pop himself!!!

LMFAO!

[Jacob6293]

oh come on. come the ****ing christ on.

[xxadamnxx]

im so over this c*nt. is anyone really surprised? i mean really.. im sure dave and christ are just sitting back watching the whole thing unfold thinking the same thing.

[FLbassplayer21]

rockband is an insut to learn music learn how to play music and if people strongly about kurt cobain whom i like as a musician they should tell activision not sue them... sueing is pointless it just makes america look rele bad... so dont sue and dont play rockband there is your solution

[Slash 555]

They should have done what they did to hendrix in guitar hero world tour where he only appeared in game when you played a hendrix song and not as a playable character. That would be more in taste. Too late to do anything now though. By the way it's even funnier to play something like 2 minutes to midnight with jhonny cash as the guitar player lol.

[supersonic23]

Honestly I think Kurt would have gotten a kick out of his GH5 avatar. People forget that Kurt DID have a sense of humor.

[NoInnerKind]

In the article saying that Kurt would be in the next GH game, it says she gave them pictures and video clips to determine what Kurt would look like. So she clearly had no problem with him being in the game. This crack ***** just wants more money and she won't get it. She needs to take her stupid ass back to rehab.

[SlashWannabe1]

That **** Courtney Love should be pleased that people still listen to her one hit wonder has-been I mean husband 15 years after his death.

I'm sick of how Elvis Presley gets ripped on all the time for taking pain/sleeping/waking up pills for a legitimate problem just to perform for his fans and meet their demands but Kurt Cobain who actually took drugs with the intent of killing himself with actual hard illegal drugs and his emo bullshit is never mentioned but as a saint. Kurt didn't give a flying **** about his fans or his Daughter! so why should any of you give a **** about his legacy?.

I hope activision wins big and finally sticks a fork in Cobain.

[TerminalFrost13]

IRISH_PUNK13 wrote:

man i cant beleive that b*tch she allowed cobain to be turned into the one thing he never wanted to be and that is being an icon for ignorant people who do not understand his music or only knew him for teen spirit.

+1

[Cobalt Blue]

wow, so she didn't she didn't consider he might be used for other songs? she be dumb

[KenSushi]

wow this is complete fail all around. It doesn't matter though, Kurt Cobain is a hero but, a guitar hero. A an-hero. gg

[Kenny77]

I don't get what all the fuss is about using Kurt's image. If anything it's more exposure to his music, his art. Isn't that what matters?

[shaggydogJV]

I cant say i didnt see this coming...

[satchboogieman]

****ing bitch

[Technician]

Audioslave1001 wrote:

Cobain Enterprises...I thought I'd never see those two words together...there goes music...

+200

[nailsarecruel]

This whole celebrity trend of replacing their PR team with a Twitter account can work out for Courtney.

I won't be surprised if she successfully uses it in a case to mentally likens her as a minor. From there, she'll accuse Activision of taking advantage of her in light of that fresh fact, and completely mops the floor with Activision.

For me, the whole use of Kurt is a non-issue. It appears as if the "I didn't read the fine print lol" excuse is going to work...for a rich person.

[SOADriff]

EPIC FAIL!

[MxGuitar]

Shirate :
Coming in GH 6..... play as MICHAEL JACKSON!!! That's right, play as the king of pop himself!!!

Archenas :
This whole situation is pretty funny. I'm sure she's in it for the publicity if not for the money. Either way, it's an awful attempt.

Off-topic thoughts after reading through the comment fighting about whether it's respectful or not or if he deserves it or not;

I'm not a hardcore fanboy over Nirvana or Kurt like a lot of people are for whatever reason. I don't see it as respectful or disrespectful to put a 3D model of a famous artist on a game. It's a tribute, yes. It's fun. They put Kurt, Tom, Jimi, Slash, Zakk, etc on the game for fun and flavor.

In Guitar Hero, you're a rising band and famous musicians challenge you to guitar duels and request the honor that you play their songs alongside them afterwards. It's fun and in the game for theme. No one needs to flip out and take it as an insult that they're in a game, or that you're supposed to beat them at a guitar duel in the game when you clearly couldn't in real life, or anything people say.

This game brings up a lot of band/genre-based and real guitarist VS Guitar Hero guitarist fan wars.. A lot more than it should. Why don't people fight over the trash talkers on Call of Duty saying how good they are with a rifle? I never see "You're pathetic for playing a war-based shooting game. Go be a real frontline soldier!!" but there's always people bashing on Guitar Hero fans for not playing real guitar. I personally play real guitar AND Guitar Hero, and am very good at both. I don't see the big deal.

This Kurt disagreement among these comments on whether it's disrespectful or not is just ANOTHER war to add to GH's history. Nirvana's music is good. So is almost every other band on the game (personal taste obviously). And a lot of songs on past GH's are also by now-dead artists. Free Bird? Sweet Home Alabama? Any of the Hendrix songs? Lynyrd Skynyrd and Jimi Hendrix are amazing in many, MANY ways. Nirvana had good lyrics and a new form of playing at the time.

In my opinion? Kurt doesn't deserve to be on a guitar-based game. At all. He's not a good guitarist. His idea of a solo was playing along with the pitch of the chorus's vocal line like someone who JUST started learning guitar might do or throwing his guitar on the ground and kicking the strings and the whammy bar. He's a good SONGWRITER and if they ever release Vocals Hero: Nirvana you bet I'll buy it, but..

I know I got off-topic and ranty. Just some observations I've made over the years I suppose. All my opinion, but.. Kurt didn't do much besides write meaningful lyrics from the heart. And fight the media (Whoa!). And play guitar poorly.

I like Nirvana's music, I purchased and listen to a couple albums still, but they are NOT the demigod icons people make them out to be.

I agree with Archenas, i too play the game and a real guitar, actually the 1st game inspired me to learn the real thing, and succesfully might i add..

and for the record.... i madea Michael Jackson character on World Tour BEFORE he passed away... hes got the nose...

[lopezmetalmunky]

Okay, I think Love's getting drug money. But I have to agree with Grohl and Novoselic on this one. I think it's kind of disrespectful to have Kurt sing on multiple songs. Why would I want Kurt singing Coldplay or Bon Jovi or Johnny Cash????

I want Kurt singing Nirvana. That's it. They should do like they did in Guitar Hero III with Brett Michaels (even though he's a douche) and only allow him to play with whatever Nirvana song's actually on there.

[elekguit]

What a greedy bitch.

Lets look at it this way. Kurt wouldn't like being used in a video game for them to make money, but would he sue? Fuck no, he'd write a song and bitch them out.

Nobody seems to be looking out for what Kurt would have wanted. If he's in a video game, so be it. DON'T SUE THEM! Suing people is for pussies...

[Brad_Bassist]

Kikuta wrote:

Why the **** does everyone have to take the smallest things so bloody seriously? It's a goddamn video game paying tribute to a music icon, how the **** can you be offended by that?

Cobain isn't a music icon.

[.:Blackened:.]

I'm sorry but all of this is absolutely ridiculous.

I am a HUGE Kurt Cobain fan but I find him singing/boogying along to "Play That Funky Music White Boy"

PS. Brad_Bassist saying that Cobain isn't a music icon might just be funnier than this whole issue in the first place. Moron.

[deathofagod]

why did noone make a fuss about Jimi Hendrix?
Obvs just so she can get some money, although I do see how it's disrespectful, at the end of the day it's just a videogame. (P.S. It's a bitch move to just decide to switch sides, along with the recession I don't want Activision sued, they publish some awesome games would hate to see em disappear :P)
Also, IMO, that's really all that needs to be said on the matter.

