My first exposure to Guitar Hero was on my birthday. Well, not on my birthday, but on the day I had all my buddies over to drink and eat. Then GHII was released and a friend purchased it. Then another, then another, and then me. And now we rock (as hard as one can with a fake guitar).

About the time I was just about to 5 star the medium level, I started hearing rumors about an 80’s game. So me and the other 3 heros were all giddy like little kids about it. But at that time, all they were were rumors. I figured it was something that started on a message board and evolved out of a “I hope this happens” to a “This is what is being planned” rumor as message board posts often do.

Well, it looks like it isn’t a rumor. It is coming. On July 24th, we will be rocking to several 80’s songs that we know and in true Guitar Hero fashion, several we have never heard of.

Here is the setlist according to Wikipedia:

1. Opening Licks

* “(Bang Your Head) Metal Health” - Quiet Riot
* “We Got the Beat” - The Go-Go’s
* “I Ran (So Far Away)” - A Flock of Seagulls
* “Balls to the Wall” - Accept
* “18 and Life” - Skid Row (encore)

2. Amp Warmers

* “No One Like You” - Scorpions
* “Shakin’” - Eddie Money
* “Heat of the Moment” - Asia
* “Radar Love” - White Lion
* “Because, It’s Midnite” - Limozeen (encore)

3. String Snappers

* “Holy Diver” - Dio
* “Turning Japanese” - The Vapors
* “Hold on Loosely” - 38 Special
* “The Warrior” - Scandal
* “I Wanna Rock” - Twisted Sister (encore)

4. Return of the Shred

* “What I Like About You” - The Romantics
* “Synchronicity II” - The Police
* “Ballroom Blitz” - Krokus
* “Only a Lad” - Oingo Boingo
* “Round and Round” - Ratt (encore)

5. Relentless Riffs

* “Ain’t Nothin’ But a Good Time” - Poison
* “Lonely is the Night” - Billy Squier
* “Bathroom Wall” - Faster Pussycat
* “Los Angeles” - X
* “Wrathchild” - Iron Maiden (encore)

6. Furious Fretwork

* “Electric Eye” - Judas Priest
* “Police Truck” - Dead Kennedys
* “Seventeen” - Winger
* “Caught in a Mosh” - Anthrax
* “Play With Me” - Extreme (encore)

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