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We’ve just heard that legendary guitarist Carlos Santana is set to appear in the next Guitar Hero game. How cool is that!

The live version of “No One To Depend On” will be featured on the game as well as a playable version of Carlos himself.

The game is set for release in September. It’s about time! They’ve done Slash, and now Carlos is getting the GH treatment. I can’t wait!

Activision has just released the official band listing for Guitar Hero 5 and it’s good!

Among the coolest of bands on the list are Megadeth, Nirvana, Billy Squier, Iron Maiden, and Rammstein.

Check out the full list after the jump!

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Check out the two new commercials for “Guitar Hero: Metallica” that just surfaced.

Yeah! Blow up that house! Can’t wait to play some of their older stuff, before they sold out.

The Guitar Hero franchise has become quite the staple of family gaming in my house. We love them, the kids love them, and seemingly, the rest of the music gamers out there do, too.

Alas, this is the only Guitar Hero game we’ve yet to purchase, but never fear, we will soon. We’ll play it until the disc dies, I’m sure.

What if you could choose which rock gods came out with a Guitar Hero game? Who would you pick? Here’s my favorite top eight choices, in no particular order.

8. KISS

Can you imagine jamming out to Love Gun or Strutter? How about rocking out to Detroit Rock City or Rock N Roll All Nite? I can’t figure out why Gene Simmons hasn’t capitalized on this idea yet. He’s got the Kiss name on everything else under the sun. Why not a video game?

7. LED ZEPPELIN

This one was just obvious for me. Who wouldn’t break out that Les Paul and wail along to some Led Zeppelin? I want to play Black Dog, Rock And Roll, Misty Mountain Hop, and some Kashmir. This band was a fixture in the 70′s, 80′s and they still are. I wish they would get back together already.

6. VAN HALEN

Jump, Why Can’t This Be Love, Hot For Teacher…I could go on. They could even add some of David Lee Roth’s solo stuff as an added bonus. I’d buy it. Van Halen rocks. Heck, they could probably throw in some Sammy Hagar for good measure, it’d still be alright.

5. ELVIS

There, I said it. Elvis Presley deserves a nod on this list, too. He was a great singer and did some guitar playing in his day. If the powers that be at Activision can add Cream into the mix, then why not some of the King? They could put in Don’t Be Cruel, All Shook Up, Heartbreak Hotel, and Blue Suede Shoes. If you haven’t heard of these, please consult the wonderful people at Wikipedia.

4. NIRVANA

Nirvana also deserves a mention on the list of bands that I would love Guitar Hero to make into a new version of the game. Why? Because THEY’RE NIRVANA. Courtney Love can’t take away what they’ve already done for the music industry, but she could probably give this one the go-ahead. Maybe one day in one of her drunken/druggie rants on MySpace, she might have a moment of enlightenment and think of Kurt’s fans. They could include the entire Nevermind album, along with In Utero. I’d eat it up. I always wanted to play Smells Like Teen Spirit, Come As You Are, Heart-Shaped Box, and Lithium, to name a few.

3. OZZY OSBOURNE

Enter in The Prince of Darkness, Ozzy Osbourne. I know that he wasn’t the guitarist on any of his albums, but how could you ignore the music that he made. Don’t you want to play Crazy Babies, Crazy Train, or any other “Crazy” stuff he can come up with? I do. He’s classic, for sure. I want to rock out to Mr. Crowley, Goodbye To Romance (even though that’s a slow one), Iron Man (this one would go without saying), and Suicide Solution. RIP Randy Rhoads.

2. GRATEFUL DEAD

A classic band if there ever was one. Even though the lead singer, Jerry Garcia has passed on, him and the Deadheads will always live on. I’d play Touch Of Grey, wouldn’t you? If you were born after 1980, then you’ve probably never heard of these guys. Truckin’ was also a good song to play the guitar to, along with Johnny B. Goode. I know it wasn’t there’s originally, but the Activision gods would probably get somebody to cover it anyways.

1. THE BEATLES

It was already rumored last October that Harmonix (which means it’s likely to go the route of Rock Band) was thinking about doing a video game for The Beatles catalog, so let’s hope that comes to fruition. I want to play Can’t Buy Me Love, Help, Let It Be, which is heavy on the piano playing, but would still make a good track to include. RIP George Harrison and John Lennon.

Who would you add?

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On the new version of the Guitar Hero franchise, comes “Guitar Hero: Metallica“. And the track listing has just been revealed. I know, like three days ago. I’m not a big fan of Metallica as much as I used to be. I’m still holding out for “Guitar Hero: Led Zeppelin” or “Guitar Hero: Songs That Don’t Suck“.

Here’s the track listing for the songs by Metallica as well as other bands. I’m stoked to see some older Metallica on the list, as well as Motorhead’s best song, “Ace of Spades”, Suicidal Tendencies, and Slayer.

Call me old school, but they can take their “No Leaf Clover” and stick it up Lars Ulrich’s assets.