[thecheat3224]

courtney love is such a piece of work... she is so ridiculous

[DoteStudios]

People who say they should use his image aren't thinking. Kurt Cobain would kill these people for using his face in a video game...especially since he is dead ain't can't approve it. This is like that Rock Band add using John and George (edited of course) to look like they're alive. It makes me sick. These people shit on the dead man's grave for money. Having Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Cash, and Kurt Cobain is very insulting to their fans (real fans). If you're a musician you realize how the artist would feel. The fact that kids have to learn their music from a video game is sad.

[rhcp01]

WOW, nice one courtney

[wolfeman85]

Just when I thought she couldn't get any stupider

[DoteStudios]

I seriously hate Rock Band and Guitar Hero, only reason being is them using dead artists in the game. Even if Courtney approved it it doesn't mean Kurt would. Same thing with that bitch Yoko Ono. Who's to say what they would think?

[innertom]

now im gonna change sides just so im not on the same side as that nutcase

[misfit_lover]

alexcarroll15 wrote:

MetalOutlaw wrote:

"Shot myself in the head, and I'm to blame, you give love, a bad name!" XD

LOL! but this is still stupid, its clearly a homage to kurt and will open up nirvana to the younger generation who may not yet have heard of the greatness of nirvana

dave and kris should chill out itll just rake in cash for them when the game sells some more copies of nevermind

for them it'isnt all about money

[MelodicSlap]

Ive decoded i will simply find away to get a copy of the game without paying. Its what kurt wouldve wanted

who cares stealing is wrong

[Tanooki]

they should have at least done what the hendrix estate did in gh:wt.

hendrix could only play hendrix songs, btw

[Kenny77]

DoteStudios wrote:

People who say they should use his image aren't thinking. Kurt Cobain would kill these people for using his face in a video game...especially since he is dead ain't can't approve it. This is like that Rock Band add using John and George (edited of course) to look like they're alive. It makes me sick. These people shit on the dead man's grave for money. Having Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Cash, and Kurt Cobain is very insulting to their fans (real fans). If you're a musician you realize how the artist would feel. The fact that kids have to learn their music from a video game is sad.

Is it any different than learning of music through a movie? It's sad to think that video games still have the worthless entertainment title attached, even though the video game industry is expanding faster than the movie industry.

[St.Angarrr]

Hey look.To the people who says who cares if kurt is in it.I got something....kurt would have never wanted his name and face and greatness put on other songs.What Love is doing is WRONG WRONG WRONG.Any body who thinks its ok is ****ed up.I was outraged when i heard it.Nirvana is nirvana.And nirvanas and kurts name being smeared over other songs for money is just wrong.He met his end.Leave him in peace HOLLYWOOD.

[PuddleJumper11]

What a surprise. What did she expect?

[DisasterMatt]

St.Angarrr wrote:

Hey look.To the people who says who cares if kurt is in it.I got something....kurt would have never wanted his name and face and greatness put on other songs.What Love is doing is WRONG WRONG WRONG.Any body who thinks its ok is ****ed up.I was outraged when i heard it.Nirvana is nirvana.And nirvanas and kurts name being smeared over other songs for money is just wrong.He met his end.Leave him in peace HOLLYWOOD.

I agree with you, Courtney shouldnt have done this in the first place. all she's doing it for is money... if he wasnt with her he'd probably still be alive... she either drove him crazy or she killed him

[PaperSun]

DoteStudios wrote:

I seriously hate Rock Band and Guitar Hero, only reason being is them using dead artists in the game. Even if Courtney approved it it doesn't mean Kurt would. Same thing with that bitch Yoko Ono. Who's to say what they would think?

Rock Band doesn't have real-life characters.

[keithmoon15]

courtney love or activision... dont know who i hate more

[Smileyspencer]

Why can't She just leave it alone ... we all know she killed him because he wanted to be killed (at 27 too to add) but beside the fact what a stupid thing to sue over really all it would do would bring her a little more popularity ...

[davlop91]

Kourtney love is a *****...I feel sorry for Frances. Shes really cute.

[tiger823]

she may be hot, but that chick is a bitch. just after ****ing money, she already signed the thing like the other guy said, so where the **** is she coming from. although kurt would have been against it from the start, because he never rly wanted to be mainstream, MtV ruined that so courtney can GO TO HELL!!!!!

[IGotIssues]

i agree with the former members of nirvana completely. Grohl and Novoselics' opinion should matter most of all, not some coke w****.

[HammettFTW]

Technician wrote:

Audioslave1001 wrote:

Cobain Enterprises...I thought I'd never see those two words together...there goes music...

+200

wow, that is pretty true. people r slamming GH for putting him in a gamee because hes a great guitarist, whereas all the other shit that Kurt wouldn't sign up to is out there, no one cares about that

[Zakattak264]

well. if you listen to the music, Kurt actually spoke out against this kind of bullshit like making video games and making music into too much of a, whats the word... falseness? making music too fake to get the real meaning. so i think that her motives may be questionable, but she is in the right, he would be pissed if this shit was going down.

[redfendered]

First of all, I by no means buy into the argument that technique is irrelevant. But just because Kurt Cobain wasn't Steve Vai doesn't mean shit. The Beatles, The Ramones, Keith Richards, etc. may not have been technical virtuosos (look that word up brother-it might be a big one for ya), but they proved their point, did what they loved for a living, and touched more people than you ever will. Enjoy your closed-minded, burger flipping life.
Thank you for your time

[FUT55]

i hate courtney love... shes so..... annoying.
However im not sure how i feel about kirk in the new guitar hero... it just doesnt feel right. Besides, he played a FENDER jazzmaster or jaguar. cant remember which, and strats and such. not many gibsons, the guitar hero partner

[Quinlan]

Not sure if anybody said it yet, but I don't think Kurt would've liked it too much, assuming he died hating being loved by mainstream music listeners. That's the only reason I'm pissed, that and Love is obviously still on the crack that she thinks she can win a suit over something she let happen. She should NOT own his likeness.

[DwizzleDizzle]

Thats re-god damn-diculous...for the last year or 2 shes been pushing and pushing and pushing to get kurt on there, and when she finds out people dont like it she flips her shit and acts like she didnt want to...****ing bullshit! This is proof shes a money grubbing bitch...

[RockInPeaceDime]

I'm not really following. She owns the rights to Kurt Cobain's...image?

[\m/(-_-)\m/]

The first thing I said when I saw the title was say "WHAT." out load. What a load of horsepenis.

[nicole107]

i think kurt wouldve thought the game cool.
i can see him playing it late at night. haha.

[dognoisefile]

I don't think most of you bashing the fact people care about his image being used in this stupid game get it. Frankly, it's about the fact that Kurt if he was still alive, would most likely not lend his likeness to the Guitar Hero franchise. Why is that so hard to grasp?

Sure, there's bigger issues in the world than this. But that is media. Think of it like this, take your least favorite product or something and imagine after you passed away that the company that produced it thought it would be a great ad with your picture endorsing it. Would you want your family to sell your image for that?

[jejantas09]

c'mon Activision .. just rape her already and made another guitar hero games..

[death2pop]

she's as dumb and annoying as she is disgusting to look at. . .ewwwww!!!

[FriggenCarl]

wow a lot of people on here are just ridiculous or Braindead; perhaps both. This is exactly what kurt stood against. Seeing him in a video game is just outrageous. If he hadn't killed himself then he would have now. Putting yourself into any sort of media outlet, and making money off of it, IMO is selling out. Video games should not be an outlet for music. In this day and age its impossible not be noticed. If you have to do it through electronic entertainment, youre either not good enough or want more money. PERIOD. God damn, kurt must be rolling in his grave

[The_Casinator]

Well,I'm sure Curt wouldn't approve, but Courtney is just being dumb.

[Flyingwhitey182]

I actually found it a little demeaning, I mean the guys dead, just let him rest and be remembered for what he did, Don't bring him back into mainstream video game music. Love is being irrational to switch sides when she finally realized she sold him out. It's a stupid argument, and activision should be coasting through this suit. Love's just looking for attention, and it's redic.

