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Guitar Hero: On Tour

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By Earl Cousins (CHARTattack) July 8, 2008 2:11 pm
Since the Guitar Hero series has been a huge success, it only makes sense that they would try to figure out a way to make a portable version so wannabe rockers can play on the go. The game follows the same basic flow as the home versions: work your way through various set lists of increasing difficulty and earn money to buy bonus items along the...
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I Fought The Law... For The Week Ending March 18, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) March 18, 2011 4:24 pm
Axl Rose gets to sue Activision. And the lawsuit is basically just because he hates Slash. —World Entertainment News Network via Jam! Make sure you have permission to use that photograph of Run-D.M.C. in your next street art piece. Los Angeles' Thierry Guetta is getting sued because Run D.M.C. say he didn't have permission to do just that very...
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Guitar Hero, DJ Hero Being Discontinued

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) February 10, 2011 1:20 pm
Put down that fake gee-tar with colourful buttons and sit down 'cause we have some rather upsetting news: Guitar Hero's getting the axe. And it's not the only game Activision, the company that manufactures it, has discontinued. It's also scrapping its DJ Hero series. You'd think since there have been two volumes of DJ Hero, five sequels to Guitar...
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I Fought The Law... For Nov. 24, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) November 24, 2010 4:49 pm
I Fought The Law is a new CHARTattack column in which we track musicians' ongoing run-ins with The Man (and each other) everywhere. It looks like Happy Mondays dancer Bez is no longer on the run. He's going back to court after police arrested him at London, England's Euston train station. See, Bez allegedly broke a restraining order involving his...
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I Read The News Today... For Nov. 23, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) November 23, 2010 3:27 pm
American girls! You'll be able to start swooning over Jacob Hoggard and his chest tattoos when Hedley release their The Show Must Go album on Dec. 7 south of the border. It's the first album they've put out in the States. Nickelback and Theory Of A Deadman won SOCAN Music Awards for radio airplay last night. Wait... they were in the same room? You...
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Neil Young Coming To Guitar Hero: Warriors Of Rock

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) August 11, 2010 2:34 pm
We don't know why the folks at Activision haven't realized this before, but Neil Young is nothing short of a... erm... guitar hero. You can't deny this fact. It's obvious. Think of all the great Young solos there are, and how much Young has advanced axe-playing as a whole.Actually, forget calling Young a "guitar hero."...
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I Read The News Today... For June 25, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff June 25, 2010 1:01 pm
Here's another way to get iPod thumb or whatever the hell other repetitive strain injury PEDs are causing these days? Go ahead and download the Rolling Stones track pack for Guitar Hero on iPhone and iPod Touch. —Gigwise Apollo Ghosts are offering a free download of "Coka-Cola Admen," from their Mount Benson album. Hey, did...
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Seven Musical Warriors Who Should Have Been Included In Guitar Hero: Warriors Of Rock

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By Adam Kovac (CHARTattack) June 4, 2010 2:01 pm
Wikipedia defines a warrior as "a person experienced in or capable of engaging in combat or warfare." While we would have no problem charging into battle with the likes of Megadeth's Dave Mustaine, Slayer's Kerry King or ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons (his beard gives him super-human strength), one couldn't help but be nervous of fighting...
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I Read The News Today... For May 18, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff May 18, 2010 1:52 pm
Guitar Hero 6 will feature music from Black Sabbath, Metallica and Queen. But you won't be able to play as Paul Stanley, Tony Iommi or Kirk Hammett, since playable characters are getting the boot this time around. (Thanks a lot, Courtney Love.) —1UP Want to spot all the annoying hipsters in your city in the same place on one night? Head out to...
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Pavement, Spoon Contribute Songs To Guitar Hero

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By Mark Teo (CHARTattack) November 30, 2009 12:50 pm
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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Band Hero Track List Out

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By Siobhan Ozege (CHARTattack) October 27, 2009 1:08 pm
Activision are at it again! The company will release Band Hero, a multi-system game focusing on full band play (lead and bass guitar, drums and vocals) on Nov. 3 for the PlayStation 2 and 3, Nintendo Wii and DS and Xbox 360 consoles. In addition to having a rather comprehensive song list, players are also able to use downloadable content from...
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Jon Bon Jovi Also Dislikes Kurt Cobain (In Video Game Form)

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) September 17, 2009 4:10 pm
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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Johnny Cash In Guitar Hero 5

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By CHARTattack Staff August 13, 2009 3:28 pm
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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Guitar Hero: Van Halen Tracklist Announced

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) August 6, 2009 10:28 am
If you've spent hours trying to learn to play Van Halen's "Eruption" on the guitar in vain, maybe you'll have better luck playing the track on the Guitar Hero: Van Halen video game, which comes out Dec. 22. That release date makes it a good last minute Christmas or Kwanzaa gift or a late Chanukkah present. It looks like "Van...
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Jack White Hates Downloading, Guitar Hero

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) July 23, 2009 1:45 pm
Jack White says his new Third Man subscription service is intended to counter illegal downloading and provide a "bridge" between the internet and record stores. The service offers subscribers archived video footage — some of which has never been seen — and live recordings, along with exclusive vinyl releases. He says he may hand...
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Guitar Hero 5 Out In September

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) July 9, 2009 12:17 pm
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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Guitar Hero: Van Halen Trailer

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By CHARTattack Staff June 5, 2009 10:39 am
Here's a sneak peek at the new Guitar Hero: Van Halen game. The trailer was screened at the E3 Expo in Los Angeles, and it's now leaked onto the internet. The game features the band's current lineup of singer David Lee Roth, guitarist Eddie Van Halen, bassist Wolfgang Van Halen and drummer Alex Van Halen. It's not known whether it will feature...
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Three New Guitar Hero Titles Coming In Fall

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By Craig Clark (CHARTattack) May 7, 2009 1:15 pm
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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