Miserable Retail Slave

(originally posted September 10, 2009)

by RFP

In a series of incomprehensible tweets from twitter, that twit Courtney Love, best known for marrying a rock legend and riding his flannel coattails to her own fame and fortune as well as fronting a band called Hole (which seems appropriate considering the source), is claiming she had nothing to do with Kurt Cobain’s image appearing in Guitar Hero 5.

Trying to find the actual meaning in these tweets is like trying to find a three letter word in a million letter word search, so there’s no point in posting them.

But she claims that she was maybe tricked or didn’t sign a contract or has no idea what planet she lives on.

Activision, the developers of Guitar Hero, released a statement basically saying, “Yes, you did.” She signed a written agreement as the executor of Cobain’s estate allowing him to appear in the game.

I’m inclined to side with Activision here because, quite simply, Courtney Love is an entire bucket of crazy and P.S. I think she might do drugs!

C’mon Courtney. Just admit that you signed a contract to make some bank off your deceased husband’s image and are now claiming to be surprised because you upset Nirvana fans across the country.

I’ve already given my thoughts on Cobain’s appearance in the game here, but surviving Nirvana members Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic issued a statement of their own. Basically, they are alright with Cobain being in the game singing Nirvana songs, but have an issue with him being a playable character and lipsynching songs like “Come Down” by Bush or Peter fucking Frampton. They want Activision to “re-lock” Cobain in the game, so he cannot be a playable character, only appearing to front Nirvana songs.

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Also, Activision told Rolling Stone a few weeks ago:

“Naturally, Love did have some concerns. Namely, Cobain’s physique, Riley reveals. “Courtney supplied us with photos and videos and knew exactly what she wanted Kurt to look like,” he says. “She picked the wardrobe and hair style, which turned out to be the ‘Teen Spirit’ look, then we went back and forth over changes — some subtle, some not so subtle.” In column B? Love’s reference to the Greek God Adonis, whose youthful good looks made the male deity an object of desire. “She certainly had a physical image in mind,” says Riley. “She wanted him to have that sort of athletic definition but not overly so.” And while Love has long had a reputation for being difficult, Riley’s experience was anything but. “She was actually great to work with,” he says. “She got back with comments pretty quickly.”