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Courtney Love and Nirvana members unhappy with Kurt Cobain in Guitar Hero

Source: Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles : CA : USA | 2 months ago

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Courtney Love , the controversial rocker and widow of Nirvana 's Kurt Cobain , is blasting out angry messages on Twitter in response to her late husband's likeness being used in Guitar Hero 5. A character portraying Cobain shows up for the game's two Nirvana songs to sing and play guitar...

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