ABOVE: A look at some of the horrors inflicted on Kurt Cobain in Guitar Hero 5…Kurt looks happier singing Bon Jovi in a video game than he looked singing Nivana songs in real life.
Ok, when we found out about Kurt Cobain’s scheduled appearance in Guitar Hero 5, we were mildly disgusted. The idea that Courtney Love would sell off yet another sliver of her late husband’s dignity for a few more bucks was somewhat disheartening. (Top 10 Worst Cobain-Related Products)
(Although, really, Cobain may have lost all rights to “dignity” the day he offed himself with a gun. Courtney might as well have saved him, stuffed him and sold him to the Rock’n'roll Hall of Fame.)
However, now that we’ve seen this video game monstrosity in full form, we’re really pretty creeped out by it.
Seeing Cobain’s lifeless cartoon image dancing and singing hits by Bush, Billy Idol and Bon Jovi is kinda like seeing a corpse strung up and made to dance around like a marionette. Not that seeing cartoon Cobain sing his own songs is any better, really. Think Weekend at Bernie’s Goes Grunge. We imagine forcing video Cobain to perform a Foo Fighters song will be worth zillions of points.
Every detail is there: from the worn cardigan and t-shirt to the 5 o’clock shadow and greasy blond highlights, making Cobain’s bouncing dance to Billy Idol’s “Dancing with Myself” all the more unsettling.
Then again, maybe a video game with Jim Morrison fighting alien zombies would be cool (kidding).
A game where you could throw tomatoes (or Foo Fighters CDs) at Courtney would be pretty awesome though (not really kidding).
Do you think it is wrong to have Cobain in a video game?
Is this really any better/worse than having Jimi Hendrix or the (dead) Beatles in a game?
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John says...
09.2.09 5:33 pm
You guys f—— suck.
Lay off Courtney. It is now in her legal rights, not yours. Step off, bitch.
stazzy says...
09.3.09 7:42 am
Considering Kurt hated hair band music and machismo this is way off base. it’s an insult to his memory and legacy. If he knew Courtney know he’d wonder what he ever saw in her.
vicky says...
09.3.09 12:25 pm
I’m not particularly impressed as a Nirvana fan, but the deal was hammered out with Courtney Love AND Dave Grohl so laying all the blame at her door seems pretty unfair. Besides, I sort of feel that if Kurt was so worried about his legacy, he should have stuck around to take care of it himself.
Averre says...
09.3.09 12:49 pm
Legacy? what legacy?
Cobain has as much legacy as Richard Shannon Hoon, which is to say none at all, like Hoon he will become notihng more than a wanker who couldn’t handle the very thing he wanted the most,fame.
You Cobain fans need to take a dose of reality, Cobain’s death was a selfish act that left his wife and daughter without a husband/father, after a d–k move like that if Love want’s to put Cobain’s picture on a Snickers Bar then so be it.
Luke Griffiths says...
09.3.09 4:26 pm
Cobains legacy was a great one, and one I don’t think he offed himself and two. F— YOU, you have no idea about his life, you really don’t someone I know killed themselves, and its a dark and disturbing thing with many reasons behind him, so f— you, you can’t judge him.
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