Through The Fire & Flame (Bottle Organ Version)
04/11/10 - Pretty Cool
“The popular Guitar Hero song, made entirely from blowing on beer and wine bottles. I used a guitar tuner and water to precisely tune each bottle, and then with some editing came up with this! Enjoy!” — Tidus1136
Play Guitar By Flexing
03/02/10 - Pretty Cool
“Since Microsoft Research is so into “natural user interfaces,” they showed off this one, called muscle-computer interface. It senses the movement of your extremities by tracing electrical activity within the muscles using a usually medical technique called electromyography. They’ve tried it in situations where users are engaged in physical exercise or have their hands full, like when bringing groceries to the car. They also connected it to Air Guitar Hero.” w/ photos + video
Chinese Farmer Is Local Homemade Guitar Hero
10/30/09 - Pretty Cool
“A Chinese farmer, who has invented more than 100 unique instruments without spending a penny, brings fun to the countryside with his folk band.” — ITN News
Soccer Hero
10/27/09 - Pretty Cool
“An experiment to create a giant (three stories high!) guitar game controlled with soccer balls. Soccer Hero is played by a team of insanely gifted young freestyle ballers.”
Guitar Hero Robot
10/17/09 - Pretty Cool
“Here’s a trial run of TITAN playing Cliffs of Dover on expert level. 246K pts/98%/565 streak.”
Introducing Alan, Guitar Hero
10/15/09 - Videos
“Meet Alan, leather-clad rock god and protagonist of the new campaign by Doritos. Alan was born to live the rock god dream but, as the lyrics of his rock tracks explain, life always seemed to treat him mean and he was never able to realize his rock star potential.” w/ photos
Beer Pong Hero Shirt
09/21/09 - Neat Products
“This classic shirt is screened on a super soft t-shirt. Beer pong hero shirt is a new addition paying homage to the famous Guitar Hero! This is a popular one and going fast… be sure to get your beer pong hero t-shirts before they are gone!” w/ photos
12 Greatest Female Electric Guitarists
08/22/09 - Top Lists
“You can caress [a guitar] like a woman,” says Jimmy Page in the opening of It Might Get Loud, a new documentary by Davis Guggenheim that invites electric-guitar virtuosos Page, U2’s The Edge, and Jack White to meet on an L.A. soundstage, tell their guitar stories, and do a little impromptu jamming. In theaters now, it’s the kind of gripping music doc that could inspire girls and boys everywhere to ditch Guitar Hero for a real Stratocaster. And yet, as good as it is, we couldn’t help but think, Why no female guitarist in the bunch?… Here’s 12 of the greatest female electric guitar players to ever pick up the instrument.” w/ photos
Lil’ Students Sing “Eye Of The Tiger”
04/27/09 - Pretty Cool
“Hehe! Jared (the soloist) insisted we do this, and I’m glad he did. I guess this is a Guitar Hero favorite now or something… Anyway, I like the kids’ version of this a lot. It reminds you of a what a really great song this is!”
