Kurt Cobain: Your Newest Guitar Hero Character

According to Rolling Stone, Activision announced today that Kurt Cobain will be a playable character in the upcoming Guitar Hero 5 video game.

The latest installment of the video game franchise will also feature two Nirvana tracks, "Smells Like Teen Spirit" and a 1992 live version of "Lithium". The licensing deal to have Nirvana songs in a video game has been worked on for the past few years and has finally been constructed.

"‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ is a song that we’ve had at the top of our wish list ever since I came to Guitar Hero," said Tim Riley, Activision's Vice President of Music Affairs. "So it's been a while."

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."

Guitar Hero 5 is slated for a September 1st release and will feature other playable characters such as Johnny Cash, Jimi Hendrix, Matt Bellamy (Muse) and Shirley Manson (Garbage).

Here's a video showing gameplay of the Kurt Cobain character.

Comments

[gynther flynt]

Cobain would have never agreed to this... The corporations and Love's lust for money just don't have any respect.

[kidbanjo]

Courtney Love had a major say in the artist being incorporated and wanted to make sure the singer looked like himself.

Shotgun wounds and all?

Why don't we dig him up for the next celeb reality TV show? I'm sure we must have the technology to have his reanimated corpse dance around on screen for our slack jawed entertainment...

[AEnima18]

It seems wrong to use the image of a guy who hated commercialism so much that it was one of the things that lead to his death. (If you believe it was suicide, like I do.)

[-Stain-]

...and the torture of his soul continues

[folkrockhippy]

You have to feal sorry for Curt Cobain and Che Guvare what with becoming fashion icons and making the people they most hated [capatalists/souless corprate fashion and entertainmant people] very rich!

[enginehead]

Actually i agree this doesn't seem right, ffs gh what have u become

[floomdesk]

Wow, Rock is officially dead.
I hate these games, no matter how many idiot teenagers got interested in playing guitar through this... I wouldn't even think about making Cobain a guitar hero if Courtney wanted to pay me a billion for it

[Let It Be0o0]

This is so wrong...they even made cobain look clean O_O

[fadetoblack84]

jeez... I never really considered Cobain much of a good guitarist... But i think he would hate this.

[sk8nalmost1394]

I refuse to have anything to do with this game just because of the lack of respect they're showing for the actual musician behind what's making them billions of dollars.

[RyanMetalMatthe]

I'm not a big Nirvana fan because Kurt had a big part in killing metal, but even I'M disgusted by this.

[TargetHHH101]

Im a huge Nirvana fan as im sure all of you are and I think if Kurt was still alive he wouldnt agree to it but this way his legacy can stay alive and this could turn, all the little kids who play this game, on to Nirvana, which is always good

[ibanezfreak42]

i think everyones overreacting its not a big deal.
its just a video game

[guitartiger]

yeah this is exactly the thing kurt would be against.....

[nightraven]

ibanezfreak42 wrote:

i think everyones overreacting its not a big deal.
its just a video game

i agree. and if kurt were alive in this day and age i wouldn't be surprised if he'd agree to this.

[visiofx]

so what...its just a video game....at least nirvana's music is being introduced to the younger generation who listen to the Jonas brothers..make them realize that this generation suckss soo bad.

[visiofx]

so will Frances Bean Cobain have a slice of the pie from this??Courtney loves gonna profit from this for sure

[Sami Philadelph]

How would he hate this?

Kurt was the biggest sellout of our century,get real,stop romanticizing his life,the guy was a sell out,and had no problem telling anyone he was.

Its YOU people who've made him this underground martyr,get a taste of reality please.

Its fine hes in this game,its A GAME.

[l33TgUiT@rd00d]

They're also making a "Shotgun" as playable guitar too. How cool.

[h3RR_wURST]

oh no not another "music news" about guitar hero .. wtf it has nothing to do with guitars :> it's just about a few buttons to push

[Ranmanbassist18]

They should have claudio sanchez as a playable character maybe rockband would do a coheed game with the entire band that would be so rad !

[Linkerman]

Someday we'll start having GH tutorials and FAQs instead of tabs here in UG... LOL

[DrFuzz]

Admit it, who DIDN'T think Courtney Love before anything else?

[Ibanez44]

Sami Philadelph wrote:

How would he hate this?

Kurt was the biggest sellout of our century,get real,stop romanticizing his life,the guy was a sell out,and had no problem telling anyone he was.

Its YOU people who've made him this underground martyr,get a taste of reality please.

Its fine hes in this game,its A GAME.

Kurt Cobain drove a shitty car until he died. He didn't have a guitar collection, he didn't do any endorsements like this.. Go listen to fallout boy again and tell me who'se a sellout.

[Shaunfromtheuk]

Are the other people in the clip ment to be the actual members of the band because if they are they are a shit representation and kurts character isn't brilliant. as cool as it is to include kurt i must agree that kurt would never have wanted it

[ihavenoname93]

enough with this 'kurt wouldnt agree to this' bullsh*t. why are the supposed interests of dead musicians always made to seem so pure and non money related? as if he wasnt a sellout in the first place

[edgeyyz]

Milking the franchise. They really need to space out their releases so people aren't overwhelmed, and they need to have much more DLC so people don't need to go buy a game once or twice a year. I think the guitar hero characters are cool, but not necessary in the least.

[visiofx]

they should consider doing Guitar Hero: Dead Guitar Heroes.

[Stikit2duhman]

f**k guitar hero!
its all money money money money!
thats not what rocknroll is about
i hope this game dies

[rip3149]

if Kurt was alive today he'd hang up the phone the second the line spat out they're with activision and guitar hero. Hendrix and Johnny Cash are decent characters that if they were alive would probably be all for it. but not Cobain. this is actually disrespectful to his memory.

[SumFX]

How many of these games do they have to make?
i mean i suppose making 2 was alright but now 5 and a hand held thing, total bollocks i am really hating the fact that guitar music is popular now, films, games, tv programmes like Hannah Montana and childrens toys! seriously there is a Thomas The Tank Engine guitar toy!
Even worse is alot of people are now listening to "Alternative" music to be popular and even going as far as playing guitar to be cool!
Bleh! i hate it!

[Shread_6009]

I hope they make kurts shirt read " videogame corporations suck"...

And if he didnt kill himself ( or get murdered) back in 94, he would do it now.

And notice how rverytime a new cobain product is released, grohl and novosselic, the peopl that participated in the music and probably understood kurt best never have anything to say, only courtney, who claims to have loved cobain but clearly didnt get his whole anti- corporation image?

[cliff_em_all]

Ibanez44. He didn't have a guitar collection.

Apart form the Fender signature Jag-Stang, a few mustangs and a few jaguars, a couple of strat, a jazzmaster or two, an acoustic or two, countless budget guitars, a few wilsons? and a luthier who replaced pickups to kurt's specs (mainly duncans) and modified his guitars.

[Ibanez44]

My bad, I was under the impression he had a relatively economical jazzmaster and a strat.

[Ponyexpress]

Kurt would not have agreed to this but with that being said I don't really care all that much.
lol i loved how they made smells like teen spirit so hard to play now every little kid is gonna be like WOW YOU CAN PLAY SLTS YOU MUST BE A GUITAR GOD YOUR SO BRUTALZ!!!!!111

[koikomoru]

gynther flynt wrote:

Cobain would have never agreed to this... The corporations and Love's lust for money just don't have any respect.

I agree. He would have a fit about this.
Personally, the game was pretty cool the first and second time, but now you've got corporate parties being hosted with Guitar hero and rock band, school functions, contests etc. When is enough going to be enough.

[The Frayed Ends]

Disgraceful. I don't like Cobain, but he wouldn't have agreed to this, no way. I hate what Guitar Hero has become: "Let's see how many shitty songs and dead celebritites we can cram into this game, guys!" Hell, at this rate next year we'll be seeing virtual Dimebag on the cover of GH6, throwing up the horns and making me die a little inside.
Fuck you, Guitar Hero. I'm off to play Rock Band.

[.:Blackened:.]

Wow this website is full of idiots.

I think its hilarious how people act like they knew Cobain, like they knew exactly what he would say right now or exactly what he would do. Hell if you know so well, can you tell us all how you got in touch with him?! I mean I wanna ask him some stuff too!

Secondly, how sad is it that people are complaining about a GAME, a bit of FUN. Christ, it's just mind numbingly pathetic to see the lengths people will go to just to moan and bitch.

Grow up kids.

[Antoine-Øleg]

And I insist. Putting him in that pointless rubbish called "videogame" is the most disrespectful thing anyone ever did to Cobain.

Let's face it, it's just about money and Courtney Love.

[Ponyexpress]

In more important news: MUSE is gonna part of the new guitar hero!
naw I guess it's more signifigant that Kurt/Nirvana is but I kind of think even though I'm not like "HOW COULD THOSE PEOPLE DO THAT TO KURT!?!?!?!" it still does seem messed up that this is exactly the kinda thing the guy hated and now he's dead and being made a part of

[FenderMaster]

Very tasteless on the behalf of both Activision, and the Kobain estate for allowing this to happen.

Anybody who ever was a Nirvana fan knows how wrong this is. Kurt Kobain was as far from a corporate shill as you could get, no way would he endorse this stale franchise.

[Obama FTW]

Sami Philadelph wrote:

How would he hate this?

Kurt was the biggest sellout of our century,get real,stop romanticizing his life,the guy was a sell out,and had no problem telling anyone he was.

Its YOU people who've made him this underground martyr,get a taste of reality please.

Its fine hes in this game,its A GAME.

Dude, where the **** do you get that Cobain was a sellout?

[CroJin]

Cobain would have never agreed to this... The corporations and Love's lust for money just don't have any respect.

+1 Cobain wouldn't like it, but I think he would like new kids listening to his music. But than again,

but now you've got corporate parties being hosted with Guitar hero and rock band, school functions, contests etc. When is enough going to be enough.

[anameofsomesort]

oh god, kurt cobain would get such a hard on over this and go nuts, omg yeah he was so non commercial and such a great guy....

people need to relax
if cobain was alive and got as erect over a video game like most of the people on here he would be an idiot.

more annoyed that nirvanas songs are probably some of the most boring and will be no fun to play on this game at all.

still awaiting close to the edge by yes to be the final song on one of these games.

[Mr. Hand]

i'm not disappointed that this is a slight to his memory.

i'm disappointed that cobain was far from a guitar hero... rofl, he sucked

long live the melvins

[nevermindbleach]

I think the only good thing about this is that most of today's youth can hear some good music, instead of Emo crap, Disney stars, and Hip Hop/Rap

[wozzkie]

this is just terrible.... I hate this, they are killing everything that is sacred.

[nave890]

F this sh** I don't even care anymore, first slash then billy Corgan, god! I bet if Kurt were alive today he'd never do this, Nirvana probably wouldn't even be popular cuz kurt was making more challenging alt music, I bet the average guitar hero player would buy in utero thinking it was gonna be smells like teen spirit 2.0 or come as you are 2.0 and then listen to heart shaped box a few times because they know it and most of the other songs are not poppy at all. pretty much just like Pearl Jams Vitalogy

[no.mop]

Kurt Cobain is not exactly a guitar hero.

More like an hero.

[Cfury93]

i think alot of people in this forum r overreacting.
It's just a game. But to courtney love this is just another way of raking in cash.

[Creep_C-1]

i guess anyone can be a guitar hero for playing power chords

[fretsofthebeast]

to all the people saying" stop bitching its a game lololo"

dude, if u were against corperate shit and whatnot, and they used ur sucsess to rake in billions on a game, dont you think it would piss you off?

[nevermindbleach]

I think that Kurt Was a great guitarist but I don't think they needed to make an avatar of him.

[Sean117]

I think that on the day this game releases any and all people who would have even considered buying this game and know anything about Cobain need to completely boycott this. Id like to see their profits bite it so they dont have a way to make another game ever again. This is so wrong that i can barely even stand to talk about it. He died because he was sick of the commercialation and corprate shit that was happeneing to his music, how the people he hated the most were profiting off of his songs and ideas. the only thing he ever cared abot was getting his music to the kids that really loved his band. these pricks only see dollar signs.

[ctfod]

If Cobain was so anti-corporation or whatever, he would have refused to have signed to a major label. Instead, he actively seeked one out, played an unplugged show on MTV, etc. Face it, the man was a hypocrite.

[eliterun]

FACT: Kurt Cobain was anti-commercial, or at least had a very strong posture in that direction. The entire freaking grunge movement was that way.

FACT: this is a commercial video game.

something tells me that he wouldn't like it.

[Gakbez]

Do we get to suicde him again?

[ixcamdentown]

I think this is disrespectful but I expect it from a game like Guitar Hero (seriously, just pick up an actual guitar... apparently even music is simulated now!). The dollar-sign-eyed people who make this really are the puss coming out of the zit that commercialism has put on the face of today's rock music scene.

[new_age_reject]

And once again they put more of their shit songs on the game.

[megano28]

seriously, why is so much attention given to this creep? He contradicted himself in his views, "grunge" itself ended up becoming extremely mainstream something he was totally against. He's also a coward, he selfishly killed himself and left his daughter alone in the world, unless you want to call that monster a mother. Leave him to rot in his grave, don't put him on a video game to create more posers.

[ZeGuitarist]

Checked. Keep the language and the flaming down guys.

[Zyph73]

I'm more upset that they're already about to release a fifth game, I mean holy ****, another one ALREADY? What are they trying to do, challenge Megaman in most games constantly produced? Also, I am getting tired of seeing Kurt's face on things cause that means more money for Courtney. We might as well burn that money, would be better that way anyway.

[Toxin23]

floomdesk wrote:

Wow, Rock is officially dead.
I hate these games, no matter how many idiot teenagers got interested in playing guitar through this... I wouldn't even think about making Cobain a guitar hero if Courtney wanted to pay me a billion for it

I don't hate Rock Band because they don't try to make it seem like you really can play the instrument. Guitar Hero DOES try to make you think you can play the instrument even though you may have never picked a real guitar up. But for this, I hate much more hate for guitar hero.

[CliffIsAngry]

folkrockhippy wrote:

You have to feal sorry for Curt Cobain and Che Guvare what with becoming fashion icons and making the people they most hated [capatalists/souless corprate fashion and entertainmant people] very rich!

this kurt was against what guitar hero stands for, this is a disgrace to his name.

[.:Blackened:.]

Ok I give up with this piece.

There are TOO many people here who nothing about Nirvana, Cobain, Courtney, Rock Band, Guitar Hero, Guitar, Music or Life :P

[rhcp01]

CTFOD :
If Cobain was so anti-corporation or whatever, he would have refused to have signed to a major label. Instead, he actively seeked one out, played an unplugged show on MTV, etc. Face it, the man was a hypocrite.

just cause he was on mtv dosn't make him a sellout or a hypocrite, he hated corporations but he still needed fame to get his message out

[MrFlibble]

According to Rolling Stone, Activision announced today that Kurt Cobain will be a playable character in the upcoming Guitar Hero 5 video game.

That's funny, because Destructoid broke the news that he would be in the game nearly a month ago.

Pro tip U-G: if you're going to include things like Rock Band and Guitar Hero in your news, keep an eye on gaming sites rather than waiting for Rolling Stone to mention it a month later.

[HORSE ASSASSIN]

this sucks ass. kurt would have never agreed to this

[Brandon_MK]

floomdesk wrote:

no matter how many idiot teenagers got interested in playing guitar through this...

dude, i checked your profile. you stopped being a teenager 2 months ago..

[sonicyouth48]

At first i hated the fact that cobain was gonna be in GH, but if it helps kids get into nirvana, and perhapes if they give kurt some personality in the game it wont be to bad

[Brandon_MK]

but i still agree with you =)

sorry for double post.

[MetalUpYourRear]

Ok, forget the fact that it's disrespectful. How about the fact that Kurt couldn't play guitar? Therefore making him NOT guitar hero worthy.

Why not make Jason Becker a playable character??? Give him the credit and respect that he deserves.

[McFoss]

Ponyexpress wrote:

In more important news: MUSE is gonna part of the new guitar hero!
naw I guess it's more signifigant that Kurt/Nirvana is but I kind of think even though I'm not like "HOW COULD THOSE PEOPLE DO THAT TO KURT!?!?!?!" it still does seem messed up that this is exactly the kinda thing the guy hated and now he's dead and being made a part of

Dude I was thinking the same thing. My first thought was "man, a lot of Nirvana fans are going to be pissed." Then I thought "wow, they got Matt? Killer!!!"

[PIMO]

Ibanez44 wrote:
Kurt Cobain drove a shitty car until he died. He didn't have a guitar collection, he didn't do any endorsements like this.. Go listen to fallout boy again and tell me who'se a sellout.

the ending was hilarious and so true. Guitar Hero is really screwing up bigtime. Im not that into Nirvana much but i think this is pretty disrespectful to a guy like Kurt like seriously respect the man geez!

[Brian 1.0]

MetalUpYourRear wrote:

Ok, forget the fact that it's disrespectful. How about the fact that Kurt couldn't play guitar? Therefore making him NOT guitar hero worthy.

Why not make Jason Becker a playable character??? Give him the credit and respect that he deserves.

Fuck yeah, but make his alter-ego Lou Gehrig's character.

[kellen.dobmeier]

Also, everyone, Kurt knew what he was doing when they wrote 'Smells Like Teen Spirit." Don't fool yourselves into thinking he never wanted it to get big. Nirvana was never as good as AiC and Pearl Jam anyway.

[23dannybhoy23]

Why does UG insist on reporting about Guitar Hero? All that happens is mass Guitar Hero flaming, every time.

Does anyone on this site even like Guitar Hero?

[Obie]

guitar hero is bullshit. if kids really like music then they need to look past some dumbass video game and pick up a real instrument. do you know how many instruments there are out there? not to mention there are some easier instruments than guitar (not necessarily easier but for example some people have short fingers so guitar wouldnt really be for them)

there are so many more ways to express yourself than some dumbass video game. and speaking legally here, if you want to find out about some new music then F*CKING LOOK FOR IT! you can listen to samples on itunes of soooo many artists.

screw guitar hero

[FalseXHope]

i dont really think this is a big enough deal to be a ultimate-guitar article.

[Obie]

Mattinell182 wrote:

Wow this website is full of idiots.

I think its hilarious how people act like they knew Cobain, like they knew exactly what he would say right now or exactly what he would do. Hell if you know so well, can you tell us all how you got in touch with him?! I mean I wanna ask him some stuff too!

Secondly, how sad is it that people are complaining about a GAME, a bit of FUN. Christ, it's just mind numbingly pathetic to see the lengths people will go to just to moan and bitch.

Grow up kids.

wonderfully said

yeah i agree but i really hate it when people say "oh well im musically retarded and i could never play an isntrument so i play guitar hero". ive heard that a lot. anyone that says that is a fool and obviously doesnt believe in themselves. thats the thing. anyone can learn to do anything with enough practice. using guitar hero as some lame substitution is stupid.

[ndschroede23]

Obie wrote:

guitar hero is bullshit. if kids really like music then they need to look past some dumbass video game and pick up a real instrument. do you know how many instruments there are out there? not to mention there are some easier instruments than guitar (not necessarily easier but for example some people have short fingers so guitar wouldnt really be for them)

there are so many more ways to express yourself than some dumbass video game. and speaking legally here, if you want to find out about some new music then F*CKING LOOK FOR IT! you can listen to samples on itunes of soooo many artists.

screw guitar hero

Why did you bother posting here? Don't you see that instead of taking the time to write that comment you could have practiced your instrument of choice? You advocate spending time on instruments instead of other, unrelated endeavors. You hypocrite.

[Shadow_Hawk]

do we get to blow our brains out at the end of the game as well!?!?!

its sick how far the GH company is going to make sales... he's dead and can't give his permission to be in it, and I have a feeling he'd be against it if he were alive anyway.

[keithmoon15]

im sure kurt would have loved this..

[philwhite]

folkrockhippy wrote:
You have to feal sorry for Curt Cobain and Che Guvare what with becoming fashion icons and making the people they most hated [capatalists/souless corprate fashion and entertainmant people] very rich!

Che was a terrorist and Kurt was a drug addict. Maybe you should reconsider your role models.

[TromboneThunder]

There are just so many things wrong with this. Cobain as a Guitar Hero character? Oh god....

[pawnshopguitars]

Matt Bellamy a playable character? I'm buying it!

[Lil' Pookie]

I love Nirvana, and I love video games, so why do I feel like my childhood is being sodomized?

[Jmoarguitar]

This isn't right. Guitar Hero should just shove there little plastic guitars up there loose asses and screw off. Rock Band too, it's not about turning kids onto good music anymore, it's about making money and it always has. I don't think Kurt would agree to this, nobody should. I wish these game companies would just F off.

[dreamtheater91]

Blah blah guitar hero sucks blah blah courtney love.

Really guys? Guitar Hero is a great way for kids to learn some good music. My 8 year old brother played through all of GH3, obsessively. Then when he had beaten it, guess what? He wanted a real guitar. So I bought him one. But I guess it's destroying the industry and robbing musicians of dignity. Minus the money they're getting from this. Which is something important if you're a musician. Can you guys just leave it be?

[Thespade22]

Atleast they're not doing this shit to the GOOD dead guitarists, i.e rhoads, dimebag

[ZeGuitarist]

Checked again.

[pwninator123]

There are so many better Grunge guitarists, where is the Andrew Wood playable character? Or the Gary Lee Connor? Or the King Buzzo? The Tom Price, the Kevin Whitworth?

I love Nirvana...but a guitar hero Kurt is not

[isabiggles]

I wonder how much this game will cost.

[blouchj]

cobain isn't real impressive as a guitarist, they could have picked someone else. they just wanted him cause hes recognizable. i want to see a randy rhoads character. i mean why not? they have all these other dead guitarists, and hendrix was in world tour, so why does he get to be in this new one as well? and seriously, matt belamy? really?

[riseagainst26]

pawnshopguitars wrote:

Matt Bellamy a playable character? I'm buying it!

matt bellamy rules!

[santa_man99]

You guys are all pathetic. Kurt committed suicide. The rehab facility he was at prior to his death was the kind where you can just quit and walk out the front door and they can't stop you. Why did he jump over a 4-foot fence instead of walking out the front door? Because that same facility had a lockdown room where they put potential suicide victims until they can have an intervention. He was PLANNING to kill himself.

