Some people have found Kurt Cobain's posthumous appearance in Guitar Hero 5 a little unsettling -- including his widow, Courtney Love.
In a Twitter tirade for the ages, the former Hole frontwoman
announced plans to sue Guitar Hero 5 publisher Activision over the way
her late husband was represented in the game, reports The Guardian.
"For the record this Guitar Hero [expletive] is breach of contract
on a Bullys part and there will be a proper addressing of this and
retraction," she posted on her Twitter account.
"WE are going to sue the [expletive] out of ACtivision we being the
Trust the Estate the LLC the various LLCs Cobain Enterprises."
Uhhhh...You go girl!
Cobain appears as one of five exclusive in-game artists in Guitar Hero 5, joining the likes of Carlos Santana and Johnny Cash as playable characters.
In particular, Love is incensed over the look of Cobain's avatar,
which can be used by gamers to play non-Nirvana songs with Cobain
lip-synching along. Love insisted she "never signed off on the avatar,
let alone this [expletive] feature" and that "there's been four
breaches of a very strict contract."
However, according to Activision vice president Tim Riley, working with Love was smooth and easy.
"Courtney supplied us with photos and videos," he told The Guardian.
"She picked the wardrobe and hairstyle, which turned out to be the
'Teen Spirit' look, then we went back and forth over changes – some
subtle, some not so subtle."
But Love simply doesn't agree. From her Twitter feed:
"We have NOTHING to do with this it was presented to me and oi said
"show me a better avataR" TO DRAG MY HEELS., never did i intend on
allowing GUITARHERO for me or for Kurt i am NOT yoko [expletive] Ono no
ofense to her, but i am a different person entirely and this is insane."
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