Wednesday, August 02, 2006
Guitar Hero 2 Official Track List
Many moons ago I posted my fantasy Guitar Hero 2 track list. And a lot of folks posted some GREAT ideas of their own. As of Monday, we now have 11 tracks that have been officially announced so far. I gotta admit, I don't know all of these:YYZ - Rush (YAY! We've got a Rush song in the mix!)
You Really Got Me - Van Halen (Excellent!)
Shout At The Devil - Motley Crue
Psychobilly Freakout - Reverend Horton Heat
John the Fisherman - Primus (using the original master recordings!)
Who Was In My Room Last Night - Butthole Surfers
Strutter - KISS
War Pigs - Black Sabbath
Arterial Black- Drist (also an original master?)
Trippin' On A Hole In A Paper Heart - Stone Temple Pilots
Madhouse - Anthrax
Free Bird - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns 'n Roses
Beast and the Harlot - Avenged Sevenfold
Tattooed Love Boys - The Pretenders
Crazy On You - Heart (YAY!!!!!)
Hangar 18 - Megadeath
Jessica - Allman Brothers (cool!)
Laid To Rest - Lamb of God
Message In A Bottle - The Police
Misirlou - Dick Dale
Last Child - Aerosmith
Surrender - Cheap Trick (I haven't heard this one in years!)
Them Bones - Alice in Chains
Tonight I'm Gonna Rock You Tonight - Spinal Tap (HOLY COW! Spinal Tap?!? This oughta be fun...)
Mother - Danzig
Monkey Wrench - Foo Fighters
Woman - Wolfmother
Carry On Wayward Son - Kansas (EXCELLENT! One of my picks!)
Search And Destroy - Stooges
Cherry Pie - Warrant
Girlfriend - Darkness
Can't You Hear Me Knocking - Rolling Stones
Killing in the Name - Rage Against the Machine
Freya - Sword
Crazy On You - Heart (Not Barracuda, but just as good)
Rock This Town - Stray Cats (AWESOME!)
Last Child - Aerosmith
Stop - Jane's Addiction
I think it's interesting that - from what has been reported - they are doing a cover of a Van Halen cover of a song. Wasn't the original by the Kinks, from some time in the 1960's?
Ah, well. So far none of my fantasy picks have made it into the game, though a few of the artists I wanted to see featured are in there. Particularly Rush! And YYZ is a pretty distinct Rush song. And a Canadian song. So our neighbors up in Canada should be happy with the game too. And they'll also know the Morse Code for the Toronto Pearson International Airport. And, according to that Wikipedia entry I just linked to, the YYZ intro riff was used by Primus in their song John the Fisherman, which is ALSO in Guitar Hero II. However, it only appeared in the live recording, not the studio recording, so that little connection may be lost on players.
Heck, it was lost on me until I looked it up. But now I'm very amused by the coincidence.
If you are wanting to read more Guitar Hero fanboi rantings, there's an outstanding article in The Escapist from a few moons ago about just why this game rules all.
I'll try and keep this list updated as I hear more. I'm still holding out hope that some of my wish-list songs from artists not already on the official track list will make it in... like Rhiannon, Crazy Train, Carry On Wayward Son, and La Grange. If you hear more official announcements of tracks, please feel free to point 'em out to me at feedback (- at -) rampantgames dot com.
EDIT: Added a bunch more songs that appeared in EGM.
Labels: Guitar Hero, Mainstream Games
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For the most part, I'm pretty disappointed in the list. It's awesome that Van Halen is on there, but it sucks that it's only their remake. The Motley Crue song is decent, but there are so many more of their classics to choose from. I was, however, very pleasantly surprised to see one of my fave STP songs on there - that song kicks! The rest of the list, though, is pretty lame compared to their initial offering.
The couple added features will make it worth it anyway - two players can play at different skill levels at the same time, and each player can play a separate rhythm/solo part. I'm still amazed that they didn't combine Karaoke Revolution with Guitar Hero yet. I'm reallllly hoping that I can sing as well as play the guitar in GH3.
The couple added features will make it worth it anyway - two players can play at different skill levels at the same time, and each player can play a separate rhythm/solo part. I'm still amazed that they didn't combine Karaoke Revolution with Guitar Hero yet. I'm reallllly hoping that I can sing as well as play the guitar in GH3.
Well, I have *HEARD* that they are planning more specific GH games in the future... A Country / Western Guitar Hero for the U.S. market, a Heavy Metal Guitar Hero, and probably a couple more.
We know how these plans go, though.
Combining it with a Karaoke game... I dunno. Could be a lot of fun, though.
We know how these plans go, though.
Combining it with a Karaoke game... I dunno. Could be a lot of fun, though.
A Heavy Metal GH would be perfect! It makes sense given that I had recently seen that they released a country music Karaoke Revolution. That particular taste of music is not for me :) but it seems the logical direction to take some of these franchises after a few releases with general songs.
For what a GH/KR experience could be like, check out http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/feature/video-how-to-rock-at-two-games-at-once-151775.php . "I Love Rock and Roll" is the only song to appear on both games, and this guy had to be crazy enough to attempt the number of time needed to sync them up.
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For what a GH/KR experience could be like, check out http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/feature/video-how-to-rock-at-two-games-at-once-151775.php . "I Love Rock and Roll" is the only song to appear on both games, and this guy had to be crazy enough to attempt the number of time needed to sync them up.
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