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GH: Rocks the 80s full song list; July 24th release date

Category: PlayStation 2, Posted: 07/01/2007 at 12:16AM CDT by Billy Wang, Previews Editor

GH2_80s Guitar Hero enthusiasts should get ready to don their axes and crazy hair wigs because Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s will be hitting stores on July 24th for the PlayStation 2.

In addition, Activision announced the last of the game's tracks, which brings the total to 30.

The complete list is as followed (bold tracks will be performed by the original artist):

1. Opening Licks

* "(Bang Your Head) Metal Health" - Quiet Riot
* "We Got the Beat" - The Go-Go's
* "I Ran (So Far Away)" - A Flock of Seagulls
* "Balls to the Wall" - Accept
* "18 and Life" - Skid Row (encore)

2. Amp Warmers

* "No One Like You" - Scorpions
* "Shakin'" - Eddie Money
* "Heat of the Moment" - Asia
* "Radar Love" - White Lion
* "Because, It's Midnite" - Limozeen (encore)

3. String Snappers

* "Holy Diver" - Dio
* "Turning Japanese" - The Vapors
* "Hold on Loosely" - 38 Special
* "The Warrior" - Scandal
* "I Wanna Rock" - Twisted Sister (encore)

4. Return of the Shred

* "What I Like About You" - The Romantics
* "Synchronicity II" - The Police
* "Ballroom Blitz" - Krokus
* "Only a Lad" - Oingo Boingo
* "Round and Round" - Ratt (encore)

5. Relentless Riffs

* "Ain't Nothin' But a Good Time" - Poison
* "Lonely is the Night" - Billy Squier
* "Bathroom Wall" - Faster Pussycat
* "Los Angeles" - X
* "Wrathchild" - Iron Maiden (encore)

6. Furious Fretwork

* "Electric Eye" - Judas Priest
* "Police Truck" - Dead Kennedys
* "Seventeen" - Winger
* "Caught in a Mosh" - Anthrax
* "Play With Me" - Extreme (encore)

Rocks the 80s will represent Harmonix's last entry in the Guitar Hero series because they'll be jumping from this stage to EA's Rock Band series. Activision's Neversoft will continue development on Guitar Hero III.

So get ready to rock! I'm a fan of metal so seeing Judas Priest, Dio, Iron Maiden and Anthrax in the list made me all giddy inside.

Posted by bluseychris on 07/01/2007 at 10:25AM

Annoyed they're tributing Radar Love to white lion as it was originally done in the 70's by Dutch legends Golden Earring. Also annoyed at The Sweet's Ballroom Blitz being attributed to Krokus.
Looks like I'm going to be giving the GH crew a good hard slap for not saving those for a 70's expansion.

Posted by Not_My_Style on 07/01/2007 at 04:11PM

Ahh...more crappy songs.

Posted by Not_My_Style on 07/01/2007 at 04:12PM

Edit: Except for a few....

Posted by lskennedy on 07/01/2007 at 05:19PM

Bluseychris, you obviously don't expand your mind, for the versions of those songs there using is a COVER of the original. Yes i like golden Earring, but this isnt there version, so yeah. its also like "You Really Got me" was not really done by Van Halen originally, so yeah. OWNED.