[rockin_acoustic]

flambe chicken wrote:

i just noticed, is he wearing a daniel johnstone t shirt in that screen-shot?

lmao, ya he is!

[tom1thomas1]

a jury won't buy her ****. You have juries in the US right?

[aradine]

make up your ****ing mind bitch.

[lunaticfringe93]

It really is a shame, the massive amount of idolatry and commercialism of today. Kurt is not a god, nor is he a brand, so just about everyone's in the wrong here. Its not worth the heated debate.

[carlos1536]

kfong03 wrote:

it's all courtney's fault... first she agrees to allow the gamr to feature which is already as bad as disrepectful gets, now after she cashes in on that she wants to sue activision for more money, if it wasn't for that fact megadeth's album is impressing me right now i'd be pretty pissed...

tht is so true! i mean its 1 thing 2 sue guitar hero, but its a dum thing 2 sue wen u already agreed 2 it!

[DrakeTheOne]

Dabobble wrote:

98Timberwolf wrote:

If he would be against anything I think Kurt would be against that crazy bitch using his image to make as much money as possible. At least the game is a tribute to Kurt and his music in a way.

If you want to be a tribute to someone's life and music in a GH game, The Beatles: Rock Band is a very good model to follow. Activision is not using Kurt's likeness in a respectful way by having him used to sing random band's songs. If they put him in as unlockable for Nirvana songs, that'd be respectful. If they made a whole Nirvana Rock Band or GH and put him in, that'd be respectful, that'd be a tribute. Using him as a tool to make quick cash is not respectful, and it's a game, you don't see Dave Grohl volunteering for this or any other living artists for that matter. It's not in his image and wouldn't have been something he'd have done. Dave Grohl is right, he deserves better as did Johnny Cash.

AMEN! They need to have a guitar hero: nirvana. I mean come on he may have been a mediocre singer and guitar player but he was a pioneer in music. With out him there wouldn't be a lot of good music.
R.I.P Kurt

[rockin_acoustic]

palefire wrote:

A lot of you have pointed out how Kurt was above doing cover versions of other people's songs, and you're right! He'd never do something like that at a show, especially not if it was televised or on a record.

Unless it was 'My Sharona'. And they did do 'Love Buzz' on the first album. And I guess they did 'Here She Comes Now'. And 'Man Who Sold the World'. And they sometimes did Vaselines songs...and Meat Puppets... um...what was my argument again?

EXACTLY!!!!

[Xubnormal]

Courtney Love either made a huge mistake thinking Cobain would only be used to play Nirvana songs, or she's deliberately trying to screw him over for money. Personally, I'd very much like to give her the benefit of the doubt. Contracts can be tricky, and not everybody reads the fine print like they should.
Of course, this just proves she's a dumb bimbo.

[LittUp666]

I bet Activision are laughing at that money hungry slob

[DeadDerykk88]

i'm glad this was finally brought to light, I thought it was such a sick idea to have kurt cobain in cartoon form, they very thing he would've been against

[Kevin19]

I can't believe she's suing them. Mainly because I can't believe she finished a sentence.

[Destihado]

I don't understand why all this shit. This is purely hypocritical. We must either admit that games like guitar hero are the final humiliation of rock and everything it once stood for or we should stop whining about Cobain. And why the **** shouldn't he be in GH. He was no god fer ****s sake, in fact he was the beggining of the end for rock.

[jcarrig]

I just don't understand why guitar hero uses likenesses to sing songs NOT by that artist, like Billy Corgan from Smashing Pumpkins singing Fleetwood Mac in Guitar Hero World Tour. Where is the logic in that? It's not even entertaining to watch, it's just weird and seems like an error or bug, why do they do it? Cobain should only be shown in the Nirvana track and the same should go for every other likeness created.

[Kalyth]

Is she stupid or what? She signed the permission and now...

[greggybhoy]

NemX162 wrote:

The problem is that it is against his ideals, and that he isn't alive to say no.

Rubbish. Kurt could have said no to being signed to a major label and just played local gigs for the rest of his life if he didn't want to be commercialised. I like Nirvana, but don't put him on a pedestal like he was GG Allin or something.

[themtalisgood]

i have a better headline

Forgotten Money Hungry Slut Tries To Get Some Camera Time

[MatasTeen]

You Give Love A Bad Name...

She got pissed!!!
But seriously. Who ever thought, lets make Kurt sing "You Give Love A Bad Name" is a Genius! with a Capital G!

[RUSTDOGG666]

Courtney Love knows that no one loves her or will pay attention to her so in order to get money she sees something like her dead husband being used in a video game, finds the one thing that wrong with it, and goes and sues the company so she can pay her monthly rent. Courtney get a life.

checked.

[TremontiShreds]

he's not a god, get over it.

[SG Man Forever]

I'm not a fan of Kurt Cobain at all, but the guy was very against being used as a marketing gimmick. I think that people should respect that.

That said, Courtney Love is a bitch.

[metalheadblues]

glad Grohl and Novoselic are getting a say in this
ah women can't make up there fkin mind

[ZoSo21315]

I'm so sick of hearing about guitar hero and rock band. It's like they have turned these games into reality. Like it's real music news.

[Badmotorfever]

Is there anyone she hasn't threatened to sue?

And I hate the fact Kurt is used in such a fashion. Goes against everything he ever said. "I'd rather be hated for who I am than loved for who I am not". Looks like Courtney ****ed that one up again.

[Avengethedeath]

Bring_Met_2_Mcr wrote:

This is such bullsh*t. Just because he's dead doesn't make him God. I have great respect for him, but, he wasn't the most amazing musician around no matter what his die-hard fans say. I mean, come on, he's too good to be recreated as a video game character but Metallica aren't? F*ck off..

Agreed. I don't get the big deal over Kurt. He wasn't really a talented musician. He couldn't really sing. He couldn't really play guitar. But in the eyes of many he is a God? Im confused... Talented people get the stick these days. Really was Kurt that big of a deal until he killed himself?

[SEALSniper1152]

Avengethedeath wrote:

Bring_Met_2_Mcr wrote:

This is such bullsh*t. Just because he's dead doesn't make him God. I have great respect for him, but, he wasn't the most amazing musician around no matter what his die-hard fans say. I mean, come on, he's too good to be recreated as a video game character but Metallica aren't? F*ck off..

Agreed. I don't get the big deal over Kurt. He wasn't really a talented musician. He couldn't really sing. He couldn't really play guitar. But in the eyes of many he is a God? Im confused... Talented people get the stick these days. Really was Kurt that big of a deal until he killed himself?

short answer: no, in fact nirvana was not that good.

[Bravodoggie]

I do believe the young lady got exactly what she was looking for.... more media attention

[SlipknotRule93]

Nirvana were never that good anyway.

[Mainer]

EternalLife18 wrote:

.....really? man if this doesnt prove shes just after money nothing will

and really i mean come on its a ****ing video game i very much doubt kurt wouldve cared people take this stuff FAR too serious

true

[edgespear]

It would appear as though Satriani and Axl have started some sort of trend in sueing everyone in sight no matter how stupid. Seriously, do these people not have enough money anyway? It's like watching two monkeys fighting over a pile of bananas. No one cares.

[bigmig]

Kurt is rolling over in his grave right now. courtney flips more than a campaigning politician.... but Kurt would not be cool with this and I don't blame him. why the f**k would anyone wanna have their likeness singing a bon jovi tune. i mean really. it is just a video game, but everyone has their limits and i think that would have been way past his.

[Msu_Man04]

Avengethedeath wrote:

Bring_Met_2_Mcr wrote:

This is such bullsh*t. Just because he's dead doesn't make him God. I have great respect for him, but, he wasn't the most amazing musician around no matter what his die-hard fans say. I mean, come on, he's too good to be recreated as a video game character but Metallica aren't? F*ck off..

