Kurt Kobain as an unlockable character in Guitar Hero 5? What a goddamned disrespect. The Beatles: Rock Band is one thing, as it's meant to be a tribute to the band. But having Kurt Kobain as a secret character in Guitar Hero 5 is awful. It's not respect, it's "Look what we've got in Guitar Hero 5, Kurt Kobain!" I don't even like Nirvana and I'm disgusted by this.

Johnny Cash is in it too.
I don't think it's disrespectful at all, I think it's their way of honoring musicians. While I don't like Nirvana, I can see why he's in it.

Hai guys! What's happening in this thread?

Was this approved by anyone or did they just think "Fuck it, he's dead so he can't complain"? If it was approved then be pissed off at whoever did that (probably courtney love)

I remember hearing a story a while ago of Guitar Hero devs putting colored fret buttons on a Jimi Hendrix statue. Hendrix fans sprang up in literally one minute and removed the defacement.

People get far too attached to dead people. Sometimes even literally but thats illegal

I'm pretty sure Courtney Love approved it.
Also, Kurt Cobain didn't want his music commercialized did he? I can see why Nirvana fans would be upset.

Well thats sort of what I expected, she was never anything herself, just an addon for him

Next we're going to be seeing a minigame in Guitar Hero 6 allowing you to do coke with your dad's ashes.
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While I don't want to put words into a dead man's mouth*, it's a safe bet that Kurt wouldn't have agreed to this.
*generally I don't want to put anything into a dead man's mouth

Yeah, and they had Jimi Hendrix in the last game. So...?

I don't see how it's hurting any artist. I fail to also see how Cobain would have objected. Dave Grohl was also part of Nirvana and both Nirvana and Foo Fighters are represented in both Rock Band and Guitar Hero.
Which makes me wonder this: Are you actually mad about Kurt Cobain, or do you not like music based games and are finding a controversy to latch onto? If you don't want your music heard by the world or for people to have fun playing along with it in a game, then I think you might want to take up another career. I listen to some fairly underground and unique music but I don't know any one of those artists who wouldn't want their music heard by everyone.

No.

Let me give you guys another example of why Harmonix's product will always be classier than whatever Activision hires another company to do;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04JlvZZTQOI
See that? That's the ad for The Beatles: Rock Band, and that's a real ad. It sends the message in a clear manner that you, too, can walk the path of The Beatles. It also isn't annoying, which brings me to my other example;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9haSt0Xr6JA
Guitar Hero 5: "Look, BEWBS! Oh, the game? Yeah, it's still Guitar Hero. Gotta go now!"
Harmonix is selling their game using advertising talent. Neversoft is selling their game using tits.

So Rock Band is Civilization to Guitar Hero's Evony?