Great trainwrecks of our time – 6: Kurt Cobain covers Bon Jovi

Um. Grohl and Love sanctioned this one for the new Guitar Hero.

(You can find the rest of this entry at my new blog here.)

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28 Responses to “Great trainwrecks of our time – 6: Kurt Cobain covers Bon Jovi”

  1. Max Says:
    September 10, 2009 at 9:47 am | Reply

    Yeah, I’d like to know myself about Dave’s involvement, from what I know he doesn’t mess with such stuff, but again…. it might be one of those cases where the parties involved thought “hey, this is a good way to get keep the legend alive”… maybe somebody thought they’d just use his sprite character to perform SMELLS LIKE in the game, and then POOF. who knows should speak out.

    BTW Everett, did you notice they choose YOUR shirt to design his suits?

  2. Max Says:
    September 10, 2009 at 10:13 am | Reply

    http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/2009/239/cobain_62656_screen.jpg

  3. Great trainwrecks of our time – 7: Kurt Cobain vs Guitar Hero pt 2 « Music That I Like Says:
    September 10, 2009 at 7:34 pm | Reply

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  4. everetttrue Says:
    September 10, 2009 at 8:30 pm | Reply

    turns out that he doesn’t. So clearly the finger of blame firmly points at one person…

  5. Curt Kobain Guitar Hero 5 Fiasco: Courtney Love Decides to Sue | Game Bashing Says:
    September 10, 2009 at 10:42 pm | Reply

    [...] is the original story by Guardian. Also, here is the post Guardian blogger Everett True posted on his Blog. You can also read Courtney’s twitter profile [...]

  6. Rols Says:
    September 10, 2009 at 11:29 pm | Reply

    Jings people, get a little perspective… your relationship to KC is just idolatry! Looking at all of these “is nothing sacred…” comments one is put in mind of religious loons deciding that their sacred cow / image of jesus / name of the prophet / whatever has in some way been insulted.

    If you don’t like guitar hero – don’t buy it. Job done.

    You all need to get out a bit more.

    That’s punk in my book.

  7. WhoCares Says:
    September 11, 2009 at 12:54 am | Reply

    Why is everyone making such a big deal out of this? Kurt Coban KILLED HIMSELF!!! He was a coward and took his own life. The big pussy left a child behind as well. He does not deserve any praise.

  8. Music Ally | Blog Archive » Kurt Cobain does Bon Jovi in Guitar Hero 5… and Courtney Love isn’t happy Says:
    September 11, 2009 at 1:29 am | Reply

    [...] journalist Everett True posted a no-punches-pulled verdict on his blog, accusing Courtney Love and Dave Grohl – in their roles as Nirvana rightsholders [...]

  9. jay Says:
    September 11, 2009 at 1:53 am | Reply

    Guess none of you bothered to find out the truth, You just listened to a know nothing journalist, who wouldn’t know an instument if he tripped over it. But I’m glad you all feel better about yourselves.

  10. Jesse Says:
    September 11, 2009 at 2:26 am | Reply

    Dave not controlling anything of Kurt’s likeness means nothing to you?

    Besides, what will Courtney do now that no one wants to hear her band (she’s run out of people to write her albums for her) or see her cooch.

    I remember when in order to write something that got picked up by news aggregators you had to do research, and be an actual journalist.

  11. Anon Says:
    September 11, 2009 at 4:27 am | Reply

    As if Kurt Cobain didn’t sell out to MTV himself when he was alive. How many times did he perform on there again? Even Metallica held out longer against MTV then he did.

  12. killian Says:
    September 11, 2009 at 6:51 am | Reply

    This is as horrifying as watching a dead member of your family being dug up, and fitted with robotics to do grotesque song and dance in a circus freak show. Kurt Cobain, as an artist had integrity – this is obscene.

  13. apoehler Says:
    September 11, 2009 at 8:09 am | Reply

    Treating Cobain as if he were Jesus rather than a guy who wrote a few good tunes is ridiculous. Cut the faux-reverence and move on, it’s a bit past the point now that Kurt’s face is plastered all over thousands of other shitty products: he’s just another face next to Morrison, Tupac, and Bob Marley on cliche dorm room walls.

  14. Kurt Cobain en Guitar Hero « Pastas, pepas y otros postres Says:
    September 11, 2009 at 8:22 am | Reply

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  15. At Last, Courtney Love Looks Relatively Sane :: Agent Bedhead Says:
    September 11, 2009 at 8:43 am | Reply

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    September 11, 2009 at 10:28 am | Reply

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  17. Ren Says:
    September 11, 2009 at 1:16 pm | Reply

    Omigawd. In a way I find this disturbingly hilarious, but in a more serious note (Serious…) this makes me want to murder the people who gave the O.k. to this.
    Well, I don’t want to murder Courtney, I just want to flush a million dollar bill in front of her, I bet that would even this out.
    This is like raping a dead body. Amirite?

