Previous Next Latest

“Guitar Hero: Van Halen” Confirmed, Game Due in 2009

5/7/09, 2:52 pm EST

Photo: Mazur/WireImage

Gaming blog Joystiq is reporting that Activision Blizzard has confirmed that Guitar Hero: Van Halen is currently in development, and scheduled for release at some point in the second half of this year. The band joins Metallica and Aerosmith as groups that have received pixilated treatment from GH. So far the Beatles are the only group to get their own branded Rock Band title, though that game continues to release full playable albums, like Guns n’ Roses’ Chinese Democracy.

(Check out the 50 Best Rock & Roll Video Games of All Time.)

The report says the game will include “greatest hits,” as well as tracks from guest bands Queen, Weezer, Blink-182, Queens of the Stone Age and the Offspring. Which band members will appear as avatars in the game has been cause for concern among hardcore fans online, and Activision’s Senior Vice President of Global Brand Management told Joystiq, “Oh this is definitely Van Halen, not Van Hagar,” meaning David Lee Roth will indeed appear in the game.

When Joystiq published GH: VH rumors in March, VH fans also began to wonder whether they would see original bassist Michael Anthony, who was notably excluded from Van Halen’s most recent reunion tour (Anthony’s exclusion made our list of The Top 10 Passive-Aggressive Moments in Rock, though he probably minds less now that he’s busy with supergroup Chickenfoot). Or would you be able to play the game as Sammy Hagar or even Gary Cherone?

Guitar Hero: Van Halen is one of four music-based games the developer is working on for this year, with DJ Hero, Band Hero and Guitar Hero 5 also on the release schedule for later this year. While no specific track titles were offered, it’s expected the firm will release more information on Guitar Hero: Van Halen in the coming weeks and months.

So, what do you think? Which bands would you like to see brought to life in a Guitar Hero or Rock Band title? Should all former VH members get to appear in the game? Leave us your feedback in the comments.

Related Stories:

Van Halen: The Essential Album Guide
Van Halen Reborn: Photos From Reunion Tour Opener
Van Halen to Rock On With Roth


Previous Next Latest

Comments

DS | 5/7/2009, 3:21 pm EST

They NEED to include both Sammy and Dave songs in this game!! The Gary era can be forgotten but Sammy & Dave are great as the singers for VH. If its a greatest hits then it must include some Hagar stuff.

c. | 5/7/2009, 3:28 pm EST

No Hagar. Ever.

Scott P | 5/7/2009, 3:37 pm EST

If there was a Rock Band: Radiohead, I would be in heaven.

GH Fan | 5/7/2009, 4:30 pm EST

A. They need to have Gary, Sammy, Wolfgang, and Michael to be in the game to make it more authentic.

B. One word: ERUPTION!

TheCoz | 5/7/2009, 4:32 pm EST

Bands that would actually be fun to play as on Guitar Hero:

1. Led Zeppelin
2. The Who
3. Pearl Jam (might happen? Released “Ten” on Rockband)
4. Jimi Hendrix
5. RHCP (Frusciante is underrated in my opinion)
6. U2 (Not my favorite choice but lots of hits and great riffs by The Edge)

Ralph | 5/7/2009, 4:39 pm EST

Gary didn’t have an era, he had one album which shall be erased from the bands dark history.

It should start out David Lee Roth, switch to those lame Sammy songs, and then back to David.

DiamondDaveUberAlles | 5/7/2009, 4:50 pm EST

Dave and some Dave solo tracks would be cool too

mr. wildflowers | 5/7/2009, 4:57 pm EST

How ’bout an actually talented band like R.E.M.?

TheCoz | 5/7/2009, 5:10 pm EST

@ mr.wilderflowers

I’m a fan of R.E.M. as well, but I don’t think their catalogue has enough “hits” to carry an entire game. Non-R.E.M. fans would know “Losing My Religion”. “It’s the End of the World”, “Shiny Happy People”, “The One I Love”, “Man on the Moon” and not many others.

Remember, these games are supposed to appeal to the masses, not just a few thousand people. That’s what downloadable content is for.

JasonTH | 5/7/2009, 7:37 pm EST

Michael Anthony should be in GHVH, as well as Hagar.

As far as future bands to get the GH treatment, KISS comes to mind first.

Betty | 5/7/2009, 7:58 pm EST

1. Led Zeppelin
2. Grunge 90s version (Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Nirvana)
3. Audioslave!!!!
4. Tragically Hip
5. STONE TEMPLE PILOTS
6. Radiohead
7. Add a key board and do Coldplay

jesus | 5/7/2009, 8:18 pm EST

Zeppelin
Hendrix
Clapton (Cream, Derek & the Dominos, Solo Career)
The Who
The Rolling Stones
RHCP
Grunge (Nirvana, Pearl Jam, etc.)
Allman Brothers
Grateful Dead
AC/DC
Black Sabbath
Ska (Sublime, Reel Big Fish)
How about Queen gets their own game? They seem to only be “featured”

angus fan 1!! | 5/7/2009, 8:33 pm EST

1. AC/DC
2. Led Zeppelin
4. The Who
5. The Rolling Stones
6. KISS
7. Boston

JV | 5/7/2009, 8:49 pm EST

Rock Band (or Guitar Hero): The Replacements would make my life, but I think they aren’t quite big enough for a game. Really, only a few bands are.

