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Reviewed on Nov. 4, 2009
It's Guitar Hero 5 with different graphics and a more diverse setlist. If you like these 65 songs, you should probably get Band Hero.
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Activision's family oriented Guitar Hero spin-off.

Separate from Activision's Guitar Hero franchise but very similar, Band Hero is a family friendly spin-off of the Guitar Hero games. Much like Lego Rock Band is to the Rock Band franchise, Band Hero is set for release late 2009. The soundtrack is slated to contain more "family friendly" and more widely known tracks, in order to bring a more accessible experience to the games.  
A demo for the game has been released on Xbox Live and PSN starting October 15th, 2009. This demo features Finger Eleven “Paralyzer”, Katrina & The Waves “Walking on Sunshine" and Taylor Swift “Picture to Burn”. Includes Party Play and the all-new Sing-Along mode (which is a mode that is basicly like karaoke).  
 
 There  are two diffrent setlists one for the console version  (Wii, PS3, XB360)  & one for the DS version. The console version has 65 songs from 63 artists/bands & is as follows: 
 

Console Setlist

  • 3 Doors Down, 'When I'm Gone'
  • All-American Rejects - "Dirty Little Secret" ******
  • The Airborne Toxic Event - "Gasoline" 
  • Alphabeat - "Fascination"    
  • Aly and AJ - "Like Whoa"
  • Angels & Airwaves, 'The Adventure'
  • Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals, 'Steal My Kisses'
  • Big Country - "In a Big Country"
  • Boys Like Girls, 'The Great Escape'
  • The Bravery - "Believe"
  • Carl Douglas - "Kung Fu Fighting"
  • Cheap Trick - "I Want You To Want Me" (Live)
  • Cold War Kids - "Hang Me Up To Dry"
  • Corinne Bailey Rae, 'Put Your Records On'
  • Counting Crows - "Angels of the Silences"
  • Culture Club, 'Do You Really Want to Hurt Me'     
  • Dashboard Confessional - "Hands Down"
  • Duran Duran - "Rio"
  • David Bowie - Let's Dance
  • Devo - "Whip It"
  • Don McLean - American Pie
  • Evanescence - "Bring Me To Life"
  • Everclear by 'Santa Monica (Watch the World Die)'
  • Fall Out Boy - Sugar We're Going Down
  • Filter, 'Take a Picture'
  • Finger Eleven - “Paralyzer”
  • The Go-Go's - "Our Lips Are Sealed"
  • Hilary Duff - "So Yesterday"
  • Hinder - 'Lips Of An Angel'
  • The Jackson 5 - ABC
  • Janet Jackson - "Black Cat"
  • Jesse McCartney - "Beautiful Soul"
  • Joan Jett, 'Bad Reputation'
  • Joss Stone, 'You Had Me'
  • Katrina and The Waves - "Walking On Sunshine"
  • KT Tunstall - Black Horses & The Cherry Tree
  • The Kooks - "Naïve"
  • The Last Goodnight, 'Pictures of You'
  • Lily Allen - Take What You Take
  • Maroon 5 - "She Will Be Loved"
  • Marvin Gaye - "I Heard It Through The Grapevine"
  • Mighty Mighty Bosstones - "Impression That I Get"
  • Nelly Furtado - Turn Off The Light
  • N.E.R.D., 'Rockstar'
  • No Doubt - 'Don't Speak", "Just a Girl"***
  • OK Go - "A Million Ways"
  • Papa Roach, 'Lifeline'
  • Parachute, 'Back Again'
  • Pat Benatar - "Love Is A Battlefield"
  • Poison - Every Rose has its Thorn
  • Robbie Williams and Kylie Minogue - "Kids"
  • The Rolling Stones, 'Honky Tonk Women'
  • Roy Orbison - "Oh Pretty Woman"
  • Santigold, 'L.E.S. Artistes'
  • Snow Patrol - "Take Back the City"
  • Spice Girls, 'Wannabe'
  • Styx - "Mr. Roboto"
  • Taylor Swift - "Love Story", "Picture to Burn", "You Belong to Me"
  • Tonic - "If You Could Only See" 
  • The Turtles, 'Happy Together'
  • Village People - "YMCA" 
  • Yellowcard - "Ocean Avenue"
 

DS Set List

  • The All-American Rejects - "Believe"
  • Avril Lavigne - "Girlfriend"
  • Black Eyed Peas - "Let's Get It Started"
  • Blink-182 - "First Date"
  • Boys Like Girls - "The Great Escape"
  • Duran Duran - "Hungry Like The Wolf" *
  • Eagles of Death Metal - "Wannabe In L.A."*
  • Evanescence - "Call Me When You're Sober"
  • Fall Out Boy - "Thnks Fr Th Mmrs"
  • Foo Fighters - "Monkey Wrench" **
  • Kaiser Chiefs - "I Predict A Riot" ***
  • The Killers - "Spaceman"
  • Kings of Leon - "Manhattan"
  • KT Tunstall - "Suddenly I See"
  • Lacuna Coil - "Our Truth" *******
  • No Doubt - "Excuse Me Mr."
  • Pink - "So What" ****
  • The Presidents of the United States of America - "Lump"
  • The Pretenders - "Boots of Chinese Plastic"
  • Queen - "Crazy Little Thing Called Love"
  • Queens of the Stone Age - "No One Knows" *****
  • The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus - "You Better Pray"
  • The Rolling Stones - "Under My Thumb (live)"
  • Ugly Kid Joe - "Everything About You"
  • The Vines - "Get Free"
  • Weezer - "Troublemaker"

 

* Appeared in the setlist of Guitar Hero 5 
** Appeared In setlist of Guitar Hero 2 & Guitar Hero Smash/Greatest Hits
*** Appears as DLC for Guitar Hero 3: Legends Of Rock 
**** Appears as DLC for Guitar Hero World Tour
***** Appeared in the setlist of the original Guitar Hero game.
****** Appeared in the US version of Guitar Hero: On Tour Decades  
******* Appeared in the setlist of Guitar Hero World Tour

Compatible DLC and Song Importing

All DLC for Guitar Hero: World Tour (except for Jimi Hendrix tracks) is playable in Band Hero.

