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unusual facts about Guitar Hero: Smash Hits



28 Days Later: The Soundtrack Album

The song was covered by British Death Metal band The Rotted on their album Get Dead Or Die Trying, and indie developer James Silva for the Xbox Live Arcade game The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile, in a Guitar Hero style mini-game segment where the protagonists play guitar solos.

Anna Molly

The song is included in the music rhythm game Guitar Hero: On Tour for the Nintendo DS, and is also included on the Xbox 360 and Nintendo Wii edition of Shaun White Snowboarding.

Bleed It Out

The song is featured in the main setlist for the rhythm video game Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock.

Burning Brides

The most successful song off the album, "Heart Full of Black" received some radio airplay and was featured in three video games, Guitar Hero, Burnout 3 and NHL 2005.

Chris Prynoski

His animation studio, Titmouse, Inc., is best known for their work on the Guitar Hero game cinematics, the short film Scott Pilgrim vs. The Animation, and television series work on such shows as Metalocalypse, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Afro Samurai, DJ & the Fro, Community, The Venture Bros., Freaknik: The Musical, and Superjail!.

Coffee High School

Since Steve Myers took over as Head director from John O'Brien in 2005, he has led the successful half time shows: James Bond (2005), Styx (2006), Changing Lanes (2007), Motown (2008), Guitar Hero (2009), I Love The 80's (2010), Matters of the Heart (2011).

Display lag

Rhythm-based games, such as Guitar Hero, also require exact timing; display lag will create a noticeable offset between the music and the on-screen prompts.

Drum Mania

Drummania, along with Guitarfreaks influenced the development of popular North American console games Guitar Hero and Rock Band.

Feels Like the First Time

This song was re-recorded to be included in the rhythm game Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock.

Get Free

The song can be heard in several video games including the introduction video for Topspin, the Nintendo DS version of Band Hero and as playable track for Rock Band 3 and Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock.

Graveyard BBQ Greatest Hits

On the first volume, the song "Cheat On The Church" won the band the "Be A Guitar Hero" national contest earning it a spot on the soundtrack of the PlayStation 2 game Guitar Hero.

Holy Wars... The Punishment Due

The master recording is purchasable as part of the Rust in Peace album pack on the Rock Band band simulation platform, and is also playable in the Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock game.

Jam with the Band

They also said it was more difficult than more popular rhythm games, such as Guitar Hero, making reference to one of the most difficult songs in Guitar Hero called "Through the Fire and Flames".

Jessica Hamby

After playing Guitar Hero, Jason tries to make a move on Jessica, but she rejects him, and makes out with a college guy, making Jason jealous.

Lead Sails Paper Anchor

Other games include: "Dan Becomes Guitar Hero" a game similar to Guitar Hero, "Travis Makes McTreyu Burgers" a remake of the 1982 arcade game BurgerTime, "Marc Busts Ghosts" a game similar to Ice Climber, and "Brandon Falls Down Into Hell" where the Brandon Saller character fights off creatures from hell while collecting ice cream cones.

Linda Leonard

She has appeared in several other movies and done some voice work for the Guitar Hero series of games.

Make It

The song was re-recorded for the 2007 video game Guitar Hero: Aerosmith.

No Excuses

"No Excuses" was chosen as a playable track on the popular video game Guitar Hero: Metallica and was also released as downloadable content for the Rock Band series.

Nothin' but a Good Time

A cover of the song is featured in the game Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s (erroneously credited as "Ain't Nothin' But a Good Time"), while the master track is featured in Guitar Hero: Smash Hits (this time correctly credited).

Nyko FrontMan

The Nyko Frontman is a guitar controller produced by Nyko for several game systems to be used with the video games Guitar Hero and Rock Band.

Otronicon

It contained such game systems as the following: Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, Guitar Hero, and many Flight Simulators such as Helicopters, Cars, and the Original Microsoft Flight Simulator.

Pro Tools

More recently, Pro Tools was used for creating the audio for the games DJ Hero and Guitar Hero, using the modeling plug-in Eleven for the guitar sounds.

Rats in the Cellar

"Rats in the Cellar" is a playable track in the video game Guitar Hero: Aerosmith.

Ryan Lesser

A graduate of Rhode Island School of Design, he is best known for his design and art direction on influential video games Guitar Hero, Guitar Hero II, Rock Band and The Beatles: Rock Band.

Ryan T. Fox

Fox enjoys biking, running, and playing video games in the Guitar Hero series.

The Dishwasher: Dead Samurai

Also present is a guitar minigame, which can be played with the common guitar peripherals from the Guitar Hero and Rock Band series.

The Rock 'n' Rave Infection

After the LAX feud ended, the trio of Rave, Hoyt and Hemme developed a rock band gimmick, bringing out Guitar Hero game controllers to the ring, with Hemme acting like a frontwoman.

The Rokk Suite

At the time of release, the songs had appeared on the soundtracks of Guitar Hero and Guitar Hero II.

Vitamin Records

Vitamin Records has also released an album honoring songs from the popular video game series Guitar Hero.

Waiting for the End

"Waiting for the End", along with five other songs from A Thousand Suns, is featured in the "Linkin Park Track Pack" as downloadable content for the rhythm video game Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock.

What Have You Done

This song is available as a downloadable song in the games Guitar Hero World Tour, Guitar Hero 5, and Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock.

You've Got Another Thing Comin'

The song shows up on several video games, for example, it is featured on the jukebox of the first level of Prey; in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City's radio station V-Rock; as downloadable content for Rock Band series (alongside the rest of the album Screaming for Vengeance); and a cover version is featured in Guitar Hero.


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