Dan Rosensweig insists his company's offer to desecrate Kurt Cobain's legacy was crystal clear and that Dave and Krist should take it up with Nirvana's estate. Jon Bon Jovi's weighed in too. No doubt this will all be cleared up... CONTINUE READING GUITAR HERO CEO SAYS BLAME COURTNEY»
Posted on September 17, 2009 in , (0 comments)
Tags: Bon Jovi | Courtney Love | Dave Grohl | Guitar Hero | Jon Bon Jovi | Krist Novoselic | Kurt Cobain | Nirvana
Who to believe, who to believe. As you know, Guitar Hero 5 features a playable Kurt Cobain avatar which you can unlock to have the Nirvana icon cover Bush, stunt like Flavor Flav, and roll over in his grave. Everybody's... CONTINUE READING COURTNEY, DAVE, KRIST, ACTIVISION FIGHT OVER GUITAR HERO'S CONTROVERSIAL KURT CARTOON»
Posted on September 10, 2009 in , (78 comments)
Tags: Courtney Love | Dave Grohl | Guitar Hero | Krist Novoselic | Kurt Cobain | Nirvana
Not to mention Bush, Megadeth, and Public Enemy. Last week we reported that the Nirvana frontman has been licensed as a videogame character, complete with Daniel Johnston t-shirt. Frances Bean's rent isn't gonna pay itself, ya know? The game, Guitar... CONTINUE READING UNLOCKED KURT COBAIN SINGS BON JOVI IN GUITAR HERO 5»
Posted on September 2, 2009 in (68 comments)
Tags: Bon Jovi | Guitar Hero | Megadeth | Nirvana | Public Enemy
Just in time for the 20th Anniversary of Bleach, aka one more milestone to make Nirvana fans feel long in the tooth, the Guitar Hero series introduces the Be Kurt Cobain feature, sure to bring the joys of "Territorial Pissings"... CONTINUE READING GUITAR HERO 5 LETS YOU BE KURT COBAIN»
Posted on August 25, 2009 in , (30 comments)
Tags: Guitar Hero | Kurt Cobain | Muse | Nirvana
Billy Corgan had an eventful weekend. On Friday, he put on his spookiest evening gown and played "G.L.O.W." and "Tarantula" for Jimmy Kimmel. The next day, his Pumpkins headlined a Guitar Hero World Tour launch party in West Hollywood, where... CONTINUE READING SMASHING PUMPKINS PLAY "DISARM" WITH JOSH GROBAN, NEW TUNES AT BRIDGE SCHOOL BENEFIT»
Posted on October 27, 2008 in , (22 comments)
Tags: Guitar Hero | Josh Groban | Paul Simon | Simon And Garfunkel | The Smashing Pumpkins
At the beginning of this behind-the-scenes clip, Wayne Coyne recounts the Lips' history of being asked to do absurd things. That's how they ended up playing The Peach Pit in the OG 90210, and it's why they'll be returning to... CONTINUE READING FLAMING LIPS REMIX NBC THEME WITH HILARIOUS GUITAR»
Posted on October 27, 2008 in , (3 comments)
Tags: Guitar Hero | The Flaming Lips
Billboard reports Guitar Hero World Tour will premiere the new Pumpkins single "G.L.O.W." (along with a playable Billy avatar) when it is released this fall, giving superfans a few months to figure out how to create pirated MP3s from tracks... CONTINUE READING WANT NEW SMASHING PUMPKINS? GET GUITAR HERO.»
Posted on September 2, 2008 in (8 comments)
Tags: Bon Iver | Dirty Projectors | Feist | Guitar Hero | Mika Miko | Sharon Jones | SXSW | The National | The Smashing Pumpkins
Back in the '90s Metallica and Guns N' Roses were hard rock titans, owning the Billboards, touring together, getting caught on fire and leaving their crowds in riots. 16 years later it's less about burning flesh and broken bottles, and... CONTINUE READING METALLICA'S DEATH MAGNETIC TO GET A GUITAR HERO'S WELCOME»
Posted on July 15, 2008 in (4 comments)
Tags: Guitar Hero | Metallica
We knew they loved record stores and hated downloading, but following in Aerosmith's digital footsteps and MissionMetallica.com, it appears the guys are moving further into the computer age with a Metallica version of Guitar Hero. Aerosmith's is out 6/29, and... CONTINUE READING ...AND GUITAR HERO FOR ALL»
Posted on June 3, 2008 in (3 comments)
Tags: Aerosmith | Guitar Hero | Metallica
Not everyone likes Guitar Hero. Charlie Daniels, for one, is pissed that his iconic song "The Devil Went Down To Georgia" shows up in Guitar Hero III. As NME reports: He has publicly stated that he would have refused permission... CONTINUE READING THE DEVIL WENT DOWN TO GUITAR HERO III»
Posted on April 10, 2008 in (23 comments)
Tags: Charlie Daniels | Guitar Hero
That's the first screenshot of Guitar Hero's Aerosmith edition, the first one-band installment of the insanely popular timesuck. Says Wired: "Available in June, the game will feature nothing but Aerosmith, from 'Don't Want To Miss A Thing' to 'Sweet Emotion' to 'Love In An Elevator.'" Joe Perry self-tanner sold separately.
