Sep 11 2009UPDATE: Courtney Love: 'Guitar Hero raped Kurt Cobain'

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My understanding of the game is that you can only unlock Kurt Cobain for his songs. Just like how you can normally play Crazy Train by Ozzy without him until you unlock him in the older game. Once you unlock him, unless I'm really mistaken, you can only use him on his songs. They're idiots unless Activision is doing something completly new

Kurt did sing Rape Me on SNL once. He wanted to be done this dirty.

Well, I just checked, and Activision is doing something new. Apparently, any unlockable character is capable of doing any song. So we get Johnny Cash doing Hungry Like the Wolf as well as Kurt Cobain doing it.

Blasphemous? Depends on who cares, but seriously, if anyone raped Kurt Cobain, my guess is that it's the people trying to make money off his legacy by signing contracts allowing companies to use his image and likeness.

Well, I just checked, and Activision is doing something new. Apparently, any unlockable character is capable of doing any song. So we get Johnny Cash doing Hungry Like the Wolf as well as Kurt Cobain doing it.

Blasphemous? Depends on who cares, but seriously, if anyone raped Kurt Cobain, my guess is that it's the people trying to make money off his legacy by signing contracts allowing companies to use his image and likeness.

I agree. Courtney raped Kurt Cobain long before he was even dead.

lol

Totally ridiculous. She sucks, and the Foo Fighters have sucked for 4 albums now, sellout pussies.

Can I sue Courtney Love for raping my eyeballs?

Waaaah big deal.

What's the difference between Courtney Love and Yoko Ono? Yoko Ono doesn't scream rape and cry crocodile tears when she's pimping out her dead husband for boatloads of cash.

Maybe Courtney shouldn't have killed him.....

@4
I agree with you. The line between lockable and unlockable matters less than the line between *not* selling your deceased husband/band mate's image and pathetically doing so.
I wish Courtney would use some of that money to take punctuation lessons or hire an editor. She rapes the English language with her tweets and blog posts.

She's just pissed that he's not around to write her songs anymore....

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just her using the word rape is absurd.

""we get NO money for this""

First thing she says.....oy vey!

""we get NO money for this""

First thing she says.....oy vey!

just her using the word rape is absurd.

Will we be able to unlock Kurt in the blow your head because you are drug addicted loser?

I heard Kurt, John Lennon and a teenage Jesus start a band in GH 6.

didnt that shirt come out years after he died?

The solution is simple: Courtney Love needs to shoot herself in the face with a shotgun.

No there are photos of him wearing it. Photos of a real person.

Didn't she let a homeless man get a free suck on her breast once? And who hasn't "raped" lil Frances Bean...Show me where the line start...

i would be pissed curt looks like he has showered here and combs his hair

Kurt Cobain sucks. Who the fuck cares about this?

Shitty band, shitty music..Blaaa blaaa blaaaa. If Kurt (Or Courtney) hadn't blown his head off, Nirvana would have faded to obsecurity like all other pop/trend bands. So tired of this crack queens jibber jabber...I say we bailout OJ and send her after this bitch.

Love Kurt, I think he would have hated having his image used like this. Courtney is a monster.

@ 21 - I thought she already did??

That shirt is taken from a mural in my hometown that was painted long before this loser blew his brains out. I'm 29, and I have the 5th-grader sized one that my parents bought me.

That whore is too coked up to know what panet she is on most of the time but if there is some more blood to suck from her overraed ex, she can stand up straight without farting or pissing herself long enough to make a drug hazed juvenile protest.

@29: how did daniel johnson get roped into this mess too...?

@29: how did daniel johnston get roped into this mess too...?

I gotta wonder what this says for society... when people Twitter blue murder about video images of dead people. That alone makes me want to move to a cabin in the woods.

There are youtube videos of the Kurt avatar singing Bon Jovi songs and such. This is a classless move on Activision's part- they do really suck- but obviously Courtney Hole signed the necessary papers to get it done. How I hate that pig.

1. There is a documentary about Kurt's death , and another musician says that Courtney Love offered him $ to kill Kurt.

2. How much $ did she make off this video game deal?

Guitar Hero and Rock Band both suck. Put away your video games and learn to do something productive. Like actually learn how to play

Grohl sounds like more of a tool. It's only ok for the electronic character to be on part of the game? Tool.

This has got to be the most retarded form of publicity I've seen yet. Everyone's so pissed off cause KURT is now playable. Oh crap, the shite is hitting the fan.

http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/08/27/kurt-cobain-joins-guitar-hero-5-how-nirvana-came-to-the-game/

“Courtney supplied us with photos and videos and knew exactly what she wanted Kurt to look like,” he says. “She picked the wardrobe and hair style"

29 " I'm 29, and I have the 5th-grader sized one that my parents bought me."

