Take on me

During Aerosmith's recent concerts, the Guitar Hero video game has been put up on a big screen so Joe Perry can battle himself.

Hero-ic Release

Soundgarden plans to release their new CD, 'Telephantasm', through the Guitar Hero video game Warriors Of Rock. The disc includes songs from the band's catalog, as well as the never-before-heard unreleased track 'Black Rain', taken from the 'Badmotorfinger' recording sessions. 'Telephantasm' hits stores on September 28th.

You're my hero!

Lars Ulrich and Gene Simmons are going to appear in the Guitar Hero 6 game. Simmons will narrate a brand new "Quest Mode," where players will "recruit" other rock stars and unlock their "song sets". Guitar Hero 6 should be in stores by the holidays.

What Would Kurt Say?

Courtney Love says Kurt Cobain would have enjoyed playing Guitar Hero. "What p**ses me off the most about it is I think Kurt would be fine with having five Kurt Cobains singing the (Spice Girls) song Wannabe, like, 'Tell me what you want, what you really really want.'... I think he'd find that really funny.

New Hero

February's Guitar Hero 5 and Band Hero video games will feature music from Black Sabbath, Breaking Benjamin, 30 Seconds To Mars and Third Eye Blind.

30 Seconds To Mars Track Pack - February 4
30 Seconds To Mars - "Attack"
30 Seconds To Mars - "From Yesterday"
30 Seconds To Mars - "Kings and Queens"

Breaking Benjamin Track Pack - February 11
Breaking Benjamin - "Sooner or Later"
Breaking Benjamin - "Until The End"
Breaking Benjamin - "Give Me A Sign"

Black Sabbath Track Pack - February 18
Black Sabbath - "After Forever"
Black Sabbath - "Into The Void"
Black Sabbath - "Sweetleaf"

Third Eye Blind Track Pack - February 25
Third Eye Blind - "Can You Take Me"
Third Eye Blind - "Losing A Whole Year"
Third Eye Blind - "Never Let You Go"

The track packs will cost $5.49 (440 Microsoft Points, 550 Wii Points) each or you can pick up individual tracks for $2 (160 MS Points, 200 Wii Points) a pop.

Kurt Cobain's Dignity

Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic took to Twitter yesterday where they asked the makers of Guitar Hero to restore Kurt Cobain's dignity. They are upset that his likeness sings Bon Jovi and hip hop songs in the new video game.

We want people to know that we are dismayed and very disappointed in the way a facsimile of Kurt is used in the Guitar Hero game. The name and likeness of Kurt Cobain are the sole property of his estate – we have no control whatsoever in that area.

While we were aware of Kurt's image being used with two Nirvana songs, we didn't know players have the ability to unlock the character. This feature allows the character to be used with any kind of song the player wants. We urge Activision to do the right thing in "re-locking" Kurt's character so that this won't continue in the future. It's hard to watch an image of Kurt pantomiming other artists' music alongside cartoon characters.

Kurt Cobain wrote songs that hold a lot of meaning to people all over the world. We feel he deserves better.

Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl

Rock w/ Cobain, Hendrix, Cash & more!

Guitar Hero 5 will feature Kurt Cobain as well as Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" and "Lithium". Gamers will also be able to rock with Jimi Hendrix and Johnny Cash

Guitar Hero - The Class

New York University is offering a class on Guitar Hero called "Guitar Heroes (and Heroines): Music, Video Games and the Nature of Human Cognition." Psychology prof Gary Marcus is teaching the course and says the course will tackle questions such as: "Why are human beings so easily sucked in by video games?"

OMG of the day

Christina Applegate says she almost missed work because of her Guitar Hero obssession. "I sat in my dressing room and I played 25 songs that day and I ended up getting what they call an ocular migraine that lasted for two weeks... I could barely, like, work, I could barely do scenes. "I had to leave for a couple of hours for the doctor to get a CT scan on my head."

Bike Hero

This is such a wicked video a friend of mine showed me on YouTube. It's a kid and his friends who set up, Guitar Hero style, the song "Prisoner of Society" by The Living End. This is an insane speed metal band and its set on hard! I can't imagine how long it took this kid to set it up and get it right, but he rides through his town, in perfect timing and even has lights on the front of the bike corresponding to blink when the chords are hit.