Scandal, Scorpions, Maiden play GH Encore

Scandal's "The Warrior" adds to set of originals; covers for .38 Special, Scorpions, Oingo Boingo, White Lion, Krokus, Romantics, Iron Maiden also announced.

Activision has hit on a winning strategy for getting rock fans to involuntarily throw up the horns in anticipation of upcoming Guitar Hero games. In the span of two days last month, the company first revealed seven songs from its '80s-centric Guitar Hero II spin-off and then 11 from its generation-spanning sequel, Guitar Hero III. Among the list for Guitar Hero Encore: Rock the 80s were covers for the Police's "Synchronicity II," Eddie Money's "Shakin'," and Poison's "Nothin' But a Good Time."

Today, Activision has returned with a new set of tracks to be featured in its upcoming big-hair tribute, including seven covers and one original. Newly announced cover tracks include: .38 Special's "Hold On Loosely," Scorpions "No One Like You," Oingo Boingo's "Only a Lad," White Lion's "Radar Love," Krokus' "Ballroom Blitz," The Romantics' "What I Like About You," and Iron Maiden's "Wrath Child." Scandal's "The Warrior" will join Twisted Sister's "I Wanna Rock" and Flock of Seagulls' "I Ran" as the game's three original tracks.

Including the eight named today, now 21 of 30 songs on Guitar Hero Encore: Rock the 80s' set list have been revealed. The game will ship later this summer exclusively on the PlayStation 2. For more information, check out GameSpot's previous coverage.

Full list of revealed tracks:

"Hold On Loosely" (as made famous by .38 Special)
"No One Like You" (as made famous by Scorpions)
"Only a Lad" (as made famous by Oingo Boingo)
"Radar Love" (as made famous by White Lion)
"Ballroom Blitz" (as made famous by Krokus)
"The Warrior" (by Scandal)
"What I Like About You" (as made famous by The Romantics)
"Wrath Child" (as made famous by Iron Maiden)
"I Wanna Rock" (by Twisted Sister)
"I Ran" (by Flock of Seagulls)
"Round and Round" (as made famous by Ratt)
"Metal Health" (as made famous by Quiet Riot)
"Holy Diver" (as made famous by Dio)
"Heat of the Moment" (as made famous by Asia)
"18 and Life" (as made famous by Skid Row)
"Bathroom Wall" (as made famous by Faster Pussycat)
"Lonely Is the Night" (as made famous by Billy Squier)
"Nothin' But a Good Time" (as made famous by Poison)
"Play With Me" (as made famous by Extreme)
"Shaken" (as made famous by Eddie Money)
"Synchronicity II" (as made famous by The Police)

120 Comments

  • derekhickok

    Posted Jul 11, 2007 5:16 pm PT

    This should tide me over until Guitar Hero III and Rock Band come out.

  • geetarplayer174

    Posted Jul 8, 2007 5:14 pm PT

    man...i hope they make a 70's GH Encore.

  • MGSMANIAC

    Posted Jul 7, 2007 8:25 am PT

    Play With Me is gonna be a godamn challenge to get 5* on. Hell Freebird probably easier to 5* (which I did on Extreme )

  • random_guy561

    Posted Jul 6, 2007 10:13 am PT

    hey for guitar hero 3 there are videos of gameplay on YouTube, why havetthey got them??? They look awesome.

  • ShellShocker42

    Posted Jul 5, 2007 9:43 pm PT

    HOLD ON LOOSLEY!!!! This is gunna be a hardcore "expasion" to the GH universe, cant wait!

  • soulstorm1

    Posted Jul 5, 2007 8:19 pm PT

    They should take off Poison and put some DOKKEN

  • zaveline

    Posted Jul 4, 2007 6:00 am PT

    awww no tinacious d

  • weenis2005

    Posted Jul 1, 2007 1:37 pm PT

    "Holy Diver" (as made famous by Dio)

    THANK YOU GOD!

  • princessd

    Posted Jun 28, 2007 7:23 am PT

    In case you all forgot, GH3 is also coming out for the PS2. So be prepared to keep the dust off of it till this fall.

  • kingkong_roar

    Posted Jun 26, 2007 7:25 am PT

    Yeah totally encore... can't wait...

  • FSUJD524

    Posted Jun 21, 2007 6:43 am PT

    Thats a good point DaClint, I didn't even think of the possibility that the reason those AC/DC and Zepplin songs weren't on there was because of rights battles. You're right, I checked iTunes and they only have tribute bands on there. So it looks like they won't be coming to GH anytime soon. But dude, there are alot of games coming out for PS2 pretty soon here man. I don't know if you ever got into Kingdom Hearts but they have KH: Final Remix coming out on PS2 and I'm keeping mine atleast until then. They have a few other gems coming out for PS2 pretty soon but not too many. I'll probably trade in my PS2 in the next year or so towards a PS3 (told myself I'd never get one cause they're too damn expensive for no reason). I'm giving in because my P.O.S. Xbox 360 keeps breaking (2nd time i've sent mine back!!!!!)

