Guns N’ Roses frontman Axl Rose filed a $20 million lawsuit Tuesday against Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock publisher Activision, according to Variety. The singer alleges that the videogame publisher broke a contractual promise by featuring former Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash in the 2007 game. According to the suit, which was filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, Activision obtained the song rights for “Welcome to the Jungle” from Rose under the condition that Slash would not be featured in the game. However, the suit says Guitar Hero III “prominently features Slash imagery in direct connection with the use of ‘Welcome to the Jungle,’ exploits the prior association between Slash and Guns N’ Roses, promotes Slash’s and [his band] Velvet Revolver’s separate interests, and includes Velvet Revolver tracks as available downloads, all of which was directly contrary to the contractual obligations” of Activision.
Nov 23
2010
09:17 PM ET
Axl Rose sues Activision for featuring Slash in 'Guitar Hero' game
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He is such an a$$hat.
QFT
Doesn’t make the comment any less true…
QFT means quoted for truth..
Thanks for the head’s up! Believe it or not, l thought it meant, ‘Quit F*cking Trolling!’ Google is my friend!
He’s just realizing this now?
Right? I had to check the date to make sure this was actually a current article.
He thought that he would make his $20 million off of Chinese Democracy. So now he’s suing someone to make up for the costs.
LOL
so true!
who does he think he is.. f*cking hasbeen! G’nR was nothing without Slash.
I am throwing all my GNR albums away. I am no longer a fan of this group due to Axel. Lets support real bands like Bon Jovi and Aerosmith..oh yeah and the Killers too.
Bon Jovi hasn’t had a good album since SWW
What a d*ckhead.
I wonder how many of the people who’ve commented have bothered to read the details of the suit. Also, mentioned in the suit is the unauthorized use of SCOM in an ad for GH III. If all the allegations are true, Activision was very much in the wrong and deserve to be held accountable for their actions.
What irks me is not that he’s suing-he may very well be in the right if the allegations are true. What I find extremely childish is the inclusion of said points in the contract. He really should grow up and put whatever happened in the past behind him, but apparently the guy has got no class at all.
People like Axl are the reason god created illegal downloads… it’s a shame, I’d give my money to the other band members but Axl deserves nothing.
Is he gonna hold his breath and stamp his feet next?
Yeah, that sounds like Axl.
Axl looks like he’d have just the hottest, rankest cigarette/coffee/ass breath that would singe your nosehairs.
He must be on hard times….sad
Just refer to him as William Rose now.
Why did it take him 3 years to file the lawsuit? I don’t agree with all of you that he’s an a$$ or anything, but I do question why it took him so long.
Because he’s no longer relevant.
OK – The name of the game is Guitar Hero – not singer hero. Of course Slash should be the feature.
Technically, if Activision really did get the rights to the song from G’N'R…. they should have featured the current G’N'R guitarist.
Unfortunately, nobody knows who the hell he is.
Sad to say that while I agree with most of the comments on here (Slash was the bast part of GNR), it appears Axl has every right to bring this lawsuit, and will probably win.
what a douche
Boohooo…What a baby…