The Nevermind Baby…

I was always curious as to who the baby was on the cover of Nirvana’s Nevermind album.  Now, 17-years later, I was able to find out whom.

Read about Spencer Elden

Cheers!

-Shasta

Guitar Hero World Tour leaked set list…

as you’ll see around the net soon, it’s possible this is the set list for Guitar Hero: World Tour…

 

 

well poo..  turns out the list was a fake..

Guitar Hero: Aerosmith Track list.

the track list has been released for the game shipping on 6/29/08.

Tier 1:
Getting the Band Together (Nipmuc High School)
All the Young Dudes by Mott the Hoople (cover)
Draw the Line by Aerosmith
Dream Police by Cheap Trick
Make It by Aerosmith (re-recorded)
Uncle Salty by Aerosmith

Tier 2:
First Taste of Success (Max s Kansas City)
All Day and All of the Night by The Kinks (cover)
I Hate Myself for Loving You by Joan Jett
Movin Out by Aerosmith (re-recorded)
No Surprize by Aerosmith
Sweet Emotion by Aerosmith

Tier 3:
The Triumphant Return (The Orpheum)
Complete Control by The Clash
Livin on the Edge by Aerosmith
Love in an Elevator by Aerosmith
Personality Crisis by New York Dolls (cover)
Rag Doll by Aerosmith

Tier 4:
International Superstars (Moscow)
Bright Light Fright by Aerosmith
King of Rock by Run-D.M.C.
Nobody s Fault by Aerosmith
She Sells Sanctuary by The Cult
Walk This Way by Run-D.M.C., featuring Aerosmith

Tier 5:
The Great American Band (Half Time Show)
Always on the Run by Lenny Kravitz
Back in the Saddle by Aerosmith
Beyond Beautiful by Aerosmith
Dream On by Aerosmith (re-recorded)
Hard to Handle by The Black Crowes (cover)

Tier 6:
Rock N Roll Legends (Rock & Roll Hall of Fame)
Cat Scratch Fever by Ted Nugent
Mama Kin by Aerosmith (re-recorded)
Sex Type Thing by Stone Temple Pilots
Toys In The Attic by Aerosmith
Train Kept A Rollin by Aerosmith
Guitar Battle vs Joe Perry by Joe Perry

Bonus Songs (The Vault)
Combination by Aerosmith
Kings and Queens by Aerosmith
Let The Music Do The Talking by Aerosmith
Mercy by Joe Perry
Pandora s Box by Aerosmith
Pink by Aerosmith
Rats In The Cellar by Aerosmith
Shakin My Cage by Joe Perry
Talk Talkin by Joe Perry
Walk This Way by Aerosmith

(Rebuttal) Guitar Hero: Another sell out…

[From the Editor in Chief of the Pogowolf (and soon to have a Pogopup...)]

I’ll admit, I am a die-hard Metallica fan, and have been for since my early days of Junior High.  In a time of self discovery and becoming less of a product of my parents and more of a individual, I was introduced to Metallica’s fiery guitar licks, thundering double-bass drum beats, hard bass-riffs and raw lyrics that send chills down my spine each time I screamed at the top of my lungs to release the pent up rage I felt when growing up with the injustices of the world.

So, I was hook on Metallica.  I studied them, learned their history, with the beginnings of Lars, James and Dave Mustaine (later to form Megadeth), Ron McGovney, to the tragic loss of Cliff Burton; which almost lead to the demise of the entire band in the mid-80’s.  Despite the indulgence and complications of the booze, the lost of band-members, Metallica as prevailed, they continued through the darkest of dark times and their music captured that feeling.  I remember the haunting lyrics from a passed Cliff Burton off the “And Justice For All” album, track “To Live is to Die” which says, “When a man lies, he murders some part of the world…  Cannot the kingdom of salvation take me home?”  How does that not captivate you?  I feel even the lyrical genius Leonard Cohen would struggle to come up with something better.

