Rock Band

gTar: The Guitar That (Almost) Plays Itself

The Huffington Post | Drew Guarini | Posted 05.25.2012

Read More: Incident, Iphone Guitar, Gtar, Rock Band, Kickstarter, Kickstarter Guitar, Guitar Hero, How to Play Guitar, Learning Guitar, Small Business News and Trends, Guitar, Small Business News

In the past 15 years or so, you could say that there have been some interesting developments for the budding guitar players of the world. The rise of ...

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Viacom Earnings Miss Expectations

AP | PETER SVENSSON | Posted 04.03.2012

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NEW YORK — Viacom Inc., the owner of Paramount Pictures, MTV and Comedy Central, on Thursday posted a 65 percent drop in net income for the late...

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Rock and Roll Never Dies... Not Even With Death and Taxes in L.A.! (PHOTOS)

Alexandra Holzer | Posted 03.07.2012

Read More: Heavy Metal, Weight Loss, Los Angeles-California, Music, Rock Band, Death and Taxes, Los Angeles News

"Death and Taxes" is not a mere statement. No. This Death and Taxes is actually a Los Angeles-based heavy metal band.

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Video: Inside Kiss's $1.6 Million Auction

Spin The Bottle | Posted 07.04.2011

Read More: Kiss Tour, Kiss Auction, Video, Rock Band, Auction, Trivia, Kiss, Music, Spin the Bottle, Home News

How much did rockers Kiss make when they auctioned their touring gear in 2000? And what kind of crazy stuff did they put up for sale. Click below ...

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Thirty Years Of Sublime Rock 'n' Roll: A Conversation With Marshall Crenshaw, Plus Chatting With Petra Haden, Cory Mon and Wes Kirkpatrick

Mike Ragogna | Posted 06.11.2011

Read More: Michael Jackson, Losers Take All, Whit Smith, The Eagles, Ira Kaplan, The Bulgarian Female Vocal Choir, Hot Club of Cow Town, Rich Kienzle, Robert Crenshaw, Rachmaninoff, Chad Weiss, The Milo Twins, Marshall Crenshaw, Cheap Trick, The Byrds, Albert Einstein, David Byrne, Keith Jarrett, Bug Music, Alan Betrock, John C. Reilly, Ronnie Spector, The Stooges, Jaron Lanier, Cibo Matto, Sean Lennon, If by Yes, The Move, Bach, La Bamba, Pat Metheny, Charlie Haden, Sam Phillips, Tom Wolfe, Stefan Sagmeister, Yuko Araki, Nick Lowe, Debussy, Hirotaka Shimizu, Richard Goddard, Robert Gordon, Owen Paul, Nilsson, Phil Spector, Jake Riviera, Beatlemania, Miles Davis, Aretha Franklin, The Beatles, Bo Diddley, Petra Haden, The Louvin Brothers, Yo La Tengo, Bill Frisell, Cory Mon, Guitar Hero, Erik Satie, David Richman, Karen Berg, Steve Reich, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, Yoko Ono, Cory Mon & the Starlight Gospel, The Foo Fighters, You Are Not a Gadget, Empire Records, Razor & Tie, Buck Owens, Danny Tamberelli, Nickelodeon, Gin Blossoms, The Ventures, Rock Band, Marti Jones, The Adventures of Pete & Pete, Graham Maby, City Winery, Wes Kirkpatrick, Keigo, Cornelius, Entertainment News

Back in 1981, Marshall Crenshaw's single "Something's Gonna Happen" was released on Shake Records, initiating his string of critically acclaimed classic albums and 45s. Now Marshall, celebrating 30 years of music-making, sits down to talk.

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Music You Can Feel: Mumford and Sons Inspire NYC Crowd

Jon Chattman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Alternative Music, Banjo, Little Lion Man, Marcus Mumford, Folk, New York City, English, Pearl Jams, Mandolin, Rock Band, Mumford & Sons, Terminal 5, London, Sigh No More, New York News

"I don't wanna think, I wanna feel... How do I feel?" That's a great line from a forgotten Pearl Jam tune "Hail, Hail," which I live and struggle w...

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Should Travel Writers Accept Freebies? I Say Yes

Simona Rabinovitch | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Australia, Adventure, Palm Beach, Freelance Writers, St-Martin, Reykjavik, Media, Thailand, Bjork, Iron Maiden, Rock Band, Journalistic Ethics, Ibiza, Buenos Aires, Idealism, Barcelona, Tango, Freebies, Rastafarian, Elephants, Jet-Set, Luxury, Travel News

I rode a teenage elephant through the Thai jungle, partied till dawn from Ibiza to Reykjavik, and joined a Buddhist monk meditation ceremony as thousands of lanterns were released into the sky. Most of these trips were free.

