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Jon Bon Jovi supports Courtney Love's Guitar Hero 5 rage photo

Last week we learned how Courtney Love is planning to sue Activision for turning Kurt Cobain's corpse into a performing monkey in Guitar Hero 5. For some reason, she has a problem with Activision forcing a likeness of her dead husband to perform contemporary pop songs. Thank Christ then, that Jon Bon Jovi has stepped in to support her and defend Cobain's honor.

"I don't know that I would have wanted it either," said Mr. Bon Jovi, when asked about Activision's necromantic puppetry. "To hear someone else's voice coming out of a cartoon version of me? I don't know. It sounds a little forced.

"I had the paperwork, they wanted me to be on that game and I just passed. But no-one even broached the subject with me that I would be singing other people's stuff. I don't know how I would have reacted to that."

According to Activision's lawyers, the evil publisher has done nothing wrong and hasn't used Cobain in any way that Love didn't authorize. Still, Activision better listen to Bon Jovi. If they're not careful, he won't sell them "Living on a Prayer" again.


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rel123's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/17/2009 13:50
rel123
Yeah I've seen the youtube videos. Its disturbing/hilarious. I don't think I'd find it funny if I knew him. Too bad courtney love is an idiot and probably signed away everything to activision.
Isay Isay's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/17/2009 13:57
Isay Isay
Careful Activision - He's a cowboy. He plays for keeps!
blehman's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/17/2009 14:01
blehman
I think he should just hold on, to what he's got, doesn't make a difference if he makes it or not, he's got Sambori, and that's a lot, Courtney Love... WILL GIVE IT A SHOT WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHH

...I'll stop now.
KwikPwn's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/17/2009 14:06
KwikPwn
I was just on xbox live and downloaded the free arkham asylum dlc and I noticed that Ea has dlc for NHL 10 up and they are charging for downloadable attribute points!!! LAME!!!
Gibbo's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/17/2009 14:06
Gibbo
He just didn't like Cobain's cover of You Give Love A Bad Name.
Isay Isay's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/17/2009 14:08
Isay Isay
@ blehman

Come on! We're halfway there!
vApathyv's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/17/2009 14:15
vApathyv
Courtney gave Love a bad name.
Cowboy TTop's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/17/2009 14:28
Cowboy TTop
Sorry Ms Love, I'm not down with Activisions practices of late, but you won't win this one. You signed the contract, after learning about the game. For you to u-turn on the deal, after taking money and cry foul, will mean nothing in a court of law.

Obviously, you seem more concerned being a misfit junkie, than paying attention to the Cobain estate. If you had concerns you should have raised them earlier, not when the game is shipped.

If games are a visual and audio medium, what on earth did you think was going to happen in a video games?

Any artist that backs this nutjob blindly is naive, and needs to do their homework.
Pacopaco's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/17/2009 14:31
Pacopaco
Didn't notice the giant hand in the header pic the first time. Now I'm freaked out.
Solid Squirrel's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/17/2009 14:39
Solid Squirrel
Jeez, you'd think the way he strongly feels, he'd been shot through the heart or something.
Cor E's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/17/2009 14:39
Cor E
@Pacopaco What hand?
vApathyv's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/17/2009 14:54
vApathyv
@Solid Squirrel:

But who's to blame?
mrplow8's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/17/2009 15:16
mrplow8
I don't get what's so great about Kurt Cobain. You can't even understand him in half his songs. He sounds like he's got a gun in his mouth or something.
Trevsweb's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/17/2009 15:45
Trevsweb
I personally would prefer the after the shotgun blast version of kurt *fingers crossed* for DLC!
Xzyliac's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/17/2009 15:48
Xzyliac
Jim it's Livin' On A Prayer. Not Living On A Prayer. Can you be more unAmerican?
xiaolinstyle's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/17/2009 15:52
xiaolinstyle
@mrplow8 Wow...lol but wow
Magesx's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/17/2009 15:59
Magesx
YEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAHH BOOOOOOOOOOOYYYYYYYYYYYYY
T-rav's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/17/2009 16:14
T-rav
With Mr. Cash on drums, and Cobain as the lead singer for new Beastie Boy songs prancing about yelling, as Magesx said, "YEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAHH BOOOOOOOOOOOYYYYYYYYYYYYY," I don't know what is to hate.
Pacopaco's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/17/2009 17:28
Pacopaco
@Cor E
The one that's oh-so-gently massaging Bon Jovi's scalp.
Ace Flibble's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/17/2009 19:41
Ace Flibble
Bon Jovi (and Jon Bongiovi solo) have done four songs about/mentioning Kurt Cobain in the past and Jon and Richie have both raved before about Cobain's writing and etc etc. It doesn't surprise me at all that they would weigh in on this too.

Still waiting for Dry County or Hey God to make it to RB/GH.
Kalmah's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/17/2009 20:36
Kalmah
This is what Activision gets for being so evil.
Kris S's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/18/2009 13:53
Kris S
@mrplow8

LMAO, you sound like a 90 year old woman talking about rap...what is this jigga he's saying, I can't understand what he's saying, put that noise off. Or something like that. Fair enough not liking Nirvana (strange as it is, each to their own. I don't like the Beatles which some people cry about) but that as a reason? Really?
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