  • DaClint91

    Posted Jun 20, 2007 9:24 am PT

    This will probably be the last game I buy for my dead PS2. This should bring it back to life for a couple of weeks, but this comes out the same time as NCAA 08 and NASCAR 08 so it's gonna be tough for GH:80s

    By the way, they better have (and I have a "strong feeling" they will have)

    "Turn up the Radio" (as made famous by Autograph)

    And for the last time people, AC/DC, Led Zeppelin, and Metallica are NOT in the game NOT because the developers are too cheap or have personal hate against them, its BECAUSE the bands will not sell the licenses to any of their songs over. This is why AC/DC and Led Zeppelin songs are not found on iTunes (mainly because both are in the Top 5 best selling artists of all time). Metallica recently allowed their songs on iTunes. So MAYBE, these bands will sell the rights to use some of their songs in the future.

  • DaClint91

    Posted Jun 20, 2007 9:19 am PT

    This will probably be the last game I buy for my dead PS2. This should bring it back to life for a couple of weeks, but this comes out the same time as NCAA 08 and NASCAR 08 so it's gonna be tough for GH:80s

    By the way, they better have (and I have a "strong feeling" they will have)

    "Turn up the Radio" (as made famous by Autograph)

  • FSUJD524

    Posted Jun 19, 2007 6:17 pm PT

    Guys, come on! All you commenters need to read whats on the page. of course this isn't all the songs because it says above "Full List of REVEALED SONGS". They are just putting a list up there of songs they've told us so far. They haven't announced all the songs yet. Dont lose hope on Metallica, ACDC, and Zepplin(even though Zepplins most popular songs with the exception of one or two songs were in the 70's, NOT THE 80's). I think they are so many songs that are so many peoples favorites and there will always be people who are pissed their favorite song isn't on GH. But bands like ACDC, Metallica, and Zepplin are bands they will eventually get to if not on this game. So be patient because the are spitting these games out like rabbits.

  • snozberry

    Posted Jun 19, 2007 2:38 pm PT

    Its release is only 4 weeks away. Why haven't they told us the full song list yet? They jerk us around and it sucks.

  • prowlerintheyar

    Posted Jun 18, 2007 6:45 pm PT

    Golden earing is a 70's band, the only way to keep with 80's theme, is to use White Lions version. which doesn't sound AS good as the original but does have more technical guitar work

  • cypher787

    Posted Jun 18, 2007 9:41 am PT

    yeah but i would figure they would put a modern rock song into gh3 not gh 80s just cuz its supposed to be all 80s and i think if they put metallica into a gh game it would be gh3 since its gonna come out for xbox 360 and stuff

  • ele975

    Posted Jun 17, 2007 1:59 pm PT

    I also miss Metallica.
    I hope they add more modern metal songs too, like for example All That Remains and Shadows Fall in GH II.

  • darthvulger

    Posted Jun 17, 2007 4:42 am PT

    why dont they add more songs...like some led zepplin and AC/DC qand some metallica

  • nick21989

    Posted Jun 15, 2007 9:45 pm PT

    Can't wait for this game!

  • _Sora_777

    Posted Jun 15, 2007 6:01 pm PT

    If your going to do a cover of a song, why make it a cover of a cover? Ballroom Blitz was originally done by Sweet and Radar Love was by Golden Earring, why not give them them some credit? Sure the covers by White Lion and Krokus had more guitar emphasis, but they're still doing a new cover for those songs any way so what's the point of giving the old covers credit?

  • packernation31

    Posted Jun 15, 2007 1:16 pm PT

    i wont be getting this, not many appeal to me

  • cypher787

    Posted Jun 15, 2007 8:57 am PT

    i would love to see epic from faith no more on this one but im not sure if its from the 80s or 90s and if its a 90s track than y not throw it in gh3>?

  • remy_marceaux

    Posted Jun 14, 2007 10:18 pm PT

    This game may very well change my life. Hahahaha....

    I'm liking the set list thus far. Tis hair/glam metal centric.... which is what I was hoping for.

  • Nachoking2k2

    Posted Jun 14, 2007 11:49 am PT

    Oh yeah, not to mention this game costs $50. There's football games coming out that deserve more money then this right now.

  • Nachoking2k2

    Posted Jun 14, 2007 11:43 am PT

    This list is nearly horrible. Nothing what I expected when they released this. I was expecting mostly nothing but hair metal or metal. No Priest even? There's about 4 songs there that involve good guitar. The rest are pointless. I am the warrior is blatantly horrible. Granite, there's 9 songs left, but those better be things they are pulling out of their pockets. And if they didn't add the 3 that the previous person added, it's not looking good. However, I just did notice seventeen. Go Winger.

  • Lonnie2Hottie

    Posted Jun 14, 2007 9:21 am PT

    great song list so far.

  • Theeguitarhero

    Posted Jun 13, 2007 5:16 pm PT

    Why did they not include Caught in a Mosh, Turning Japanese and Seventeen on the list?

