Harmonix is auctioning off two passes to this exclusive, private party for the release of Guitar Hero on November 18th. Win the auction and you can come be a rockstar like them.

This is also for a good cause. The proceeds of this auction are going to the Music Rising charity, to replace instruments lost in the Gulf Coast region, lost due to hurricanes and flooding.
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The original Guitar Hero didn't receive much in the way of advertising, and yet the game did phenomenally well. Now with a stellar property on its hands, RedOctane and Activision are stepping up the marketing big time. We speak with Dusty Welch, Head of Publishing for RedOctane.

Nowadays in the gaming industry, there are very few surprise hits anymore, but 2005's Guitar Hero was a phenomenon as such, exceeding everyone's expectations, including publisher RedOctane. This led to a major payoff for RedOctane founders Kai and Charles Huang who saw their company bought but Activision. It also led to them being named among the top 50 producers on the Digital 50 list.
However, with success comes big expectations. There are the expectations of the fans, who now want more high-profile bands and an overall better game in the sequel. Conversely, there are also the expectations of Activision, who no doubt want to see a major return on their investment for their stockholders. Still, even before its launch, Guitar Hero II is doing huge business; the product has the largest ever preorder for a single platform title in Activision's history.
GameDaily BIZ had the pleasure of speaking to Dusty Welch, the new Head of Publishing for RedOctane, to discuss how Guitar Hero practically sells itself with both consumers and Madison Avenue, why some songs are in and some songs simply aren't in yet and why RedOctane still rocks.
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Last week developer Red Octane announced that the Playstation 2 version of Guitar Hero II would get a wireless guitar. Some guys were curious about the Xbox 360 version and decided just to ask Red Octane about it.

Unfortunately they got the answer that currently Microsoft doesn't allow third-party developers to design wireless accessoires. For that reason, no wireless guitar will be released for the Xbox 360 anytime soon.
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Someone made some pictures of his tv and the game Guitar Hero II. The photo's were made of the bonustracks so we now know the exact list of the bands and their tracks.

Dethklok - Thunderhorse
Drist - Artiel Black
Every Time I Die - The New Black
Anarchy Club - Collide
Valiant Thor - Fall of Pangea
Vagiant - FTK
Breaking Wheel - One For The Road
Buckethead - Jordan (original song for GHII)
All That Remains - Six
Made In Mexico - Yes We Can
Voivod - The X-Stream
That Handsome Devil - Elephant Bones
The Acrobrats - Laugh Track
Camaros - Lady Lightning
Freezepop - Less Talk More Rokk
Amazing Crowns - Mr. Fix It
The Neighborhoods - Parasite
Shadows Fall - The Light That Blinds
Honest Bob and the Factory to Dealer Incentives - Soy Bomb
The Last Vegas - Raw Dog
Count Zero - Radium Eye
Gnashing Of Teeth - Generic
Brian Kahanek - Gemini
The Casket Lottery - Red House

For the proof and the screens, which include some info, click on the link below.
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Tuesday 17 October 2006 A demo of Guitar Hero II, the sequel to PS2's riff-matching music game, refuses to work with third-party guitar controllers designed for use with the original game. The demo, included with the latest copy of Official PlayStation Magazine in the US, fails to recognise third-party controllers like those produced by The Ant Commandos, according to reports from gamers on rhythm-action gaming obsessed forum bemanistyle.com, although official Guitar Hero controllers work ... » Read More

Last Friday, we brought you the first 31 songs from Guitar Hero II's career mode, and now we can finally update you with the full list of 40 finger-burners set to electrify your ears when the digital-riff sequel launches on PS2 on November 7, and on Xbox 360 - with the fret-tastic X-Plorer peripheral - next spring. We'll cut right to the musical chase and give you the list in full below, some of which have been switched around to different difficulty levels than previously reported (titles ... » Read More

Red Octane have today announced the official tracklisting for fortcoming PS2 and Xbox 360 title Guitar Hero II
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"Monkey Wrench" by Foo Fighters and "Killing in the Name" by Rage Against the Machine are two brand new songs revealed in this latest Guitar Hero II track list, which also shows you how all 31 confirmed songs line up in their categories for the game's career mode. Readers with a good memory will notice that some songs previously confirmed (like the excellently titled "Psychobilly Freakout" by The Reverend Horton Heat) don't feature on the latest list - probably because they're hidden away as ... » Read More

