Comments on: Exclusive: Courtney Love’s attorney responds to use of Cobain in Guitar Hero 5

By: Phoenixblight

Phoenixblight — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 13:43:49 +0000

Its Cobain’s anti-comericialist ghost coming back for vengeance :-p

By: freedoms_stain

freedoms_stain — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 19:36:59 +0000

Cobain was never really into fakery, ever see the Nirvana performance on TOTP where they told them they could sing live but would have to mime their instruments?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtehDIWrX5U

He does a fucking Morrissey impression for fuck sake! I don’t think he’d give permission for this to go ahead if he was alive, and Courtney Love shouldn’t be in charge of his estate if she’s signing shit without knowing what it actually is she’s signing away.

By: Jadeskye

Jadeskye — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 19:31:30 +0000

Why does anyone do anything? Money.

By: Phoenixblight

Phoenixblight — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 19:14:36 +0000

Obviously there are people who do care, why else is this whole lawsuit out?

Oh riiight the money.

By: DarkElfa

DarkElfa — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 18:55:26 +0000

Its not fucking degrading, the man is dead, nobody cars if he’s singing The Touch by Stan Bush or Smells like Teen Spirit.

By: joseangelhe

joseangelhe — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:26:44 +0000

I just find it somewhat ironic that this is happening when arguably one of Nirvana’s most critically acclaimed albums happens to be mostly covers (see Nirvana MTV Unplugged).

By: Phoenixblight

Phoenixblight — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:16:21 +0000

But she did obviously. Activision wouldn’t let this out if it didn’t recieve the signature and a recall very unlikey. Activision will be paying her a lump sum, the damage is done.

By: Johnny Cullen

Johnny Cullen — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:03:03 +0000

Apparently, Courtney never intended to sign off on it.

http://www.gamertagradio.com/vbportal/forums/showthread.php?p=72175

By: JonFE

JonFE — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:19:07 +0000

Wise decision Harry (although having read your initial post, there was nothing wrong with it).

By: Freek

Freek — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:16:57 +0000

Yes, Cash is also a playable character in all the songs and it’s just as tasteless.

By: Phoenixblight

Phoenixblight — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:07:37 +0000

You have people mobbing your house too 24/7 do tell?

Sorry but morales, right and wrong or in the eye of the beholder. Not some set writings in stone.

By: Harry

Harry — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:06:04 +0000

*snip* Deleted most of my post because no matter what one has been through the net is full of people who’ll take the piss.

You make an excellent point about Bonzo though. I might have to burn the game if that happened.

By: freedoms_stain

freedoms_stain — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:03:27 +0000

Does anyone even care who their avatar is when they play GH?

I mean you spend all your time looking at the rolling fretboard anyway, so who gives a shit if it’s Kurt Cobain or a wireframe model with a tennis racket?

I think most people would prefer a character creation kit anyway (do they have that now? I haven’t actually played GH since 2)

By: Stephany Nunneley

Stephany Nunneley — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:56:52 +0000

It would be like having John Bonham’s likeness playing drums along to a Backstreet Boys tune. /vomits at the thought

By: Blerk

Blerk — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:52:55 +0000

Having seen the YouTube compilation video I can really see where the complaints are coming from. I can’t imagine Kurt himself would have ever agreed to such a thing. Does Johnny Cash do all that stuff as well? It’s really quite an astonishing thing for Activision to do – I can’t believe anyone agreed to it.

By: Stephany Nunneley

Stephany Nunneley — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:48:03 +0000

Well, having him shout Flava-Flav’s catchphrase is rather vulgar. Anyone shouting that phrase would be vulgar. I hope Johnny Cash doesn’t do it.

Also @ Harry. Not saying that suicide is a wonderful thing, but you honestly cannot condemn someone for something like that when you have no idea what was going on in their lives. No, it is not a good thing, and yes it is considered the “coward’s way out”, but sometimes people see nothing but a dark hole sucking them in and there is no way out. Add heroin or recovering from it into the mix and it is 1000 times worse. Fame, fortune, fans, drugs, and not being able to leave the house without being mobbed has taken its toll on some of the best in the music industry, and Hollywierd as well – he was no exception. Just because you seem to have “everything” doesn’t mean that you actually do.

By: JonFE

JonFE — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:33:03 +0000

This is getting ridiculous. Can anyone explain to me exactly how having Cobain sing other people’s songs “denigrates his image”? Are Bon Jovi or Public Enemy songs sooo inferior to Nirvana songs that Kurt cannot be associated with them? And to be pedantic, have they (the trust) *specifically* prevented this from happening (in which case they have a leg to stand on) or are they clutching at straws here?

They should have refrained from selling the rights to his likeness in the first place…

By: Harry

Harry — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:32:44 +0000

“denigrate his image” – Activision couldn’t do any worse than Cobain managed himself, abandoning his little girl by taking the easy route out of his troubles.

The other Nirvana members have weighed in the GH5 issue too – http://xbox.boomtown.net/en_uk/articles/art.view.php?id=18567

By: Gekidami

Gekidami — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:25:07 +0000

Interesting turn of events, Courtney might actually have a solid case against them, lets see what Acti says.

By: Jadeskye

Jadeskye — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:23:03 +0000

ummm yeah i’m guessing actiblizzion has a pretty airtight contract on their use of the late mr. cobain’s image.