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Guitar Hero Encore: Rock the 80s final track list announced photo

The Guitar Hero Encore: Rock the 80s updates keep coming every week, and Activision just sent over a few more details. On top of announcing that Rock the 80s has gone gold and will be available in stores on July 24, they're also revealing the last nine tracks that will come with the game:

·    Caught in a Mosh  (as made famous by Anthrax)
·    Balls to the Wall (as made famous by Accept)
·    Electric Eye (by Judas Priest)
·    Los Angeles (as made famous by X)
·    Police Truck (as made famous by Dead Kennedys)
·    We Got the Beat (as made famous by The Go Go's)
·    (I Think I'm) Turning Japanese (as made famous by Vapors)
·    Seventeen (as made famous by Winger)
·    Because, it's Midnite (by Limozeen)


In less than a month we'll finally have our blistered fingers on their new characters, guitars, and game play modes, so that gives us a few weeks to find some gamer groupies. For the full press and previously announced songs, hit the jump for the complete list.

Activision, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) today announced that Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s has gone gold and will be available on July 24 exclusively for the Playstation2 computer entertainment system.  The company also announced nine additional songs to be included in the latest installment of the critically acclaimed franchise.
Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s will feature visually stunning retro rock venues and hipster characters, unlockable guitars, intense game play modes, and 30 awesome new songs to experience the ultimate rock star fantasy. The final nine tracks added to the initial list include:

·    Caught in a Mosh  (as made famous by Anthrax)
·    Balls to the Wall (as made famous by Accept)
·    Electric Eye (by Judas Priest)
·    Los Angeles (as made famous by X)
·    Police Truck (as made famous by Dead Kennedys)
·    We Got the Beat (as made famous by The Go Go's)
·    (I Think I'm) Turning Japanese (as made famous by Vapors)
·    Seventeen (as made famous by Winger)
·    Because, it's Midnite (by Limozeen)

Previously announced tracks 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)
·    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)
·    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)
·    Radar Love (as made famous by White Lion)
·    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)

 

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DJDuffy 's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/28/2007 15:12
DJDuffy
[i]"Heart of a lion
And the wings of a bat
Because it's midnite!"[/i]

Limozeen FTW!
rdaneel72's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/28/2007 15:23
rdaneel72
UUGH!!! Poser Hero it is! As a game that is supposed to celebrate the guitar as an instrument and the HEROS that have mastered it, this track-list is an utter failure. Maiden and Priest and Anthrax will always rule, but there's way to much lipstick and hairspray metal in this game to call it Guitar Hero. Maybe Aqua Net Hero!
Snaileb 's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/28/2007 15:27
Snaileb
The whole world just simutaniously let out a big "meh".
NbsAlex's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/28/2007 15:29
NbsAlex
FoF will just have to do until this release comes out. And are they gonna make a new guitar for the 80's collection?
galagabug 's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/28/2007 15:30
galagabug
[i]i gotcha picture.
i gotcha picture.
i like to look at it when i'm by myself.
i wanna docta.
to take yo picture
so i can look at you from inside as well.[/i]
i love turning japanese! not too big on the song tho ;p
this will be okay, but the fact that they released this without the final countdown will always sting a little bit.

Necros's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/28/2007 15:30
Necros
Dead Kennedys! And LIMOZEEN!

Maybe this won't be total crap.
urbanyeti's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/28/2007 15:31
urbanyeti
"WE'RE FROM THE BAND LIMOZEEEEEEN!!!"

I'm getting it just for that. Ok, not REALLY, but you get the picture.
Dickey's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/28/2007 15:32
Dickey
List looks pretty solid, considering the decade its coming out of.
BFeld13's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/28/2007 15:33
BFeld13
Limozeen is not as good as Taranchula
Your Mom's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/28/2007 15:37
Your Mom
Winger sucks.

