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Guitar Hero III CD Has Great Bonus Material
CD Review
Melissa Vega
Issue date: 10/31/07 Section: Focus
With the release of the third version of the ground-breaking game "Guitar Hero"comes the newest installment of "Guitar Hero" soundtracks, "Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock."
The extraodinary thing about this album is that it not only gives listeners songs from the game to listen to at will (without having to play the songs on expert level and break the plastic guitar … "Jordan" anyone?) but this CD includes a companion to the actual game. "Tina" by Flyleaf and "Putting Holes In Happiness" by Nick Zinner from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs are bonus songs on the CD. However, they aren't the normal bonus songs you would expect from an album, these songs can actually be uploaded into the game through XBox Live and played on "Guitar Hero." This new feature to the album is expected to inspire more fans to purchase the disc.
The album itself is phenomenal. While the first two versions of the game stuck to lesser-known music or timeless rock classics, this version evolves past even the "Rock the 80s" PS2 expansion pack.
The opening song will put any "Guitar Hero" fan in the strum mode considering it is the opening theme for the game. The album then leads right in to "Cherub Rock," by the Smashing Pumpkins. Automatically enthralled and to no surprise, the album follows that song up with "3's and 7's" by the Queens of the Stone Age, who were featured on the original "Guitar Hero." Next up is "Miss Murder" by AFI, which let the reader know that players should be prepared to nurse some tired fingers.
With no dull moments to be had, the soundtrack also features a Velvet Revolver song, "Slither," off of their first album, "Contraband."
The album sends listeners on the familiar journey of the two original "Guitar Hero" soundtracks, with four fingers in the air hitting buttons, putting the audience back in the "Guitar Hero" mindset. Of course, this is all referring to listening to every song on the radio, in a bar, and with family thinking, this would be awesome in Guitar Hero. And if that feeling isn't addicting enough, don't forget about the bonus tracks on the album, which expand the time preciously spent jamming your fingers into the colorful fret buttons, stroking the plastic string, and entering a fantasy of one day being crowned the actual "Guitar Hero."
Listeners should be prepared for another sure hit.
Contact Melissa Vega at
Melissa.Vega@UConn.edu.
The extraodinary thing about this album is that it not only gives listeners songs from the game to listen to at will (without having to play the songs on expert level and break the plastic guitar … "Jordan" anyone?) but this CD includes a companion to the actual game. "Tina" by Flyleaf and "Putting Holes In Happiness" by Nick Zinner from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs are bonus songs on the CD. However, they aren't the normal bonus songs you would expect from an album, these songs can actually be uploaded into the game through XBox Live and played on "Guitar Hero." This new feature to the album is expected to inspire more fans to purchase the disc.
The album itself is phenomenal. While the first two versions of the game stuck to lesser-known music or timeless rock classics, this version evolves past even the "Rock the 80s" PS2 expansion pack.
The opening song will put any "Guitar Hero" fan in the strum mode considering it is the opening theme for the game. The album then leads right in to "Cherub Rock," by the Smashing Pumpkins. Automatically enthralled and to no surprise, the album follows that song up with "3's and 7's" by the Queens of the Stone Age, who were featured on the original "Guitar Hero." Next up is "Miss Murder" by AFI, which let the reader know that players should be prepared to nurse some tired fingers.
With no dull moments to be had, the soundtrack also features a Velvet Revolver song, "Slither," off of their first album, "Contraband."
The album sends listeners on the familiar journey of the two original "Guitar Hero" soundtracks, with four fingers in the air hitting buttons, putting the audience back in the "Guitar Hero" mindset. Of course, this is all referring to listening to every song on the radio, in a bar, and with family thinking, this would be awesome in Guitar Hero. And if that feeling isn't addicting enough, don't forget about the bonus tracks on the album, which expand the time preciously spent jamming your fingers into the colorful fret buttons, stroking the plastic string, and entering a fantasy of one day being crowned the actual "Guitar Hero."
Listeners should be prepared for another sure hit.
Contact Melissa Vega at
Melissa.Vega@UConn.edu.
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