COURTNEY LOVE Blasts Use Of KURT COBAIN Image In 'Guitar Hero'

September 10, 2009

The Pulse of Radio reports: Courtney Love fired off a series of Twitter posts about the use of her late husband Kurt Cobain's avatar in the new Guitar Hero 5 video game. The game drew heavy fire online last week after it arrived in stores and footage surfaced of the Cobain avatar singing songs by BON JOVI, PUBLIC ENEMY and BUSH. According to Idolator.com, Love entered the fray after she and ex-NIRVANA drummer Dave Grohl were blasted by rock journalist Everett True for supposedly allowing the use of Cobain's image.

True posted an obscenity-laden tirade in which he called Love and Grohl "Fucking corporate . . . memory-destroying fret-wanking MTV-supporting fame-chasing money-grabbing grave-turning publicity-loving vacuous spoiled jaded cunting rock whores." Love responded with a series of her usual garbled tweets, which were interpreted by CLTranslated as "I may have been forced by some lying lawyers to sell some publishing, but I never signed off on this Guitar Hero thing. Breach of contract!"

Love seemed to admit to approving a Cobain lunchbox, but denies being involved with the Guitar Hero avatar or the use of Cobain's image on other items such as Converse sneakers.

Love also insisted that she had "NO say" in the music that the Cobain avatar can perform.

Dave Grohl does not control the use of Cobain's image at all so it's not clear why True singled him out as well.

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