[Metallicam]

It's just a game guys, calm down. However, I do agree with the users who are question why Cobain is on there. I understand the influence and whatnot, but a guitar hero? Really?

[pinata89]

All I have to say is [expletive] Guitar Hero, and [expletive] Courtney Love, especially.

I could go on, but that's just about every bit of my argument in its simplest form.

[metalheadblues]

Brian 1.0 wrote:

MetalUpYourRear wrote:

Ok, forget the fact that it's disrespectful. How about the fact that Kurt couldn't play guitar? Therefore making him NOT guitar hero worthy.

Why not make Jason Becker a playable character??? Give him the credit and respect that he deserves.

Fuck yeah, but make his alter-ego Lou Gehrig's character.

haha well said
but he's not that commercial like kurt
his talent and skill is still unknown to many peole
viva la jason becker

[sfaune92]

They're walking the line!

[SumFX]

Matt Bellamy Rules! fantastic live, however why does GH have to add characters? i mean it costs money to simulate the characters doesn't it? so why bother?
Too many bellends pick up a guitar after playing GH, and no it's not a good thing cuz those people are genrally twats.

[JoelTheShredder]

this is discusting

[Chewy120]

ibanezfreak42 wrote:

i think everyones overreacting its not a big deal.
its just a video game

+1

[Oosh.]

Its nice to see that people are still remembering him and getting him and his music out there a bit more. Although im just annoyed that if i'd search Nirvana in youtube it'd all be videos of people playing a song on GH and all the people like "OMGZ KURT COBAIN OMFGZ" and "I can do this song on expert" commenting on youtube.

[domfcpremix]

fadetoblack84 wrote:

jeez... I never really considered Cobain much of a good guitarist... But i think he would hate this.

he was never meant to be a good guitarist...he was popular for his songwriting

[dmiwshicldply]

this ****in sickens, guitar hero is everything Kurt was against. And courtney cant even respect his memory enough to keep him out of guitar hero, ****in ****

[skatezero1260]

SumFX wrote:

How many of these games do they have to make?
i mean i suppose making 2 was alright but now 5 and a hand held thing, total bollocks i am really hating the fact that guitar music is popular now, films, games, tv programmes like Hannah Montana and childrens toys! seriously there is a Thomas The Tank Engine guitar toy!
Even worse is alot of people are now listening to "Alternative" music to be popular and even going as far as playing guitar to be cool!
Bleh! i hate it!

well at least we know us real guitar players could shred their little faces of any second we wanted to!

[YourMessiah666]

Cobain would never ever have agreed to this

[tiky]

Poor cobain, he is screaming out of rage on his grave

[madman32in90713]

I HATE THESE GAMES!

[troyponce]

I'm... not sure how I feel about this. Doesn't seem right.

[zAg1619]

Like any of you actually know what Kurt would actually think about it. Stop assuming things. It's a video game, who gives a shit... Oh wait..

[element4433]

Checked.

[Tostitos]

Look, Cobain probably wouldn't have liked this, and yes, Courtney Love is most likely moneygrubbing for profit off his name, but honestly, its a game. I'm pretty sure Cobain's legacy is strong enough that it won't be brutalized by Guitar Hero of all things

[daniel c b]

im sure kurt is killing himself again in hell

[Scum_PunkRocker]

Cool, but this would've been way cooler when I was 14 and Nirvana was my favourite band. Not to mention I rarely play guitar hero anymore. Real instruments rock so much more!

[Scum_PunkRocker]

The only really sh!tty part about this is Courtney Heroin Lover will be making money off it.

[Run Erratic]

they should have had him playing 'rape me' on the game, just to really rub it in!!!

[VIVA LA DAN]

:/ lots of excitement over the game and playing smells like teen spirit and lithium but he did hate that kind of stuff, he is the biggest inspiration to me and honestly no one knows what he would say to this cause he always had different ideas anyway he'd either be mad to be in a game or smile at the idea

[guitarsftw]

Wow, you don't see sports fans getting into a pissy verbal brawl every time a new sports video game comes out. I mean, yes, actually playing the sport or actually learning the instrument is much better than the video game equivalent, but video games are not meant to be a replacement, they are meant to be something you can do in your down time. Chill out, haters. And, no, I don't play any video game of any sort.

And in regard to Cobain, while he was nowhere near being a guitar god, he was still iconic to a generation, and he always had a guitar strapped on him, so it makes sense that he would become a Guitar Hero character. I have no idea what he would have said about the whole thing, but, right now, who cares?

[Philip_pepper]

Totally off-topic: MATHEW BELLAMY!! Woo!

[DeltaFunk]

I'm more excited for matt bellamy being in the game

[Grungy2425]

They should just leave this man alone...

[psychoskin473]

Wow. Kurt cobain seems to be gettng dug up more often these days. Isnt this the exact type of thing that made him kill himself in the first place? I mean using breed for the handheld guitar hero and a baseball game!? are you kidding? Why is nirvana being insanely *****d out? First replicating the shoes he died in were a bit much but this isjust necrphelia at its finest

[psychoskin473]

Thespade22 wrote:

Atleast they're not doing this shit to the GOOD dead guitarists, i.e rhoads, dimebag

I'd have to agree with this though. Guitar Hero is about gettin the notes right. But a Dime and Kurt guitar battle would be funny to see.

[matx33]

Thank you activision.

You've proved EXACTLY why he killed himself.

[Limakontol]

Does anyone else feel that smells like teen spirit lack notes for the guitar part... i love the song but anyone who knows how to play it on a real guitar must be feeling weird playing it on guitar hero because its a pretty simple verse and the guitar parts are easy even the solo is relatively easy so im not sure how guitar hero can make it that exciting to play. But love the song, love the band, not that much in love with guitar hero

[MLilienthal]

I can literally hear him spinning in his grave

[xDean666x]

You guys should have The Dime Bag on there!!!

Kurt still rocks though!!!

[LD_Luke D]

kurt cobain was not a guitar player. he was a songwriter and an entertainer. the name of the game is guitar hero people.

[vetorocks]

hey people. i really don't think this is any big deal? i've always been a Nirvana fan, and if Kurt didn't care about Weird Al Jankovic making a perody of smells like teens spirit, i don't think he'd cared about this either. the man just loved to play music, and that's just what he wanted to do. i'm not a 100% he killed himself, and if he did, it was because he didn't like the fame. that's probably also the reason why he let Weird Al make a parody of him... he just thought "what the hell, people will be running after me anyway.

[Floydian45]

ibanezfreak42 wrote:

i think everyones overreacting its not a big deal.
its just a video game

Totally agree. All you kids need to chill the **** out. Honestly, in this day and age, are we really THAT surprised that more and more rock icons are selling out to video games and whatnot? Yeah, it's wrong to commercialize Cobain in this way, but why am I not surprised. The best thing you can do is look on the bright side of things...

TargetHHH101 wrote:

Im a huge Nirvana fan as im sure all of you are and I think if Kurt was still alive he wouldnt agree to it but this way his legacy can stay alive and this could turn, all the little kids who play this game, on to Nirvana, which is always good

My thoughts exactly.

[strat0blaster]

I'm so sick of Kurt Cobain. You never heard this much about him when he was alive, and all this "He'd never have approved of this! IT's an outrage!" crap needs to stop. He signed a deal and took the money, and that's the same thing. He could have dropped off the label, been blacklisted, and had the anonymity he wanted so bad, at any time.

[Lemoninfluence]

checked.

[Tedward]

thank god hes dead so he doesn't have to witness this shit.

strat0blaster wrote:

I'm so sick of Kurt Cobain. You never heard this much about him when he was alive, and all this "He'd never have approved of this! IT's an outrage!" crap needs to stop. He signed a deal and took the money, and that's the same thing. He could have dropped off the label, been blacklisted, and had the anonymity he wanted so bad, at any time.

thats one of the stupidest things Ive ever heard.

[jp_cheif]

Linkerman :
Someday we'll start having GH tutorials and FAQs instead of tabs here in UG... LOL

GH is JUST A GAME. Altho I highly recommend picking up a real guitar or bass guitar, etc. Kurt probably is rolling over in his grave tho.

[niel9802]

guitar hero is a stepping stone for posers to make themselves look like people who actually have taste in music. honestly, if you need a game to get you into bands like metallica and van halen, then there is something seriously wrong with you. the game was made for fun, not to make yourself look like someone who is ultimately knowledgeable in music. also coldplay sucks.

/rant

[Lemoninfluence]

strat0blaster wrote:

I'm so sick of Kurt Cobain. You never heard this much about him when he was alive, and all this "He'd never have approved of this! IT's an outrage!" crap needs to stop. He signed a deal and took the money, and that's the same thing. He could have dropped off the label, been blacklisted, and had the anonymity he wanted so bad, at any time.

his shotgun blowjob was his way of getting away from it all. it's a bit blunt but that was his way of dropping the label/getting blacklisted. It's not as easy as you'd think to get out of a contract.

[Lemoninfluence]

niel9802 wrote:

if you need a game to get you into bands like metallica and van halen, then there is something seriously wrong with you.
/rant

let me ask you one thing, how is it any different than getting into bands any other ways?

[Floydian45]

niel9802 wrote:

guitar hero is a stepping stone for posers to make themselves look like people who actually have taste in music. honestly, if you need a game to get you into bands like metallica and van halen, then there is something seriously wrong with you. the game was made for fun, not to make yourself look like someone who is ultimately knowledgeable in music. also coldplay sucks.

/rant

I kind of agree and disagree with you on a few spots with this. Firstly, I wouldn't say guitar hero is solely made for posers, it's a great game to play with some friends at parties and whatnot. If what you meant was that there are way too many people that take this game too seriously, then yes, I do agree.

One other thing I don't agree with. Why exactly would there be something wrong with a person if they got turned onto a band featured in guitar hero. I think that is a good thing about the game. Yeah it's overly commercialized and everything, but if some gamer kid picks up guitar hero: Metallica, why would there be something wrong with him if he became a fan afterwards?

/my two cents.

[kud666]

Toxin23 wrote:

floomdesk wrote:

Wow, Rock is officially dead.
I hate these games, no matter how many idiot teenagers got interested in playing guitar through this... I wouldn't even think about making Cobain a guitar hero if Courtney wanted to pay me a billion for it

I don't hate Rock Band because they don't try to make it seem like you really can play the instrument. Guitar Hero DOES try to make you think you can play the instrument even though you may have never picked a real guitar up. But for this, I hate much more hate for guitar hero.

mate i was in a guitar shop the other day tyring out a few guitars and some kid comes up to me and goes to me " oh i can play that on guitar hero so im gonna plug this in so i can play it on here" i was like "dude you cant play a song like that (hangar 18)if you've never played before" n he was like oh i can who are you to tell me i cant play it i learned it on guitar hero. at that point i just walked away, F***ing kids!!!!!

but back to the point of this artical, kurt in a game, just seems wrong.

[Posiedeon]

How can they get dead people into the mo-cap suit!?

[GREENWARRI0R]

no.mop wrote:

Kurt Cobain is not exactly a guitar hero.

More like an hero.

+ a million.

Also, it's funny seeing all these comments "OMG KURT WOULD HATE DIS IT'S SUCH A DISGRACE AND DISRESEPECTING HIS MEMORY!"

HAHA! Like you all actually knew Cobain.

also,

h i can who are you to tell me i cant play it

the kid's right... who are you to tell him he can't play it?

[BassFishin]

floomdesk wrote:

Wow, Rock is officially dead.
I hate these games, no matter how many idiot teenagers got interested in playing guitar through this... I wouldn't even think about making Cobain a guitar hero if Courtney wanted to pay me a billion for it

dude, seriously.

ANY true nirvana or kurt fan would know that this whole thing is terrible. I'm not gonna act like i knew him or something, but commercialism is one of the main reasons he committed suicide.

And if you believe he was murdered, fine. But commercialism is still one of the things that made him suicidal.

The ONLY good thing that could come of this, is that it will continue to support Frances Bean Cobain. But she's already a millionare so its not necessary.

[chewychuckels]

Cobain is spinning in his grave

[BassFishin]

GREENWARRI0R wrote:

no.mop wrote:

Kurt Cobain is not exactly a guitar hero.

More like an hero.

+ a million.

Also, it's funny seeing all these comments "OMG KURT WOULD HATE DIS IT'S SUCH A DISGRACE AND DISRESEPECTING HIS MEMORY!"

HAHA! Like you all actually knew Cobain.

also,
h i can who are you to tell me i cant play it

the kid's right... who are you to tell him he can't play it?

Obviously none of us KNEW him. We just know of his views on things through the countless interviews and journal entries that have been released.

Don't be a tool!

[Rengori]

SumFX wrote:
Even worse is alot of people are now listening to "Alternative" music to be popular and even going as far as playing guitar to be cool!

Cause that's totally Guitar Hero's fault, every musician who was around before 2005 was honest and sincere and totally not in it for chicks or money, every one of them was doing it for the love of music.

[Syv]

RyanMetalMatthe wrote:

I'm not a big Nirvana fan because Kurt had a big part in killing metal, but even I'M disgusted by this.

metal was dead before grunge came around, nirvana was just the band to kick it in the grave for good until it got better

[Thumper!]

Wow I can see why Kurt hated being in the spot light all the time. Look how many people posted a comment for this! Most of them werent even born when Nirvana was around and yet they are the ones saying "he would have hated this."
None of you bitches knows what he would have wanted so please quit saying that shit already.

[bobbyk1978]

Do we really have to hear more nirvana "news". I mean, come on guys, seriously. I have never agreed with people saying that Cobain was the voice of our generation. He wasn't the voice I would pick. Hell you couldnt even understand half the stuff that came out of his mouth. The band was over-rated, he was over-rated, his widow is over-rated, and I really think people should just move on.

[niel9802]

to Floydian45 and Lemoninfluence:

yes, i see where you are coming from... i may have expressed it incorrectly, and i agree with you. i just believe that music should not be treated as a piece of clothing to wear to make you fit in with others. and it should take a lot more than a game just to get you into different bands, or even to get you into picking up an instrument in the first place.

[Insomniac_123]

There should be Billie Joe as a playable character! But Kurt is good!

[tands]

Ibanez44 wrote:

Sami Philadelph wrote:

How would he hate this?

Kurt was the biggest sellout of our century,get real,stop romanticizing his life,the guy was a sell out,and had no problem telling anyone he was.

Its YOU people who've made him this underground martyr,get a taste of reality please.

Its fine hes in this game,its A GAME.

Kurt Cobain drove a shitty car until he died. He didn't have a guitar collection, he didn't do any endorsements like this.. Go listen to fallout boy again and tell me who'se a sellout.

+1, from Kurts Bio -
"Hey Kurt, your really famous now, there playing your music video every 30mins!" -old highschool friend
"O...I didnt notice, I dont have a TV in my car" - Kurt Cobain

[CGB89]

CTFOD wrote:

If Cobain was so anti-corporation or whatever, he would have refused to have signed to a major label. Instead, he actively seeked one out, played an unplugged show on MTV, etc. Face it, the man was a hypocrite.

Simple, he wanted to have his music heard and loved by people. Would you go out and actively seek a small label with no big stars at all if you wanted your music to be heard?

[fitterhappier34]

I hope that there are unlockable accessories in the game, such as a syringe/needle. It will really make it seem more realistic.

JUST KIDDING, I really don't mean that.

[joemac15]

Nice job Guitar Hero...I'm pretty sure he just rolled over in his grave

[Metallidethium]

this game is on the downward slope of the hill. nothing against kurt cobain its just the game is running out of ideas

[Mostly Autumn]

The Frayed Ends wrote:

Disgraceful. I don't like Cobain, but he wouldn't have agreed to this, no way. I hate what Guitar Hero has become: "Let's see how many shitty songs and dead celebritites we can cram into this game, guys!" Hell, at this rate next year we'll be seeing virtual Dimebag on the cover of GH6, throwing up the horns and making me die a little inside.
Fuck you, Guitar Hero. I'm off to play Rock Band.

I couldn't agree more.
i think the idea of these characters are stupid to be honest. its just a way to make more money, and the characters look pretty crap! the beatles in the rock band game for them look good because they spent 2 years on it, making sure it was perfect, and including trivia and snapshots of the band that are rare, so that people, young or old, can learn about the magic of beatlemania. Guitar Hero are sell outs. they bring out 7 games a year, all that are rush and are shit. even tho i am against the idea of playable characters, if someone agrees to it its up to them, but people who are dead, its just wrong really. especially with cobain. this was everything he was against.

[Mygeneration93]

i agree with you obviously none of us knew him
I dont think its right hes in guitar hero but that not my decision, guitar hero is way to commercial and sometimes it actually does turn kids onto good music
But ive had experience with alot of friends that play guitar hero and they all come to me to learn how to play guitar after about a week they give up and leave their guitar in the basement to gather dust

Thats why i also agree that guitar hero is awful because it makes alot of people think their really into music when their not

[misfitsramones]

i wonder who gets the money for using his name/

[manchiscap]

As a guitar player I hate that GH makes kids leave the real instrument for a 5 button fake guitar, I think many potential talents are being lost because of this game, but in the end many younger generations will aprouch Nirvana and hear real music instead of the top chart crappy music of now days. I hate the fact that all the money is going to Courtneys wallet, at least some of it will go to Frances who was the only person in the world that Kurt really loved.

[Toxin23]

philwhite wrote:

folkrockhippy wrote:
You have to feal sorry for Curt Cobain and Che Guvare what with becoming fashion icons and making the people they most hated [capatalists/souless corprate fashion and entertainmant people] very rich!

Che was a terrorist and Kurt was a drug addict. Maybe you should reconsider your role models.

Just because he did drugs does not mean he was against them. Look at one of the greatest quotes he has made "Drugs will **** you up", and he wasn't saying it in a good way.

[Toxin23]

manchiscap wrote:

As a guitar player I hate that GH makes kids leave the real instrument for a 5 button fake guitar, I think many potential talents are being lost because of this game, but in the end many younger generations will aprouch Nirvana and hear real music instead of the top chart crappy music of now days. I hate the fact that all the money is going to Courtneys wallet, at least some of it will go to Frances who was the only person in the world that Kurt really loved.

I like the guitar hero/rock band games because it phishes out those who like the top chart crap from making more crap themselves. I hate it though because at my age it is REALLY hard to find people who like the same kind of music that I do that can help me form a band.

[coffinguitarist]

Ponyexpress wrote:

Kurt would not have agreed to this but with that being said I don't really care all that much.
lol i loved how they made smells like teen spirit so hard to play now every little kid is gonna be like WOW YOU CAN PLAY SLTS YOU MUST BE A GUITAR GOD YOUR SO BRUTALZ!!!!!111

CGB89 wrote:

CTFOD wrote:

If Cobain was so anti-corporation or whatever, he would have refused to have signed to a major label. Instead, he actively seeked one out, played an unplugged show on MTV, etc. Face it, the man was a hypocrite.

Simple, he wanted to have his music heard and loved by people. Would you go out and actively seek a small label with no big stars at all if you wanted your music to be heard?

you comment reminds me of this: if i get big playing guitar someday im not going to care if people download my songs. Ill be happy that people will go as far as breaking the law to just listen to my music

[hitl]

cobain would kill himself if he knew....oh wait o.O

[pawnshopguitars]

riseagainst26 wrote:

pawnshopguitars wrote:

Matt Bellamy a playable character? I'm buying it!

matt bellamy rules!

Absolutely. Matt Bellamy is one of my favourite guitarists; he's my favourite of all the ones featured on Guitar hero anyway. Well, except maybe Slash...

[manchiscap]

So who do u think it was the voice of our generation?....Brett Michaels, Axl Rose or what?? lol

[edinfang]

He'll be the first to come back for the ZOMBIE TV REALITY SHOW!! and seriously THIS is the biggest news story of today???

[Thienskater]

Haha Kurt wouldn't approve of this if he were still alive.

[dobby240]

Shabalaba wrote:

It's a game

Grow up 90% of UG

i see where your coming from, but no... its principal the dude's dead and hasnt got a say in what goes on, i hope grohl's wrote them a very angry letter :P

[carlsbad]

Wow. They're using him in a video game? Wow..That's pretty messed up. Just leave the guy alone.

[moonmi]

Whats wrong with that? You dont know him. Quit acting like this is "torture to him" thats ridiculous. Besides he is dead. I think it kinda brings life back to him for younger people who have not heard of his music. Or to people who know who he is to almost feel like he is performing again.

[EvilAngel93]

Just watch....the next thing that's gonna happen is Layne Staley is gonna be a playable character for a singer.

[PumpkinPieces]

Ugh.... at least he has the Daniel Johnston T-shirt?

I'm trying to look on the bright side.... maybe some kid will look up daniel johnston. =/

[Slapfunkah]

dobby240 wrote:

Shabalaba wrote:

It's a game

Grow up 90% of UG

i see where your coming from, but no... its principal the dude's dead and hasnt got a say in what goes on, i hope grohl's wrote them a very angry letter :P

its a game.

[TheMysticBard]

Why have one of the worst guitarists in a guitar hero game? this is retarded

[HardRockKid]

Guitar hero started off ok but now im ashamed to even have bought the game. THIS IS NOT OK

[EvilAngel93]

Kurt wasn't really much of a guitar hero, but he wrote good songs, if only with a few simple chords. And he had an image, which is why he's been immortalized in this game. Still though....I doubt he'd be all for this. I can't stand Guitar Hero for multiple reasons, one being the fact that little brats can brag all about Carry On Wayward Son and being able to play guitar when they have no idea what a Fender Strat is, and never touched anything but that damn piece of plastic shaped like a guitar.

pwninator123 wrote:

There are so many better Grunge guitarists, where is the Andrew Wood playable character? Or the Gary Lee Connor? Or the King Buzzo? The Tom Price, the Kevin Whitworth?

I love Nirvana...but a guitar hero Kurt is not

You forgot Jerry Cantrell....WHERE'S THE LOVE FOR JERRY?!?!?!?
I love Nirvana and Alice in Chains and all grunge, but putting in something like Rooster or Rain When I Die would be alot more impressive than Lithium. Just because those two are more complex. I still like Nirvana though

[OMGWTFBBQ?]

Oh come on, Kurt would never want himself in a game like that.

Courtney's just trying to make more money off of Kurt.

[x_live4guitar_x]

Oh wow, I wonder how much Courtney's going to make?