Agreed. I don't get the big deal over Kurt. He wasn't really a talented musician. He couldn't really sing. He couldn't really play guitar. But in the eyes of many he is a God? Im confused... Talented people get the stick these days. Really was Kurt that big of a deal until he killed himself?

That's not what matters, or what made him great. It was the songs he wrote, the sound of the songs [which was also due to Krist and Dave], the lyrics, the impact, the image, the band. Those are what made Nirvana great.

As far as Kurt being great, it was the songs. Qho cares how well he could play guitar or sing? David Lee Roth can't really sing, but look at how big Van Halen was. He's a great VOCALIST. Kurt was a great VOCALIST.

[Nonesta13]

why are all you ppl saying kurt wouldnt care? he would care since he didnt wanna be a corporate sellout

[TheSilverBeatle]

Next headline: Yoko Ono sues Rock Band for likeness of John Lennon.

Like seriously...only someone as drugged up as Courtney would agree to the use of Kurt's image (with a contract no less) and then turn around and think she can take legal action?

As for the rest of you people:

1.) I really don't think Kurt WOULD care. I don't think being in a rock n' roll video game really makes you a "corporate sellout." Sure maybe he wouldn't have been in it if he where alive...but that's the problem since he died everyone still envisions him as he was...but he would be 42 now. I think he might be just a little bit different.

2.) Thanks for the shocking revelation that Nirvana wasn't a technical driven band. My god...you are some clever bastards! Now maybe after years of sitting in your basement wondering why you can play Metallica's songbook perfectly and nobody wants to sign you and you will realize creativity has a lot more to do with success in music than technical skills (see: The Beatles).

[Shaharz]

She sure is a stupid bitch.

I agree with Grohl, though. Kurt does deserve better. I don't think he would have agreed to be in guitar hero.
The question is, why did that stupid bitch sign Activision's documents in the first place?

[FadexToxBlack81]

i was never sure that they should have used him in the first place. all the respect in the world to him but ive recently lost the lead singer of my band to suicide and its very hard to glorify that act and putting kurt in guitar hero might just do that. its a very grey area but REGARDLESS activision should respect his memory and what the ones close to him want to do with it.

just giving my opinon, i hopei didnt offend anyone

[rhcp13]

you can make your own kurt cobain character on GH world tour. i mean.. they give you the right clothes and stuff to make him, why wasnt she mad about that.

[samicksf18]

SHE planned it to work out like this all along. MONEY MONEY MONEY MONNNEY, MON-AYYYY. guaranteed he would not want to be on that game. Hes ordinary! msu_man04, its not that hes to good to be recreated and metallica arent, metallicas in it cause theyre the biggest f**kin sellout band in history. KCL.

[Black Orchid]

Hey i can make Kurt Cobain as a custom character in Soul Caliber IV too. Dear Lord I do hope Courtney Love doesn't sue Namco now. That'd be chilly. BRRRRR.

[alexmasucci55]

pjpwnsu wrote:

why would they put him as a "guitar hero" anyways....the guy blows nuts at guitar to begin with. oh wait, you dont need to make talented/skilled music to make a lot of money...sry, i forgot

Nope and that is one of the many beautiful things about music

[Beerad1337]

I love Courtney Love

Shaharz wrote:

The question is, why did that stupid bitch sign Activision's documents in the first place?

Money, obviously.

[transmission517]

To be honest it's just plain disrespectful. How can you say Kurt wouldn't have minded? Nobody can say that. And the people who know anything about him would sooner say the exact opposite. Meaning he would have hated it. The grunge era was about not conforming. How supportive do you think he would have been of this poser video game that lets people play music without ever having to actually learn to play an instrument? It's disrespectful to capitalize on his image in a such a way. He's a legend and just because other legends choose to degrade themselves by having their likenesses on the game doesn't mean that decision should be made for Kurt. Especially when I can almost guarantee based on what his writing and interviews that he would probably despise Guitar Hero and 90% of the bands on the game. Now he's being forced to sing their songs. It's kind of disturbing the lack of respect. It's like making a dead rock legend into a toy.

[transmission517]

And who gives a shit if he wasn't the best guitar player ever? Like you don't listen to bands that don't stretch the limits of guitar playing in every song? Especially when we're talking about a video game that lets you pretend to be a musician altogether. Please. There is such a thing as song writing that I would say is twice as important. Everything he wrote was classic. They want him for the game because he was a guitar player who wrote some of the most important songs to come out in the past 20 years. That doesn't mean they're entitled to use him but he's deserving of being in that league of guitar legends.

[jaybals]

this is rediculous, the exact same thing happened with gibson and the guitar hero controllers, even though they endorse and supported it, they suddenly decide to sue!
its total bulls**t

[Fauche]

transmission517 wrote:

To be honest it's just plain disrespectful. How can you say Kurt wouldn't have minded? Nobody can say that. And the people who know anything about him would sooner say the exact opposite. Meaning he would have hated it. The grunge era was about not conforming. How supportive do you think he would have been of this poser video game that lets people play music without ever having to actually learn to play an instrument? It's disrespectful to capitalize on his image in a such a way. He's a legend and just because other legends choose to degrade themselves by having their likenesses on the game doesn't mean that decision should be made for Kurt. Especially when I can almost guarantee based on what his writing and interviews that he would probably despise Guitar Hero and 90% of the bands on the game. Now he's being forced to sing their songs. It's kind of disturbing the lack of respect. It's like making a dead rock legend into a toy.

Not conforming? Everybody started doing the same thing, it was just something different. But you're right about Kurt probably not wanting to be a media ***** like this. Whatever, if it pisses people off then all they have to do is not buy the game. I mean its a freakin video game after all, there's a lot more stuff going on in the world worth thinking about. Maybe instead of making a make-believe band with Cobain as a frontman you could go run through a field of pretty flowers, or bake some cookies, or maybe even pick up a real instrument. Think of all the possibilities that are out there, and then wonder why anyone would care so much about how Courtney Love tries to capitalize on Kobain's name again.

[Onzaso]

samicksf18 wrote:

SHE planned it to work out like this all along. MONEY MONEY MONEY MONNNEY, MON-AYYYY. guaranteed he would not want to be on that game. Hes ordinary! msu_man04, its not that hes to good to be recreated and metallica arent, metallicas in it cause theyre the biggest f**kin sellout band in history. KCL.

That's why VAN HALEN is going to be in the next GH game, too, huh? Sell-Outs? Hahaha!

[_person_]

is anyone surprised?

[gerbil_mastr]

NemX162 wrote:

A lot of you don't seem to understand, the problem isn't that they are using a "great guitarist" in a video game, or the fact that he's dead. The problem is that it is against his ideals, and that he isn't alive to say no.

THANK YOU!!!!! jesus! what arent you people getting?

[Vampire Heart]

I do agree with Dave e Chris, he deserves better.

[Bearded_Seth]

No problem Hendrix singing all the songs in a different game but Kurt can't?

Yeah that totally doesn't look suspicious.

[8Reanimated8]

I saw Mozart in a japanese anime playstation 3 game, certainly hes a more accomplished musician, no outrage there. Seriously though, why didnt Courtney get the shotgun to the mouth and Kurt still be here roaming the earth?

[Vinushka]

Kurt never contributed a great deal to music, Nirvana were average, immortalised by Kurt's death, that's all. Since then the Cobain estate has been making money off of no less than 87 bazillion books and diaries.
If any of this is against Kurt's ideals, no one cares, not even the person who's supposed to be protecting his good name. He's become a cash cow, Courtney is just bitter that Activision are trying to get a slice of her royalty pie.
Besides, no one complained about Hendrix being in World Tour and he was much more influential and important than Kurt.

