Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock

[JenksFan5]

Is anyone else getting ready for their hands/wrists to cry out in agony after endless hours of playing Gutiar Hero III? Only 12 days before the game hits the stores.

 

I was going to get ready by playing a little GH2 to get my wrist and fingers conditioned for the coming onslaught, but my Playstation 2 isn't working with that game anymore for whatever reason. I now have a Wii so I didn't want to stick the money into a new PS2 because I am getting the new guitar for the Wii (a Gibson Les Paul). The song list looks decent and the fact that you can unlock Slash from GnR is a plus. Supposedly there is going to be over 70 songs (many of which were recorded by the original artist), but only 63 songs have been confirmed.

 

Can't wait!

[TooLiveBrew]

the new guitar for the Wii (a Gibson Les Paul).

 

That's awesome. Are there other models from which to choose? If so, great choice.

[kgbaseball]

It's impossible for it to be worse than the 80's game, so I'm looking forward to this.

 

Is there an official songs list yet?

[JenksFan5]

The songlist I was going off of was on Wikipedia and it was a "confirmed" song list. Here it is:

• "3's & 7's" - Queens of the Stone Age^[33][/sup]
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• ^{"Anarchy in the U.K." - Sex Pistols †[34][/sup]}
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• ^{"Avalancha" - Héroes del Silencio[35][/sup]}
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• ^{"Barracuda" - Heart[36][/sup]}
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• ^{"Battle vs. Slash" - Slash[37][/sup]}
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• ^{"Battle vs. Tom Morello" - Tom Morello}
• ^{"Before I Forget" - Slipknot[38][/sup]}
• ^"[/sup]
• ^{"Black Magic Woman" - Santana[38][/sup]}
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• ^{"Black Sunshine" - White Zombie[38][/sup]}
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• ^{"Bulls on Parade" - Rage Against the Machine[39][/sup]}
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• ^{"Cherub Rock" - The Smashing Pumpkins[36][/sup]}
• ^"[/sup]
• ^{"Cities on Flame with Rock and Roll" - Blue Öyster Cult[40][/sup]}
• ^"[/sup]
• ^{"Cliffs of Dover" - Eric Johnson[38][/sup]}
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• ^{"Closer" - Lacuna Coil[35][/sup]}
• ^[/sup]
• ^{"Cult of Personality" - Living Colour †[36][/sup]}
• ^"[/sup]
• ^{"The Devil Went Down to Georgia" - Charlie Daniels Band[38][/sup]}
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• ^{"Even Flow" - Pearl Jam[36][/sup]}
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• ^{"Generation Rock" - Revolverheld[35][/sup]}
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• ^{"Go That Far" - Bret Michaels Band[31][/sup]}
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• ^{"Helicopter" - Bloc Party[38][/sup]}
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• ^{"Hier Kommt Alex" - Die Toten Hosen[35][/sup]}
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• ^{"Hit Me with Your Best Shot" - Pat Benatar[41][/sup]}
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• ^{"Holiday in Cambodia" - Dead Kennedys[38][/sup]}
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• ^{"I'm in the Band" - The Hellacopters[35][/sup]}
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• ^{"In the Belly of a Shark" - Gallows[35][/sup]}
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• ^{"Knights of Cydonia" - Muse[36][/sup]}
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• ^{"Kool Thing" - Sonic Youth[42][/sup]}
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• ^{"La Grange" - ZZ Top[43][/sup]}
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• ^{"Lay Down" - Priestess[36][/sup]}
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• ^{"Mauvais Garçon" - Naast[35][/sup]}
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• ^{"The Metal" - Tenacious D[36][/sup]}
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• ^{"Minus Celsius" - Backyard Babies[35][/sup] [/sup]}