[Mainer]

TargetHHH101 wrote:

Im a huge Nirvana fan as im sure all of you are and I think if Kurt was still alive he wouldnt agree to it but this way his legacy can stay alive and this could turn, all the little kids who play this game, on to Nirvana, which is always good

very true.

[kirkom45]

god, who cares? guitar hero got me listening to great bands and got me into REAL rock. you know if you could be in guitar hero you would

[Right-Wing Dick]

ibanezfreak42 wrote:

i think everyones overreacting its not a big deal.
its just a video game

Nightraven wrote:

i agree. and if kurt were alive in this day and age i wouldn't be surprised if he'd agree to this.

=====

Yeah right... its just a game, and the Nazis were just a boys club. Courtney Love=
money hungry skank.

[git-airman]

why him? why not michael angelo batio? someone who has ability and didn't shit all over his albums, okay all except nitro...

[adamjimenstein]

Guitar Hero is ruining everything!!
Kurt didnt care about money... he was everything guitar hero DOESNT represent!

[chewychuckels]

EvilAngel93 wrote:
pwninator123 wrote:

There are so many better Grunge guitarists, where is the Andrew Wood playable character? Or the Gary Lee Connor? Or the King Buzzo? The Tom Price, the Kevin Whitworth?

King Buzzo would be ****ing sick for guitar hero!!!!

[panqba]

For that amount of money he would agree, why not.
But Kurt Cobain was not a real great guitar player. Respect for some legendary melodies (ex. Smells like teen spirit), but not for playing. And GH is only a game, only a way to kill some time. It is not a big deal if some one is in that game or not.

[coon117]

I don't know much about Cobain but it seems like he wouldn't like this. I think it's pretty disrespectful.

[SumFX]

TheMysticBard wrote:

Why have one of the worst guitarists in a guitar hero game? this is retarded

It is amazing that you even typed that, being a good guitarist has nothing to do with shredding and making shit songs that only elitist buttheads listen to, its about writing cool riffs,solos, etc .and i believe Kurt did that very well.

[ZeGuitarist]

Checked...

[Streetking07]

sk8nalmost1394 wrote:

I refuse to have anything to do with this game just because of the lack of respect they're showing for the actual musician behind what's making them billions of dollars.

Hi Nick

and yes this is BS, he would have never agreed to do something like this.

[DeathAndMyDecay]

cliff_em_all wrote:

Ibanez44. He didn't have a guitar collection.

Apart form the Fender signature Jag-Stang, a few mustangs and a few jaguars, a couple of strat, a jazzmaster or two, an acoustic or two, countless budget guitars, a few wilsons? and a luthier who replaced pickups to kurt's specs (mainly duncans) and modified his guitars.

Yea...it's pitiful,right? Saying Cobain was only a mediocre guitar player would credit him too much. Lyrically,he was pretty decent but being so ****ed up in the head and addicted to heroin can squeeze lyrics out of alot of people.
Sorry for the disrepect but come on...I hate Guitar Hero just as much as the next guy but...this guy is a disgrace to such. Who cares if he would have wanted to be in the game if he were alive? The fact is...he isn't. His overall playing ability and tone was garbage. Too bad we'll never hear a sample of the shotgun blast that put the overrated cocksucker out of his misery...

[direngrey680]

You guys act like you knew Kurt in an intimate way. Oh well, I'm still going to buy the game, why? Because its a game. I like to play games. Because games...are games.
No but seriously, once I picked up guitar, I stopped playing this game obsessively. lol. Guitar Hero made me want to play guitar so once I got the guitar, I never went back.

[Soothsayer92]

Brandon_MK wrote:

floomdesk wrote:

no matter how many idiot teenagers got interested in playing guitar through this...

dude, i checked your profile. you stopped being a teenager 2 months ago..

Ha ha! I tip my hat to you, kind sir.

[mr_metal121]

I really respect Kurt and Nirvana as musicians and people, I don't really know em that well other than Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters, but there are enough wannabe's walking around saying they love Nirvana and only playing Smells Like Teen Spirit, this is why I hate Guitar Hero, well not the game as a whole but the people that play it thinking they're the best thing to grace music and become 4 bar posers saying they "love" a band after they heard one song off guitar hero,

[lennyonbass]

This is the exact opposite of what Kurt would want. The media needs to respect his life.

[maowcat]

I hate guitar hero... even though it's the reason i play guitar (raining blood was the first riff i ever learned haha)after that i've only played it at friends houses, i have it at home haven't touched it in 2 years or so...can't even remember.

[thewho65]

That is just...sad. And creepy; seeing that picture of Kurt staring into my soul on the front page is more than disconcerting.

[da.benson8r]

they just officially runied all that was guitar hero for me. as if it wasnt runied enough when everyone became a Metallica fan after playing One like, five thousand times, but this is a new low. The songs that are supposed to be on there basically suck too, the only ones i would want to play are Sultans of Swing and something else, i dont remember. but seriously, forget guitar hero. back to real guitar for me!

[maowcat]

I just hate the people that think they can play guitar because the play guitar hero, i'm actually good at guitar but i know people who think there so pro because they can play enter sandman, just stfu already lol, just pisses me off.

[joshua122593]

:facepalm:

[Levi79]

gynther flynt wrote:

Cobain would have never agreed to this... The corporations and Love's lust for money just don't have any respect.

Exactly my thoughts, it's kind of cool, but he never would have done this.

[blenk]

cliff_em_all wrote:

Ibanez44. He didn't have a guitar collection.

Apart form the Fender signature Jag-Stang, a few mustangs and a few jaguars, a couple of strat, a jazzmaster or two, an acoustic or two, countless budget guitars, a few wilsons? and a luthier who replaced pickups to kurt's specs (mainly duncans) and modified his guitars.

yer coz thats no collection, im not a fan of the guitar hero games so and only play them when drunk at mates house and its true its just a game. and i think you where a little out of order DeathAndMyDecay with that comment, so some some respect or at least some decency. like it or not he sold millions and influenced millions

[pfiddy4]

courtney love sucks

[enthwistle95]

this almost as bad as Kurt Cobain action figures

[element4433]

Checked.

[Bluesrocker5150]

I saw the headline and thought "this will cause a ruckus of comments"

I'm pretty sure Kurt wouldn't have liked this one bit.

[FlyingLeukemia]

Who gives a shit if Kurt Cobain would have liked it? He's dead either way. He wasn't very talented to begin with. This is like John Lennon and Jesus Christ.

[FRACTUREDx2]

will everyone just shut up about this?!? if you don't like the game, DONT PLAY IT. and stop talking about whether kurt would like this or not because you DONT KNOW. HE'S DEAD.

[mjones1992]

HAHA made my day. my friends gonna throw a fit when he hears about this.

[Gh.]

Why don't we dig him up for the next celeb reality TV show? I'm sure we must have the technology to have his reanimated corpse dance around on screen for our slack jawed entertainment...

He was cremated, so we suuurely have a problem here.

All in all, it's quite sad that a normal guy, after his death, starts 'a new life as a plastic figure'. You know what I mean... a sort of a rape on his defenceless dignity.

[scorpionsphynx]

I'm so tired of people talking about how Guitar Hero and Rock band are horrible because its a plastic guitar. It's a game. Just because you play a real guitar doesn't mean you have the right to bash people who enjoy there 5 mins of fame due to the fact that they can't shred on a real guitar. Also about this game, I don't think Kurt would approve of this but right now, he really doesn't have much say. So let him be a character. Guitar hero and rock band kinda pushing it but they have done the idea of spreading music and such. And P.S. I don't remember this many people bitchin about Jimi Hendrix in GH5. Just thought I'd point that out

[scorpionsphynx]

Correction: GH4 World tour

[Kronos09]

da.benson8r wrote:
The songs that are supposed to be on there basically suck too

Amen to that! They seem to forget that the game is called GUITAR hero. With the release of world tour it became all about the vocals. They guitar parts on world tour were boring, but at least gh metallica was fun to play.

[Soma3009]

I'm not so concerned about Kurt wanting to be in this or not, I just think that Smells like Teen Spirit and Lithium are two of the lamest songs they could have put into this game. They're both boring to play on guitar, why would they be fun on Guitar Hero?

[HammettFTW]

no.mop wrote:

Kurt Cobain is not exactly a guitar hero.

More like an hero.

hahaha this made me lol

its a game guys, relax, you dont hear soldiers banging on about COD4 do you now?

has anyone realised that they also made a character of Hendrix? another dead rock legend?

[scorpionsphynx]

HammettFTW wrote:

no.mop wrote:

Kurt Cobain is not exactly a guitar hero.

More like an hero.
hahaha this made me lol

its a game guys, relax, you dont hear soldiers banging on about COD4 do you now?

has anyone realised that they also made a character of Hendrix? another dead rock legend?

Another great point has been brought to light...

[JKuehne]

If Kurt Cobain was alive today, i don't see any reason why he wouldn't accept being in a video game. I could see someone saying he wouldn't do this a decade ago, but that was because he was DEPRESSED.

[juancsego]

random list of better guitar players to be characters:

eric clapton
jeff beck
randy rhoads
steve vai
satriani
brian may
carlos santana
yngwie
david gilmour
jimmy page
frank zappa
tony iommi
alex lifeson
pete townshend
keith richards
angus young
prince
adam jones
peter frampton
dave navarro
ace frehley
phil collen (not collens)
mick mars
and Daron Malakian

just know that in this list are guitar players that i dont like...this is my attempt at not being biased for all of u UGers but when i look at guitar playing ability.....kurt cobain=not that good.....

[SkepsisMetal]

Oh dear
This is just like the continue of Colin McRae games after his demise. Disrespectful and completely stupid. If they make one with Dimebag on (correct me if they already have) I will spend my last pennies on it purely to chuck it in front of the nearest car that passes in front of the shop. Fucking commercial enterprises...I have an xbox...i can enjoy a bit of GH or Rock Band every now and then...its a bit of harmless fun...but who in the hell saw the need to try and make it into a serious reality that brings real GUITAR icons into a GAME which ultimately convinces kids that they can play an instrument, just because they got several million hits on youtube of them playing Dragonforce without looking at the TV. That just states a waste of potentially productive time which could be spent getting a real guitar and learning it on there...much more impressive.

RIP Cobain

[metal15head]

the reason i hate guitar hero is because all these people who dont even play guitar start bragging that "oh i beat dragonforce on expert" and then think they know evrything about guitar. i liked this game until people started doing that.

[Wolfinator-x]

I'd love to see a "shredfest" song played with Kurt as the chosen character. That would be cool.

I'd also love to see Satch, SRV and/or Buckethead as playable characters.

[highwind5150]

I'm more upset with the fact that Johnny Cash is in it...and Cobain I guess. These games need to be put down cuz it's gone too far. :-/

[Phaustho]

Oh, c'mon! Everyone's talking shit about Kurt being featured on Guitar Hero as a playable character... Why? Because he's dead? (Did you read the article? Jimi Hendrix will be there and he's dead, too, and no-one said anything yet... That's being a hypocrite).

Or is it because he didn't want to be commercial? Wow, you're amazing: you only know him thanks to Youtube and its videos but know perfectly well how much he'd be offended with this...

I'm a Nirvana fan and I personally love the idea of keeping him "alive" and known to the younger people. Like someone said, it's better to have Kurt on Guitar Hero than listening to those ****ing Jonas Brothers.

[KSE69]

i knew matt bellamy would sell out one of these days

[bickelk]

Fuck courtney love. Fuck guitar hero.

they would pick smells like teen spirit too. trying digging a little deeper into nirvana *******s.

[nightraven]

this is absurd. you guys are talking as if music has all of a sudden been commercialised. people have always been making money off music stars. i'm sure there were Beatles actions figures back in the day or smth similar. and it's not like Nirvana is 'indie' or 'underground'. most of you people were toddlers when Nirvana was around and have only found out about the band through things like Guitar Hero keeping the fad going.

checked btw.

[Stratogibson]

I've said this before but, i'm glad teen spirit is on Gh because it has already been run into the ground so much that it won't be ruined. As for lithium, it is now going to be de-valued for being on gh. I can see both sides of the argument but, this is one of those things that just makes you look at the ground and shake your head in pity. If kids get into Nirvana by playing this game, than that's really sad. They need to listen to more than SLTS to be inspired. Buy incesticide, bleach, or in utero, and you will be listening to the real Nirvana. Whether people want to admit it or not, gh has helped destroy rock in a way. People don't buy full albums anymore, they just buy the "hits" and that is all gh puts on their game. If you want to become a true fan, live and breath all of the music (not just one or two songs)and learn to play the artist's songs on another medium, preferably a guitar that hooks up to an amp instead of a console.....and to all of those people who said "he's rolling in his grave," he doesn't have one. He was cremated.

[juancsego]

Phaustho wrote:

Oh, c'mon! Everyone's talking shit about Kurt being featured on Guitar Hero as a playable character... Why? Because he's dead? (Did you read the article? Jimi Hendrix will be there and he's dead, too, and no-one said anything yet... That's being a hypocrite).

its not being hypocritical.....just everyone here knows that jimi hendrix was a better guitar player than cobain.....its not a matter of opinion lol its fact

[<Paper Cuts>]

Ugh...I don't even know what to think anymore

[AXmichigan]

so f-ed up on so many levels

[jrandmb]

.:Blackened:. wrote:

Wow this website is full of idiots.

I think its hilarious how people act like they knew Cobain, like they knew exactly what he would say right now or exactly what he would do. Hell if you know so well, can you tell us all how you got in touch with him?! I mean I wanna ask him some stuff too!

Secondly, how sad is it that people are complaining about a GAME, a bit of FUN. Christ, it's just mind numbingly pathetic to see the lengths people will go to just to moan and bitch.

Grow up kids.

+100000

[Fireballz 1077]

Andrew C. S. wrote:

Does he kill himself if you beat him?

Not funny dude...
I love Nirvana, so this is pretty cool...also Jimi Hendrix and Johhny Cash...instead of being negative about it, why not just think of this as young people knowing what real talent is? Guitar Hero and video games are in right now, so young 12 year olds will go out and get this shit, and yeah, they might be considered "posers" for only knowing the songs on the game, but at least they will know who the people are in the first place.

[CroneR]

honestly kurt cobain probably wouldnt give a shit. i think he would find it funny.

[liam1107]

kidbanjo wrote:

Courtney Love had a major say in the artist being incorporated and wanted to make sure the singer looked like himself.

Shotgun wounds and all?

Why don't we dig him up for the next celeb reality TV show? I'm sure we must have the technology to have his reanimated corpse dance around on screen for our slack jawed entertainment...

THIS!!!
lol
but yeah...
no 1. cobain has never been a 'guitar hero'
no 2. he would never have agreed to this. so little respect left in the world

[Xhale1]

gynther flynt wrote:

Cobain would have never agreed to this... The corporations and Love's lust for money just don't have any respect.

big time man..he had no respect for rolling stone or any major corporate anything. well on some things =o

[Viking_Swede666]

koikomoru wrote:

gynther flynt wrote:

Cobain would have never agreed to this... The corporations and Love's lust for money just don't have any respect.

I agree. He would have a fit about this.
Personally, the game was pretty cool the first and second time, but now you've got corporate parties being hosted with Guitar hero and rock band, school functions, contests etc. When is enough going to be enough.

seriously dude, get a load of this. They had a GIANT screen and an hour long wait line for guitar hero...AT THE NAMM SHOW!!!!

enough is enough

[Noremak]

It feels like UG has been announcing a new guitar hero game every week. God these things must be so easy to make, they don't even have to record their own covers anymore.

[jimishred]

Ponyexpress wrote:

Kurt would not have agreed to this but with that being said I don't really care all that much.
lol i loved how they made smells like teen spirit so hard to play now every little kid is gonna be like WOW YOU CAN PLAY SLTS YOU MUST BE A GUITAR GOD YOUR SO BRUTALZ!!!!!111

I mean it ok to put his songs in but why Kurt i mean why cant they put someone else in likey one of the gutairits from avanged 7 gayfold (LOL) that would get the kids into playing crap music and finally figuring out what a crap band they are. But with Jimi Hendrix and johny Cash in it YAY !!

[Ripper_66]

I'm pretty sure Kurt would have been as pissed as some of you guys that he is being considered a "Guitar Hero"

[ironmaiden_98]

Man i'm sure he's rolling in his grave right now, but that's still cool

[yoojee-er]

Man, why Cobain? I hate Cobain.

[-Blue-]

1) Kurt Cobain was not a guitar hero by any means. What he was in reality was someone who wrote music that people could easily get into. He shouldn't be on this game, his guitar skills are nothing to be impressed by.

2) Music has been commercialized for ages. I have much more respect for the artists that make good music and just enough money to make it by than the bands that have "made it big" and put out music that had few to none distinguishing characteristics. If an artist can become commercially successful and still play music purely for the love of music, then I'm all for that.

3) Guitar Hero was created to make the player feel like they were playing an actual guitar, and has since evolved into a tool that many people use to discover music. I'll even admit that I found a few bands that I like via Guitar Hero and Rock Band. It's the people who play it and think they're actual guitarists that everyone hates. And to the people who say they need to stop making these games: the videogame industry is a business. Companies will put out whatever will sell, and as long as there's enough people eating up every reiteration of the series, there will be more and more Guitar Hero.

And to all the people making suicide jokes, no one thinks they're funny. It's a serious issue, and making jokes about it is just going over the line.

[SomeoneYouKnew]

Really don't know what to say.
I'm not a fan of Cobain or GH
Perhaps there isn't all that much to say anyway.

Don't know which I find more amusing, the music
Industry taking advantage of a dead guy's following, or the
Many silly people who think this game is more than just a game.
Even so, I wish I'd thought of it and was raking in all that money!

[zAg1619]

edinfang wrote:

He'll be the first to come back for the ZOMBIE TV REALITY SHOW!! and seriously THIS is the biggest news story of today???

Obviously it IS the biggest news story of today.. Look how many ****ing people reacted to the headline dude. I mean, I am no reporter, but I would call that "news worthy" to be honest..

[GIBSONroks6167]

Raider76 wrote:

**** Curt Cobain, hes not even a guitar hero...hes just some overrated emo douche that got famous by killing himself, whoopdie ****in doo...put a real guitar player in there!!!!

soooo many ignorant bloggers out there...

anyway i think that kurt probably wouldn't have agreed to this back in the day, but then again it is a video game, and had he survived he probly would be a much different person now. you have to remember he was a very messed up, addicted man. his hate for commercialism probly had a lot less to do with his death then the drugs and mental issues

[Synysterwylde22]

they should get dimebag or alexi laiho as characters.

[GIBSONroks6167]

wow...aside from wat i just said. i just noticed that the 3 bigger stars theyre putting in the game are all dead...hmmm. conspiracy?? lol

[Raider76]

aw am i ignorant or know what real talent is...this is ultimate guitar not ultimate I can play three chords and sing about nothing but my inner depression

[NathanWolff]

This game was coming out either way so I don't see what the big deal is about having him in the game.

[Theeman0000]

Ah, c''mon guys...Hendrix might have found it funny, Cash wouldn't have cared, but this is in direct opposition to what Cobain stood for.

[floydpinkerton]

boycott the game.

[bfmvrock]

tom morellos pretty political, anti corporate and shit... hes on guitar hero
no big deal in my opinion

[rockingamer2]

While I don't think that this is disrespectful to Cobain, I keep thinking why he expected to be anti commercial after writing popular songs alot of people liked.

No disrespect intended.

[hendrix n page]

Enough about kurt cobain i mean nirvana was alrighr but i personally think Muse and Hendrix own them any day

[aradine]

i don't like cobain being on guitar hero, this goes against everything he stood for.

But, having to ask Courtney ****ing Love!? what about guys like Dave Grohl who actually helped write the music!? Nah....we'll ignore them, just so long as Courtney gets to mooch off the Cobain name so she can go buy her next boob job or whatever.

[Jack_Sibelius]

I lol'd when I read Kurt Cobain: Your Newest Guitar Hero Character. But seriously it's really disrespecting him, cuz he wouldn't have wanted to be treated like a product.

[ZeppelinRulez77]

But why?

[BrickIsRed]

I'm not a fan of the game, but damn, that CG Cobain looks pretty realistic.

[destroyer179]

floomdesk wrote:

Wow, Rock is officially dead.
I hate these games, no matter how many idiot teenagers got interested in playing guitar through this... I wouldn't even think about making Cobain a guitar hero if Courtney wanted to pay me a billion for it

hahahahahaha. rock is dead.. now thats funny. i just hope i dont have to shoot myself on the last song.

[Shaned]

i personally dont see why people wouldnt want to be commercialized, like is it really worth giving up millions and millions to just still be considered underground
if you ask metallica if they regret doing the black album they'd slap you across the face for asking such a silly question
Kurt Cobain didnt like it but really it had to have been more than just Nirvana's commercialism that persuaded Kurt to commit suicide. But yea i got pissed off that Hendrix was in GHWT but the idea of hendrix in a GH sits better than Cobain

[moleman_1991]

At least they've bought themselves a new fanbase. Fifteen year-old teenagers, who think the world is out to get them.

[psychoskin473]

I hate the fact that you can buy guitar hero at guitar center, yeah its a game and all that but still come on and at NAMM? Downloading must have the music industry on their knees by the sound of things. This is literally pre packaging music for kids. Its a damn shame what happened to Kurt after he died though.

[rocklee1431]

on the plus side, GO MATT BELLAMY

[psychoskin473]

Shaned wrote:

i personally dont see why people wouldnt want to be commercialized, like is it really worth giving up millions and millions to just still be considered underground

Because you dont know the record industry. If your looking to make some quick cash maybe youll want to get told what songs you should play, and how to look so youll be marketable. But, actual ARTISTS just want to create something they feel genuine about I.E. Nirvana. Metallicas black album helped them cross over to a much larger audience but you have to admit everything after that was just an embarassing bomb of a record. The whole reason DM was as big as it was, was because it sounded like a pre-Black album record.

[Stratogibson]

To all of the people who think Kurt Cobain was a bad guitarist,
He wasn't trying to be a good guitarist, that's what most people don't understand. He wasn't trying to be Jimi Hendrix, he was trying to be original, creative, and forceful, which he was. He played what sounded good with the melody in the song. What made him stand out was his singing and/or screaming, mixed with melodies, stage persona, and great song writing. One of the main reasons his guitar playing was simple was because he played and sang at the same time. Not a lot of artists can do that and make it sound good like he did.(Jimi played and sang too but wasn't a great singer.)

hendrix n page wrote:

Enough about kurt cobain i mean nirvana was alrighr but i personally think Muse and Hendrix own them any day

Hendrix was a great guitar player and very influential but, I think Kurt is a lot better in terms of songwriting and singing. As for Muse, they shouldn't even be mentioned in the same sentence as Nirvana, or Jimi Hendrix for that matter.

