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When Guitar Hero World Tour, the fourth music video game in the Guitar Hero series, was released in late 2008, it wasn’t quite like its predecessors. While this version focused on mimicking its included musical tracks using special game controllers, it also included drums and vocals, as well as a music studio to create your own songs.

The Guitar Hero World Tour song list consists of 86 tunes from artists and bands including Blink-182, Bon Jovi, Beastie Boys, Nirvana, Metallica, Michael Jackson, Rise Against, and many others. When the game was first released, players could also purchase and download additional tracks, but that downloadable content is no longer available.

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Guitar Hero World Tour Song List

• Airbourne—“Too Much Too Young”
• The Allman Brothers Band—“Ramblin' Man”
• Anouk—“Good God”
• The Answer—“Never Too Late”
• At the Drive-In—“One-Armed Scissor”
• Beastie Boys—“No Sleep Till Brooklyn”
• Beatsteaks—“Hail to the Freaks”
• Billy Idol—“Rebel Yell”
• Black Label Society—“Stillborn”
• Black Rebel Motorcycle Club—"Weapon of Choice”
• Blink-182—“Dammit”
• Blondie—“One Way or Another”
• Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band—“Hollywood Nights”
• Bon Jovi—“Livin’ on a Prayer”
• Bullet for My Valentine—“Scream Aim Fire”
• Coldplay—“Shiver”
• Creedence Clearwater Revival—“Up Around the Bend”
• The Cult—“Love Removal Machine”
• Dinosaur Jr.—“Feel the Pain”
• The Doors—“Love Me Two Times”
• Dream Theater—–“Pull Me Under”
• The Eagles—“Hotel California”
• The Enemy—“Aggro”
• Filter—“Hey Man, Nice Shot”
• Fleetwood Mac—“Go Your Own Way”
• Foo Fighters—“Everlong”
• The Guess Who—“American Woman”
• Hush Puppies—“You're Gonna Say Yeah!”
• Interpol—“Obstacle 1”
• Jane's Addiction—“Mountain Song”
• The Jimi Hendrix Experience—“Purple Haze (Live)”
• The Jimi Hendrix Experience—“The Wind Cries Mary”
• Jimmy Eat World—“The Middle”
• Joe Satriani—“Satch Boogie”
• Kent—“VinterNoll2”
• Korn—“Freak on a Leash”
• Lacuna Coil—“Our Truth”
• Lenny Kravitz—“Are You Gonna Go My Way”
• Linkin Park—“What I've Done”
• The Living End—“Prisoner of Society”
• Los Lobos—“La Bamba”
• Lost Prophets—“Rooftops (A Liberation Broadcast)”
• Lynyrd Skynyrd—“Sweet Home Alabama (Live)”
• Mars Volta—“L'Via L'Viaquez”
• MC5’s Wayne Kramer—“Kick Out the Jams”
• Metallica—“Trapped Under Ice”
• Michael Jackson—“Beat It”
• Modest Mouse—“Float On”
• Motörhead—“Overkill”
• Muse—“Assassin”
• Negramaro—“Nuvole e Lenzuola”
• Nirvana—“About a Girl (Unplugged)”
• No Doubt—“Spiderwebs”
• NOFX—“Soul Doubt”
• Oasis—“Some Might Say”
• Ozzy Osbourne—“Crazy Train”
• Ozzy Osbourne—“Mr. Crowley”
• Paramore—“Misery Business”
• Pat Benatar—“Heartbreaker”
• Radio Futura—“Escuela De Calor”
• R.E.M.—“The One I Love”
• Rise Against—“Re-Education Through Labor”
• Sex Pistols—“Pretty Vacant”
• Silversun Pickups—“Lazy Eye”
• Smashing Pumpkins—“Today”
• Steely Dan—“Do It Again”
• Steve Miller Band—“The Joker”
• Sting—“Demolition Man (Live)”
• The Stone Roses—“Love Spreads”
• Stuck in the Sound—"Toy Boy”
• Sublime—“Santeria”
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• Ted Nugent—“Stranglehold”
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• 30 Seconds to Mars—“The Kill”
• Tokio Hotel—“Monsoon”
• Tool—“Parabola”
• Tool—“Schism”
• Tool—“Vicarious”
• 311—“Beautiful Disaster”
• Trust—“Antisocial”
• Van Halen—"Hot for Teacher”
• Willie Nelson—“On the Road Again”
• Wings—“Band on the Run”
• Zakk Wylde—"Zakk Wylde Guitar Duel"

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What Are The Best Songs On Guitar Hero World Tour?

June 14, 2019 by Sam Russell Leave a Comment

The first Guitar Hero became a smash hit in the video games industry. It gave every human being the ability to do something that previously required selling your soul – the ability to play guitar like a badass without having to practice.

First released in 2005 with the revolutionary guitar controller, there have been 7 major releases across several platforms, spanning a decade.

Guitar Hero and its controller was based on a game called Guitar Freaks, which was released in 1999, but didn’t see much success outside of Japan.

Guitar Hero World Tour (aka Guitar Hero IV) was released in 2008 and was jam packed with 86 songs. It was the first guitar hero game to have a drum and a microphone; going on to receive very high scores from critics world wide.

Here are some of my favourite songs from the game:

My Personal 18 Favourite Songs

• Michael Jackson – Beat It

A hit single from MJ’s sixth album, Thriller, Beat It is a favourite amongst guitar fans, for Eddie Van Halen’s legendary guitar solo.

It’s a great song, with an incredible music video to accompany it. In what feels like a throwback to the cult movie ‘The Warriors’ (released 4 years prior to Beat It), the video starts out with two gangs approaching each other for a bit of street fighting.

The two gangs approach each other during the first half of teh video, meeting and sizing other up at Van Halen’s guitar solo. The two leaders meet for a knife fight and the n fortunately, MJ steps in, breaks the fight up, and the gangs break out in a tightly choreographed dance.

Slightly ridiculous, incredibly awesome, it’s a great song and the video has a cool narrative to it.

