Like Bigfoot, fairies, and (sob) unicorns, the perfect Guitar Hero soundtrack simply doesn't exist. There'll always be stuff we love and stuff we hate on the damn things, and so it is with Guitar Hero: On Tour. Activision just revealed fifteen of the tracks that will appear in On Tour (there'll be 25, eventually), and it's the usual mixed bag. "Breed" by Nirvana? Great choice! "Helicopter" by Bloc Party? We like! "Rock and Roll All Nite" by Kiss? Fair enough. "All Star" by Smash Mouth? Umm ... "This Love" by Maroon 5? What?
Head past the break to see the full list (complete with handy YouTube links) and feel varying degrees of satisfaction/rage.
"Do What You Want" by OK Go
"All The Small Things" by Blink 182
"Spiderwebs" by No Doubt
"Are You Gonna Be My Girl" by Jet
"We're Not Gonna Take It" by Twisted Sister
"All Star" by Smash Mouth
"Breed" by Nirvana
"Jessie's Girl" by Rick Springfield
"Hit Me With Your Best Shot" by Pat Benatar
"This Love" by Maroon 5
"Heaven" by Los Lonely Boys
"Helicopter" by Bloc Party
"China Grove" by The Doobie Brothers
"Rock and Roll All Nite" by KISS (cover by Line 6)
"What I Want" by Daughtry
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
4-30-2008 @ 3:36PM
Miranda said...
Weak. That's ... not very many songs. Is that all?
Not that I was going to buy it anyway; it looks like a pretty awkward way to play Guitar Hero. But still. Weak sauce, dudes.
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4-30-2008 @ 3:41PM
monkeymonkeymonkey said...
WTF? Does that Maroon 5 song even have a guitar in it...lol. (weak)
Milkin the Guitar Hero cow dry...
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4-30-2008 @ 3:52PM
Mario Panighetti said...
I'm still holding out for Dueling Banjos.
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4-30-2008 @ 4:03PM
THE WICKER MAN (BWF) (GT: Dalek Prime) said...
what a bunch of crap. wow, guess i wont play this.
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4-30-2008 @ 4:03PM
Puddles said...
Not too impressive. The Nirvana and Pat Benetar songs are great, the rest are not.
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4-30-2008 @ 4:06PM
kastonie said...
when is trumpet or saxophone hero coming out? or they could kick my ass and come out with keyboard hero...i can see it now..it will have 88 buttons on it mimiking an actual keyboard....
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4-30-2008 @ 4:21PM
Elsnerma said...
I demand the title be changed to "...from great to Daughtry"
Say what you will about Maroon 5, at least they aren't American Idol rejects.
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5-02-2008 @ 5:32AM
Matdredalia said...
Amen.
I might have picked a different song by Maroon 5, but frankly, I'll take "This Love" over Daugherty, or ya' know, freakin' Fall Out Boy on Rockband Uggh. Seriously.
4-30-2008 @ 4:37PM
tom.b said...
What!? No DragonForce?
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4-30-2008 @ 4:51PM
Tyrran said...
I think it's a pretty decent set list so far. It's 15 really solid songs, 10 more promised, and that's not even counting the fact that there are sure to be hidden tracks. I think people need to remember this is a *portable* release. No matter what we want, it physically cannot stack up to a full on console release. Hell, I'm excited!
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5-07-2008 @ 10:08PM
FalseGod said...
If you think these are solid, you need to have your ears replaced.
4-30-2008 @ 5:02PM
shadowchaoscontrol said...
c'mon children of bodom, if they include keyboard parts, that will be the dragonforce of this game
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4-30-2008 @ 5:04PM
Nmaster said...
Hey now! I LIKE Smash Mouth... >:[
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4-30-2008 @ 6:37PM
matsam said...
The list is incomplete but I can see where this is going, besides, it's not like you can shred à la DragonForce with that kind of "guitar".
This is still Guitar Hero, but easier, simpler (4 fret buttons), and even more newb-friendly (and I thought GH3 was!).
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4-30-2008 @ 8:37PM
The Theory said...
Wow, I don't know if it is possible for a track listing to suck more.
At least I had zero interest in this title to begin with.
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4-30-2008 @ 8:59PM
iruka said...
I recognize 3 songs that are also on Guitar Hero 3. And two of those I actually like to play. But I really can't imagine playing along with "This Love" O_o
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4-30-2008 @ 10:19PM
DBuck_Eye said...
If you're looking for a unicorn fix, you can always just go watch Charlie the Unicorn 2. It's HILARious.
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5-01-2008 @ 4:16AM
Dark Archon said...
Wow... Half of it is stolen from GH3, the other half is a Rock Band clone... Great...
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5-01-2008 @ 9:20AM
Kia said...
The list of songs isn't that fabulous, but it sure does seem especially short. $50 for 15 songs and a little plastic guitar doo-hickey isn't the best deal.
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5-24-2008 @ 3:35PM
Brent said...
Agreed. At the risk of being shot, I'm not interested in this game at all, and I'm a guitarist and a fan of guitar hero. There's nothing about it that is reminiscent of playing an actual guitar. Your hands are together, in front of you, probably only a foot from your face. It looks more like stylized accordion playing than guitar playing to me. Four buttons removes any remote resemblance to actual fret movement and will make even Expert a glorified Medium for anyone familiar with the console versions. It's a shame, because Jam Sessions was a failure, imo, so I was ecstatic when they first announced On Tour back in September. I haven't played the game so I can't speak from experience, but everything I've seen, including the partial track list in this article, has failed to impress me.