Courtney Love says GH5 inclusion of Curt Cobain "Vile"

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Guitar Hero 5’s inclusion of Kurt Cobain as a playable character is “vile,” said Courtney Love, widow of the late Nirvana front man, in a rambling Twitter rant early Thursday.

“FOR THE RECORD I DID NOT APPROVE KURTS AVATAR FOR GUYITARHERO5,” tweeted the musician/actress. “I think Kurt would despise this game alone let alone this avatar.”

Love also threatened to sue Activision for its inclusion of her late husband in the latest version of the popular music videogame.

Cobain appears as a playable character in Guitar Hero 5, meaning that his digital avatar can be used to play any instrument in any of the game’s 85 songs.

This has led to many out-of-character moments featuring the influential grunge rocker. Cobain’s avatar can be seen rapping and singing hair-metal songs in a YouTube highlight reel (embedded right) that has been viewed more than 200,000 times so far. The clip’s title blames Love for what some fans see as a tarnishing of the musician’s memory.

“This is NECROPHILIC this is VILE,” Love said in her Twitter offensive, asking Cobain’s fans to address complaints about the game to her lawyer and publicist.

Love’s Twitter feed is largely devoted to rants related to her legal and financial problems, which now include the portrayal of Cobain in Guitar Hero 5.

“Welcome to my NIGHTMARE,” Love said. “Yeah well sue activision this is disgusting, but theres alot MORE.”

Activision told Wired.com that Cobain’s inclusion in the game was on the up-and-up.

“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,” said an Activision representative.

“We are going to sue the shit out of Activision,” Love told U.K. paper The Guardian. “‘We’ being the Trust, the Estate, the LLC, the various LLCs, Cobain Enterprises … For the record, this Guitar Hero shit is breach of contract on a bully’s part and there will be a proper addressing of this and retraction.”

Love did not immediately respond to Wired.com’s request for comment.
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http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2009/09/courtney-love-guitar-hero/
 
Courtney is pretty crazy at times but I got to agree with her here. Curt would have said no to something like this and now he had no choice.
 
She signed the thing, she will make money out of it, no she notices that the money propably goes into a trust or something and is now sueing because the thinks it will get her more money. That woman is crazy and yes there are out of character moments but that the same for any game. I can play a movie game and make Pierce Brosnan teabag downed baddies. Thing is its signed and Activision has alot of money and lawyers. I dont see this going anywhere, Settle out of court or something.
 
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