A couple days ago, Activision announced the final line up of songs for the upcoming Guitar Hero game, Rock the 80s. Iron Maiden, Anthrax, Twisted Sister… isn’t this sounding strangely similar to my requirements for GHIII… but at half the price!
Thanks to Destructoid for posting:
· Caught in a Mosh (as made famous by Anthrax)
· Balls to the Wall (as made famous by Accept)
· Electric Eye (by Judas Priest)
· Los Angeles (as made famous by X)
· Police Truck (as made famous by Dead Kennedys)
· We Got the Beat (as made famous by The Go Go’s)
· (I Think I’m) Turning Japanese (as made famous by Vapors)
· Seventeen (as made famous by Winger)
· Because, it’s Midnite (by Limozeen)
· Hold On Loosely (as made famous by .38 Special)
· No One Like You (as made famous by Scorpions)
· Only a Lad (as made famous by Oingo Boingo)
· Ballroom Blitz (as made famous by Krokus)
· The Warrior (by Scandal)
· What I Like About You (as made famous by The Romantics)
· Wrath Child (as made famous by Iron Maiden)
· I Wanna Rock (by Twisted Sister)
· I Ran (by Flock of Seagulls)
· Round and Round (as made famous by Ratt)
· Metal Health (as made famous by Quiet Riot)
· Holy Diver (as made famous by Dio)
· Heat Of The Moment (as made famous by Asia)
· Radar Love (as made famous by White Lion)
· 18 and Life (as made famous by Skid Row)
· Bathroom Wall (as made famous by Faster Pussycat)
· Lonely is the Night (as made famous by Billy Squier)
· Nothing But a Good Time (as made famous by Poison)
· Play With Me (as made famous by Extreme)
· Shaken (as made famous by Eddie Money)
· Synchronicity II (as made famous by The Police)
wtf i thought they where putting master of puppets on there…….gay. that song is tight i might not but it if it doesn’t have master of puppets on it.
Comment by Anthony — July 2, 2007 @ 3:41 am |
shut up man jsut coz it doesnt have master of puppets your a poser, i admit i wantede it too but i have a lok at all the other good songs like i wanna rock, ballroom blitz, wrathchild etc. oh and try and put AC/DC on the next one guys… cheers
Comment by scotty — July 3, 2007 @ 9:41 am |
It doesn’t suprise me at all that Metallica isn’t on there, and not because of the generally poor reviews of their latest albums. After the stuff that Metallica has tried to pull in the past (repealing first right sales and so forth), I can imagine they would ask for exorbitant royalties to any song offered.
That said… imagine trying to play “One”
Comment by Tyler Rousseau — July 3, 2007 @ 1:02 pm |
dont imagine trying to play one try playing battery way better guitar in the song and if ur going to put acdc on here should check out riff raff
Comment by rory — July 5, 2007 @ 1:51 am |
this game is tight, i love all of the guitar hero games, i think that the hardest song of them all so far is “jordan” by buckethead on expert, its perty insane, and my buddy alex and i are gunna get rock band for the ps3 when it comes out this fall/winter, and the guitar controller for rock band is freqaking insane, google it, its crazy it has two sets of fingers keys, high and low
PEACE
Comment by scottis — July 6, 2007 @ 12:38 am |
its good but it needs the Dead Milkmen, The Cure and the Violent Femmes
Comment by anonymous — July 7, 2007 @ 6:03 am |
COOL!
Comment by INFINITE MUSHROOM — July 7, 2007 @ 9:58 pm |
needs some van halen on there
Comment by INFINITE MUSHROOM — July 7, 2007 @ 10:00 pm |
I wanted Iron Maiden – 2 Minutes to Midnight
Comment by Somerandomdude — July 8, 2007 @ 5:26 am |
when is AC/DC coming to guitar hero man then i’ll say the game rules now it’s only nice!