In the tale of two-halves commonly known as “Pre-Black Album” and “Post Black Album”, Metallica, like ALL long standing bands, have changed their sound and song style as an evolutionary process with the times.  For reasons I cannot understand, this “change” is uncomfortable with many die-hard fans of the like.  They are referred as “sell-outs”, or “going soft, weak”, thinking that all bands must stay in the same style they started with and should never expand themselves from that box we as fans put them in.  No one raises a stink or throws a fit for the band KISS when their hard-rock sound changed in the 70’s to fit the Disco era.  Just look at the song, “I was made for loving you.”  It’s is Disco at its finest, and the KISS Army has grown to accept it.  Why is that?  What about Led Zeppelin disallowing license to their music for TV spots and movies? Do people beat down the door of Robert Plant and Jimmy Page and call them weak for protecting their music?  (Granted, the movie “School of Rock”, did finally, convince Zeppelin to use “The Immigrant Song” in the movie.) We create such a double standard for musicians that have been around for 7 years or more.  I even remember people talk about hating Korn because of the album of Cover songs they did, hearing people say that Korn has gotten soft.  We as fans are horrible.

After Metallica’s whole Napster incident, they were the labeled the black sheep of all bands because of the lawsuit of illegal downloads.  For that I say, “good for them.”  Buy the music people.  Support your musicians.  The artists should be compensated for their works.  Your beef shouldn’t be with Metallica, but with the record companies failing to recognize the ever changing model of the music industry and electronic distribution.  I should also let you know that in a former life, I was Disc-jockey and a Bass guitar player, and I can tell you, without music, even the cheesy artist such as Vanilla Ice, it’s tough to throw a great party.  What’s .99 cents?

Now, I heard from the Pogo-peeps of a Guitar Hero: Metallica in the making for 2009?  Wow, I am really not sure what to say about that except for maybe, “Good luck to the developers at Activision.”  I am sure that all fans would come to expect that the GH:M game should focus on the songs “pre-black” that we fans have come known as our favorites.  I feel that Activision will have a difficult time trying to replicate the authentic sounds of Kirk Hammet in songs like “Whiplash”, “Master of Puppets”, “Seek and Destroy”, “Fade to Black”, “One”, “And Justice for All” and the list goes on and on.  Now that GH allows Bass guitar, will it include such Bass solos as “(Anesthesia) Pulling Teeth” or the epic instrumentals like “The Call of Ktulu”, “Orion”, or “To Live is to Die”.  Can Activation recreate this essence of Metallica in the scrolling-button-pushing arena of Guitar Hero and be even remotely close to the real thing?  I have a feeling that it won’t, and their attempt will be shoddy at best.  If GH does it right, ALL songs from ALL albums should be in this game; from the ballad of “Nothing Else Matters”, to the two-hundred-ten-beats-per-minute second-half of “Whiplash”.  If they are going to do it, they need to do it right as justification for all the millions of Metallica fans in existence.

Although, here’s a small beef:  But if someone is going to spend the time trying to master these songs via the 4-color, 4-button controller, why not just pickup a real guitar and learn the real songs?  Mastering a “Trash’em” song in Guitar Hero makes you a geek, mastering a “Thrash’em” song with 6-strings through a Marshal Amplifier makes you a God.  I feel that if people are going to label Metallica a sell-out for allowing the folks at Activision to create a GH featuring them, then everyone that offered their songs in the previous version of GH should also be called a sell-out; after all, what’s the difference between tracks from multiple artists in a single game versus multiple songs from a single artist in the same game?  Zero, period.

If people call Metallica sell-outs, they are right, they do sell-out…  every concert they play.  No Napster incident, no “bad album”, no media coverage, rehab-incident, etc has stopped Metallica from creating music or continuing to go on tour since 1983.  If Activision wants to create a game, featuring one of the hardest to duplicate musical style-bands of all times, then go ahead and let them.  (Anyone remember the powerhouse concert of the mid-90’s of Metallica and Guns n Roses Use your Illusion Tour?) This could be Activision’s crowning achievement.  If this venture succeeds, perhaps it is a turning point in the GH world and maybe something great comes from it.  However, if it fails, perhaps this will finally end the GH series with nothing more than quiet slip into “Fade to Black”.

