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Kurt Cobain Returns From Dead For Guitar Hero 5

It was both creepy and fun when Fred Astaire danced with a Dirt Devil; and then there are the various things that Frank Sinatra has come back from the grave to sing for.  But the practice of reincarnation for commercial purposes gets raised to a whole new level when Kurt Cobain takes a walk from the other side to perform on stage in Guitar Hero 5.  After all, this is the man who wrote in his suicide note, "The worst crime I can think of would be to rip people off by faking it and pretending as if I'm having 100% fun. Sometimes I feel as if I should have a punch-in time clock before I walk out on stage."

If that wasn't enough for you, there's video of Guitar Hero reincarnating Jimmy Hendrix after the jump.


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  1. I’m just not sure how to feel about this….My instant reaction was to be appaled by the fact that we can make a cartoon version of someone who is 1) dead, and 2) so completely against anything that would portray him in such a light. And yet, in my music marketing brain, I realize this is probably going to be the most popular song Guitar Hero is offering…..I cannot help to wonder how many other musicians we will de-humanize, for the sake of our own entertainment…and it just makes me sad.

  2. I’m not really sure what the problem is with this. Cobain was a music icon and I don’t think its disrespectful at all to include his character in the most popular music game ever. I think it proves that his legacy is still with us. It should inspire a new generation to get into Nirvana’s music and hopefully learn about his battle with stardom. Yes, it’s unfortunate that Courtney Love and Primary Wave will probably make money off of this, but they’ve been cashing in on everything since his death anyway. I find this particular incarnation of Cobain a tasteful way to celebrate his conflicted character in a modern age.

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