Billboard: Aerosmith main attraction for Guitar Hero IV

by Alexander Sliwinski { Sep 5th 2007 at 10:55AM }

Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry tells Billboard they are working "hand in hand" with the developers of Guitar Hero IV. Guess that seals that deal: Aerosmith songs confirmed for GHIV. Speaking with Billboard, Perry apparently says that the next GH game will be dedicated to the group's music.

Don't expect an official Guitar Hero IV announcement from Activision or Red Octane for a while. We're pretty sure Perry spoke out of turn -- but that's rock n' roll. We know that the plan is to have a Guitar Hero every year, but we don't think they're going to announce GHIV before GHIII is out the the door. Before the band geeks start freaking out, the game is sure to have more than just Aerosmith. We just expect this dedication means plenty of master tracks from Aerosmith -- they better be master tracks!

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Vegnagun @ Sep 5th 2007 10:59AM

Please have "Walk This Way".

Word of the street. @ Sep 5th 2007 11:06AM

And the version with RUN D.M.C

Vegnagun @ Sep 5th 2007 11:43AM

bam!

jsn @ Sep 5th 2007 11:05AM

I hope by "dedicated to the band" they mean they'll have a few songs by them and not MOST songs. Aerosmith has been kind of lame for about 20 years now..

whodey @ Sep 5th 2007 11:08AM

As long as they have Sweet Emotion then we are talking

konajinx @ Sep 5th 2007 11:11AM

After the craptastic GHII debacle, I'm not sure I'm even interested in this series anymore. But we shall see what we shall see.

bounchfx @ Sep 5th 2007 12:49PM

you mean the sequel to the first GH? The one that was better and had more songs?

Word of the street. @ Sep 5th 2007 11:12AM

Guitar hero IV?,I mean isn't that premature,they don't know how GH3 will turn out especially after Rock band.

Yet I love Aerosmith so "Let the music do the talkin"

WiNG @ Sep 5th 2007 11:15AM

PLZ PLZ PLZ include Revolution X bonus game on the Wii version!

Word of the street. @ Sep 5th 2007 11:22AM

Revolution X?!,Hell No!!!

Sean @ Sep 5th 2007 11:16AM

I COULD STAY AWAKE JUST TO HEEAAAR YOU BREEEATHINNNNN'.

megaStryke @ Sep 5th 2007 1:14PM

I will forevermore associate that song with Blades of Glory.

Sean @ Sep 5th 2007 11:17AM

ftw!

Also, the character models from Haze look like the enemies in Rev X.

Sean @ Sep 5th 2007 11:18AM

Damn this infernal machine! That was @ WiNG.

jsn @ Sep 5th 2007 11:20AM

damn, I'm not even a big Dead fan, but that's pretty cool... Rock Band is in it to win it..

The PC @ Sep 5th 2007 11:21AM

I'm calling either an encore expansion or downloadable content.

baby sea tuna @ Sep 5th 2007 11:39AM

I'm starting to think that they're planning on eschewing the DLC model for the "Madden yearly update" model. It's a shame and will earn them a fair amount of ire in the long run. Just look how many people were disappointed by the full price '80s Encore Edition...

PS. Aerosmith are a bunch of frighfully ugly motherfuckers.

The PC @ Sep 5th 2007 12:49PM

That is true. I just can't imagine doing a whole game focused soley on one band. Surely they'll have other songs from other bands, but then whats the point of the Aerosmith name brand?

Pixelantes Anonymous @ Sep 5th 2007 11:24AM

So does this mean that GHIV comes bundled with scarves and a cucumber?

Sir_Drace @ Sep 5th 2007 1:08PM

Haha nice one

Shagittarius @ Sep 5th 2007 11:25AM

I'd be down with an all Aerosmith expansion like the 80s expansion. If they mo-cap steven that would be awesome that guys got some great moves.

Maybe we can get like a few of his famous groupies in the audience as well!

Sean @ Sep 5th 2007 11:30AM

Mo-capping Steven Tyler's mouth would takes years alone!

Shagittarius @ Sep 5th 2007 11:39AM

Nice!

tbville @ Sep 5th 2007 11:36AM

will GHIV come with a new guitar and a walker?

Rob @ Sep 5th 2007 12:19PM

God damn, do we really need these crusty old bastards shitting up an entire Guitar Hero game? Part of what makes the GH games so great is that they have music from all different types of rock, not just one artist or style.

Does anyone even care about Aerosmith anyway? They had some popular songs, that doesn't make them rock legends, or musical icons, or any of the other crap they try to market themselves as. They're just a pop group that appeals to 'rocker' wannabes who are too dumb for Led Zeppelin. Give me a Led Zep Guitar Hero, that'd be something worth playing.

Timja @ Sep 5th 2007 1:17PM

If there was a Led Zeppelin Guitar Hero, I'd camp out for that, and I also think that Guitar Hero will still sell a huge amount of games just because of the current popularity of the series, which took a year or two to build. Rock Band, after that same year or so, will probably become just as, if not more, popular.

Pizzaboy @ Sep 7th 2007 9:21AM

amen brother, led zeppelin hero would definately be on top of my wish list.

eurotransient @ Sep 5th 2007 11:40AM

What, they couldn't get Aerosmith into Guitar Hero 3? They haven't even announced all of the songs for the next version, much less v4.

This is getting ridiculous...

OrganicShadow @ Sep 5th 2007 3:08PM

One of the most annoying bands on the planet. Looks like GH3 is what i'll be playing for the next few years.

Before my comment gets buried, please don't mistake my taste for denying them musical merit. They have it, yeah, but it doesn't change the fact that the singer is ultra-annoying, as is the whole "we are the ultimate band" vibe they constantly give off- which I find to be unwarranted.

Never liked their tunes, never bought any, can't stand hearing it, and it gets stuck in my head just as much as any other crap alternative radio crap these days that you can't get out "unless you blow it out, wit a bullet" as the great Carl would say.

megaStryke @ Sep 5th 2007 11:50AM

As the announcements keep trickling in, I can't help but draw parallels between Guitar Hero/Rock Band and Dance Dance Revolution/Pump It Up. Like PIU, I am sure that those who devote themselves to Rock Band will claim it to be the better game, but like DDR, I see the Guitar Hero series as always being the more popular one.

In regards to the "Guitar Hero every year" comment, we already had one in 2005, one in 2006, and one this summer, and we will be getting another one this fall. The franchise is already in the yearly installment groove, so it shouldn't be a shock.