No More Guitar Hero?

So if you haven't heard the Guitar Hero dynasty has finally ended. The company feels like they haven't been making enough money as they have in previous years, so they're calling it quits.

5 Guitar Hero games I totally would have wanted to play:

Guitar Hero: Covers

Ok, so you all know that I'm a cover whore, right? The possibilities here are absolutely endless. Want to hear Joan as Police Woman cover T.I.'s "Whatever You Like"? You got it. How about Rogue Wave doing the Yeah Yeah Yeah's song "Maps"? No problem. There are so many covers that it would be EPIC.


Guitar Hero: Women who Rock

This might have less of an audience because some guys think women can't properly play/sing/whatever (which is stupid), but I think it would be great to have a bunch of female artists (whether that was vocalist or an entire band) all on one game. There'd be a bunch of different genres included and decades as well - perfect for any music appreciator. Think about it: anything from Heart to The Runaways to Janis Joplin to the Go Gos to Blondie to Sleater-Kinney to Alanis Morissette to No Doubt to the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. All on one glorious game.


Guitar Hero: Jack White

Hear me out for a minute. Not only would you be able to play music from the White Stripes, the Raconteurs, an the Dead Weather, all in one, but think about his collaborative/solo work. Those could be tracks that the gamer would have to unlock. That gives you songs like "Here Comes the Fuzz" with Freeway, Nikka Costa and Mark Ronson, "Little Red Shoes" with Loretta Lynn, "Go It Alone" with Beck, "Another Way to Die" with Alicia Keys, "Loving Cup" with The Rolling Stones, "You Know I'm No Good/Shakin' All Over" with Wanda Jackson, and "Big River/Wabash Cannonball" with Secret Sisters, and the five songs he did for Cold Mountain. Or if you really want songs to unlock you could have Jack White as the producer of another band's music, like with the Von Bondies, Loretta Lynn, The Greenhornes, or Wanda Jackson. There are a lot of possibilities, really.


Guitar Hero: Sub Pop
With signed bands like Afghan Whigs, Avi Buffalo, Babes in Toyland, Band of Horses, Beach House, Ben Sollee, Blitzen Trapper, Bright Eyes, Built To Spill, CSS (Cansei de Ser Sexy), Cocorosie, Damien Jurado, Daniel Martin Moore, Death Cab for Cutie, Deerhunter, Dinosaur Jr, Dum Dum Girls, Fleet Foxes, Foals, Fruit Bats, Handsome Furs, Hole, Hot Hot Heat, Iron & Wine, Modest Mouse, Mogwai, Mudhoney, Nirvana, No Age, Pedro the Lion, Pernice Brothers, Red Red Meat, Rogue Wave, Sleater-Kinney, The Smashing Pumpkins, Sonic Youth, Soundgarden, Sunny Day Real Estate, The Album Leaf, The Go! Team, The Postal Service, The Ruby Suns, The Shins, The Thermals, The White Stripes, Tiny Vipers, Ugly Casanova, Vaselines, Velocity Girl, Vetiver,Wolf Parade...I mean I didn't even list everything. Isn't that wonderfully crazy? Plus since they're all on the same label getting the rights to it would be easier.


Guitar Hero: Woodstock 1969

I know that a lot of these artists are already featured on Guitar Hero games, but imagine if you could do the same sets as the original Woodstock - same bands and song list order, same outfits, same guitars. I think there are some pretty intense music fans that would love that. Plus the music would be the likes of Joan Baez, Santana, Grateful Dead, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Janis Joplin with The Kozmic Blues Band, Sly & the Family Stone, The Who, Jefferson Airplane, The Band, Blood, Sweat & Tears, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, and Jimi Hendrix. I'd buy it.

I think I have a very fun and creative mind if I do say so myself. Guitar Hero's out, but Rock Band can totally hire me.