MTV's Overdrive game site show G-Hole got a preview of Guitar Hero II for the PS2. MTV wasn't supposed to share nearly all the song names they saw though, and probably after a firm warning from developer Harmonix, they were quick to remove/sensor all the new Guitar Hero II songs from the video. Lucky for us all 38 were written down.
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Kansas-Carry on Wayward Son will be in GHII, still not confirmed for 360 version, but one must assume these things nowadays.
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When mega-publisher Activision secured the rights to the Guitar Hero franchise, we all expected it to ditch this pesky PS2-exclusitivity business. Well, now that's happened. Beginning next year, the fret-crunching rock series will hit several platforms, the most likely of which will be Xbox 360. Yearly track list updates are also on the horizon. Right now Activision and its publisher buddy RedOctane aren't saying precisely which systems Hero will appear on (or when), but given its incredible ... » Read More

Tuesday 5 September 2006 Nirvana's Heart-Shaped Box has been confirmed as one of the line-up of songs to feature in Guitar Hero II, the you're-a-riff-tastic-rock-star rhythm action game for PS2 with a finger-flexing guitar peripheral. Nirvana's sterling musical genius joins other guitar-shredding greats like Black Sabbath, KISS, Guns N' Roses and The Rolling Stones, making it one hell of a set list. Take a look at the up to date, confirmed song list in full. Heart-Shaped Box (Nirvana) John ... » Read More

The Guitar Hero II soundtrack songlist has been revealed! A good sized list with lots of many hits.
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Friday 18 August 2006 Four more Guitar Hero games are rumoured to be in the works, including Guitar Hero: ReAmped, Guitar Hero: Encore, Guitar Hero: World Tour and Guitar Hero: Axe Grinder. Since publisher Activision recently forked out $100 million to snap up RedOctane - the distributor of the original Guitar Hero - we'd be mightily surprised if more riff-tastic treats weren't on the way. However, it's just as likely that these names are nothing more than working titles, with the eventual ... » Read More

At an event held today in Australia (well, actually July 31st in the land down under), RedOctane is showing off a new build of its forthcoming Guitar Hero II, the sequel to one of the best, most popular and certainly most rocking music games ever created. Three new songs are on display at the show, bringing the officially announced track count up to 11.

Read on for all the info on the new tracks...
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The track listing for Guitar Hero II, the sequel to the hugely popular plastic-axe rock-along, is taking shape nicely, with another three songs joining the play list and taking the total number of confirmed tracks to 10. The game's publisher, RedOctane, confirmed at a Guitar Hero II event in Australia that the follow-up will allow gamers to rock out to "Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart" by Stone Temple Pilots, "Madhouse" by Anthrax and "Shout at the Devil" by Motley ... » Read More

Monday 31 July 2006 The track listing for Guitar Hero II, the sequel to the hugely popular plastic axe rock-along, is taking shape nicely with another three songs joining the play list and taking the total number of confirmed tracks to 10. The game's publisher, RedOctane, confirmed at a Guitar Hero II event in Australia that the follow-up will allow gamers to rock out to Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart by Stone Temple Pilots, Madhouse by Anthrax and Shout at the Devil by Motley Crue. So, ... » Read More

If you've been to any party in the past eight months that was even remotely gaming related, you've experienced the make-me-a-rock-star awesomeness of Guitar Hero. The sequel's coming in November, and to help you make it through the summer, we've grabbed footage of the brand new co-op mode. First up was Van Halen's take on "You Really Got Me," which puts player two on bass guitar. Normally you can choose what type of virtual guitar you want to play (and this demo does have Les Pauls, SGs, and ... » Read More

• Warpigs (WMV, 7.48GB) • Who Was in My Room Last Night? (WMV, 7.61GB) • You Really Got Me (WMV, 7.31GB) Friday 16 June 2006 Here's a trio of music videos from Guitar Hero II, the upcoming sequel to the fantastic rhythm-action rock out. Three classic guitar tunes are played through for you to get a taste of both the look and the track list of Guitar Hero II. We've got Black Sabbath's Warpigs; Who Was in My Room Last Night? by the Butthole Surfers; and, last but far from least, ... » Read More

There's a dilemma in the music business called the "sophomore slump". It essentially predicts that, if an artist's first major-label album is a smash hit, the follow-up album is almost doomed to underachieve. It happens all the time. However, ten minutes is all we needed to know for sure that the Guitar Hero series, which gives you a guitar-shaped controller and lets you play rock god, is absolutely not going to fall victim to that age-old curse. Now, tinnitis… that's another story. The ... » Read More