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OULU, Finland (AP) — Finnish air guitarist Aapo “The Angus” Rautio plucked victory from thin air on Friday night, grabbing the world championship title for his homeland for the first time since 2000. This year’s Air Guitar World Championships reached the climax with a final Friday evening on a square in the western city of Oulu. It’s the 28th edition …

Meg Duffy, an Indie-Rock Guitar Ace, Finds a New Voice  The New York Times Source link

According to Rolling Stone, Eddie Van Halen‘s 1982 Kramer electric guitar will be auctioned by Sotheby’s New York this fall. The guitar, which was played by the legendary VAN HALEN axeman in 1982 and 1983, is expected to fetch between $2 million and $3 million during Sotheby’s inaugural Grails Week from October 21 to October 28. Eddie later gifted the …

A model based on his classic “Frankenstein” guitar could fetch several million dollars in October Nearly five years after his death, one of Eddie Van Halen’s most recognizable guitars will be auctioned off for the first time this fall. As part of a rock collectibles sales by the auction house Sotheby’s, the public will be able to bid on a …

Veterans of the rhythm game genre have established a new development studio called RedOctane Games. According to today’s announcement, the “small” studio plays home to “creators and developers who helped create and scale Guitar Hero and DJ Hero nearly two decades ago, as well as proven emerging development talent and community leaders from across today’s rhythm gaming space”. RedOctane is …

Guitar Hero isn’t back, but some of the developers behind it are with a new–and not so new–studio, RedOctane Games. Revealing itself in a new form to the world today, RedOctane Games was the name of the original publisher behind the Guitar Hero series. With a plan to solely focus on rhythm games, it’s being led by Simon Ebejer, who …

Several veteran developers who worked on the original Guitar Hero games have founded a new studio, RedOctane, and are working on a rhythm game inspired by their past work as well as what the community has created in the decades since plastic guitars ruled video games. The new game is expected to be announced later this year. On August 6, …

A Former Rolling Stone Says the Met Has His Lost Guitar. The Museum Says No Way.  The New York TimesView Full Coverage on Google News Source link

Lindsay Lohan went rocker-chic with her accessory at the UK premiere of “Freakier Friday.” Alan Chapman/Dave Benett/WireImage Lindsay Lohan is the “Ultimate.” The actress paid tribute to her “Freaky Friday” character by toting around a mini bedazzled guitar purse at the UK premiere of the sequel Thursday. In the original film, the actress portrayed angsty 15-year-old Anna, who was the …

Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4 developer Iron Galaxy has said it’s “investigating” how a reference to Guitar Hero, and previous Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater developer NeverSoft, made it into the new pair of remakes. In the Waterpark level, which is an original level developed by Iron Galaxy that wasn’t in the original pair of games, players can find …