Axl Rose, who must be running low on money or is looking for a serious wad of cash to put toward Chinese Democracy 2: This Time It’ll Never Come Out, has filed a lawsuit against Activision Blizzard, the publishers of the Guitar Hero series of videogames, for $20 million. What Axl is taking issue with is how the classic Guns N’ Roses track “Welcome to the Jungle” was presented in Guitar Hero III, as stated in the paperwork:
‘Welcome to the Jungle’ is a highly-renowned rock song of immense popularity…[and] is regarded by fans and critics alike as one of the greatest hard rock songs of all time….Guitar Hero has generated well over a billion dollars in revenue for Activision….Activision understood the extraordinary value Guns N’ Roses and ‘Welcome to the Jungle’ could add to the Guitar Hero platform…[and] began spinning a web of lies and deception to conceal its true intentions.
What Axl means to say is this: he was assured that Slash, and all past members of Guns N’ Roses, as well as Slash’s then band (Velvet Revolver), would not appear in the game at all. As those of us who played Guitar Hero III know, both Slash and Velvet Revolver were in the game and Axl is just pissed that when people think of Guns N’ Roses they only remember the period of time when G N’ R were good and that, besides a good lead singer, the band also had a really good guitar player. Sorry, Axl, the credit can’t all be yours. Good luck with the trial though!
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