'nuf said.
DJDuffy 's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/28/2007 15:37
DJDuffy
woah...what is with the BBCode not working with italics? looks like galagabug had the same problem =P
ArrestedDeveloper's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/28/2007 15:43
ArrestedDeveloper
Balls to the Wall!!! A hobo once told me that metallica was pussies and then played balls to the wall to show me what real metal rock is.
Ambulance-Y's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/28/2007 15:44
Ambulance-Y
i was hoping for either DK or the misfits. this is nice
subnet6's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/28/2007 15:52
subnet6
Not as bad as it could have been. I will be picking it up to feed my addiction until GHIII comes out.
Lewis's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/28/2007 15:52
Lewis
no come on eileen by dexy's midnight runners? this list is subpar at best they could have atleast put autgraph - Turn Up The Radio on there i mean they have to be running out of money by now how long can you live on one song?
Danzuke's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/28/2007 15:55
Danzuke
Hey I recognize that picture!!
Fronz's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/28/2007 16:06
Fronz
hehehe
Joe Burling's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/28/2007 16:08
Joe Burling
I'd play some of these if they were on the 360.
rdaneel72's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/28/2007 16:09
rdaneel72
"Balls to the Wall!!! A hobo once told me that metallica was pussies and then played balls to the wall to show me what real metal rock is. "

That hobo must've been a fuckin' prophet! Irony!

"Balls to the Walls" can't compete with 80s-era Metallica, but it beats the hell out of anything off their last 4 albums!
garrfunkel's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/28/2007 16:23
garrfunkel
those bastards had to include Dead Kennedys. THis means i officially must buy it. Bastards!!!
rdaneel72's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/28/2007 16:35
rdaneel72
Don't sweat it, garrfunkel. It's just a cover.

I was happy to see METAL get some mainstream exposure in the first 2 games (Yes, videogames are MAINSTREAM compared to metal). But this travesty only furthers the same problems that have existed for the last 20 years. Poser hair-and-makeup bands are NOT metal. Motley Crue is not metal. Ratt is not metal. Fucking Flock of Seagulls is NOT METAL!!!

I know this game isn't Metal Hero. I know there are other genres of music besides metal. But to go from Hanger 18 as the final boss to this limp-wristed shit...it's just depressing. All these poser bands rode the coat-tails of real,. hardworking metal bands in the 80s. I hate to see it happening again.
BluDesign's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/28/2007 16:42
BluDesign
What a sad and uninspired playlist.

Hopefully GHIII will correct that.
Myrmidon16's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/28/2007 16:43
Myrmidon16
@rdaneel72:
lipstick and hairspray metal are what 80's music is made of, dog.
deiga-the-semivaliant's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/28/2007 16:55
deiga-the-semivaliant
Dude, hair metal, while devoid of any musical value, is just plain fun to head bang to. Some of you guys need to lighten up.

I'm pretty sure songs that focus more on how big the singer's hair is fits right in with a game that makes the user play on a plastic toy guitar.
krozall's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/28/2007 17:16
krozall
WTF Why isn't this coming out for the 360? How the FUCK am I going to play this!!!
rdaneel72's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/28/2007 17:30
rdaneel72
"lipstick and hairspray metal are what 80's music is made of, dog."

True, IF YOU WERE A POSER!!!

It just pisses me off that, yet again, real metal bands are overshadowed by bullshit poser music like Winger and Poison.

I guess it could be worse. At least they didn't license any Tesla!!!

subnet6's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/28/2007 17:36
subnet6
@rdaneel,

This isn't "dirtball in the corner Hero". It's guitar hero.
They tried to have some bands/songs normal people have heard of.
I'm not fan of hairspray metal, but they have to tunes that are recognizable by the masses, and that means, winger and poison.
I can think of a very appropriate lyric when it comes to Guitar Hero featuring your evil poser metal bands, "Every Rose has it's thorn" HAHAHAHahhahah
mattboy_slim's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/28/2007 18:00
mattboy_slim
"poser music like Winger and Poison"

