'Guitar Hero' Studio Won't Allow Covers

If you're waiting for Guitar Hero World Tour to come out at the end of October because you plan on using the game's studio feature to create and share covers of your favorite rock songs, sorry, man. It's not going to happen.

It's simple really, since you don't own the rights to the songs, you can't record a version for distribution on Guitar Hero World Tour. You'll just have to work on your own material.

Here's Activision's Brian Bright explaining to 1up.com:

"We'll be actively monitoring the site. And, obviously, if the copyright holder
complains, Activision will pull it down immediately. We can't condone people
putting up covers of music. It's really there for original content."

Bright also touches on some abandoned ideas that would have been awesome, including a huge drum solo feature where skin-bangers could rock-out impromptu in the middle of songs, and "Jam Over " where you could play over any of the songs in the game's music studio.

Guitar Hero World Tour comes out on the PS2, PS3, 360, PC, and Wii on October 26th.

Source: 1up.com

Rock Band & Guitar Hero News

Last week it was revealed that six full albums are coming as Rock Band 2 downloadable content, and the names of those albums are:

Foo Fighters (The Colour and the Shape)
Red Hot Chili Peppers (Blood Sugar Sex Magik)
Jane's Addiction (Nothing's Shocking)
Megadeth (Peace Sells... But Who's Buying)
Stevie Ray Vaughn (Texas Flood)
A compiled-just-for-Rock-Band best of No Doubt collection

The 7th full album that was also on the list, the Rock Band edition of Rush’s classic album Moving Pictures, has been delayed due to technical difficulties.

In Guitar Hero news, Nineties uber-group Smashing Pumpkins will debut their newest single as downloadable content for music game Guitar Hero World Tour, Activision announced. The song, "G.L.O.W.", will come in a track pack with "1979" and "The Everlasting Gaze" slated for a "post-launch" release.

Smashing Pumpkin's frontman Billy Corgan is set to be a playable character in the game, and SP hits "Today" and "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" will be included with the game.

This is the confrimed list of songs that will be on Guitar Hero: World Tour:

Airbourne - "Too Much Too Young..."
Bob Seger - "Hollywood Nights"
Dinosaur Jr. - "Feel The Pain"
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - "Weapon of Choice"
Silversun Pickups - "Lazy Eye"
Survivor - "Eye of the Tiger"
Black Label Society - "Stillborn"
Metallica - "Trapped Under Ice"
System of a Down - "B.Y.O.B.
Blink 182 - "Dammit"
Linkin Park - "What I've Done"
Paramore - "Misery Business"
The Doors - "Love Me Two Times"
The Eagles - "Hotel California"
Ozzy Osbourne - "Crazy Train"
Ozzy Osbourne - "Mr. Crowley"
Van Halen - "Hot for Teacher"
Jimi Hendrix - "Purple Haze (Live, 1969)"
Jimi Hendrix - "The Wind Cries Mary"
At the Drive-In - "One Armed Scissor"
Sublime - "Santeria"
Billy Idol - "Rebel Yell"
Foo Fighters - "Everlong"
Steve Miller Band - "The Joker"
Interpol - "Obstacle 1"
The Doors - "Light My Fire"
Michael Jackson - "Beat It"
Linkin Park - "In The End"
Smashing Pumpkins - "Bullet with Butterfly Wings"
Lenny Kravitz - "Are You Gonna Go My Way"
The Answer - "Never Too Late"
"Prisoner of Society" by The Living End
"La Bamba" by Los Lobos
"Scream Aim Fire" by Bullet for My Valentine
"Our Truth" by Lacuna Coil
Motorhead - "Overkill"
The Sex Pistols - "Pretty Vacant"
MC5 - "Kick Out the Jams"

Dragonforce Debuting Single In 'Guitar Hero III'

Our very most super-favorite English speed metal band of all time, Dragonforce, will be releasing their newest single “Heroes of Our Time” – the debut single off their new album Ultra Beatdown – as a download in Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock before the CD, Mp3 or cassette single goes on sale.

The song is part of a three-track pack hitting the PlayStation Store and Xbox Live on August 21st. The other two tracks--“Revolution Deathsquad” and “Operation Ground and Pound"-- are both from the Inhuman Rampage album. Look for all the songs to be ridonkulously hard; that's how Dragonforce rolls.

'Guitar Hero World Tour' Setlist Leak?

The interwebz are buzzing with news that the Guitar Hero World Tour complete setlist may have leaked. Keep in mind, no one has any way of knowing this information is correct, but it seems plausible, and even likely, given what we know of tracks that have been rumored for awhile.

Among the surprises: Michael Jackson's "Beat It,"Guns and Roses "Paradise City," Pink Floyd's "Comfortably Numb," NOFX "Soul Doubt" The Doors, "Light My Fire," and a "guitar battle" with Sting. (Wait, doesn't he play bass?) Overall, it's heavy on the metal and the classic rock, less eclectic and poppy Rock Band 2.