like Back In Black that was like 81 I think
Comment by Bob Twinkle — July 8, 2007 @ 5:27 pm |
all im sayin is wrong poision song i should have been talk dirty to me
just sayin
Comment by mooobys — July 10, 2007 @ 10:16 pm |
What in the hell?? They want $50.00 for a game that should be $19.99.. and they didnt even put the REAL ARTISTS on there.. man screw activision.. i knew they would screw this up.. i guess its not enough buying up every single movie game licence, and then make a HORRIBLE game… now theyre really trying to drive fans away.. And by the way.. the hardest Guitar Hero song is Bark at the Moon.. by far. ^^;
Comment by KnightEdrik — July 11, 2007 @ 9:33 am |
^to clarify my above point.. i know not all GH songs are by the original artists.. but what the hell are the Vapors or Flock of Seagulls doing these days.. they should have been able to get them for less than 5 bucks in royalties.. i mean, they couldnt get Eddie Money to sign on…. rotflmao. Dude, theyre robbing us. $50.00 for cover band songs… wonderful. Oh yeah, for all those people who are saying to themselves “Well, maybe they just couldnt get them to sign on and do it..” Take 2/Rockstar didnt seem to have a problem getting over half these songs for Grand Theft Auto soundtracks. DK’s Police Truck was even in a Tony Hawk game.. and who did THPS?? Activision.. Think about it…
Comment by KnightEdrik — July 11, 2007 @ 9:57 am |
Ummmm… it’s an 80s genre game, Flock of Seagulls were near mega-band status during that decade.
If you want to complain about “cover” bands performing the songs, that is an issue I can go with.
But keep in mind the original vision Harmonyx was going with when they created these GH; they wanted to creat near-real experiences for non-musicians, not a video game.
So turn the volume up, crunch some pseudo-chords, piss off the neighbors and have some fun!
Comment by Tyler — July 11, 2007 @ 1:16 pm |
no crazy train… awww
Comment by dude., — July 11, 2007 @ 7:36 pm |
Well this looks pretty crappy
80′s metal or half of it 80′s posers
Iron Maiden why isnt it PROWLER instead
Why no MEGADETH or MOTORHEAD some great stuff from them in the 80′s
Comment by Buck Diesel — July 11, 2007 @ 10:34 pm |
They need Crazy Train. Plain and simple. Journey would be sweet too, get some Wheel In The Sky. They should almost put a vote in on the songs and then add them based on popular vote. That would definetly help I think.
Comment by dave — July 12, 2007 @ 2:52 am |
As previously mentioned its a 80′s genre “Game”, if you want the real thing go buy the “album”, sheet music, guitar and try to reincarnate Angus Young.
Comment by Safetyman — July 12, 2007 @ 2:15 pm |
man, they completely neglected Maiden. It was bad enough when i found out maiden was only on the Xbox version of GHII. So now they only put 1 song and it isnt really one of their greater hits. You guys should really think about the songs you are putting into these games and maybe rely more on your fan base.
It should be a good gamethoguh already got it preordered.
ps. Maiden rules
pps.down with Metallica! greedy bastards
Comment by Ryan — July 12, 2007 @ 5:31 pm |
metallica is a bunch of technology
nazi’s fuck’emthey wont even let their music be sold on i tunes what makes you think they will be on the game?Comment by Bayless — July 13, 2007 @ 5:48 am |
they should megadeth on guitar hero some peace sells will be good
Comment by roger — July 15, 2007 @ 4:35 am |
METALLICA SUCKS METALLICA SUCKS METALLICA SUCKS
Comment by slayer — July 15, 2007 @ 4:37 am |
seriously needs some Van Halen… i mean come on
Major props for Limozeen tho
Comment by Jake — July 15, 2007 @ 5:33 am |
I agree theres a definite lack of maiden which pisses me off, throw on 2 minutes to midnite, or Phantom of the opera….u think that woulda got on there but no what the hell
Comment by James — July 15, 2007 @ 6:55 am |
This game sounds like it will be a blast but c’mon guys, are we forgetting how killer of a band Dokken was? Why no Dokken yet??
Comment by RandyD — July 17, 2007 @ 3:55 am |
What about Led Zeppelin..? Just a suggestion..