[a7xb4d]

I think that Kurt Cobain deserves better than to be put in a video game that promotes people not to learn how to play guitar.

[Stickymongoose]

a7xb4d wrote:

I think that Kurt Cobain deserves better than to be put in a video game that promotes people not to learn how to play guitar.

Isn't that kind of what he was promoting anyways?

[Matt-92]

I mean they wouldn't complain if there was a Jimi Hendrix version?!!

I'm sure there was a Hendrix character in one of the guitar hero/rockband games. Not the generic black guy with an afro, but a proper take on Jimi as he was at monterrey- waistcoat, orange shirt, red jeans. I don't see the problem in this really, it's not as though when you fail a song the cobain character pulls out a shotgun and kills himself is it?

[sweet-cheeks-72]

Vinushka wrote:

Kurt never contributed a great deal to music, Nirvana were average, immortalised by Kurt's death, that's all. Since then the Cobain estate has been making money off of no less than 87 bazillion books and diaries.
If any of this is against Kurt's ideals, no one cares, not even the person who's supposed to be protecting his good name. He's become a cash cow, Courtney is just bitter that Activision are trying to get a slice of her royalty pie.
Besides, no one complained about Hendrix being in World Tour and he was much more influential and important than Kurt.

agreed. i'm sorry to those who think this is right but seriously he do a f*cking thing for the movement of guitar playing. all he did was power chords and palm muting a little solo here an there. but seriously it sounded cool but there's more important people that contributed to the advancement of guitar playing god use them

[jean_genie]

Irish Bassist wrote:

no way will she win.surely all activisions lawyers will have to say is 'she agreed to do it and now she broke her promise'.

activison should then counter sue,take all of cournteys money and give it to charity.

Agreed. That's what Kurt would have done, on there rare occasion when he was sober and able to think straight. Remember, this was a guy with a good enough sense of humour to tell Weird Al Yankovic he could make a spoof of Smells Like Teen Spirit, and then added, 'Um, assuming it's not going to be about food.'

I'm not saying Kurt would have wanted to be in a massively popular (and extremely corporate) videogame - the other guys in the band are right there. But if it was still a new semi-underground game, and nobody was taking it as seriously as they are, he probably would have been fine with it.

Y'know, if he was sober. He tended to lose his sense of humour with the drugs.

[jean_genie]

sweet-cheeks-72 wrote:

Vinushka wrote:

Kurt never contributed a great deal to music, Nirvana were average, immortalised by Kurt's death, that's all. Since then the Cobain estate has been making money off of no less than 87 bazillion books and diaries.
If any of this is against Kurt's ideals, no one cares, not even the person who's supposed to be protecting his good name. He's become a cash cow, Courtney is just bitter that Activision are trying to get a slice of her royalty pie.
Besides, no one complained about Hendrix being in World Tour and he was much more influential and important than Kurt.

agreed. i'm sorry to those who think this is right but seriously he do a f*cking thing for the movement of guitar playing. all he did was power chords and palm muting a little solo here an there. but seriously it sounded cool but there's more important people that contributed to the advancement of guitar playing god use them

Nirvana did a lot to help rock music. Even though they're my least favourite of the big Grunge acts, Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains, Smashing Pumpkins, NIN, and plenty of other bands never would have gotten a fair shake without Kurt. Even though those bands had records out already, Soundgarden was the only one most of us know that sold lots of records before Nirvana.

Besides, what was the guitar rock like before? You really think the guy that a thousand music critics cite as 'the killer of hair metal' is anything less than a Hero?

[GIRbot99]

it's OBVIOUS she doesn't give a damm about kurt image being spat, she just needs more money

[Insanity ninja]

If Kurt thinks Courtney was bad enough to lock himself in a hotel room to get away from her she musthave been bad. And would Kurt care if he became a character in a video game? Shouldn't the legacy of Kurt Cobain and Nirvana live on?

[Darc]

The case will not last. There's no way in hell it can. She has nothing to use against them, they have contracts that she agreed to. I think it's obvious who wins this.

[das_drummer]

Bring_Met_2_Mcr wrote:

This is such bullsh*t. Just because he's dead doesn't make him God. I have great respect for him, but, he wasn't the most amazing musician around no matter what his die-hard fans say. I mean, come on, he's too good to be recreated as a video game character but Metallica aren't? F*ck off..

metallica is just as money hungry as Courtney love last time I checked

[avengedchicken]

Seriously, the guy played like 10 different power chords his whole career...this is a waste of hype.

[garager]

probably the stupid *****s plan all along.

I feel for Dave and Krist though, he was their mate after all, and you can feel where theyre coming from

[hudsonn001]

Who the f*** cares about that?
It's just all about a mass of pixels looking like Cobain, Who IMO was just a bad musician, but was known and respected for his ideas and his attitude more than his music, musically Nirvana isn't more advanced than that tokio hotel shit...

[Zeoilvia]

Fuck her..

[metalligeek093]

Matt-92 wrote:

I mean they wouldn't complain if there was a Jimi Hendrix version?!!

I'm sure there was a Hendrix character in one of the guitar hero/rockband games. Not the generic black guy with an afro, but a proper take on Jimi as he was at monterrey- waistcoat, orange shirt, red jeans. I don't see the problem in this really, it's not as though when you fail a song the cobain character pulls out a shotgun and kills himself is it?

lol

checked again

Duffman123 wrote:

ho is Nightraven who always writes checked on these comments?

the guy deleting the spam

[ryan21947]

i literally laughed my ass off when i read the title of this article. just keeps proving shes still a money hungry bitch

[astrotrain77]

Kurt shouldn't be allowed to play anything but NIrvana songs.

[jay3213]

WOOO thats what those idiots get for putting a man that hates the media, All over the damn media

[EddyRE:action]

you mean she feels she can just turn around and make a quote such as 'im going to sue the shit out of activision' after she was previously all for the idea, what have they done? god

[Nowhere822]

i mean no disrespect by this but did kurt shoot him self while in star power or something

[emetib_2010]

God she is so ****in stupid I mean ya it is a little bad makin Kurt sing Bon Jovi but than again you can make Ozzy sing La Bamba and I think it is just funnier than hell to do that.

[Tattoo5150]

anyone else sick of hearing about guitar hero and rock band on here....

[Pool_Shark]

Shirate wrote:

Coming in GH 6..... play as MICHAEL JACKSON!!! That's right, play as the king of pop himself!!!

Coming in Guitar Hero 7....play as JESUS CHRIST!!!

[BoxMonster]

...Why is Courtney Love such a whiny bitch? I mean, seriously. She's always complaining about something... And I'd be pretty flattered to have my likeness in a game like that. But I guess Kurt was never really comfortable with being super-famous...

[TC1223]

Him being in a video game is offensive but she wanted to snort his ashes. She should just jump off a cliff and be done with it

[Dylan_Guitar93]

Don't move, she'll sue you for that as well. Fucking hell i didn't think it was right to put Kurt in the game from the start (although I love him as a musician) you can't ****ing please Courtney Love

[Phantasmasaurus]

soooo...

she's making money off of a dead rockstar to prove that making money off of dead rockstars is wrong?

[metalheadbill]

It's just Courtney Love still not satisfied that she got to marry the greatest grunge musician ever just to take his money. She let activision do this, so she could turn, sue them, and get MORE money?

Frickin' bitch

[yus_yus_13]

People have a right to be angry about Kurt Cobain's image being used. Of course it's only a video game, but his image was used WITHOUT his permission. It's especially irritating because he is dead. I can't see how anyone would think using someone's image in a product after they've died, when they cannot protest it, is not disrespectful. We'll never know if he would've agreed to this, but I'm guessing he wouldn't have. He wasn't the type that loved seeing his face smacked on everything. It's not Activision's fault, of course, it's hard not to expect his bitch of a former wife not to sell him out to everything. Come on, Courtney, you not only SIGNED a written agreement, but you also helped DESIGN the character. I don't see how anyone could lack such an amount of brain cells.