Favorites: Battery, Creeping Death, Disposable Heroes, Master of Puppets, and Sad But True.
The Suck: Frantic, Fuel, All Nightmare Long.
My Beefs: Where’s “Gotta Kill Captain Stupid” by Suicidal Tendencies and “Angel Of Death” by Slayer?

Here’s the track listing:

Metallica Tracks

All Nightmare Long
Battery
Creeping Death
Disposable Heroes
Dyers Eve
Enter Sandman
Fade To Black
Fight Fire With Fire
For Whom The Bell Tolls
Frantic
Fuel
Hit The Lights
King Nothing
Master of Puppets
Mercyful Fate (Medley)
No Leaf Clover
Nothing Else Matters
One
Orion
Sad But True
Seek And Destroy
The Memory Remains
The Shortest Straw
The Thing That Should Not Be
The Unforgiven
Welcome Home (Sanitarium)
Wherever I May Roam
Whiplash

Other Artists

Alice In Chains – No Excuses
Bob Seger – Turn The Page
Corrosion of Conformity – Albatross
Diamond Head – Am I Evil?
Foo Fighters – Stacked Actors
Judas Priest – Hell Bent For Leather
Kyuss – Demon Cleaner
Lynyrd Skynyrd – Tuesdays Gone
Machine Head – Beautiful Mourning
Mastodon – Blood And Thunder
Mercyful Fate – Evil
Michael Schenker Group – Armed and Ready
Motorhead – Ace of Spades
Queen – Stone Cold Crazy
Samhain – Mother of Mercy
Slayer – War Ensemble
Social Distortion – Mommy’s Little Monster
Suicidal Tendencies – War Inside My Head
System of a Down – Toxicity
The Sword – Black River
Thin Lizzy – The Boys Are Back in Town

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Ozzy Osbourne has been tapped by Activision to appear in their Guitar Hero series.

Woot! I can’t freakin’ wait to get my hot little hands on this one. I think it’s funny that Ozzy doesn’t even know how to use a computer. So I guess he won’t be playing the game….

Ozzy and Zakk Wylde will both appear on the forthcoming title.

Ozzy says, “They (Activision) liked my music and I have a big young following, I’ve been told. I’m from the old school. I don’t own a computer. I just got an iPod that I’ve organized. I have got to learn how to turn it on. That’s about it, you know. I can’t download. I can’t do any load.”

He knows how to use an iPod, I guess you gotta start somewhere, right?

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Sorry for another John Mayer post, but he’s putting down my favorite game….and that’s just not cool.

Apparently, John thinks that the Guitar Hero games are letting untalented people enjoy playing the guitar.

I can play both and let me tell you, the game is not the real thing, not even close. Where are my guitar playing readers? Come on out of the woodwork here and help me out. GH3 aint nothing but a fake plastic guitar game with some colorful buttons….but it’s fun.

Are we really enjoying the instrument?

He better not ever wonder why there isn’t a Guitar Hero: John Mayer edition.

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As much as I don’t care for any of Metallica’s newer crap, I might just pick up the Guitar Hero: Metallica offering that Activision will be releasing next year. I’ll definitely pick it up if they have anything from their older, cooler days. Like, say, Ride the Lightning or Master of Puppets.

They are second in getting a Guitar Hero of their very own, Aerosmith’s is due to be released this summer.

Will you play either of them?

I can’t wait until they release Guitar Hero 4. Def Leppard is said to have three songs on the upcoming release.

The songs are Photograph, Animal, and Rock of Ages.

Awesome!!

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Aerosmith are set to be immortalized in a video dedicated to the 35 years that they’ve been playing music.

Sources say that the video game, Aerosmith: Guitar Hero will feature 30 songs from the legendary band.

All five band members completed motion-capture sessions so that their pixilated counterparts are as realistic as possible, when fans play at being rock stars.

How cool is that, right?

The game is set to be released this summer. I can’t wait to play it.

I got both Guitar Hero 2 & 3 for my kids for Christmas, along with two of the Xplorer controllers. Yesterday, they were rockin’ like Slash at a Velvet Revolver concert.

And all was well. I took them over to their father’s house and lo’ and behold, my boyfriend and I were left with the games, two guitars, and no kids….

So we played and we played and we played some more. We rocked out! We battled Tom Morello and unlocked Slash. We played Cult of Personality on medium and Raining Blood on easy. We found out that I give up when the songs get too hard…hehe

It was all good fun, though. Hope all of you enjoyed your Christmas and the presents!

Take that Gloria Estefan!!

80′s rockers, The Romantics are suing Activision, the makers of Guitar Hero Rocks the 80′s.

The game, which uses a version the band’s “What I Like About You” recorded by musicians that the band claims sound too much like them.

The suit, filed November 20th in federal District Court in Detroit, claims that the sound-alike recording of the song improperly imitates the band’s sound, which the members have developed since 1979. The recording makes it “virtually indistinguishable from the authentic version” and confuses consumers into believing that the band actually recorded the music and endorsed the product, the suit says.

In my opinion, they are trying to extend that fifteen minutes. The Romantics are so yesterday and should be counted lucky enough to be included in the Guitar Hero series of video games.

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