Guitar Hero II announced! (XB360 Song packs released!)

[norkusa]

Okay, more new songs confirmed Bemanistyle.com:


NEWLY CONFIRMED
"Arterial Black" - Drist
"Beast and the Harlot" - Avenged Sevenfold
"Crazy on You" - Heart
"Heart-Shaped Box" - Nirvana
"Jessica" - Allman Brothers Band
"Laid to Rest" - Lamb of God
"Madhouse" - Anthrax
"Message in a Bottle" - The Police
"Misrilou" - Dick Dale
"Shout at the Devil" - Motley Crue
"Tattooed Love Boys" - The Pretenders
"Them Bones" - Alice in Chains
"Tonight I'm Gonna Rock You Tonight" - Spinal Tap


KNOWN STOCK
"John The Fisherman" - Primus
"Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart" - Stone Temple Pilots
"Freebird" - Lynyrd Skynrd
"Psychobilly Freakout" - Reverend Horton Heat
"War Pigs" - Black Sabbath
"Strutter" - KISS
"Who Was in My Room Last Night?" - Butthole Surfers
"You Really Got Me" - Van Halen (as performed by Van Halen himself, not covered by the Harmonix team)
"Sweet Child O' Mine" - Guns N' Roses
"Can't You Hear Me Knocking?" - The Rolling Stones
"YYZ" - Rush



Spinal Tap??? Fucking amazing. And it doesn't look like they are even half way thru the song list yet.

Oh yeah, they also confirmed that a 360 version will be coming out as soon as GHII is released on PS2.

[Neil Koch]

I'm assuming any details about the 360 version aren't known yet, but if there's some sort of downloadable songs, this might force me to get a 360.

[Kroogah]

CRAP SOMEONE BEAT ME.

I thought "Who Was In My Room Last Night?" would be the only song on my personal "holy shit" list. But then, they announce MISIRLOU.

If "Willie The Pimp" by Frank Zappa is in this game, my whole universe will be ripped inside out.

[Oobgarm]

Lamb of God and Alice in Chains are awesome inclusions, and two I didn't expect.

But Dick Dale? And the Police?

Wow.

[Richter]

nice, Alllman Bros
"Jessica" will be a blast to play

[NE146]

I'm still waiting for the Hendrix tune :(

[Kroogah]

A couple of things from EGM's "Guitar Hero II backstage pass"

- U2, Quiet Riot, and Led Zeppelin will NOT be in the game.
- Producer John Tam has "plans" for "The Final Countdown" by Europe. (Oh God.)
- Marcus Henderson had the following quote in regards to the final song: "You'll know it when it arrives. This is a major, major guitar ass-kicker. It has no less than 11 guitar solos in it."

You know what song has 11 guitar solos in it? "HANGAR 18" BY MEGADETH.

Also, eurogamer.net mentions that "Killing In The Name" by Rage Against The Machine and "Monkey Wrench" by The Foo Fighters are almost definitely in the game. No confirmation from RedOctane though.

http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=67454

And remember "The Breaking Wheel"? That band is gonna have a bonus track in this game too.

[scooterb23]

"Monkey Wrench" by The Foo Fighters

If that one's true I'll be a happy mofo...not that I wasn't already, but that song... wow

[MrRoboto19XX]

Dang, thats amazing.


I just want to know what the replacement for "More Than A Feeling" is, we need at least one cheesy song that is somehow awesome.

[Kroogah]

I just want to know what the replacement for "More Than A Feeling" is, we need at least one cheesy song that is somehow awesome.


Producer John Tam has "plans" for "The Final Countdown" by Europe.

There you go. :D

[hezeuschrist]

A couple of things from EGM's "Guitar Hero II backstage pass"

- U2, Quiet Riot, and Led Zeppelin will NOT be in the game.
- Producer John Tam has "plans" for "The Final Countdown" by Europe. (Oh God.)
- Marcus Henderson had the following quote in regards to the final song: "You'll know it when it arrives. This is a major, major guitar ass-kicker. It has no less than 11 guitar solos in it."