Comment by - Shelby - — July 19, 2007 @ 3:01 pm |
THE FINAL COUNTDOWN IS NOT IN THIS GAME
Comment by beau — July 22, 2007 @ 4:24 am |
There are plenty of 80′s MAJOR artists not included…surprise, surprise….Michael Jackson, Madonna, Queen, U2…hello? Obviously, they would not come on the cheap…perhaps they’re in the new band game referenced which Sony can charge more for. Prince was huge…even Rick Springfield. Metal is plenty represented…Electric Eye is a strong addition. Enjoy Ghers
Comment by GHRone — July 23, 2007 @ 2:16 am |
Van Halen….also snubbed….
Comment by GHRone — July 23, 2007 @ 2:18 am |
I wish you would all just stop complaining about the game. Yes it would be nice to have all master tracks for the songs, a cheaper price tag, and a couple different bands, but you’re not going to get them. This is what was created, so you either get it and have fun, or you don’t get it and miss out.
Comment by Travis — July 23, 2007 @ 11:33 pm |
actually this game should be pretty good im liking ratt round and round that should be pretty sweet but just as a suggestion they need some slayer and jus for the record metallica is bad ass but they do suck because they are too damn greedy
Comment by Branden — July 24, 2007 @ 4:00 am |
damn man i wanted sum Metallica, Acdc, and the good old megadeth
Comment by Mike — July 24, 2007 @ 4:35 am |
yeah haha on my custom guitar hero game i have metallica,slayer,megadeth and more good stuff.
just look up on youtube on how to make your own
Comment by Mike — July 24, 2007 @ 4:39 am |
yall should put poor some sugar on me by def lepard
Comment by brandon — July 25, 2007 @ 7:21 pm |
Number one…. to all you guys who are like “oh yeah ACDC was so ripped!” ACDC doesnt sell there rights, nor do the beatles or someone else i cant remember. look it up on iTunes, no ACDC or beatles on iTunes.
Number two… the reason people like Van Halen, Foreigner (no one mentioned but there just to awesome to not mention ^^), Led Zeppelin, etc. were not put on here because they were mainly 70s, some 80s, but mainly 70s. but i dont get why U2s not on here, thats pretty stupid.
Number three… Metallica isnt on here because they suck. Plain and simple.
Comment by seth — August 2, 2007 @ 1:02 am |
ACDC ACDC ACDC ACDC ACDC ACDC ACDC ACDC….. GH NEEDS ACDC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and crazy train
Comment by mike — August 7, 2007 @ 12:01 am |
VAN HALEN IS NEEDED!! IT WOULD ROUND THE GAME OFF
Comment by HUGHESY — August 8, 2007 @ 12:33 pm |
As soon as I heard this game would only cover 80′s music I knew it wasn’t going to be very good. And to see what music they actually chose makes it even worse. There’s a few songs in particular I’m FURIOUS to see not in this game. I dunno, I guess maybe it was wishful thinking to think this series would get BETTER???
Comment by Powerpunk 5000 — August 9, 2007 @ 7:44 am |
no ac/dc, cmon…
Comment by trey — August 12, 2007 @ 10:28 pm |
YOU COULD MAKE A WHOLE GAME BASED ON LED ZEPPELIN SONGS! WHATS THE DEAL?!?
Comment by franz de awesome — August 20, 2007 @ 2:18 pm |
I LOVED THE LINEUP YOU GOT THOUGH. REALLY GOOD
Comment by franz de awesome — August 20, 2007 @ 2:19 pm |
i understand you couldn’t have put zeppelin on this game but maybe on the gh 3. namely stairway to heaven, rock n roll, or ten years gone.
Comment by franz de awesome — August 20, 2007 @ 2:22 pm |
Heard Pink Floyd would be on there.
Why not?!?
Comment by Julia — August 21, 2007 @ 6:38 am |
O-kay the game is called guitar hero, right so you gota put more bands with better guitar in it like AC/DC and Iron Maiden Metallica and so on…. Like come on Guy’s
Comment by D-JAY — August 22, 2007 @ 11:09 pm |
Ok the hardest song Is Jordan. Bark at the Moon is one of the easier songs along with Free Bird. what i would like to see on the next one is GMBC by Children of Bodom that song fuckin rocks. and yea screw pink floyd they shouldnt go on gh at all
Comment by GHgod(()) — August 28, 2007 @ 1:40 am |
Ok. I like it for the most part. yeah it is missing some good stuff, like Floyd, Led, but what about like Bon Jovi, or aerosmith. ya know there were some awsome ass bands in the 80′s. It could be better. And too all who say metallica sucks, they don’t suck and you know it. they have some of the best guitar riffs EVER, yeah they’re new shits week, and yes they are selfish asses, but it’s not about now, it’s about then. And then, they were GOLD!, ONE, UNFORGIVEN, FADE TO BLACK, MASTER OF PUPPETS, WELCOME HOME!!! yeah they needed that, but, maybe in the next one.
