Activision has finally decided to spill the entire track listing for its upcoming Guitar Hero Smash Hits, one of the five “Hero” games scheduled for the remainder of 2009.
Taking the “best” songs from the previous versions of the Guitar Hero series, Smash Hits has an amazing soundtrack. As the name implies, they’re almost entirely “smash hits,” with few exceptions. It’s also important to note that all of the tracks are masters, and in some cases live tracks. As far as the game is concerned, it brings some of the songs to the full band experience for the first time. It’s what Activision is calling “innovation,” which is questionable.
I had a chance to try out a demo of the game a few days ago, and despite the limited selection of songs (the full track list wasn’t playable), was impressed by what I heard. Gameplay wise, you can expect the same look, feel, and features of Guitar Hero World Tour, along with the little tweaks found in Guitar Hero Metallica.
Guitar Hero Smash Hits is scheduled to his PlayStation 3, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Wii on June 16.
Guitar Hero
- Blue Oyster Cult – “Godzilla”
- Boston – “More Than A Feeling”
- Deep Purple – “Smoke On The Water”
- Franz Ferdinand – “Take Me Out”
- Helmet – “Unsung (Live)”
- Incubus – “Stellar”
- Joan Jett & The Blackhearts – “I Love Rock N’ Roll”
- Ozzy Osbourne – “Bark At The Moon”
- Pantera – “Cowboys From Hell (Live)”
- Queen – “Killer Queen”
- Queens Of The Stone Age – “No One Knows”
- The Donnas – “Take It Off”
- The Exies – “Hey You”
- White Zombie – “Thunder Kiss ’65”
Guitar Hero II
- Alice In Chains – “Them Bones”
- Avenged Sevenfold – “Beast And The Harlot”
- Danzig – “Mother”
- Foo Fighters – “Monkey Wrench”
- Iron Maiden – “The Trooper”
- Jane’s Addiction – “Stop!”
- Kansas – “Carry On Wayward Son”
- Lamb Of God – “Laid To Rest”
- Lynyrd Skynyrd – “Free Bird”
- Motley Crue- “Shout At The Devil”
- Nirvana – “Heart-Shaped Box”
- Rage Against The Machine – “Killing In The Name”
- Reverend Horton Heat – “Psychobilly Freakout”
- Rush – “YYZ”
- Stone Temple Pilots – “Trippin’ On A Hole In A Paper Heart”
- The Police – “Message In A Bottle”
- The Sword – “Freya”
- Warrant – “Cherry Pie”
- Wolfmother – “Woman”
Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s
- Anthrax – “Caught In A Mosh”
- Extreme – “Play With Me”
- Judas Priest – “Electric Eye”
- Poison – “Nothin’ But A Good Time”
- Ratt – “Round and Round”
- Twisted Sister – “I Wanna Rock”
Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock
- AFI – “Miss Murder”
- DragonForce – “Through The Fire And Flames”
- Heart – “Barracuda”
- Kiss – “Rock And Roll All Nite”
- Living Colour – “Cult Of Personality”
- Pat Benatar – “Hit Me With Your Best Shot”
- Priestess – “Lay Down”
- Slayer – “Raining Blood”
Guitar Hero: Aerosmith
- Aerosmith – “Back In The Saddle