-Eagle Rock High School Tour:
"Dope Nose" by Weezer,
"The Middle" by Jimmy Eat World,
Encore: "Today" by Smashing Pumpkins

-Big City Kids Tour: "Roland" by Interpol,
"Santeria" By Sublime,
Encore: "Mr. Brightside" by The Killers

-Feelin' Nostalgic Tour: "Take It on the Run" by REO Speedwagon,
"Hold the Line" by Toto,
Encore: "Rebel Yell" by Billy Idol

-Vixens Tour: "Heartbreaker" by Pat Benatar,
"All Around Me" by Flyleaf,
Encore:"Misery Business" by Paramore

-Undertow Tour: "Stinkfist" by Tool,
"Lateralus" by Tool,
"Schism" by Tool

-Synchronicity Tour: "Guitar Battle Vs. Sting" (Guitar Career Only),
Encore: "Every Breath You Take" by The Police

-Fight the System Tour: "The Kids Aren't Alright" by The Offspring,
"The Good Left Undone" by Rise Agaisnt,
Encore: "Bleed it Out" by Linkin Park

-QQ Tour: "Face Down" by The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus,
"The Kill" by 30 Seconds to Mars,
Encore: "Thank You for the Venom" by My Chemical Romance

-Rockin the Carnival Tour: "Dammit" by Blink 182,
"When You Heat Stops Beating" by +44

-Neva' Forget Tour: "Jumpin Jack Flash" by The Rolling Stones,
"Don't Fear the Reaper" by Blue Öyster Cult,
Encore: "Light My Fire" by The Doors

-We Want the Funk Tour: "Take it Away" by Red Hot Chili Peppers,
"Renegades of Funk" by Rage Agaisnt the Machines,
Encore: "No Sleep till Brooklyn" by The Beastie Boys Feat. Kerry King

-Rockin' the Joint Tour: "Are You Gonna Go My Way" by Lenny Kravitz,
"I Don't wanna Miss a Thing" by Aerosmith

-On Top of the World Tour: "Man in the Box" by Alice in Chains,
"Kickstart My Heart" by Mötley Crüe,
Encore: "Spin the Black Circle" by Pearl Jam

-G. Stinger Tour: "Smells Like Teen Spirit" by Nirvana,
"Car Chase City" by Tenacious D,
Encore: "Everlong" by Foo Fighters

-Lands End Tour: "Animal" by Def Leppard,
"Runaway" by Bon Jovi,
Encore: "Paradise City" by Guns N' Roses

-Doin' it Different Tour: "Song for the Dead" by Queens of the Stone Age,
"Vasoline" by Stone Temple Pilots,
Encore: "Assassin" by Muse

-Hootin' and Hollerin' Tour: "The Boys Are Back in Town" By Thin Lizzy,
"Life in the Fastlane" by The Eagles,
Encore:"Sweet Home Alabama" by Lynyrd Skynyrd

-All Pissed Off Tour:"Here to Stay" by KoRn,
"Dragula" by Rob Zombie,
Encore: "Bat Country" by Avenged Sevenfold

-Here Me Roar Tour: "10,000 Fists" by Disturbed,
"Duality" by Slipknot,
Encore: "Toxicity" by System of a Down

-S.D.M.F. Tour: "Guitar Battle Vs. Zakk Wylde" (Guitar Career Only)*,
Encore: "Demise of Sanity" by Black Label Society

-Fathers of Metal Tour: "Don't Talk to Strangers" by Dio,
"Heaven and Hell" by Black Sabbath,
Encore: "Crazy Train" by Ozzy Osbourne

-Making Progress Tour: "The Spirit of Radio" by Rush,
"Comfortably Numb" by Pink Floyd,
Encore: "Pull Me Under" by Dream Theatre

-Eruption Tour: "Beat it" by Micheal Jackson Feat. Eddie Van Halen,
"Hot for Teacher" by Van Halen

-Tooth Fang & Claw Tour: "Guitar Battle Vs. Ted Nugent" (Guitar Career Only),
Encore: "Stranglehold" by Ted Nugent

-Decades of Metal Tour "Warriors of Time" by Black Tide,
"Leather Rebel" by Judas Priest,
Encore: "Hallowed be Thy Name" by Iron Maiden

-Livin' in a Nightmare Tour: "Angel of Death" by Slayer,
"Tornado of Souls" by Megadeth,
Encore: "Master of Puppets" by Metallica

-Legends of Rock Tour: "Johnny B. Goode" by Chuck Berry,
"The Wind Cries Mary" by Jimi Hendrix,
Encore: "Purple Haze (Live)" by Jimi Hendrix

-Bonus Tour: "45" by Shinedown,
"96 Quite Bitter Beings" by CKY,
"Bombshell" by Powerman 5000,
"Clavado en un Bar" by Maná,
"Enjoy the Silence" by Lacuna Coil,
"Feuer Frei" by Rammstein,
"Fury of the Storm" by Dragonforce,
"Never Too Late" by The Answer,
"Nottingham Lace" by Buckethead,
"One Armed Scissor" by At The Drive-In,
"Satch Boogie" by Joe Satriani,
"Schrei" by Tokio Hotel,
"Soul Doubt" by NOFX

A Track Harder Than "Through The Fire and Flames"???

Is it possible "Young Man Blues" by the Who on expert drums on Rock Band is a harder track than DragonForce's "Through The Fire and Flames" on expert guitar in Guitar Hero III? Take a look for yourself and decide.

Guitar Hero World Tour E3 08 Trailer