You know what song has 11 guitar solos in it? "HANGAR 18" BY MEGADETH.

Also, eurogamer.net mentions that "Killing In The Name" by Rage Against The Machine and "Monkey Wrench" by The Foo Fighters are almost definitely in the game. No confirmation from RedOctane though.

http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=67454

And remember "The Breaking Wheel"? That band is gonna have a bonus track in this game too.

There is no way Hangar 18 is going to be the final track, for a number of reasons. One, it's too short, barely breaking 5 minutes. Two, the chorus and verse are really, really simple. And three, it wouldn't be very hard. There might be a half dozen solos at the end but they're all 10-15 seconds long. It's not that difficult to fudge your way through 15 seconds of solo and have 30 seconds of a fairly simple riff to get your crowd meter back up.

And if Freebird is in there, you better believe that the final song is going to have an endlessly long solo in it. If they want to put in challenging Megadeth, it better be Holy Wars.

[Mr.FoodMonster]

Freebird is confirmed, so it will be in there.

There's been quite a bit of speculation about the 11 solo song, and another guess is Dragonforce 'Through the Fire and Flames' While I think Dragonforce is kinda lame, the guitar in this song is pretty rad, and there are a TON of solos, including a 2 minutes-ish solo-battle. But, I'm guessing we'll just have to wait another month or so until we find out this 'final' song.

[scooterb23]

Dragonforce 'Through the Fire and Flames'

From the day Guitar Hero II was announced, I've been saying that I really wanted this song in the game.

I mean...why else would the Guitar Hero official site be posting a link to videos of Dragonforce playing GH...if they weren't going to be in it????

Or maybe I'm just a conspiracy fan :P

http://www.guitarherogame.com/

[DKTheArcadeRat]

Dragonforce 'Through the Fire and Flames'

From the day Guitar Hero II was announced, I've been saying that I really wanted this song in the game.

I mean...why else would the Guitar Hero official site be posting a link to videos of Dragonforce playing GH...if they weren't going to be in it????

Or maybe I'm just a conspiracy fan :P

http://www.guitarherogame.com/

I would be an even happier child if Dragonforce was in the game, any song of theirs would make me happy.

Dave

BTW< I want the final countdown to be in there, I would so rock that song everytime I turned on the game.

[njiska]

Not that i don't like War Pig, but i would've greatly prefered Paranoid. And i'm amazed there's no solo Ozzy track. I expected Crazy Train or I Don't Know.

I also expected another Judas Priest title like Metal Meltdown. God the opening of that would so rock.

All in all though it's a bloody amazzing soundtrack. I'm just hoping we get an all metal version soon. After all music isn't music unless it has it's own mortality rate.

[hezeuschrist]

Not that i don't like War Pig, but i would've greatly prefered Paranoid. And i'm amazed there's no solo Ozzy track. I expected Crazy Train or I Don't Know.

I also expected another Judas Priest title like Metal Meltdown. God the opening of that would so rock.

All in all though it's a bloody amazzing soundtrack. I'm just hoping we get an all metal version soon. After all music isn't music unless it has it's own mortality rate.

Considering that just over half of the "licensed" music has been announced, there is still plenty room for more hopefuls. I definitely expect AC/DC, Iron Maiden, Ozzy, and Megadeth to all have tracks in this title.

[njiska]

Not that i don't like War Pig, but i would've greatly prefered Paranoid. And i'm amazed there's no solo Ozzy track. I expected Crazy Train or I Don't Know.

I also expected another Judas Priest title like Metal Meltdown. God the opening of that would so rock.

All in all though it's a bloody amazzing soundtrack. I'm just hoping we get an all metal version soon. After all music isn't music unless it has it's own mortality rate.

Considering that just over half of the "licensed" music has been announced, there is still plenty room for more hopefuls. I definitely expect AC/DC, Iron Maiden, Ozzy, and Megadeth to all have tracks in this title.

