List of songs in Guitar Hero
The following is the complete list of songs in Guitar Hero, a music video game for the Sony PlayStation 2 developed by Harmonix Music Systems and released in Template:Vgy. Guitar Hero's gameplay features the use of a special guitar-shaped controller modeled after a Gibson SG guitar to recreate the lead guitar part of several rock songs; the player scores in the game by both pressing one or more fret buttons on the controller and using a strum bar in time with notes as they appear on screen.[1]
Main setlist
There are thirty songs within the solo "Career" mode.[2] The songs are grouped by difficulty into named tiers.[1] Furthermore, four overall difficulty levels — Easy, Medium, Hard, and Expert — are present in the game, reflecting the number of frets that are employed, the number of notes to be played, and the speed at which the notes scroll on the screen.[1] Tiers are presented sequentially within each difficulty level; in lower difficulty modes, only 3 or 4 songs of each tier must be completed before the next tier is made available for that difficulty level, while in the hardest difficulty, all five songs must be completed.[3] Once a tier is opened at any difficulty level, the songs in that tier are playable in quickplay or competitive modes.[1]
All songs are covers of the original versions, credited as, for example, "'Iron Man' as made famous by Black Sabbath", and were performed by WaveGroup Sound for the game.[4] WaveGroup has released a selection of these covers through paid download services like iTunes in a collection entitled "The Guitar Hero Recordings".[4]
Year | Song title | Original artist | Tier |
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1980 | "Ace of Spades" | Motörhead | 5. Fret-Burners |
1983 | "Bark at the Moon" | Ozzy Osbourne | 6. Face Melters |
1899 | "Cochise" | Audioslave | 4. Return of the Shred |
1990 | "Cowboys from Hell" | Pantera | 6. Face Melters |
1969 | "Crossroads" | Cream | 5. Fret-Burners |
2001 | "Fat Lip" | Sum 41 | 4. Return of the Shred |
1972 | "Frankenstein" | The Edgar Winter Group | 6. Face Melters |
1977 | "Godzilla" | Blue Öyster Cult | 6. Face Melters |
2004 | "Hey You" | The Exies | 3. Thrash and Burn |
1989 | "Higher Ground" | The Red Hot Chili Peppers | 5. Fret-Burners |
1982 | "I Love Rock and Roll" | Joan Jett and the Blackhearts | 1. Opening Licks |
1978 | "I Wanna Be Sedated" | The Ramones | 1. Opening Licks |
1994 | "Infected" | Bad Religion | 1. Opening Licks |
1970 | "Iron Man" | Black Sabbath | 2. Axe-Grinders |
1974 | "Killer Queen" | Queen | 3. Thrash and Burn |
2004 | "Heart Full of Black" | Burning Brides | 3. Thrash and Burn |
1975 | "More Than a Feeling" | Boston | 2. Axe-Grinders |
2002 | "No One Knows" | Queens of the Stone Age | 5. Fret-Burners |
1983 | "Sharp Dressed Man" | ZZ Top | 2. Axe-Grinders |
1972 | "Smoke on the Water" | Deep Purple | 1. Opening Licks |
1967 | "Spanish Castle Magic" | Jimi Hendrix | 5. Fret-Burners |
1999 | "Stellar" | Incubus | 3. Thrash and Burn |
1992 | "Symphony of Destruction" | Megadeth | 3. Thrash and Burn |
2002 | "Take It Off" | The Donnas | 4. Return of the Shred |
2004 | "Take Me Out" | Franz Ferdinand | 2. Axe-Grinders |
1983 | "Texas Flood" | Stevie Ray Vaughan | 6. Face Melters |
1992 | "Thunder Kiss '65" | White Zombie | 1. Opening Licks |
1992 | "Unsung" | Helmet | 4. Return of the Shred |
1982 | "You Got Another Thing Comin'" | Judas PriestTemplate:Fn | 2. Axe-Grinders |
1972 | "Ziggy Stardust" | David Bowie | 4. Return of the Shred |
Bonus songs
Seventeen bonus songs are available within Guitar Hero.[2] Bonus songs can be purchased with in-game money earned from the Career mode within the game's virtual store.[3] Once purchased, the songs will be playable at all difficulty levels in Career, quickplay, and competitive modes. Many of the bands featured in the bonus songs are those that Harmonix members participate in.[5] The song "Cheat on the Church" by Graveyard BBQ was selected for inclusion in the game as the winner of the "Be a Guitar Hero" contest.[6]
All of the bonus songs are the original master tracks.
