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Even more Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s tracks revealed; Sweet not amused photo

A few minutes ago, we received a press release from Activision detailing the latest eight songs to be added to the tracklist of their 1980s-themed Guitar Hero expansion, Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s. Here's the rundown:

·    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)
·    Radar Love (as made famous by White Lion)
·    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) 

Things are looking better here than they did previously, but we still don't have much faith in the direction this whole thing is going. I realize the game mechanics are too simple to screw up, but it seems like their track listings are intentionally neutered specifically so they can include certain songs in the main Guitar Hero series. When you combine this handicap with how intensely terrible the popular music of the 80s was, you're almost guaranteed a game with less cultural value than watching The Breakfast Club in your underwear.

Hit the jump for the full release. 

 ACTIVISION REVEALS ADDITIONAL FINGER-MELTING TRACKS TO BE INCLUDED ON GUITAR HERO ENCORE: ROCKS THE 80s

Songs made famous by The Romantics, Iron Maiden, Oingo Boingo and .38 Special Are Added to Enhance the Axe Shredding Experience 

 

SUNNYVALE, CA, - June 12, 2007 - Activision, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) today announced eight additional songs to be included in the latest installment of the critically acclaimed franchise -- Guitar Hero™ Encore: Rocks the 80s™, available exclusively for the PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system. The tour continues with 30 awesome new songs from the classic era, allowing Guitar Hero fans to further experience the ultimate rock star fantasy.

Additional tracks added to the initial list include:

·    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)
·    Radar Love (as made famous by White Lion)
·    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)

Previously announced tracks include:

·    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)
·    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)

 

 Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s, published by RedOctane® and developed by Harmonix, will be available in July for the PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system.  For more information, please visit the dedicated community site: www.guitarherogame.com.

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Justice's Avatar
Justice at 06/12/2007 06:22
ROCK THE CASBAH!
OwningXylophone's Avatar
OwningXylophone at 06/12/2007 07:00
2 things...

Ballroom Blitz - Is by the 'The Sweet'
Radar Love - Is by 'Golden Earring'
DanGale's Avatar
DanGale at 06/12/2007 07:29
@xylophone

It's "made famous by" not "originally by".
J03yyz's Avatar
J03yyz at 06/12/2007 08:05
uhhh, why is Nex the only one reporting on GH80s. All he ever does is poo poo the tracklist. 18 and life, wrath child, heat of the moment, and holy diver is all i need...

no tracklist will ever be perfect... remember girlfriend?
dpell's Avatar
dpell at 06/12/2007 08:08
Well, you say made famous by...
Mxyzptlk's Avatar
Mxyzptlk at 06/12/2007 08:10
My ass White Lion made Radar Love famous. Every time I've ever heard that song on the radio, it's the Golden Earring original. In fact, is White Lion actually remembered for anything other than their cover of the Transformers theme?
dpell's Avatar
dpell at 06/12/2007 08:14
'Ghostbusters' Ray Parker Jr, that appears not to be on the list. Shame really.
OwningXylophone's Avatar
OwningXylophone at 06/12/2007 08:16
@ Dan,

But 'Ballroom Blitz' WAS made famous by the Sweet (or Crucial Taunt if your a Wayne's World fan...) and the same with 'Radar Love' and Golden Earring... So what they are really saying is these are just cheap shitty covers, because we couldn't afford the real songs! Man that blows, nothing worse than bad covers of good songs (i.e. Van Halen - You Really Got Me)...
KilgoreTrout XL's Avatar
KilgoreTrout XL at 06/12/2007 08:37
This is the kind of music that the CIA uses to torture people in black sites. Even if this were coming out for the 360, you couldn't get me near that crap with a fucking ten foot barge pole.

I'd rather eat afterbirth pate and sleep with roseanne barr than spend time actually learning how to play that atrocious garbage.

(Nex: as for 80s pop music, it wasn't all bad: Talking Heads).


Necros's Avatar
Necros at 06/12/2007 08:40
Wait. Wait. They got a song by the Scorpions, and...it's not "Rock You Like a Hurricane?" Are they trying to piss people off?
DrRockso's Avatar
DrRockso at 06/12/2007 08:41
Awww, Xylophone beat me to it.

:(
galagabug 's Avatar
galagabug at 06/12/2007 09:23
@necros
i'm waiting for whistle hero 80's edition, i'm gonna nail winds of change!
TheTaj's Avatar
TheTaj at 06/12/2007 09:30
I don't care, I'm still buying it. And Ballroom Blitz is once of my favorite songs.
Lewis's Avatar
Lewis at 06/12/2007 09:39
well they can't put the originals in because then it wouldnt be the 80's since both Ballroom Blitz and Radar Love are from the 70's and where is Back In Black?
J03yyz's Avatar
J03yyz at 06/12/2007 09:59
"Wait. Wait. They got a song by the Scorpions, and...it's not "Rock You Like a Hurricane?" Are they trying to piss people off?"

