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Tom Morello to appear in Guitar Hero III?
11:04 PM on 08.27.2007, Nick Chester 60 comments

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With Slash already already announced as a "boss" character (sweet!), and Rock of Love's Bret Michaels already slated to appear sans strippers (bummer!), Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock looks like it's attempting to deliver a star-studded rock n' roll experience.

Well, it appears you can add Rage Against the Machine/Audioslave guitarist Tom Morello to the mix. In a video demonstration seen over at GamePro, Morello's name is casually dropped, the first mention of the guitarist in connection with Legends of Rock. Even more evidence is this above scan from an alleged German Activision brochure that also mentions Morello as a boss character in the game.

Tom Morello? A guitar hero? Perhaps. The guy has appeared on the cover of more guitar magazines than I can begin to count, and he is considered by many to be a modern rock legend. This has yet to be confirmed by Activision, Neversoft, or that girl I know who met Morello at a show in Chicago last fall, but we should be expecting an official announcement in the near future.

OK, so let's get this out of the way -- who's upset that it's not Dimebag Darrell? 

[Via kwaselow's Destructoid Cblog]


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NightDehumidifier's Avatar
NightDehumidifier at 08/27/2007 23:04
If anything his RATM days were a little more unique and not as forced when he was in Audioslave. It seemed every Audioslave song pretty much had a quota for a Tom Morello solo.
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Lethal Dosage at 08/27/2007 23:09
Seems like it'd be kind of tough to get Dime to record a solo for the game, like Slash did.

:(

Morello is awesome. I'm still not buying GH 3, though. Now that Rock Band has Cherub Rock, GH 3 is useless to me.
WinkingEyeAlcoholSuggestion's Avatar
WinkingEyeAlcoholSuggestion at 08/27/2007 23:09
SQUEEDILLY SQUEEDILLY SQWANK
kwaselow's Avatar
kwaselow at 08/27/2007 23:13
I technically made the front page, Woo!
kawitchate's Avatar
kawitchate at 08/27/2007 23:15
"who's upset that it's not Dimebag Daryl?"

tasteless, heartless, and all around NOT PC - i love u destructoid
WinkingEyeAlcoholSuggestion's Avatar
WinkingEyeAlcoholSuggestion at 08/27/2007 23:16
I won't rest until Rock Ban or Guitar Hero 3 has some New Order in it. Preferably Rock Band, because I want to play bass.
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Robert at 08/27/2007 23:29
It's not tasteless, because rumors had been floating about that it was Dimebag. There was a picture of a character that looked like him, but it may have just been the new Axel Steel with a mustache.

Anyway, I hope Morello does a new song to duel him with, because the one that Slash has is pretty awesome, and it'd be nice to have a hard Morello-style battle.
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Coonskin05 at 08/27/2007 23:36
So Nick, I assume when you say squeaky, repetitive guitar solos you mean creative, amazing guitar solos?
AngelsDontBurn's Avatar
AngelsDontBurn at 08/27/2007 23:42
*Insert wild whammy bar sounds here.*
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michiyoyoshiku at 08/27/2007 23:48
I'd love to be able to kick Tom Morello's ass

Socialist pig
Mxyzptlk's Avatar
Mxyzptlk at 08/27/2007 23:49
I'm upset it's not Zombie Dimebag Daryl.
SLiFE's Avatar
SLiFE at 08/28/2007 00:03
WinkingEyeAlcoholSuggestion wins.
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Excremento at 08/28/2007 00:06
Whoa, under the bands it listed Die Toten Hosen? Holy shit it'd be awesome if that was localized for here too! Those guys are killer!!! (The Dead Pants if y'all need a translation)
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Edarios at 08/28/2007 00:07
Tom Morello creates alot of amazing sounds on his guitar..they didnt use any sampling on the ratm albums, just all kinds of guitar tricks..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Djal2nvVN9w
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Nick Chester at 08/28/2007 00:12
Look, is someone going to tell me that all of Tom Morello's solos don't sound the same? And that his guitar riffs (particularly those he wrote for RATM) aren't obvious and stale?

I'm not denying that the guy can play guitar, and I'm not denying that when Rage first hit the scene that the sounds he made weren't impressive, but let's call it like it is. He's not the only guy who can make interesting, squealing sounds with his guitar and a number of effects. Personally, I've always been way more impressed and blown over by Melt Banana's Agata, who shares a similar sound to Morello in a lot of ways, but uses his palette in a more interesting fashion.

So there. Ya' bastards. :D
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scottoid at 08/28/2007 00:16
come on man!!! give us dimebag. he is legend, no doubt... and he deserves to be in this game. come on? wouldnt you like to say you kicked his ass?
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Reeper at 08/28/2007 00:23
Rage Against the Machine isn't very good anyways. The quasi rap-rock mixed with Rage's lead vocals (forgot the name) get tiresome and annoying.

Dimebag or fail.
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UNDERSTAR at 08/28/2007 00:25
Slash and Tom Morello as bosses in GH3 sounds really great and shit. But where the fuck is Omar Rodriguez of The Mars Volta @??? OMAR IS GOD!
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akaryan18 at 08/28/2007 00:29
Very upset with no Dime yet. Tom was alright, i dont know if unpluging your guitar and useing the cable to hit the stings instead to make a god awful feedback makes you a guitar hero.

