Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic, dejaron bastante en claro que no estan muy felices con que kurt Cobain este en Guitar Hero 5. Esto fue lo que dijieron:
“We want people to know that we are dismayed and very disappointed in the way a facsimile of Kurt is used in the Guitar Hero game. The name and likeness of Kurt Cobain are the sole property of his estate – we have no control whatsoever in that area.
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.
It’s hard to watch an image of Kurt pantomiming other artists’ music alongside cartoon characters. Kurt Cobain wrote songs that hold a lot of meaning to people all over the world. We feel he deserves better.”
Bueno si no se manejan en inglés, la traducción a lo estoesmax seria algo asi : “sabíamos que se podía ocupar a kurt en dos canciones de Nirvana, pero no sabíamos y es una lata que se ocupe a kurt para jugar cualquier tipo de canción dentro del juego, y queremos que esto no suceda, ya que kurt escribio canciones con bastante significado para un monton de gente en el mundo”
Por lo que Activision ( los que hicieron Guitar hero ) respondieron con los siguiente:
“Guitar Hero secured the necessary licensing rights from the Cobain estate in a written agreement signed by Courtney Love to use Kurt Cobain’s likeness as a fully playable character in Guitar Hero 5.”
Osea: Courtney love, dio todos los permisos del mundo para que Kurt Cobain sea un caricatura mas dentro de Guitar Hero 5
Que piensan?. Para mi Nirvana y Kurt sobre todo alcanzo otro nivel de Mainstream