69 tracks from Guitar Hero 5 can be imported into
Band Hero (Console Version) for 480 / $5.99 / 600 Wii Points (Xbox 360 / PS3 / Wii). In addition, 61 tracks from Band Hero (Console Version)    an be imported into Guitar Hero 5 for 420 / $4.99 / 500 Wii Points.

All of the previously announced forward-compatible tracks from Guitar Hero: World Tour and Guitar Hero: Smash Hits will also be available for Band Hero for 280 / $3.49 / 350 Wii Points. For more on how importing works, read the
Guitar Hero Song Importing FAQ sheet
 
All but 4 tracks are exportable to
Guitar Hero 5 ( those tracks are "Beautiful Soul",  "Like Whoa",  "Mr.Roboto" & "So Yesterday"

Importable tracks from Guiar Hero: World Tour
  • "No Sleep Till Brooklyn" – Beastie Boys
  • "Dammit" – Blink-182
  • "Livin' on a Prayer" – Bon Jovi
  • "Sweet Home Alabama (Live)" Lynyrd Skynyrd
  • "L'Via L'Viaquez" – The Mars Volta
  • "About a Girl (Unplugged)" – Nirvana
  • "Spiderwebs" – No Doubt
  • "Re-Education (Through Labor)" – Rise Against
  • "Do It Again" – Steely Dan
  • "Demolition Man" – Sting
  • "Love Spreads" – The Stone Roses
  • "Santeria" – Sublime
  • "Are You Gonna Go My Way" – Lenny Kravitz
  • "Band On The Run" – Wings
  • "Heartbreaker" – Pat Benatar
  • "Hollywood Nights" - Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
  • "Lazy Eye" - Silversun Pickups
  • "Never Too Late" – The Answer
  • "Obstacle 1" – Interpol
  • "One Armed Scissor" – At the Drive-In
  • "One Way or Another" – Blondie
  • "Our Truth" – Lacuna Coil
  • "Overkill" – Motorhead
  • "Shiver" – Coldplay
  • "Soul Doubt" – NOFX
  • "Stranglehold" – Ted Nugent
  • "The Joker" – The Steve Miller Band
  • "The Kill" – 30 Seconds To Mars
  • "Up Around The Bend" – Creedence Clearwater Revival
  • "Everlong" – Foo Fighters
  • "The Middle" – Jimmy Eat World
  • "Today" – Smashing Pumpkins
  • "Toy Boy" – Stuck in the Sound
  • "You're Gonna Say Yeah!" – Hushpuppies
  • "Stillborn" – Black Label Society

Importable tracks from Guitar Hero: Smash Hits

  • "Caught In A Mosh" by Anthrax
  • "Cult Of Personality" by Living Colour
  • "Free Bird" – Lynyrd Skynyrd
  • "Freya" – The Sword
  • "Heart-Shaped Box" – Nirvana
  • "Hey You" – The Exies
  • "Hit Me With Your Best Shot" – Pat Benatar
  • "I Love Rock 'N Roll" – Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
  • "I Wanna Rock" – Twisted Sister
  • "Message In A Bottle" – The Police
  • "Miss Murder" – AFI
  • "Monkey Wrench" – Foo Fighters
  • "No One Knows" – Queens Of The Stone Age
  • "Nothin' But A Good Time" – Poison
  • "Play With Me" – Extreme
  • "Psychobilly Freakout" – Reverend Horton Heat
  • "Rock And Roll All Nite" – Kiss
  • "Shout At The Devil" – Mötley Crüe
  • "The Trooper" – Iron Maiden
  • "Woman" – Wolfmother
  • "YYZ" – Rush

 

Celebrity Avatars


Like Following its predecessors, Band Hero will feature new celebrity musicians joining the cast of characters for players to rock out as.

 

The No Doubt Controversy

On November 4th, 2009, No Doubt fiiled a lawsuit against Activision claiming that it's likeness had been used as a "virtual karaoke circus act" for all 60 songs released in Band Hero. The band maintains that their likeness was only to be used for its own tracks. This is not the case as you can use the band through the entire setlist. Gwen Stefani has voiced particular displeasure over her likeness being used to sing "Honky Tonk Woman" by the Rolling Stones (a song celebrating prostitution from a male perspective). No Doubt will be seeking an injunciton to halt the unauthorized use of their likeness as well as damages. 
 
Update: Activision has responded with the following statement:

 

"Some of the world's most popular and iconic artists have been featured in Guitar Hero as playable characters, and we are proud to count No Doubt among them. Activision has a written agreement to use No Doubt in Band Hero – an agreement signed by No Doubt after extensive negotiations with its representatives, who collectively have decades of experience in the entertainment industry. Pursuant to that agreement, Activision worked with No Doubt and the band's management in developing Band Hero. As a result, Activision believes it is within its legal rights with respect to the use and portrayal of the band members in the game and that this lawsuit is without merit. Activision is exploring its own legal options with respect to No Doubt's obligations under the agreement."  

 


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