`  == Are ``The Simpsons`` responsible for the Guitar Hero name? ==  I'm trying to find out where the game's designers got the inspiration for the name ``Guitar Hero``. Does anyone know? The reason I ask is because of the episode ``How I Spent My Strummer Vacation`` of ``The Simpsons``, aired in 2002, uses the phrase and given the proximity between the airing of that episode and the creation/release of the first ``Guitar Hero`` game, figured it couldn't hurt to ask.`