[This topic was origionally posted as a comment; however, I deicded to step things up a notch and make this a full topic]

Guitar Hero: Another sell out…

Metallica, nice band, kinda nitch at the time but had a good strong hard core following.   Then they where like, hmm.. we need some radio play and along comes the black album.   Mostly a sell out for the radio play, and no where near as heavy as the first albums but the music was good and the fans partied.

Then a dark day.. when Metallica thought it a good idea to SUE it’s fans because of file sharing on Napster.  Which lead to a hell of a lot of downloads from Napster, and killing Metallica as a band.  Oh well, as James has been thought to say.. [Napster Bad, Beer Good] (NWS for Language)

Now, Activision is like.. sweet!  another band we can totally take advantage of.  Let’s make:  Guitar Hero: Metallica!

Yes, just like the Aerosmith sellouts Metallica is heading that way also.

though, I would MUCH rather play Metallica then Aerosmith..LOL

Guitar Hero: On Tour… WTF!?

Wait.. WTF? No.. really.. WTF?! Tell me if you are not thinking the same thing…
    Wiggle, Wiggle, Wiggle!

 

New Guitar Hero Guinness World Record…

Yep, in case you didn’t know Guinness World records has a video game catagory, and Daniel Johnson has beat the old record by more then 10,000 points while playing ‘Through the Fire and Flame’ by DragonForce on Expert, according to [DevelopMag].

So now if you out to try to beat the world record, you’ll need to nail more then 890, 971 on the song.. Good luck, with that.  I’m still lucky to get 5% into the song on Expert, my old man hands just aren’t as fast as they used to be.

Guitar Hero getting Ted Nugent.

Well according to [Guitar Hero News] it looks like it.  According to the radio station WRIF out of Detroit, Ted told listeners he is involved in the a future Guitar Hero.  Granted this could mean GH4, could be a Guitar Hero: Ted Nugent  (like what they’ve done with the Aerosmith edition.)

The only song specifically talked about was ‘Strangle Hold’, and no specific version of Guitar hero was stated.  So it could just be a track on Guitar Hero 4, or even just a downloadable track for GH3.  But the point is Strangle Hold is coming to Guitar Hero. =)

[The interview is here] around the 12:30 mark is where Ted starts talking about it.

 

For those that have NO idea what the song is.. It’s Youtube to the rescue!

 

Personally though, I would LOVE to see Hocus Pocus (Gary Hoey version)

Guitar Hero IV to be a Rock Band knock off.

[Tech Radar] has a nice write up about some up coming features of the newest primary version of Guitar Hero, and low and behold.. they can’t come up with some original, so they are ‘stealing‘ ‘borrowing’  the Rock band idea by adding drums and a Mic.

 

Activision CEO Bobby Kotick has now gone on record, stating after Guitar Hero: Aerosmith, Activision will be concentrating on Guitar Hero IV.  With the only ‘new’ feature over Rock Band is the inclusion of local band songs to the planned downloadable content. 

 

Speaking of music, where as Activision has access to the Universal Music library, Rock Band has EA and MTV.  Will they be able to compete?  Can you have a Guitar Hero with drums?   And will you be able to play those drums one handed?

(10 points to anyone that gets that reference..LOL)

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05/14/08 – Update

  Fine, no one gets the points.
  Way, QJ.NET has [some updates] to this thread about what’ll be coming to GH4 which boils down to:
1) More then just Drums, Bass, and Vocals?  It’s possible.
2) The ability to create your own guitar and drum sounds (?!.. why?)
3)  Song Creation. Yep create your own track!  minus the vocals.
4) Song ratings:  You can help out bands by rating them high, which allows them to upload more songs.
5) ok, THIS is good.. ALL songs will be master recordings, and beside Def Leopard, look like ‘The Answer’, Van Halen, The Eagles, Linkin Park and Sublime will have tracks.

6) and a new guitar design from Red Octane which has an innovative input mechanic subject for patent.   Now to search for the patent… =/

The Guitar Hero Widget?

[Wired] has some interesting tidbits this morning.  Once is an embeddable widget for web sites that allows you to play Guitar Hero on though the keyboard on your website!!  

Wanna play? [Head out here]!!!