Poison, Police play 80s Guitar Hero Encore

By Tor Thorsen, GameSpotPosted May 21, 2007 8:29 pm PT

"Synchronicity II" and "Nothing But a Good Time" to be featured on slightly retitled PS2 rhythm game; Billy Squier, Eddie Money, Faster Pussycat, Skid Row, and Extreme also on board.

Behold, the paradigm of '80s heavy metal masculinity!

Just under two weeks ago, Activision officially confirmed that it was prepping a special 1980s-themed Guitar Hero title. Titled Guitar Hero: Rocks the 80s, the game is the last in the series to be developed by now-MTV-owned Harmonix, and will ship for the PlayStation 2 this summer. The publisher also announced five songs that would be covered in the game: "Round and Round" by Ratt, "I Want Candy" by Bow Wow Wow, "Metal Health" by Quiet Riot, "Holy Diver" by Ronnie James Dio, and "Heat of the Moment" by Asia. In addition, Guitar Hero: Rocks the 80s will feature two original tracks: Flock of Seagulls' "I Ran" and "I Wanna Rock" by Twisted Sister.

Today, Activision revealed seven more covers that would be featured in the game: Skid Row's "18 and Life," Faster Pussycat's "Bathroom Wall," Billy Squier's "Lonely is the Night," Poison's "Nothing But a Good Time," Extreme's "Play With Me," Eddie Money's "Shakin'," and "Synchronicity II" by the recently reformed Police. As of now, 13 of the 30 songs that will be featured in the game are known, with others to be undoubtedly revealed bit by bit over the coming weeks.

Besides unveiling the expanded song list, Activision also tweaked the title of the game formerly known as Guitar Hero: Rocks the 80s. Henceforth, it will be known as Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s--perhaps presaging a whole retro "Encore" subfranchise to the Guitar Hero series. However, no such spin-off had been officially confirmed as of press time.

155 Comments

  • rob_b_ps2

    Posted Oct 29, 2007 9:02 am PT

    GH2 is good but GH2 80's isn' because of the bad songlist. GH3 is gool again. A very good playlist, the best so far!!!

  • Dudeisdrumer109

    Posted Sep 29, 2007 8:48 pm PT

    Guitar Hero = good
    Guitar Hero 2 = really good
    Guitar Hero Encore = a F***ing piece of S*** except for about 4 songs (and thats a compliment)

  • kingcole225

    Posted Aug 29, 2007 7:01 pm PT

    this game is fun

  • akhauskinz

    Posted Jul 4, 2007 3:50 pm PT

    As far as 80's Guitar heros go, i wanna see some more stevie ray vaughn... either pride and joy, or little wing

  • bobblehead875

    Posted Jun 24, 2007 10:54 pm PT

    oooh they could have some fun with this encore thing...50's anyone??? i wouldnt mind johnny b goode....=)

  • Foofightersbmcp

    Posted Jun 24, 2007 10:00 am PT

    well ya obviously its gonna be on the 360. and that pic is creepy

  • Neoyamaneko

    Posted Jun 20, 2007 8:31 am PT

    PLEASE put this game on 360! Especially if Don't Fear the Reaper will be on it.

  • saibot05

    Posted Jun 2, 2007 7:27 pm PT

    I am so gonna sport the Gumby doo when it's gonna come out and pop it on my Myspace

    lol

  • SLENNIE__12

    Posted Jun 1, 2007 7:17 am PT

    I just reallly want that

  • xboxdude101

    Posted May 31, 2007 6:06 am PT

    some songs are good but...where is the real metal?? i dont see a single metallica, judas priest, motorhead or IRON MAIDEN song on there. Those bands are true metal.

  • KrazyKhallos

    Posted May 29, 2007 1:08 pm PT

    Sure games like this still show that the PS2 has life but where and when will an online Guitar Hero come to the PS3...? But yeah, sure, rockin out to Flock of Seagulls sure does sound like an alternative to slicing some dude up in Asia on Gears of War

  • Bnd13007

    Posted May 28, 2007 10:19 am PT

    Where's the Jukebox Hero?

  • brutalbrian

    Posted May 27, 2007 6:27 pm PT

    I like the list so far, but why for the love of all that is Guitar Hero, or how is the more appropriate word, did Billy Squire get in there?

  • MysticDynamite

    Posted May 27, 2007 9:41 am PT

    "Synchronicity II?" Sweetness!

  • -Squirrel-

    Posted May 26, 2007 8:00 pm PT

    ASIA!!!!! Alright! awesomeness.

  • OMGWTFBBQ111

    Posted May 26, 2007 4:55 pm PT

    I like how the article talks about 80's Heavy metal, but I don't see any sign of METALLICA........

    They say that there's metal, but it just this lame 80's MTV pop rock crap.

    The only real metal song in Guitar Hero so far is Hangar 18 by Megadeth.

  • jakob_187

    Posted May 26, 2007 12:36 pm PT

    SKID M*********** ROW F T W!!!!!!!!

    THIS GAME IS GOING TO PWN ALL...I doubt that Guitar Hero III can give me anything to beat "18 and Life"...even though "Sabotage" runs a VERY close second!

  • ThePhilatron

    Posted May 25, 2007 11:07 pm PT

    I'm not sure how they're gonna pull this off without more master tracks but we'll see when it gets out I guess.

  • gamer_Prime

    Posted May 25, 2007 6:29 pm PT

    Eruption was from the 70s. The only worthy VH songs from the 80s are the ones off 1984, and only Hot for Teacher really stands out guitar wise among those.

  • Batman54

    Posted May 25, 2007 5:03 pm PT

    All i ask for is a little AC/DC, Van Halen(can eruption be reproduced properly on gh), and Leppard I hope that isn't too tall of an order

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