Nirvana members dissatisfied with new Guitar Hero

Ex-Nirvana members, Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic, claimed that they were displeased with the way Activision used Kurt Cobain’s image in the new Guitar Hero 5 videogame. According to the musicians, they agree that players can use Cobain while performing two Nirvana’s songs, Smells Like Teen Spirit and Lithium, but they were against making Cobain a playable character.

«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», says their official statement.

However, Activision claimed that it received an agreement from Cobain’s wife Cortney Love and all Nirvana members to make him one of the game’s characters.

Guitar Hero 5 was released on September 1 for PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Wii and Xbox 360. The list of playable characters includes Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Cash, Garbage singer Shirley Manson and Matt Bellamy of Muse.