guitar hero

Guitar Hero is a series of music video games originally published by RedOctane and later by Activision which allow a player to become an interactive user/guitarist. The player uses a guitar-shaped peripheral to interact with the game and simulate guitar playing. The series of games are available on all major gaming platforms, including Playstation, Xbox 360, and Nintendo Wii.

The music tracks used in the games consist of licensed and independent rock music songs from the 1960s to the present. The game is popular at parties, and bars throughout the U.S. and Canada sponsor Guitar Hero nights which are very popular with patrons.

Within three years of its introduction, Guitar Hero had sold 23 million units globally and the franchise has become a cultural phenomenon. Music games such as Guitar Hero and Rock Band have become so popular that they contributed to 32% of the industry's growth in 2008. Fittingly, Activision plans to triple the number of Guitar Hero games on sale by 2010.

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• Is Music Hero X Coming Back?

  
  Music Hero X | Guitar Hero 5, DJ Hero, Beatles Rock Band, Van Halen, and the rest of the Guitar Hero Series! — Authority:
  Unfortunately, all things must come to an end at some point… Good thing for us that this is not that point! After having a crazy work schedule, eating pizza, having a car crash, getting 4 tickets, and whatever types of other crazy shit that happened over the past few months I am sittng down to dedicate my life to ...
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• Last Chance to get Tuba Hero T-Shirt

  
  The T-Shirt Review — Authority: 126
  T-Shirt Hell have announced that they will be pulling the Band Geek section from their website in a week so if you have been procrastinating now is the time to act. You don’t want to miss out on the chance to wear Triangle Hero t-shirt. They say they are pulling them for good and maybe they are telling the truth ...
  6 hours ago

• Now Whored-Out music games get their OWN Xbox Live music stores!

  
  Default Prime — Authority: 142
  Okay, Lips isn’t a whored-out music game, by those I was meaning Guitar Hero and Rock Band. Just clearing that up. Okay, so it looks like Microsoft has just announced that individual stores for Rock Band, Guitar Hero, and Lips are now available to download on Xbox Live. No real need for explaining here, all they ...
  7 hours ago

• Guitar Hero Christmas!

  
  Bitch Spot — Authority: 424
  Okay, I’m not a Guitar Hero guy, I don’t like Rock Band, I never cared about Dance Dance Revolution, but I do recognize style and appreciate creativity, which is exactly what this family did.  Plus, damn good music to boot.  A big round of applause to these people who turned their entire front yard and all of ...
  10 hours ago

• Xbox LIVE to launch individual music game stores

  
  SCRAWL — Authority: 582
  Music games are one of the hot new genres this generation, so hot that it’s spawned hundreds of downloadable add-on tracks post-release. With so many coming and coming each week, it’s hard to keep track of or find what you need. Microsoft has a solution: launching indivualized music stores. Launching later today, ...
  11 hours ago

• Negative Gamer Review: Guitar Hero 5 (Xbox 360)

  
  Negative Gamer — Authority: 576
  Ever since Activision took over the Guitar Hero series, they’ve been constantly compared to Harmonix, the originators of the franchise. Because of the very competitive nature of the current music game market, any new entry in the genre has been met with high expectations and little tolerance for mediocrity. Each new ...
  12 hours ago

• Guitar Hero: Van Halen Expansion Pack Hits Stores Today

  
  GeekSugar — Authority: 636
  Although my family usually indulges in a rousing game of Wii bowling during get togethers, after Thanksgiving dinner this year, I decided to break out the Guitar Hero to see if my relatives would be down to rock out. They put in a good effort, but lets just say they werent into my Metallica expansion pack and ...
  12 hours ago

• Van Halen gets the Guitar Hero treatment

  
  Hip Online - music biographies, reviews & interviews — Authority: 140
  Bringing the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees to life, Guitar Hero® Van Halen® hits retail shelves nationwide today delivering players a unique way to experience the energy, attitude and music from one the most accomplished bands in the world. With 25 of Van Halen’s greatest hits from “Jump” to ...
  12 hours ago

• Xbox Live Launching Individualized Music Game Stores [Xbox 360]

  
  Kotaku — Authority: 806
  Microsoft makes searching for downloadable songs for your rhythm games much easier today, with the introduction of individualized music game stores covering all the major music games. Expected to launch later today, the Xbox Live music games stores will make browsing the latest releases for games like Rock Band 2 ...
  13 hours ago

• Guitar Hero VIP Pass is your waypoint for DLC

  
  Joystiq — Authority: 759
  In the same way that Master Chief n friends have relegated their Xbox Live forces to Halo Waypoint , Neversoft has created a one-stop shop for all your Guitar Hero needs on the service. The " Guitar Hero VIP Pass " is now on the Xbox Live Marketplace, gathering all DLC for the music series into a centralized hub. ...
  14 hours ago

• Joe Strummer. 1952-2002. Thanks for a lifetime of...