• Ozzy Osbourne – Crazy Train

A legendary song amongst guitar players, notably for Rhandy Rhoads killer riff at the start of the song (fun fact – on my album Impetuous Desire, the song Waves of Tomorrow has a harmony that is this riff played backwards).

Released in 1980 as the first single from the ‘Blizzard of Ozz’ album, Crazy Train is a refection on the Cold War that was happening in the world, where nuclear annihilation was a real concern for many years.

The solo has been called one of the greatest in history and the song repeatedly features on lists for greatest metal songs of all time.

It’s easy to tell why when you listen to it!

• Steely Dan – Do It Again

You gotta have a bit of love for the ‘Dan. A more chilled out song with impeccable production, Do It Again has some really nice guitar fills, and is a beautifully put together song.

Recorded in August 1972, written by Donald Jay Fagen and Walter Becker; Do It Again seems to tell the tale of a man who succumbs to his vices and traps himself in a loop of despair.

A classic Steely Dan song, we get treated to a guitar solo and an organ solo. The rhythm players are impeccable and the parts are deceptively simple, and fit perfectly.

A great song – it’s pretty difficult not to enjoy it!

• Survivor – Eye of the Tiger

You’ve heard this one before, right?

Made famous in the movie Rocky III, the song was actually written for the movie, at the request of Sylvester Stallone. Stallone originally wanted to use “Another One Bites the Dust” by Queen, but was apparently denied use of the song, which led him to requesting Survivor write a new song for the movie.

The song has been a major worldwide success since its release.

It’s so popular, that it has often been used without permission. Several American politicians have been taken to court over using the song at rallies without obtaining permission. A politician using someone elses work without asking? Who’d have thunk it.

• Fleetwood Mac – Go Your Own Way

I could listen to this song all day.

This song is one of those songs where the mood of the song and the lyrics don’t really match.

The instrumentation has a really upbeat feel, the backing vocals on the chorus give a happy uplifting sound. Yet the lyrics seem to tell a story of someone wanting to give everything to their partner, who appears uninterested and wants to just… walk away.

While the song is lyrically heartbreaking, musically you want to jump around and dance.

Buckingham wrote the lyrics after Stevie Nicks broke up with him. They’d known each other since they were sixteen, toured the world together, and then he stayed in the band writing songs for her.

It’s hard to imagine what that must have been like, for both of them.

• Pat Benatar – Heartbreaker

I can’t remember when I first heard Pat Benatar. I think it was on a compilation CD of some sort, probably one of the Air Guitar compilations that came out a while ago now.

This song is incredibly well arranged with some very simple, but very fun guitar parts. Any aspiring songwriter could learn a lot from analysing how this song has been arranged.

The lead guitarist gets a pretty tasty solo at the song. A very enjoyable hit from times gone by with some fun guitar playing, this is a song that is here to stay!

Bob Seger – Hollywood Nights

Bob Seger is a great songwriting, one of the old real American Songwriters that would tell stories.

Telling the story of a small town boy who, needing a change, travelled West and ended up in California, meeting a beautiful Californian girl. He went head over heels for her… until the morning came when he woke up without her.

But hey, that’s just how Hollywood Nights go, right?

Here was Bob’s take on the background to the song:

“The chorus just came into my head; I was driving around in the Hollywood Hills, and I started singing ‘Hollywood nights/Hollywood hills/Above all the lights/Hollywood nights.’ I went back to my rented house, and there was a Time magazine with Cheryl Tiegs on the cover…I said ‘Let’s write a song about a guy from the Midwest who runs into someone like this and gets caught up in the whole bizarro thing.'” Gary Graff, October 1994, Detroit Free Press. “Bob Seger Tells The Stories Behind The Hits. ( link )

• Van Halen – Hot for Teacher

David Lee Roth takes the sleaze up to 10 with this Van Halen classic, Hot for Teacher.

The song opens up with the drums slowly fading in, before we get a classic Van Halen tapping riff (you can learn how to do tapping on guitar here ).

We then see Van Halen in the classroom, as the teacher enters, ripping off her clothes to a skimpy blue swimsuit.

It’s easy to see why Van Halen chose to never graduate with a school like that.

The scene of Eddied walking down the desks playing his solo is iconic, and the video ends bursting into colour, with hilarious “other lives” of the main cast in the video.

The video was good enough to warrant a protest from “The Parents Music Resource Centre” and is a classic to this day.

• Eagles – Hotel California

Turning the sex down a few notches, my next favourite on the list has got to be Hotel California. With an instantly recognisable chord progression at the start of the song, this tune has been a favourite of guitar players around the world for years.

Winning awards across the years for best guitar solo of all time, it’s easy to see why this song is on Guitar Hero World Tour.

Steeped in metaphor, the song has had many interpretations, but this quote from Don Felder gives some insight into how the lyrics were written:

Don Henley and Glenn wrote most of the words. All of us kind of drove into L.A. at night. Nobody was from California, and if you drive into L.A. at night… you can just see this glow on the horizon of lights, and the images that start running through your head of Hollywood and all the dreams that you have, and so it was kind of about that… what we started writing the song about.  “Don Felder interview segment”.  The Howard Stern Show . Sirius Satellite Radio. July 17, 2008. ( link )

Bon Jovi – Livin’ On A Prayer

We are starting to get into some pretty heavy hitting classics now. I previously wrote about why Livin’ On a Prayer is one of the top 5 Bon Jovi songs , so I’m not sure what else is left to say!

• Ozzy Osbourne – Mr Crowley

Featuring an impressive introduction on an organ, which sounds enormous; Mr Crowley was released on Ozzy’s debut solo album in 1980. One of two singles, released alongside Crazy Train, it features the awesome guitar work of Rhandy Rhoads, whose solo has become known as one of the best heavy metal solos of all time.

Lyrically revolving around the life and legend of Alistair Crowley (delusional madman extraordinaire), the song seems to poke a bit of fun at him.

