OK Go, Jet, Daughtry in Guitar Hero: On Tour

by Justin McElroy { Apr 30th 2008 at 1:30PM }

If you've ever been enjoying the music of No Doubt or Twisted Sister and thought "Yes, this is good, but it's just not compressed enough for my tastes," you'll be happy to hear that they and 13 other bands were recently announced for the upcoming DS release Guitar Hero: On Tour.

Perhaps considering the popularity of the system outside of the hardcore, the song selections do seem a bit more ... mainstream than we've become accustomed to. But overall, they don't seem like bad picks. Check out the full list after the break and let us know what you think.

Do What You Want - OK Go
All The Small Things - Blink 182
Spiderwebs - No Doubt
Are You Gona Be My Girl - Jet
We're Not Gonna Take It - Twisted Sister
All Star - Smash Mouth
Breed - Nirvana
Jessie's Girl - Rick Springfield
Hit Me With Your Best Shot - Pat Benatar
This Love - Maroon 5
Heaven - Los Lonely Boys
Helicopter - Bloc Party
China Grove - The Doobie Brothers
Rock and Roll All Nite - KISS (cover by Line 6)
What I Want - Daughtry

Tags: activision, guitar-hero, guitar-hero-on-tour

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

dorkimusprime @ Apr 30th 2008 1:40PM

wow 15 songs, theyll all sound like ass due to the unbeliveable compression, and it comes with a really 'unique' add-on for 40 bucks?!?! where do I sign up!

*sarcasm*

Reuben @ Apr 30th 2008 1:40PM

Ohhh...ohh yeah I'm skipping this one.

OK GO my ass.

RitchCORRUPTION @ Apr 30th 2008 1:40PM

I'll be betting that something a bit more fiddly and less mainstream will likely be added to the line up eventually. Every guitar hero has to have at least one overly challenging song.

shadowchaoscontrol @ Apr 30th 2008 3:26PM

we need lake bodom by children of bodom, that would be a challenge

Raikage (LDF CRAB BATTLE!!!) @ Apr 30th 2008 1:43PM

I HATE Helicopter...

And they could have at least tried to pick a better Blink-182 song.

Also, 3 songs that were on GH3... Come on...

baby sea tuna @ Apr 30th 2008 1:46PM

I thought this crappy-looking game was out already. Huh...

*Goes back to playing Phantom Hourglass.*

StarFoxA @ Apr 30th 2008 1:47PM

Awww, if they were going have an OK Go song they need Here it Goes Again, just because of the awesome music video.

Jordan @ Apr 30th 2008 5:29PM

Wrong. Do What You Want is a WAY better song. Here It Goes Again is one of their most overrated songs. Listen to Invincible or Don't Ask Me, they're way better.

Dr. John A. Vengeance @ Apr 30th 2008 7:38PM

Jordan, I like your style.

voodoo_craig @ Apr 30th 2008 1:48PM

Where's my solos at?

D_Average @ Apr 30th 2008 1:53PM

Yay! Daughtry....a watered down version of Creed...which is a watered down version of a mediocre rock band.

xFenixKnightx @ Apr 30th 2008 2:00PM

My wife bought the album, I thought it was decent actually.

Raikage (LDF CRAB BATTLE!!!) @ Apr 30th 2008 2:06PM

He kind of sounds like Shinedown... I was listening to the radio a few days ago, and started to complain about all the rock bands sounding the same threedaysgrace/hinder/chevelle/nickelback/freakin' everything else.

Then a song comes on and I was like hey this is different. Then when the singing kicks in I realize it's Weezer and their new single.

They also made fun of Timbaland so that's +44 in my book (pun intended)

D_Average @ Apr 30th 2008 2:14PM

Yeup, Weezer still shines amongst the garbage on FM these days.

Raikage (LDF CRAB BATTLE!!!) @ Apr 30th 2008 2:31PM

It's just too bad the masses embrace the "meh" (still better all the other music) stuff and not the truly amazing stuff.

Except the Blue Album. But you could say it was the music videos...

Curtis the Claw:XBL - supapaypamawio @ Apr 30th 2008 2:06PM

Smash Mouth??? Seriously? Hopefully the next version has some Avril Lavigne and Hilary Duff.

Raikage (LDF CRAB BATTLE!!!) @ Apr 30th 2008 2:07PM

See: Elite Beat Agents

Curtis the Claw:XBL - supapaypamawio @ Apr 30th 2008 2:26PM

Saw: Elite Beat Agents

That was a good game, despite some of the more crappy music in it.

Raikage (LDF CRAB BATTLE!!!) @ Apr 30th 2008 2:28PM

Oh yes, I love that game... but yeah, most of the music made me cringe... I do love September by Earth Wind and Fire though...

ScottG13 @ Apr 30th 2008 2:10PM

A few of those would be interesting for Rock Band DLC, but otherwise, meh.

Lonecow @ Apr 30th 2008 2:48PM

*looks at setlist

*looks at girlfriends iPod

Well at least she has a reason to dust off her DS again. But I doubt she will want to mess with the cumbersome attachment.

THOUGH it would be easier for a woman to fit that whole thing in her purse as opposed to a man in his pocket. Maybe that is the rational behind this.

Levi @ Apr 30th 2008 2:57PM

Ok, there are a few good songs, But, Los Lonely boys? Smashmouth??? Maroon 5!?! Forget this! This is the crappiest set list imaginable.

DCBlack @ Apr 30th 2008 2:58PM

Does that include the unlockables? I mean really? That's it. The cell phone version has more than that! And it wouldn't surprise me if all those songs are released as DLC for PS3 and 360 shortly after this version's release.

shoeshine @ Apr 30th 2008 3:07PM

Most of those songs suck, but I'll buy it anyway for the eventual homebrew games.

shadowchaoscontrol @ Apr 30th 2008 5:04PM

i hope frets on fire ds comes out soon

[.sm0ke.] @ Apr 30th 2008 10:57PM

That's a really good point... I didn't think of that.

Cyber-Tyrant @ Apr 30th 2008 3:33PM

All Star?!

How many times have they beat that dead horse of a song?

Curtis the Claw:XBL - supapaypamawio @ Apr 30th 2008 4:47PM

Hey now...

Monkeydog @ Apr 30th 2008 4:00PM

Makes sense. This game is trying to appeal to more of the more mainstream gaming of now, who happen to be people that most likely own DS's and are a bit more of a casual gamer. Plus Guitar Hero already has name recognition. So loading it up with a bunch of more popular songs almost everyone has heard makes sense, it will appeal to a lot more people that way and score the demographic they want. I doubt they really are trying to play this over as an experience as intense and complex as the console Guitar Heroes.

I don't find much fault in the setlist, I enjoy the songs despite me never once believing that the songs are anything close to being what I would call good. Plus it has Jessie's Girl, which makes me laugh.