If an AC/DC track is included (god willing) it had better be Thunderstruck. I can't think of anything i'd more like to play then Angus Young's amazing opening solo. Well maybe the opening solo in Judas Priest's Metal Meltdown.

[NE146]

Dragonforce 'Through the Fire and Flames'

From the day Guitar Hero II was announced, I've been saying that I really wanted this song in the game.

I mean...why else would the Guitar Hero official site be posting a link to videos of Dragonforce playing GH...if they weren't going to be in it????

Or maybe I'm just a conspiracy fan :P

http://www.guitarherogame.com/

I would be an even happier child if Dragonforce was in the game, any song of theirs would make me happy.

Dave

BTW< I want the final countdown to be in there, I would so rock that song everytime I turned on the game.


Damn I didnt see that. That's a friggin good omen :P

[-hellvin-]

Ugh...lamb of god in guitar hero. Just doesn't work for me, even though I like the band. All the classic rock additions are KICK ASS. Can't wait to play Misirlou and Jessica. I'm hoping for a Buckethead track for the finale. Binge and Grab would be a godlike finisher. Amazing instrumental.

I'm REALLY happy to see this is going to be on 360. Defenite buy in November, fucking day ONE. Downloadable tracks will be cool if they add them in packs, not singles, but more importantly I'm exstatic to be able to play on live with all my friends.

[98PaceCar]

I'm REALLY happy to see this is going to be on 360. Defenite buy in November, fucking day ONE. Downloadable tracks will be cool if they add them in packs, not singles, but more importantly I'm exstatic to be able to play on live with all my friends.

Has it been confirmed on 360 yet? So far all I've seen is speculation.

[njiska]

Gutair Hero 2 demo in November's OPM. Sweet.

The songs to be covered?

• Shout at the Devil - Motley Crue
• Strutter - Kiss
• YYZ - Rush
• You Really Got Me - Van Halen

[djbeatmongrel]

Gutair Hero 2 demo in November's OPM. Sweet.

The songs to be covered?

• Shout at the Devil - Motley Crue
• Strutter - Kiss
• YYZ - Rush
• You Really Got Me - Van Halen

is that confirmed? if so do you know when that issue will be out? i may be buying my first opm :D

[njiska]

Gutair Hero 2 demo in November's OPM. Sweet.

The songs to be covered?

• Shout at the Devil - Motley Crue
• Strutter - Kiss
• YYZ - Rush
• You Really Got Me - Van Halen

is that confirmed? if so do you know when that issue will be out? i may be buying my first opm :D

Not by Red Octane, but it has been by OPM's ediotrs. I'm trying to find the link.

[Oobgarm]

Gutair Hero 2 demo in November's OPM. Sweet.

The songs to be covered?

• Shout at the Devil - Motley Crue
• Strutter - Kiss
• YYZ - Rush
• You Really Got Me - Van Halen

is that confirmed? if so do you know when that issue will be out? i may be buying my first opm :D

Not by Red Octane, but it has been by OPM's ediotrs. I'm trying to find the link.

If anything, it is shown as 'coming next month' in the demo section of the most recent issue. (pg 10, bottom center)

[Mr.FoodMonster]

Hangar 18 and an aerosmith song were confirmed in a video interview by the senior editor (or something similar) More info on various GH forums.

[Kroogah]

Hangar 18 and an aerosmith song were confirmed in a video interview by the senior editor (or something similar) More info on various GH forums.

That Aerosmith song is "Last Child".

Hangar 18. FUCK. YEAH.

[-hellvin-]

Hangar 18 and an aerosmith song were confirmed in a video interview by the senior editor (or something similar) More info on various GH forums.

That Aerosmith song is "Last Child".

Hangar 18. FUCK. YEAH.

Wow. My favorite Megadeth song. Guess thing's are looking on the up! Oh MAN I hope that Demo news is true!! It will be the first time I've bought a magazine off the stand in probably 10 years.

