Despite the fact that Activision was able to get Kurt Cobain into Guitar Hero 5 and release the game with no problems whatsoever, new rumblings from Courtney Love's bloodstained lair seem to suggest that she is furious over the dead Nirvana star's inclusion in the game, and may very well seek legal action.
"For the record this Guitar Hero sh*t is breach of contract on a Bullys part and there will be a proper addressing of this and retraction," Twittered the maniac in one of her less typo-ridden updates. "WE are going to sue the sh*t out of ACtivision we being the Trust the Estate the LLC the various LLCs Cobain Enterprises."
Quite why Love is freaking out remains unclear, although her portrayal of Activision as a bunch of "bullies" seem to suggest that she believes she was coerced or otherwise forced into allowing Cobain's blasphemous-for-some inclusion in GH5. We'll be sniffing around Activision to try and find out, although so far the publisher is remaining tight-lipped. Unlike Love, who is remaining fish-lipped.
Frankly though, I don't know who to root for in this debacle. Activision is an evil publisher that threatens to ruin the industry, while Love is an evil harbinger who threatens to ruin my ears with her singing. Whoever wins, we lose, but the fight's going to be funny while it lasts.
What Love should do is murder these "bullies" and put shotguns under their chins with fake suicide notes attached. I heard that works quite well.
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11:20 AM on 09.10.2009
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Nothing's more disturbing than milk rape.
I still think we should throw Courtney Love and Yoko Ono in a cage to see who will finally claim the title Queen B.
My money is totally on Yoko.
But is is the 5th image on Google Image search...
That skank.
My money is on Courtney!
I REALLY hate Nirvana.
1Up has a little more on the issue. Apparently she signed off on the songs but not the cameo.
What I wanna know is why is she so pissed? Because she can be? Doesn't she have that fucking album to work on? Jesus Courtney. We let you bring Hole back without threatening your life didn't we?
I'm not gonna lie, that last sentance made me wince a little bit. I remember being obsessed with Nirvana when I was in middle school (three years after he had already died) and passionately swearing up and down that Courtney Love killed him and faked his suicide note. Regardless of whether or not it was true, I just said it because I heard someone else say it.
And I agree that nobody wins. Neither of them are very likable.
If her Twitter posts are any indication, then I don't see how she could even muster the soberness to write something as comparitively concise and well-written as Cobain's suicide note.
Seriously though, I laughed out loud several times while reading this. The image seals the deal.
Also, the last sentence is epic win.
Oh come on... Soundgraden was better, yes, but Nirvana was great! To each his own, I guess...
Chiken008 -
Whether you know it or not, you're not kidding. She's in a huge amount of debt and apparently had millions and millions of dollars conned from her cold-but-not-dead fingers and she was too strung out to even notice what was going on. She's f*ckin' broke now.
What? But she's the one doing the suing.
RELEVANCE!
Ooo! Ooo! Let me guess! Because she's a washed up junkie whore milking her dead husband's corpse for every penny she can?
(Is it small? Is he there the whole time or just for 1 or 2 songs?)
The term "milking a corpse" conjures up all manner of mental images. Not a one of the pleasant.
It's Kurt Cobain dude.
However I will say last years Jimi Hendrix debacle pissed me off.
Totally cool. Everyone is entitled to his opinion. Even if it's wrong.
Just Smell Like Teen Spirit. It's funny because the whole band is there. Young Dave Grohl and everything but guess who's the one who has to be a bitch about it?
@Jim
I thought you had such a stronger stomach than that Jim. What with the rape headers and all.
The Unforgettable duet was touching, the Beatles: Rock Band, that's a serviceable recreation.
Fred Astair selling mops. That's messed up, man.
Yeah I'm old. Wanna fight about it?
Perhaps she was too high to notice what she did.
Best thing for activision to do, is release an update, that turns KC's hair a different colour. Then it kills the issue.
Wait, it's against Activision. I support her cause completely.
Actually, I'm pretty sure they had a dead girl on trial at some point in the third game.