Year | Song title | Artist |
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2005 | "All of This" | Shaimus |
2005 | "Behind the Mask" | Anarchy Club |
2005 | "The Breaking Wheel" | ArtilleryTemplate:Fn |
2005 | "Callout" | The Acro-brats |
2005 | "Caveman Rejoice" | The Bags |
2005 | "Cheat on the Church" | Graveyard BBQ |
2005 | "Decontrol" | Drist |
2000 | "Eureka, I've Found Love" | The Upper Crust |
2005 | "Even Rats" | The Slip |
2005 | "Farewell Myth" | Made in Mexico |
2005 | "Fire It Up" | Black Label Society |
2005 | "Fly on the Wall" | Din |
2001 | "Get Ready 2 Rokk" | Freezepop |
2005 | "Guitar Hero" | Monkey Steals the Peach |
2004 | "Hey" | Honest Bob and the Factory-to-Dealer Incentives |
2005 | "Sail Your Ship By" | Count Zero |
2005 | "Story of My Love" | The Model Sons |
Other songs
Two other songs are present on the game media, but they can only be unlocked through the use of a PlayStation 2 cheat device, such as GameShark, Code Breaker or Action Replay.[8][9]
- "Graveyard Shift", Wind Tunnel Syndrome
- "Trippolette", by Andrew Buch, a composer at Berklee College of Music who has worked on the Harmonix team.[10][11]
Notes
- Template:FnbBased on in-game information for the Judas Priest song "You've Got Another Thing Comin'", the game incorrectly credits the song title as "You Got Another Thing Comin'".
- Template:FnbThe group Artillery has since changed their name to Breaking Wheel.
References
- ^ a b c d Gerstmann, Jeff (2005-11-07). "Guitar Hero Review". GameSpot. Retrieved 2008-03-25.
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(help) - ^ a b Roper, Chris (2005-10-26). "Guitar Hero Song List Unveiled". IGN. Retrieved 2007-08-19.
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(help) - ^ a b Kohler, Chris (2005-11-16). "Guitar Hero Rocks Out". Wired. Retrieved 2008-03-25.
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(help) - ^ a b Chalk, Andy (2007-10-17). "WaveGroup Announces The Guitar Hero Recordings". The Escapist. Retrieved 2008-03-25.
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(help) - ^ Ayers, Ron (2006-11-10). "(Interview) Harmonix: Daniel Sussman, Guitar Hero and Maker of Magic Moments". The Entertainment Depot. Retrieved 2008-03-23.
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(help) - ^ Crigger, Lara (2006-11-21). "How to be a Guitar Hero". The Escapist. Retrieved 2008-03-23.
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(help) - ^ Totilo, Stephen (2005-12-14). "'Guitar Hero': The Video Game That Literally Rocks". MTV. Retrieved 2008-03-30.
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(help) - ^ Gendreau, Dan. "Guitar Hero Trainer: VGSPlayer 1.4 beta". Dan Gendreau. Retrieved 2008-03-27.
- ^ Exodus (2006-10-03). "Song Stats Guide". MyCheats. Retrieved 2008-03-27.
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(help) - ^ Buch, Andrew. "Trippolette". Andrewbuch.com. Retrieved 2008-03-25.
- ^ Ashcroft, Brian (2006-04-28). "Hidden Guitar Hero Song". Kotaku. Retrieved 2008-03-28.
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