What about Rhodes too?
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Zanch at 08/28/2007 00:33
Dimebag's not around to record anything and cover artists just don't cut it.
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shadow300z at 08/28/2007 00:40
Tom Morello is the best guitarist of the past 20 years at least, and he created a lot of the most unique techniques a lot of guitarists use today.
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FreePablo at 08/28/2007 00:54
Dimebag or Tom? A rotting corpse or a Harvard-graduate guitar legend?
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Otsegowupiwupi at 08/28/2007 01:12
should have been...
1.Jimi Hendrix(i know he is dead)
2.Jimmy Page
3.Eddie Van Halen
4.Stevie Ray Vaughan(i know he is dead)
5.Joe Satriani
6.Steve Vai
7.John Petrucci
8.Randy Rhoads(i know he is dead)
9.Yngwie Malmsteen
10.Carlos Santana
11.Dimebag Darrel(i know he is dead)
12.Zakk Wylde
13.Michael Angelo Batio
14.John Frusciante
15.Steve Howe
maybe Jerry Garcia(i know he is dead)
they are all better than tom or slash imho... even though i have immense respect for both slash and tom

and also... Mars Volta? WTF!?... FUCK Omar Rodriguez
Otsegowupiwupi's Avatar
Otsegowupiwupi at 08/28/2007 01:14
o and i forgot...
Adam Jones is in there somewhere
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Otsegowupiwupi at 08/28/2007 01:15
any who disagree... are obviously wrong
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Otsegowupiwupi at 08/28/2007 01:16
i tried to keep my list to 15 guitarists... but failed hence why Adam Jones and Jerry Garcia didn't get numbers
Toneman's Avatar
Toneman at 08/28/2007 01:19
Who cares about GH3 anymore? If you went to PAX, you know Rock Band is where it's at.
UNDERSTAR's Avatar
UNDERSTAR at 08/28/2007 01:27
Ostewateva ur name is. I challenge you to a cock off for you have insulted my favorite guitarist. FYI, I like your list but still!!
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WinkingEyeAlcoholSuggestion at 08/28/2007 01:35
Toneman:

Both games have a lot to offer. Rock Band is crazy with instruments, and GH3 is has a great setlist. I can honestly say my wallet will cry. That never happens, because I have a Power Rangers wallet, and Power Rangers are tough.
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Otsegowupiwupi at 08/28/2007 01:35
your right understar... to tell you the truth ive only heard ONE mars volta song... it was wrong of me to insult omar when i don fully know what he is capable of. I just remember the one song i heard didnt impress me much
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Wedge at 08/28/2007 01:43
It should be ZOMBIE Dimebag... is what I was going to say.

Predictably, Mxy pre-empted me. Bastard.
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SLiFE at 08/28/2007 01:54
The fact that I haven't seen any Steve Ray Vaughan since the first GH is upsetting to the hojillionth degree.
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Sharpless at 08/28/2007 02:47
I love me some Tom Morello. With all due respect, I don't care about Dimebag. He's never interested me.

I won't be happy until Yngwie Malmsteen, a true legend of rock, is in one of these games. He'll be impossible to beat, but still...
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Morrius at 08/28/2007 03:06
Yngwie Malmsteen? It's called legends of rock, not cock.

He would be impossible to beat though, if you started to gain the upper hand he would start screaming the 'unleashing the fjucking fjury!' and storm off the stage.

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CyanideBlues at 08/28/2007 04:24
I would actually release a sperm bank of Love Juice, just to see the Dime rise from his grave and challenge you to "Domination" with impromptu mega-ultra-super solos.
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fearian at 08/28/2007 04:31
TOM MORELLO FUCK YEAH


:*)
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Brandon Undead at 08/28/2007 06:07
I'm with you Nick! Tom Morello and RATM were over-rated in a major way. I never enjoyed him.
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Zero Iscariot at 08/28/2007 07:15
I'm not angry that Dimebag isn't in the game... after all it's not a shooter. What?
Zero Iscariot's Avatar
Zero Iscariot at 08/28/2007 07:16
I'm not angry that Dimebag isn't in the game... after all it's not a shooter. What?
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Snaileb at 08/28/2007 07:23
Toneman, GH3 just has too many good songs to pass up, IMO.
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Dogs Go Moo at 08/28/2007 07:30
Personally we need some Matt Bellamy, get that shit in their and ill buy this as well as Rock band and be happy alll night long :D
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TorpedoTed at 08/28/2007 07:59
Haha Sweet, get some dime bag and Randy Rhodes for some major solos from beyond the grave!! RIP you rock legends!!

Hmmm Brian may would be an ultimate boss, he could attack you with his curly hair and knowledge of the stars!!
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SourGr8pes at 08/28/2007 08:01
What the hell are you going to do for a Tom Morello Challenge? Making the squeedly-squaddly-doodly-hocus-pocus-hoodly-doo noises with the guitar?

The game's called Guitar Hero, so give me a guitar hero, like Jeff Beck or Kerry King or someone who can actually do something with a guitar other than make weird scrapy noises.
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jgrim at 08/28/2007 08:05
Joe Satriani and John Petrucci are WAY BETTER than those pansies of Slash and Tom Morello...
Zac Bentz's Avatar
Zac Bentz at 08/28/2007 08:11
Does GHIII come with a pitchshifter pedal and a guitar with a quick on/off switch too?
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emotoaster at 08/28/2007 08:42
^FAIL FAIL FAIL

This is awesome, I'm really looking forward to facing off against Tom.
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Twosixteen at 08/28/2007 09:10
Truly he rages in the machine.
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V3r1n at 08/28/2007 09:11
agree w/ sourgr8ps, jeff beck boss batte would be epic.
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