Guitar Hero Smash Hits brings out Guitar Hero’s Greatest Hits for your band. This one’s for the many GH: Would Tour fans of the series that have looked back at Guitar Hero, Guitar Hero II, Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s and Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock and thought man if only those tracks were out for the whole band! I’m really looking forward to my favorites from Blue Öyster Cult’s “Godzilla”, Queen’s “Killer Queen”, Heart’s “Barracuda” and Danzig’s “Mother”. Check out the full list of tracks to pick out your favorites after the jump. You can also visit the GH Smash Hits site to vote for Best Guitar Shred, Best Vocal, Best Bass Lick, Best Drum Fill and more.

While you’re out in stores grabbing GH Smash Hits make sure to pick up the new Guitar Hero On Tour: Modern Hits for your DS. There are 28 new tracks to be shared bringing the total to 75 for the GH On Tour series. Guitar Hero: never leave home without it.

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After all the teasers for Guitar Hero 5, Activision is finally offering gamers some juicy chunks of the latest game in the GH series. The full line up is out, naming a good mix of classic, new and Indie bands and solo artists including Bob Dillon and Iggy Pop as well as Queens of the Stone Age and Wolfmother. You’ll notice many of the usual suspects and several bands that have released big track packs. I’m thrilled to see Muse, Rush, 3 Doors Down, Iron Maiden, and Kiss on the list as well. Whether you’re into The Man in Black or The Killers, you’re bound to find something to like about this line up listed.

Hit read the full article for all the Guitar Hero 5 goodness to look forward to until the September 1st release.

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Really, it’s about time. After countless leaks and rumors, Activision has finally revealed all the tracks that will be included on the Guitar Hero: World Tour disc. It’s full of quite a few expected tracks as well as some surprises (Nirvana’s Unplugged version of “About a Girl” FTW). You do have to wonder about the timing of this release though, seeing as Rock Band 2 hits store shelves in two days. Seems like someone’s trying to steal Harmonix’s thunder, eh, Activision? Anyway, without further delay, here is the complete list of all the songs that will be featured in Guitar Hero: World Tour:

• 311 – “Beautiful Disaster”
• 30 Seconds To Mars – “The Kill”
• Airbourne – “Too Much Too Young”
• The Allman Brothers Band – “Ramblin’ Man”
• Anouk – “Good God”
• The Answer – “Never Too Late”
• At The Drive-In – “One Armed Scissor”
• Beastie Boys – “No Sleep Till Brooklyn”
• Beatsteaks – “Hail to the Freaks”
• Billy Idol – “Rebel Yell”
• Black Label Society – “Stillborn”
• Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – “Weapon of Choice”
• blink-182 – “Dammit”
• Blondie – “One Way or Another”
• Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band – “Hollywood Nights”
• Bon Jovi – “Livin’ On A Prayer”
• Bullet For My Valentine – “Scream Aim Fire”
• Coldplay – “Shiver”
• Creedence Clearwater Revival – “Up Around The Bend”
• The Cult – “Love Removal Machine”
• Dinosaur Jr. – “Feel The Pain”
• The Doors – “Love Me Two Times”
• Dream Theater – “Pull Me Under”
• The Eagles – “Hotel California”
• The Enemy – “Aggro”
• Filter – “Hey Man, Nice Shot”
• Fleetwood Mac – “Go Your Own Way”
• Foo Fighters – “Everlong”
• The Guess Who – “American Woman”
• Hush Puppies – “You’re Gonna Say Yeah!”
• Interpol – “Obstacle 1”
• Jane’s Addiction – “Mountain Song”
• Jimi Hendrix – “Purple Haze (Live)”
• Jimi Hendrix – “The Wind Cries Mary”
• Jimmy Eat World – “The Middle”
• Joe Satriani – “Satch Boogie”
• Kent – “Vinternoll2”
• Korn – “Freak On A Leash”
• Lacuna Coil – “Our Truth”
• Lenny Kravitz – “Are You Gonna Go My Way”
• Linkin Park – “What I’ve Done”
• The Living End – “Prisoner of Society”
• Los Lobos – “La Bamba”
• Lost Prophets – “Rooftops (A Liberation Broadcast)”
• Lynyrd Skynyrd – “Sweet Home Alabama (Live)”
• Mars Volta – “L’Via L’Viaquez”
• MC5’s Wayne Kramer – “Kick Out The Jams”
• Metallica – “Trapped Under Ice”
• Michael Jackson – “Beat It”
• Modest Mouse – “Float On”
• Motörhead – “Overkill”
• Muse – “Assassin”
• Negramaro – “Nuvole e Lenzuola”
• Nirvana – “About a Girl (Unplugged)”
• No Doubt – “Spiderwebs”
• NOFX – “Soul Doubt”
• Oasis – “Some Might Say”
• Ozzy Osbourne – “Crazy Train”
• Ozzy Osbourne – “Mr. Crowley”
• Paramore – “Misery Business”
• Pat Benatar – “Heartbreaker”
• R.E.M. – “The One I Love”
• Radio Futura – “Escuela De Calor”
• Rise Against – “Re-Education Through Labor”
• Sex Pistols – “Pretty Vacant”
• Silversun Pickups – “Lazy Eye”
• Smashing Pumpkins – “Today”
• Steely Dan – “Do It Again”
• Steve Miller Band – “The Joker”
• Sting – “Demolition Man (Live)”
• The Stone Roses – “Love Spreads”
• Stuck In The Sound – “Toy Boy”
• Sublime – “Santeria”
• Survivor – “Eye of the Tiger”
• System of a Down – “B.Y.O.B.”
• Ted Nugent – “Stranglehold”
• Ted Nugent’s Original Guitar Duel Recording
• Tokio Hotel – “Monsoon”
• Tool – “Parabola”
• Tool – “Schism”
• Tool – “Vicarious”
• Trust – “Antisocial”
• Van Halen – “Hot For Teacher”
• Willie Nelson – “On The Road Again”
• Wings – “Band on the Run”
• Zakk Wylde’s Original Guitar Duel Recording