[JazzNick67]

I'm not a big Nirvana fan, but this is just messed up

[calicovon]

WTF?!?!?!?! This is just so wrong, Cobain is rolling over in his grave... For someone who was so against commercialism, you might has well have just dug up his body and took him on a game release tour. Courtney Love, enjoy the money, cuz you've just raped your dead husband's image.

[KenjiBeast]

People need to get over themselves and realize Cobain was nothing but just another rock star. Jesus Christ!

[Rain Lancer]

Kurt is rolling in his grave I'm sure. Way to piss on it while they're at it too.

[kirkwannabe]

moleman_1991 wrote:

At least they've bought themselves a new fanbase. Fifteen year-old teenagers, who think the world is out to get them.

Is there another kind of fifteen year old besides a fifteen year old teenager?

[Phaustho]

It's been said already, but I'll repeat because I think it's funny: Cobain cannot roll over in his grave. He was CREMATED. Don't remember an article on this website claiming someone had stolen his ashes and wanted to smoke them to set his soul free?

[Msu_Man04]

I don't see anyone getting all up in arms over Johnny Cash. He's dead, too, guys.

[EllttEll]

figures

[hammondrckr]

What a sell-out.

[seanfysco]

First off I dont think kurt would like this (But hey, ive been wrong before). with that out of the way if they are gonna put him in a game do it right. put him in his (smells like teen spirit)uniform the striped shirt and ripped jeans have his hair almost completely covering hins face give him some bad posture and have him swing his guitar around and knock over the mic when he's done.

[Mr Pringle]

I don't have a problem with guitar hero, I have a problem when it's the first article. UG get your shit together on how you present your articles, important articles first please.

[hendrix n page]

I guess stratogibson is right except for the fact that i reckon kurt cobain is arubbish singer but thats's personal taste and i don't reckon he would have wanted this and why is this even on ultimate guitar?

[Macabre_Turtle]

Msu_Man04 wrote:

I don't see anyone getting all up in arms over Johnny Cash. He's dead, too, guys.

The problem isn't that he's dead. The problem is that he would hate this.

hammondrckr wrote:

What a sell-out.

You're joking, right?

[Wiegraf]

domfcpremix
he was never meant to be a good guitarist...he was popular for his songwriting

Agreed, and even then he was a better guitar player than most people give him credit for, in my opinion. I'd be willing to bet that most people on UG couldn't control feedback like he could. And his solos weren't horrible, either. They were really simple, but suited the songs well, I think. Like Heart Shaped Box. It's really easy to play, but it's original sounding and suits the song. It's not like the pentatonic boxes that you hear everywhere else.

I'm not saying that Kurt Cobain was Steve Vai. But come on, he was not a terrible guitar player.

[HostileFTW]

Am I the only one who thinks he looks doped out in the pic?

[cmac394]

To all the people saying "he would hate this, this is awful, rock is dead to me" and similar things:

For Christ's sake, LIGHTEN UP.

It's just a video game, so for the love of god move on an get a life.

[Spl!nTeRgu!tAr]

Looks more like Munkey than Cobain.

Thats just my take on all this. At least make it look like him.

[j-walk]

Tedward wrote:

thank god hes dead so he doesn't have to witness this shit.
strat0blaster wrote:

I'm so sick of Kurt Cobain. You never heard this much about him when he was alive, and all this "He'd never have approved of this! IT's an outrage!" crap needs to stop. He signed a deal and took the money, and that's the same thing. He could have dropped off the label, been blacklisted, and had the anonymity he wanted so bad, at any time.

thats one of the stupidest things Ive ever heard.

I totally agree with it.

[Brian Bucket]

I thought it was called Guitar "Hero"?

[StatutorySnape]

This is disgusting. I felt the same way when I heard DK in this "amazing game sweepin' the nation". I can't wait til this crap dies.

[FlyingPirahna]

FFFFFUUUUU-

[David_Bowie=GOD]

Just when I was starting to not hate Courtney she goes and does this. Thanks for ruining my otherwise awesome day.

[David_Bowie=GOD]

Spl!nTeRgu!tAr wrote:

Looks more like Munkey than Cobain.

Thats just my take on all this. At least make it look like him.

Guitar Hero sucks at making their people. The only way you could tell who Hayley was in IV was because of the hair. Its not that I'm against the idea of him being in the game, I just think that its going to make him even more overrated. People will now be like "Kurtd Kobain is de greatest guitarizt evazz, Smells Like Teen Spirit is da bes song!!"

If they were going to put Kurt in, why not add in Dave as well? I'd say he's just as popular, and if you add him why not add Krist as well?

I might think twice about getting this now, I was going to get it when they announced Under Pressure would be in it, but I might reconsider now.

[Metal_Militia15]

I sure could use a vacation from this bullshit, three-ring circus sideshow of freaks.

[Lateralus13]

aenima

[IGotIssues]

REAllY Guitar Hero? I've lost all respect for this game. I don't know why they would even want to put Teen Spirit in this game, the riffs are so repetitive. Kurt would definately not approve. Since when does Courtney Love have a right to sell out Cobain's life?

[zabbazabbahoy]

wtf?? kurt was against mainstream. now someone has dragged him into it. i know he's rolling over in his grave. rip kurt

[b4t3man]

no.mop wrote:

Kurt Cobain is not exactly a guitar hero.

More like an hero.

Oh God, you win. So anyway, Guitar Hero sold out. It used to be about the music, but now it's all about the money. OH WAIT...

It's a ****ing video game franchise. Well guess what people, Guitar Hero is and always was about making money. Kurt Cobain was the voice of a generation so why wouldn't they cash in on it? In the end, people are going to remember Kurt for his music, not because he appeared some video game, (against his will, apparently?). Get over yourselves.

[guitargodwannab]

ok so this is a bit of a shock. i guess they will put ne1 in to this game as long as they r a musician.

how about putting some REAL guitar players in, like Kirk Hammet, John Petrucci guys like them like shit. showcase the REAL talent that rock has

[emphaticleech]

Oh boo hoo everyone. If Cobain hated the idea of being famous, selling out, etc. He wouldn't have wanted a record deal. But then again, I've never been a fan of Nirvana or Cobain. If I listen to grunge, it's gonna be Mudhoney or Green River.

[MasterExploder0]

guitargodwannab wrote:

ok so this is a bit of a shock. i guess they will put ne1 in to this game as long as they r a musician.

how about putting some REAL guitar players in, like Kirk Hammet, John Petrucci guys like them like shit. showcase the REAL talent that rock has

Did you not know that there is a Guitar Hero Metallica?

[mr. cancelled]

I think we should be able to play as Steve Albini in GH6. Then maybe King Buzzo will jump out of a cake and they'll sing a duet.

[reedplaysgeetar]

****kkkk this

[Eddie4President]

Sami Philadelph wrote:

How would he hate this?

Kurt was the biggest sellout of our century,get real,stop romanticizing his life,the guy was a sell out,and had no problem telling anyone he was.

Its YOU people who've made him this underground martyr,get a taste of reality please.

Its fine hes in this game,its A GAME.

You HAD to capitalize that last part :rolleyes:

I think that Kurt would probably do this, but say something kick-ass about how he hates doing it or something.

[glosoli]

how ironic that the epitomy of capitalism in music now incorporates one of it's greatest opposers...

[ihavenoname93]

SkepsisMetal wrote:

Oh dear
This is just like the continue of Colin McRae games after his demise. Disrespectful and completely stupid. If they make one with Dimebag on (correct me if they already have) I will spend my last pennies on it purely to chuck it in front of the nearest car that passes in front of the shop. Fucking commercial enterprises...I have an xbox...i can enjoy a bit of GH or Rock Band every now and then...its a bit of harmless fun...but who in the hell saw the need to try and make it into a serious reality that brings real GUITAR icons into a GAME which ultimately convinces kids that they can play an instrument, just because they got several million hits on youtube of them playing Dragonforce without looking at the TV. That just states a waste of potentially productive time which could be spent getting a real guitar and learning it on there...much more impressive.

RIP Cobain

what does having playable charecters have to do with 'turning the game into a reality'? its just adding some asthetic appeal to the game. and its nothing new either. theyve been doing it for like 2 and a half years now

and about .5% of kids who play guitar hero are actually convinced that its exactly like real guitar. idiots are idiots. they were idiots before guitar hero, and will be idiots after guitar hero. theyve only been given a new toy to play with. thats all

[Forkman]

I don't understand how Kurt is a sellout. Try listening to In Utero and tell me that's a mainstream album. He obviously enjoyed playing guitar and entertaining large crowds, but he never compromised his music to conform to whatever was trendy.

[Vedicardi]

it's such a stupid way to get some money on the GAME DEVELOPER'S part.

[jethro bob]

Cfury93 wrote:

i think alot of people in this forum r overreacting.
It's just a game. But to courtney love this is just another way of raking in cash.

thats the truth...kurt would have hated it...i don't like it either, but its happening so lets get over it, and btw...he wasn't a sell out

[edthesped23]

To all the people worrying if they'll bastardize Dimebag next, they already made one of the characters in the 3rd one have an alternate costume be like Dimebag:

http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/2007/189/reviews/93 9093_20070709_screen008.jpg

Not the best picture of it, but play the game and you'll see it's deliberately supposed to be Dimebag.

[grunger549]

i love nirvana and kurt cobain
but i think everyone should stop bitching about this like none of us actually know what he would or would not have wanted
its a game people

[Fromaster]

TargetHHH101 wrote:

Im a huge Nirvana fan as im sure all of you are and I think if Kurt was still alive he wouldnt agree to it but this way his legacy can stay alive and this could turn, all the little kids who play this game, on to Nirvana, which is always good

.....Maybe, he didn't want to be remembered
Maybe, he hated people looking up to him.
And, maybe he hated this song
Maybe we should hate this damn game
Corporate *******s and a Money craving bitch
It's pathetic

[Fromaster]

By the way
I bet Dime and Randy Rhoads are next
Layne Staley too
After all, Hendrix is there
BUT, John Bonham won't ever be a drummer
Cause Plant's a good man, and WILL NOT sell the rights

[salrap10]

chewychuckels wrote:

Cobain is spinning in his grave

He can't be spinning in his grave, he got cremated :P

On Topic: I Think the guitar hero franchise is getting rediculous and courtney love is a money *****

[TheTortured]

...this is exactly what cobain wouldn't want.

[Sox0690]

Jmoarguitar wrote:

This isn't right. Guitar Hero should just shove there little plastic guitars up there loose asses and screw off. Rock Band too, it's not about turning kids onto good music anymore, it's about making money and it always has. I don't think Kurt would agree to this, nobody should. I wish these game companies would just F off.

no kidding its about making money. thats the point of a business, to make money. they had an idea that has worked so of course they are going to try to make the most out of it. that is the whole goal dumbass. most people on this site are retarded and don't understand that making money is the WHOLE point of guitar hero

[LittUp666]

ffs why smells like teen spirit?, i think every nirvana fan hates that song,

[scarfacesuit]

This is awesome! Now I can make Kurt Cobain actually play well!!

[scarfacesuit]

Personally I'm more stoked about playing as Bellamy or Hendrix. This'll be cool

[jerm138]

Why does every news snippet dealing with Guitar Hero or Rock Band get a story on UG? I really like this website... it has some great articles, tabs, and whatnot, but the constant barrage of video game stuff hurts the credibility a little. If I go to a website about guns, I don't expect to see information about the latest version of Half-Life.

I got no problems with the games themselves. People are just looking to have a little fun, and not everybody wants to learn how to play a real guitar. Have at it.

I just don't understand why a video game gets so much coverage on a website about guitars.

[JezuzFingerz]

Obie wrote:

guitar hero is bullshit. if kids really like music then they need to look past some dumbass video game and pick up a real instrument. do you know how many instruments there are out there? not to mention there are some easier instruments than guitar (not necessarily easier but for example some people have short fingers so guitar wouldnt really be for them)

there are so many more ways to express yourself than some dumbass video game. and speaking legally here, if you want to find out about some new music then F*CKING LOOK FOR IT! you can listen to samples on itunes of soooo many artists.

screw guitar hero

Yes because that is why kids play Guitar Hero, to express themselves. They surely don't play it to have fun or pretend just for a little bit. If a little ten year old kid wants to pretend to be a rockstar for a little bit and listen to some good music then thats fine. No reason you have to bitch and moan about it. Also I don't see how you are "speaking legally" when you say look for music instead of playing Guitar Hero. Also, have you ever met someone who really like music but just isn't good at playing it? Maybe they would be better suited playing Guitar Hero then spending months learning Smells Like Teen Spirit on real guitar? But no, this isn't a game, it is a source of evil that turns everyone who plays it into a douche who thinks he can play guitar. So no one should play it, ever. /sarcasm

[BrokenBricks]

kurt is now laying face down :/

[moses132049]

i dont hate nirvana, but i dont like nirvana, kurt cobain sucks at guitar and there music if too basic for my tastes but still its pretty cool that they got another dead guy in the worst music game ever

[Plarx]

Next GH game
Guitar Hero:6 - DIMEBAG

[Cobalt Blue]

I'm just not a fan of them using dead people as playable characters. I know Kurt would likely be against it... but I don't like using a respected dead musician as a puppet.

[KurdtStaley]

I personally think guitar hero is a ****ing joke as is pretty much and reality based video game. (why play a piss poor simulation when you could spend that time actually learning something useful?) But this is just my personality and attitude towards everything in life. If they're gonna put the shitty game out, and it's gonna influence kids, they may as well get the opportunity to be influenced by one of, if not the greatest song writers to ever live.

[The Frayed Ends]

edthesped23 wrote:

To all the people worrying if they'll bastardize Dimebag next, they already made one of the characters in the 3rd one have an alternate costume be like Dimebag:

http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/2007/189/reviews/93 9093_20070709_screen008.jpg

Not the best picture of it, but play the game and you'll see it's deliberately supposed to be Dimebag.

It's more of a tribute than anything. Personally, when I got GH3 two years ago, I was going through a Pantera phase and I appreciated the nod to Dime. This whole thing with Kurt is totally different.
And I wonder how many people were upset when they learned Hendrix would be in World Tour?

[dudemanwhoathe1]

RyanMetalMatthe wrote:

I'm not a big Nirvana fan because Kurt had a big part in killing metal, but even I'M disgusted by this.

killing shitty glam and hair metal!! Nothing else though

[dudemanwhoathe1]

guitarsftw wrote:

Wow, you don't see sports fans getting into a pissy verbal brawl every time a new sports video game comes out. I mean, yes, actually playing the sport or actually learning the instrument is much better than the video game equivalent, but video games are not meant to be a replacement, they are meant to be something you can do in your down time. Chill out, haters. And, no, I don't play any video game of any sort.

And in regard to Cobain, while he was nowhere near being a guitar god, he was still iconic to a generation, and he always had a guitar strapped on him, so it makes sense that he would become a Guitar Hero character. I have no idea what he would have said about the whole thing, but, right now, who cares?

then again they aren't intelligent enough to argue about it.

[korinaflyingv]

omg you can play as johnny cash... WANT

[FTW330]

Wow... loads of hate mail. Well, I like listining to Nirvana but I dont think they were meant for the video game world. My opinion, I hate guitar hero. I really think kids should learn to play real guitar besides sitting on their asses pushing buttons. I play video games like an hour a day but i see friends and family just playing that crap the whole day, it suprises me.

[SharpObject]

Omgz kurt cobain

[3 days grace14]

Wow atleast he died before he could sell himself out... now his wife is doing it for him

[SOADriff]

anyone else imagining him turning in his grave?

[UltimateWarrior]

id leave a nasty comment but it appears everyone capable of using the internet has already... I dont think even Kurt knew what he really wanted out of life... I hate Kurt personally and his music since reading heavier than heaven. GH can have Kurt but im burning down Activisions HQ if they even so much as think to touch Dime (R.I.P)

[KingGohma]

Ahahaha this is exactly the sort of thing that made him kill himself.

[ThatWouldBeJon]

why is it that in the video on the link at the bottom the gameplay of nirvanna shows a 4 person band when nirvanna was only 3 am i missing something?

[Skin the Sun]

Kurt must be turning in his grave...

[MoFly41]

Oh wow.

[guarana]

RyanMetalMatthe wrote:

I'm not a big Nirvana fan because Kurt had a big part in killing metal, but even I'M disgusted by this.

"Killing metal?" What, are you following the teachings of Tenacious D or something? Besides crappy glam "metal", any pre-Nirvana metal band did just fine. I'm pretty sure Iron Maiden, Metallica, and other earlier metal bands cry themselves to sleep at night because Kurt Cobain prevented them from selling a few t-shirts. And I didn't see have Pantera have any trouble after, either.

[Backflash33]

Kurt is going come back like in the movie "The Crow" and do damage.....

[Right-Wing Dick]

ThatWouldBeJon wrote:

why is it that in the video on the link at the bottom the gameplay of nirvanna shows a 4 person band when nirvanna was only 3 am i missing something?

Yes, you're missing that Pat Smear was a member of the touring band
for the "In Utero" shows, which included "Unplugged in New York".

[Bzed]

Oh poor Kurt!Always play the victim.

Anyway,how come they didn't put Joe Pass or Chet Atkins in Guitar Hero?

[irotinmyskin]

RyanMetalMatthe wrote:

I'm not a big Nirvana fan because Kurt had a big part in killing metal, but even I'M disgusted by this.

he just killed that hairy glam metal and

[Right-Wing Dick]

guarana wrote:

RyanMetalMatthe wrote:

I'm not a big Nirvana fan because Kurt had a big part in killing metal, but even I'M disgusted by this.

"Killing metal?" What, are you following the teachings of Tenacious D or something? Besides crappy glam "metal", any pre-Nirvana metal band did just fine. I'm pretty sure Iron Maiden, Metallica, and other earlier metal bands cry themselves to sleep at night because Kurt Cobain prevented them from selling a few t-shirts. And I didn't see have Pantera have any trouble after, either.

Pretty sure he meant "Hair Metal", and Nirvana did the world a favor by performing euthanasia on those bands.

[nightraven]

checkedddd

[Right-Wing Dick]

Bzed wrote:

Oh poor Kurt!Always play the victim.

Anyway,how come they didn't put Joe Pass or Chet Atkins in Guitar Hero?

Because they want to actually sell a lot of games, but I understand what you're saying. Although the gentlemen you've mentioned are true guitar legends, they never had the same popularity as Nirvana did, and still do, apparently.

[peachygnr]

eughhhhh.....bad vibes.

[Jamie_W]

If he can have a signature guitar, he can appear in GH. It's not like he's being used to sell shoes or anything...lol it's relevant to what he did. You may as well say that selling his records is just abusing his legacy for profit.

[flyboyC17]

fretsofthebeast wrote:

to all the people saying" stop bitching its a game lololo"

dude, if u were against corperate shit and whatnot, and they used ur sucsess to rake in billions on a game, dont you think it would piss you off?

Well it's not gonna piss him off cuz he's dead

[Nameless742]

I'm waiting for Guitar Hero Greenday if it's not announced already....

[Paraxis]

"‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ is a song that we’ve had at the top of our wish list ever since I came to Guitar Hero," said Tim Riley, Activision's Vice President of Music Affairs. "So it's been a while."

OMG I kill him. Hes so a ****ing commercial scumhead...

[kfong03]

don't like this at all, show some respect for the dead, man...

[Callum_29]

guitarsftw wrote:

Wow, you don't see sports fans getting into a pissy verbal brawl every time a new sports video game comes out. I mean, yes, actually playing the sport or actually learning the instrument is much better than the video game equivalent, but video games are not meant to be a replacement, they are meant to be something you can do in your down time. Chill out, haters. And, no, I don't play any video game of any sort.

And in regard to Cobain, while he was nowhere near being a guitar god, he was still iconic to a generation, and he always had a guitar strapped on him, so it makes sense that he would become a Guitar Hero character. I have no idea what he would have said about the whole thing, but, right now, who cares?

This guy seems to have a pretty damn good point, stop whining, half of you will buy the game anyway, I know I probably I will.

[pag_slash_2]

kfong03 wrote:

don't like this at all, show some respect for the dead, man...

Sure thing... I mean, Hendrix is THE ****ing guitar hero, but they shouldn't put dead guys into a video game.

Hendrix, Cobain, Cash... RIP. The world is ****ed up.

[fat Nipple]

Waste of a character waste of two songs.

[Mulldarran]

What, no heavy metal characters? Man, they're really pussying out.

[tombola]

I simply can't understand what all the hate is about. I think it's just awesome that a legend like he is is not forgotten about and lives on in a videogame.

[PendulousThread]

Callum_29 wrote:

guitarsftw wrote:

Wow, you don't see sports fans getting into a pissy verbal brawl every time a new sports video game comes out. I mean, yes, actually playing the sport or actually learning the instrument is much better than the video game equivalent, but video games are not meant to be a replacement, they are meant to be something you can do in your down time. Chill out, haters. And, no, I don't play any video game of any sort.

And in regard to Cobain, while he was nowhere near being a guitar god, he was still iconic to a generation, and he always had a guitar strapped on him, so it makes sense that he would become a Guitar Hero character. I have no idea what he would have said about the whole thing, but, right now, who cares?

This guy seems to have a pretty damn good point, stop whining, half of you will buy the game anyway, I know I probably I will.

Thing is tho, sports games are diferent because rock had a message, or at least it was meant to, and that was **** the establishment, **** the money making corporations and ill be damned if anyone says he would have been happy about this.

[TK1]

dislike.

[SuPeR_JoE]

If Kurt were still alive today, he might not have agreed to this true, but after seeing the success of "Guitar Hero: Metallica" And the AC/DC Expansion for "Rock Band," he just might have warmed up to the idea.

However, one has to keep in mind that he took his own life because he got too famous.

I know I'll want to lay as him because I love plaing "Smells Like Teen Spirit" on the guitar; it's one of the first thingas I do. I idolize Kurt a little, so it will be an honor for me to play as him, even in a video game.

