Guitar Hero Encore Rock the 80s

The wait is over as Guitar Hero Rock the 80s is on sale today. Red Octane’s hugely popular franchise pays homage to the decade of big hair and glam rock.

Guitar Hero Rock the 80s will retail for $49.99. The Encore edition will feature some of the same game mechanics as Guitar Hero II. There will be a cooperative and competitive two-player mode. Players can practice before tackling hard songs or to slow a song down to get use to it. New playable characters have been added who look like they are fresh from the 80s. New venues and different songs make this Encore edition more like a stand alone title. A more comprehensive song set has been released and features some quintessential 80s rock music. Read more for the list.

Caught in a Mosh (as made famous by Anthrax)
Balls to the Wall (as made famous by Accept)
Electric Eye (by Judas Priest)
Los Angeles (as made famous by X)
Police Truck (as made famous by Dead Kennedys)
We Got the Beat (as made famous by The Go Go’s)
(I Think I’m) Turning Japanese (as made famous by Vapors)
Seventeen (as made famous by Winger)
Because, it’s Midnite (by Limozeen)
Hold On Loosely (as made famous by .38 Special)
No One Like You (as made famous by Scorpions)
Only a Lad (as made famous by Oingo Boingo)
Ballroom Blitz (as made famous by Krokus)
The Warrior (by Scandal)
What I Like About You (as made famous by The Romantics)
Wrath Child (as made famous by Iron Maiden)
I Wanna Rock (by Twisted Sister)
I Ran (by Flock of Seagulls)
Round and Round (as made famous by Ratt)
Metal Health (as made famous by Quiet Riot)
Holy Diver (as made famous by Dio)
Heat Of The Moment (as made famous by Asia)
Radar Love (as made famous by White Lion)
18 and Life (as made famous by Skid Row)
Bathroom Wall (as made famous by Faster Pussycat)
Lonely is the Night (as made famous by Billy Squier)
Nothing But a Good Time (as made famous by Poison)
Play With Me (as made famous by Extreme)
Shaken (as made famous by Eddie Money)
Synchronicity II (as made famous by The Police)