No one wants hear about your penis, your weird relationship with your folks, plastic surgeons, or your penis.

But seriously, the line from "Heartshaped Box"......"Hey, wait, we need a New Kobain" is pretty awesome!

Never played this, but is there any point where your Cobain character can whine about life and then blow his head off? Cause I would play that game.

Kurt Cobain as a playable character in a video game singing his greatest hit=art/an homage to his legacy

Kurt Cobain as a playable Character in a video game singing someone elses greatest his=Rape

Spencer Pratt's Skin toned beard=Deposit into the spank bank

Randal(l)

Oh for christ's sake...so much noise over a god damned video game rendering. Guess what folks, it ain't Kurt, it's just a bunch of fucking pixels on your screen.

Nevermind that Guitar Dumbass is probably the stupidest "game" to come out this century. Really, if an over-hyped console version of the old "Simon" toy is what excites people, then the video game industry is well and truly dead.

Being out of your mind on drugs and have legal guardianship of your late husband's estate is a dangerous combination. Courtney probably already spent whatever money Activision gave her and is just clamoring for more.

Useless hag.

Whatever, a bunch of kids will play this game and go out and buy a bunch of Nirvana records based on the fact they heard it in Guitar Hero. She'll get plenty of money out of this and she knows it.

I thought he committed suicide to avoid the commercialization of his image. Heh heh, sucker. Coward, too. But some of the songs he ripped off from Lead Belly were okay.

People are giving Cobain way, way too much credit here. Countless public figures are used in far more "insulting" ways who actually died an honorable death. If he really wanted to control his commercialization actually being around to do so would have made a helluva lot more sense, so falling for that martyrdom crap is just stupid. i loved Nirvana songs, but if anyone thinks they(or Love for that matter, heh) would have the reputation they do today if he hadn't killed himself is delusional.

Someone mentioned Hungry Like the Wolf, and setting aside all personal taste Duran Duran easily tops Nirvana in virtually everyway. Toss any actual musician into the role of Britney and yeah it's a slap in the face, but most legitimate bands can claim far more integrity than Cobain.

I've seen the video and i think it's even not that bad.

If Kurt saw this he'd probably shoot himse.....oh...

Nirvana was overrated crap anyway. Just when metal was starting to get political and saying something, MTV brings in Grunge, with its meaningless lyrics and faux-rebellious pretension. Goodbye Anthrax and Public Enemy, hello radio-friendly garbage made by bands who only LOOK controversial.

Who cares? Ending up in a game isn't the most gracious way anyway.

It's a good publicity stunt too.Do the new generations know him?

Guitar Hero is for idiots who like to play Simon Says on a guitar.

/Milk It baby!!!
//loves Nirvava

Guitar Hero sucks. It sucked before this, and it fucking sucks now.

"Frances gets no money for the rape".
Why is this sentence completely ridiculous to me?
Whatever. I loved Nirvana, was a huge fan, thought Kurt was awesome, had all their music and rare tapes, remember the day he died, recognized him for the musical genius he was... But I'm a grownup now and upon further reflection Kurt was also just a pissy fucking heroin junkie who didn't really do much for the world or anybody but himself and would rather shoot smack and chainsmoke broodingly than raise his baby or do anything of any real value for himself. I used to hate Courtney Love and rage against the murder of Kurt, and now I just don't care. Courtney's a batshit bitch who probably killed him, but they were both just a couple of druggie assholes.

Frankly I don't really see the negative side to this. So Kurt Cobain / Nirvana / Rock fan gets to unlock him and have him as a playable character... oh the horror. Again, we're talking MUSIC FANS. Those same fans who's purchases will heap upon oodles of cash in royalties to the likes of Love, Grohl, until they die. Musicians are really an odd bunch.

Why did they even put Cobain in Guitar Hero anyway? He was basically a suckass retard in his axing skills. It's part of what made his music so appealing--it was heavy and bangy and angry but lacked those boring gay redundant hair-metal guitar solos that made the other Seattle bands, shall we say, less-than-stellar (Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Alice In Chains...).

Fuck, and while we're at it, why put Johnny motherfucking Cash in there? His awesomeness didn't come from his guitar, he just strummed along with the melody like a weenie. What made him a badass was the fact that he was a gruff-voiced country outsider who wrote songs about beer drinking and ass kicking, instead of some snap-pearl weary wannabe cowboy fag.