Anonymous | 5/7/2009, 8:53 pm EST

umm…. ok since no one has mentioned them…. PINK FLOYD!!

Gnr Country | 5/7/2009, 9:00 pm EST

David Lee Roth rules!!!! yesss finally

Mr. C | 5/7/2009, 9:37 pm EST

For being the smart, savvy dealmaker he is, Mr. Simmons should have been on this long ago. What band on the planet would come to life best in videogame form? KISS. Think about it…they’re a living-breathing rock n’ roll cartoon!

Great songs, Great shows, Best Guitar Hero ever? Should be, if it ever see’s the light.

Gene, if you see this….c’mon!!

=) | 5/7/2009, 10:00 pm EST

With a beatles rock band comeing out they have to go Led zeppelin. The beatles rock band will be the better game with the better songs but the zeppelin will have great guitar along with a tough voice to cover.

=) | 5/7/2009, 10:03 pm EST

Why would they make a coldplay rock band? When i think rock i think Beatles, who, zeppelin. If i wanna cry myself to sleep ill listen to coldplay.

Anonymous | 5/7/2009, 10:21 pm EST

I’m personally waiting for “Auto-Tune Hero: Kanye West”

Anonymous | 5/7/2009, 10:26 pm EST

On one hand, anything that gets people interested in music, is a good thing.

On the other hand, this whole Guitar Hero/Rock Band frenzy is getting out of control. They took a good thing, and are milking the concept dry.

Brock Vond | 5/7/2009, 10:43 pm EST

In no particular order, here are my choices:

U2
Green Day
Led Zeppelin
Stray Cats
Grateful Dead

The last three have the chance to be impossible …. but fun.

Diamond | 5/7/2009, 11:11 pm EST

Amen “c.”

No Hagar. Ever.

Anonymous | 5/7/2009, 11:18 pm EST

GUITAR HERO LED FUCKIN ZEPPELIN!!!

brandon | 5/7/2009, 11:35 pm EST

PEARL JAM!!!

Say What?! | 5/8/2009, 12:25 am EST

REM? What the heck! This game is called GUITAR HERO.

bryramone | 5/8/2009, 12:35 am EST

1.led zeppelin
2.the rolling stones
3.judas priest
4.AC/DC
5.black sabbath
6.eric clapton
7.radiohead

Mark H | 5/8/2009, 1:15 am EST

Guitar Hero AC/DC would be badass.

Anonymous | 5/8/2009, 1:29 am EST

smashing pumpkins.

brownie-p | 5/8/2009, 1:30 am EST

1. Santana
2. Nickelback
3. Seether
4. System of a down
5. Kings of Leon
6. Goo Goo Dolls
7. Three Days Grace
8. Motley Crue
9. Guns and Roses

Anon | 5/8/2009, 1:55 am EST

Prince
Sonic Youth
The Smiths
Blue Oyster Cult
The Jam
Clash
The Stooges

Dave | 5/8/2009, 2:15 am EST

They Should Come Out With Grunge Band as a title under rock band and feature Nirvana, Soundgarden, Alice In Chains, Pearl Jam, Stone Temple Pilots, Temple Of a Dog, Mudhoney, Melvins, TAD, The Ovious Bands and Maybe their influences. Also Feature Bands that were influenced by grunge.

Dave | 5/8/2009, 2:15 am EST

They Should Come Out With Grunge Band as a title under rock band and feature Nirvana, Soundgarden, Alice In Chains, Pearl Jam, Stone Temple Pilots, Temple Of a Dog, Mudhoney, Melvins, TAD, The Ovious Bands and Maybe their influences. Also Feature Bands that were influenced by grunge.

Cure | 5/8/2009, 2:32 am EST

The Cure Head On the Door

tommy-tommy | 5/8/2009, 4:57 am EST

yes, van hagar! remember the MUSIC, and the SONGS, not so much the singer: “5150,” “summer nights,” “best of both worlds,” “poundcake,” “amsterdam,” “black & blue,” etc. etc. … take VH any way you can, says me.

tommy-tommy | 5/8/2009, 4:57 am EST

yes, van hagar! remember the MUSIC, and the SONGS, not so much the singer: “5150,” “summer nights,” “best of both worlds,” “poundcake,” “amsterdam,” “black & blue,” etc. etc. … take VH any way you can, says me.

TC | 5/8/2009, 6:15 am EST

Coldplay? Who the hell wants coldplay. AC/DC would be intriguing but there is always the possibility that once you’ve cracked one song – you can do them all. Guns would be epic. Would love an allman/skynyrd combo. Loving the Grunge edition idea.

