{"id":7709,"date":"2010-09-22T15:29:00","date_gmt":"2010-09-22T13:29:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T22:00:00","slug":"guitar-hero-controller-enters-hard-rock-hall-of-fame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/7709-guitar-hero-controller-enters-hard-rock-hall-of-fame","title":{"rendered":"Guitar Hero controller enters Hard Rock Hall of Fame"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To mark the launch of Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock, the first gaming guitar has been inducted in to the legendary Hard Rock Hall of Fame by the UK&rsquo;s biggest Kiss Fan Kevin Curtis.<\/p>\n<p>A member of the world&rsquo;s longest running Kiss tribute band, Kevin was on hand to unveil the guitar which was framed and signed by the game&rsquo;s narrator; living rock legend and Kiss co-founder Gene Simmons.<\/p>\n<p>The gaming controller now sits alongside historic memorabilia from such rock royalty as The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix and Elvis Presley.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Guitar Hero is a rock n roll icon and has made an incredible impact on the music industry,&rdquo; added Marc Carey, Regional Sales &amp; Marketing, Hard Rock Europe. &ldquo;We are delighted to be part of the Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock launch and to be inducting such an influential piece of music and gaming memorabilia into our collection.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Hard Rock owns over 79,000 pieces of authentic music memorabilia that are proudly displayed in our cafes, hotels and casinos around the world. I have no doubt that one of the brand-new guitar controllers signed by Gene Simmons will be a welcome addition,&rdquo; said Carey.<\/p>\n<p>Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock is available from 24 September on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. The new game invites all budding warriors of rock to join with their friends in an epic journey to save rock n&rsquo; roll.&nbsp; It features an impressive 90+ track set list, a totally redesigned rock-inspired guitar controller and a host of all-new gameplay features. For more details have a look at <a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/7234-Guitar-Hero-Warriors-Rock-Preview.html\" target=\"_self\" title=\"MyGaming&rsquo;s Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock preview\">MyGaming&rsquo;s Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock preview<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/forum\/showthread.php\/7718-Warriors-of-Rock-Preview-the-next-Guitar-Hero\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Discuss Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock\">Discuss Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock<\/a> on the MyGaming forum.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/guitar_her_hall_of_fame_2_210921149.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Guitar Hero Hard Rock Hall of Fame\" title=\"Guitar Hero Hard Rock Hall of Fame\" width=\"600\" height=\"719\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>T<\/strong><\/em><em><strong>he first video-game guitar is officially  inducted into the Hard Rock Hall of Fame today, by KISS super-fan Kevin  Curtis to mark the launch of Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 100%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-7709 gallery-columns-0 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/7709-guitar-hero-controller-enters-hard-rock-hall-of-fame\/attachment\/guitar_her_hall_of_fame_2_210921149-jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/guitar_her_hall_of_fame_2_210921149-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Gene Simmons signed GH controller enters the Hard Rock Hall of Fame<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":157,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7709","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/157"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7709"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7709\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}