With tasty riffs and cool solos, this is a great song.

• Blondie – One Way or Another

Taking a large shift in genre, we goto Blondie, One Way or Another.

Rather than heavy metal guitars and lyrics of occult masters, we change gears to New York pop with songs of a aspiring lover who… well she sounds like a bit of a stalker.

As it turns out, the song was inspired by one of Debbie Harry’s ex-boyfriends who stalked her after their breakup:

“I was actually stalked by a nutjob so it came out of a not-so-friendly personal event. But I tried to inject a little bit of levity into it to make it more lighthearted. I think in a way that’s a normal kind of survival mechanism. You know, just shake it off, say one way or another, and get on with your life. Everyone can relate to that and I think that’s the beauty of it.” Debbie Harry ( link )

• Motorhead – Overkill

Opening with an iconic double bass kick in the drums, similar to Van Halen’s Hot for Teacher (Hot for Teacher was released 4 years after Overkill…), Overkill is the title track from Motorhead’s second album, “Overkill”.

A punk laden heavy metal style that some attribute to the early influences for thrash metal, Overkill is a classic Motorhead song. It showcases everything the band is about, which can only be summarised as “Not giving two fucks”.

Maybe not even one.

Oh, and partying hard.

• Dream Theater – Pull Me Under

Coming from the incredible album, “Images and Words”, Pull Me Under is a masterpiece, blending musicianship and songwriting skills in a way that is rarely seen.

At 8 minutes and 13 seconds, this is not a ‘radio friendly’ song. But it’s not too long. Every second of the song has been finely crafted.

The way the instrumentation and themes develop, just in the intro itself, showcases Dream Theater’s mastery of musical form.

Lyrically based on Shakespear’s play, Hamlet, the song tells the story of Hamlet losing his sanity to his desire to avenge the death of his father.

This song is a masterpiece and received heavy rotation on MTV. It was probably their most commercially successful song, leading to it being referred to as their greatest hit, on the compilation album “Dream Theater’s Greatest Hit (And 21 Other Songs…)

Allman Brothers Band – Ramblin’ Man

Featuring some beautiful clean guitar solos that are very nicely harmonised, we have another drastic change in gears compared to the previous song!

Released in August 1973 on the band’s 4th studio album, the song was inspired by Hank Williams song, “Ramblin’ Man”, released in 1951.

A southern rock classic, Ramblin’ Man got a massive reaction from the public, ranking high on several charts and getting voted as one of the best country rock songs of all time.

The song is notable for the long guitar solos at the end, which I personally think is a great way to round off a song.

• Joe Satriani – Satch Boogie

Joe Satriani was a massive influence on my guitar playing journey . The album Surfing With the Alien blew my mind when I first heard it, and it sparked my addiction to shredding.

Apparently this is the hardest song to play on Guitar Hero World Tour… and also pretty challenging in real life!

Surprisingly for a track like this, it reached 22 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Charts in 1988.

• Metallica – Trapped Under Ice

The 5th track from Metallica’s storming album, Ride the Lightning; ‘Trapped Under Ice’ tells the (somewhat unsurprising) story of a man trapped under ice.

Written from scratch at Sweet Silence Studios in Copenhagen, the band had to work fast, as they only had 29 days to finish writing songs and get them recorded before heading out for a European tour.

A thrash metal classic – enjoy!

Guitar Hero World Tour has 86 songs, which are all master recordings (apparently this was a first for Guitar Hero). Here are the songs:

• Nirvanna – About a Girl (unplugged)
• The Enemy – Aggro
• The Guess Who – American Woman
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• Lenny Kravitz – Are You Gonna Go My Way
• Muse – Assassin
• System of a Down – BYOB
• Wings – Band on the Run
• 311 – Beautiful Disaster
• Blink 182 – Dammit
• Radio Futura – Escuela de Calor
• Foo Fighters – Everlong
• Dinosaur Jr – Feel the Pain
• Modest Mouse – Float On
• Korn – Freak on a Leash
• Anouk – Good God
• Beatsteaks – Hail to the Freaks
• Filter – Hey Man, Nice Shot
• Find out which Bob Seger song Bon Jovi Covered here
• Steve Miller Band – The Joker
• MC5’s Wayne Kramer – Kick Out The Jams
• Thirty Seconds to Mars – The Kill
• The Mars Volta – L’Via L’Viaquez
• Los Lobos – La Bamba
• Silversun Pickups – Lazy Eye
• This is one of my top 5 Bon Jovi songs
• The Doors – Love Me Two Times
• The Cult – Love Removal Machine
• The Stone Roses – Love Spreads
• Jimmy Eat World – The Middle
• Paramore – Misery Business
• Tokio Hotel – Monsoon
• Jane’s Addition – Mountain Song
• The Answer – Never Too Late
• Beastie Boys Feat. Kerry King – No Sleep Till Brooklyn
• Negramaro – Nuvole E Lenzuola
• Interpol – Obstacle 1
• Willie Nelson – On The Road Again (Live)
• At The Drive In – One Armed Scissor
• REM – The One I Love
• Lacuna Coil – Our Truth
• Tool – Parabola
• Sex Pistols – Pretty Vacant
• The Living End – Prisoner of Society
• The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Purple Haze (Live)
• The Allman Brothers Band – Ramblin’ Man
• Rise Against – Re-Education (Through Labour)
• Billy Idol – Rebel Yell
• Lostprophets – Rooftops (A Liberation Broadcast)
• Sublime – Santeria
• Tool – Schism
• Bullet for my Valentine – Scream Aim Fire
• Coldplay – Shiver
• Oasis – Some Might Say
• NOFX – Soul Doubt
• No Doubt – Spiderwebs
• Black Label Society – Stillborn
• Ted Nugent – Ted Nugent Guitar Duel
• The Smashing Pumpkins – Today
• Airbourne – Too Much, Too Young, Too Fast
• Stuck in the Sound – Toy Boy
• Creedence Cleerwater Revival – Up Around the Bend
• Tool – Vicarious
• Kent – VinterNoll2
• Black rebel Motorcycle Club – Weapon of Choice
• Linkin Park – What I’ve Done
• The Jimi Hendrix Experience – The Wind Cries Mary
• HushPuppies – You’re Gonna Say Yeah!
• Zakk Wylde – Zakk Wylde Guitar Duel