[Kroogah]

So what songs are the rest of you still holding out hope for? Here's my list of songs I would gladly break my fingers playing:

Ones with a good chance at actually being in a Guitar Hero game:
The Ventures - Pipeline
The Stooges - Search And Destroy
Pantera - This Love
Iron Maiden - Number Of The Beast
Jethro Tull - Aqualung
Slayer - Angel Of Death
Living Colour - Cult Of Personality

Ones that ehhhhhmaybe could make it in one:
Chuck Berry - Maybellene
The Specials - Gangsters
Deep Purple - Highway Star
The Rolling Stones - Street Fighting Man
Metallica - The Four Horsemen
The Beatles - Taxman
Link Wray - Rumble
Black Sabbath - Supernaut
The Violent Femmes - Blister In The Sun

Ones that either have no chance at all, or very little chance, but would still be really awesome:
Can - Paperhouse
Babe Ruth - The Mexican
Frank Zappa - Willie The Pimp
Captain Beefheart - Moonlight On Vermont
Refused - New Noise
Des-ROW - Daikenkai Core
The Meters - Sophisticated Cissy
Anything by the Minutemen
The MC5 - Ramblin' Rose
Gang Of Four - I Found That Essence Rare

Stuff for the Punk Rock Edition:
The Misfits - Halloween
The Ramones - Pinhead
Sham 69 - Postal Breakout
The Dead Boys - Sonic Reducer
Stiff Little Fingers - Alternative Ulster
Black Flag - Rise Above
Bad Brains - Banned In D.C.
Operation Ivy - Knowledge
Agent Orange - Bloodstains
X - Los Angeles
The Sex Pistols - Pretty Vacant
The Dead Kennedys - Chemical Warfare
Sham 69 - Borstal Breakout

Stuff for the Country Edition:
Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues
Flatt & Scruggs - Foggy Mountain Breakdown
Bill Monroe - Blue Moon Of Kentucky
Roger Miller - Dang Me
Willie Nelson - Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain

[Kroogah]

Haha, whoops. Thought I corrected that spelling error but actually just listed the damn song twice.

[NE146]

Hendrix - Machine Gun :D

[yok-dfa]

http://forum.guitarherogame.com/Default.aspx?g=posts&t=4142

[-hellvin-]

As for my want list on the remaining songs, I'd really really love to play:

CCR - Good Golly Miss Molly

Would be pretty damn fun to play, simple, and a sweet coop song.

[DKTheArcadeRat]

I was trying to think of songs for the game, and instead a song I thought of gave me an idea for a parody of Guitar Hero, are you ready for it? Here is my idea for a game.

Sitar Hero, and it could feature classic rock songs that use the sitar, as well as some legit sitar music.

Songs could include Norweigan Wood- The Beatles and Paint It Black by the Rolling Stones. And I guess that the song, Guitar Hero, or whatever it was called, could be retooled for the game. "Gonna be a SITAR HERO!!1!111!"

Dave

[AMG]

I'm very happy to see Megadeth on the play list. The fact that it's Hanger 18 makes it even better. 8-)

[scooterb23]

Some stuff I'd like to see in any GH game:

Living Colour - Cult of Personality
Static-X - Push It
Ministry - Just One Fix
Neil Young - Cinnamon Girl
Pixies - Wave of Mutilation
R.E.M. - Ages of You
Anthrax w/ Public Enemy - Bring the Noise
Joe Satriani - Summer Song
Eric Johnson - Cliffs of Dover

[Neil Koch]

Ones with a good chance at actually being in a Guitar Hero game:
Slayer - Angel Of Death


Highly unlikely they would put a song about Josef Mangele into a T rated game.

I would love to have some Slayer, but I'm afraid any of their really good songs wouldn't be able to be put on the game for the same reason.

