Guitar Hero III soundtrack to unlock bonus tracks, Sonic Youth added

by Justin McElroy { Sep 21st 2007 at 8:35AM }

You'll have plenty to occupy yourself with when Guitar Hero III drops at the end of next month. But if you still haven't gotten enough, Billboard is reporting that a soundtrack album for the game will be released on Oct. 30 (two days after the game). But this is no mere soundtrack. It has been imbued with the power to unlock three additional songs for the game via Xbox Live with an included code. They include "Carcinogen Crush" by AFI, Flyleaf's "Tina" and a remix of Marilyn Manson's "Putting Holes in Happiness" by Nick Zinner of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs fame.

Also included in the announcement is the nugget that Sonic Youth's "Kool Thing" will be included in the game, which is one we haven't heard before. (There's a full list after the break.) As far as we know, there will be no similar code for PS3, but Billboard makes no mention of it, so it seems unlikely.

[Thanks, Jack]

"Minus Celsius," by Backyard Babies
"Hier Kommt Alex," by Die Toten Hosen
"In the Belly of a Shark," by Gallows
"I'm in the Band," by The Hellacopters
"Avalancha," by Heroes Del Silencio
"Take This Life," by In Flames
"Ruby," by Kaiser Chiefs
"Closer," by Lacuna Coil
"Generation Rock," by Revolverheld
"Mauvais Garcon," by NAAST
"Radio Song," by Superbus

"Bulls on Parade" -- Rage Against the Machine
"3's and 7's" – Queens of the Stone Age
"Barracuda" – Heart
"Black Magic Woman" – Santana
"Cherub Rock" – Smashing Pumpkins
"Cities on Flame with Rock and Roll" – Blue Öyster Cult
"Cult of Personality" – Living Colour
"Even Flow" – Pearl Jam
"Go That Far" – Bret Michaels Band
"Knights of Cydonia" – Muse
"La Grange" – ZZ Top
"Lay Down" – Priestess
"The Metal" – Tenacious D
"Miss Murder" – AFI
"Mississippi Queen" – Mountain
"My Name Is Jonas" – Weezer
"The Number of the Beast" – Iron Maiden
"One" – Metallica
"Paint It, Black" – The Rolling Stones
"Paranoid" – Black Sabbath
"Raining Blood" – Slayer
"Reptilia" – The Strokes
"Rock and Roll All Nite" – Kiss
"Rock You Like a Hurricane" – Scorpions
"Sabotage" – Beastie Boys
"School's Out" – Alice Cooper
"She Bangs the Drums" – The Stone Roses
"She Builds Quick Machines" – Velvet Revolver
"Slow Ride" – Foghat
"Suck My Kiss" – Red Hot Chili Peppers
"Talk Dirty to Me" - Poison
"Through the Fire and Flames" – DragonForce
"Welcome to the Jungle" – Guns N' Roses
"When You Were Young" – The Killers

Tags: activision, guitarheroiii

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

baby sea tuna @ Sep 21st 2007 8:43AM

Huh...for some reason, I already knew that. Too bad it's not Goo or 100% though...

TheWarden @ Sep 21st 2007 8:58AM

So, are they downloadable content or on the disc?

Phranctoast @ Sep 21st 2007 9:01AM

or are the on the disc and can only be aquired by downloading an update that cost a couple of dollars?

jsn @ Sep 21st 2007 9:06AM

downloadable. You purchase the soundtrack and you get a code that you can use to download them on XBL.

That Fuzzy Bastard @ Sep 21st 2007 10:04AM

I want an all Sonic Youth edition of Guitar Hero. Songs will include "Satan Is Boring" and "Teen Age Riot". The guitar has drumsticks shoved through its body and the buttons are scattered all over it. Levels are Easy, Medium, Hard, and Influential.

DocR @ Sep 21st 2007 9:12AM

Kim: Hey Kool Thing, are you going to free us from male, white, corporate oppression?

Chuck D: Yeah!

baby sea tuna @ Sep 21st 2007 9:27AM

Tell em bout it!

