Music game controversy: now with Cobain!

[trashcanman]

www.spinner.com/2009/09/10/courtney-love-plans-to-sue-activision-over-cobains-guitar-hero/


Okay, so Queen Retard signs over her late husband's music and image to be used in a new Guitar Hero game, as peace with the fact that she will be hearing the sound of her dead husband spinning in his grave in her dreams for the rest of her life. Fine. But then a hilarious video of Cobain's avatar rocking some Bon Jovi, jamming amongst stupid-looking Xbox 360 gamer avatars, singing the songs of shitty Nirvana impersonator Gavin Rossdale, snarling Megadeth's "Sweating Bullets", geting funky to Bowie's "Fame", and even busting a "YEEEEAAHH BOYEEEE!" like Flavor Flav came out and she's all pissed off and likely lying about her role. Grohl and Novaselic are demanding that they lock the offending avatar out of the game for all non-Nirvana songs. Personally, I don't give a shit. Johnny Cash is in the game as well which is even more baffling and very little sniveling is going on about that. It's a video game. Who gives a shit? What do you care if some kids have a laugh at seeing a digital image of a rock legend doing something out of character? Boo fucking hoo. If you don't want to see it, don't select those avatars. I'm done with these games for the time being because the market is just so over-saturated with them, but if I did I wouldn't be able to resist.

This is just too funny:

[mackshere]

you...sunavabitch...have some respect for a dead musical genius. Unless it's Michael Jackson, I've already been desensitized to his jokes.
Damn that's some funny shit. Kurt gives Love a bad name, riiight.

Hey I just thought of a great movie idea--Rock n Roll zombies rising from the grave and killing the shitty sellout bands of today. Goddamn I need to copyright that shit.

[trashcanman]

Actually, it cuts off the end of the title. It's "Somebody gives Love a bad name (hint: Courtney)". And yeah, now she admits she signed off on it after insisting the whole thing was a fraud. But she didn't bother learning anything about the game beforehand which would have consisted of no more then stopping some dude on the street and asking if they thought it was a good idea to put Cobain in the game. Anytime a character is in the game you can make them play any song you want. That's just how it works. If she cared so deeply for his "image", she'd have done her fucking homework. And speaking of disrespecting dead musicians, there's no planet where Cobain deserves more respect then Cash. Half a century of awesome beats half a decade anytime. I can't wait until a GH game comes out where you can make Jim Morrison rock some Good Charlotte and Go-Go's.

[The Curmudgeon]

Wow, how'd I miss this thread?

Courtney and Grohl can just fuck off. What, so they're happy with his image being on the game but, gasp, you're allowed to make him sing other songs? Oh nooooo! If you were SO horrified at the prospect of someone using his image in any way, don't sell his fucking image in the first place.

You know what? I think Kurt would find the whole thing fucking funny. Anyone who's watched any interviews or docs with Kurt would know he had a sense of humour about the whole rock star thing. He came out on stage in a big yellow dress, for fucks sake. He wasn't some pompous, holier than thou messiah, which is what Dave and co seem intent on turning him into.

You fucked up, Courtney, and all the tweets and threats in the world won't change that now. Asshole.

[trashcanman]

For the record, Cobain and Grohl hated each other so much that they had to travel in separate buses, so he can drop that act. There is yet more insult to this injury. Jon Bon fucking Jovi has weighed in and revealed that he was approached to appear in the same game. He said no. Why? Because he wasn't comfortable with his image being used that way. So he has more respect for himself then Love does for her dead husband in spite of the fact that he himslef is obviously the singer for Bon Jovi. That's just sad.