Older artists re-record classics for World Tour, four new tracks confirmed

by David Hinkle { Sep 3rd 2008 at 12:41PM }

Guitar Hero: World Tour is going to be a big game. Not only because of all of the features included in the title, but also because it's making some of the most legendary of rockers come out of the woodwork to remaster their songs for the game. MC5's Wayne Kramer is one of these figures, as he went into the studio to re-record his band's hit song "Kick Out the Jams" just for this game. Along with Wayne, friends Jerry Cantrell of Alice and Chains and Gilby Clark formerly of Guns 'N' Roses joined in on the track. Also, it turns out that when The Sex Pistols re-recorded a track for Guitar Hero 3, they also did another track, "Pretty Vacant," which will be featured in the upcoming game. As if that wasn't enough, Motorhead also hit the studio and redid their song "Overkill."

On top of that, four new tracks were also confirmed for the game, albeit from more modern artists. These tracks are none other than:

The Living End -- "Prisoner of Society"
Los Lobos -- "La Bamba"
Bullet for My Valentine -- "Scream Aim Fire"
Lacuna Coil -- "Our Truth"

To check out the videos for these four songs, head past the break.

Gallery: Guitar Hero World Tour

Source - Re-recorded tracks
Source - Four new tracks confirmed

Tags: activision, guitar-hero, guitar-hero-world-tour, jerry-cantrell, kick-out-the-jams, mc5, motorhead, music, rhythm, sex-pistols, world-tour

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

TWiNKiE @ Sep 3rd 2008 1:05PM

Scream Aim Fire = Win.

Neversoft can haz mai moneez nao.

dark_inchworm @ Sep 3rd 2008 2:37PM

Correction: Alice IN Chains

Brian @ Sep 3rd 2008 2:55PM

"our truth" by lacuna coil isn't new...it's from karmacode...

Shad0wguy @ Sep 3rd 2008 4:39PM

Ok, so it's 2 years old more or less. Who cares, OUR TRUTH IS IN THE GAME!!!

SegaPleaseMakePanzerDragoonWii! @ Sep 3rd 2008 6:16PM

Kick Out the Jams? Really? Wow. I normally don't like Guitar Hero games at all, but that is beyond words in it's coolness. I may pick this game up just to jam to that track alone. Call it a hunch, but I'm guessing Wayne's re-recording won't include the intro. Crazy that a song like that from one of the most influential bands of all time never ever gets played on classic rock radio, but gets included in a video game. That's garbage corporate radio for you. Afraid to play anything that wasn't a top ten hit. I done kicked 'em out!