Besides, this game wasn't meant for hard-core Nirvana fans. IT's meant for the average joe, scroling through the menu and be all like, "Hey! That's Kurt Cobain! I've heard of him. I'm gonna play as him!"

It's very commerical, but, hey, I never accused Metallica of selling out when they put out their Guitar Hero game, and it was an awesome game, so instead of all of you guys bitching and whining, wait until the game comes out and see if the did Kurt any justice. Who knows, it could be amazing. We don't know that yet.

Wake me up when septeber gets here.

[YoHendrix]

LOL, Kurt Cobain isn't exactly a "guitar hero" is he...

He couldn't Shred to save his life...

[/OOM]

They should make me a playable character!
I'm as good as he was anyday!

[jerm138]

All this talk about selling out. I think Tool said it best in one of their songs:

"All you know about me is what I've sold you,Dumb f---.
I sold out long before you ever heard my name.
I sold my soul to make a record,Dip s--t,
And then you bought one."

If the whole goal of rock is to say "F--- the establishment, and f--- the money making corporations" then there would be no CD's in your local music store. There would be no concerts and rock festivals to go to. You wouldn't be able to buy that Nirvana T-Shirt. Rock would be a small underground movement, because nobody would sign a contract with a big "money-making" corporation. If it weren't for those "evil corporations" then you would have never heard the majority of the anti-establishment rock music you know of today.

People who think otherwise probably think that pro wrestling is real too.

//sorry if I spoiled the wrestling thing for anyone here. Also, the Easter Bunny isn't real. :o

[jimi-h]

i read a newspaper the other day And it said that one of the most unuseful things is guitar hero why dont you just learn guitar

[Restlesscow]

philwhite wrote:

folkrockhippy wrote:
You have to feal sorry for Curt Cobain and Che Guvare what with becoming fashion icons and making the people they most hated [capatalists/souless corprate fashion and entertainmant people] very rich!

Che was a terrorist and Kurt was a drug addict. Maybe you should reconsider your role models.

Do you know anything about Che..? From what you wrote im guessing not.
As for the topic, im not too fussed about who is picked to be on GH. Its a game.

[Mr. Tomnus]

and here is for the next big argument: who shot first han or greedo? seriously people, are we really that surprised this happened?

[TheTroy]

oh my god im getting pissed off just listening to you guys. stop overreacting!!!! its a freakin game for godsake. il ove guitar hero and agree they are taking some of it too far, but saying its disrespectful to put cobain in? what about hendrix or cash? do you think its disrespectful to put them in as well? i didnt think so. its only becasue its kurt that you guys feel this way.

[TheTroy]

jimi-h wrote:

i read a newspaper the other day And it said that one of the most unuseful things is guitar hero why dont you just learn guitar

maybe because its a videogame??? guitar and guitar hero are too different things. i play both personally. play guitar if you want to but guitar hero is a VIDEOGAME. something people play to have fun. A GAME

[tomo542]

Courtney Love strikes again.

[grim_rper]

Linkerman wrote:

Someday we'll start having GH tutorials and FAQs instead of tabs here in UG... LOL

Lmao
they aready do have tutorials xD LMAO!!!!
ugh i swear these kids are killing the guitar histroy
i love how south park did an episode on GH game
i can't believe that people acually made tutorials
all they need is the sight
and color button pushing tabs xD
they have booklets on GH strategy guide looks like a tab book ...wwoowww..im still laughing till this day lol

[tom-the-lawn]

hahaha wow, how can you say this is torturing his soul. It's just a video game, if you don't like it then you don't play it. I bet he wouldn't care or at least be overly bothered if he was in it.

[tom1thomas1]

As i heard a radio presenter say the other night, he'll be turning in his urn.

[Kenkilla100]

what you guys arent getting is he WANTED TO BE FAMOUS! read the ****ing books i mean you guys are so stupid its just a ****ing video game who cares?

[muel333]

First Courtneys releasing 1992 Reading festival DVD, now this? She must be really low on cash. Any Nirvana fan SHOULD NOT buy this game. Don't help support a murderer. Kurt would dissaprove of this.

www.cobaincase.com

[Seanography]

THIS IS EVILLLLL

[beefofjesusbass]

im not really a fan of nirvana at all but this is wrong and guitar hero knows it

[Pearl Jamison]

This isnt what he would want?!
I swear i hate gh

[ascalon275]

jerm138 wrote:

All this talk about selling out. I think Tool said it best in one of their songs:

"All you know about me is what I've sold you,Dumb f---.
I sold out long before you ever heard my name.
I sold my soul to make a record,Dip s--t,
And then you bought one."

If the whole goal of rock is to say "F--- the establishment, and f--- the money making corporations" then there would be no CD's in your local music store. There would be no concerts and rock festivals to go to. You wouldn't be able to buy that Nirvana T-Shirt. Rock would be a small underground movement, because nobody would sign a contract with a big "money-making" corporation. If it weren't for those "evil corporations" then you would have never heard the majority of the anti-establishment rock music you know of today.

People who think otherwise probably think that pro wrestling is real too.

//sorry if I spoiled the wrestling thing for anyone here. Also, the Easter Bunny isn't real. :o

I'm not a real big tool fan so I can't comment on your lyric quote, but you are completely right. +95% of guitarists over-idolize the very few artists they listen to (its ironic how some of the most musically inclined people are so narrow minded) and think they are perfect/gods/etc.

Rock music may have at once (sort of) stood for anti-establishment/anti-whatever but to be honest most of it never has. the first Rock bands like the rolling stones still made TONS of money "selling out" to the man. others just died or faded away from their own extreme excesses (Jimi hendrix, Jim Morrison, etc).

I have made a huge change in how i view these people since I have become an adult, and most of them are self centered, greedy and willing to put anything out there to sell albums, and the music companies have wised up in the 80s and continued to thrive on making mass produced music. They learned the formula and have only had to make changes when tastes change. Hair metal -> grunge -> pop/punk -> nu metal -> emo -> rap/hip hop.

tl/dr: stop making martyrs out of these people. I am not saying they are bad people, but they are just the lucky few that were picked up by record labels. Cobain, hendrix and any other artist who died at their peak is just another thing to sell as far as the record labels are concerned. Regardless of what they said or even believed, they still were paid to do their job by THE MAN.

I think the spirit of "real" rock music lives on through the independent artists who record/produce/write/promote their work by themselves. Most don't even make a dime, but are making music for the sake of music and art, and thats the way it should be.

[Ir8sob]

Restlesscow wrote:

philwhite wrote:

folkrockhippy wrote:
You have to feal sorry for Curt Cobain and Che Guvare what with becoming fashion icons and making the people they most hated [capatalists/souless corprate fashion and entertainmant people] very rich!

Che was a terrorist and Kurt was a drug addict. Maybe you should reconsider your role models.

Do you know anything about Che..? From what you wrote im guessing not.
As for the topic, im not too fussed about who is picked to be on GH. Its a game.

"To execute a man we don't need proof of his guilt. We only need proof that it's necessary to execute him. It's that simple." Che Guevara
"Crazy with fury I will stain my rifle red while slaughtering any enemy that falls in my hands! My nostrils dilate while savoring the acrid odor of gunpowder and blood. With the deaths of my enemies I prepare my being for the sacred fight and join the triumphant proletariat with a bestial bowl." Che Guevara
Also being as how he(Che) hated consumerism and capitalism, he sure did like his Rolex.. Not really concerned about the Cobain thing, just wanted to see how worked up the fanboys got.

[ascalon275]

Ir8sob wrote:

Restlesscow wrote:

philwhite wrote:

folkrockhippy wrote:
You have to feal sorry for Curt Cobain and Che Guvare what with becoming fashion icons and making the people they most hated [capatalists/souless corprate fashion and entertainmant people] very rich!

Che was a terrorist and Kurt was a drug addict. Maybe you should reconsider your role models.

Do you know anything about Che..? From what you wrote im guessing not.
As for the topic, im not too fussed about who is picked to be on GH. Its a game.
"To execute a man we don't need proof of his guilt. We only need proof that it's necessary to execute him. It's that simple." Che Guevara
"Crazy with fury I will stain my rifle red while slaughtering any enemy that falls in my hands! My nostrils dilate while savoring the acrid odor of gunpowder and blood. With the deaths of my enemies I prepare my being for the sacred fight and join the triumphant proletariat with a bestial bowl." Che Guevara
Also being as how he(Che) hated consumerism and capitalism, he sure did like his Rolex.. Not really concerned about the Cobain thing, just wanted to see how worked up the fanboys got.

it is pretty lulzy how dumb they are.
Che =/= Cobain
I think a dude who died fighting capitalism and literally killed people is completely different than a guy who had a song or two on the radio and died (sort of) mysteriously at the peak of his career.

[Blind Messiah]

I love Kurt's music, I think he was a creative genius, but I myself am a WAY better guitar player on a technical scale. You guys can say what you will about how Kurt's a shitty guitar player or a junkie, but that's not the issue. He truly wasn't a sell-out. The disgusting commercialism and trivialization of this music was something he couldn't live with. If he were a sell-out, then how come he never sold his songs to a commercial? Why did he hate being called a rock star or a guitar hero? It's ****ing stupid how all you haters act like YOU know him enough to hate him, and yet criticize fans for knowing a lot about him. You seem to forget that he's not an icon, he's a human being who lived and died, and who's legacy is being raped by money mongering corporations and his wife. As soon as the rights were sold back to his label, there was a show on TV that had a commercial that said, "featuring music by Nirvana," and suddenly it's okay to publish his private journals, and guitar hero is currently digging their fingers deeper and deeper into his legacy. Kurt Cobain is dead, and his family is taken care of for as long as they live, he obviously doesn't need GH, they need him. They're making his music just trivial meaningless video game crap like he would have hated, just because it makes them a little more rich than yesterday, and that disgusts me.

[Footallica?]

Listen, I think everybody should just stop complaining. Really, I'd bet my house on the fact that at least 50% of you are going to go out and buy this game whether Cobain is in it or not.

[BassFishin]

Footallica? wrote:

Listen, I think everybody should just stop complaining. Really, I'd bet my house on the fact that at least 50% of you are going to go out and buy this game whether Cobain is in it or not.

"

You'd better not count me in that 50%.

Look, everyone's digging way too deep into this thing.

The bottom line is, they're dis-respecting someone big time. Regardless of who that person is.

If they had said 'okay, we're gonna make Johnny Smith a playable character'

and they interviewed Johnny Smith and he said 'please, guys, i dont want to be a part of this, i don't like it or support it, seriously, don't do this'

I would be just as pissed.

[ScottPAL]

Blasphemy. First his body, now theyre murdering his spirit.

[Kevy Absolution]

It's okay; Cobain is burning in hell for killing himself, so why not pump money out of him?

[KenjiBeast]

Why doesn't anybody understand that under all the emo-grunge posturing, Kurt was every bit as much of a sell-out as any of the other? Nirvana was classic corporate rock, and Cobain laughed all the way to the bank on the wallets of kids that fell for it.

[David_Bowie=GOD]

Right-Wing Dick wrote:

guarana wrote:

RyanMetalMatthe wrote:

I'm not a big Nirvana fan because Kurt had a big part in killing metal, but even I'M disgusted by this.

"Killing metal?" What, are you following the teachings of Tenacious D or something? Besides crappy glam "metal", any pre-Nirvana metal band did just fine. I'm pretty sure Iron Maiden, Metallica, and other earlier metal bands cry themselves to sleep at night because Kurt Cobain prevented them from selling a few t-shirts. And I didn't see have Pantera have any trouble after, either.

Pretty sure he meant "Hair Metal", and Nirvana did the world a favor by performing euthanasia on those bands.

Agreed. There were tons of metal bands in the 90s, I'm glad hair metal died out, most of the bands were extremely unoriginal and did nothing but sing about sex and drugs. Oh, lets not forget how they all dressed like girls, yet that made them more manly somehow? Wtf?!

[nightraven]

checked again again

KenjiBeast wrote:

Why doesn't anybody understand that under all the emo-grunge posturing, Kurt was every bit as much of a sell-out as any of the other? Nirvana was classic corporate rock, and Cobain laughed all the way to the bank on the wallets of kids that fell for it.

couldn't have said it better myself.

[Vendim]

It will be pretty unrealistic seeing Kurt Cobain playing a Dragonforce solo or something like this

[Aguamento]

h3RR_wURST wrote:

oh no not another "music news" about guitar hero .. wtf it has nothing to do with guitars :> it's just about a few buttons to push

Did you seriously just say Guitar Hero has nothing to do with Guitars??

[BassFishin]

Wow, i can't believe how many people are posting comments that are completely misguided.

Okay, just because you make a ton of money doing something musical does NOT make you a sellout.

A SELLOUT is when your goal is to do something musical that will make you money.

And i can guarantee you, thats not what Kurt was trying to do. Did i know him? Of course not. But it doesn't take a genious to interpret his interviews.

The worst part is, he started to realise that there were points where he looked like a sellout, and had some very sellout moments. Thats a MAJOR reason why he killed himself!

And THATS why he shouldn't be a part of this game!

But it's really not a big deal, overall. I'm just supporting some of the fanboys out there.

[BassFishin]

BassFishin wrote:

Wow, i can't believe how many people are posting comments that are completely misguided.

Okay, just because you make a ton of money doing something musical does NOT make you a sellout.

A SELLOUT is when your goal is to do something musical that will make you money.

And i can guarantee you, thats not what Kurt was trying to do. Did i know him? Of course not. But it doesn't take a genious to interpret his interviews.

The worst part is, he started to realise that there were points where he looked like a sellout, and had some very sellout moments. Thats a MAJOR reason why he killed himself!

And THATS why he shouldn't be a part of this game!

But it's really not a big deal, overall. I'm just supporting some of the fanboys out there.

because a lot of those fanboys bring up good points.

[Serjem]

cool. now i hate nirvana too.

[tommyandstuff]

does anyone on ug even care about gh? just wondering

[aocrkid]

rhcp01 wrote:

CTFOD :
If Cobain was so anti-corporation or whatever, he would have refused to have signed to a major label. Instead, he actively seeked one out, played an unplugged show on MTV, etc. Face it, the man was a hypocrite.

just cause he was on mtv dosn't make him a sellout or a hypocrite, he hated corporations but he still needed fame to get his message out

explain his message. email it to me: [e-mail]

[Axl_Explosion]

Lol @ Kurt Cobain in Guitar Hero. His animation for failing a song should be him pulling out a shotgun and blasting himself.

I don't think he should be in Guitar Hero, but for a totally different reason than most of the people here. I just think the guy sucks. He was a hypocrite, he was a whiny crybaby who had a gift that such a rare percentage of people get, the ability to reach millions of people. And instead of using the ability to do something useful, when you get right down to it, the lasting legacy Kurt Cobain left behind was to give up. To quit. Kurt Cobain had everything. A family, a hugely successful career, millions and millions of fans, he never had to worry about money for him or his daughter ever again, and that wasn’t good enough. He was selfish and decided that he was going to kill himself, leave his daughter alone in the world with Courtney Love, and turn his back on the fans who he started out for to begin with. He didn’t have to kill himself, he could have retired and never had to worry about anything else ever again. He could have stopped playing, he could have never done another thing related to Nirvana, and he could have disappeared. But instead, he took the cowards way out and decided that suicide was the answer. Instead of being an adult, he threw a temper tantrum because, God Forbid, people looked up to him! People thought he was talented and inspirational! And now that he’s dead, he’s become a martyr and a celebrity, and I know that he would have hated THAT more than anything! To see how he’s been romanticized after he died, to see how much of a larger than life icon he’s been made into, that would have made him madder than to be put into a video game. Everyone on here yelling and screaming about what he would and wouldn’t have done, you people are worse than the people who decided to put him into Guitar Hero by trying to act like you know what he would have done.

I personally say they shouldn’t have put Cobain in the game. They should have left him in his grave to rot, because every time he’s mentioned, someone new learns the guy’s name and a selfish, whiny, immature, over-glorified joke is further immortalized.

[punkrocker22]

.:Blackened:. wrote:

Wow this website is full of idiots.

I think its hilarious how people act like they knew Cobain, like they knew exactly what he would say right now or exactly what he would do. Hell if you know so well, can you tell us all how you got in touch with him?! I mean I wanna ask him some stuff too!

Secondly, how sad is it that people are complaining about a GAME, a bit of FUN. Christ, it's just mind numbingly pathetic to see the lengths people will go to just to moan and bitch.

Grow up kids.

I Don't Like It, But This Dude Is Right

[Ruenis]

all thats missing is his signature guitar, the '72 jaguar and dave grohl on the drums...
i know kurt wouldnt like to be in the game, but still i think this is pretty cool

[tands]

.:Blackened:. wrote:

Wow this website is full of idiots.

I think its hilarious how people act like they knew Cobain, like they knew exactly what he would say right now or exactly what he would do. Hell if you know so well, can you tell us all how you got in touch with him?! I mean I wanna ask him some stuff too!

Secondly, how sad is it that people are complaining about a GAME, a bit of FUN. Christ, it's just mind numbingly pathetic to see the lengths people will go to just to moan and bitch.

Grow up kids.

No one here is claiming to know cobain, what he stood for is pretty well know...I mean if you dont know the message of nirvana what do you know??

and NO this game isnt about FUN, kurt cobain isnt a character cause that makes the game more FUN, it makes the game more MONEY thats what this is all about if you open your eyes, a dead man being exploited beyond his wishes for money, this doesnt have to be about Cobain, it could be about Hendrix just as well

[MotörHeadFan22]

yay more capitalization off of his death!

[Panasonic3]

I'm glad most everyone here is against this.

stop talking about who killed him or why he died. you're all missing the point.

[Panasonic3]

Axl_Explosion wrote:

Lol @ Kurt Cobain in Guitar Hero. His animation for failing a song should be him pulling out a shotgun and blasting himself.

I don't think he should be in Guitar Hero, but for a totally different reason than most of the people here. I just think the guy sucks. He was a hypocrite, he was a whiny crybaby who had a gift that such a rare percentage of people get, the ability to reach millions of people. And instead of using the ability to do something useful, when you get right down to it, the lasting legacy Kurt Cobain left behind was to give up. To quit. Kurt Cobain had everything. A family, a hugely successful career, millions and millions of fans, he never had to worry about money for him or his daughter ever again, and that wasn’t good enough. He was selfish and decided that he was going to kill himself, leave his daughter alone in the world with Courtney Love, and turn his back on the fans who he started out for to begin with. He didn’t have to kill himself, he could have retired and never had to worry about anything else ever again. He could have stopped playing, he could have never done another thing related to Nirvana, and he could have disappeared. But instead, he took the cowards way out and decided that suicide was the answer. Instead of being an adult, he threw a temper tantrum because, God Forbid, people looked up to him! People thought he was talented and inspirational! And now that he’s dead, he’s become a martyr and a celebrity, and I know that he would have hated THAT more than anything! To see how he’s been romanticized after he died, to see how much of a larger than life icon he’s been made into, that would have made him madder than to be put into a video game. Everyone on here yelling and screaming about what he would and wouldn’t have done, you people are worse than the people who decided to put him into Guitar Hero by trying to act like you know what he would have done.

I personally say they shouldn’t have put Cobain in the game. They should have left him in his grave to rot, because every time he’s mentioned, someone new learns the guy’s name and a selfish, whiny, immature, over-glorified joke is further immortalized.

LOL at the first part.

-1 for the next part. have a little more respect for the dead sir.

[slash187]

this is great!
this is the only reason im buying guitar hero 5!

people stop bitching about "if kurt was alive he wouldnt like it" how the **** would you know he wouldnt like! Kurt is not a sellout

[ledzeppelin1236]

kurt definitly wouldn't want this! he wouldn't want any part of it. this is ridiculous.

[st jimmy666]

this is just terrible.... I hate this, they are killing everything that is sacred

not to be disrespectful or anything but since when does being a suicidal druggie make you sacred? i think his music was great and it's a good thing that young people get to listen to it when otherwise they would probably never have heard of nirvana.

[psitacosis]

kurt would not want this, i dont like it either...

[MrSir4]

I am not as mad that Kurt is IN the next guitar hero as I am the fact that courtney love TO THIS DAY uses her dead husband as a tool to get more money in her wallet, like the b*tch needs it.....and to the people saying that kurt wouldn't have agreed to this....let's face it, nobody in this thread has ANY idea what kind of person he could be today if he didn't die, for all we know we could hate him as much as we hate courtney love if he were still alive...BEFORE YOU GET OFFENDED, please note that there is a big difference between the two words COULD and WOULD so don't get on my ass because of your misunderstanding of words

On the other hand kurt could also be the same kind of guy he was back in the day, if guitar hero was around when kurt was, there isn't a SINGLE doubt in my mind that when offered to be a character in it....he would laugh and hang up the phone....but again, nobody in this thread knew him personally, so stop talking like you do, cause you are making yourselves look really stupid

[str84ever]

CTFOD wrote:

If Cobain was so anti-corporation or whatever, he would have refused to have signed to a major label. Instead, he actively seeked one out, played an unplugged show on MTV, etc. Face it, the man was a hypocrite.

he hardly seeked a major label out.

I read in Sonic Youths biography that they told Geffen that they should sign Nirvana because they thought they were good.

Sonic Youth also got Beck signed.

[MegaGreg]

I pretty much stopped caring for Guitar Hero now since they got Smells Like Teen Spirit. Just watch when you go on online play and everyone's gonna choose that song every time they choose it.

[csguitar]

CTFOD wrote:

If Cobain was so anti-corporation or whatever, he would have refused to have signed to a major label. Instead, he actively seeked one out, played an unplugged show on MTV, etc. Face it, the man was a hypocrite.
-It doesnt make you a hipocrite when you choose music as a profession and a label wants you. Its business, we all need money, it is about the music but you cant afford equipment and your voice will never get heard if you dont sign with a label. As far as using him in the game I do not think Kurt would like that. Im not surprised to hear Courtney Love's skank a** was partly involved in this. She should just be called Yoko Love considering she thinks shes such a big part of Kurt's music.

[dognoisefile]

This is disgusting.. Guitar Hero is setting out to not only destroy the future generations of music because now its more appealing to play a video game of music than to pick up a real guitar in your spare time. But now it's ruining the past... Kids should find out about good music through their older siblings or their peers (cept for that ever growing pop crowd bullshit) or hell even their parents. Not a game put out by a corporation that only wants your hundred bucks in return for a plastic guitar. It's getting disgusting.

