The new Guitar Hero 5 features Kurt Cobain as an unlockable character that can do many non-Kurtlike things.

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This week, Courtney Love took to Twitter to lob insults at former Hole guitarist Eric Erlandson, Modest Mouse debuted a new song exclusively on SPIN.com, and reality star / aspiring rapper Spencer Pratt claimed to have more street cred than Jay-Z.

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Courtney Love's next album, Nobody's Daughter, has been more than five years in the making. In those years, meetings of the musical minds have transpired between Love and Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan -- as well as renowned songwriter/producer Linda Perry -- and yet, no album has been released.

Today, April 8, 2009, is the 15th anniversary of the discovery of Kurt Cobain's body at his home outside Seattle, WA. And while the anniversary of one's death is usually a time for paying homage, this has been a tough week for the Nirvana frontman's widow Courtney Love.