Top 10 Fantasy Guitar Heroes

There seems to be a growing belief that the Guitar Hero franchise - and indeed the music genre - is getting a bit stale. There are only so many Guitar Hero expansions you can take before you're all Guitar Hero-ed out. BUT! We have come to save the Guitar Hero franchise from eternal damnation, with ten incredible ideas for new Guitar Hero games. From Guitar Hero: Footie to Guitar Hero: Sexy Time, all ten are guaranteed awesome sauce. Now… how do we copyright this stuff?

Guitar Hero: Pop Princesses

This one's more for the young girls, but, as is the first rule of nightclub promotion: get the ladies in for free and the lads will follow and spend their hard-earned cash. So, who's on the disc? Some early Madonna would be good. The lovely Girls Aloud (Cheryl Cole could do a number or two on her own, then pull Sarah Harding's hair out) wouldn't go amiss. We'd have to include some established pap: Britney, Christina, and Avril, and some up and coming pap: Katy Perry (the human Curly Wurly that is Russell Brand tapping his foot in the wings), Lady Gaga (although she's more of a pop prince) and the hot pants-loving Pixie Lott.

Guitar Hero: Footie

"Nessun dorma" by massive Italian Pavarotti wouldn't work of course, but Euro 96 anthem "Three Lions" by Scouse indie outfit The Lightning Seeds would, and so would New Order's brilliant "World In Motion", John Barnes rap and all. In fact, there are loads of wicked(-ley bad) football songs that would make Guitar Hero: Football an essential purchase. There's the Three Lions sequel, the cleverly titled "Three Lions 98", released to drum up misguided hype for the 1998 World Cup. There's "On Top Of The World", written by Ian McCulloch of Echo and the Bunnymen and ex-Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr. Then there's "Vindaloo", by comedian Keith Allen and artist Damien Hirst. And let's not forget all those awful FA Cup songs from years gone by, including "Pass & Move (It's the Liverpool Groove)", which somehow reached number four in the UK singles charts in 1996.