Danny | 5/8/2009, 8:11 am EST

3 words:
The. White. Stripes.
nuff said

Anonymous | 5/8/2009, 8:51 am EST

KISS is overated
A led Zep game would be a godsend or pink floyd
and another idea would be a guitar hero pyschedlia have like jefferson airplane and other great people

frog leg | 5/8/2009, 9:01 am EST

sabbath
rush
pantera
slayer
tool
pink floyd

all these bands would be alot of fun!!!!

Anonymous | 5/8/2009, 9:08 am EST

the white stripes? If you can’t play the white stripes on an actual guitar, you need help. You may like Jack White’s songwriting, but guitar hero?

Blame it on the Rain........ | 5/8/2009, 9:16 am EST

Milli Vanilli would be diggity dope up in dat mug!

Anonymous | 5/8/2009, 9:16 am EST

The White Stripes? Seriously, is there anyone who can’t play the White Stripes on an actual guitar…

Metal God | 5/8/2009, 9:34 am EST

DEF LEPPARD 1 handed drummin and the dual solos would rock

Mason Dixie | 5/8/2009, 9:38 am EST

Stone Temple Motherfuckin’ Pilots!!

Tom | 5/8/2009, 9:54 am EST

I’m holding out for Rock Band: Springsteen.

Bunny | 5/8/2009, 10:16 am EST

RHCP and Eric Clapton would be cool.

I think I read somewhere that Page and Plant said no way to Guitar Hero, who can blame them, kids need to go out and actually learn those riffs, not mime them through a video game.

Brien Comerford | 5/8/2009, 10:45 am EST

Jeff Beck’s too cool to be affiliated with guitar hero.

Boston and their stellar guitarist Tom Scholz would be apropos. A good band and Schlz has nice riffs and an alluringly unique sound.

@d@ms Gyrl | 5/8/2009, 10:53 am EST

Mindless Self Indulgence MSI
Suicidal Tendencies
Rage Against the Machine
Anthrax

SFO | 5/8/2009, 11:35 am EST

Mastodon for sure!

No, it’s not to early.

The Seeker | 5/8/2009, 11:37 am EST

@ Brien Comerford

The entire Boston debut album is available in Rock Band.

hellotiki | 5/8/2009, 12:19 pm EST

I’m waiting for the Cowsills, the Partridge Family, and the Monkees. Oh, and if we’re eventually going to scrape the bottom of the barrel, how about some Manilow?

confused | 5/8/2009, 12:33 pm EST

I understand that Van Halen is moving forward. With a release like this how could they just ignore the great songs they made with Hagar? 5150 is packed full of great songs alone! This would be a much richer and more comprehensive experience if they could swallow some pride.

lp | 5/8/2009, 12:39 pm EST

nobody said Creed or Nickleback????

Provo | 5/8/2009, 1:28 pm EST

It’s nothing short of wrong to leave out Sammy Hagar. Sammy had all of VH’s #1 albums, how can you gloss that over? It’s hard to argue that Dave was the better frontman, but Sammy was (and still is) the better singer of the two. It’s a shame he’s being excluded, they really could’ve done some cool things with 2 lead singers.

Sandeh | 5/8/2009, 1:34 pm EST

I’d kill for a Guitar Hero edition like they did with the 80s, but with 90s Grunge like Nirvana,Pearl Jam, STP, Rage Against the Machine, etc.

frog leg | 5/8/2009, 1:50 pm EST

i agree with SFO. mastodon would be killer. and ur dam right, its not to early!!!! they have plenty of killer tracks!!!

frog leg | 5/8/2009, 1:53 pm EST

i think it would be a good idea to have bands like creed and nickelback on guitar hero so that the kids can actually see how boring there music is. then again maby thats why those bands havent agreed to do it cuz they know thats exactly what would happen.

hellotiki | 5/8/2009, 1:55 pm EST

Django!

Atlanticcanuck | 5/8/2009, 1:56 pm EST

Just like Metallica should have let Newstead in the game, so should Halen let Hagar and Anthony in. I’ll still buy the game mind you…but it will be a slight to include Wolfgang on bass and not Anthony.

KG | 5/8/2009, 2:33 pm EST

Two outside of the box.

Coltrane
Sun Ra
Miles

Sorry that’s three.

RB girl | 5/8/2009, 3:11 pm EST

Uh, excuse me…This article states “So far the Beatles are the only group to get their own branded Rock Band title”. What about the AC/DC Live at Donington track pack for RB? Does that not count? WTF

Granted, the band isn’t pixilated into the characters in the game, however, all the songs are just them and no one else.

Travis | 5/8/2009, 3:15 pm EST

Even though Rock Band has the rights to the new stuff!
I’d love to see a GH Guns N’ Roses!!!
Just to be able to play all the songs from Appetite For Destruction ( Mr. Brownstone,Nightrain,Rocketque en)
and to see the Avatar version of Axl running around on stage doing the snake dance!!! classic

Not important | 5/8/2009, 4:06 pm EST

A Jimi Hendrix game would be perfect for their platform with GH. The Beatles make perfect sense for Rock band and I think Jimi is the best response to it.