[csguitar]

On another note I don't think a suicidal druggie musician should be a character in a game that little kids play. Im sure a bunch of other talented musicians would have said yes to being on the game, why go to the dead guy who has no say?

[morellostheman]

csguitar wrote:

On another note I don't think a suicidal druggie musician should be a character in a game that little kids play. Im sure a bunch of other talented musicians would have said yes to being on the game, why go to the dead guy who has no say?

if your gonna count musicians out because they do drugs, then your gonna have no one to pick from

[Harvey_Danger]

lolwut

I'm just sick of Guitar Hero and Rock Band because they're disgraces as video game franchises. Two new games every year. It's almost like Madden, but even worse. They have a gimmick, it was successful, so now they're endlessly pushing it on us.

Instead of genuinely trying to improve the experience, they're just trying to make money. This move falls in line with expectations perfectly, so I'm honestly surprised that people didn't see this coming.

[ZeGuitarist]

Checked. Comments in this article are piling up like crazy.

[zAg1619]

kfong03 wrote:

don't like this at all, show some respect for the dead, man...

IF the fact that he is dead is all you truly care about, then why no mention of Johnny Cash? You think his familiy isn't reaping the benefits from this, just as well as Courtney is from Cobain being used in the game? Same goes for Hendrix as well.

[darksmiley]

dddddannnnngg theres alot of hate on here. but im just gonna say its like a game. nothing big, lik in guitar hero world tour u could have made Kurt by changing ur clothes and stuff. im surprised whn hendrixs was in ghwt i didnt see as much as this commnting about "he wouldnt do it" etc. if your gonna get angry about a dead dood in a game u never played halo. (lol crappy joke)

[Shazazmic]

What's with all the hate? Guitar Hero is made for fun!

And who cares what Kurt would have wanted? He was weak and took the easy way out. I'm not trashing him musically, as he was a great songwriter, but as a person, he was weak. He was a suicidal drug addict.

[T.s.e]

Meh, I'm just going to play my real-life guitar and let the people who play GH do whatever they wish. It's better that way, it's not like our internet rants are going to make a change anyway

[irontremelo]

Naww
WHAT THEY DOIN!!!!!

Kurt was against this kind of shit!!!

[irontremelo]

Just leave boy alone!!

[prsrulz91]

dognoisefile wrote:

This is disgusting.. Guitar Hero is setting out to not only destroy the future generations of music because now its more appealing to play a video game of music than to pick up a real guitar in your spare time. But now it's ruining the past... Kids should find out about good music through their older siblings or their peers (cept for that ever growing pop crowd bullshit) or hell even their parents. Not a game put out by a corporation that only wants your hundred bucks in return for a plastic guitar. It's getting disgusting.

This is the dumbest argument ever. Who the hell are you to tell everybody how they should find their music. Although I do agree that the company behind the game has pushed the gimmick too far at this point, I still think its a great way for younger kids to find older music. this thinking that they shouldn't be able to find it through a videogame is just mindless, elitist, and ignorant. Tell you what, if you're that disgusted by the state of GH affairs, do us all a favor and just kill yourself. I'll even send you the means to do so(guns, rope, pills, take your pick, elitist ****)

[MetalGear1786]

ibanezfreak42 wrote:

i think everyones overreacting its not a big deal.
its just a video game

Im tired of hearing shit like this. Its just a game that's a stupid waste of time and money. IDC what you people think.

[pinkhaze29]

dognoisefile wrote:

This is disgusting.. Guitar Hero is setting out to not only destroy the future generations of music because now its more appealing to play a video game of music than to pick up a real guitar in your spare time. But now it's ruining the past... Kids should find out about good music through their older siblings or their peers (cept for that ever growing pop crowd bullshit) or hell even their parents. Not a game put out by a corporation that only wants your hundred bucks in return for a plastic guitar. It's getting disgusting.

no, stupid statements like that are disgusting.

It's a ****ing game, get the **** over it.

[7thSonOf7thSon]

even though i havent bought a game in years and didnt even know this game was coming out i think it is a disgrace to kurt so therefore im calling for a boycott on guitar hero for this... anyone wannah join?

[Msu_Man04]

"Serve the Servants" would be a better guitar song.

[GrungeRocker29]

this is the biggest bull**** I've heard in God knows how long.
Kurt Cobain, I'm sorry for all this.
R.I.P. Kurt Cobain.
He would NEVER have agreed to any of this.
I'm ashamed of my generation.

[leprecon90]

l33TgUiT@rd00d wrote:

They're also making a "Shotgun" as playable guitar too. How cool.

jackson bought the rights and slapped a floyd rose on there

[rockinrunner90]

you guys can say whatever about how much he would have hated this, but when you think of great guitarists is cobain really someone that comes to mind??? NOT IN MY MIND. I don't think he's ever been considered a "guitar hero" i hate the guitar hero games as much as anyone, but they don't even know what they're doing if they think cobain is a "guitar hero"

[MGB2]

they have like 90 of those games at come out with new ones daily. And why would there be updates for it on a guitar website, it blows my mind. I DON'T CARE ABOUT GUITAR HERO.

[Teej212]

kurt would not like this at all

in an interview he said that he feared that peoples exposure to music would be through virtual experience

[_person_]

why can't people just let Curt rest in peace? it's nice to keep his memory alive, but why in this way?

[SilverHammer :O]

I think it's a disrespect to put him in Guitar Hero. *dodges back out of the shitstorm*

[ndschroede23]

FTW330 wrote:

Wow... loads of hate mail. Well, I like listining to Nirvana but I dont think they were meant for the video game world. My opinion, I hate guitar hero. I really think kids should learn to play real guitar besides sitting on their asses pushing buttons. I play video games like an hour a day but i see friends and family just playing that crap the whole day, it suprises me.

It's difficult to play guitar hero sitting down.

[nfrench7fold]

im dissapointed with my generation. we play plastic guitars and disrespect dead people. not cool dude.

[adamcooney]

This is seriously ****ed up.

[ctfod]

rhcp01 wrote:

CTFOD :
If Cobain was so anti-corporation or whatever, he would have refused to have signed to a major label. Instead, he actively seeked one out, played an unplugged show on MTV, etc. Face it, the man was a hypocrite.

just cause he was on mtv dosn't make him a sellout or a hypocrite, he hated corporations but he still needed fame to get his message out

Lyrically, it sounds like he just strung a random combination of words together. Tell me what the message is in:

"A mulatto, an albino
A mosquito, my libido
Yeah, hey, yay"

As for any message he tried to convey in interviews, it basically consisted of 'woe is me, I'm a rock star. I hate consumerism and corporate bullshit although I'm happy to sign to a major label, play a much more marketable acoustic set on the most famous music channel, but this somehow doesn't detract from the fact that I hate these things.'

[gonick1220]

Uh, guys, listen to ALex Liefson. Look, what I'm trying to say is is that the modern music corporations are trying to flow crap into my generation's bloodstream. I don't really think Kurt wouldn't appreciate the actual media fighting it's dark side (a.k.a. The Jonas Fags and these two-bit rappers who can't even dish out KISS lyrics). And, did they ask Jimi? No. They're symbolizing the people that changed music perspective, and I appreciate them doing this or else your future would have ended up really killing the one music path that we all follow: ROCK. Anything that we listen to can all go down to it. I play guitar hero occasionally, and I'll have to admit that I hate the controller with a burning passion. But is it about playing the game? No, it's about the music! I don't see the problem with them getting all the money so long as the entirety of Rock doesn't die out. I bet you some person out there who is smart enough to see it the way I do (I'm fifteen by the way) would really think hard about it and reach the conclusion that the music we expose ourselfs to really changes perspective. A million ten-twelve year olds don't even know who Jimi or Slash is if it not were for Guitar Hero. And I'm willing to say that half of those kids listen to the lyrics, and find it better than the nonsense of the crap Disney would put out. Also, I really think even if a kid that doesn't play guitar or any instrument should still listen to the music, sides, kids don't even get past 4 chords most of the time... I don't really think it's a problem if somebody doesn't pick up guitar so long as they are blessed with musical understanding. Hell, I know about ten kids in my school who learned to play REAL guitar off of GH, and their actually good. In fact, a quaestion popped in my mind. There are two reasons people pick up a guitar: They had a dream, or they wanted to say they could do something. Even subconciously, these are the reasons we all decide to play. I remember the way I learned how to play was off of a friend. He sort of forced me, but in my mind I was forming the thought of greatness. Three years down the road, I realized that If I was truly going to reject it, I would have never had that thought. In fact, the reason he asked me is because we were playing Guitar Hero... Now imaginine all the kids out there who don't know a lick about a guitar, never heard a true rock song. How else would they pick up the intrest? You need the drive for it, and I think there is none better than listening to music. And how else do kids listen to music rather than what their parents hit them up with? I doubt there's a better ignition than GH. Now try to talk back to that.

[hak_hap]

-Stain- wrote:

...and the torture of his soul continues

right...this is why i hate guitar hero...the game was disgusting before...now it tops itself...

rip cobain...for you were the hero of a generation...

gonick1220 wrote:

Uh, guys, listen to ALex Liefson. Look, what I'm trying to say is is that the modern music corporations are trying to flow crap into my generation's bloodstream. I don't really think Kurt wouldn't appreciate the actual media fighting it's dark side (a.k.a. The Jonas Fags and these two-bit rappers who can't even dish out KISS lyrics). And, did they ask Jimi? No. They're symbolizing the people that changed music perspective, and I appreciate them doing this or else your future would have ended up really killing the one music path that we all follow: ROCK. Anything that we listen to can all go down to it. I play guitar hero occasionally, and I'll have to admit that I hate the controller with a burning passion. But is it about playing the game? No, it's about the music! I don't see the problem with them getting all the money so long as the entirety of Rock doesn't die out. I bet you some person out there who is smart enough to see it the way I do (I'm fifteen by the way) would really think hard about it and reach the conclusion that the music we expose ourselfs to really changes perspective. A million ten-twelve year olds don't even know who Jimi or Slash is if it not were for Guitar Hero. And I'm willing to say that half of those kids listen to the lyrics, and find it better than the nonsense of the crap Disney would put out. Also, I really think even if a kid that doesn't play guitar or any instrument should still listen to the music, sides, kids don't even get past 4 chords most of the time... I don't really think it's a problem if somebody doesn't pick up guitar so long as they are blessed with musical understanding. Hell, I know about ten kids in my school who learned to play REAL guitar off of GH, and their actually good. In fact, a quaestion popped in my mind. There are two reasons people pick up a guitar: They had a dream, or they wanted to say they could do something. Even subconciously, these are the reasons we all decide to play. I remember the way I learned how to play was off of a friend. He sort of forced me, but in my mind I was forming the thought of greatness. Three years down the road, I realized that If I was truly going to reject it, I would have never had that thought. In fact, the reason he asked me is because we were playing Guitar Hero... Now imaginine all the kids out there who don't know a lick about a guitar, never heard a true rock song. How else would they pick up the intrest? You need the drive for it, and I think there is none better than listening to music. And how else do kids listen to music rather than what their parents hit them up with? I doubt there's a better ignition than GH. Now try to talk back to that.

talk back to that? okay:

youre off topic. and you could have spent your time better than typing such an epicially big comment. because your point is becoming bullshit once you claim that guitar hero is all about music.

if it was it would teach those ten/twelve year old kids something about the legends it abuses.

the producers would show they care about the evolution of rock. instead the spit in the face of every true rock fan by milking their idols...

CHEERS!

[Tortiss]

Bah,
First of all, ITS A GAME, Kurt has undoubtedly been blown up to be a rock icon, so why not have him as a playable character? Because a bunch of his fans think he's some kind of underground champion who would never sell out? Why the hell was Kurt baaaawwwing about being famous anyway, it was his drug addiction that bummed him out so much, maybe if he hadn't spend all his money on drugs he'd live in a decent house, drive a good car and still be alive today, making decent music. Success killed him? BALONEY!

I think Chuck Schuldiner nailed it when he said:

"I'm proud that I've never had a drug problem or complained that success sucks and shot myself like Kurt Cobain. Sorry, but success is something people like me dream about."

/rant

[DLRocks13]

nevermindbleach wrote:

I think the only good thing about this is that most of today's youth can hear some good music, instead of Emo crap, Disney stars, and Hip Hop/Rap

WOW i could not agree more. Just turn on the radio and its all Fall Out Boy and The Jonas Brothers and Kanye West (racist). Every one is a sell out now. We need another Nirvana to show up right about now. Lol its funny when i listen to Nirvana on my iPod and my friends go "OMG kid wow the oldies suck! How can you even listen to this?" Then my white friends go back to listening to Dr. Dre and Eminem. And EVERY single girl in my school is obsessed to the point of no return with the Jonas Brothers. It's all gone to hell. If the music industry is this ****ed up for any longer, not a single good artist will show up because they'll be turned down for not being rap or disney or mainstream rock.
As for Guitar Hero, Kurt was completely against mainstream sell outs. so isn't this mainly the same thing?

[Tortiss]

On another note,
can you use these artists to play any song?

The thought of Johnny Cash playing Dragonforce tickles my fancy.

[ctfod]

Tortiss, yes, you can. It was pretty funny watching Zakk Wylde sing Pat Benatar in GHIV.

[JonnyBlack]

he looks so dead and lifeless in the game, its sad to watch it honestly, even the Kurt avatar looks disgusted. Since Kurt was cremated i cant say he's rolling in his grave, but damn something like this would scatter my ashees. RIP Kurt and one day courtney will get hers 10 fold. At least this is helping his daughter if you look at the bright side.
I wonder if she even liked her dads music.....
Well, another check for miss love, and another shameful cash out. ROCK IS DEAD

[nightraven]

checkedd

[Unknownsage]

Wasn't Kurt alot more depressed and sloppy looking?

[Ead]

when guitar hero 1 came out, I thought it was freaking ridiculous. 2 came out and I succumbed and enjoyed it with my friends. 3 came out and I was already tired of it. 4 came out and I thought it was probably going too far. This is way beyond too far

[ironmanben]

One one hand I enjoy the game, and I think it's cool that I can play as one of my fav guitarists now. His songs are perfect for guitar hero, like it or not. I have no problem with this. But on the other hand it DOES disgrace his memory, etc. But on my mutant third hand, well, if your really like it you should buy it for the game, not JUST BECAUSE Kurt's in it.

[Shun1010]

*gets to a solo in one of the songs and fails automatically*

[zackarith]

...why?

[silent caution]

Ibanez44 wrote:

Sami Philadelph wrote:

How would he hate this?

Kurt was the biggest sellout of our century,get real,stop romanticizing his life,the guy was a sell out,and had no problem telling anyone he was.

Its YOU people who've made him this underground martyr,get a taste of reality please.

Its fine hes in this game,its A GAME.

Kurt Cobain drove a shitty car until he died. He didn't have a guitar collection, he didn't do any endorsements like this.. Go listen to fallout boy again and tell me who'se a sellout.

^^ well said

[cuñtunderground]

MUSE!!!!!

[Rajah]

I love all the expert comments from the members who were still in nappies, or earlier, when Nirvana were around.

Kurt was dead before most of you had even heard Nirvana, and you "know" what Kurt would or wouldn't do.

[pwninator123]

Can people PLEASE stop misusing the term Emo?

Emo is a subgenre of HARDCORE Punk, that began in 1985, and died in the mid-90s, EMO HAS NOT EXISTED FOR 10 YEARS, Emo has absolutely nothing to do with depression or sadness, it was an angry genre.

Go listen to some Rites Of Spring and stfu

[Slash_HuDsOn]

no.mop wrote:

Kurt Cobain is not exactly a guitar hero.

More like an hero.

win

[LP/Toolfan93]

Tool would be a great example of a band who really necessarily isn't a sell out, even though besides that there's no why to compare the two. And yes, Kurt would really despise this. And yes, I know its A GAME, but this man was against anything Corporate, yes I'm one of those recent born one like a year or two before his death. but they man really stood up to his principle of anti-corporations and this just takes his principle and dumps it into the toilet, takes a dump on it, and flushes it.

[mwrex]

dude i dont like this. Kurt Cobain committed suicide because he felt that his music was becoming too conformist. For guitar hero to make a character of him, to me seems very disrespectful!!

[guitar_pixs]

they should make a guitars hero A7X!!!!

[joshw17]

Sorry Kurdt.

Even killing yourself couldn't stop the music industry from turning you into a lip-synching caricature.

[hanselrocks1]

RIP Kurt they shouldnt give that fat cow rights to your name...

[jay3213]

Ok now guitar hero is taking it to far, first they created a game where kids think the guitar is easy and anyone can do it.... now they gave a guy who hates media a spot in a world wide game.... Maybe guys that actually know music is should be developers in guitar hero not a bunch of pizza faced retards looking for money

[ElDiabloMuerte]

Brandon_MK wrote:

floomdesk wrote:

no matter how many idiot teenagers got interested in playing guitar through this...

dude, i checked your profile. you stopped being a teenager 2 months ago..

Ha! ZING! Anyway, F**K CAPITALISM!

[mallen i am]

The fact of the matter is Cobain is dead, you can't ask him what he thinks of it now. In what, 15 years or so since his death, he might have changed his mind about his so called "anti-commercialism" views, or he might not.
What matter is, there's nothing you can do about it, and frankly, you should stop being so fussed. If it helps Nirvana's music get out to the masses, then all you Nirvana die-hards should be happy, not moaning about him not liking it, because you don't actually know and you're just holding on to your tired views.
If you aren't a Nirvana fan then, tbh, you shouldn't be so bothered either. You might stand up for his views, but at the end of the day, is there really anything anyone can do about it?
Whether you're happy about this or not, what's done is done, and there's no getting away from the fact that whatever you do or say, nothing will come of it, so please, please stop complaining, cos it's getting tiresome.

[paintballcrazy7]

hm. Courtney Love gets to make a decision? Last 2 decisions she made were crappy. First has someone shoot Cobain and make it seem like he did it when they didnt find any finger prints on the gun.
and then she tries to have a music career. pssh.

[MethLabForCutie]

nevermindbleach wrote:

I think the only good thing about this is that most of today's youth can hear some good music, instead of Emo crap, Disney stars, and Hip Hop/Rap

have you SEEN the new DLC for rock band/guitar hero? i mean Hollywood Undead, Jonas Brothers, Shania Twain. the rock/metal is slowly being drained from these games. i dont wanna try to drum to electronic beats! what was once a fun, chill videogame/music experience is now a corporate monster, and now i can't stand that fact. when it's just for the music, thats when its good. but now its just money.

[amicone18]

Put Jerry Cantrell instead, oh wait kids wouldn't know him and guitar hero wouldn't sell as much

[Lemoninfluence]

checked again

[Lemoninfluence]

amicone18 wrote:

Put Jerry Cantrell instead, oh wait kids wouldn't know him and guitar hero wouldn't sell as much

you say that as if trying to sell the game and make money was a heinous motivation.

[bulletandchains]

why is a video game on a guitar site???

[Clutch32192]

seems to me like the harder Cobain tried to get away from commercialism, the more he got into it. his songs against record labels and such were big hits (rape me...) and when he killed himself he threw himself into the spotlight for eternity, and the one thing he didn't want commercialism is the one thing that continually comes back to him...to me its kinda sad, what the guy killed himself over, his image is continually used it now...oh well...just my thoughts

[amicone18]

Lemon I kind of am saying that, I mean obviously theyll want to put Jimmy Hendrix, and Kurt Cobain and and Slash because those are the most popular musicians and those will sell, when it comes to Kurt he was better at writing lyrics, anyways Alice in Chains is a much better band than Nirvana in every aspect.

[Lemoninfluence]

amicone18 wrote:

Lemon I kind of am saying that, I mean obviously theyll want to put Jimmy Hendrix, and Kurt Cobain and and Slash because those are the most popular musicians and those will sell, when it comes to Kurt he was better at writing lyrics, anyways Alice in Chains is a much better band than Nirvana in every aspect.

matter of opinion. I don't particularly like either of them.

and why is making money such a bad thing?

[[x]Huffy[x]]

Cashing in on a deceased icon. Pathetic.

[Fender6]

Oh great, now everyone will think that Kurt is the greatest guitarist of all time (Oh wait, most already do)...

[TheDissident]

I really have no problem with this. Kurt considering the new day and age might have grown past the whole "I hate fame" thing and let this happen. As for everyone bashing on the game, seriously. If the mainstream gaming audience wants to play this game (and be introduced to good new music as a side effect) all the power to them. The game developers want to make money. Regardless of their motive, if my friends who currently listen to mainstream rap start to take a liking to Cobain and the scene going around during his time, power to them.

[Sen-si]

guitarsftw wrote:

Wow, you don't see sports fans getting into a pissy verbal brawl every time a new sports video game comes out.

Yes; but seeing as there has been and will continue to be a successive stream of new and talented athletes there will never be rock/metal bands like there were 10-40 years ago.

Most of the greats are either 6ft under from self inflicted gunshot wounds, drug overdose's, plane crash's, or just became born again christians.

[lopezmetalmunky]

I'm what we call a fence sitter in this whole conversation:
Pros of putting Kurt in:
A. Kids that weren't aware of Kurt's influence on the grunge era will become more aware of it.
B. Guitar Hero markets towards Nirvana fans again after skipping over them for two or three games.
C. Kind of flattering for a guy that really wasn't in it for the fame or anything.

Cons:
A. It gets people like people on UG all fired up.
B. Courtney gets drug money.
C. Grunge revival????

Okay, so those are the main faults I see here and main gains. Here's the thing though, I think that they're trying to honor Kurt as best they could. I mean...technically, we've all been cashing in on dead icons for a while now. I've been on many a boardwalk and store that has Michael Jackson t-shirts in the windows when we treated him like crap when he was alive. Nirvana shirts sell well in Wal*Mart as does Hendrix merchandise. We all buy things from dead people. Let's face it.
As for whether or not Cobain would have liked to see him in a video game, is to be seen because the guy can't exactly speak his mind now. So, really, no one can say whether or not he would've liked this.
As for myself and my opinion, I think kids can benefit from knowing of Cobain in rock history. For one, I don't really know Garbage or Muse all that well, so it does seem a little appealing to be able to maybe play them in the game.
As for the Alice in Chains argument...I think I would have really enjoyed Layne as a video game character...although I'm sure you guys would ruin that too. Alright. Field day, recommence.