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Guitar Hero World Tour

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Guitar Hero World Tour (initially referred to as Guitar Hero IV or Guitar Hero IV: World Tour ) is a music video game developed by Neversoft and published by RedOctane and Activision. It is the fourth main entry in the Guitar Hero series . The game was launched in North America in October 26, 2008 for the PlayStation 2 , PlayStation 3 , Wii , and Xbox 360 consoles, and a month later for Europe and Australia. A version of Guitar Hero World Tour for Microsoft Windows and Apple Macintosh has also been announced for a release on July 26, 2009 and was the last Guitar Hero game published to these operating systems by Aspyr Media.

While the game continues to feature the use of a guitar-shaped controller to simulate the playing of rock music, Guitar Hero World Tour is the first game in the Guitar Hero series to feature drum and microphone controllers for percussion and vocal parts, similar in manner to the competing Rock Band series of games. The game allows users to create new songs through the " Music Studio " mode, which can then be uploaded and shared through a service known as " GHTunes ".

World Tour received generally positive reviews with critics responding positively to the quality of the instrument controllers, the customization abilities, and improvements in the game's difficulty compared with the previous Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock . Some reviewers have commented on issues with poorly laid-out note tracks, the limited Career modes, and the difficulty of the music creation tool and the poor quality of the resulting songs.

• 1.1 Bundling and promotion
• 2.1 Games Modes
• 2.2 Characters and Customization
• 2.3.1 Guitar
• 2.3.2 Drumkit
• 2.3.3 Microphone
• 2.3.4 Instrument compatibility
• 3.1 Custom songs
• 4 References

Development

The fourth major entry to the Guitar Hero series, referred to as Guitar Hero IV at the time, was officially announced upon the merger of Activision and Vivendi Games in December 2007. "We couldn't have done it without Red Octane's support." says the Guitar Hero Team. [1] The game's new title, Guitar Hero World Tour , was officially announced by Activision in May 2008. [2]

Activision and RedOctane had previously registered for trademarks on " Guitar Villain ", " Drum Villain ", " Keyboard Hero ", " Drum Hero " and " Band Hero " [3] (the latter being used in a later title ). Analysts theorized that future Guitar Hero would need to include additional instrument peripherals in order to compete against the former Guitar Hero developer Harmonix 's Rock Band . [4] Activision's CEO Bobby Kotick and early previews of the game revealed that Guitar Hero IV would branch out into other instruments and vocals. [5] [6] [7]

According to the Game Informer preview, the addition of drum functionality came from work initially done towards the Drum Hero title. This work was later folded into the Guitar Hero series after Neversoft was chosen as developer of the series. [5] Neversoft's Allen Flores stated that with the addition of the existing drum gameplay, the development of World Tour took under a year, starting development immediately after the release of Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock . [8] The drum instrument controller was designed to be more realistic, with details from Chad Smith of Red Hot Chili Peppers , Stewart Copeland of The Police , and Travis Barker of Blink-182 , all of whom requested the elevated cymbal pads. [8] The ability to open-strum the guitar was a feature that was planned for Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock but was removed before release, finding that it was too difficult on the Guitar tracks. However, they built this feature in from the start of World Tour development exclusively for the Bass tracks. [9]

Bright describes the development of the note track for a given song once it has been licensed for the game as a parallel effort, a process that they have found to be more efficient than their previous work on the Tony Hawk games. [9] Once the song was mixed for use by the development team, a "tempo map" was created by one developer; this map denotes the beats in the music which then can be used by the rest of the development team. Once the tempo map was complete, the song was then distributed to the various teams, such as the specific instrument teams or to the animators, to complete the song. [9] Note-for-note tracking from the song was then performed, and in some cases, changes were made to account for sections that cannot be replicated on the game controllers; the final track represented the note track for the Expert difficulty of the song. Note tracks were then reduced and adjusted to create the note tracks for the lower difficulties in the game. [9] A difficulty assessment was made using the final note tracks to determine where the songs were to be placed in the soundtrack progression. The difficulty model is based on that from Guitar Hero: Aerosmith , which was adjusted from the Guitar Hero III model after the team received negative feedback from players regarding a "brick wall" in the difficulty progression in that game. [9]

The song list for World Tour started as the list of songs that Neversoft wanted to include in Guitar Hero III , but had failed to get into the game or as downloadable content; the list was eventually expanded to over 500 songs. [9] The song list was then prioritized based on what the team thought would be best in the game, and then going after the music that would take the longest time to license, as was the case for the Jimi Hendrix songs. [9] While songs were selected to make sure that guitar, bass, and drums all had great parts, they also opted for songs that would be strong for one single instrument as to make the game still appealing for those playing the single player modes. [9] Some songs were also suggested through the licensing efforts by Activision for inclusion in the game. [9] Flores stated that the inclusion of caricatures of recording artists in the game was either due to the team seeking that specific artist for the game, or the artist approaching the development team and requesting to be part of it. [8] The band Tool , which hasn't licensed its music since 1996, allowed for the inclusion of three of its songs in World Tour as long they were involved with the artwork and tracking of the songs for the game, leading to the creation of the art-like Tool venue. [10]

Bright noted that they had support for "epic drum solos", in which the band animation would focus on the drummer, but removed this feature from the game's final release due to its complexity. [9] They also had to remove the "Jam Over" mode planned for the game's music creation section that would have allowed players to start with one of the game's songs and play over it on their instruments; this feature was removed in order to keep the final product polished and on-time. [9]

The custom song creation feature was inspired by the current "hacking environment" that has arisen from the first two Guitar Hero games, where players would create new tracks and share them with others. [11] [12]

Meanwhile Hands-On Mobile acquired to create a mobile phone version of the game to be released later in November 2008. [13]

A port of Guitar Hero World Tour has been rated by the ESRB for Microsoft Windows computers , though Activision has not officially confirmed this version [14] until it was confirmed by Intel on February 27, 2009 [15] and displayed at CeBIT on March 3–8, 2009 in Hannover, Germany. [16] [17] [18]

Bundling and promotion

KFC's Guitar Hero -branded Fully Loaded Box Meal.