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'Seinfeld' Rock Band: If Only This Were Real (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Funny or Die, Seinfeld Rockband, Rock Band, Bob Sacamano, Seinfeld Rock Band, Seinfeld, Video, Comedy News

Why can't this be real? "Seinfeld" Rock Band would be amazing. Repetitive perhaps, but amazing no less. You could finally play as band called "The Bob...

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Texas Student Shatters 'Rock Band' World Record

The Daily Texan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Matt Smith Rock Band 2, Matt Smith Guinness Book of World Records, Rock Band, Matt Smith Rock Band World Record, University of Texas, Matt Smith Rock Band, The Daily Texan, The West, Guinness Book of World Records, College News

Shards of red, yellow, blue and green video-game targets were blasted apart Saturday as a UT student smashed his way past the official Guinness World ...

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The Classic Crime in Haiti

Jorge Hernandez | Posted 05.25.2011

Classic Crime, a Seattle-based band, inspired by a previous trip to Port-au-Prince are working hard to draw attention and raise money for Haiti with their music.

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Rock Band Songs Open To User-Created Music

guardian.co.uk | Sean Michaels | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rock Band User Content, Rock Band User Songs, Games, Rock Band Songs, Rock Band User Generated Songs, Rock Band, Technology News

From Belle and Sebastian to Micachu and the Shapes, any artist can now upload their songs into the Rock Band videogame, just as long as they know a fe...

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Rock Band to Watch: Rival Sons

Jeff Rivera | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rival Sons, Rock Band, Jeff Rivera, Entertainment News

We had the opportunity to speak with future rock superstars, Rival Sons. They are a band definitely worthy of watching. You guys classify your musi...

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Matt Osborne | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: End of Decade, Heavy Metal, Industrial Music, Rock Band, Nce Fiction, Decade in Review, Indie Music, Indie, Indie-Music, Rock, Military-Industrial-Media Complex, Metal, Rock and Roll, Indie Rock, Politics News

This has been a decade of complete, systemic government fail by people who disbelieve in the concept of effective governance.

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David Bowie Immortalized In Lego Rock Band Video Game

Telegraph | Alastair Jamieson | Posted 05.25.2011

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The 62-year-old has joined his friend and punk rocker Iggy Pop as a plastic avatar in the game Lego Rock Band. ...

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Cartman Sings "Poker Face" (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cartman, Dolphins, Cartman Singing Poker Face, Cartman Poker Face, Rock Band, Cartman Sings Poker Face, Poker Face, Lady GaGa, Sings, Whales, South Park, Poker Face Cartman, Eric Cartman Poker Face, Cartman Poker Face Video, Video, Comedy News

If you watched last Wednesday's South Park you probably noticed Cartman's amazing performance of "Poker Face" in between all the dolphin and whale sla...

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From Philly to Cleveland: A Conversation With Daryl Hall & John Oates

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bill Vorndick, Live From Daryl's House, Christopher Bond, Hall & Oates, Daryl Hall & John Oates, Family Guy, Animal House, Jimmy Wayne, T-Bone Wolk, Bernard Purdie, Janna Allen, Daryl Hall, Patrick Stump, Todd Sharp, The Beatles, Rachael Ray, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, (500) Days of Summer, Gossip Girl, Les Paul, Jeremy Holiday, New Victoria Theatre, Rob Santos, Uptown Theater, The Everly Brothers, Sight & Sound, Chromeo, Travis Mccoy, Mike Henry, Thom Bell, Gamble & Huff, Todd Rundgren, The Mad Lad, Playboy, Matt Nathanson, The Carpenters, Arif Mardin, KT Tunstall, Seth MacFarlane, Cleveland, Sara Allen, Gene Paul, Rock Band, Entertainment News, Nick Lowe, Fall Out Boy, Arianna Huffington, Grammy Award, Mick Rock, The Fab Four, John Oates, Plain White T's, Gym Class Heroes, Smokey Robinson, Entertainment News

I spoke to the most successful pop duo in music history on their new four-disc box set and their roles on the Cleveland Show.