Anonymous | 5/8/2009, 4:41 pm EST

Zeppelin or Pearl Jam

2abug | 5/8/2009, 4:50 pm EST

The Rolling Stones, The Clash, Jimi Hendrix, Iron Maiden, Guns n’ Roses, Pantera, Anthrax, The Doors, The Who, Queens Of The Stone Age, Bob Marley (lol)…

TONY P | 5/8/2009, 5:13 pm EST

They need to have both Sammy and Roth in this game. Roth had the bigger ego out of the two and was more of a rodeo clown. Sammy was a better musician. Roth could not survive on his own, Sammy had a slew of hits as a solo artist.

Eddie | 5/8/2009, 5:20 pm EST

How about guitar hero nirvana with bands that were an influence to them and bands they influenced

Eddie | 5/8/2009, 5:21 pm EST

Guitar hero kiss would also be awesome

lol | 5/8/2009, 6:45 pm EST

Zep. Definitely.

Michael-Anthony | 5/8/2009, 10:13 pm EST

I have seen both Van Halen (last year) and Van Hagar in the past.
Bottom line for this game….you HAVE to have Mikey in the game.
Give us a break Eddie and do the right thing.
Otherwise what will they do, show Wolfgang in diapers playing the bass next to Eddie?

Frisco Lou | 5/9/2009, 12:02 am EST

How about Guitar Hero Blues, featuring Albert King. You’d have to play left handed too.

Buba | 5/9/2009, 1:30 am EST

Just leave it with Ed, Al, Dave & Wolf. Thats Van Halen right now! Meet us in the future not the pasture!

santo jamman | 5/9/2009, 5:01 am EST

gov’t mule,moe.,allman brothers,grateful dead,spinal tap,zz top,frank zappa,dave mathews,blues traveler,hank sr.jr.&3. man i could do this all day! my only complaint bout gh is some of the satanic imagery.sorry,just kinda bothers me.

santo jamman | 5/9/2009, 5:04 am EST

Oh,and as bad as I hate to admit it. for something like this I think they should include the vh members to match the song you play.

Ty | 5/9/2009, 8:01 am EST

guitar hero: rick astley

Eric B. | 5/10/2009, 4:25 pm EST

gh guns n roses
slipknot
mushroomhe ad
oz zy
journey
pearl jam
creed
put some guitar in this next game

Eric B. | 5/10/2009, 4:25 pm EST

gh guns n roses
slipknot
mushroomhead
oz zy
journey
pearl jam
creed
put some guitar in this next game

cards | 5/11/2009, 12:29 am EST

kiss….creatures of the night, alive, revenge, rock and roll over, carnival of souls, the elder. throw in some stuff from ace frehleys 78 solo .

dave the rave | 5/11/2009, 12:18 pm EST

1. LED ZEPPELIN
2. GUNS N ROSES
3. RUSH
4. THE WHO
5. IRON MAIDEN

ROCK N ROLL!!!!

Disco Dave | 5/11/2009, 1:29 pm EST

“Cool bands I’d like to see with their own GH games” in no particular order…
Kiss – complete with the “store” where you can buy all the different costumes…LOL
Queen
AC/DC
Rolling Stones
Led Zeppelin
the Who
U2
REM
the Smiths
Boston

Anonymous | 5/11/2009, 3:56 pm EST

NO NO NO.
NO AC/DC period. No The Rolling Stones, The Who, The Beatles, Grateful Dead NOR Queen!!!
Please people, don’t let Rock Band ruin the music.
If you’re a real fan, you know how it feels to see people only liking the songs because they heard and played them on Guitar Hero!
:[

Quibbon | 5/11/2009, 6:40 pm EST

Here’s a list for ya:
Spock’s Beard
Ozric Tentacles
King Crimson
Plasmatics

Imp | 5/11/2009, 8:23 pm EST

Cool list…Except for the Plasmatics…they were horrible.

JBS5150 | 5/11/2009, 8:55 pm EST

I am the BIGGEST Van Halen fan
I like all they have to offer
Ive seen both “main” singers live(Sammy and Dave)
I like what each has to offer
Sammy is the better actual vocalist and lyricist
while when Dave was there it was more hard rock in the sound
they are both amazing
if you are a TRUE Van Halen purist
then you have to like both
So yes
Sammy should be in there
he has the greatest stage presence ever
and Dave should obviously be in
Even Gary would be cool to see for a song or 2
WITH MIKEY!!!!!
its not fair to exclude him
have wolfie in there
but he wasnt even born when most of these songs came out
Mike was there
so you have to show him some love

i hope they have all of Eddies AMAZING guitars

A TRUE Van Halen FAN,
JBS5150

justin | 5/11/2009, 9:13 pm EST

i want a Guns N Roses guitar hero iv played rock band but i like guitar hero better i would buy a GNR guitar hero

Imp | 5/11/2009, 10:21 pm EST

REAL VH fans know the ROTH era is the real deal.”You have to like both” is pure horseshit.

jr | 5/12/2009, 7:48 am EST

when will we have an eagles guitar hero or def leppard would be awesome.

mcr | 5/12/2009, 8:28 am EST

they should make a my chemical romance mor a green day one!

mcr | 5/12/2009, 8:29 am EST

they should make a my chemical romance mor a green day one!

