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Grohl and Novoselic condemn Guitar Hero
By CMU Editorial | Published on Monday 14 September 2009
Right, so this is getting confusing now.
Last week Courtney Love condemned Kurt Cobain’s appearance in the latest version of the ‘Guitar Hero’ videogame, saying that she was planning to sue everyone involved and blaming the whole thing on Dave Grohl.
The makers of the game, Activision, subsequently claimed that Love helped them design the virtual representation of her husband. Now Grohl and his Nirvana bandmate Krist Novoselic have said they are “dismayed” at Cobain’s appearance in the game.
What has most irked the two men is the fact that Cobain’s character can be ‘unlocked’ and made to play other songs in the game. In a statement, they said: “While we were aware of Kurt’s image being used with two Nirvana songs, we didn’t know players have the ability to unlock the character. This feature allows the character to be used with any kind of song the player wants. We urge Activision to do the right thing in ‘re-locking’ Kurt’s character so that this won’t continue in the future”.
