Play illegal music on cellphone and find it shut down

Word is beginning to trickle out of Japan that the country’s government and music companies are trying to get a pioneering system in place that is designed to stop unauthorized copying of music on ... continue

Kurt Cobain in Guitar Hero 5 … singing Flavor Flav

It appears they may not have fully thought this through ... I've already posted about Kurt Cobain's posthumous appearance in Guitar Hero 5. Not to speak for Cobain, but I can't see him endorsing the franchise were he ... continue

No Pirate Bay for those bad bad people in Ireland

Not satisfied with just screwing people through pointless idiotic lawsuits the music industry has been trying to get ISPs around the world to block torrent sites – with The Pirate Bay being their principal ... continue

Every wondered what the Beatle’s top selling songs were?

Ah the Beatles, I can still remember seeing Help in the movie theater when it was first shown and it would have been a lot of fun except for all the silly girls screaming ... continue

[VIDEO] Hugh Hefner and Playmates sell you Guitar Hero 5

Firstly, I'd like to apologize for posting twice in one day about the same game. Right, with my hollow apology out of the way, here's one of the first TV adverts for Guitar Hero 5, starring a whole ... continue

[VIDEO] Kurt Cobain makes long-awaited return in Guitar Hero 5

Activision has decided it could shift a few more copies of Guitar Hero 5 by including a virtual Kurt Cobain, and I know what you're thinking: that could be the classiest damn move you've ever heard of. Cobain ... continue

9 Year-old’s dream comes true

Remember a month or two ago when the Ellen show had 9 year-old guitar phenom Yuto Miyasawa on the show and he proceeded to totally amaze every-one with his playing – including Ozzie Osborne. ... continue

Beatles Rock Band: first downloadable content revealed (Sgt. Pepper’s!)

Predictably enough, The Beatles: Rock Band will be supplemented by an avalanche of post-release downloable content. But hey, what to offer fans first? When you've got a back catalogue like The Beatles, these choices can be tricky. Fortunately, ... continue

Turn your humble Nintendo DS into a piano

Fine, you five-starred "Through the Fire and the Flames" in Guitar Hero III. But how about trying to learn an instrument your mother would approve of? Learning the piano is unrealistic for many, simply because of the ... continue

Lawyer says it’s stupid to expect DRM’d goods to work forever

In some ways you have to admire the audacity and amount of hot air that lawyers for the entertainment industry can expel. Nowhere though is this type of verbal buffoonery more apparent than the ... continue

LOGICAL: Bill O’Reilly on Guitar Hero ad’s “nudity”

Political commentator and beacon of fair, balanced journalism Bill O'Reilly has got his panties in a real bunch over a viral advert for Guitar Hero 5, which features what he terms "nudity." The O'Reilly Factor host described the ... continue

Yet another band says thank you for pirating our song

Just last week I posted about the second largest aquarium in the world and how cool it was. Well it turns out that the song by Barcelona used in the video had been pirated. ... continue