Tyler | 5/12/2009, 9:17 pm EST

Guitar Hero Guns N’ Roses, Pearl Jam, AC/DC, Led Zeppilen, or Pink Floyd would be awesome.
I cant wait for GH: Van halen

wawijr | 5/13/2009, 2:50 pm EST

oh you better believe a KISS game will be out!
there is no way in HECK Gene is going to let MILLIONS of dollars get away from him

wawijr | 5/13/2009, 2:55 pm EST

and yea,
they should have sammy also in it.
they were way way more successful with Sammy than Dave. Not that Sam is better. They only had one #1 hit with Jump. but ‘Van Hagar’ had several number 1 hits and even got a Grammy with Sam.

Jim S | 5/14/2009, 6:19 pm EST

GH has gotta put out Zep as well as Rush… also add in Tesla, Creed, Scorpions, and STP. They could also add in Soundgarden, Audioslave, or some kind of Cornell!

Anonymous | 5/16/2009, 4:36 am EST

i’d love guitar hero queen :(

Riff Master | 5/16/2009, 2:03 pm EST

This game is called guitar hero “Right”then more guitar would be better.Satch, Vai, Vinnie Moore and several other instrumental guitarists would be great.

There are a lot of great guitar players out there today that are just as good if not better than the old one’s everyone seems to want.

Just my opinion

JJ | 5/16/2009, 4:14 pm EST

That messed up…You can’t have GH VH without some Hagar! Granted David Lee Roth is the man it’s not a full potential game without Sammy’s stuff involved. What about the “5150″ album? You can’t leave it out. The game should contain David, Sammy, Michael, Alex and Eddie.
Now other bands that should have a game… GnR, Skid Row, Twisted Sister and Motley Crue maybe even poison. We need some of that great 80’s METAL!

Berve | 5/17/2009, 9:23 am EST

Are you all f*ckin Kidding me?!?!?! Not one person here thinks Dream Theater should be at the top of this list… along with Maiden?!? Have we lost sight that this is GUITAR HERO?!? If you wanna put out a game called Crap Hero, then by all means, put all your Grunge stuff on there… then you can play it on expert only to find yourseld repeating the same motes for 3 minutes. Boring!!!
Let’s give the real guitar heros their due! Satriani, Vai, Pertruci! C’mon people!

CMD | 5/19/2009, 1:09 pm EST

Buckethead

sneakysneaky | 5/19/2009, 3:48 pm EST

hey man hagar is hagar but Van Halen is all about roth

DJB | 5/19/2009, 8:29 pm EST

When it comes to the next band Guitar Hero, I suggest that Activision puts in AC/DC, Avenged Sevenfold, Motley Crue, Kiss, Def Leppard, Lynard Skynyrd, Iron Maiden, UFO, The Who, and Rush.

VH Fan | 5/22/2009, 9:24 pm EST

They should have both Roth and Hagar,
oh and Mikey :)

If your a true VH fan you would want both singers on this game, of course most of us prefer Roth but sammy is pretty good too and made VH go to the next lvl. He made VH get 3 number ones and Roth never did that while he was in the band.

Anonymous | 5/24/2009, 10:35 am EST

I do agree that Hagar was really good and turned VH in a new direction but Roth did give them their only #1 hit, Jump. Which btw should be in this game, along with runnin with the devil.

DLR | 5/26/2009, 5:10 pm EST

ROTH and ONLY ROTH!!!!

Niecy | 5/29/2009, 10:02 pm EST

Of course Kiss should have one coming out soon. They are the hottest band in the world. I would also like to see one with One Hit Wonders. I think that would be great. All those songs we forgot we loved and some we keep singing in our heads while we work.

Billy | 5/29/2009, 10:50 pm EST

There will never be Led Zeppelin they wont even let one song on the game let alone a whole game

Apow | 5/31/2009, 12:54 am EST

They should make guitar hero Bon Jovi

Apow | 5/31/2009, 12:57 am EST

Or santana

Apow | 5/31/2009, 12:57 am EST

Or santana

kurt is the man | 5/31/2009, 12:58 am EST

theu should make a guitar hero grunge with nirvana, alice in chains, mudhoney, soundgarden,mother love bone, pearl jam, jerry cantrell and have all the members from nirvana, mark arm and steve turner from mudhoney, and lane staly and jerry cantrell

jonny | 5/31/2009, 8:40 pm EST

i think they should have a variety of bands like montley crue,ozzy osbourne,ac/dc,aerosmith,jimi hendrix,guns n roses,van halen,ratt,tesla,warrant,pink floyd,def lepard,zz top,rolling stones,kiss,pearl jam,audio slave,boston,journey,heart,the foo fighters,led zepplin,dire straits,the cult,i could go on and on,but the point is it really would be cool if yall did that or if they could just do seperate ones like there doing right now