[Sen-si]

paintballcrazy7 wrote:

they didnt find any finger prints on the gun.

And this old debate this just nonsence. If there were no finger prints on the murder weapon this forensics would delare foul play and a murder investigation would be open.
Man is depressed, lives in a 'right to bear arms' country', and pops one out the back of his head.

Even if i had kurts record contract and a nice amount in my bank it STILL wouldnt solve any of my real problems, i think kurt would have known that.

[lopezmetalmunky]

Sen-si wrote:

guitarsftw wrote:

Wow, you don't see sports fans getting into a pissy verbal brawl every time a new sports video game comes out.

Yes; but seeing as there has been and will continue to be a successive stream of new and talented athletes there will never be rock/metal bands like there were 10-40 years ago.

Most of the greats are either 6ft under from self inflicted gunshot wounds, drug overdose's, plane crash's, or just became born again christians.

Well...while that is true, I've played quite a few baseball games with the "Cooperstown Legends" where it came out with like...Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig on the field. Both died. I played the crap out of that team.

[prankster4life2]

THIS IS A FUCKING OUTRAGE!!! Kurt's image should be used in a postive way, not in this mainstream GH bullshit. Will anybody ever learn? This is why he killed himself! This game or at least his character should be boycotted!

[lopezmetalmunky]

prankster4life2 wrote:

THIS IS A FUCKING OUTRAGE!!! Kurt's image should be used in a postive way, not in this mainstream GH bullshit. Will anybody ever learn? This is why he killed himself! This game or at least his character should be boycotted!

...Nirvana tee shirts for sale just about everywhere. Positive image. Guitar Hero game character is a positive image for one. It's not like he's coming back as a zombie or anything in the game or he kills himself at the end of the show. And it's NOT why he killed himself.

Get your facts straight and present your case with as minimal swearing as possible so that way intellegent readers will back you up, otherwise, you just sound bad.

[puppetmaster93]

Wow Guitar Hero officially sucks now more than it ever did.

Instead of actually putting songs that would challenge you or be fun, they just put up a bunch of easy hits. The setlist is so gay.

And Guitar Hero couldn't get a better guitarist on the game than Kurt Cobain? If you're gonna include a dead guitarist then put Randy Rhoads in there for crying out loud. This is just sad.

[lopezmetalmunky]

puppetmaster93 wrote:

Wow Guitar Hero officially sucks now more than it ever did.

Instead of actually putting songs that would challenge you or be fun, they just put up a bunch of easy hits. The setlist is so gay.

And Guitar Hero couldn't get a better guitarist on the game than Kurt Cobain? If you're gonna include a dead guitarist then put Randy Rhoads in there for crying out loud. This is just sad.

Yeah...frankly, I was more dissapointed with the setlist than the characters. I was confused as to how any of them were hard.

And Randy Rhoads would be amazing in a game like this. But see, they've already exhausted their song supply box b/c of all the games they made just for one band (Aerosmith, Metallica, Van Halen. Rock Band has AC/DC and The Beatles) and now they've completely anhilated their ammunition for game selling. Oh well. I'll pick up my real guitar.

[HammettFTW]

Lemoninfluence m wrote:
you say that as if trying to sell the game and make money was a heinous motivation.

so true. you dont have a go at an accountant or bricklayer for trying to make some money.

also, chances are the game developers love their jobs (regardless of money) and the game that they make, the guy in the article sounded like he liked cobain a great deal.

[HammettFTW]

tommyandstuff wrote:

does anyone on ug even care about gh? just wondering

dude, this is probably the most comments i've ever seen on a news article on UG before, so obviously they do. whether its positiely or negatively is a different matter.

no doubt peeps have some strong opinions about such a contreversial game

[Lots O' FX]

I love all these people talking about how Kurt was anti commercial when he was on ****ing MTV. And he was happy with it untill people thought he was selling out than he tried to pretend he couldn't handle the fame and wanted out. It's a video game, get over it.

[ProgIsGood]

wow. i hope when i die they put me in a shitty videogame too.

[Aerokizzombie]

Let It Be0o0 wrote:

This is so wrong...they even made cobain look clean O_O

this, I dont kind guitar hero and rockband (just people who think playing it makes them musicians), but
1)**** courtney love, she shouldnt have any right over kurt
and
2)puting nirvanas music into said games prettymuch obsoletes the message of nirvanas music, especially putting kurt in there

[Beerad1337]

All right, 3 days is long enough.

reel nooz plz

[zink10192]

fml, first a-punk on this shitty game, now this? guitar hero has officially sold out...

[yeafunty]

Shaunfromtheuk wrote:

Are the other people in the clip ment to be the actual members of the band because if they are they are a shit representation and kurts character isn't brilliant. as cool as it is to include kurt i must agree that kurt would never have wanted it

i dun tink so. one of the members is dressed just like kurt in the teen spirit video.

no surprises to how the drummer looks so unlike dave grohl

[K!!LsWiTcH]

AEnima18 wrote:

It seems wrong to use the image of a guy who hated commercialism so much that it was one of the things that lead to his death. (If you believe it was suicide, like I do.)

if he hated commercialism so much then y did he have the rape me lyrics changed to waif me so his album could be sold in wal-mart

[placebic]

l33TgUiT@rd00d wrote:

They're also making a "Shotgun" as playable guitar too. How cool.

Sure the mod scene already have a syringe in the works that is used to tune the 6 string shotty, as well.

eliterun wrote:

FACT: Kurt Cobain was anti-commercial, or at least had a very strong posture in that direction. The entire freaking grunge movement was that way.

FACT: this is a commercial video game.

something tells me that he wouldn't like it.

Thank you, thank you, and thank you. As if selling off his personal journal writings wasn't a kick in the [yep] face for and to him, as well. Thanks again, Court'.

edgeyyz wrote:

Milking the franchise. They really need to space out their releases so people aren't overwhelmed, and they need to have much more DLC so people don't need to go buy a game once or twice a year. I think the guitar hero characters are cool, but not necessary in the least.

"But what if I can't afford teh innanetz!!11?/"
That, and let's face it - microsoft's all about buying up the opportunity to do so, leaving the PS3 out the picture. A major portion of the crowd would be at a loss, and when you're out for money, who wants that? Oh wait, back to that vicious cycle that calls Microshaft's name.

MLilienthal wrote:

I can literally hear him spinning in his grave

And you know what that sounds like?
*untunes a guitar, strumms the [yep] out of it.*
NIRVANA

]

Linkerman wrote:

Someday we'll start having GH tutorials and FAQs instead of tabs here in UG... LOL

Testify, brotha. And people still wonder why we get a little upset over this sort of thing. Kind of like how when a DJ dies, everybody has to know about it *cough* myspace. *cough*

seriously, it can be lame, yanno? But aye, in the end, its all in good fun; Just like Kurt bashing LOL.

Creep_C-1 wrote:

i guess anyone can be a guitar hero for playing power chords

What'd you say, you wanna hear some green day? Oh, ok. *picks up his guitar again...*

also, you know what'd be a bit more marketable? A GH: Grunge\ Pure 90's spin-off of the game - why not? They did an 80's one... You know that'd gather a nice crowd around the TV... Worked then.

In the end, this is, to me, another step forward in the right direction. Remember what killed off Glam Metal? And am I the only one here that's beginning to notice a bit of an emo glam about the current scene, right now?

Lastly, Kurt was acually pretty smart; minipulative, to say the least. CHEERS TO THE MAN IN BLACK BEING ON GH5!!!

So uhm, when's GG Allin getting his GH debut?

"I just think it's more important that kids learn how to actually play the guitar," Prince said.

[chippy_666]

this is front page why?

[Paydro91]

Face it. GH is big and a lot of people like it whether you ppl don't. I used to play it but quit because I got out of the video game stage of my life.

[Wiggz]

does anybody really read these?

[In Vein]

I think its a little funny how Love will allow Cobain to be in a video game, but still won't release tons and tons of rare Nirvana recordings, demos, and the like...

[kramer242]

Well Courtney must be out of drug money. I know Kurt Cobain was not much for commercialism. At the same time he was for making good music and getting it out there for people to here. I personally think he would agree to this to get his music to people who may not have heard it. At the same time, I think he would feel guilty for selling out to a company that was going to make a ton of money from this game. Then again, if he were still alive, and Nirvana was by some miracle together, a lot more people would know who they are, so he would possibly tell them to shove it.

[KingGohma]

why would you play guitar hero when rock band is readily available.

[BonezShaker]

ibanezfreak42 wrote:

i think everyones overreacting its not a big deal.
its just a video game

yeah, Kurt's gonna be like " oh cool, i'm in a video game"

[livewire76]

No-one can say for sure that Kurt wouldn't sign up for this. I mean the guy was married to "Courtney Love('s to spend)" and even with additional record sales he'd probably need a part-time job.

[prsrulz91]

HammettFTW wrote:

tommyandstuff wrote:

does anyone on ug even care about gh? just wondering
dude, this is probably the most comments i've ever seen on a news article on UG before, so obviously they do. whether its positiely or negatively is a different matter.

no doubt peeps have some strong opinions about such a contreversial game

positive or negative, its still attention

[goskayourself]

you all talk is if you knew kurt personally hahaha come on dont say what kurt would have thought

[ZeGuitarist]

Checked.

[GEARS_OF_DETH]

way to ***** out the the cobain estate...i bet kurt is clawing on his coffin to get out right now and take what is rightflly his

[greggybhoy]

"Kurt Cobain not much for commercialism".

Give me a break. I could write more but I won't.

[henkka_potku]

Cobain sucked. He couldn't play guitar well at all and his riffs are the worst ones I've heard.

[kramer242]

henkka_potku wrote:

Cobain sucked. He couldn't play guitar well at all and his riffs are the worst ones I've heard.

wasnt great, thats agreed. his riffs sucked, that is why he was where he was and your here bitchin with everyone on ug

[Sassafrasquatch]

visiofx wrote:

at least nirvana's music is being introduced to the younger generation who listen to the Jonas brothers..make them realize that this generation suckss soo bad.

shit yes. spot on.

[henkka_potku]

kramer242 wrote:

henkka_potku wrote:

Cobain sucked. He couldn't play guitar well at all and his riffs are the worst ones I've heard.
wasnt great, thats agreed. his riffs sucked, that is why he was where he was and your here bitchin with everyone on ug

I'm not bitching, I just hate the fact they put songs that are boring to play on guitar hero... well GH has gone way down after III, too easy nowadays.

[Idiot_Son]

edgeyyz wrote:

Milking the franchise. They really need to space out their releases so people aren't overwhelmed, and they need to have much more DLC so people don't need to go buy a game once or twice a year. I think the guitar hero characters are cool, but not necessary in the least.

this i agree with. by the time you get the latest game home, three more have been announced, with one of them hitting stores that day...

[Idiot_Son]

all you idiots bitching about GH and RB may as well be saying the same thing about radio and cds. the only difference here is interactivity. its a fun game, and most people play it for fun. the only problem is you elitist ****s thinking you get to dictate to everyone whats cool. **** off back to your parents basement. losers.

[PlayFreebirdNow]

Idiot_Son wrote:

all you idiots bitching about GH and RB may as well be saying the same thing about radio and cds. the only difference here is interactivity. its a fun game, and most people play it for fun. the only problem is you elitist ****s thinking you get to dictate to everyone whats cool. **** off back to your parents basement. losers.

Thank you for this excellent post. All this GH or RB hate is stupid. It's another way to discover new music.

[Lemoninfluence]

checked again.

[kud666]

Blind Messiah wrote:

I love Kurt's music, I think he was a creative genius, but I myself am a WAY better guitar player on a technical scale. You guys can say what you will about how Kurt's a shitty guitar player or a junkie, but that's not the issue. He truly wasn't a sell-out. The disgusting commercialism and trivialization of this music was something he couldn't live with. If he were a sell-out, then how come he never sold his songs to a commercial? Why did he hate being called a rock star or a guitar hero? It's ****ing stupid how all you haters act like YOU know him enough to hate him, and yet criticize fans for knowing a lot about him. You seem to forget that he's not an icon, he's a human being who lived and died, and who's legacy is being raped by money mongering corporations and his wife. As soon as the rights were sold back to his label, there was a show on TV that had a commercial that said, "featuring music by Nirvana," and suddenly it's okay to publish his private journals, and guitar hero is currently digging their fingers deeper and deeper into his legacy. Kurt Cobain is dead, and his family is taken care of for as long as they live, he obviously doesn't need GH, they need him. They're making his music just trivial meaningless video game crap like he would have hated, just because it makes them a little more rich than yesterday, and that disgusts me.

mate that is the best response to every anti nirvana/kurt comment on here, well said

[WibbleWobble]

KenjiBeast wrote:

Why doesn't anybody understand that under all the emo-grunge posturing, Kurt was every bit as much of a sell-out as any of the other? Nirvana was classic corporate rock, and Cobain laughed all the way to the bank on the wallets of kids that fell for it.

LOL man how true. Nirvana = hairspray grunge

[MatasTeen]

I dont see how he wouldnt agree to this. Its not a very comercial game... It has songs from the 70's.. Thats not very comercial.. This game shows people music outside the television.. I think Kurt would like this game and I dont see how he would have "Hated" this...

[DamageInc713]

Second, Nirvana didn't write a song that I couldn't figure out in 5 minutes by ear. Kurt Cobain was a shit guitarist. All of there songs were based off powerchords. Hmm, sounds like Green Day. Nirvana and Green Day are on the same "musical talent" level.

Both shit bands.

[iwannabesedated]

Everyone here is all pissed off about this. No one likes it, blah blah blah, yet all of you who actually buy GH5 will be playing as him, because Cobain is in it.

[MatasTeen]

And dont you all wanna play these songs on GH 5 and play as kurt cobain?

[TheDissident]

WibbleWobble wrote:

KenjiBeast wrote:

Why doesn't anybody understand that under all the emo-grunge posturing, Kurt was every bit as much of a sell-out as any of the other? Nirvana was classic corporate rock, and Cobain laughed all the way to the bank on the wallets of kids that fell for it.

LOL man how true. Nirvana = hairspray grunge

Yeah, the lack of the seventh zero on his new paycheck warranted ths shot gun correct? In all honesty, I think he wasn't into the money or the fame it brought. However, I also believe that had he survived, he would have matured, grown up, and realized that commercial success isn't an awful thing, and this game appearance might still have ahppened.

[Macabre Lullaby]

I think the lesson to be learned here is to just play Rock Band.

[ma_tt11]

visiofx wrote:

they should consider doing Guitar Hero: Dead Guitar Heroes.

Now that would be better --> so many they could choose from

[mitchgosche2011]

If Kurt was alive, he wouldn't even have to approve of this. They wouldn't put him in it. Let's face it, he became a "Guitar Hero" after he died...

[RicPracticeBot]

I don't understand what the fuss is all about. Guitar Hero is all about getting a few mates round, cracking open a few drinks and having a laugh. If people want to play as Kurt Cobain, what's wrong with that? For all those who were saying that Kurt would disagree to being on the game because it's commercialised, no one can make that claim cause we'd never know. Just some food for thought, Tom Morello agreed to be on GH3 and we all know Rage Against the Machine's views on capitalism. If you think that it's offensive or disrespectful that Kurt is in the game, then the solution is simple - Don't spend your money on it.

[PaulGilbrtIsGod]

wow. he is probably the most overrated guitarist of all time. i hate how guitar hero goes for a more pop rock play list. the need some actual good guitarist in the game. they should throw in some paul gilbert, angra, anything thats good really.

[sucubus]

this is an insult to everything Cobain stood for

[2ndsons]

Look at all the fanboys who think they know a dead guy. I'll admit guitar hero has gone a little overboard with the amount of games. Im sure there r 2 possible outcomes if he was alive. 1. hed freak. 2. Hed laugh his ass off.

[VanTheKraut]

Theyve basically taken their greatest enemy and used him to make them even more money. Thats Checkmate folks. We lose, giant corporation wins.

[bladesx]

Kurt Cobain is in GH V yet they couldn't put Cliff or Jason in GH:Metallica..

[EvilAngel93]

Nightraven, I found out about this stuff because I looked into what influenced the modern stuff I liked. And as I got into grunge, I gradually stopped liking alot of the modern music, with a few exceptions, like Seether, Chevelle, Breaking Benjamin, and a few others. Though, what you said does bring up a good point: I was one of the few not to be hit by Guitar Hero and it getting me into the bands on the game.
You're right, music's always been commercialised. Hell, look at the 80's....all the glam metal bands.
I think Jerry Cantrell needs to be in there. No, they need to have a GH: Alice in Chains. Even though I don't like GH, that'd be the only one I'd like.

[vanhailin]

this game was cool at first now it blows ass...

[cocky_rooster]

let him rest in peace

[Pageandhammet12]

Wow you people always have something to cry about....

[ghoztofcasper]

If anyone here ever read the book 'Heavier Than Heaven' they would know that Cobain did enjoy the limelight. He mainly struggled with handling the success of Nirvana because it was so sudden and so huge. He was a perfectionist in some regards as well, which probably made it more stressful for him.

[bucketheadbukut]

WTF??? johnny cash? they just ruined everything for me...the dude was my idol...now i hate guitar hero...they need to stop puttin dead ppl on here...hendrix, cobain, cash...

[fieryfenderz]

Do you guys honestly expect that 15 years later Kurt wouldve been the same world-hating guy? I know 15 years ago this wouldve been totally anti-Kurt Cobain. But i just feel like he wouldve evolved as a person since then.

Its just a video game. You cant stop it. just live with it.

[FearOfTheDuck]

Milking the sacred cow

[Force Reaver]

WibbleWobble wrote:

KenjiBeast wrote:

Why doesn't anybody understand that under all the emo-grunge posturing, Kurt was every bit as much of a sell-out as any of the other? Nirvana was classic corporate rock, and Cobain laughed all the way to the bank on the wallets of kids that fell for it.

LOL man how true. Nirvana = hairspray grunge

How the **** is Nirvana any bit corporate rock or sellouts? The entire point of Nirvana was to **** the corporate system by making really nasty music. There is no skill to their music at all and just a bunch of angry sloppy guitar chords. This however is what Nirvana was all about. The fact that people actually picked up on their music and the fact that they grew to super stardom over the 90's is really the most ironic thing of all. Kurt made music history by selling crappy/angry/shitty/ music to the masses. With that being said I followed the masses footsteps and bought every album that came out.

[priest20201]

bladesx wrote:

Kurt Cobain is in GH V yet they couldn't put Cliff or Jason in GH:Metallica..

+10

[BlkBerry]

AEnima18 wrote:

It seems wrong to use the image of a guy who hated commercialism so much that it was one of the things that lead to his death. (If you believe it was suicide, like I do.)

I agree 100%

[powerhead]

oooooh the irony

[Rocker Extreme]

Hello UG! I'm just posting to tell you that I'm done. I'm done with these Guitar Hero articles that people can't keep they're mouths shut on. I'm done with the people who say, "Cobain would be disgusted." like they were good friends with the guy. I'm done with the people who say that Guitar Hero sucks even though every time theres a GH article on here they are always the first to post. I'm just flat out done.

[shrugs1434]

Imagine if Kurt were still alive, this would have never happened.

[SGofawesome]

Sami Philadelph wrote:

How would he hate this?

Kurt was the biggest sellout of our century,get real,stop romanticizing his life,the guy was a sell out,and had no problem telling anyone he was.

Its YOU people who've made him this underground martyr,get a taste of reality please.

Its fine hes in this game,its A GAME.

[SGofawesome]

SO CORRECT!
If he's in a game, nobody should really care about this so much. If you were offered that much money, you too would do it.

It's funny how nobody is complaining about Jimi or Johnny, they are also D-E-A-D!

[SGofawesome]

slashrock94 wrote:

metallicafan52 wrote:

i heard that if you become too famous on the game the kurt cobain character kills himself

I thought that his wife kills him and sells his soul.

yea that sounds right slash

[dandaman2207]

In my opinion its a game its not a big deal. Although Kurt wouldn't have agreed to this and as a sign of respect we should be doing this. Cobain would have hated the idea of Commercialism. He felt it was making a corporation that dehumanizes people and makes money at any cost he didn't want to do that. Force Reaver Nirvana music is pretty easy but it took some level of skill to play it as good as Nirvana did. SGofAwsome in what way did Kurt sellout? He made 1 heavy album,1 Poppy Album,1 Experimental Album,and 1 album that most of his critics said was unlistenable. Kurt did music for himself 1st then people. In What way is that selling out?

[dandaman2207]

I don't know though maybe if he were still here he would agree to it. Maybe he would have realized that not all big corporations are like that.

[iwannabesedated]

Macabre Lullaby wrote:

I think the lesson to be learned here is to just play Rock Band.

Yeah. You can always just create your own Kurt Cobain there too!

[dandaman2207]

In my opinion Commercialism does dehumanize and treat people as a commodity to be sold to but even if it does it is still giving the people what they want. Then again though the person the money is being made off of is usually the one suffering do to being told what they can and can't do. So in a way it is good and a way it is bad.

[DeathAndMyDecay]

Paydro91 wrote:

Face it. GH is big and a lot of people like it whether you ppl don't. I used to play it but quit because I got out of the video game stage of my life.

Which was like yesterday?

Anyways...this shit has been top story for 4 days...that's ridiculus! Did I miss it or has UG even posted any news about how Zakk Wylde is doing? The dude is/was sick with blood clots in his lungs or whatever...that sounds more like a top story than that faggot Kurt Cobain appearing in a Guitar Hero video game. What if today's technology were around back in the early 90's? Mr.Cobain himself would have been sucking dick to appear in this videogame...too bad it took him as long as it did to pull the trigger.

R.I.H(Rot In Hell) Kurt Cobain

[FooFighter1927]

WWWWHHHHHYYYYY!?!?!

[metallicafan52]

slashrock94 wrote:

metallicafan52 wrote:

i heard that if you become too famous on the game the kurt cobain character kills himself

I thought that his wife kills him and sells his soul.

that can be part of the game too, it's your choice

[dial-a-death]

1) Yes Cobain wouldn't have liked this
2) There's nothing we can do about it
3) Those Nirvana songs will be boring to play- 1st or second set max.
4) Cobain WAS a good guitarist, he just never let it show. Listen to the Heartbreaker cover on Sliver/ WTLO, he does the solo fairly well.
5) Guitar Hero has gone downhill since #2.
6) We don't need news about it to this detail. Set list and release will be fine thanks.
7) To those who said he nearly killed metal- Nirvana actually got me into metal. I listened to absolute crap, heard some Nirvana, liked their heavier stuff and wanted even heavier harder music so got into metal. It's a good route, as anyone would stop if they heard other "rock bands" like FOB, MCR etc.

