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Taylor Swift, Others Talk About The Making of Band Hero Commercial

You have to wonder why Taylor Swift filmed her segments of the commercial for Band Hero separately from Travis Barker, Rivers Cuomo and Pete Wentz (of Blink 182, Weezer and Fall Out Boy, respectively). Sure, it would be easy to...

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Battle of the Bands: Beatles Beat Guitar Hero in September Sales

Despite tough talk from Activision, it seemed that nothing could save Guitar Hero 5; not commercials with a plethora of pantomiming Playmates, not the fact that it was released on more platforms, not even the time-traveling son...

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Courtney Love Cries Foul Over Cobain in Guitar Hero 5

If you’re one of many Nirvana fans who found deceased frontman Kurt Cobain’s appearance in Guitar Hero 5 to be in poor taste, you can apparently count yourself in the company of his widow, Courtney Love. Love entere...

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Cobain GH5 Video is the Reason We Can’t Have Nice Things

Remember when we posted screens and video a few days back about Kurt Cobain’s appearance in Guitar Hero 5 and talked a bit about how people had been discussing if it was in danger of stepping over the line of good taste? ...

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First Look at Kurt Cobain in Guitar Hero 5

This new media burst from Activision has been the subject of a bit of talk around the web. Seems there are a lot of people who feel that Kurt Cobain’s appearance in Guitar Hero 5 is just the kind of crass commercialism he...

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Take a Look at Muse’s Matt Bellamy in Guitar Hero 5

As is becoming something of the standard these days, musicians keep making in-game appearances in successive releases of the Guitar Hero franchise. Who’s the latest to be presented with a slightly creepy digital doppelgan...

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Guitar Hero: Van Halen Reveal Trailer Bends Space-time

The first trailer for Guitar Hero: Van Halen has been released and even though we already knew this was coming, it showcases some rather strange decisions by the band. While we know that the band’s split with founding bas...

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Avatars Come to Guitar Hero 5 on Xbox 360

You can call your Xbox 360 avatar little more than a gussied-up Mii if you like, but they can do one thing that we don’t see the inhabitants of Nintendo’s little white box doing – Rocking! Yes, if you’re...

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Guitar Hero: Metallica Demo Now On Xbox Live

It’s time to dust off that corner of your living room; you know the one I mean. The one that looks like a Fisher-Price version of Guitar Center or Sam Ash exploded all over it? Yeah, that’s the one I’m talking...

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