  • gametester1424

    Posted Jun 13, 2007 3:10 pm PT

    Finally some Maiden! I wonder if there will be any major surprises such as 80's Metalica or more Dio. Also, are they charging full price for this? 30 songs feels a little weak after GHII.

  • Evil_Incarnate-

    Posted Jun 13, 2007 12:43 pm PT

    its not coming out for PS3
    haha.

  • Lord_DoDo56

    Posted Jun 13, 2007 11:09 am PT

    Thank God that the devs are making a PS3 version. I don't think I can go one minute more without my GH! My PS2 has that Disc Read Error thing that can't be fixed so I've been locked up playing Oblivion...

  • chrth

    Posted Jun 13, 2007 10:48 am PT

    It's not just the lyrics/music, it's the way the music is played. They didn't say "You Really Got Me" by the Kinks for GH2, they said by Van Halen because that was the style it was emulating. Frankly, while I love Golden Earring's version of Radar Love, it wouldn't be a good fit for GH.

  • cypher787

    Posted Jun 13, 2007 9:59 am PT

    omg its so funny i always said after gh2 they should put a scorpions song on there but i always said they should put no one like you because i think it has better guitar solos in it that made my day cant wait to get this game

  • LanceJr

    Posted Jun 13, 2007 9:14 am PT

    Am I the only one thinking is will eventually be released on the 360 as DLC? I mean I'll pick it up for the Ps2, but just like to know when I'll end up paying for it twice

  • SolidTy

    Posted Jun 13, 2007 1:08 am PT

    YOu wish you had a PS2? What the...so you just BARELY found out Guitar Hero is a GREAT game on 360? Wow, that would blow. Thank god I don't buy $400 and wait for OLD LAST GEN games to come out to make me happy.

  • ronnieb718

    Posted Jun 12, 2007 11:10 pm PT

    i wish i had a ps2!!! (or that this was comin out for xbox 360)

  • Full-Throttle

    Posted Jun 12, 2007 10:49 pm PT

    So far not a bad list. Can't wait to see the next 9 though. Even though the rest of songs could suck insanely and I will still buy this game.

  • weltall1028

    Posted Jun 12, 2007 10:29 pm PT

    Awesome! Old school Maiden!

  • IronToxin

    Posted Jun 12, 2007 9:59 pm PT

    Wow, Im gonna have to agree that they should have picked a better song than Wrathchild for Maiden, and they should add Some Judas Priest, Glad they finally added Dio to a GH game. Im glad to see all these Iron Maiden fans on gamespot.

  • ryanthegreat232

    Posted Jun 12, 2007 9:41 pm PT

    Give me more police!

  • GreenGoblin2099

    Posted Jun 12, 2007 9:18 pm PT

    Maiden Rules !!! Having said that I'm glad they picked up Wrathchild for this game because I don't think I'll get it... and having a cooler Maiden song would force me to do so.

  • domppa

    Posted Jun 12, 2007 8:29 pm PT

    I want to see Dragonforce, Dream theater and Children of Bodom.. That would get my attention.

  • Dr_Swordopolis

    Posted Jun 12, 2007 8:12 pm PT

    WTF??? Radar Love is by Golden Earring, not White Lion!!!

  • puablo

    Posted Jun 12, 2007 8:10 pm PT

    Now they just need "Don't Stop Believin'" by Journey...

    I thought I was going out of my mind that they didn't credit Sweet for Ballroom Blitz or Golden Earring for Radar Love... oh the things they do to call it "80s".

  • Pete5506

    Posted Jun 12, 2007 7:54 pm PT

    cool, but I am still not a fan of GH

  • UnknownPerson55

    Posted Jun 12, 2007 7:45 pm PT

    Ah, the childhood memories these songs bring back...
    **"No daddy; you're drunk! No daddy, noooooo!!!"**

  • Dante_Fox

    Posted Jun 12, 2007 7:44 pm PT

    Up the Irons! |m| The more Maiden the better. Wrathchild is a good song, and a favorite amoung the band since they play the song on nearly every tour, but there are tons better Maiden songs out there. I think they chose this because it's somewhat "lighthearted" of the Maiden songs of the time. I mean, it wouldn't feel smooth in the game to play "I Ran" and then up next comes "Hallowed Be Thy Name", though it would be pretty metal if they did that, but it wouldn't feel right compared to the other songs. That's my two cents on Wrathchild being in the game.

  • JoseVenda

    Posted Jun 12, 2007 7:37 pm PT

    This game can only be saved with the inclusion of Europe's Final Countdown... and maybe some Bryan Adam's Summer of 69?
    Eagles' Hotel California isn't from the 80's? And why not pick Scorpions' In Trance instead of that one...
    ACDC's Hells Bells would be perfect but i don't know if it's from the 80's...

  • soulsdeparting

    Posted Jun 12, 2007 6:26 pm PT

    this isnt the entire list, is it?

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