Re: Jack White and Jimmy Page diss 'Guitar Hero' video game

[Jon Hull <jonohull@xxxxxxxxx>]

I'm sure Courtney Love was just drunk or high when she signed away the
rights to this and doesn't remember. Or, she actually only cares about
money and wants people to give her 'cred' for being angry about it.

On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 7:05 PM, Meg Ireland <heavybluesrock@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Nirvana members dismayed by 'Guitar Hero 5':
>
> "Kurt Cobain's appearance in the latest "Guitar Hero" video game is
> not hitting the right notes with the surviving members of Nirvana.
>
> Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl said in a joint statement Thursday that
> they were "dismayed and very disappointed" that an avatar of the late
> Nirvana frontman could be used to play songs by other artists.
>
> "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," they said. "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."
>
> Cobain's widow, Courtney Love, had been lashing out on Twitter this
> week about her late husband's inclusion in the game, calling it vile
> and claiming she would sue Activision, the game's publisher. Love
> claimed she never approved Cobain's digital likeness, and that she
> thought the grunge rocker would despise the rhythm game "let alone
> this avatar."
>
> http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ipFhOuBuSMv3z7cr0LgPJT4dWALAD9AKR3600
>
>
> I'm glad Jimmy turned down using LZ in these video games. The thought
> of a reanimated John Bonham, pretending to drum along to other songs,
> would be disrespectful to the man.
>
>
> 2009/6/22 Nech <tytlane@xxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>> Page added that he can't imagine that people are really learning anything
>> significant about playing instruments by playing video games.
>>
>> "You think of the drum part that John Bonahm did on Led Zeppelin's first
>> track on the first album, 'Good Times Bad Times'," he said. "How many
>> drummers in the world can play that part, let alone on Christmas morning?"
>>
>>
>> http://www.nme.com/news/the-white-stripes/45521
>



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Jon Hull