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It’s official, Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the The 80s has officially gone gold. The expansion pack for the Playstation 2 will be available starting July 24. We’ve also got a few new tracks to show you after the jump.
These nine tracks complete the set list for the game. Some of them we had already heard rumors of, but a few are new to the pack. It looks like “Electric Eye” and “Because, it’s Midnite” will both be master tracks.
· 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)
If you were trying to remember the rest of the tracks that had already been announced, I’ve listed them below. Enjoy, and get ready to rock on July 24!
· 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)
16 Responses to “Guitar Hero 80s goes gold, final set list revealed”
Leathersoup June 28, 2007
I always thought that the popular version of Ballroom Blitz was done by Sweet and Radar Love was by Golden Earing… Guess I’m stuck in the 70’s or something :)
NeutralBrian Shelley June 29, 2007
Actually you are right about radar love, it was done by golden earing as for ballroom blitz, I only remember it from Wayne’s World when Tia Carrera’s band was playing it. Party On!!
+2PetersReviewsDotCom June 30, 2007
Yeah, Ballroom Blitz was originally done by Sweet and Radar Love was originally done by Golden Earring but in Los Angeles on KNAC (the most popular metal station in the 80’s) Krokus and White Lion covered the songs and had modest popularity with their versions. I think maybe it was a lot cheaper to license the covers than the original songs. Too bad, although I do like the Krokus version almost as much as the original.
+2Chris June 30, 2007
I agree, they were much better when done by Sweet and Golden Earring. Personally, I couldn’t stand White Lion’s cover of Radar Love, I thought they botched it. The good thing is that neither of those tracks is a master track. I’m hoping their cover band does a better job.
+1john July 19, 2007
I reall would like if they put more than words bye extreme in the game
NeutralKC July 25, 2007
are they goin to make a classic rock version bc they need to.
NeutralStolenkitten August 30, 2007
I can’t believe they don’t have Journey! ;oP
+1Ben September 22, 2007
Dude Kennedys is on here some real punk finally i mean they completly forget that whole chunk of the 80’s haha MTV SUCKS!!!
NeutralAndrea November 26, 2007
No Bon Jovi????? :(
Neutraljv January 3, 2008
wat the heck. theres barely any good songs. wheres ac/dc? great white? def leppard? bon jovi? joan jett? queen? this is not very good 80’s
-1NG February 14, 2008
We just bought this….big disappointment. I’m an 80’s baby and the songs on hear are not representative of the decade… =(
Neutraltrent February 25, 2008
they need to put led zepplin ac/dc pink floyd and more classic rock on guitar hero 4
+1Meghan February 27, 2008
Ugh… It’s so unfair that this game is just for the PS2… why can’t they make one for the 360? And also, doesn’t Sweet do Ballroom Blitz?
Neutral