How is CC DeVille a poser? Anybody who can beat Slash in a band audition should be considered a rock god.(<--that's a period)
futility's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/28/2007 18:24
futility
The fact that this isn't coming out on the 360 is fucked up beyond belief.
bobthecat23's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/28/2007 18:40
bobthecat23
yeah this should be downloadeable content on the 360
Nick Chester's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/28/2007 18:51
Nick Chester
I don't know why they didn't use The Deady Kennedy's "Too Drunk to Fuck." Come on, it's perfect.
jeffk6's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/28/2007 19:53
jeffk6
limozeen as in the homestar/strong bad website make sence, they did have trogdor last time
Mxyzptlk's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/28/2007 20:06
Mxyzptlk
Great idea, mediocre playlist. Any idea how much this is supposed to cost? Because more than $30 is a ripoff.
xBBx's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/28/2007 20:09
xBBx
Haha...glad to see that image make a comeback. I'm sure I'll see more of it in future Guitar Hero news ;)
LarkOhiya's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/28/2007 20:41
LarkOhiya
http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail168.html

to hear a snippet of taranchula rocken it.
LarkOhiya's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/28/2007 20:46
LarkOhiya
ooh easter egg Taranchula!!!!

http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail172.html

click on mercenary's.
StrawberryFFuck's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/28/2007 21:11
StrawberryFFuck
Still needs more DK.
Also the circle jerks would kick ass.
Better than most of those bands on the list.
I mean The police, COME ON!!
They suck.
DrScience123's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/28/2007 22:08
DrScience123
Limo-freakin-zeen....awesome.
monosylabik's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/29/2007 02:03
monosylabik
the dead kennedys and the police have just won me over...god im such a sucker.
bloodylip's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/29/2007 09:15
bloodylip
Nick Brutal:

Too Drunk To Fuck would have been good. As would have been Kill the Poor and Holiday in Cambodia.

And speaking of TDTF, I saw the Philadelphia School of Rock All Stars open for Bouncing Souls, and this 14 year old kid ended their set with that song. So awesome.
TabascoMan's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/29/2007 14:12
TabascoMan
Winger = fail
geezerinafreezer's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/29/2007 17:56
geezerinafreezer
I can not wait until this game comes out and i hope i have the money. Not to bitch but you guys spelled "Wrath Child" wrong. It's "Wrathchild" one word. Iron Maiden!!!!!!!!!!!!
martinine's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/02/2007 06:47
martinine
Holiday in Cammbodia would have been awesome. good call bloody lip. While there are some lamo songs to play guitar too on here,flock of seagulls, it's still going to be fun.

also

mattboy_slim, metallica decided on Jason Newsted instead of Les Claypool. Just bc someone didn't get into a certain band isn't a display of their tuffnuss. It's a display of Bret Michaels lack of it, I mean come on he wears a zebra striped cowboy hat. I'm not even a Poison hater, I just know he's not that tuff. He does get some points tho for making another porn tape of Pam And and letting it "secretly" get put on the net.

also, I never knew that Slash tried out for Poison???
gointhesnow's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/03/2007 07:33
gointhesnow
this is such a friggin crappy list, i mean these are all posers except for anthrax and iron maiden. also a little GNR would have been nice.
gointhesnow's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/03/2007 07:36
gointhesnow
also mr. crowley would have been nice but i didnt really expect that on a knock-off.
martinine's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/03/2007 13:55
martinine
I could actually go for a GNR and Randy Rhoades edition, that came with a Jackson Randy model. Polka dots of course.
jethroaj11's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/06/2007 02:10
jethroaj11
what ever happened to AC/DC or skynyrd metallica i better be more pleased when i get the game
Mitty's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/08/2007 21:05
Mitty
"It just pisses me off that, yet again, real metal bands are overshadowed by bullshit poser music like Winger and Poison."

Shut the fuck up. I'm looking forward to getting this edition as soon as it comes out. I'd like to see you actually play a Winger song with a real guitar and see how well you do. I'd guess not very well.
zombieclown's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/18/2007 12:54
zombieclown
"Shut the fuck up. I'm looking forward to getting this edition as soon as it comes out. I'd like to see you actually play a Winger song with a real guitar and see how well you do. I'd guess not very well."

I'd like to see WINGER actually play a Winger song with a real guitar and see how well they do.
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