New Guitar Hero Songs Revealed

That’s right, more songs to pick over as you count down the days to the release of Guitar Hero III. Although many are saying it has been overshadowed by the Harmonix juggernaut that is Rock Band, this tracklist is still looking pretty darn interesting. Here are the latest additions to the game:

- Miss Murder (by AFI)
- Through Fire and Flames (by Dragonforce)
- Number of the Beast (by Iron Maiden)
- 3's and 7's (by Queens of the Stone Age)
- Suck My Kiss (by Red Hot Chili Peppers)
- Raining Blood (by Slayer)
- Reptillia (by The Strokes)
- Paranoid (as made famous by Black Sabbath)
- Cities on Flame (as made famous by Blue Oyster Cult)
- Mississippi Queen (as made famous by Mountain)
- La Grange (as made famous by ZZ Top)

Note that while those songs marked ‘as made famous by’ are covers, the other ones are the original master tracks. I’m particularly looking forward to Suck My Kiss, one of the Chili Peppers’ finer moments. Here are chunks of the press release sent out this morning:

"Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock features the most comprehensive song list ever assembled for a game," said Tim Riley, Activision's worldwide executive of music. "Artists and music execs from the major and independent record labels and publishers respect the brand and have given us unrivalled access to their music vaults allowing us to give gamers what they want - to grab their Gibson guitars and shred to their favourite music."

In fact, real rock stars like Jade Puget, guitarist for AFI, a band featured in the game is anticipating the upcoming release of the Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock and wants fans to know that "if you're going to start playing Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, make sure you have, say, the next 2 years free, because that's all you're going to want to do."

In addition to the newly announced tracks, Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock's previously announced tracks include:

- Slash's Original Boss Battle Recording
- Welcome to The Jungle (by Guns N' Roses)
- Paint It Black (by The Rolling Stones)
- Cherub Rock (by Smashing Pumpkins)
- Sabotage (by Beastie Boys)
- The Metal (by Tenacious D)
- My Name is Jonas (by Weezer)
- Knights of Cydonia (by Muse)
- Even Flow (by Pearl Jam)
- Lay Down (by Priestess)
- Cult of Personality (by Living Colour)
- Rock and Roll All Nite (as made famous by Kiss)
- School's Out (as made famous by Alice Cooper)
- Rock You Like a Hurricane (as made famous by Scorpions)
- Slow Ride (as made famous by Foghat)
- Barracuda (as made famous by Heart)