Encore! A Guitar Hero timeline (part 1)

With the Guitar Hero series set to live again, Shacknews is going to take a look back at the series over the last ten years, from its meteoric rise to its calamitous fall with this three-part timeline series. Today, we look back at the origins of Guitar Hero and look at what RedOctane and Harmonix built before Activision picked the series up and ran with it.

Encore! A Guitar Hero timeline (part 3)

Guitar Hero Games - Giant Bomb

Encore! A Guitar Hero timeline (part 1)

Neil Young News: FILM: SHOTS Neil Young @ Boarding House, 1978 +

Guitar Hero (series), WikiHero

Encore song, WikiHero

STEVE CLARK GUITAR In Loving Memory - Steve doing his encore

Encore! A Guitar Hero timeline (part 3)

Rock Band - Wikipedia

Fathom Events - Fathom Events & Rush are giving away a Geddy Lee

Guitar Hero Games - Giant Bomb

New World's Summer Medleyfaire invites you to become a guitar hero

Robbie Robertson: Paying Tribute to the Band's Mysterious Genius

Beastie Boys Signed Encore Electric Guitar - CharityStars

Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s