Via Press Release

It’s another good week for the PlayStation Store this week — you’ve got a sizable game in Fatal Inertia EX ($30), the Metal Gear Solid 4 Database, a new course for Hot Shots Golf: Out Of Bounds ($5), new music tracks for both Rock Band and Guitar Hero III, and plenty more. There are also four new demos — a trial of Fatal Inertia EX, so you can see if the game is worth $30, as well as demos of NCAA Football 09, Wolf of the Battlefield: Commando 3, and Hail to the Chimp.

And, of course, a random assessment of other things, including some trailers for various games and movies, a theme, and a downloadable music track — the PAIN theme song. Hit the jump to check out all of the new content.

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I have already stated my full opinion on Coldplay coming to Guitar Hero III via downloadable content, so instead of rehashing it, I will get to the point.

Today, according to the Major, you can now download the “Coldplay Track Pack” which consists of these tunes:

• Violet Hill
• Yellow
• God Put a Smile on Your Face

The pack costs 500 MS Points.

Via: Major Nelson

The press releases from Activision are a never ending stream flooding our in-boxes of late – so much so that I feel like I will drown in a sea of them. You think I jest? Then look over our previous posts and see how many have been sent our way in the month of June alone. In case you are not interested enough to hit the link, I will make it easy for you. There have been 10… 10 flipping entries consisting of press releases, new assets or content announcements. If you like Guitar Hero III (which I do in theory), it is no big deal for you – but if Activison does not want the money plane to crash land anytime soon, they need to step back and take a vacation for a while.

Enough of my rambling, on to the point of POST #11.

Last week you may recall that Chris Martin of Coldplay mentioned that he and the boys would be releasing their new single “Violet Hill” on GH III in celebration of the band’s new album “Viva La Vida” hitting store shelves. Today this was confirmed, and should you decide to download it, not only will you be getting “Violet Hill” but also master recordings of “Yellow” and “God Put a Smile on Your Face”.

The Coldplay Track Pack will be made available on June 19th for both the Xbox 360 and PS3 and if you are interested in picking up the new CD, it launches worldwide on June 17th.

You know, I like Coldplay. Not really fond of their last effort, but I like them nonetheless. I just do not understand why they are releasing music via GH III instead of Rock Band. I personally feel that the band would receive a much more appreciative audience via Rock Band as the songs are more melodic than rockin’ per say, and it might be pretty entertaining to try and mimic Chris’ falsetto – especially on the song “Yellow”. Add to this the fact that 90% of their music is very piano-centirc it just does not fit the “Guitar Hero” mold in my opinion.

Nothing at all against Coldplay, but I just do not see them pulling in the download numbers on GH III that a band such as Metallica would or even Weezer for that matter. They just do not fit-in with the majority of offerings currently available.

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It seems like every day there is something to report in the way of new additions to the Guitar Hero and Rock Band music line-up and today, is no exception.According to Entertainment Weekly, Coldplay frontman Chris Martin has stated that the band’s new single “Violet Hill” will be the first Coldplay song to be put on Guitar Hero.

While speaking to EW, Martin stated that “Violet Hill” for Guitar Hero was “not [all] about the piano s—”. True, most of Coldplay’s music is piano-centric and while I do indeed like the band every much, it is not known for ripping guitar solos – however if you have listened to “Violent Hill” you will notice right away that it is indeed a more guitar driven song (and a mighty good one too I might add).

