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Switched (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Filed under: Video Games , Celebrities Yesteryear's teen ska sensations No Doubt have filed suit against Activision Blizzard , Inc. over a depiction of frontwoman Gwen Stefani in the new game ' Band Hero .' Although No Doubt signed a contract allowing Activision to use the band's music and likenesses, the lawsuit maintains that the contract did not give Activision clearance to feature Stefani's avatar...
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A.V. Club (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
The sturm and drang over Kurt Cobain's avatar appearing in Guitar Hero 5 to sing songs by other artists has settled, but the war may be just beginning: Billboard reports today that No Doubt is suing Activision, the makers of Guitar Hero and the new Band Hero , for unauthorized use of its members' likenesses in songs by other artists. Just as Cobain could rock out some Bush jams in Guitar Hero 5 (and...
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Shakespeare's Sister (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
No Doubt sues Activision over Band Hero : Rock band No Doubt has filed a real-world lawsuit over its virtual role in the just-released Band Hero edition of the Guitar Hero video game series, claiming that the game has "transformed No Doubt band members into a virtual karaoke circus act," singing dozens of songs the group neither wrote, popularized nor approved for use in the game. ...The...
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Paidcontent (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
First, Courtney Love threatens to “sue the s—t” out of Activision for putting Kurt Cobain in Guitar Hero 5 , and now rock-ska band No Doubt is suing the company for turning it into a “virtual karaoke circus act” in Band Hero . At issue is the way that band members like Gwen Stefani are portrayed; No Doubt agreed to appear in the game—and coincidentally, is still...
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exshoesme (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
First there was Kate. Moss, of course. Then came Lily Cole. Next was Sophie Ellis-Bextor. Now, Rimmel London adds two more stars to their ad roster. Coco Rocha will be one of the cosmetic company’s new faces for their Spring 2010 campaign. And the last one to round off this repertoire of Honky Tonk Women? None other than Georgia May Jagger, [...]
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Stoning the Devil (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009
In the late 1960s, American guitarist Ry Cooder (already a country-blues legend in the States) flew to Swinging London and set up camp. Among other things, he was there to help compose the soundtrack music for Performance , a Nicholas Roeg film starring Mick Jagger and Anita Pallenberg . The film became a cult classic. Even more importantly, Cooder got to jam with Stones guitarist Keith Richards (then...
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The Daily Swarm (Free subscription) | 09/14/2009
Mick Taylor is Ronnie Wood’s direct predecessor and the musical virtuoso behind the Rolling Stones’ golden age. Taylor, who replaced the erratic Brian Jones, played guitar on Honky Tonk Women, Wild Horses, Angie, It’s Only Rock And Roll and a host of other classic tracks. He was present at the height of the band’s decadent excess at Nellcote in the South of France in the summer...
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prefixmag (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
Perhaps the seminal live rock 'n' roll document, Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out has remained for nearly 40 years a short 10 tracks. No longer! The Stones have announced a "box set" reissue of the album that expands the track list to 27 tracks, including 5 unreleased live Stones cuts and 12 songs from openers B.B. King and Ike and Tina Turner. Here's the track list for the reissue, which is due out...
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