Activision Kills 'Guitar Hero'

Activision Discontinues Guitar Hero and True Crime: Hong Kong, Takes Stock Hit Activision has discontinued the Guitar Hero business unit, and, perhaps due to instant karma, its stock took a 7.4% hit. While the Guitar...

Soundgarden New Record, 'Telephantasm,' Released On Guitar Hero

Soundgarden Choose Guitar Hero, Warriors Of Rock, To Release New Record, Telephantasm The mantra in the age of the internet is go to where the audiences are don't expect them come to you. So music legends...

New Mexico Lottery Adds Aerosmith Scratch Tickets to Promote Tour

The New Mexico Lottery has a released a series of three Aerosmith-themed scratch games with prizes that include concert tickets and backstage passes. And of course, cash prizes up to $50,000. Depending on the...

Jimi Hendrix doctor says murder claim plausible

As earlier shared on NowPublic the story that Jimi Hendrix was murdered continues to gain force and credibilty as the doctor that was on duty when the body of Hendrix was brought in to hospital confirms that...

Guitar Hero Smash Hits Song List

In music, having enough success and longevity to warrant a Greatest Hits is a sign that they've arrived. If that's the case, then Guitar Hero has indeed made it to the big time. The franchise is releasing a Guitar Hero Smash Hits, a compilation of songs that have been...

Why Warner Music Hates Guitar Hero

It's not that Warner Music doesn't want its music to appear on play-along games such as Guitar Hero; it just wants more money. In response, MTV Games, which publishes Rock Band, is reportedly boycotting Warner Music...

Activision Confirms ‘DJ Hero’ Game for 2009 Release

Remember a few years ago, when the music industry and scraggly-haired guitar-shreddin' maniacs the world over were quitely amazed as turntables began to outsell guitars? Well now the DJ is getting a whole new...

Slash Action Figure Pictures Released

Guns 'n Roses sang 'nothing lasts forever' but maybe if you look after him guitarist Slash will! Well at least the action figure of him that will be on sale in Febuary will - and if you can resist playing with him...

Christian ‘Guitar Hero’ Spin-Off ‘Guitar Praise’ Coming Soon

Religious gamers will be glad to know that they will soon be able to do some more spiritual shredding when the "Guitar Hero"-inspired Christian rock game "Guitar Praise" launches later this month.Could this...

Put Down the Guitars Guys, It's Time for 'DJ Hero'

So you think you can DJ? Well, music licenses permitting, you might get to live out that A-Trak or Tiësto-inspired bedroom fantasy...as a truly talented DJ Hero."As if plastic guitars, drums, basses and...

I Dropped Out Of School To Play Guitar Hero

Blake Peebles, who made news earlier in the week by dropping out of high school to pursue a professional Guitar Hero career, goes in depth on his day gaming sessions (8-12 hours), money, school and girls.Read...

Too Much Guitar Hero!!!

When a group of my students begged for the video game called " "Guitar Hero" I remember thinking that it would just be another tool for making more NOISE! something that I did not need more of. After a great...

The Van Halen Reunion Exeperience, Return of the Real Guitar Hero

With a successful tour of North America completed and nearly $95 million earned the recently reunited Van Halen have returned to the rock stage in 2008 just in time. Whammy bars and extended guitar solos are...

Guitar Hero: Metallica In 2009

 Sources tell us that today, Activision has confirmed at a conference that after the release of another Guitar Hero game is set to be made, Guitar Hero: Metallica. Metallica is a legendary hard rock group led...

Live from D6: Windows and Guitar Solos

Since 2003, The Wall Street Journal has hosted D: All Things Digital, a conference which brings together the tech industry's biggest players in a series of informal meetings and conversations. It's getting bigger...

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