[-hellvin-]

Ones with a good chance at actually being in a Guitar Hero game:
Slayer - Angel Of Death


Highly unlikely they would put a song about Josef Mangele into a T rated game.

I would love to have some Slayer, but I'm afraid any of their really good songs wouldn't be able to be put on the game for the same reason.

Actually I kinda disagree there. That lamb of god has about a solid minute of the lead singer saying:

See who gives a FUCK

Over and over and over again. It's going to be kinda weird if they take out all the excessive cursing. I've been wondering if they're gonna cover it the same way, lol. Personally, I just don't like the song in the playlist, seems outta place to me.

[NE146]

Eric Johnson - Cliffs of Dover

There's a song that you think would be an obvious shoo-in.

[Kroogah]

Shitty news: According to a recent EGM podcast, Metallica will NOT be in Guitar Hero II.

I'm just gonna go ahead and blame Lars.

[yok-dfa]

...
totally offtopic, but how did you manage to get -86 meseta??

[Kroogah]

After actually downloading the podcast, I have some great quotes to post:

Ted Lange on Hangar 18: "I can count about 3 songs that are definitely much, much harder" ......hmm.....Dragonforce perhaps?

It's pretty much confirmed that some songs will have lead/rhythm and some songs will have lead/bass, but it's always one or the other and never both.

Marcus Henderson: "Just because you didn't see something in Guitar Hero II, doesn't mean you won't see it in Guitar Hero III"
Ted Lange: "The big names, Led Zeppelin, Metallica...we're gonna go after them until we get 'em. ... if you really want Metallica, email them, tell them...."

[hezeuschrist]

Kansas - Carry On My Wayward Son is now confirmed.

[Mr.FoodMonster]

It's also been confirmed for the 360. Special (and awesome) looking guitar, DOWNLOADABLE CONTENT, and I'm sure more details will follow.

So, I'll be getting a 360 a lot sooner than I had imagined I would. That's not too good.

[business]

It's also been confirmed for the 360. Special (and awesome) looking guitar, DOWNLOADABLE CONTENT, and I'm sure more details will follow.

So, I'll be getting a 360 a lot sooner than I had imagined I would. That's not too good.

http://xbox360media.ign.com/xbox360/image/article/735/735722/x06-guitar-hero-2-announced-for-360-20060927113323187-000.jpg

Here is that "special guitar."

Please...please launch along with the PS2 version!

[FlufflePuff]

So I got to play a half completed version of the game and I have some good news for folks. The song I was most hoping would be included, and it hasn't been announced yet (i think), is "killing in the name" by Rage. It is fantastically awesome. Also included are Heart Shaped Box by Nirvana. They have jacked up the difficulty immensely in this version. There are three note chords, which are a good edition. And you can now play multiplayer with both players playing on different difficulty settings. Oh, and the rep did confirm Final Countdown is in, but it wasn't done in the build I played. :)

[Kroogah]

So I got to play a half completed version of the game and I have some good news for folks. The song I was most hoping would be included, and it hasn't been announced yet (i think), is "killing in the name" by Rage. It is fantastically awesome. Also included are Heart Shaped Box by Nirvana. They have jacked up the difficulty immensely in this version. There are three note chords, which are a good edition. And you can now play multiplayer with both players playing on different difficulty settings. Oh, and the rep did confirm Final Countdown is in, but it wasn't done in the build I played. :)

I knew it, I knew it. After 2 different websites (on 2 different continents, no less) reported "Killing In The Name" I knew it was gonna be in there. This effectively cancels out the bad news of "Carry On My Wayward Son". :D

[scooterb23]

This effectively cancels out the bad news of "Carry On My Wayward Son"

Dude, when I meet you, remind me to give you one good kick square in the nuts :P

While there's a fair bit of guitar downtime in this song...it's got some really tough guitar parts, I think this will be awesome. Plus it's Kansas \m/ \m/ \m/ \m/

[Perkar]

Metallica - The Four Horsemen
The Beatles - Taxman

four horsemen would be absolutely impossible. that rhythm... christ.

and since we have those two bands together there... don't you mean you'd like to see Beatallica - Sandman ?

