Iron Maiden to feature on Guitar Hero Encore Game

Posted by Real World on June 11, 2007 @ 19:05

Iron Maiden will have a version of their song "Wrathchild" on the game "Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80's" which is due for release at the end of the year. This is the second time Maiden will appear in a Guitar Hero game. The first being as an exclusive downloadable extra for Guitar Hero 2 on the XBox 360.

The current list of songs confirmed for the game are as follows (courtesy Wikipedia):

1. Opening Licks

   • "Holy Diver" - Dio
   • "Metal Health (Bang Your Head)" - Quiet Riot (Encore)

2. Amp Warmers

   • "Nothin' But a Good Time" - Poison
   • "I Wanna Rock" - Twisted Sister

3. String Snappers

   • "Lonely is the Night" - Billy Squier
   • "Synchronicity II" - The Police
   • "Heat of the Moment" - Asia
   • "Shakin'" - Eddie Money
   • "Bathroom Wall" - Faster Pussycat (Encore)

4. Return of the Shred

   • "Round and Round" - Ratt
   • "I Ran (So Far Away)" - A Flock of Seagulls

5. Relentless Riffs

   • "Play With Me" - Extreme

6. Furious Fretwork

   • "18 and Life" - Skid Row

The following songs have yet to be categorized into stages:[16]

* "Balls to the Wall" - Accept
* "Only a Lad" - Oingo Boingo
* "Radar Love" - White Lion (Originally by Golden Earring)[17]
* "The Warrior" - Scandal
* "We Got the Beat" - The Go-Go's

Plus the following six songs confirmed today...

* "Caught in a Mosh" - Anthrax
* "Wrathchild" - Iron Maiden
* "No One Like You" - Scorpions
* "Turning Japanese" - The Vapors
* "Hold on Loosely" - .38 Special
* "Seventeen" - Winger