storymilo

I think the reason Courtney Love sued was because the game made Cobain an unlockable character, which means you could have him singing any song in the game. Love had thought he would just be singing Nirvana songs when she gave them the rights to use his image. I think she was especially upset because it was possible to make him sing and play to Def Leppard and other bands that he himself had completely hated.

edit: I like Rock Band/Guitar Hero for what they are. Basically, a fun game to play with friends and pass the time. I also play real instruments, and honestly anyone who thinks that these games are preventing kids from becoming real musicians is being pretty stupid. If a kid is lazy enough to say "Why play a real instrument when I have Guitar Hero", it's not as if he would ever have the motivation to play an instrument anyway.

mr dave

but that happened ALL the time in the original. if you played a multiple song set and the first tune happened to be Nirvana (again...) then you'd have a Cobain looking frontman for the rest, regardless of whether or not he would have 'agreed' with the other songs.

she sued because she's a headcase.

if anything putting his likeness in control of the players will likely limit the instances of him being associated with crap acts. the people who still think it matters likely wouldn't pick songs he wouldn't like and those who don't likely wouldn't pick him as a character. although knowing it would piss Love off to no end makes it significantly more tempting now.

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