The downloadable track will be part of the media blitz that will surround Coldplay’s new album, Viva La Vida (out June 17), so most likely you can expect it to be offered as DLC for GH:III. I am just curious as to what else will be included with the song considering these packs come with three tunes. More Coldplay with the piano being replaced by riffs or will it just be a small hodgepodge of bands?

Via: Entertainment Weekly

Sony’s Singstar has never been a franchise were you can rock out and to be honest with you, it never even reaches the drunken bar karaoke level because at least in a bar you can sing a Whitesnake song or two, and maybe even a little Blur. This week, the SingStore has been updated, and like the title of this post says, it is full of more cheese than Wisconsin. And what goes better with cheese than wine? If I were to have to suffer through a bunch of people screeching to these songs, there better be a few bottles of it lying around. Seriously.

• Avril Lavigne – Complicated
• Peabo Bryson & Roberta Flack – Tonight I Celebrate My Love (OMG!!!)
• Good Charlotte – I Just Wanna Live
• The Beach Boys – Good Vibrations
• Shocking Blue – Venus (no Bananarama?)
• Golden Earring – Radar Love (decent)
• The Hives – Hate To Say I Told You So
• Hard-Fi – Hard To Beat
• Avril Lavigne – My Happy Ending
• Erik Faber – Not Over
• Cutting Crew – (I Just) Died In Your Arms (anyone else remember dancing to this at the freshman dance in High School?)
• R.E.M. – Everybody Hurts
• Wilson Phillips – Hold On (someone pop my eardrums quick!)
• Buzzcocks – Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone You shouldn’t've)?
• Alphabeat – Fantastic 6
• The Vines – Get Free
• Roy Orbison – Only The Lonely (Know The Way I Feel)
• Westlife – Queen Of My Heart
• The Hoosiers – Cops N Robbers
• Coldplay – Shiver
• Coldplay – The Scientist (deserves to be on a better list)
• Duran Duran – The Reflex
• Moloko – Sing It Back
• Aslan – This Is

Ok, my snarky commentary aside, some of the songs on this list are ok. The majority though, are pure unadulterated cheese whiz. This is of course because I am a music snob through and through and just in a very bad mood this morning.

You can check out the full list of the SingStore offerings by logging on via your PS3. The latest Singstar title is expected to hit shelves on May 20th.

I don’t personally know anyone who owns SingStar, but if they did they would be happy to know that Sony’s SingStore has 48 new tracks coming on March 7th to give fans more of what they crave – Britney Spears, Spice Girls, and A-Ha.
Here is the list:

• Aha “The Sun Always Shines On TV”
• Alice Cooper “Poison ”
• Big Brovaz “Nu-Flow”
• Bill Joel “Uptown Girl”
• Blu Cantrell “Hit ‘Em Up Style (Oops!)”
• Blur “End of a Century”
• Britney Spears “Baby One More Time”
• Coldplay “Speed Of Sound”
• Crash Test Dummies “Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm”
• David Bowie “Heroes”
• Dragon “April Sun In Cuba”
• Elvira Nickolaisen “Egypt Song”
• End Of Fashion “Oh Yeah ”
• Fairground Attraction “Perfect”
• Feeder “Buck Rogers”
• Five “Keep On Movin’”
• Jamelia “Superstar”
• Jamelia “Stop”
• Joy Division “Love Will Tear Us Apart”
• Lemar “It’s Not That Easy”
• Lordi “Hard Rock Hallelujah”
• Maria Mena “My Lullaby”
• Maxïmo Park “Graffiti”
• Maxïmo Park “Going Missing”
• Natalie Imbruglia “Torn”
• opus X “loving you girl”
• Paddy Casey “Saints and Sinners”
• Paddy Casey “Whatever Gets You True”
• Reamonn “Supergirl”
• Roachford “Only To Be With You”
• Rooster “Come Get Some”
• Roxy Music “Love Is The Drug”
• Shannon Noll “What About Me”
• Spice Girls “Wannabe ”
• Spice Girls “Who Do You Think You Are? ”
• Steps “Deeper Shade of Blue”
• Stereophonics “Dakota”
• Stereophonics “The Bartender And The Thief”
• The Darkness “I Believe In A Thing Called Love”
• The Hoosiers “Goodbye Mr A”
• The Screaming Jets “Better”
• The Thrills “One Horse Town”
• The Thrills “Santa Cruz (You’re Not That Far)”
• The Undertones “Teenage Kicks”
• Trio Rio “New York, Rio, Tokyo”
• Whitney Houston “I Want To Dance With Somebody”

Uptown Girl? Seriously? I could think of many different Billy Joel songs to include instead, and the only time I EVER liked that song in the first place was when Homer and the Hippies used it as their song of protest against the establishment and to “blow some minds”. To bad Homer didn’t have the discipline to be a hippie.

Thanks: Dark Zero