[envoykrawkwar7]

i really think the idea of a. owning someones image when they arent you and b. the fact that you can also sell that image, entire rediculous, were more of livestock than we really seem arent we? in any case hes dead and theyre paying homeage so really they should be allowed to have their own tribute like any artist covering a nirvana song, it only makes sence

[Bass of Grunge]

pjpwnsu wrote:

why would they put him as a "guitar hero" anyways....the guy blows nuts at guitar to begin with. oh wait, you dont need to make talented/skilled music to make a lot of money...sry, i forgot

You don't. As long as your music is self-expression and true art, who gives a shit about complex solos.

Checked.

Sheesh stop calling her a dumb bitch. It's super annoying.

[Seref]

Brad_Bassist wrote:
Cobain isn't a music icon.

He didn't used to be. He didn't want to be. But hey, Nirvana T-Shirts and Teen Spirit.

[Ktallica]

What was the other members of Nirvana talking about. I guess Metallica, Aerosmith, Slash, Zakk Wylde, and all other characters deserve better. What *******s. It would be an honer being in this game.

[hendrix n page]

Tattoo5150 wrote:

anyone else sick of hearing about guitar hero and rock band on here....

Yay someone who shares my views

[DarkLordArthur]

WOW, I've never seen so many comments removed in an article...
what a weird woman, kind of bipolar, but we all knew that, didn't we?

just for the record, I never liked the idea of kurt appearing in guitar hero, but I'm nobody to decice

[Quake52]

no way will she win.surely all activisions lawyers will have to say is 'she agreed to do it and now she broke her promise'.

activison should then counter sue,take all of cournteys money and give it to charity.

no don't do that, if anything for the sake of frances bean (kurt's daughter). at least give the money to frances.

[uncere4ever]

It honestly just ruins my day even hearing her name. Then she goes and does something like this. And the other guys should even feel dumb. Kurt isnt the only person thats been on a Guitar Hero game that has had an impact on the music world.

[AfroGuitarNoob]

Bring_Met_2_Mcr wrote:

This is such bullsh*t. Just because he's dead doesn't make him God. I have great respect for him, but, he wasn't the most amazing musician around no matter what his die-hard fans say. I mean, come on, he's too good to be recreated as a video game character but Metallica aren't? F*ck off..

No kidding

[AfroGuitarNoob]

I hate people who are amazingly famous just because they died.

[mikee7697]

if their gonna put kurt on guitar hero they should make a guitar hero aside for him make another guitar hero that only plays nirvana tracks

[MeGaDeth2314]

TremontiShreds wrote:

he's not a god, get over it.

Apparently, he is....

[MeGaDeth2314]

Maybe this was his plan all along! to achieve immortality by acting like it was the last thing he wanted!

[pyritmann]

Kurt would not have cared, he probably would have thought it was awesome, so why does everyone have to get all retarded like this.

[cpopken]

Wow, there are really a lot of comments here.

I remember Courtney reading the suicide note on MTV. I thought THAT was distasteful. I think you have to ask yourself why he was living in a room above a garage. Probably to get away from her.

[TOASTYTIME]

Courtney Love is a straight up dooshbag. She's just after the money, we all know that. It's just a f*#@in video game.

[cal1]

Unsurprising. I'm with Dave and Krist on this one, the way Kurt is portrayed is disrespectful.

[Malumsanus]

whatever...hes not some god and no ones going to look at this and think any less of him.

[Bighair]

She signed the rights over to activision so she's just shooting herself in the foot. This is the most retarded thing I've seen in years.

[Shmushsmortion1]

and its an amazing idea to put Kurt in the game.

[Wallofeyes]

Do you lot even look up the background? Courtney and others agreed too let him be put in the game too be available only for HIS songs, not for anyone elses, as was said in the article "pantomiming for other bands" Activision are a greedy horde of shites

[ak10]

I think this could just be a stunt to advertise for the game. I will highly doubt any lawsuit is coming but every news source is reporting about it. Sees like a lot of free pub, just the sort or *****ish behavior Love would agree to for a buck.

[Rab13]

she needs to ****ing make up her mind.

[Rick Boardman]

Some drug addicts will do anything to get money for their drugs and Courtney Love is no different. she just needs her fix man

checked..

[diversioner]

The only thing I got from this article is...
"Cobain Enterprises".I bet Kurt wouldn't aprove -that-.
His use as a video game charecter?What do you care, damnit, you've allready ruined his name completely.

[Engel22]

Give her some blow and let her sit in the corner. Kurt Cobain always opposed his music becoming "Corperate". Oh and as for "Cobain Enterprises", she has completely ignored Kurt's original views and ideals.

[Poopr]

Irish Bassist wrote:

no way will she win.surely all activisions lawyers will have to say is 'she agreed to do it and now she broke her promise'.

activison should then counter sue,take all of cournteys money and give it to charity.

LOL!

There ain't much love in courtney.

[gratefulduck]

kurt would probably like to be in a video game.
i know layne stayle would be happier than a pig in shit about it.

[Jasonbts]

This is idiotic. There is no way she could have ever supported putting this character in without knowing how it would come out. Look at World Tour.

[<Paper Cuts>]

I understand where she's coming from, but honestly, it's kind of her fault. She signed a contract and now she's backing out? What a dumbass. She should read things first.

Jasonbts wrote:

This is idiotic. There is no way she could have ever supported putting this character in without knowing how it would come out. Look at World Tour.

[KevinGuitarGod]

Wait, i dont get what the problem is, why is it bad that they used kurt kobain as a character?

[westvipor]

maybe they will stop making guitar hero games.

[giddyupbench]

Its not his guitar playing, its his morals. Dont use him as a guitar hero, use him for something useful.

[DOOdooroCK]

you nirvana fans more like kurt kobain fans are sensitive. If Kobain really didn't want his music or himself corporate or commercialized, he wouldn't have had an album and do all that touring shit. he would simply stay home and play music for his own happiness

[keinerniemand]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euQHwPOdNxg

[Avengethedeath]

DOOdooroCK wrote:

you nirvana fans more like kurt kobain fans are sensitive. If Kobain really didn't want his music or himself corporate or commercialized, he wouldn't have had an album and do all that touring shit. he would simply stay home and play music for his own happiness

Haha you have a valid point!

[ShakusIII]

PIMO wrote:

Kurt Cobain should come back and just pimp smack her Chris Brown style

Exactly my thoughts.

Checked.

[Paramecium302]

funniest article ever

[iwannabesedated]

This whole thing is stupid and getting out of hand.

[fishstickrocker]

Someone as great as Kurt Cobain should not be so as degrated as to be placed in such a shitty game, sue em' for all they've got!!!

[Kegan]

The only thing more ridiculous than the way she has legal rights to every aspect of his life is that she's trying to take money from them based on the way that a mass of polygons looks onscreen. I don't think she should have given them permission to put him in the game in the first place, seeing as he was never a fan of famous groups or commercialism.

[verona_bassist]

conclusion? courtney love is insane

ps.-..it's kinda wierd to see "Cobain Enterprises"..isn't it?)

[iwannabesedated]

Let's just make a Guitar Hero: Nirvana and be done with it. Then, Cobain's image won't be singing other songs, and hopefully Courtney Love will shut up.

Everyone is treating Kurt Cobain like he's some fallen hero who's image needs to be protected from commercialism. No one's getting pissed off for Jimi Hendrix being in Guitar hero, and who knows? Maybe he would have hated it too.

[BassFishin]

calicovon wrote:

belavista man :
Like it matters. Che said 'yeah'. She can't change her mind now, the game's done. And why are Nirvana fans 'showing their distaste'? Because he's dead? Big woop.. Hendrix is dead and he was in one of them..