\m/

http://www.beatallica.com/

[norkusa]

Looks like the official OPM Guitar Hero II demo is out now. Haven't played it yet but I'm downloading it right now.

Some that played it says the game doesn't recognize the Freedom V wireless guitar controller. Haven't heard anyone else confirm that yet but that's pretty lame if true considering RedOctane got their start making unlicensed DDR pads. :roll:

[hezeuschrist]

Looks like the official OPM Guitar Hero II demo is out now. Haven't played it yet but I'm downloading it right now.

Some that played it says the game doesn't recognize the Freedom V wireless guitar controller. Haven't heard anyone else confirm that yet but that's pretty lame if true considering RedOctane got their start making unlicensed DDR pads. :roll:

Got a quick "Idiots guide to playing an ISO on your PS2"? I've got the hard drive but I haven't even opened the FFXI box. Figured I didn't have a reason to until... well, now.

[Kroogah]

Gamestop received their marketing crap for October, including a Guitar Hero II standee. The standee lists a few of the songs included in the game:

YYZ
Heart-Shaped Box
Sweet Child O' Mine
Killing In the Name
Carry On Wayward Son
Mother
Rock This Town
Woman
Crazy on You

I think we're getting Danzig, Stray Cats, and Wolfmother. Yes, yes, and yes.

[norkusa]

Oh shit! Danzing?!?! :rocker:

I just tried out the demo and it pretty much plays the same as GH1. There are a few minor changes (the fretboard shakes a little when you miss a note), but nothing really major. Layout and presentation is pretty much the same too. Here are the songs that came on the demo:

Shout At The Devil
You Really Got Me
Strutter
YYZ

The only thing that sucks about the demo is that the option screen is locked, so if you're a lefty (like me), you're pretty much screwed unless you can play right-handed.

[Mr.FoodMonster]

Wait, where did you get the OPM? Did your store put them on the shelves already? Lucky.

[norkusa]

Wait, where did you get the OPM? Did your store put them on the shelves already? Lucky.

Downloaded it from a private bittorrent tracker, but it's already on the shelves in some stores already.

[Raedon]

yay! Thanks to 98pacecar I'm addicted to the 1st one.

[98PaceCar]

yay! Thanks to 98pacecar I'm addicted to the 1st one.

Always glad to spread a little bit of addiction around!

Still trying to find the demo though. Starting to get kinda shakey and paranoid. I think that's a bad sign... LOL

[ianoid]

I heard GH2 is going to be multiformat. Anyone else wondering what kind of Xbox live support there will be? Jamming via broadband? Friends High score boards? 16 player multiplayer action? Wireless guitar controller?

I'm almost tempted to wait until the other formats come out, but I know I can't. I guess I'll be buying it twice. Ouch!

I just wish it was going to have more mini-games.

[hezeuschrist]

Wireless Guitar - No.
Leaderboards - Highly likely
Downloadable Content - Absolutely. Songs, Guitars, skins.
Online Multiplayer - I hope not. Not that it wouldn't be fucking awesome, i just don't have faith in the broadband structure to make a game based on metronome timing playable online.

[-hellvin-]

Wireless Guitar - No.

I saw a picture a little while ago of what's supposed to be the 360 controller. Now while I'm not ruling out that it was a photoed picture, I was pretty sure I read it's authentic. It's a silver wireless flying V, looks pretty damn sweet if it's real.

[yok-dfa]

Downloaded it from a private bittorrent tracker, but it's already on the shelves in some stores already.
There are also a number of public trackers that have this. Anyway i tried it, and to be frankly, i wasn't too impressed with the song selection. Motley Crue was ok, Kiss was ok too (they have better songs though), "You really got me" as a Van Halen cover? (why not the original from the Kinks?) and that Rush song just totally sucks....

