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.