Tuesday, October 24, 2006

Cobain- Not Elvis- Is the King

For Courtney Love, 2005 was marketing Nirvana. The royalty checks going to her dearly departed husband's estate totaled $50 million last year, for the first time passing Elvis as the king of all dead earners, according to Forbes.

It is amazing that Cobain's heirs brought in more bucks than the Elvii clan, or perhaps his estate was just more aggressive in licensing his image to feed Courtney's bad habits. It is a sad passage of time that the grunge era has surpassed early rock and roll as the sentimental favorite of t-shirt and coffee mug vendors.

Rounding out the top ten corps(es) in this stiff competition were Charles Shulz, John Lennon, Albert Einstein, Andy Warhol, Dr. Seuss, Marilyn, and Johnny Cash (my pick to move up the list next year).

When it comes to raking in the royalties, you are better off dead.

Posted By John Gartner at 01:53 PM
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I don't even want to think of what Courtney is doing with all of her wealth. I feel bad for their kid. Not only is her mom crazy but her middle name is Bean.

Comments by Tabbie : Tuesday, October 24, 2006 at 02:19 PM

I don't care for or support her one bit but I'm not sad to see Elvis replaced as king of the dead ringers. I've never understood what the big deal was with his larger than life jelly donut blue suede houndog outlook on life. Guess I'm not in his target demographic though.

Comments by Jason : Tuesday, October 24, 2006 at 04:19 PM

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