The Guitar Hero Thread

[Tarheels.]

I did everything else fine on hard, but YYZ killed me. I'm really not good with hammer-ons and pull-offs in the game. It was the same with GH, but I could at least get through songs with it. I'm sure Dick Dale is gonna kill me if I get to it on Hard.

[Fanku Kaibutsu]

Guitar Hero in 60 seconds

A mildy amusing video on Gamespot.

[CKN]

I have just perfected Strutter and Shout At The Devil on Extreme in the demo.

I AM GOD.

Next up YYZ

[The Z-Man]

Guitar Hero in 60 seconds

A mildy amusing video on Gamespot.

Edited October 23, 2006 by The Z-Man

[Fanku Kaibutsu]

DETHKLOK!

[The Z-Man]

Dethklok in Guitar Hero II?!

OMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11111111111111111111111111111SHIFT+1

::HEAD EXPLODES, BRAINS AND BLOOD SPRAYING EVERYWHERE, ALL TO THE TUNE OF THUNDERHORSE!::

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I am just... so. fucking. excited. I'm... I'm gonna go masturbate to this news.

[GoGo Yubari]

Awesome to have Dethklok, even if it's totally the wrong song (I've been wanting to play the opening theme, 30 seconds long though it may be, on Guitar Hero for a long time now). I mean, really now. That's brutal right there.

[TheCrippler]

I don't wanna sift through 22 pages of replies, so this may have already been answered, but is the Xbox 360 version gonna feature downloadable songs via the marketplace? Cuz that would be awesome.

[The Z-Man]

Yes, it will and they will range from one to five dollars a download or so I read in my new GI.... just another reason to buy a 360 as soon as possible...

Heh. Now that I think about it, I'm going to be buying Guitar Hero 2 twice... crap... I really don't have that kind of money nor will I ever.

Well, at least Dead Rising will make it all worthwhile.... I mean, what's cooler than killing zombies? Answer: NOTHING!

...am I just rambling now?... Yeah. I'm rambling.

Edited October 24, 2006 by The Z-Man

[tristy]

Yeah, if you unlock the Buckethead track... good luck trying to beat that motherfucker.

[Miami Vice]

I was poking around gamespot and found this list of all the bonus songs. Apparently an EB worker or something got his hands on a copy of the game and used a camera to take footage of the full list of bonus songs. So here they are folks.

Artist--Song

The Acro-brats--Laughtrack

All That Remains--Six

The Amazing Royal Crowns--Mr. Fix-It

Anarchy Club--Collide

Bang Camaro--Push Push (Lady Lightning)

Breaking Wheel (formerly known as Artillery)--One For The Road

Brian Kahanek--Gemini

Buckethead--Jordan

Count Zero--Radium Eyes

Dethklok--Thunder Horse

Drist--Arterial Black

Every Time I Die--The New Black

Freezepop--Less Talk More Rokk

Honest Bob and the Factory-to-Dealer Incentives--Soy Bomb

The Last Vegas--Raw Dog

Made in Mexico--Yes We Can

Megasus--Red Lottery

The Neighborhoods--Parasite

Shadows Fall--The Light That Blinds

Strong Bad (of Homestar Runner)--Trogdor

That Handsome Devil--Elephant Bones

Vagiant--FTK

Valient Thorr--Fall of Pangea

Voivod--X-Stream

Nothing really jumps out at me save for the Homestar Runner song, lol. If only they had The Cheat's theme instead.

[The Z-Man]

Damn. I thought Tenacious D was supposed to be in the bonus tracks.

Also, could you give us a link to the video?

Also also, I found this video of "Monkey Wrench" by Foo Fighters on co-op, which confirms a green-orange fret.

Edited October 26, 2006 by The Z-Man

[zero]

Trogdor!?

I saw Valient Thorr with Joan Jett on Friday, they're fucking awesome. Imagine if the Highlanders formed a metal band.

[GoGo Yubari]

Trogdor!?

TROGDOOOOOOOOOOR~!

I have no idea how they will do the guitar parts. Because Trogdor doesn't even use actual guitars and the riff should be insanely easy.

[Fanku Kaibutsu]

Made in Mexico? Didn't they do that awful "Farewell Myth" song in the first one? Nice seeing Freezepop back, hopefully this song will be as good as Get Ready to Rokk.

[The Z-Man]

Guitar Hero II b-sides revealed

Bonus songs caught on camera by retail store employee; two dozen songs add to game's already extensive list.

By Staff, GameSpot

Posted Oct 25, 2006 5:59 pm PT

The uncovering of songs in a game's soundtrack is hardly newsworthy--unless it's for an installment of Guitar Hero. The rock-god simulator from RedOctane and Activision is getting a new incarnation on the PlayStation 2 early next month and the Xbox 360 next year.

Guitar Hero II is already chock-full of rockin' tunes from big-name bands like Danzig, Wolfmother, Van Halen, Rage Against the Machine, and more, but it appears a heap of cultish bands will also be included in the game.

On the Guitar Hero forums, a camera-happy retail employee snapped some pictures of all the songs available for purchase in the in-game store. While there aren't any bands that have mainstream success in the lot, there are several bands that have a devoted following.

The most eyebrow-raising inclusion is the theme song of Trogdor the Burninator--better known as a character from the popular Web comic Homestar Runner. Also on the list is Dethklok (from Adult Swim's Metalocalypse) and Buckethead--best known as the guitar god who plays with an empty bucket of fried chicken on his head.

Artist--Song

The Acro-brats--Laughtrack

All That Remains--Six

The Amazing Royal Crowns--Mr. Fix-It

Anarchy Club--Collide

Bang Camaro--Push Push (Lady Lightning)

Breaking Wheel (formerly known as Artillery)--One For The Road

Brian Kahanek--Gemini

Buckethead--Jordan

Count Zero--Radium Eyes

Dethklok--Thunder Horse

Drist--Arterial Black

Every Time I Die--The New Black

Freezepop--Less Talk More Rokk

Honest Bob and the Factory-to-Dealer Incentives--Soy Bomb

The Last Vegas--Raw Dog

Made in Mexico--Yes We Can

Megasus--Red Lottery

The Neighborhoods--Parasite

Shadows Fall--The Light That Blinds

Strong Bad (of Homestar Runner)--Trogdor

That Handsome Devil--Elephant Bones

Vagiant--FTK

Valient Thorr--Fall of Pangea

Voivod--X-Stream

Source: http://www.gamespot.com/news/6160514.html

(Figured I'd post the article to add truth to Miami Vice's post.)

[EddieRuckus]

There were also pictures showing the bonus songs and how much they costed, probably taken from the video. Personally I'm excited for the entire soundtrack list and the bonus songs, nice to see As I Lay Dying and Shadows Fall in there to represent metal. I just listened to most of the songs and I'm really excited for this game now, has a great soundtrack.

[The Dork Knight]

I can't wait to play dueling guitars in Trogdor. I'll be Squiggly.

Edited October 27, 2006 by The Dork Knight

[ragbag]

Here's a reason why the 3rd party wireless guitar wouldn't work with Guitar Hero 2.

http://www.redoctane.com/gh-sgwireless.html

Redoctane's wireless guitar.

[Fanku Kaibutsu]

Killing In the Name Of video. Kinda hard to tell from the video, but the vocals on this song sound awful. It still looks like it's gonna be a blast to play.

edit: also,

On autoplay, on expert, on a hacked demo. Edited October 28, 2006 by Fanku Kaibutsu