Kurt Cobain’s appearance in the latest “Guitar Hero” video game is not hitting the right notes with the surviving members of Nirvana.

Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl said in a joint statement Thursday that they were “dismayed and very disappointed” that an avatar of the late Nirvana frontman could be used to play songs by other artists.

Cobain’s widow, Courtney Love, had been lashing out on Twitter this week about her late husband’s inclusion in the game, and claims she never approved Cobain’s digital likeness, Activision said in a statement that they secured the necessary licensing rights from the Cobain estate in a written agreement signed by Love to use the singer’s likeness as a fully playable character.

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