In preparation for the release of Guitar Hero World Tour , Activision partnered with the fast-food chain company Kentucky Fried Chicken to promote the upcoming release of Guitar Hero World Tour in their Fully Loaded Box Meals in September 2008, [19] which consisted "KFC snacker" sandwich, two chicken strips, a drumstick or thigh, a biscuit, two sides and a 32 ounce soft drink. On October 28, 2008, Kotaku gave their impression of the KFC promotion, giving their overall rating the selection of food with a D-, stating that "it was one of the few meals where vomit phobia was almost outweighed by a feeling to purge this poison." [20]

On October 26, 2008, Guitar Hero World Tour was released in North America with several bundle packages, as well as a standalone game. Europe and Australia received this title in November 2008. In addition to a game bundle that includes a wireless guitar for each platform, the game can be bought in one of two bundles that include the guitar, drums, and microphone controller. The second bundle, only available through RedOctane's store, also includes a T-shirt, keychain, and a recharging kit. [21] Players in the United Kingdom who pre-order the full band bundle also received a second guitar controller for bass players. The bass guitar is the Les Paul guitar, the same model as bundled with Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock . [22] During the Christmas season of 2008, Some retailers, such as Target, sold in-store a dual guitar bundle which included two identical wireless Les Paul styled guitars from previous game versions and did not include the new guitar with the tapping area.

Activision created a series of television advertisements directed by Brett Ratner based on the famous scene from Risky Business where Tom Cruise dances to Bob Seger 's " Old Time Rock and Roll " in a shirt and underwear, each featuring a different set of celebrities lip synching to the lyrics while using the new instrument controllers. The first ad included athletes Kobe Bryant, Tony Hawk, Alex Rodriguez, and Michael Phelps. [23] Another ad spot featured model Heidi Klum; two versions of Klum's ad exist, one a "director's cut" where she is wearing less clothing. [24] A subsequent commercial featuring model Marisa Miller was banned from airing as too racy. [25] [26]

A viral YouTube video titled "Bike Hero" showed what appeared to be a teenager riding a bike along a route marked with symbols similar in appearance to the in-game note tracks with LED lights on the handlebars blinking in time to the notes to the song " Prisoner of Society " by The Living End . The video was later determined to be the work of a viral marketing company Droga5 in cooperation with Activision to promote the Guitar Hero games. [27] The viral advertisement was considered a success, with about 3.5 million views since its release. [28]

Gameplay of a whole band playing Billy Idol's "Rebel Yell". On top is vocalist, bottom from left to right: Guitar, Drums, Bass

Guitar Hero World Tour builds on the gameplay from previous Guitar Hero games, in which players attempt to simulate the playing of rock music using special guitar-shaped controllers. World Tour expands beyond the core guitar-based gameplay by introducing the ability to play drums and sing vocals, and supports the ability for up to four players to play together in a virtual band through these different instruments. Successfully hitting notes increases the player's or band's score, as well as increase the " Rock Meter " that represents the song's performance. Missed notes are not scored and negatively affect the Rock Meter. If the Rock Meter drops too low, the song ends prematurely, with the virtual audience booing the band off stage. Completing a consecutive series of notes successfully will increase a scoring multiplier for that player up to 4x. This multiplier is doubled when the player activates star power. Similar to Rock Band, the band shares a common score, scoring multiplier and band performance meter while each player has their own performance metric; the band also shares the same " Star Power " meter, though any player may activate it at any time. A player that performs poorly and reduces their performance meter to zero can still continue to play, but they drain the overall performance meter for the band, requiring the other players to make up for this. Successfully completing a song garners a three to five-star rating based on the accumulated score, and rewards such as in-game money that can be used to buy new guitars and outfits for characters.

The guitar interface remains relatively unchanged in World Tour . As with previous Guitar Hero titles, the guitar and bass player must hold down the correct fret button(s) on the controller while strumming in time with the notes as they scroll on-screen. One addition to the guitar gameplay is the ability to play notes while holding a sustained note. Additionally, the bass guitar player will be required to play notes representing an open E/Fb string, which is shown on-screen as a solid line across their note track. To play these notes, the bass guitar player strums the controller without pressing any fret button keys. The drum interface is similar to the guitar's interface, with each on-screen note track equivalent to a colored drum head on the controller, with the bass drum indicated by a line across the note track. The drum player only needs to hit the correct drum pads simultaneously to the note gems to successfully play their track. There are also marked sections on the drum part wherein the player may play any notes they wish in a 'solo' to gain points. The vocal track requires the player to match the pitch of the notes in a manner similar to Karaoke Revolution to be successful. Special sections of each players' note track are marked with glowing notes, which, if completed successfully, builds up Star Power. Once enough Star Power is accumulated, it can be released via various means to double the band's current score multiplier. For guitar and bass, this is done by lifting the guitar controller vertically or (though not in bass) by pressing a button on the guitar face; for drums, by striking both cymbal pads on the controller at the same time; for vocals, by tapping the microphone or making a similarly quick sound.

In addition to the standard four difficulty levels ( Easy , Medium , Hard , and Expert ) for each song and instrument, a new Beginner level has been added in World Tour. This difficulty is aimed for younger and unskilled players; notes are generally simple straight lines in time with bass drum beats, and allowing any or no fret button to be held while the note is strummed (for lead and bass guitar), any drum to be hit (for drums), or any sound to be made (for vocals).