No One Like You and Rock You Like a Hurricane are basically the same song with different lyrics... i would have rathered Big City Nights
BluDesign's Avatar
BluDesign at 06/12/2007 10:24
@Lewis

You think AC/DC's gonna start licensing their music? After some 30 years of saying "No!" to much more lucrative deals?

That'll happen right around the time Neversoft manages to get Stairway to Heaven and Battery on the next GH game.
mandlebaum123's Avatar
mandlebaum123 at 06/12/2007 10:46
I dont think Ive ever heard White Lion Radar Love
itemforty's Avatar
itemforty at 06/12/2007 11:07
White Lion = When the Children Cry. Not only famous, but hilarious.
itemforty's Avatar
itemforty at 06/12/2007 11:08
Oh, and I hate the fact that I'm excited about this list.
Mister Disco's Avatar
Mister Disco at 06/12/2007 11:13
Look guys, Radar Love was made famous by Golden Earring back in '73 when it first came out. They obviously chose to use the White Lion remake (with it's shredding guitar solo) so that they could slip it into the 80's edition. It's more fitting for Guitar Hero because of said solo anyway.

I'm guessing Ballroom Blitz is the same way.
parrothead's Avatar
parrothead at 06/12/2007 12:01
Ballroom Blitz was released by the Sweet in 1974, since this is an 80's game they had to pick the band that made in more famous in the 80's, which was Krokus. They released the song in 1984. My favorite use of Ballroom Blitz is the sample the Beastie Boys used in 'Hey Ladies'.

I am excited for Hold on Loosely and The Warrior.
van's Avatar
van at 06/12/2007 12:20
krokus sucked.
white lion sucked.
i've never played guitar hero.
it looks stupid.
Kozuch's Avatar
Kozuch at 06/12/2007 12:31
I don't understand why they are even releasing this 80's edition, but they can still save face if they use any track by Huey Lewis and the News.
TheTaj's Avatar
TheTaj at 06/12/2007 13:06
@ van

Who the hell are you to say if a game sucks if you haven't played a single game in the series?
rdaneel72's Avatar
rdaneel72 at 06/12/2007 13:16
UUGH!!! That goddam song by the Romantics was used in Bud Light commercials all through the 80s. I've heard it enough times alredy in my life. How many of these bands actually feature "Guitar Heros" on the axe? Maiden, and...that's it! CC Deville is not a Guitar Hero!!!

The 80s were the Golden Age of Metal. Why are all these poser bands still making money off shit that sucked 20 years ago?!?!?!? Where's the Metallica Megadeth Anthrax Slayer Exodus Overkill Testament Mercyful Fate Death Angel Celtic Frost Queensryche Ozzy (w/ Randy Rhodes, now there's a true fucking GUITAR HERO!!!)???!!!??!!!
bloodylip's Avatar
bloodylip at 06/12/2007 13:34
@rdaneel72

You know, it is possible to be a guitar hero without playing metal. I'd consider Hendrix, Clapton, BB King, Robert Johnson, and other blues and rock guitarists much bigger heroes than some of the bands you've listed.
rdaneel72's Avatar
rdaneel72 at 06/12/2007 13:36
So would I. None of them are in this game either
Xeniteone's Avatar
Xeniteone at 06/12/2007 13:56
I don't know what's sadder; the song list on this crappy new GH, or a bunch of fanboy's arguing about 80's metal and hair bands.
theweeze's Avatar
theweeze at 06/12/2007 14:16
I would like to see some Molly Hatchet or BTO or some more bands from the 70's. They had way better guitar riffs and solo's. Glad to see 38 Special!
LordRegulus's Avatar
LordRegulus at 06/12/2007 14:38
WHAT?

You're telling me you've got White Lion in there, and there's no Transformers theme?

Unheard of! Scandalous!
Robert's Avatar
Robert at 06/12/2007 18:05
But this isn't Neversoft, this is Red Octane's last game of the francise, IIRC. Thus the two masters vs. GH3's 10ish (so far).
John B's Avatar
John B at 06/12/2007 18:30
YES!!!

Hold On Loosely (as made famous by .38 Special)
No One Like You (as made famous by Scorpions)
Ballroom Blitz (as made famous by Krokus^H^H^H^H^H^HSweet)
What I Like About You (as made famous by The Romantics)

I agree that Rock You Like A Hurricane would have been a better choice, though. :(

@LordRegulus:

"WHAT? You're telling me you've got White Lion in there, and there's no Transformers theme?"

I bow before your wisdom!
Ninjajuice66's Avatar
Ninjajuice66 at 06/12/2007 20:29
I'd like some real metal, please.
Ninjajuice66's Avatar
Ninjajuice66 at 06/12/2007 20:34
I'd like some real metal, please.
sushi111's Avatar
sushi111 at 06/12/2007 21:21
Caught in a Mosh by Anthrax is in the game too...
sushi111's Avatar
sushi111 at 06/12/2007 21:22
And robert, you mean Harmonix
Robert's Avatar
Robert at 06/12/2007 22:33
Thanks, that's the one. Nice avatar BTW, my favorite episode.

According to wikipedia, "Seventeen" by Winger will also be in the game.
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