Guitar Villains?

Kurt Cobain is resurrected for Guitar Hero 5…singing Bon Jovi songs? Ooh, boy, bet this might rub someone the wrong way (coughDaveGrohlcough)

While the world is busy discovering that being a more incompetent drummer than Ringo Starr is challenging but not impossible, Guitar Hero has managed to pull a fast one regarding the late Kurt Cobain. You see, the former Nirvana frontman has been made an unlockable character in their game, leading to what can politely be called a “misuse of his image” and what can not-so-politely be called interactive corpse rape.

Observe:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UuAoEW5MbI

Not surprisingly…people aren’t amused. And by “people,” we mean the rest of Nirvana:

Your move, Activision…

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