  
  . : TA RPIT NEAN DERTH ALS : . — Authority: 134
  Joe Strummer. 1952-2002. Thanks for a lifetime of inspiration. “It’s not Xmas Time, anymore”…
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• Guitar Hero Van Halen Erupts Onto Retail Shelves Nationwide

  
  Gamer Investments — Authority: 162
  Experience the Skill and Energy of One of the Most Renowned Bands in the World – Van Halen SANTA MONICA, Calif., Dec 22, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ — Bringing the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees to life, Guitar Hero(R) Van Halen(R) hits retail shelves nationwide today delivering ...
  16 hours ago

• Guitar Hero Knockoffs

  
  Fake Plastic Rock — Authority: 99
  Imagine the joy of finding a copy of The Beatles: Rock Band or Guitar Hero 5 under your Christmas tree this year. Now imagine what you’d feel like if, instead, you unwrapped a copy of an ultra-chintzy, bottom dollar Guitar Hero knockoff . Behold. Guitar Superstar (picture courtesy of the always-excellent ...
  1 day ago

• Guitar Hero DLC – Christmas Rock & Celebrity New Years Rock Track Packs

  
  Gamer Investments — Authority: 162
  We wanted to start your holidays with a FREE downloadable track available this week for Guitar Hero 5 and Band Hero. “Hark The Herald Angels Sing” by Steve Ouimette can be downloaded for free from the Xbox LIVE Marketplace or the PlayStation Store starting tomorrow, December 22. The Celebrity New Years Rock Track ...
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• New Game Releases for the Week of December 20th

  
  PS3 Blog and Community | PS3Blog.net — Authority: 143
  For new game releases this week, all there is, is Guitar Hero Van Halen here in the states, which comes out tomorrow. Other than that, nothing is shown for either Europe, Australia, or Japan. This should be one of the last weeks for the New Release dry spell we’re having, though!
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• Guitar Hero with Christmas lights.(via kottke)

  
  kayfabe — Authority: 578
  Guitar Hero with Christmas lights . (via kottke )
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• The Cop or Flop Weekly 12/21/09

  
  The Koalition | The Video Game & Hip Hop Authority — Authority: 491
  Happy Holidays. Thanks for checking in with the Cop or Flop Weekly. This will be the last Cop or Flop of the year. Be on the lookout for some changes to be coming to the Cop or Flop in the upcoming weeks. It’s only going to get better from here. I can’t say the same thing about video games releases this week ...
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• Pachter Tells us Why Music Games Aren’t Doing Well This Year

  
  Negative Gamer — Authority: 576
  Videogames analyst Michael Pachter  has spoken to Reuters stating that the reason music game sales have suffered this year is due to “too much content” shipping in previous music games. According to NPD, only 800,000 people bought Beatles: Rock Band in its first month. This figure “boggles the mind” ...
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• New for your Xbox 360 (Dec 20-25)

  
  The Xbox Domain — Authority: 429
  Once again, this “week” is just that — weak. You’ve seen our review for Guitar Hero: Van Halen , now it’s your turn to decide if you’re going to buy it sans a throw in with Guitar Hero 5. Van Halen fans are sure to jump into the guitar shredding if they haven’t already via GH5. For everyone else, your ...
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• Cabela’s Dangerous Hunts Hunting Game Nintendo Wii New

  
  Nintendo Wii Review — Authority: 150
  Hey, check out these auctions: Guitar Hero world Tour Metallica Aerosmith Drum KIT Wii US $139.99 End Date: Monday Dec-21-2009 9:57:03 PST Buy It Now for only: US $139.99 Buy it now | Add to watch list 1 WE SKI Game Compatible With Wii Fit Balance Board NEW US $22.49 (0 Bid) End ...
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