[Kroogah]

"You really got me" as a Van Halen cover? (why not the original from the Kinks?)

Better guitar in the Van Halen cover.


and that Rush song just totally sucks....

Kicked your ass, eh? :D

[hezeuschrist]

Wireless Guitar - No.

I saw a picture a little while ago of what's supposed to be the 360 controller. Now while I'm not ruling out that it was a photoed picture, I was pretty sure I read it's authentic. It's a silver wireless flying V, looks pretty damn sweet if it's real.

http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/puzzle/guitarhero2/news.html?sid=6159122


Today, GameSpot received confirmation from the RedOctane spokesperson that the final X-Plorer guitar will also be wired

[hezeuschrist]

and that Rush song just totally sucks....

REPENT, SINNER.

[sickdrummer420]

rush sucks? hmmm, must be complaing on the difficulty

[djbeatmongrel]

all i know is i cant wait to play psycho billy freakout and who was in my room last night.

[scooterb23]

That Wolfmother song is going to be all kinds of fun.

[Kroogah]

OH MY GOD.

MTV JUST POSTED A VIDEO WITH THE FIRST 6 TIERS OF SONGS.

1. Opening Licks

* "Strutter" - KISS
* "Mother" (has to be Danzig)
* "Message in a Bottle" - The Police
* "Monkey Wrench" - Foo Fighters
* "Tonight I'm Gonna Rock You Tonight" - Spinal Tap

2. Amp-Warmers

* "Shout at the Devil" - Mötley Crüe
* "Heart-Shaped Box" - Nirvana
* "Woman" (has to be Wolfmother)
* "Carry On Wayward Son" - Kansas
* "You Really Got Me" - The Kinks, as performed by Van Halen

3. String Snappers

* "Surrender" - Cheap Trick
* "Them Bones" - Alice in Chains
* "Search and Destroy" (has to be The Stooges)
* "Tattooed Love Boys" - The Pretenders
* "War Pigs" - Black Sabbath

4. Thrash and Burn

* "Cherry Pie (not in yet)" (has to be Warrant)
* "Who Was in My Room Last Night?" - The Butthole Surfers
* "Girlfriend" (Wings?)
* "Can't You Hear Me Knocking?" - The Rolling Stones
* "Sweet Child O' Mine" - Guns N' Roses

5. Return of the Shred

* "Killing in the Name" - Rage Against the Machine
* "John The Fisherman" - Primus (Performed by Primus)
* "Freya" (no clue)
* "Bad Reputation" (Thin Lizzy?)
* "Jessica" - The Allman Brothers Band

6. Relentless Riffs

* "Crazy on You" - Heart
* "Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart" - Stone Temple Pilots
* "Rock This Town" (has to be Stray Cats)
* "Last Child" - Aerosmith
* "Stop" (has to be Jane's Addiction)

Confirmed Songs not in the first 6 tiers

* "Arterial Black" - Drist (Bonus track)
* "Beast and the Harlot" - Avenged Sevenfold
* "Free Bird" - Lynyrd Skynyrd
* "Hangar 18" - Megadeth
* "Laid To Rest" - Lamb of God
* "Madhouse" - Anthrax
* "Misirlou" - Dick Dale
* "Psychobilly Freakout" - The Reverend Horton Heat
* "YYZ" - Rush

So, if their initial claim of 55 licensed tracks holds true, that means we have 17 songs to go, and they're all in tier 7 or higher. This boggles the mind. More Hendrix? More Pantera? More Clapton? More Ozzy? Slayer? Iron Maiden? Voivod? (they mentioned being in the game on their website) this is huge news.

[Kroogah]

"Freya" - The Sword
"Girlfriend" - probably Matthew Sweet. Could be The Darkness.

[Mr.FoodMonster]

On the official GH forum, they deleted almost the entire thread discussing the reveal of the songlist (it was at 16 pages in less than 12 hours) and they also censored the video online from showing all these songs.