• "Miss Murder" - AFI^[40][/sup]
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• ^{"Mississippi Queen" - Mountain[33][/sup]}
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• ^{"Monsters" - Matchbook Romance[38][/sup]}
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• ^{"My Name Is Jonas" - Weezer[36][/sup]}
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• ^{"The Number of the Beast" - Iron Maiden[43][/sup]}
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• ^{"One" - Metallica[44][/sup]}
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• ^{"Paint It, Black" - The Rolling Stones[36][/sup]}
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• ^{"Paranoid" - Black Sabbath[33][/sup]}
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• ^{"Prayer of the Refugee" - Rise Against[37][/sup]}
• ^{"Pride and Joy" - Stevie Ray Vaughan[38][/sup]}
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• ^{"Radio Song" - Superbus[35][/sup]}
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• ^{"Raining Blood" - Slayer[33][/sup]}
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• ^{"Reptilia" - The Strokes[33][/sup]}
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• ^{"Rock and Roll All Nite" - Kiss[36][/sup]}
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• ^{"Rock You Like a Hurricane" - Scorpions}
• ^{"Ruby" - Kaiser Chiefs[35][/sup]}
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• ^{"Sabotage" - Beastie Boys[36][/sup]}
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• ^{"Same Old Song and Dance" - Aerosmith[38][/sup]}
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• ^{"School's Out" - Alice Cooper[36][/sup]}
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• ^{"The Seeker" - The Who[38][/sup]}
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• ^{"She Bangs the Drums" - The Stone Roses[45][/sup][46][/sup]}
• ^"[/sup]
• ^{"Slow Ride" - Foghat[36][/sup]}
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• ^{"Story of My Life" - Social Distortion[38][/sup]}
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• ^{"Stricken" - Disturbed[38][/sup]}
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• ^{"Suck My Kiss" - Red Hot Chili Peppers[43][/sup]}
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• ^{"Sunshine of Your Love" - Cream[38][/sup]}
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• ^{"Take This Life" - In Flames[35][/sup]}
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• ^{"Talk Dirty to Me" - Poison[31][/sup]}
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• ^{"Through the Fire and Flames" - DragonForce[47][/sup]}
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• ^{"Welcome to the Jungle" - Guns N' Roses[48][/sup][36][/sup]}
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• ^{"When You Were Young" - The Killers[49][/sup] [/sup]}

I am especially looking forward to Cherub Rock by the Pumpkins and Cliffs of Dover by Eric Johnson as well as Bulls on Parade (RATM) and I am a sucker for 80's hairbands. Quite a variety of music though.

[kgbaseball]

lol, Through the Fire and Flames is going to be impossible if it's based off the real song.

 

There are some good ones in there, especially Cliffs of Dover, One, and Number of the Beast.

[Fatter than Joey]

Don't forget the Foghat

[kgbaseball]

Here's a preview of Through the Fire and Flames. Here's hoping it's a bonus song!

 

[jwill535]

I love Through The Fire and Flames, the guitar dual in the middle of the song is amazing. I am shocked that these guys can remember how to play these songs. Song also has a nice big hair feel.(My dark secret wish is to be a big hair singer.)

[RightFieldCoder]

I'm up to Expert on GHII and 80's, but that video is nuts. I can't imagine trying to play that.

[uecker9]

Wow- the Dead Kennedys are on there?!?! That is sweet- Pol...Pot...Pol...Pot.

[pogokat]

they sued jello out of everyting, so now they can do whatever they want...they probably used their cut to invest in walmart

[sgtcluels]

Wow that looks pretty tough. I hope its' a bonus and not part of the game itself. But the first part is all about hammer offs and not that hard once you get it. The rest though, jebus. Probably like Jordan, impossible.