Yeah. | 6/1/2009, 8:14 pm EST

They should have a Guitar Hero Classic Rock with Pink Floyd, The Who, Rolling Stones, Zeppelin, The Eagles, The Doors, Fleetwood Mac, AC/DC, Cream, Def Leppard, Aerosmith, Santana, ZZ Top, Journey, Allman Brothers, Blue Oyster Cult, Queen, Styx, CCR, Deep Purple, Steve Miller Band, The Guess Who, Yes, Kiss, Rush, Blondie, Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Police, Sex Pistols, Black Sabbath… good stuff.

evh | 6/4/2009, 11:13 pm EST

cant wait ;)

evh | 6/4/2009, 11:13 pm EST

cant wait ;)

brandon | 6/5/2009, 9:56 am EST

WE DEFINATELY NEED A GH : GUNS N ROSES IT NEEDS TO BE THE OLD GNR AND THE NEW GNR I THINK IT IS ALL UP TO AXL TO GIVE IT THE GO AHEAD

jcp | 6/5/2009, 10:09 pm EST

they should have a guitar hero with AC/DC. that and Van Halen are the best choices.

Mentalkayse | 6/6/2009, 11:35 am EST

We’ll never see a Guitar Hero: AC/DC…
For the same reason we’ll never see a Rock Band: Metallica.

thrall8000 | 6/7/2009, 7:42 am EST

they shouldn’t include hagar. again, it’d van halen not van hagar. they should include the original members as well. thats like if they made Guitar Hero: The Doors and didnt put in Jim Morrison.

C. Fields | 6/8/2009, 1:39 pm EST

They need to make a Guitar Hero Nickelback cause there awsome.

C. Fields | 6/8/2009, 1:43 pm EST

They also need to make a Guitar Hero Pantera cause if you don’t like Pantera then you don’t know music.

Sass | 6/8/2009, 4:58 pm EST

Guitar Hero: Poison…Wit a guitar duel wit CC Deville..Best Game Ever

fifo | 6/9/2009, 1:07 am EST

They should definitely do a guitar hero of POISON and DEF LEPPARD!!! Would be the best videogame ever!!

BigWade454 | 6/9/2009, 11:17 pm EST

Everyone so far that has commented, minus a few people, have this all wrong! Rock music is not about the sound or the players. It’s all about the songs, lyrics, and the feel. I mean, sound is great if you got it, but those reasons are why so many people like it. This is the reason why they should make a Guitar Hero Led Zeppelin. I say this because they’ve got it all. When it comes to them, only one or two groups can be compared to them. This is why they deserve their own Guitar Hero! :)

al | 6/10/2009, 6:03 am EST

They should make a guitar hero megadeth that would be sick

Mankind | 6/10/2009, 8:12 pm EST

the only band that should have there own game is led zeppelin because there hard rock song are great to play on guitar hero like:good times bad times,mobey dick whole lotta love,and heartbreaker. Screw bands like r.e.m or guns n roses, they suck balls, its all about zeppelin.

Geee | 6/11/2009, 9:26 pm EST

ermm a rage against the machine game would kill and a ska game would be epic aswell

Alex C | 6/13/2009, 3:44 am EST

they should definitely make a GH Guns n Roses. theyre my fav. band and they have a lot of they can put on it. it should have guest acts like the rolling stones and queen . the singing would be the hardest part though (with Axls voice). id die if they made one. they should make a guitar hero queen too. and definitely Dragonforce

Sass | 6/14/2009, 3:43 am EST

omg stfu..dragonforce licks balls

devin | 6/15/2009, 2:14 pm EST

they totally need to make guitar hero disturbed. and it should have hits from system of a down, godsmack, korn, metallica, breaking benjamin, rise against, linkin park, and avenged sevenfold.

burns | 6/15/2009, 2:18 pm EST

i think they should make gh my chemical romance or gh green day. both would be excellant games.they should also consider fall out boy, panic at the disco, and the all american rejects.

burns | 6/15/2009, 2:21 pm EST

they totally need to make guitar hero disturbed. and it should includ hits from system of a down, korn, metallica, linkin park, avenged sevenflod, breaking benjamin, godsmack, rise against, and AFI. that would be the best game ever.

Sass | 6/16/2009, 5:36 pm EST

so many people r so dumb..r u serious? gh my chemical romance or fall out boy..thats so fuckin gay..u cant just say u want a gh for ur fav band..they have like 2 hits..its gotta b a band with a lot of hits…my god

guy | 6/17/2009, 10:21 am EST

when are they going to make guitar hero the used? its time to make that!

Killer | 6/18/2009, 2:27 am EST

Oh Yeah, Guitar Hero DEF LEPPARD and the kit only comes with ONE drumstick……

way out | 6/18/2009, 2:35 am EST

how about some Prince????????

joliver | 6/18/2009, 11:49 am EST

they should do
led zepp
guns n roses
queen
dire straits

dragonmaster463 | 6/18/2009, 1:23 pm EST

ITS TIME FOR DISTURBED TO TAKE UP THE THRONE!

Kelso | 6/19/2009, 12:56 pm EST

I think they should make a guitar hero Yngwie Malmsteen’s Rising Force or Kiss those would sell a crap load of games and they both made awsome songs.

