Just read this over at Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl issued a statement on Thursday objecting to the use of the late Kurt Cobain's likeness in Guitar Hero.
"We want people to know that we are dismayed and very disappointed in the way a facsimile of Kurt is used in the Guitar Hero game. The name and likeness of Kurt Cobain are the sole property of his estate - we have no control whatsoever in that area. While we were aware of Kurt's image being used with two Nirvana songs, we didn't know players have the ability to unlock the character. This feature allows the character to be used with any kind of song the player wants. We urge Activision to do the right thing in 're-locking' Kurt's character so that this won't continue in the future."
Looks like the ball rests at Courtney and Guitar Hero's feet then. Apologies to Mr Grohl for implicating him in this debacle. Now, would he mind making a good record again, one of these decades?
seriously thoug, look at him in that picture, could a mumpty face like that EVER make a good record?
ReplyDeleteFor God's sake, give Dave a break :) I wonder what a younger Larry Pickleman looked like...
ReplyDeleteCan't deny the fact that he hasn't been coming up with the best music in the world but he shouldn't feel bloody embarrassed about it.
Ey, Larry, the FF debut is a good record.
ReplyDeleteJust a shame all the others after it were terrible and got progressively worse...
Making good music is really freaking hard, especially when you have so many people expecting greatness of you.
ReplyDeleteYou have to be ultra-sensitive and really in tune with the world around. That reality-junkie-girl with the bleach blonde hair certainly couldn't make a good record, but the crazy-hermit-cat-lady could.
He shouldn't feel embaressed abou his music??...fuckin' right he should, and as for his ridiculous catwalk stages that he swings his hair around on...jesus fucking christ!!!...young larry was hot as fuck btw ;)
ReplyDeletethird foos album is a pretty good power pop record, you know
ReplyDeleteI dig FF's debut as well and I think all of his other outputs have been at the very least decent... ONE BY ONE was rather strong and damn, he drummed on SONGS FOR THE DEAF folks... let's see how his record with Josh Homme and John Paul Jones (THEM CROOKED VULTURES) sounds like...!
ReplyDeleteDave should totally stick to drumming
ReplyDeleteI saw Nirvana in Belfast in 93. One of the worst gigs ever. A week later he fell asleep on stage in Amsterdam. "Narcolepsy" says his manager. "Drugs" says the audience.
ReplyDeleteI saw them in Dublin the night before supporting Sonic Youth and they blew the fuck out of Thurstan and co...
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Steve Numberfive
yeah for real he wouldn't have chosen total dicks for his band members...'total' being in italics...
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Steve Numberfive
they were so good. 'good' being in italics also.
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Massimo Usai
told you guys I was about sure Grohl had not much to do with this...!
Fri at 8:54pm · Delete
Ed Vice
You were all over that one Everett...horrid!
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Ray Farrell
My 10 yr old son naturally assumes that the images associated with DK's "Holiday In Cambodia" in Guitar Hero are the actual likeness! Geez!
Fri at 8:48am · Delete
Mitchell Chamberlain
It was bad enough when Pee-Girl sold his journals. Damn crows!
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Matt Bowen
am i the only one that thinks that if he were alive, kurt would secretly think it would be funny for a videogame him singing bon jovi? im pretty sure in public he'd say he was pissed off about it but i think hed be laughing about it. However, i DO understand where dave is coming from and courtney is cashing in alot with this one
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Ahaa! Well after that gig he probably "overcelebrated" hence the sleepiness ;-)
ReplyDeleteCourtney Love thrives on this type of publicity but the fact remains that:-
ReplyDeleteGuitar Hero CEO Dan Rosensweig said that the use of Cobain is completely legal.
In an interview with NME, Rosensweig said, "I do know that there's absolutely a contract and we know that the cheque has been cashed… I can only deal with the facts. It's very clear what the terms are.”
I bet if he published the contract, Courtney Love's signature would be on it. She's just acting up because she desperately needs the publicity.