Guitar Hero 5

Get Out Your Lighters: Night Ranger Coming To Guitar Hero 5

Here's something that basically makes it painfully obvious why a game called Keyboard Hero needs to immediately be put into production: Night Ranger's "Sister Christian" is coming to Guitar Hero 5 on March 25. It'll be part of a track pack that will also include Motley Crue's "Girls, Girls, Girls" and The Go-Go's' "We Got...
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Pavement, Spoon Contribute Songs To Guitar Hero

Sure, we already knew that Guitar Hero and Rock Band appealed to college slackers. It was only a matter of time before Activision caught on, too. Their latest batch of downloadable tracks for Guitar Hero V and Band Hero include newly reunited campus rock favourites Pavement. Gamers will now be able to jam along with "Cut Your Hair," the...
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Jon Bon Jovi Also Dislikes Kurt Cobain (In Video Game Form)

Jon Bon Jovi has joined the debate over the Kurt Cobain avatar that appears in the recently released Guitar Hero 5. Courtney Love, Cobain's widow, threatened legal action over the character last week, and former Nirvana members Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic also voiced their displeasure about it. "I don't know that I would have wanted it...
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Kurt Cobain's Guitar Hero Character Causes A Flap

Courtney Love and surviving Nirvana members Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic aren't particularly happy that Activision has decided to include a Kurt Cobain character in the upcoming Guitar Hero 5 video game. Love threatened legal action over the character on her Twitter account on Thursday, saying she didn't approve it. "i think Kurt would...
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Kurt Cobain In Guitar Hero 5

Guitar Hero 5 will give you the opportunity to be Kurt Cobain when the game hits stores on Sept. 1. And you won't reek of unwashed hair and stinky squatter jeans because it'll all be digital. Players will be able to get into character with a Cobain avatar when you play Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" and "Lithium." Uh,...
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Johnny Cash In Guitar Hero 5

Have you ever wanted to be Johnny Cash? Now's your chance. Cash will be a playable character in Guitar Hero 5, which is out Sept. 5. Here's a trailer for Cash's character.
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Johnny Cash Is A Guitar Hero

Gamers will soon be able to walk the line between fantasy and reality, Johnny Cash style. Guitar Hero 5 will feature a playable animated version of the Man In Black. Fans will be able to use Cash's character to play and sing "Ring Of Fire" as well as perform at the new Electric Honky Tonk Bar venue, according to reports from...
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Smells Like Guitar Hero

Guitar amateurs everywhere will be able to annoy the hell out of their parents/friends/roommates by butchering Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" on Sept. 1. But this time, they won't even need to break a string. The Gen-X anthem is one of the final 15 songs to be included in Guitar Hero 5, which were announced today. Stevie Wonder's...
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Guitar Hero 5 Out In September

Guitar Hero 5 will feature 85 songs from the likes of Kings Of Leon, Beastie Boys, Beck, Blur, Vampire Weekend, Coldplay, Elliott Smith, Iggy Pop and Queens of The Stone Age when it's released on Sept. 1. The full list of songs hasn't been revealed yet, but 24 of the tracks that will be on the game were revealed by Rollingstone.com on Thursday...
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Three New Guitar Hero Titles Coming In Fall

Activision Publishing's growing Guitar Hero franchise will add three new titles this fall: DJ Hero, Band Hero and Guitar Hero 5. DJ Hero will carry on Guitar Hero's signature social game play with a focus on hip-hop, R&B, dance, electronica and Motown music styles. An all-new turntable controller will transform players into DJs who can...
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