T3H WICKERMAN @ Sep 21st 2007 9:19AM

hey sonic youth cool! too bad most of the songs announced are rubbish. I really only see about 5 or so good ones. Most are modern teenage drivel.

megaStryke @ Sep 21st 2007 10:08AM

Queens of the Stone Age, Santana, Blue Öyster Cult, Living Colour, Pearl Jam (I just hit the five-song mark!), ZZ Top, Iron Maiden, KISS, Scorpions, Velvet Revolver, Guns N' Roses, etc., etc.

Those don't look like teenage drivel to me!

T3H WICKERMAN @ Sep 21st 2007 4:13PM

Those would be the good ones Megastryker.Excluding revoler. But thats my imo Rock band has songs i prefer to this crappy gh3. Im going with harmonix on this one. They havent let me down yet.

Sweet Johnny Cage @ Sep 21st 2007 6:48PM

You said that Harmonix hasn't let you down yet? How could they have since they did both GH1 and 2? Kind of a redundant comment. We still don't know how good or bad this game is going to be. Rock Band is on a different level, yes, but still.

JodyAnthony (VGDF) @ Sep 21st 2007 9:22AM

I should release my own game staring my band. we can call it Guitar Sidekick

(ahem http://wwww.wemakethunder.com)

T3H WICKERMAN @ Sep 21st 2007 9:36AM

shameless plug.

baby sea tuna @ Sep 21st 2007 11:47AM

http://www.costumedogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/11/11-13-2006.jpg

Shameless pug.

Norm @ Sep 21st 2007 9:37AM

FACK YEAH! I love sonic youth.

icehockeyhair @ Sep 21st 2007 9:47AM

this is great news, i'm a massive sonic youth fan. now we just need some dinosaur jr (preferably freak scene) and pixies (i dream of vamos)

also, wtf has happened to the new GHII dlc?

OMGOMG @ Sep 21st 2007 10:02AM

*Insert generic argument about how GHIII playlist sucks, sellout, etc. here*

copa @ Sep 21st 2007 10:15AM

Are these songs all original masters?

copa @ Sep 21st 2007 10:16AM

Never mind. The Wikipedia list spells it out.

AstroZombie @ Sep 21st 2007 11:58AM

What, nobody's gonna point out how lame it is that Microsoft/Red Octane/Activision are once again asking you to pay an unreasonably high price for minimal content?

xGeneral DEATHx @ Sep 21st 2007 12:46PM

Why is that chick wearing 1/2 of Xena's outfit?

Rubang B (NDF - Heart) @ Sep 21st 2007 6:04PM

Please refrain from referring to Kim Gordon as "that chick." Anybody in Sonic Youth could eat you with a guitar instead of a mouth.

xGeneral DEATHx @ Sep 21st 2007 9:50PM

Sorry dude...wasn't trying to mock anyone's imaginary girlfriend. And sorry I called you "dude", which is pretty close to calling you "that dude". I would hate to get any part of her other than her mouth on me.

Zsavior @ Sep 21st 2007 1:52PM

LOL Man Seeing your friend play dragon force is going to be painful, but hearing dragon force is just AWESOME!

Raikage (NDF - PK THUNDER RING) @ Sep 21st 2007 2:19PM

Not gonna lie, this is an amazing list, If of course your open to many types of music. (That narrows it down to 3 or 4 people)

Raikage (NDF - PK THUNDER RING) @ Sep 21st 2007 2:24PM

What! No "Yes We Can" by Made In Mexico? Just kidding, that song took the title of Worst Song Ever from My Humps/Drop It Like It's Hot....

monsterzro @ Sep 21st 2007 2:38PM

no no Devo?

Shockgamer @ Sep 21st 2007 5:49PM

I'll...

A) Wait for the code to become available through message boards.
B) Wait for the songs to be downloadable to everybody.
C) Not get the songs at all because there's no way in hell I'm paying $20+ for a soundtrack I don't want just for three songs.

What a dick move by Activision.