Comment by crash6785 — August 31, 2007 @ 4:31 am |
This game is a joke… Isn’t not even that fun… I grew up in the 80′s and these are the shittest songs they could offer… I play Guitar Hero I and II because there more fun, and the songs are more enjoyable. this game is a blow out. I think most of the consumers can ageree with me when i say that this game is a waste of money. PS2 has there work cut out for them to create Guitar Hero III and totoaly redeme them selves. I just think that this game was rushed and was there for $$$ and not for fun… for the love of god, Guitar Hero are the bomb diggity of games, don’t ruin it with any more of this shit. We can let this game go and act like it never happend…, but shit give us the comsumers something that we can appreciate and make our time worth-wile. This game was a joke, and now I’m skeptical about purchasing the next edition of Guitar Hero because of it…. PLEASE GIVE US SOMETHING TO ENJOY!!!!
Comment by Game Master 3 — October 8, 2007 @ 8:05 am |
its shitty. plain and simple.
Comment by shawn — November 26, 2007 @ 3:25 am |
Play With Me (as made famous by Extreme)
Is the Hardest Song. and they Cut Down on the song I Wanna Rock (by Twisted Sister)nere the end so heads up on that.
Comment by ♣Brandon K♣ — December 21, 2007 @ 3:00 pm |
Guitar Hero III is Much Better!
Comment by ♣Brandon K♣ — December 21, 2007 @ 3:02 pm |
Dont Buy The 80′s unless u have time too waste. get Guitar Hero III. Much Better and It dont Even Have Bonus song on Guitar Hero Rock the 80′s.
Comment by ♣Brandon K♣ — December 21, 2007 @ 3:07 pm |
All Of these songs suck. I hate them all.
Comment by ♥kerisha♥ — December 24, 2007 @ 2:09 am |
these songs are so gay like me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ps. IAM REALLY GAYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11
Comment by ♥fag boy♥ — December 24, 2007 @ 2:12 am |
Well, as far as I’m concerned, over half the songs on all of the first 3 Guitar Hero games are garbage. The Rock the 80′s list actually looks quite a bit better than the others to me. But I agree the cover songs are as lame as it gets, and seeing bands like the friggin GoGos, Vapors, Oingo Boingo, Flock of Birdcrap, Scandal, Romantics, and Billy Squier on this game is just NAUSEATING. Especially when there are no songs from great 80s GUITAR rockers like RUSH, Ozzie Osborne, April Wine, AC/DC, Satriani, Vinnie Moore, Triumph, Blue Oyster Cult, etc. on the game.
Comment by crap songs — January 27, 2008 @ 4:59 am |
wow Ballroom blitz was made by SWEET dumasses
Comment by omg — March 30, 2008 @ 6:26 am |
Where’s bon jovi, deff lepard, u2, ACDC, etc…
Comment by blackout — June 5, 2008 @ 6:04 pm |
Encore rock the 80′s…….is extremly COOOOLLL hahahahahaha.luv to play TURNING JAPANESE…….
Comment by Anton.... — June 9, 2008 @ 5:30 am |
Encore rock the 80′s…….is extremly COOOOLLL hahahahahaha.luv to play TURNING JAPANESE…….
IM so coooollll….hahahaha you suck FAG BOY……just jowking…..hahahahah
Comment by Anton Mira.......... — June 9, 2008 @ 5:32 am |
Scandal did the warrior huh?? Maybe u wanna re do your research and stop using wikipedia or some shit pall. It was Patt Benatar that wrote The Warrior in the 80′s
Comment by retards — July 7, 2008 @ 1:11 pm |
sry correction Patty Smith
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