I've got the feeling a few people probably just got fired.

[pacmanhat]

So, if their initial claim of 55 licensed tracks holds true, that means we have 17 songs to go, and they're all in tier 7 or higher. This boggles the mind. More Hendrix? More Pantera? More Clapton? More Ozzy? Slayer? Iron Maiden? Voivod? (they mentioned being in the game on their website) this is huge news.

Actually, since the game is going to have 8 tiers, and there are 8 licensed songs not in the first six, there are only 2 licensed songs that haven't been announced yet, and the rest are gonna be bonus songs. This is, of course, provided that the bonus songs this time are like they were last time (indie originals, contest winners, stuff by Harmonix staff members). That said, the 38 songs that we've seen thus far are...well, so unbelievably kick ass that I kinda want to crap myself. Or just wait 'til November 7th. :P

[-hellvin-]

Iggy Pop? Hell yeah!

[geneshifter]

The demo is great! I've been playing it today and it is a bit harder, especially the 3-button chords. Can't wait for this one. :rocker: :rocker:

p.s. Got mine at Barnes and Noble this morning :D

[hezeuschrist]

I've now spent a little time with the demo, and so far...

Shout at the Devil - 161k, 5 star
You Really Got Me - 102k, 5 star
Strutter - 152k, 4 star :(
YYZ - 109k, 3 star :( :(

HO/PO's have been totally fixed. Trills are now EASY, but getting used to them everywhere else is going to take a while.

It also looks a lot better than the first one, or that might just be because I'm playing it on a nice TV instead of watching shitty quality Gamespot videos on youtube.

All 4 songs are super fun and offer a different challenge... well, SatD isn't very challenging anywhere, but the other three offer something unique.

Cmon November 7th! I've got the whole week off work so I can kick this games ass, I can't wait.

[Mr.FoodMonster]

What do you get when you sign up for a free OPM subscription, bitch through email that you didn't get the demo disc, and finally recive issues with them included?

A wait of 2~3 weeks after the issue hits the stands to recieve it in the mail. I almost bought it, but then I realized that I should put that $10 to a reserve. And I did.

I want demo so bad me speak poor english :(

[hezeuschrist]

And the setlist is final!

1. Opening Licks
Motley Crue - Shout at the Devil
Danzig - Mother
Cheap Trick - Surrender
Wolfmother - Woman
Spinal Tap - Tonight I'm Gonna Rock You Tonight

2. Amp-Warmers
Kiss - Strutter
Nirvana - Heart-Shaped Box
Police - Message in a Bottle
Van Halen - You Really Got Me
Kansas - Carry on Wayward Son

3. String-Snappers
Foo Fighters - Monkey Wrench
Alice in Chains - Them Bones
Iggy Pop and the Stooges - Search and Destroy
Pretenders - Tattooed Love Boys
Black Sabbath - War Pigs

4. Thrash and Burn
Warrant - Cherry Pie
Butthole Surfers - Who Was in My Room Last Night
Mathew Sweet - Girlfriend
Rolling Stones - Can't You Hear Me Knockin'
Guns N' Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine

5. Return of the Shred
Rage Against the Machine - Killing in the Name Of
Primus - John the Fisherman
Sword - Freya
Thin Lizzy - Bad Reputation
Aerosmtih - Last Child

6. Relentless Riffs
Heart - Crazy on You
Stone Temple Pilots - Tripping on a Hole in a Paper Heart
Stray Cats - Rock This Town
Allman Brothers - Jessica
Jane's Addiction - Stop

7. Furious Fretwork
Anthrax - Madhouse
Living End - Carry Me Home
Lamb of God - Laid to Rest
Reverend Horton Heat - Psychobilly Freakout
Rush - YYZ

8. Face-Melters
Avenged Sevenfold - Beast and the Harlot
Suicidal Tendencies - Institutionalized
Dick Dale - Misirlou
Megadeth - Hangar 18
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird


Lamb of God \m/