Games Modes

The primary single-player game mode is Career mode, which can be played on either the lead guitar, bass guitar, drums, or vocals. Career mode has been slightly altered from previous Guitar Hero games. After creating a band, selecting or creating an avatar, and then selecting an instrument, the player is then presented with one of several gigs containing two to five songs each. Most gigs end with an encore song that is not revealed until the other songs are completed. Two of the lead guitar gigs feature "boss challenges" with Zakk Wylde and Ted Nugent; these boss challenges, featuring original songs by Wylde and Nugent, are different from Guitar Hero III 's boss battle, removing the focus on attack power-ups and instead featuring a call-and-response mechanic similar to the existing Face-Off mode. The gigs are arranged by difficulty based on the selected instrument. The player is awarded in-game money for each song completed, and completing each gig can also award additional money for meeting certain criteria, such as never letting the Rock Meter drop below a certain level or playing the first several notes of a song perfectly. Completing a gig can also unlock one or more gigs with more difficult songs to complete. Additional awards, such as customization items, are also awarded for completing gigs. The player's accumulated earnings across any of the single player Career Modes are tracked and used to rank the player's overall performance level.

Band Career mode is similar to the solo Career mode, with the game songs presented as several gigs to be completed. A band must have at least two players to proceed, but the second player may be either a local player or one over the network. Players may be at different levels of progression in the game, but will still gain benefits for successfully completing songs when playing together. After completing each gig, a magazine will appear on screen with the band featured on the cover.

The in-game interface features vocals along the top of the screen, and three tracks underneath, for bass, drums, and guitar; only tracks for active players will be shown. Full four-player bands can compete with other bands online in a Battle of the Bands mode.

Both single players and bands can play a setlist of up to six songs in Quickplay mode, still earning in-game money rewards for their performances. Existing competitive modes from the series, including the Battle Mode from Guitar Hero III , are also present in the game.

The Wii version of the game features a special " Mii Freestyle " mode that allows players to use their Miis as their characters as they improvise songs via the guitar and drum controllers or using the Wii Remote and Nunchuk.

Characters and Customization

Render of a band composed of in-game characters: Judy Nails on vocals, Eddie Knox on guitar, Lars Umlaut on bass and Johnny Napalm on drums.

Players are able to use the Create-a-Rocker mode which is based on the Create-a-Skater mode in Neversoft's Tony Hawk series and the advanced character creation scheme from the Tiger Woods PGA Tour series. Players can change their character's pose, clothing, tattoos, makeup, and age. Selected characters from previous Guitar Hero games are available as templates for creating a rocker. Previous games featured Gibson Guitars, but as a result of a lawsuit with Gibson Guitars, branded guitars are not featured; instead, the player can create a customized guitar from various components, such as bodies, fretboards, and headstocks. The player's in-game drum set and microphone can also be similarly customized. Activision had formed partnerships with several instrument equipment manufactures to featured in the game, including Ampeg, Audio-Technica, EMG Pickups, Ernie Ball, Evans Drumheads, Guitar Center, Krank Amplification, Mackie, Marshall, Orange County Drum & Percussion, Pork Pie Percussion, Regal Tip, Sabian, Vox, and Zildjian.

In addition to the computer- and player-controlled characters, avatars of notable musicians are featured in the game, either with motion capture or the licensing of their image for their character. Such artists include Hayley Williams , Jimi Hendrix , Ozzy Osbourne , Zakk Wylde , Billy Corgan , Sting , Ted Nugent , and Travis Barker .

New venues in the game include virtual recreations of real arenas, such as Ozzfest , Amoeba Music , Live Nation’s House of Blues , Sunset Strip and San Francisco’s AT&T Park . One venue showcases the trademark art style of Tool and was developed in collaboration with the band. World Tour is the first Activision game on the PlayStation 3 to support dynamic in-game advertising provided by IGA Worldwide; similar advertising for the Xbox 360 version is provided by Massive Incorporated.

Instruments

Guitar Hero World Tour Wireless Guitar Controller

RedOctane developed a new guitar controller for World Tour . The unit is approximately 25% (1/4) larger than previous controllers, making it closer to the size of a real guitar. The new controller includes a longer whammy bar and places the Star Power button directly below the strum bar, improving the access of these features. The strum bar itself was made quieter and longer. The neck of the guitar is detachable, similar to the Gibson Les Paul controller for Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock , but the connector has been hardened to avoid connection issues experienced with the previous unit.

The neck of the guitar features a touch-sensitive pad just below the normal five fret buttons. The player can use either the fret buttons or the touch pad to play regular notes. The pad also allows the player to play notes via tapping or via " tap strumming " similar to the slap bass method for bass guitar, and to alter the pitch of sustained notes. Guitar tracks feature notes connected by a semi-transparent purple line, (except for the Wii version, in which semi-transparent gems replace this purple line) called " Slider Gems "; the player can play these notes by sliding their fingers up and down the touch pad or by tapping the fret buttons without strumming. The touchpad can also be used for sustained and staccato notes in the music studio feature while recording guitar, and is used for finer control over loops when recording other instruments.

Guitar Hero World Tour Wireless Drum Controller . It includes 3 drum pads, 2 cymbal pads, and a bass drum pedal.

Guitar Hero World Tour features a wireless six-piece drum kit, with a bass drum pedal and five velocity-sensitive drum pads for snare (red), two toms (green and blue), and two cymbals (yellow and orange), which Activision has stated provide the " most realistic drum experience ever in a video game ". The drum kit was designed with help from John Devacka, the developer of MTV Drumscape, and developed key patents used for most modern music games that are now owned by Activision. Special note gems on the drum track are " armored ", requiring the player to strike harder on the appropriate drum head in order to break the armor and score points. During song creation, the velocity sensitivity feature of the drum pad allows players to alter the sounds made by the drums. The drum set also has a MIDI input port in the back, allowing users to connect a compatible MIDI drum kit to play in the game. The Wii version of the drum controller includes a slot for the Wii Remote to fit into, enabling it to become wireless, much like the guitar controller introduced for the Wii version of Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock .

The official microphone used for vocals uses a USB connection. When playing vocals, a gamepad or Wii Remote is necessary in order to navigate menus, select difficulties, and pause.

Logitech and Activision announced that the former company will produce " premium " instruments to be released later in 2008.

Instrument compatibility

World Tour will work with older Guitar Hero guitar controllers. Activision stated during their E3 2008 press conference that Xbox 360 users will be able to use the existing Rock Band instrument controllers as well as other third party controllers in Guitar Hero World Tour; Rock Band instruments for the PlayStation 3 are not guaranteed to work in World Tour, though Sony is attempting to help make these units compatible. All Rock Band original Harmonix instruments for PlayStation 2 will work with World Tour. According to issue 027 of the UK's Official Playstation Magazine, all Guitar Hero and Rock Band PS3 controllers are cross-compatible with all games (except for Guitar Hero: World Tour drums on Rock Band, however some require patching, which is done automatically when connected to the internet).

Console makers have helped to ensure instrument compatibility between current and upcoming guitar and band games. Both Sony and Microsoft have announced that instruments for World Tour , Rock Band 2 , and Konami's Rock Revolution will work between all three games on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. The Wii version of the game only supports guitar controllers from previous Guitar Hero games, and " no compatibility with any other peripherals ". The Rock Band 2 Drums however, are compatible with Guitar Hero World Tour .

World Tour adjusts the tracks in the game to account for the instrument controller being used. For example, sections of the lead guitar track that are designed to be played on the new World Tour controller's touchpad can be played by tapping the frets on older controllers without strumming. When using Rock Band 's drum controller, which has one fewer percussion pad than the World Tour unit and lacks velocity sensitivity, two of the lanes on the " World Tour " drum board merge, reducing the note track to four drum pads and bass pedal, and no armored notes are presented.

All of the 86 songs in the game are master recordings, a first for the series. Project director Brian Bright claims that they have " a pretty even split between the '80s, '90s, and classic rock " with a " good amount of emerging bands ".

Custom songs

Guitar Hero World Tour allows players to create their own songs through Music Studio and share them with others through the Xbox Live, PlayStation Network, and Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection internet capabilities. The Studio is similar to Apple's GarageBand software. The player can create the tracks for each song by playing it in real or slowed time, with the game quantizing offbeat notes to the nearest beat as set by the player, or tracks can be constructed one note at a time. The notes played by the user will be the default Expert difficulty track, and the lower difficulty versions will be generated by the game.

Players can create the tracks for lead, rhythm, and bass guitars and for drums, selecting from a number of different sounds and kits for each instrument. Distortion and other effects can be added to these tracks through Line 6 amplifiers in the " GHMix " mode. Players cannot record vocals directly, but can create a hum-along vocal line in the Studio. PlayStation 3 users with MIDI-compatible computers will also be able to connect their computer to the console and use it for song composition; a similar feature is sought for Xbox 360 owners. Eurogamer reported that a crew at Activision was able to successfully create a " perfectly respectable cover " version of the first verse of " Smells Like Teen Spirit " by Nirvana.

• Phi Psi Kappa (USA)
• Wilted Orchid (Sweden)
• Bone Church (Poland)
• Pang Tang Bay (Hong Kong)
• Amoeba Records (Los Angeles)
• Swamp Shack (Louisiana)
• Rock Brigade (The Pacific)
• Strutter's Farm (Kentucky)
• House of Blues (Los Angeles)
• Ted's Tiki Hut (Tahiti)
• Will Heilm's Keep (England)
• Recording Studio (Canada)
• AT&T Park (San Francisco)
• Tesla's Coil (Australia)
• Ozzfest (Germany)
• Times Square (New York City)
• Sunna's Chariot (Asgard)
• ↑ Elliot, Phil (2007-12-03). " Activision Blizzard fact sheet reveals some unannounced titles in the pipeline ". Game Industry Biz . http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=31168 .  
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• ↑ Sinclair, Brendan (2007-01-17). " Activision calls dibs on Guitar Villain, Drum Villain " . http://www.gamespot.com/news/6164293.html .  
• ↑ Boyer, Brandon (2007-08-01). " Janco: Guitar Hero To Add New Instruments In 2008 " . http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=14930 .  
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• ↑ Faylor, Chris (2008-05-12). " Guitar Hero 4 Includes Song Creation and Sharing, Multiple Instruments, Van Halen, Linkin Park ". Shacknews . http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/52650 .  
• ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 " Neversoft's Alan Flores Interview ". Team Xbox. 2008-09-17 . http://interviews.teamxbox.com/xbox/2304/Neversofts-Alan-Flores-Interview/p1/ .  
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• ↑ Tolito, Stephan (2008-11-20). " Activision Coughs Up Real Story Behind Amazing 'Bike Hero' Clip ". MTV . http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2008/11/20/real-story-behind-bike-hero/ .  
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Full Guitar Hero: World Tour set-list

All 86 launch tracks set in stone.

Activision has finally concreted the list of 86 songs to be available on the Guitar Hero: World Tour disc that launches in October. So hopefully they'll stop sending us 15 press releases a week. We hate Sting .

We love Sting really, and he's among those we knew about, although rather a lot of that leaked old track list turned out to be wide of the mark.

Bon Jovi will be there though with "Livin' On A Prayer", which we may or may not have on our iPod, as will Survivor's "Eye of the Tiger". That might also be on our playlist.

There's lots and lots to look through, including those exclusive tracks captured as a result of deals with the to-be-playable rock stars Jimi Hendrix, Ozzy Osbourne and more.