Kelso | 6/19/2009, 1:02 pm EST

Oh yeahh and GH Journey to that would be the shit!!!

ac dc fan #1 | 6/20/2009, 8:07 pm EST

they should make an ac/dc guitar hero it would be so much better then any other game i would actually by 100 of those if any can coctact guitar hero please ask them to make an ac/dc guitar hero game the rock band one sucks not the songs just guitar hero actually puts them in it that would be awsome!!!

ac dc fan #1 | 6/20/2009, 8:14 pm EST

other recommened bands for guitar hero
Journey
Def Leppard
Van Halen
and Motley Crue

Ken Griffey Jr | 6/21/2009, 1:50 pm EST

Yeah I think Kelso there is right when Im not poppin hommers I love to listen to bands like Journey,Kiss,Van Halen,And Yngwie Malmsteen is the fastest guitar player ever. But yeah I would play those when Im on the road for my away games.

g | 6/22/2009, 5:39 pm EST

VAN HALEN AND LED ZEPPELIN

Spider-Man | 6/23/2009, 3:09 am EST

GH suggestions
Blink-182
Staind
System Of A Down
Green Day
Korn

Guitar Hero Fan | 6/23/2009, 3:26 pm EST

This is just a thought, but there is one band I listen to and never hear any of there songs on any guitar hero games…and that is rammstein. Yes, I know they are a german band, but if you listen to any of there songs, most of them have a wicked guitar solo and sounds very fast paced for that kind of game.

BlackDiamond | 6/23/2009, 9:49 pm EST

Mentalkayse | 6/6/2009, 11:35 am EST

We’ll never see a Guitar Hero: AC/DC…
For the same reason we’ll never see a Rock Band: Metallica.

Walmart. 40 bucks.

BlackDiamond | 6/23/2009, 9:49 pm EST

Mentalkayse | 6/6/2009, 11:35 am EST

For the same reason we’ll never see a Rock Band: Metallica.

Walmart. 40 bucks.

tj | 6/23/2009, 11:02 pm EST

Bon Jovi! alot of hits and their music fits perfectly on the game. All the haters can frown now, but until you actually listen to the songs not released on radio don’t judge.

Christine | 6/23/2009, 11:36 pm EST

They should have both Sammy and Dave I agree! It’s a part of the band’s history!

One guitar hero I would love to see is PANTERA!!!

Chris B. | 6/23/2009, 11:41 pm EST

I used to really love Van Halen, but in the last few years Eddie has lost his mind. The only reason Sammy and Mike are not in the game is so he does not have to pay them royalties. If he were smart, he would go back on tour with both Sammy and David Lee, Mike back on bass and Wolfie could do his guitar work when he has keyboard duties. He’s lost his mind and I’ve lost interest in them because of it!!!!!!

foshiznit | 6/24/2009, 12:12 am EST

YES. This game will be off the chain homee

Alberto | 6/24/2009, 1:32 am EST

Well does any of you know METAL CHURCH that would be a perfect GH,and if they want to include or add a spanish band,please don’t think about friking heroes del silencio,suggestions:Angeles del Infierno,Baron Rojo,or a mexican band called Luzbel,try listening to any of those 2 bands even if you don’t understand s**t the music is good,but the most important i think is Metal Church.

me | 6/24/2009, 4:40 am EST

guitar hero pantera with a guitar controller thats able to do dimebags divebombs

rock and rolla | 6/24/2009, 10:00 pm EST

big VH got a hole lot of them even the shoes they got
i think they should have like
Alice crooper
Ted negent
judas prist
zztop
megadeath
Ronnie James DIO
Rob zombie
Ratt
system of a down
Lamb of GOD
Mighty mighty Bosstones even if they were on rockband
Quit riot Bang ur head
that it for me

rock and rolla | 6/24/2009, 10:01 pm EST

big VH got a hole lot of them even the shoes they got
i think they should have like
Alice crooper
Ted negent
judas prist
zztop
megadeath
Ronnie James DIO
Rob zombie
Ratt
system of a down
Lamb of GOD
Mighty mighty Bosstones even if they were on rockband
Quit riot Bang ur head
that it for me

shadow | 6/28/2009, 1:07 am EST

i think gh motley,gnr,megadeath,or kiss would be sweet

shadow | 6/28/2009, 11:00 pm EST

i think motley crue acdc megadeath black sabboth /ozzy osbourne guns n roses IRON MAIDON or rush would all be good canidates

anonymous | 6/29/2009, 4:14 pm EST

I like the idea that GH has David Lee Roth on the game, but you have to include some Hagar.Sammy does have some good songs. Anyway, we need to have GH Boston,Lynyrd Skynyrd,Journey,Poison,and maybe Led Zepellin if they change their minds.

