Guns N’ Roses frontman Axl Rose has Activision with legal action for using GnR’s music in the Guitar Hero games, although he is “fine” with former guitarist Slash being involved with the series.
“Slash being in Guitar Hero is fine, but not when Activision in using ‘Jungle’ unauthorized,” said Rose in an NME interview – referring to the band’s 1987 hit ‘Welcome to the Jungle’.
The track appears as an unlockable bonus on Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock – you get to play along with Slash after beating him on a level comprised of one of his own songs. Rose claims that although Slash has the rights to perform the song, Activision should not have included it – or “Sweet Child ‘O Mine” – in the game without his permission.
“I read about it as it moved along but Activision continually denied it right up to the release,” Rose told NME, “That’s some low life chicanery on all their parts.”
This is probably entirely unrelated, but Axl recently announced that the band’s latest album might be making an appearance on rival music game Rock Band II. Just sayin’.
via MCV