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2010: The Year We Make Contact

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: C+C Music Factory, Miley Cyrus, Leonard McCoy, Sarah Palin, Star Trek, The Beatles, 2010 the Year We Make Contact, Richard Nixon, Charlie Chaplin, Woodstock, James Cameron, Guitar Hero, Mr. Spock, Inglorious Basterds, Disney, (500) Days of Summer, Avatar, Leonard Nimoy, The Hurt Locker, Up in the Air, The Great Dictator, David Cook, The Producers, Annie Hall, Nirvana, Mel Brooks, George Clooney, The Enterprise, Precious, Tranformers, Pearl Jam, Bones, Rock Band, Entertainment News, Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen, Quentin Tarantino, Pink Floyd, Up, Itunes, Captain Kirk, Aqua, Entertainment News

Can the music business take a page from the movie industry's playbook and figure out how to reconnect people to music in a more personal way?

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Rock Band iPhone App: Be A Rock God On The Go (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rock Band App, Rock Band iPhone App, iPhone App, Iphone, Rock Band, Rock Band Game, iPhone App Game, Video, Technology News

*See photos and video below* Heads up, rockers: Your iPhone is about to get way more jamming than before. Rock Band's iPhone app is out and even wit...

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U2's Music and Mission and My Kid's First Rock Concert

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fedex, Social Justice, Washington, Music, Campaign, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Power, Desmond Tutu, Aung San Suu Kyi, Rock Band, President Bush, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Justice, Love, Human Rights, Democracy, Africa, Activism, Politics, Willie Williams, 360, Aung San Suu, Myanmar, Amazing Grace, Teenager, Burma, U2, U2 Tour, Beautiful Day, Singing, Partisan Politics, D.C., Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Rock and Roll, Entertainment News

What I love about a U2 concert, headlined by the Irish tenor with the sunglasses, is how it achieves such a powerful combination of art and social justice, music and message; and all with such fun.

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AFI's Davey Havok Weighs In on Rock Band, Surviving Catholic School, and Crash Love

Jon Chattman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John Waters, Love Like Winter, Mustache, Afi, Twilight, Rock Band 2, Music, Davey Havok, Deathcab for Cutie, Rock Band, Catholic School, Music Industry, Radio, Guitar Hero, Album, Miss Murder, Decemberunderground, Entertainment News

Contrary to the guyliner and oft-black or goth-esque tight outfits, AFI shouldn't be restricted to the Hot Topic shelves and Twilight circuit.

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What Makes People Want to Play Rock Band and Guitar Hero?

Gary Marcus | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Guitar Hero, Psychology, Video Games, Rock Band, Metallica, Atlantic Monthly, Albums, Aerosmith, Led Zeppelin, Beatles, New York Times, Steely Dan, Entertainment News

I suspect monkeys could be trained to play Guitar Hero and Rock Band, and yet the two games together have grossed over three billion dollars

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Why We Are Subjected to Beatlemania, Again

Tamara Conniff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Michael Jackson, The Beatles, Publishing, John Lennon, Beatlemania, Beatles Rock Band, Copyright, Rock Band, George Harrison, Paul McCartney, European Union, United Kingdon, Shakespeare, Sony, Entertainment News

I love the Beatles, don't get me wrong. Paul McCartney in concert is a religious experience. But I'm over Beatlemania. I want it to stop. Why now? A little thing called copyright.

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Roll Up for the Magical Beatles Marketing Tour

Shawn Amos | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Paul McCartney, The Beatles, John Lennon, Ringo Starr, George Harrison, Rock Band, Brian Epstein, Yoko Ono, Entertainment News

9-9-09 marks the start of Beatlemania 2009. The Fab Four has been reduced to the Fab Two but they are determined to make sure the mystery tour lasts another 40 years.

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DLC: The New Black! The Second Coming of Expansion Packs

Theodore Bergquist | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Digital Media, Apple, Beatles Rock Band, Videogames, Rock Band, Digital Downloads, Music Business, Entertainment Industry, Gamersgate, Business, Video Games, Downloading, DLC Video Games, Dlc, Media News

There's been a lot of talk about downloadable content for video games recently. There is no doubt that we are in the midst of a significant, fast growing trend here.

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While My Guitar (Hero) Gently Weeps

Jessica Rovello | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Activision, The Beatles, Arkadium, Rock Band, Ringo Starr, New York Times Magazine, Guitar Hero, Led Zeppelin, Mtv Games, Jessica Rovello, Motley Crue, Best Buy, Ea, Entertainment News

Why on earth would the most successful band in history sell out to a video game?

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