[flaphead325]

First he died

Second he's face is used in guitar hero

Poor guy

[Shabalaba]

It's a game

Grow up 90% of UG, if you can't distinguish this to be a game you really need to wake up. There are far worse things going on in the world than your 'hero' being commercialised.

Get off your computer and get out into the real world

[b-allstar21]

He's in the game. Whoop Dee Doo. I could have gone without him in the game and not cared. but hey at least nirvana is getting some spotlight shed to the kids who don't know who they are. I personally am hyped for Matt Bellamy. Go Muse!

[b-allstar21]

Shabalaba wrote:

It's a game

Grow up 90% of UG, if you can't distinguish this to be a game you really need to wake up. There are far worse things going on in the world than your 'hero' being commercialised.

Get off your computer and get out into the real world

Game. Set. Match

[Confetti]

visiofx wrote:

so what...its just a video game....at least nirvana's music is being introduced to the younger generation who listen to the Jonas brothers..make them realize that this generation suckss soo bad.

i would be freaking suppriced if even if the yongest generation wouldn't know anything about Nirvana. If you are trying to imply that they dont listen to good music because MTV plays shit? Come on and go wank to your record collection.

[iwannabesedated]

I think it's sad Kurt Cobain being a playable character in a video game is getting more attention than real music news.

[wildwildwes594]

Now Kurt is going to be remembered for this commercial sh*t by millions. Such a sad day for music and Kurt's legacy. The disrespect disgusts me.

[1201ZJ]

I don't think Kurt would want this...

[eddiebritton]

Could be a laugh..

[welcomehomeyou]

OK, gonna get some haters here but Personal Opinion lol. I love when Ultimate Guitar put up a story about Guitar Hero, just to see people get all revved up about something they've never played and wanna bag, people people its just a game, no-one is forcing you to play it, whatever effect you think its having on other folks whether good or bad, it doesnt affect the running of your life. Also by saying little punks who think they can play guitar by playing guitar hero is so ironic. You are on a Guitar Tab, "TAB"!!! Website, meaning you are doing the same thing, you cant read music so you use tab which is a series of numbers to play your favourite song, only difference with guitar hero is the numbers are colours. Yes playing a real guitar is way better and much more fun and would not recommend somebody boasting they can play Mr Crowley by Ozzy Osbourne, cause you turn the console off and they got nothing But Anyone who solely relies on Guitar Tab to play the guitar is NOT a Guitarist or a Accomplished one, because you are really just cheating to play music by following a bunch of numbers. A Real guitarist knows what note the 3rd string on the 5th Fret is called, not oh to play the solo you gotta play string 4,3,2 on the 6th fret and 1,2,3 on the 5th fret for example. So before bagging the people who enjoy having a play on the Guitar Hero "VIDEO GAME". Have a look at yourself and see are you much different in saying i'm a guitarist who can play sweet home alabama but have no idea how the chord structures were done or how to create my own.Once again you would wipe the floor if someone said i can play Sweet home alabama on GH and you can play it on real guitar but the point being its a game.
If you want to excel as a guitarist or any musician, you gotta be able to read music and not just remember how to play it. This way you will get into more bands, you be able to create your own songs, learn how the top songs are made.There are ton of games in this style, What bout the people you see at the arcade playing Dance Dance Revoultion, would you go up to them and say Stop trying to be a Dancer Poser or a Call of Duty player and say, Pssh, think you can do head shots and own people and will excel in the army, No, because you know they just games.

As For Kurt appearing on the video, big Nirvana fan here, Smells like teen spirit first song i taught to my kid to play and yes kurt may have disagreed to this because of his views but never know, maybe he would've said yes, because he would've seen it as a cool you wanna put me in a video game, carry on the grunge scene or he would've been against it and said Hell No and i would've respected either way, who knows but my kid loved nirvana before guitar hero and now this will just get him more into the and all the other bands. Isnt that what we want for our kids, to appreciate the music we loved and not listen to the Garbage we have now days.

[flanders_91]

way to go courntey. you just sold out kurt cobain. bitch...

[PaulGilbrtIsGod]

guitar hero should release the shred game. Angra, Paul gilbert, Symphony X, Shawn Lane, etc. that would be cool.

[RFer]

Sacrilegio.

[Haveacigar]

nothin really wrong with this, nirvana will never go any further than they already have, so let this immortalize kurt, and let people with no real musical talent enjoy the experience.

[RAWR420]

NOOOO!!!
now kurt will rise from the dead and stop all the trucks from delivering this monstrosity.

oh but on a much more serious note it really pains me to see what guitar hero has done to kurt. he would never let this happen if he were here. but ****ing courtney love only wants money. i swear i will never know what he saw in her.

[RAWR420]

NOOOO!!
now kurt will rise from the dead and stop this monstrosity from being delivered.

but on a much more serious note. im a huge nirvana fan and it really pains me to see what guitar hero has done to kurt. he hated publicity (part of the reason he is no longer with us) and i know that if he was here today he would never agree to this. but ****ing courtney love only wants money i swear i will never know what he seen in her.

[Haunt3dAng3l]

iwannabesedated wrote:

I think it's sad Kurt Cobain being a playable character in a video game is getting more attention than real music news.

+1

[asfastasdark]

Another quick buck for the big corporations by exploiting a dead artist's legacy.

[Macabre Lullaby]

It's debates like this that make this a front page story. This thing's growing to epic proportions. Anyone else glance through and notice the part where gaming was compared to the Third Reich?

[kylen13]

Damn, i was kinda happy about this thing then i read the comments and thought no-one dead would want there name as something that makes people annoyed at the novaltie of a GAME Character. and maybe if u thought people thinking courtney love killed kurt people begain to dislike her and stopped buying there music and now she is probly near to no money to raise the child kurt left her with then she wouldnt need to do this kind of thing so grow up and stop being noobs, but hey what do i no i wasnt there..

[Six_One_Zipp]

Haha who in their right mind would want to play as Kurt Cobain anyway? I hate the guy to be completely honest. He committed suicide because he became "commercialized" (now Nirvana is almost as commercial as ever. Good job Kurt!). Good reason to kill yourself dontcha think? Kurt was selfish. Seriously, if he would have stopped acting like such a baby and actually EMBRACED his bands success and made some money he could have done some good in the world. He could have given all that money to a worthwhile cause or something of the matter. A lot of ya need to grow up and stop making this guy out to be a saint or a hero because he's not (he's actually an "an hero" if you think about it =P)... and who cares if Kurt would have wanted this or not?! The whole world doesn't revolve around Kurt Cobain last time I checked.

[markyyy]

Just wondering, did people make this big a deal outta Hendrix being put in? I never did get to see the outrage.

Personally, I'm alright with Guitar Hero. I'm learning to play guitar - been doing so for nearly a year now, and before I played a GH game. It's a fun game to play with your friends, or whatever. Just a get together or something. It's a video game, meant to be played by.. well, anyone. Some people will take it to a competitive level, while some will just play on their own time.

And as for the whole "learn to play a real instrument", some people actually don't have the time or patience (which is probably the bigger one, really. It's not like you can practice for a few months and be good..) to devote themselves to an instrument. And then there's the money. Dish out $200 for the whole band set.. or dish out $400 for a guitar?

Then there's the amp.. and accessories.. and keeping it in good condition. Some people aren't made of money, believe it or not. So enough with that.. or keep the argument all the same, and tell kids who play Call of Duty and all of that nonsense to go join the army. A little extreme, sure, but it's as stupid as the whole "go learn a real instrument" argument. It's just a game. Let it stay that way.

Like I said, I'm alright with it. It can introduce a younger audience to different, and oftentimes better, music than what they listen to. As for Kurt being put in, I'm not much of a Nirvana fan, but in all honesty, I don't know how against this he'd be.

You have to work for money and fame (unless you're just born with dumb luck). A band like Nirvana wouldn't have gotten so big if they didn't want to get there in the first place.

[Akilitosb]

common people guitar hero it's just a game for hanging and chilling out with friends, eventhough most of the game you just keep looking the things you have to play, not the character.

[mitchgosche2011]

good point akilitosb. no one even hardly sees the character in the background anyways so what's the fuss?

[Mr. Skull]

wow, i hate nirvana. i hate guitar hero. i hate kurt cobain. i'm okay with this happening.

[fernance]

hmmm...hmmmm it was better when guitar hero didnt put any acutal bands and if they would it would be a dicrase for them Guitar Hero dont be ****en making money by died people its not cool If you put bands in your game put people who are gods like jimmy page eric clapton eric jonhson jimmi hendrix bucket head paul gilbert and etc but really putting them on them game dont recommened it i think rock band is going better but the beatles rock band is complelte different from this

[Letotheblue]

Calm down guys...
This is just a game, it isn't guitar. I play both Guitar Hero and real guitar.
The 2nd is to make "true" music, with passion, the 1st is just to have fun with friends. Any gamers of GH will tell you the same, GH isn't playing guitar.

So don't worry, the kid who passed Master of Puppets at 99% don't think that he'll be the next Satriani.
G.A.M.E.

Peace.

[fernance]

oh yeah put great bands that have made history in the 60s 70s 80s 90s and the present

[1avatar328]

Im not upset about this, the guitar hero franchise, (even though i hate how friends of mine think they can actually play the instrument after exceeding the hard diffuculty) is a good music game along with Rockband. I think in the end it was an attempt to bring back Rock/Metals roots to a younger generation, and show how good the 60's 70's 80's and some of the 90's and even some of todays music actually is compared to that disney channel crap along with R&B hip hop and rap. They can truly expireince (in a sense) the amazing music that thier parents listened to without bitching that (they think) it sucks. they actually start to like the music that brought the world through tough wars and evetrthing else, they can expirience the ppl of woodstock with their greatest songs, Like Hendrix and many others, I Honestly this this game is bringing back Rock/Metal to what it used to be, the style and everthing is beginning to come back. So I honestly think that it is an honor to be featured in this "defibilator" of good music as it once was. Also, im 14 and this is on my perspective. So I think Guitar Hero and the other Music video games is bringing back Rock/Metal from what it used to be so it can be enjoyed to all ages again. and I know i said that a few times but i cannot to stress this enough, Kurt Cobain was an amazingly creative artist and deserves to be remembered in this video game. As well as some many other artists to come.

[fernance]

your right Letotheblue you made me open my eyes that its the same thing

[wka82]

wka82 wrote:

kellen.dobmeier wrote:

Also, everyone, Kurt knew what he was doing when they wrote 'Smells Like Teen Spirit." Don't fool yourselves into thinking he never wanted it to get big. Nirvana was never as good as AiC and Pearl Jam anyway.

Agreed! AiC and PJ much better> Hell i enjoy temple of the dog way more than Nirvana. Kurt was no guitar hero! He was a drug addict poser who couldnt cope with life. BooHoo I dont like success, then grill ****ing hamburgers! Good riddance

[blooddrunk]

this guitar hero crp has gone far enough

[Jehuty7620]

lol Kurt Cobain said he never liked Smells Like Teen Spirit, and he hated being a popstar.
But I bet 80% of the people that posted to complain own a Nirvana shirt, and a C.D., which is probably Nevermind. I know I do. But I'm pissed they won't ever put anything from Bleach on there. Because that wasn't a poppy album. So I'm not going to complain.
And I bet Cobain isn't complainig about it either.
Besides Nirvana fans know enough.
And the 13 year olds that can play Teen Spirit 100% on expert probably won't. Clarity.

[1avatar328]

Jehuty7620 wrote:

lol Kurt Cobain said he never liked Smells Like Teen Spirit, and he hated being a popstar.
But I bet 80% of the people that posted to complain own a Nirvana shirt, and a C.D., which is probably Nevermind. I know I do. But I'm pissed they won't ever put anything from Bleach on there. Because that wasn't a poppy album. So I'm not going to complain.
And I bet Cobain isn't complainig about it either.
Besides Nirvana fans know enough.
And the 13 year olds that can play Teen Spirit 100% on expert probably won't. Clarity.

Heart Shaped Box is on there, thats on Bleach on Rockband they also have In Bloom

[dehydration]

No matter if he'd agree or anything, there is a good part of this: the kids who listen to lousy music can get introduced to true music.

[ironwolg]

he wasn't that good, why is he a guitar hero? why not make John Petrucci or Steve Vai or Joe Satriani playable characters? they're the REAL guitar heros

[pwninator123]

1avatar328 wrote:

Jehuty7620 wrote:

lol Kurt Cobain said he never liked Smells Like Teen Spirit, and he hated being a popstar.
But I bet 80% of the people that posted to complain own a Nirvana shirt, and a C.D., which is probably Nevermind. I know I do. But I'm pissed they won't ever put anything from Bleach on there. Because that wasn't a poppy album. So I'm not going to complain.
And I bet Cobain isn't complainig about it either.
Besides Nirvana fans know enough.
And the 13 year olds that can play Teen Spirit 100% on expert probably won't. Clarity.

Heart Shaped Box is on there, thats on Bleach on Rockband they also have In Bloom

Heart Shaped Box was on In Utero...

[Metallica Meat]

And, if this is just a game, why is it New's worthy?

Where the hell is Grohl and Novoselic? -_-

[brendon811]

Although Nirvana is far from my famous band, its a pity that anyone would defile his memory like this. Wasn't that the point of his suicide? Having his songs on guitar hero was bad taste, but putting his image as a playable character? Thats pretty bad karma. Artists like Jimi Hendrix probably wouldn't give a damn, but knowing Kurt Cobain's tendencies he would be in a freakin' rage. I am never buying guitar hero game because this is pretty low.(although i never bought one to begin with)

[^Slash^]

This is dumb as hell. you guys are arguing about a virtual game. How do any of you know if Kurt would NOW A DAYS not do this. If he hadn't passed, maybe he would have gotten HUGE, look how popular his music is now. Not that underground eh? I hear his songs on the radio now. Most bands dont intend to get famous but we LOVE using Kurt as a stereo type just because what he belived and how early he died. Lots of bands start out saying **** mainstream and their message just gets heard... look at Metallica.. Guns N' Roses, Motley Crue. None of those ****ing bands started out wanting to get HUGE, no one would ****ing sign them. But NO one knows what would of happened with Kurt. This whole arguement is stupid.. It's a video game... get over yourselves...

[jhp543]

brendon811 wrote:

Although Nirvana is far from my famous band, its a pity that anyone would defile his memory like this. Wasn't that the point of his suicide? Having his songs on guitar hero was bad taste, but putting his image as a playable character? Thats pretty bad karma. Artists like Jimi Hendrix probably wouldn't give a damn, but knowing Kurt Cobain's tendencies he would be in a freakin' rage. I am never buying guitar hero game because this is pretty low.(although i never bought one to begin with)

lol i doubt he killed himself because of Guitar hero 5
but seriously these in game "guitar god" appearances are just annoying in GH

[Bassboi904]

Heh. If all of you guys think putting Kurt in the game is bad....imagine the reaction on here if they put Les Paul in it. Scary.

[whitenihilist]

sk8nalmost1394 wrote:

I refuse to have anything to do with this game just because of the lack of respect they're showing for the actual musician behind what's making them billions of dollars.

This, this is bull, He is rolling around in his grave.And I love GH

Bassboi904 wrote:

Heh. If all of you guys think putting Kurt in the game is bad....imagine the reaction on here if they put Les Paul in it. Scary.

Please oh please do not give them any ideas.

^Slash^ wrote:

This is dumb as hell. you guys are arguing about a virtual game. How do any of you know if Kurt would NOW A DAYS not do this. If he hadn't passed, maybe he would have gotten HUGE, look how popular his music is now. Not that underground eh? I hear his songs on the radio now. Most bands dont intend to get famous but we LOVE using Kurt as a stereo type just because what he belived and how early he died. Lots of bands start out saying **** mainstream and their message just gets heard... look at Metallica.. Guns N' Roses, Motley Crue. None of those ****ing bands started out wanting to get HUGE, no one would ****ing sign them. But NO one knows what would of happened with Kurt. This whole arguement is stupid.. It's a video game... get over yourselves...

Nirvana was famous when he was alive dumbass. He was against this blatent exploitation by the people who's only concern in life is greed.

[Shaharz]

lol, fail

[deprivedwriter]

If Kurt were alive today, he would be 42. He may or may not have been making music at this point or he would be either huge or "underground" (but what's underground now-a-days? not mainstream? I mean the internet hasn't destroyed underground but brought it to a new light).

Either way, I have a feeling that Kurt would have liked this. Not to say he was all about commercialism, but he'd be able to market his music differently and his views on commercialism would have probably changed a lot from 14-15 years ago. Realize that he was in his mid 20s when he was in Nirvana and died when he was 27. Most artists at that age don't like commercialism, but as they grow older they adjust their thinking on it and learn to market their music with commercialism.

[^Slash^]

Nirvana was famous when he was alive dumbass. He was against this blatent exploitation by the people who's only concern in life is greed.

Other bands have dealt with it before. I never said that they weren't famous. I'm just saying that since his death the band has gotten bigger. As with any rock star (ie. Elvis, Hendrix, etc). But what my main point was is that who cares? It's a video game... Sure it's a way to sell to the Nirvana fans, and let the music be heard. He could have stayed alive and gotten he rights to his music, and let no one have the songs if he hated commercailism that much. Other bands have done it.

[sweet_requiem]

Regardless of what ever rights or intentions of Kurts have been infringed, I really don't see how this is news.

[smittyanthrax]

why does this grind so many peoples gears?

[welcomehomeyou]

Wow out of all the people that have appeared on Guitar Hero, Its Kurt Cobain that has divided the people, never thought there be this much controversy.

[spug2guitarist]

Linkerman wrote:

Someday we'll start having GH tutorials and FAQs instead of tabs here in UG... LOL

Don't give them ideas!

[<3 Herman <3]

Everyday I thank science that Kurt Cobain wasn't able to make more music...this is just oh sooooo lulzareffic to me, I'm definitely picking up the game now.

[jsurf06]

haha wow he'd be pissed

[ThatWouldBeJon]

Right-Wing Dick wrote:

ThatWouldBeJon wrote:

why is it that in the video on the link at the bottom the gameplay of nirvanna shows a 4 person band when nirvanna was only 3 am i missing something?

Yes, you're missing that Pat Smear was a member of the touring band
for the "In Utero" shows, which included "Unplugged in New York".

ohh yeah i had totally forgot there was a fourth in the nirvana bunch

[nightraven]

VanTheKraut wrote:

Theyve basically taken their greatest enemy and used him to make them even more money. Thats Checkmate folks. We lose, giant corporation wins.

if big money making businesses were nirvana's greatest enemy, why would nirvana work with them to release half a dozen albums and become #1 hits in the world? more importantly - how on earth do YOU lose? wouldn't be surprised if cobain was more offended by the way you're all treating him than him being featured in a popular game. sadly you guys have no clue about him. you lot seem to hate the whole 'corporations' thing but damn, you'd be so delighted if your band were featured in this game.

checked

[wouldnt..!]

this is very, very disrespectful to kurt

[zapatista89]

disrespectful and a cheap marketing trick. he would have hated it, completely.

[misfit_lover]

JoelTheShredder wrote:

this is discusting

this is very, very disrespectful to kurt[/quote]

zapatista89 wrote:

disrespectful and a cheap marketing trick. he would have hated it, completely.

totally agree with you, guys.

[SpiritThief]

The game itself is sickening. Fisher price guitars wtf.....

I really wish they would keep this crap off this site. If you want to post about games, at least post about REAL games. Not something that is only helping to further push the tend of one finger players.

[IAMREALLYCOOL]

they could of chose better Nirvana songs. atleast theyre using a live version of lithium as they are better live

[lopezmetalmunky]

Force Reaver wrote:

WibbleWobble wrote:

KenjiBeast wrote:

Why doesn't anybody understand that under all the emo-grunge posturing, Kurt was every bit as much of a sell-out as any of the other? Nirvana was classic corporate rock, and Cobain laughed all the way to the bank on the wallets of kids that fell for it.

LOL man how true. Nirvana = hairspray grunge

How the **** is Nirvana any bit corporate rock or sellouts? The entire point of Nirvana was to **** the corporate system by making really nasty music. There is no skill to their music at all and just a bunch of angry sloppy guitar chords. This however is what Nirvana was all about. The fact that people actually picked up on their music and the fact that they grew to super stardom over the 90's is really the most ironic thing of all. Kurt made music history by selling crappy/angry/shitty/ music to the masses. With that being said I followed the masses footsteps and bought every album that came out.

I really don't get your point. They had no musicianship or any of that stuff, but people still loved them because that was where we were as a culture. What you have to understand is that they were a part of the corporate machine:
They signed a contract.
They had a record deal.
They sold shirts, were on magazine etc.

So, if you're going to sit here and tell me that Cobain/Nirvana were "anti-corporate" you best go burn your Nirvana tee so that way I can't destroy your argument.

And that goes for the rest of you people on here that are saying he was anti-corporation. You know he was pro-corporation, so knock it off.

[MGB2]

SpiritThief wrote:

The game itself is sickening. Fisher price guitars wtf.....

I really wish they would keep this crap off this site. If you want to post about games, at least post about REAL games. Not something that is only helping to further push the tend of one finger players.

I 100% agree with this statement.

[SlipknotRule93]

Boo. Sell out prick. Never saw why Nirvana were that good anyway.

[Sleaze Disease]

Meh, who cares if they put hack guitar players in the game--all the Rock Band/Guitar Hero games are exactly the same, so there's no point in buying every single one that comes out.

[courtney_lover]

You all make me sick! I love courtney love! If anything she made kurt cobain and nirvana what it was!
Without her kurt would have been a nobody fag! And i way super love the rock band/GH games they are all amazing and all of you need to shut up and take lessons from these game to see what a real musician is!I would way rather loved nick or kevin jonas as a playable character than sorry ass nobody kurt cobain!
nirvana nirvana nirvana nirvana nirvana nirvana dead kurt cobain can rot cry more you little talentless idiots.

[Dusky]

I Think He Dont Want this.
He dont like the media

[hak_hap]

novoselic and grohl are ashamed of this use of cobain...
nuff said...