  18. Brief Thoughts on the GH5/Kurt Cobain Flap « Bollocks! Says:
    September 11, 2009 at 4:44 pm | Reply

    [...] you might imagine, there’s been a bit of an uproar about this. Everett True got very sweary about this on his blog (seriously, Mr. True, that is an epic swear. I commend you) and Courtney Love ejaculated a billion [...]

  19. Courtney Love and Guitar Hero: Keep Digging That Hole at Deceiver.com Says:
    September 12, 2009 at 4:26 am | Reply

    [...] blogger Everett True blasted Love for allowing Cobain’s animated likeness to be used in GH5, enabling players to make a Cobain avatar lip sync to songs like “Dancing [...]

  20. Nirvana Bandmates ‘Dismayed’ By Kurt Cobain’s Image In ‘Guitar Hero 5′ Says:
    September 12, 2009 at 8:45 am | Reply

    [...] in 1991 at a Butthole Surfers gig — published a profanity-laced missive about the game on his blog and accused Love and Grohl of sanctioning the use of Cobain’s [...]

  21. (an aside) « Music That I Like Says:
    September 12, 2009 at 2:52 pm | Reply

    [...] they say the day of the music critic is over. Amazing what a few well-chosen words in the right place will do. OK. Smug moment in the sun over. Back to obscurity and bitterness in [...]

  22. everetttrue Says:
    September 13, 2009 at 6:13 am | Reply

    (from Facebook)

    Rochelle Perron
    Many thanks, ET. Painful. Sad. Angrymaking. Grrrr.
    September 9 at 5:47pm · Delete

    Brett Wells
    Just.no.
    September 9 at 6:32pm · Delete

    Brent Anderson
    Mr. True, I was never quite sure what to make of you during your time here in Seattle but I was always somewhat amused by your musings. Now, still, I am happily confounded and hoping it will never end. Yours truly.
    September 9 at 6:35pm · Delete

    Everett True
    in “conversation” w/CL on twitter about this
    September 9 at 6:42pm · Delete

    James Kirchmer
    i’d like to virtually pepper both of their hollywood arses red w/some twisty, whammy-fired Atari-2600 TANK rounds 8)
    September 9 at 6:47pm · Delete

    Paul Devlin
    Thats Fucked. How bad could they really need the money
    September 9 at 10:14pm · Delete

    Louise Spear
    show crap??
    Fri at 3:12am · Delete

  23. Charles Says:
    September 13, 2009 at 3:56 pm | Reply

    I didn’t think anybody did insults like this anymore, just the f bomb. Bravo. Positively Shakespearian.

  24. everetttrue Says:
    September 13, 2009 at 6:59 pm | Reply

    (from Facebook)

    Jaana Heikkinen
    What the hell??
    September 9 at 11:28pm · Delete

    Jeff Tartakov
    Nice shirt.
    Thu at 12:04am · Delete

    Tina van der Straaten
    so… you’re not best friends anymore then?
    Thu at 12:52am · Delete

    Katherine Wolf
    sickening.
    Thu at 3:05am · Delete

  25. gawain Says:
    September 14, 2009 at 8:54 pm | Reply

    the clip is bizarre, funny and fascinating. At first.
    I’m personally all for more of a mash-up/cut world where the kids of Old Bull Lee and 2ManyDJs make origami and then confetti of culture but someone is making a shitload of money here. That’s the rub. That’s the real piss-off.
    Remember the artist Guy Peellaert creator of many a famous album cover and his books Rock Dreams and 20th Century Dreams? In his art he imagined the famous and infamous meeting and interacting. Bud Powell and Ezra Pound together in the nuthouse. Prince and Lady Diana meeting for sex in a motel room.
    Now if he had painted or animated Kurt playing a Bon Jovi song you’d laugh, cry, jerk off in the back row -whatever. I think Kurt would have laughed and cried and jerked off too. A genuine artist with a love and understanding of music and then fucking with it is one thing, but just making dollars…just too mundane.

  26. SDC Says:
    September 15, 2009 at 12:27 am | Reply

    What’s the big deal? He’s obviously singing those songs ironically.

  27. l'Unità Says:
    September 17, 2009 at 12:34 am | Reply

    [...] del gioco, Everett True, amico personale e biografo di Cobain, ha aggiornato il suo blog con un link a un video tratto da Guitar Hero 5 dove un Cobain virtuale canta una serie di canzoni, tra le quali [...]

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