Guitar Hero II -- we want you to rock our world.
We know quite a bit about Guitar Hero II, the upcoming sequel to the hit rhythm game for PlayStation 2.
We know it has more songs -- roughly 40 licensed tracks and 20 or so more unlockable ones. We know there's a spiffy new training mode, which allows you to slow down and practice tough passages. And we know the two-player shenanigans have been ramped up, with the game allowing two different players the ability to play lead, rhythm or bass sections on any songs. But what we really want to know is what songs we'll be shredding our replica Gibsons to.
Developers Red Octane have kept pretty quiet about this so far, but they opened the gates just a teensy bit today at an Activision media conference for Asia-Pacific journalists. The company announced three more songs to the eight known tracks so far -- Anthrax's Mad House, Mötley Crüe's Shout at the Devil and Stone Temple Pilots' Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart.
Here's all of the songs we know will be on Guitar Hero II so far:
- Arterial Black -- Drist (original track as a bonus song)
- John The Fisherman -- Primus (original track)
- Madhouse -- Anthrax
- Psychobilly Freakout -- The Reverend Horton Heat
- Shout at the Devil -- Mötley Crüe
- Strutter -- KISS
- Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart -- Stone Temple Pilots
- War Pigs -- Black Sabbath
- Who Was in My Room Last Night? -- The Butthole Surfers
- You Really Got Me -- The Kinks, as performed by Van Halen
- YYZ -- Rush
The sweet song list on the original Guitar Hero was one of the major factors behind its success, and from the tracks we've seen of Guitar Hero II so far, it looks set to continue that trend. Here's hoping we'll get a few more song tidbits between now and Guitar Hero II's slated November 06 launch in Australia.
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cank_les
01/08/2006 11:02 AM
I used to rock and roll all night and party ev-er-y day. Then it was every other day. Now I'm lucky if I can find half an hour a week in which to get funky
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Sam
07/11/2006 02:16 PM
These are the official levels and songs appearing on Guitar Hero ||... Opening Licks: Shout at the Devil - Motley Crue Mother - Danzig Surrender - Cheap Trick Woman - Wolfmother Tonight I'm Gonna Rock You Tonight - Spinal Tap Amp-Warmers: Strutter - Kiss Heart-Shaped Box - Nirvana Message in a Bottle - Police You Really Got Me - Van Halen Carry on Wayward Son - Kansas String-Snappers: Monkey Wrench - Foo Fighters Them Bones - Alice in Chains Search and Destroy - Iggy Pop and the Stooges Tattooed Love Boys - Pretenders War Pigs - Black Sabbath Thrash and Burn: Cherry Pie - Warrant Who Was in my Room Last Night - Butthole Surfers Girlfriend - Matthew Sweet Can't You Hear Me Knockin' - Rolling Stones Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns N' Roses Return of the Shred: Killing in the Name Of - Rage Against the Machine John the Fisherman - Primus Freya - Sword Bad Reputation - Thin Lizzy Last Child - Aerosmith Relentless Riffs: Crazy on You - Heart Tripping on a Hole in a Paper Heart - Stone Temple Pilots Rock This Town - Stray Cats Jessica - Allman Brothers Stop - Jane's Addiction Furious Fretwork Madhouse - Anthrax Carry Me Home - Living End Laid to Rest - Lamb of God Psycholly Freakout - Reverend Horton Heat YYZ - Rush Face-Melters: Beast and the Harlot - Avenged Sevenfold Institutionalized - Suicidal Tendencies Misirlou - Dick Dale Hangar 18 - Megadeth Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird
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