[bjkrautk]

In the interest of equal time, here are 37 of the 45 songs slated for Rock Band (courtesy of Wikipedia)

 

"Are You Gonna Be My Girl" - Jet

"Black Hole Sun" - Soundgarden

"Blitzkrieg Bop" - Ramones

"Brainpower" - Freezepop

"Celebrity Skin" - Hole

"Cherub Rock" - Smashing Pumpkins

"Creep" - Radiohead

"Dani California" - Red Hot Chili Peppers

"Detroit Rock City" - Kiss

"(Don't Fear) The Reaper" - Blue Öyster Cult

"Enter Sandman" - Metallica

"Epic" - Faith No More

"Flirtin' with Disaster" - Molly Hatchet

"Gimme Shelter" - Rolling Stones

"Go with the Flow" - Queens of the Stone Age

"The Hand That Feeds" - Nine Inch Nails

"Here It Goes Again" - OK Go

"Highway Star" - Deep Purple

"I Think I'm Paranoid" - Garbage

"In Bloom" - Nirvana

"Learn to Fly" - Foo Fighters

"Main Offender" - The Hives

"Maps" - Yeah Yeah Yeahs

"Mississippi Queen" - Mountain

"Orange Crush" - R.E.M.

"Paranoid" - Black Sabbath

"Reptilia" - The Strokes

"Sabotage" - Beastie Boys

"Say It Ain't So" - Weezer

"Should I Stay or Should I Go" - The Clash

"Suffragette City" - David Bowie

"Tom Sawyer" - Rush

"Vasoline" - Stone Temple Pilots

"Wanted Dead or Alive" - Bon Jovi

"Wave of Mutilation" - Pixies

"Welcome Home" - Coheed and Cambria

"Won't Get Fooled Again" - The Who

 

(Additionally, EA will be supporting the game with a steady stream of downloadable content, encluding "Who's Next" by the Who, and multiple tracks from Metallica, including "One".)

 

I don't really want the full set-up for Rock Band (drums, microphone, etc.), but it has more songs that I actually know and want to play. Unfortunately, EA / Harmonix (the developers of the first 2 GH games) will not be selling individual instruments until early 2008. I haven't decided whether it's worth it to spend the extra $ just to get the game this November.

[sgtcluels]

What's the price structure like? I have to get a 360 to play Rockband (PS2 version doesn't support additional song) and don't want to have to break the bank more then it's already going to cost to do it. But what a awesome line up.

 

Creep, In Bloom, Go With The Flow, The Hand that Feeds.... nice!

[PeaveyFury]

Sounds like $199 for the full package.

[Crazyk1294]

kgbaseball wrote:

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lol, Through the Fire and Flames is going to be impossible if it's based off the real song.

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Yeah...

[bjkrautk]

Sounds like $199 for the full package.

 

$169.99, per 1up.com. The bundle price (and lack of a bundle-free version at launch) has me wavering on buying the game in late November or waiting for 2008.

[PeaveyFury]

Good news on the 169, especially considering that GH3 with just the guitar is 99.99 on nextgen systems.

[NastyTwig]

It looks like the Guitar Hero songs are much harder on guitar. I'd still buy Rock Band for the drums though.

[RightFieldCoder]

Between my brother and I we will probably have both by the end of November. Are they going to release new songs for GHIII online? I'm debating whether to buy it for PS2 and use my old wired guitars or pay extra to upgrade to the wireless 360 version.

[sgtcluels]

I haven't heard about the additional songs thing either. So I'm curious as well, if they do I might wait for GH3 on the 360. But I really hate the xplorer guitar for the 360, I'd want to wait for the GH3 controller.

[patrickgpe]

all right i got the game for ps3 but can't pair the controller with the system. Anybody know how to do it. It only says in the manual to hook up the controller to the usb which is not an option with the guitar. any help would be good

[Crazyk1294]

So...got it today. Both of my hands hurt and I am typing with my...toes.

 

I got up to "One" by Metallica before I failed a song on Hard and decided that was it. So far pretty sweet.

 

In-game ads galore, Axe, Pontiac, ect.

[DSFastball55]

Devil went down to georgia killed me...wow...very cool.

[kgbaseball]

Sweet stuff, can't wait to play this.