Who to believe, who to believe. As you know, Guitar Hero 5 features a playable Kurt Cobain avatar which you can unlock to have the Nirvana icon cover Bush, stunt like Flavor Flav, and roll over in his grave. Everybody’s coming down on Courtney Love for licensing this atrocity, so Courtney Love very calmly took to Twitter to call out Activision and threaten filing suit.
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Courtney, Dave, Krist, Activision Fight Over Guitar Hero’s Controversial Kurt Cartoon
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In the wake of Courtney Love’s bombastic vitriol over the appearance of her late husband in Guitar Hero 5, Activision tells Kotaku that she was the one who signed the agreement for the deal. “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,” Activision told Kotaku today. Last night Love posted on her Twitter account that she and Cobain’s Estate were going to sue “the shit out of Activision”.
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Activision: Courtney Love Signed Cobain Contract for Guitar Hero 5 UPDATE
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Getty Images. Don't Miss: Courtney Love Is Not a Taylor Momsen Fan Courtney Love Vows to Gain Weight Courtney Love Battles American Express Last night, Courtney Love made an appearance at the premiere of It Might Get Loud , the upcoming Davis Guggenheim documentary that follows Jack White , The Edge, and Jimmy Page. Courtney, a legend of rock in her own right, showed up in an asymmetrical military green dress by Givenchy.
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Courtney Love’s Three Looks In One Evening
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Recently, it was announced by Activision that they were bringing the likeness of Kurt Cobain to the Guitar Hero 5 title, which creeped me out when I read it. I mean, do we really need to see Kurt Cobain belting out Public Enemy or Elton John hits. Well, Mrs.
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Courtney Love Goes Crazy on Activision via Twitter
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As reported by MTV.com, Courtney Love, Kurt Cobain’s widow, plans to sue video game publisher Activision for his appearance in the blockbuster video game, Guitar Hero 5. Activision fired back, in an official statement. Contributor: Brian Haughey Published: Sep 12, 2009
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Courtney Love Miffed by Kurt Cobain’s Avatar in ‘Guitar Hero 5,’ Sues Activision
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Fans of Activision’s Guitar Hero game can master enough songs to unlock the likeness of Kurt Cobain to help them shred on songs that are way beneath Nirvana. Granted, Nirvana tunes weren’t exactly complex symphonies but do you think Cobain really wanted to be seen jamming on Bon Jovi’s “You Give Love A Bad Name?” Kurt’s sense of irony notwithstanding, me neither. And Krist Novaselic and Dave Grohl (Kurt’s bandmates in the seminal band) agree
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Nirvana members issue statement against Kurt Cobain’s Guitar Hero avatar
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Surviving Nirvana band members Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic have issued a joint statement saying they are disappointed that dead singer Kurt Cobain is being used in Activision’s Guitar Hero 5 as a playable character. Yesterday, Cobain’s widow Courtney Love tweeted that she would sue Activision for using images of the iconic rock star, although the publisher has said that she herself signed away the rights to use his likeness
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Surviving Nirvana members “disappointed” at Cobain use in Guitar Hero 5 – with video
Filed under: Celebrity Justice Team Courtney Love is finally expanding on why she’s so pissed off at the makers of Guitar Hero — and it seems her beef is over the songs that the digital version of her husband is forced to sing in the game.TMZ spoke with Love’s attorney who told … Permalink
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Love’s Lawyer — Kurt Would Never Sing Bon Jovi
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