C'mon people, how hard is this to understand? We aren't up in arms about Kurt's image being used because he is dead, we're pissed because it's against everything he stood for. Hendrix and Cash loved the spotlight, Cobain took his own life because he hated it so much. And quit dissing his skills, real Nirvana fans have never talked up the merits of Kurt's guitar skills. He wrote amazingly simple melodies that sounded great but no, he's no Hendrix, and I can agree with that thought. It might have been ok if he was just on there for his own songs, (MIGHT have been ok, I'm pretty against the whole thing in general, but my opinion means nothing) but to have him singing the music of Bon Jovi and other hair bands, well that's just wrong. The man hated that genre of music, and that was well documented. Why do this to his image Activision? And to the people saying "Oh, it doesn't matter, he's dead", imagine your image being used posthumously for something you hated enough to end your life over. This sucks.

Dude. You put into words what i've been trying to say all along. Everything this guy just said is 100% true.

[Alpha_Wolf]

BrianApocalypse wrote:

She gives love a bad name.

Lmfao.

[1avatar328]

Irish Bassist wrote:

no way will she win.surely all activisions lawyers will have to say is 'she agreed to do it and now she broke her promise'.

activison should then counter sue,take all of cournteys money and give it to charity.

omg that would be hilarious but seriously who the Fuck cares? Its just a video game, and hes getting paid triute to along with Johnny Cash jimi Hendrix and many others.

[SKAtastic7770]

Sis anyone get pissed when they used Jimi Hendrix? Its a freaking video game.

[chocolateTeddy]

you guys are all right. i mean come on u give the ****ing company the rights to nirvana songs and ****ing albums why sue for a image don't u think it will help people enjoy nirvana more??? or does courtney love wants people to remember cobain for drugs and suicide? whateva activision/harmonics is getting a shitload of money from the beatles

[Caseyz]

just a dumbass blonde bitch. I'm fed up with hearing her cherades, you agreed and no you can't sue them dumb bitch. Read a contract before you agree to it, and thats ridiculous that his image will be tarnished. It's a video game!!!!! If you relate that to life then you are a fool. This is nonsense, and she yet again proves her ignorance.

[killadroid]

DiaryOfJane wrote:

Kurt was an amazing musician and it was tragic that he died, but really, I mean its a video game chartacter that looks like him, who really cares?

Exactly.

[RandyRhoadsFan4]

This is just stupid all the way around.

Broomstick wrote:

Ha ha I never even thought that about being able to use Curt to sing Bon Jovi songs, it's like a fantasy come true.

I am going to have to try this...

[Foresta]

She shouldnt have a ****ing say!
No one should be able sue in his name. Its just a tribute after all, not a big deal.

[teh_cactus]

If anything, using his figure in a game about music is a homage and an honor.

[kjlee2112]

maybe if he wasn't selfish and kill himself he could make his own decisions. courtney love can rot in hell, she's an idiot. and kurt cobain IS a cartoon character.

[LP/Toolfan93]

If you have not figured it out (or have just now given up on Courtney), this is typical of her. (This is also why i continue to believe that she killed him) she only after the cash

[Shredder Guitar]

God. All of this shit about Cobain not wanting his "music to become commercial/corporate" is retarded. if he hadn't wanted that, he would've sat on his butt at home on a futon and played his songs to himself.

[1nSingularity]

RockUAway wrote:

I hope UG has a story someday saying she blew her own brains out...

RIP Kurt,

Id love to use him in the game, whether or not anyone likes it and on whatever song i please (KURT SINGING GNR!

atleast its not his actual voice singing the songs, dont get me wrong he was a good singer but he was grunge, enough said. (I.e. He'd sound like shit singing bon jovi)

Bon Jovi sounds like shit singing Bon Jovi.

I know someone who believe Courtney killed Kurt. Simply because she's a bitch. Now I see what he means

[Zqstrat]

Wow I didn't see this coming!
/Sarcasm

[Let It Be0o0]

I still hate the idea of Cobain singing blink, bon jovi, tom petty, and a shitload of other songs that should never be sung by him but this will almost be worth it if Activision counter sues Courtney's ass for a solid amount.

[beau05]

pjpwnsu wrote:

why would they put him as a "guitar hero" anyways....the guy blows nuts at guitar to begin with. oh wait, you dont need to make talented/skilled music to make a lot of money...sry, i forgot

Paul Gilbert once said writing a song is the most difficult thing any guitarist can do (a good one that is, and not something only your mum enjoys). I consider Kurt Cobain to be a great song writer, but thats just me.

Someone thinks it's April the 1st putting this up

402 comments posted, 135 removed

You guys suck.

Checked.

[maj.pain]

wow man is she ever stuid. garentee that she's finally spent all the money that he made her and is just now going to get more screwed over

[tacobellman2007]

Just for a FUCKING GAME!?!??!? Courtney Love, you are a dumbass.

[venomouskiss320]

I see Activision as the criminal in this situation, giving Courtney Love even a quarter of a millimeter of reins is a terrible idea. Of course this is my "she killed him" assumptions of course, regardless, shes hyped up on drugs, I say they should have asked Dave instead.

[Firering56]

It's defneantly because she needs money for her make up and 40 thousand dollar naail things or whatever.

Seriously, stop with the dumb bitch stuff. From now saying that will result in a warning, even if it's in a semi-intelligent post.

[Mr_Cheese113]

.....really? man if this doesnt prove shes just after money nothing will

and really i mean come on its a ****ing video game i very much doubt kurt wouldve cared people take this stuff FAR too serious

dude, you just summed it all up haha. Kurt wouldn't give a shit about a video game, and he probably wouldn't care about his self image after his death. Sure, I believe its good to respect Kurt for what he did for music and to acknowledge the hardships he went through during his life, but really, a video game? All I have to say is...guitar hero is too ****ing overrated

[placebic]

In the end, its just scary to see how strong technology has become nowadays. They replicated Kurt pretty damn well (not in a RESIDENT EVIL 5 way, but great looking for guitar hero's graphic engine) and for those of us who grew UP knowing him or about him in any way know what the feeling's like once those videos play; it's almost frightening as as Resident Evil 5 just to see him pulled off that well.

However, you know... Why would THIS make her wanna stop? She's turned the Nirvana legacy into more than a franchise for her now... Like I mentioned before, even with Kurt's own, PERSONAL, writings. Yes, it does sound too good to be true, but in a way... I'm also kind of glad she's recognizing this; Too bad it had to happen WHEN it did.

maybe this "bully" or "breach of contract" made her realize she'd have more money in the end with a lawsuit, as apposed to her overall profit in going through with all of this. What a team player, huh? However, maybe she's acually seeing something here that we don't... Time can only tell for us poor folk on this side of the media =/ .

I dunno man, but when I look at the video(s) now, not only is my feet bouncin'... but so is my heart; Seeing him look and act like him... alive... gives me the creeps. really bad. I mean, its cool seeing him like that, I'd prefer to see him you know... ALIVE... but at the same time, no thanks. lol. Surely, there's even a few out there with the same views on seeing CASH on GH5.
Can't hate 'em for trying, though.

[ndschroede23]

Courtney "Love to Sue" Activision, amirite?

[ironwolg]

i have a better idea. let's just get Cobaine off of guitar hero(he wasn't that great of a guitarist anyway) and put in someone like John Petrucci or Steve Vai or Joe Satriani. someone who actually is a guitar hero. as for courtney love, what the hell is she smoking? you can't sign a legally binding contract and then turn around and sue, that just won't work.