CharlieBrown | 7/1/2009, 10:20 am EST

Guitar Hero: Iron Maiden. That is it.

the dude | 7/6/2009, 11:21 pm EST

they need to have both roth and hagar on the game. roth has a lot of hits but not enough to fill up the game and hagar has a lot of hits that people like, like Why Can’t This Be love and Right Now. Right Now has an amazing guitar solo and Why Can’t this be love has really good guitar effects. Some really good gh games could be some AC/DC. Some Pantera. Motley Crue. GNR, Kiss, Now this is going to sound a bit weird bcuz i dont think very many newer bands should have their own gh but i think……slipknot. They’re the biggest band in the world right now in my opinion, they have a lot of great hits and The game would look amazing with their masks. it would be pretty fun too to b able to have 9 of ur friends play at the same time. Just give it some thought

Tim | 7/7/2009, 10:49 am EST

Van Halen are a great band and there should be Sammy Hagar tracks in there, 5150 and For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge were big parts of my youth. I am disappointed that there will only be 25 tracks, but the additional artists look great.

Other suggestions…

GH-Queen
GH-Re d Hot Chili Peppers
GH-Grunge Hero? (Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Soundgarden etc you could make a big disc)

Themed discs rather than specific band discs would be better – for sale at least.

speedy10056 | 7/12/2009, 2:06 am EST

ok gh all yalls band are great but need to add iron maiden dio (ronnie james) nickelback ok yes new but 6 cds
and add mantera

The Random Man | 7/14/2009, 6:50 pm EST

Everyone remember it has 3 extra EVH solos so their wont be space on the disk to even have too many songs cause of his long @$$ solos… Eruption is one that if they dont have it i’ll be so freaking pissed

ryan | 7/16/2009, 1:58 am EST

does the people in the game REALLY matter? i know i dont care i just want to play the songs

asir | 7/16/2009, 4:21 pm EST

its a great idea for gh: van halen but i saw suggestions like
gh acdc
gh gnr
gh queen

i think the gh hero company needs the whole band to do the games and im sur that axl wouldnt want to do a gh game with slash and acdc got rockband

freddie mercury died so no gh queen
bonzo died so no gh led zeppelin
dimebag died so im not sure for a gh pantera cause without dimebag its nothing
and no bands from this decade we need bands from 60’s to 90’s
we need a gh iron maiden

animalcrackerz | 7/16/2009, 11:01 pm EST

we need some Metallica, silverstein, Lamb of god, escape the fate,and paramore.

Carl77 | 7/17/2009, 2:58 am EST

Definitely Mike should be added since he was one of the cornerstone piece for the whole Van Halen/Van Hagar saga. Sammy added so many hits. How can you leave out those two? Van Halen has so many hits, it would be fantastic to have 2 games: one for Dave era, one for Sammy era.

I would love to see a GH: Bon Jovi GH: Journey and a GH: Rush. They have great fun songs that span 2 generations.

Nostalgia, Baby.

kyle | 7/17/2009, 11:12 pm EST

GUITAR HERO : IRON MAIDEN

Anonymous | 7/21/2009, 2:02 pm EST

this gh looks killer ! but i dont understand why there using wolfgang instead of michael anthony

Vh 4 eva

Metallica Fan | 7/29/2009, 12:34 am EST

Band Ideas
Anthrax
Alice In Chains
Pearl Jam
Nirvana
AC/DC
Guns N Roses (Axl wouldnt do it)
Velvet Revolver
Motley Crue
Iron Maiden
NickelBack
Ozzy Osbourne
Screaming Trees
SlipKnoT
Children Of Bodem
Black Sabbath
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Motorhead
and tons more

Metallica Fan | 7/29/2009, 12:34 am EST

Band Ideas
Anthrax
Alice In Chains
Pearl Jam
Nirvana
AC/DC
Guns N Roses (Axl wouldnt do it)
Velvet Revolver
Motley Crue
Iron Maiden
NickelBack
Ozzy Osbourne
Screaming Trees
SlipKnoT
Children Of Bodem
Black Sabbath
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Motorhead
and tons more

Ryan | 7/29/2009, 4:08 pm EST

Guitar Hero: KISS is the way to go!

im thirteen and i love kiss. Paul, Gene, Ace, Peter, Eric Singer and Carr, and Bruce will all need to be in the game

James Peace | 7/31/2009, 6:44 am EST

errmm dudes
GUITAR HERO SLIPKNOT WOULD BE AWSOM

MAVOU812 | 7/31/2009, 4:13 pm EST

VH is VH no matter who’s in the lineup. Great music was made with ALL members of the band regardless of the era. Sammy, Mike & Gary should be included no matter of the past. As a fan of ALL eras, I’d be very disappointed if everybody wasn’t included

Tyrannus | 8/15/2009, 1:44 am EST

some of these band suggestions are just plain dumb. You’d need at least 25 hits to make a GH game. Possibilities would include:

AC/DC
Led Zeppelin
Queen
Pearl Jam
Red Hot Chili Peppers
The Rolling Stones
U2 (I wouldn’t buy it)

Sublime? Slipknot? Stone Temple Pilots? Audioslave? Are you serious? I like Barenaked Ladies but I’m not deluded into thinking they should be on Guitar Hero.

slinky | 9/2/2009, 9:20 pm EST

Guitar Hero: Iron Maiden

slinky | 9/2/2009, 9:20 pm EST

Guitar Hero: Iron Maiden

Post A Comment

Caution: Off-topic comments will be deleted

Name:

Comments:



Advertisement

Advertisement