Courtney Love, Former Nirvana Members Attack Kurt Cobain's 'Guitar Hero 5' Appearance

Access Hollywood - September 11, 2009 7:14 PM PDT
Story photo: Courtney Love, Former Nirvana Members Attack Kurt Cobain's 'Guitar Hero 5' AppearanceKurt Cobain with wife Courtney Love and daughter Frances Bean in 1993 at the 10th Annual MTV Video Music Awards WireImageAccess Hollywood

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- The fifth installment in the popular "Guitar Hero" video game franchise was released on September 1, but not everyone's a fan.

Courtney Love, the widow of Kurt Cobain, has lashed out against game maker Activision after it became evident that the late Nirvana frontman's likeness was unlockable as a playable avatar in the game.

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"For the record this Guitar Hero s--t is breach of contract on a Bullys part and there will be a proper addressing of this and retraction," Courtney wrote on her Twitter page. "WE are going to sue the s--t out of ACtivision we being the Trust the Estate the LLC the various LLCs Cobain Enterprises."

And Cobain's Nirvana bandmates, Dave Grohl and Krist Novolesic, who confirmed they have no say in the use of the late musician's likeness, released a joint statement on Thursday criticizing the game.

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"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," they said in a statement released to Access Hollywood. "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.

"It's hard to watch an image of Kurt pantomiming other artists' music alongside cartoon characters," their statement continued. "Kurt Cobain wrote songs that hold a lot of meaning to people all over the world. We feel he deserves better."

However, following these criticisms, the company defended itself in a statement to Access.

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"Guitar Hero secured the necessary licensing rights from the Cobain estate in a written agreement signed by Courtney Love to use Kurt Cobain's likeness as a fully playable character in Guitar Hero 5," the company said in the statement, to which Courtney responded on her Twitter page.

"Activision has made thier press release, we shall make ours and we shall seek acyive damages against these f***ers," she Tweeted.

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  • jo
    Who knows ??? and why you ask this kind on question ??? i luv kurt a lot !!!
    report abuseposted September 15, 2009 11:33 PM PDT
  • Missbadazz
    dragonette420 - I Agree with you. Kurt didn't kill him self. People need to do their Research And Steve before going and Preaching I think your the only one gonna go to hell. You don't say stuff like that and suspect your a good person. your obvious in seek of help your self.
    report abuseposted September 14, 2009 10:04 PM PDT
  • Missbadazz
    dragonette420 - I Agree with you. Kurt didn't kill him self. People need to do their Research And Steve before going and Preaching I think your the only one gonna go to hell. You don't say stuff like that and suspect your a good person. your obvious in seek of help your self.
    report abuseposted September 14, 2009 10:03 PM PDT
  • natasha
    A spokes person for Activision stated that Courtney even went as far as to sit down with their team and design Kurts clothing in the game. So...she probably doesn't remember. I'm sure she was coked out of her skull.
    report abuseposted September 14, 2009 9:49 PM PDT
  • steve
    courtney love should kill herself as well.then she could be a deadbeat mom just like kurt cobain is the worlds biggest deadbeat dad for leaving his child. NO RESPECT FOR SOMEBODY THAT KILLS THEMSELVES EVEN IF THEY ARE FAMOUS. SHOULD HAVE KILLED COURTNEY FIRST THEN HE MIGHT NOT HAVE WANTED TO KILL HIMSELF. GODDAMM LOSERS
    report abuseposted September 14, 2009 8:52 PM PDT
  • noudidnt
    Did she come out with both barrels blazing!!!...OOOOOH that's right....my bad!!!!!!
    report abuseposted September 14, 2009 8:24 PM PDT
  • Amber C
    Courtney love is a soul sucking skank. Kurt obviously killed himself but that nasty %@!*# probably didn't enrich his life any. All she cares about is money and putting attention on herself. Who the hell cares is Kurt Cobain is a playable character in a video game? IT'S A GAME!!! Activision is a giant gaming corporation. No way did they do anything wrong. Courney Love needs to go aw
    report abuseposted September 14, 2009 8:18 PM PDT
  • Shauna
    the title of this article should be : "courtney kills kurt"...and explain step by step how to kill your husband and get away with it..lol
    report abuseposted September 14, 2009 7:50 PM PDT
  • Starr
    if she signed the contract and it says in it that they can use his image, than a contract is a contract. It's binding and in no way can it be broken. But lawyers have their ways. For the record, I could care less, but I know people out there feel otherwise.
    report abuseposted September 14, 2009 7:50 PM PDT
  • Shauna
    No No No..I think that the biggest disapointment to kurt would have to be the fact that...HIS WIFE KILLED HIM.....do your homework people..I can't beleive she got away with his murder and is walking around saying she is defending him. Sick Sick Sick World. All of the evidence is there..it is obvious that he did NOT kill himself. Biggest cover up in the industry of Fame.
    report abuseposted September 14, 2009 7:48 PM PDT
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