[placebic]

LOL word, son.^

But yeah, Unless you are/were Kurt Cobain, I guess you can't hate 'em for trying.

calicovon wrote:
C'mon people, how hard is this to understand? We aren't up in arms about Kurt's image being used because he is dead, we're pissed because it's against everything he stood for. Hendrix and Cash loved the spotlight, Cobain took his own life because he hated it so much. And quit dissing his skills, real Nirvana fans have never talked up the merits of Kurt's guitar skills. He wrote amazingly simple melodies that sounded great but no, he's no Hendrix, and I can agree with that thought. It might have been ok if he was just on there for his own songs, (MIGHT have been ok, I'm pretty against the whole thing in general, but my opinion means nothing) but to have him singing the music of Bon Jovi and other hair bands, well that's just wrong. The man hated that genre of music, and that was well documented. Why do this to his image Activision? And to the people saying "Oh, it doesn't matter, he's dead", imagine your image being used posthumously for something you hated enough to end your life over. This sucks.

Great points being brought up here. Or worse yet, imagine it being done to the one you love. Endless suffering, overall.
Love hasn't excactly "helped" that much... unless you call benefiting from it all "help" then yeah, sure - she's a saint!

ONLY if Dave could get his much needed control (by at least 4/5) of the ...Cobain Estates or whatever, from its initial substance (as in, before all of it got released to the dogs of marketing... Simple getting "what's left" would truely, truely be demeaning and hurtful - it was his band, too! Where's she get off!?!?) would I believe in her, at this current point in time, winning this lawsuit. Untill I hear more on it, THAT'S it.

NemX162 wrote:
...the problem isn't that they are using a "great guitarist" in a video game, or the fact that he's dead. The problem is that it is against his ideals, and that he isn't alive to say no.

Pretty much.

Archenas

In my opinion? Kurt doesn't deserve to be on a guitar-based game. At all. He's not a good guitarist. His idea of a solo was playing along with the pitch of the chorus's vocal line like someone who JUST started learning guitar might do or throwing his guitar on the ground and kicking the strings and the whammy bar. He's a good SONGWRITER and if they ever release Vocals Hero: Nirvana you bet I'll buy it, but..[/quote]
He was an inspiring guitarist. You and I'd have a hell of a time trying to sit back and count alllll the many, and believe me when I say many, people who's sole purpose and interest with guitars is because of Kurt Cobain (initially, in this case).
"Yeah, I got a guitar, it was a strat, yes, I wanted to
be all Kurt Cobain, you know...
Then I got into Death Metal. Loved it ever since." LOL you know? Stuff like that.

GH, for me, seems more of inspirational sort of thing, you know? Get the kids, gamers, who ever... into DOING stuff. And trying new, positive things, and hear new/different music doing so. That sort of thing. And yeah, GREAT points by the way on the Call of Duty thing...omg... Nailed that one. LOL But much unlike Call of Duty, even though there's a signigance involved with it, its not so much about who or what's the best... Just having fun.

But on the battlefield, I can't use a lagswitch =(
LOL anyway. I'm done. Sorry for the double post.

[Stratocaster_21]

1nSingularity wrote:

RockUAway wrote:

I hope UG has a story someday saying she blew her own brains out...

RIP Kurt,

Id love to use him in the game, whether or not anyone likes it and on whatever song i please (KURT SINGING GNR!

atleast its not his actual voice singing the songs, dont get me wrong he was a good singer but he was grunge, enough said. (I.e. He'd sound like shit singing bon jovi) Bon Jovi sounds like shit singing Bon Jovi.

I know someone who believe Courtney killed Kurt. Simply because she's a bitch. Now I see what he means

I wont go into the details but if you watch "Kurt and Courtney" you'd be asking yourself if she did kill him. a couple of days after a man called El DUce confessed to be bribed to kill Kurt by Courtney and saying that he knew who did it he was mysteriously pushed infront of a train. Also check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Duce

[Stratocaster_21]

Phantasmasaurus wrote:

soooo...

she's making money off of a dead rockstar to prove that making money off of dead rockstars is wrong?

HAHAHA... WELL PLAYED

[UltimateWarrior]

id be willing to bet money that if Christ himself was in Guitar Hero 5 nobody would even care.. but Kurt Cobain is sacred?? Hendrix was a guitar hero, so is Zakk Wylde and so is Santana. Its truly a shame that they forgot what theyre game is called and got songwriting heroes for this one... maybe the premium edition comes with a pen and paper??

[hellview_666]

slashrock94 wrote:

I agree with Courtney. Apparenently it wasn't known that Kurt would be used for other songs as well...

Ahem, I think you'll find its well known and I'm sure it was in the contract, but I bet the silly bint didn't read that far. No-one complained when you could use Jimi Hendrix, Sting, Ozzy Osbourne, etc for songs other than themselves.

Surely not one rock star would think that seeing themselves sing a song they could never do as an insult? (contrary to what people believe or say, he was a rock star regardless of guitar playing skill, it's a band game now, not just guitars) - he's far from an idol or even sacred like some martyr, but come on!

All I can say is the silly cowbag shouldn't have signed the cotnract and she has no leg to stand on.

[AfricanDope]

I wouldn't be surprised if Kurt would find it peculiarly funny watching his cartoon self jamming to limp Bon Jovi songs...

[gushnahalla]

hahaha i find this hilarious at how stupid she is! plus if you actually tried you could have made your own kurt cobain in Guitar Hero World Tour!!! Courtney's done it again

[StripeyWhitey]

Stratopower wrote:

The fact that they are using Kurt as the Guitar "HERO" should be a compliment enough, the fact that his music is being used and the recognition that he is still a well loved artist even today should be enough praise.

I personally think that they are all looking at this completely the wrong way, the fact that there is a character of him performing shows that people still love Nirvana and their music, and respect that Kurt was a great musician.

How it is disrespecting him is beyond me, I mean they wouldn't complain if there was a Jimi Hendrix version?!!

I agree entirely - otherwise John and George will be spinning in their graves!!!

Its definitely a compliment, to find that after over a decade Kurdt's music is still well known and loved eenough to warrant putting him in guitar Hero.

People need to CHILL THE F*CK OUT!!!

[StripeyWhitey]

...oh and Coutney is a CRANK!

[invaderzim31]

I'm just curious as to who the hell follows Courtney Love on Twitter, wtf?

[datroman]

I definitely think it's a little ridiculous using KURT COBAIN in a VIDEO GAME .... meaning mainstream since didn't he kill himself over the fact that he was getting too popular (or at least that's the jist of it) ... so isn't that a little ironc? Also, I don't getwhat the big deal is (assuming his character DOES stay in the game) about him playing other peoples songs ... do they all hate music that isn't theirs or something? IDK just curious myself, correct me if I'm wrong.

[julians8]

giv kurt some respect u #!@%ers!!!!!

[IDoCocaine]

Even if Kurt we're alive, not wanting a character of himself in a music game is rather immature, I think. If you don't like being in the spotlight then you shouldn't be in the music business. I'm not saying everyone in music is famous, but when you play on the MTV Video Music Awards, saying you hate recognition and fame is a little stupid.

[Hauntaro]

Dudes just think about if he was alive anyway, he would look at this right now and laugh at this argument and just call Courtney a bitch. Case in point, a bitch is going to do stuff like a bitch would do and I hope she loses the court case lol.

[Hauntaro]

IGotIssues wrote:

i agree with the former members of nirvana completely. Grohl and Novoselics' opinion should matter most of all, not some coke w****.

I know exactly.Her opinion shouldn't be stated, It should be Krist and Dave's statemens

[power_gamer_6]

It's just ****ing Kurt Cobain. The ****'s the big deal?

[KPWoCkAxX]

Bitch needs to get over herself...

[lizarday]

i just want to kill courtney cuz its just a freakin video game! besides if she sues them what difference will it make?!?!?!? oh sure guitar hero will go out of buisness and basically the whole wide world of guitar hero fans will be disappointed and say "i have no reason to live anymore" and rock band will dominate the market but thats just a SMALL thing :o.