Activision being sued for countless millions? Good lord, that hasn’t happened for at least a week. The boys in Activision Legal were probably enjoying the peace and quiet.
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
scavenga
LOL, Axl Rose.
That was it.
Sympozium
Pretty much explains that guy… its just greed
Sympozium
THE GAME IS OLD!?
Flaming Turkeys
I do like the (old) Guns n roses, but Axl Rose is a first class cabbage muncher!
Radiitz
I’m suing TheSixthAxis for displaying this comment… In about 18 months ;)
fattyuk
He won’t win!
WHY?
Who says that is slash on the front cover? It’s just a random guitarist with long black hair and a hat.
Bit like south park…. They can draw characters of anybody and get away with it
Awayze
OMG. Axl stop being a child and get the GnR we all love back, ie Slash, Izzy, Duff and Steve/Matt.