Professional widow Courtney Love, PO’d at Activision for how Kurt Cobain of Nirvana is presented in Guitar Hero 5, says Cobain probably would have found his game appearance amusing. But since he’s dead she gets to do all the suin’.
N is for Nirvana, who gave teen spirit a smell. N is for Night Ranger without “Sister Christian”, what the hell?
It doesn’t matter if you prefer your Dave Grohl with or without Kurt Cobain, next week’s Rock Band Music Store update has you covered.
Earlier this week the appearance of a digital Kurt Cobain in Guitar Hero 5 irrupted into controversy with Courtney Love and former Nirvana band members calling for Activision to patch the title. Now Love’s attorney is involved.
If you found the original video of Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain reanimated for Guitar Hero 5 uncomfortable to watch, seeing his polygonal ghost prance about and sing the songs of Bush and Megadeth may simply be too much.
Wii Rock Band owners get a healthy does of angsty mumbling today, as seven old tracks from grunge pioneers Nirvana make their way onto the Wii Rock Band Music Store.
“I knew the bass line to the song, of course, but I couldn’t quite master this new, different way of playing it,” writes Krist Novoselic, bassist for Nirvana, of his encounter with Rock Band 2.
Activision lays out December’s DLC plans for Guitar Hero World Tour, kicking things off with The Smashing Pumpkins and topping off the holiday season with what all the kids want – free Reggae Rock.
Last year, we were told that Nirvana’s Nevermind would be turning up as a full-album download for Rock Band. Least, we thought we’d been told. Turns out we weren’t told anything at all, and that any and all comments Harmonix made regarding Nevermind were merely examples of what could be turned into DLC, not a guarantee of actual DLC. So don’t expect it anytime soon. Fine by us – we’d rather Bleach anyways.
Nevermind Never Officially Confirmed for Rock Band DLC [Co-Optimus, via 1UP]