Posted on February 15, 2008 in (10 comments)
It's (Consumer Electronics) Show time in Vegas, and last night's keynote address came packing a pop culture-savvy video designed to give some morale back to the John Hodgmanized ranks of the Microsoft fanboys, by putting their fearless leader in cute... CONTINUE READING BILL GATES PLANS TO SPEND RETIREMENT WITH BONO, JAY-Z, JON STEWART, AND LOTS OF DEMOCRATS»
Posted on January 7, 2008 in , (7 comments)
Tags: Al Gore | Barack Obama | Bill Gates | Bono | George Clooney | Guitar Hero | Hillary Clinton | Jay-Z | Jon Stewart | Slash | Steven Spielberg
This summer Guitar Hero rocked the '80s, eliciting raves from fake-fret fanboys alongside workmanlike sessions of procrastination around the nation. But if you were waiting for some post-holiday sales before buying your copy, you might wanna scrap that plan and... CONTINUE READING THE ROMANTICS VS. GUITAR HERO ENCORE: ROCKS THE 80S»
Posted on November 26, 2007 in , (10 comments)
Tags: Guitar Hero | The Romantics
Spotted: C in the back of his limo driving up and down Park Ave. Heard: "One Week Of Danger," one of five songs by the Virgins featured in last night's episode of Josh Schwartz's CW soap Gossip Girl. Yes, star-making... CONTINUE READING GOSSIP GIRL BRINGS VIRGINS, GUITAR HERO TO UES»
Posted on November 15, 2007 in , , (16 comments)
Tags: Alexandra Patsavas | Gossip Girl | Guitar Hero | The Virgins
While we're looking for clips of a non-Thin non-White non-Duke from last night's Atlantis Squarepantis (anyone got a clip? don't bother with TurboNick, unless you want to see a commercial with the disclaimer "boy doll is anatomically correct"), we finally... CONTINUE READING WEAK BECOME HEROES, AND BACK AGAIN»
Posted on November 13, 2007 in , (7 comments)
Tags: Guitar Hero | South Park
How did you spend your Sunday? We already mentioned that poor Bret Michaels talks dirty on Guitar Hero IIl: Legends Of Rock. That's one thing, but who expected that rival riffer game Rock Band would get pornographic? While it might... CONTINUE READING GUITAR HERO III RELEASED, ROCK BAND GETS PORNOGRAPHIC»
Posted on October 29, 2007 in , (16 comments)
Tags: Guitar Hero | Poison | Rock Band | Slash | The New Pornographers
Didn't make the cut for Rock Of Love? Instead of getting sad about missing your chance to flash your fake boobs for Bret, how about about getting psyched to air guitar next to a pixilated version of him? Now we're... CONTINUE READING GUITAR HERO III: LEGENDS OF ROCK TO HELP YOU REALIZE THAT DREAM OF GETTING NEXT TO BRET MICHAELS»
Posted on August 14, 2007 in (15 comments)
Tags: Bret Michaels | Guitar Hero | Slash
Congratulations fake guitar players, Guitar Hero Rocks The '80s is out. You get it? We didn't ... yet. But of course, we will -- we even posted a partial tracklist, the sort of stuff we do only for like Animal... CONTINUE READING SONGS THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN GUITAR HERO ENCORE: ROCKS THE '80S»
Posted on July 26, 2007 in (8 comments)
Tags: Guitar Hero
Yes we are officially the last kids on the block to get hooked by Guitar Hero, but that's not keeping us from being excited about the chance to make funny faces while jamming to Flock Of Seagulls. Activision has announced... CONTINUE READING GUITAR HERO STEPS INTO THE AWESOME '80S»
Posted on May 16, 2007 (11 comments)
Tags: Deerhunter | Guitar Hero | Lost | Zooey Deschanel
