Guns N’ Roses Sue Activision
If you got the money, honey.
Published: 10:30, 24/11/2010 by Tuffcub.
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This week’s claimant is Axl Rose, lead singer of Guns n’ Roses and all round rock god. Axl, bless him, had a little tiff with Slash and the Smoking Gun ax-master left Guns N’ Roses. Since that day, Axl has made sure that Slash is not associated with the GnR brand.
Fast forward to the creation of Guitar Hero III and Axl was asked if ‘Welcome to the Jungle’ could be included on the game. Axl agreed so long as a certain top-hatted ex Guns N’ Roses guitarist was nowhere to be seen. Let’s take a look at the Guitar Hero III artwork shall we?
Whoops.
Axl has now filed a $20 million lawsuit against Activision for “wrongfully acquired profits.” According to court documents, Axl Rose heard an internet rumor that his former band-mate may be associated with the game before being told by executive vice-president of Music Affairs, Tim Riley, that “You know you can’t believe everything you read on the internet.”
Source: Radar Online
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24/11/2010 at 10:36
Member since: Mar 2009
They’re being sued about Guitar Hero 3 now? Wow.
24/11/2010 at 10:38
Member since: Oct 2008
I guess he waited until completing Guitar Hero 2 first :)
24/11/2010 at 10:58
Member since: Apr 2010
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24/11/2010 at 11:07
Member since: Nov 2008
Thats not a long time at all when you consider how long it took him to release their latest album.
He obviously live in a different time frame to the rest of the planet.
24/11/2010 at 10:37
Member since: Apr 2010
How incredibly petty.
24/11/2010 at 10:50
Member since: Jul 2009
Ah, America. A litigious society where everyone sues everyone else. I’m surprised people can even get on with their lives as I assumed they were all busy in court.
24/11/2010 at 23:51
Member since: Jan 2009
Thats offensive! I’m suing you for emotional distress.
24/11/2010 at 10:38
Member since: Forever
DrNate86 is dead right its infantile behaviour.
24/11/2010 at 10:43
Member since: Forever
November Rain may be one of the most awesome songs ever made, but Axl Rose is a complete nutcase
24/11/2010 at 10:59
Member since: Apr 2010
He may be a complete nutcase, but come a couple of months and he may be a nutcase with $20 Million!
24/11/2010 at 11:02
Member since: Dec 2009
When Axl kept the Dublin crowd waiting for nearly two HOURS before coming on stage, they gave him a traditional Irish welcome.
Bottles to the face.
Ran off stage after two songs.
24/11/2010 at 11:25
Member since: Apr 2010
Oh, you don’t wanna mess with the Irish, firey lot them. Guess Axl had to lear it the hard way… which actualy sounds pretty entertaining lol.
24/11/2010 at 11:26
Member since: Dec 2009
That made me laugh. Damn he shouldn’t of made them wait pompous tw@.
24/11/2010 at 11:28
Member since: Dec 2009
oops meant to say damn right
24/11/2010 at 10:47
Member since: Forever
Damn, this rules out the chance of a Guitar Hero: Guns n’ Roses :(
As much as he is a great musician, Axl Rose is a twat.
Fun fact: Axl Rose is an anagram of ‘Oral Sex’
24/11/2010 at 10:54
Member since: Jun 2009
I bet the agreement was that Slash wouldn’t appear on the song ‘Welcome to the Jungle’ as a member of the band with no mention whatsoever of the cover art – I doubt that Activision would risk a lawsuit over going back on what they agreed to, it’s probably that Axl or the lawyers or whatever didn’t read (or fully understand) the agreement. I suspect that Acti have this eventuality covered in some way in the small print.
Slash made GnR what it was back in the day anyway. They weren’t the same when he left (buckethead? What was that all about?).
24/11/2010 at 19:55
Member since: Mar 2009
What’s wrong with buckethead?
24/11/2010 at 10:59
Member since: Jun 2009
the bloke wants money, then surely Royalties are better than sueing?
I dunno, the bloke it mental anyway
24/11/2010 at 11:02
Member since: May 2010
Was it actually Slash in the same? or a likeness?
24/11/2010 at 11:38
Member since: Nov 2008
Its Slash. He’s actually in the game as Slash, they bought him to the studio and put all that movement capture hardware stuff whatever you call it on him. You can unlock the ‘in the making’ videos in game if I remember correctly
24/11/2010 at 11:36
Member since: Jun 2009
Well Axel probably owes a lot in fines for no shows and when he did make it on stage arriving very late and running past the curfew.
24/11/2010 at 11:54
Member since: May 2010
Well i hope he fails, as he is an idiot…. to put it nicely