Here's that list in alphabetical order:

• 311 - "Beautiful Disaster"
• 30 Seconds To Mars - "The Kill"
• Airbourne - "Too Much Too Young"
• The Allman Brothers Band - "Ramblin' Man"
• Anouk - "Good God"
• The Answer - "Never Too Late"
• At The Drive-In - "One Armed Scissor"
• Beastie Boys - "No Sleep Till Brooklyn"
• Beatsteaks - "Hail to the Freaks"
• Billy Idol - "Rebel Yell"
• Black Label Society - "Stillborn"
• Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - "Weapon of Choice"
• blink-182 - "Dammit"
• Blondie - "One Way or Another"
• Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - "Hollywood Nights"
• Bon Jovi - "Livin' On A Prayer"
• Bullet For My Valentine - "Scream Aim Fire"
• Coldplay - "Shiver"
• Creedence Clearwater Revival - "Up Around The Bend"
• The Cult - "Love Removal Machine"
• Dinosaur Jr. - "Feel The Pain"
• The Doors - "Love Me Two Times"
• Dream Theater - "Pull Me Under"
• The Eagles - "Hotel California"
• The Enemy - "Aggro"
• Filter - "Hey Man, Nice Shot"
• Fleetwood Mac - "Go Your Own Way"
• Foo Fighters - "Everlong"
• The Guess Who - "American Woman"
• Hush Puppies - "You're Gonna Say Yeah!"
• Interpol - "Obstacle 1"
• Jane's Addiction - "Mountain Song"
• Jimi Hendrix - "Purple Haze (Live)"
• Jimi Hendrix - "The Wind Cries Mary"
• Jimmy Eat World - "The Middle"
• Joe Satriani - "Satch Boogie"
• Kent - "Vinternoll2"
• Korn - "Freak On A Leash"
• Lacuna Coil - "Our Truth"
• Lenny Kravitz - "Are You Gonna Go My Way"
• Linkin Park - "What I've Done"
• The Living End - "Prisoner of Society"
• Los Lobos - "La Bamba"
• Lost Prophets - "Rooftops (A Liberation Broadcast)"
• Lynyrd Skynyrd - "Sweet Home Alabama (Live)"
• Mars Volta - "L'Via L'Viaquez"
• MC5's Wayne Kramer - "Kick Out The Jams"
• Metallica - "Trapped Under Ice"
• Michael Jackson - "Beat It"
• Modest Mouse - "Float On"
• Motörhead - "Overkill"
• Muse - "Assassin"
• Negramaro - "Nuvole e Lenzuola"
• Nirvana - "About a Girl (Unplugged)"
• No Doubt - "Spiderwebs"
• NOFX - "Soul Doubt"
• Oasis - "Some Might Say"
• Ozzy Osbourne - "Crazy Train"
• Ozzy Osbourne - "Mr. Crowley"
• Paramore - "Misery Business"
• Pat Benatar - "Heartbreaker"
• R.E.M. - "The One I Love"
• Radio Futura - "Escuela De Calor"
• Rise Against - "Re-Education Through Labor"
• Sex Pistols - "Pretty Vacant"
• Silversun Pickups - "Lazy Eye"
• Smashing Pumpkins - "Today"
• Steely Dan - "Do It Again"
• Steve Miller Band - "The Joker"
• Sting - "Demolition Man (Live)"
• The Stone Roses - "Love Spreads"
• Stuck In The Sound - "Toy Boy"
• Sublime - "Santeria"
• Survivor - "Eye of the Tiger"
• System of a Down - "B.Y.O.B."
• Ted Nugent - "Stranglehold"
• Ted Nugent's Original Guitar Duel Recording
• Tokio Hotel - "Monsoon"
• Tool - "Parabola"
• Tool - "Schism"
• Tool - "Vicarious"
• Trust - "Antisocial"
• Van Halen - "Hot For Teacher"
• Willie Nelson - "On The Road Again"
• Wings - "Band on the Run"
• Zakk Wylde's Original Guitar Duel Recording

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Weezer set five Guinness world records with video

Records include Most People In A Custard Pie Fight

Weezer have set no less than five world records with their brand new video, ‘Troublemaker’ , taken from their recently released ‘Red Album’ .

The band broke the records while shooting the clip, and had Guinness World Records official, Stuart Claxton come along to monitor and certify the record attempts.

The band and their friends set new records for Largest Game of Dodgeball , Most People in a Custard Pie Fight , Most People Riding on a Skateboard , Largest Air Guitar Ensemble , and Longest Guitar Hero World Tour Marathon .

In addition, Pat Wilson played the World’s Smallest Drum Kit in the video, a record the band is trying to get in the book as an official record.

The official records will read:

Largest Air Guitar Ensemble

The largest air guitar ensemble consisted of 233 participants and took place during during the filming of the music video “Troublemaker” by the band Weezer in Los Angeles, California, USA on 21 August 2008.

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Largest Game of Dodgeball

The largest game of dodgeball consisted of two teams of 50 people (100 total) who played against each other during the filming of the music video “Troublemaker” by the band Weezer in Los Angeles, California, USA, on 21 August 2008.

Longest Guitar Hero World Tour Marathon

The longest Guitar Hero World Tour Marathon lasted for 10 hr 12 min 54 sec during the filming of the music video “Troublemaker” by the band Weezer in Los Angeles, California,USA, on 21 August 2008.

Most People in a Custard Pie Fight

The most people in a custard pie fight was 120 during the filming of the music video “Troublemaker” by the band Weezer in Los Angeles, California, USA, on 21 August 2008.

Most People Riding on a Skateboard

The most people riding on a skateboard is 22 during the filming of the music video “Troublemaker” by the band Weezer in Los Angeles, California, USA, on 21 August 2008.

Meanwhile, the band continue their US tour tonight in Salt Lake City, UT .

–By our New York staff.

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GHWT: DE works best off of the following:

• OS: Windows 10 (64 bit)
• CPU: Intel Core i5 6th generation or AMD equivalent
• RAM: 4 GB or higher
• GPU: Dedicated GPU, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 900 or AMD equivalent

Take a peek through our helpful Getting Started guide for more information.

This guide should cover most problems that you may encounter when installing or trying to play the mod. Read on!

Mods go in the DATA/MODS directory.

Read the Installing Mods page on the Wiki for a complete guide on how to install characters, songs, and other modded content.