It looks like game makers are just cycling through dead musicians not because they offer some kind of innovation to the game, but to suck in these 13-year-old fuckers who can't name a Nirvana song other that "Teen Spirit" or know more than one line of "Folsom Prison Blues" ("Shot a man in Reno just to watch him die"? Duuuuuude that's like so gangsta like omg lolz wtf) but still worship them because it's the cool thing to do. Check out my GG Alin shirt! Isn't it so, like, retro? Wait, what? He ate his own shit and sang songs about raping children?

I bet they put Biggie Smalls or Heath fucking Ledger in Guitar Hero 6.

Ah, what the fuck am I saying? It's a goddamn fucking video game.

kurt killed himself because he was jealous that the the foo fighters were better than his band. One listen to "monkey wrench" and we was like "F me, how'mi ever going to top that rawking tune?"

Dave Grohan and Foo Fighters is my personal hero since high school. First i grew my hair out and learned drum playing, then I learned how rawk the mic, jus like dave grohan, my hero since i was in high school.

How many good nirvana songs are there? exactly 3:in bloom, smeels like teen spirit and and plush.

funny when people have a comment on cobain and weren't even there cause they are only 16, or when they do have a comment on cobain and are only 16 are not there cause they were only 16, and so couldn't have been there (you do the math (16-13=3)).

kurt spoke to a generation of high-school dropouts, drug users and homosexuals, so only they should be allowed to comment.

Oh well, he could never play guitar anyway. Thanks to video games, he can do more than he was ever capable of in life.

Lack of skill seems to be what people are looking for today. How else do you explain the success of Good Charlotte? Nobody wants to be challenged. If you can learn to play it in less than 8 seconds, it must be the best song ever.

I don't understand why "Teen Spirit" is more popular than their other songs. It's muck.

Still, Courtney didn't have to murder him, and she shouldn't have planned the WTC attacks either.

@ Chickenhead:

Dude I wanna play some Simon so freakin badly now.

@58: The Foo Fighters were a result of Dave Grohl's effort to cope with Cobain's death. The band started with just Grohl playing all the instruments on the first Foo album. I assume you're not a completely illiterate buttmunch as you're portraying yourself to be on this stupid website, so find an interview or two on YouTube on the Foo's website.

For God's sake, if the man is your hero, learn to spell his name already, you pinhead. It's not Grohan. It's Grohl. G-R-O-H-L.

If you play the drums I hope to God you're a better drummer than a speller, writer or a goddamned storyteller. Cause you need to get your facts straight, dipshit. You could have a hundred lifetime's worth of lessons, but you'll never measure up to T. Hawk as the Foo's drummer.

It's not like they have a drop-down with a double barrell shotgun.

He looks great, sort of like a fuzzy bunny in that sweater.

Got some damn creepy teeth in that main pic. Can you make him play Malmsteen?

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Yeah, how dare they not pay Courtney for something that has nothing to do with her talentless ass try to keep his legacy alive in any way and do something for his fans.

A nice guy.

Well he did sing "rape me" so didnt he get what he wanted?

# 36- perfectly stated!
# 64, I agree about those freakin' choppers, man- he looks like a carved pumpkin.

And what makes me think that Courtney knows that there's no such thing as bad publicity? Hummm......

to quote, Ken - September 11, 2009 6:59 PM

"Frankly I don't really see the negative side to this. So Kurt Cobain / Nirvana / Rock fan gets to unlock him and have him as a playable character... oh the horror. Again, we're talking MUSIC FANS. Those same fans who's purchases will heap upon oodles of cash in royalties to the likes of Love, Grohl, until they die. Musicians are really an odd bunch."

A: Yes, musicians are an odd bunch. That's why we play music rather than work at Staples, because we're disturbed.

B: Maybe, just maybe not everyone who writes a personal song from their heart doesn't want to cash it in, but rather, would like to keep the art of music sacred to some degree for purely the joy of writing & playing it. Some "artists" don't give a fuck, like Snoop Dog, but some actually take music and their legacy seriously...

i think that krist and dave are right, it is wrong to see a avitar of kur, being able to play as him and playing other peoples songs is a little fucked up! but at the same time i think it's about time people are starting to reconize kurt after 15 loong fucking years, into games, and even the bitch courten was thinking of making a movie of kurt, if it is done, charles l cross should be one of the producers. because he really knew alot about kurt, so he would have a good idea of how kur(the actor) should respond in the movie to make it seem more like kurt, if you know what i mean? well overall in personal opinion, i think its awesome kurt's on guitar hero, jus what krist and dave said about singing other artists songs, is probably dissturbing for them to see that, probably thinking he should only play his nirvana songs on guitar hero.