I Miss Guitar Hero, Part 7

Here we are at the seventh and (as of right now) final installment of our Guitar Hero series. As huge as these posts have been, I've enjoyed going through these soundtracks and checking out these songs with ya'll, whether I was previously familiar or listening with fresh ears.

Guitar Hero Live was released October 20th, 2015 in North America for PS3, PS4, Wii U, Xbox 360, Xbox One, and iOS. Developed by FreeStyleGames and published by ActiVision, it was a rhythm and music based game that you could play with your newly designed, six-button guitar controller. A new feature, GHTV, was added for this installment as well, where players could download any DLC from compatible Guitar Hero games. Reception was fairly positive, but sales were really underwhelming, causing FreeStyleGames to be let go from future GH projects and GHTV mode being straight up shut down by ActiVision. Guitar Hero Live scored an average of 82 from MetaCritic and an average 7.9 out of 10 from IGN.

This game has a good amount of new music (for the time and to the series), but also has repeats from previous games which personally grinds my gears a little bit. You could also download compatible songs from previous game through the GHTV mode, which seems like it would've been pretty cool. It's a smaller primary soundtrack, just over forty songs, but still enjoyable.

Guitar Hero Live featured twelve levels on story mode, with set lists of between three and five songs played from the perspective of the lead guitarist of the level's "band". Like I've said before, I am absolutely not a guitarist, so I won't be ranking the songs based on how fun or iconic they are to play. I did not own this game, nor did I fully realize this game even existed, so this list is new for me and I'm excited and ready to listen through it with ya'll. Let's get started!

R U Mine? by Arctic Monkeys

Original Album: AM (2012)

Genre: Stoner rock

Songwriters: A. Turner, J. Cook

Do I Like It: I liked it, but there's other songs from this album that I like more.

Here's to Never Growing Up by Avril Lavigne

Original Album: Avril Lavigne (2013)

Genre: Pop rock

Songwriters: A. Lavigne, M. Johnson, C. Kroeger, D. Hodges, J. Kasher

Do I Like It: It was alright, pretty standard Avril.

Victory Over the Sun by Biffy Clyro

Original Album: Opposites (2013)

Genre: Alternative rock

Songwriters: S. Neil

Do I Like It: This was cool, I really liked the vibe.

The Rock Show by blink-182

Original Album: Take Off Your Pants and Jacket (2001)

Genre: Pop punk

Songwriters: M. Hoppus, T. Delonge, T. Barker

Do I Like It: Love the song, annoyed that it's a repeat from Guitar Hero 5.

Shadow Moses by Bring Me the Horizon

Original Album: Sempiternal (2013)

Genre: Metalcore

Songwriters: J. Fish, L. Malia, O. Sykes

Do I Like It: Nah, not for me.

Lies by Deap Vally

Original Album: Sistrionix (2013)

Genre: Garage rock

Songwriters: L. Troy, J. Edwards

Do I Like It: I liked about 90% of this.

Grounds for Divorce by Elbow

Original Album: The Seldom Seen Kid (2008)

Genre: Alternative rock

Songwriters: C. Potter, G. Garvey, P. Turner, R. Jupp

Do I Like It: Liked it enough to download it, so that's definitely something.

Berzerk by Eminem

Original Album: The Marshall Mathers LP 2 (2013)

Genre: Rap rock

Songwriters: R. Rubin, M. Mathers, W. Squier, A. Horowitz, A. Neville, A. Criss, K. Gist, A. Yauch, C. Neville, G. Porter, L. Nocentelli, V. Brown, J. Modeliste

Do I Like It: There are other Eminem songs I enjoy more, but this wasn't bad.

My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up) by Fall Out Boy

Original Album: Save Rock and Roll (2013)

Genre: Pop metal

Songwriters: B. Walker, P. Stumph, P. Wentz, J. Trohman, A. Hurley, J. Hill

Do I Like It: This is in no way metal, but it is a favorite of mine from FOB.

The Anthem by Good Charlotte

Original Album: The Young and the Hopeless (2002)

Genre: Pop punk

Songwriters: B. Madden, J. Madden, J. Feldmann

Do I Like It: Yaaas, take me back to 5th Grade.

Nuclear Family by Green Day

Original Album: ¡Uno! (2012)

Genre: Power pop

Songwriters: B. Armstrong, M. Dirnt, F. Wright

Do I Like It: Yeah, this is a banger for sure.

Love Bites (So Do I) by Halestorm

Original Album: The Strange Case Of... (2012)

Genre: Heavy metal

Songwriters: D. Bassett, E. Hale

Do I Like It: Oh yeah, this one was a lot of fun.

Demons by Imagine Dragons

Original Album: Night Visions (2012)

Genre: Pop rock

Songwriters: D. Reynolds, D. Sermon, B. McKee, J. Mosser, A. Grant

Do I Like It: Definitely, one of their best.

Lazaretto by Jack White

Original Album: Lazaretto (2014)

Genre: Garage rock

Songwriters: J. White

Do I Like It: Guitar yes, vocals no.

Club Foot by Kasabian

Original Album: Kasabian (2004)

Genre: Indie rock

Songwriters: S. Pizzorno, C. Karloff

Do I Like It: It was fine, nothing groundbreaking.

Waking Up in Vegas by Katy Perry

Original Album: One of the Boys (2008)

Genre: Pop rock

Songwriters: K. Hudson, D. Child, A. Carlsson

Do I Like It: Oh yeah, I always felt like this one was underrated compared to Perry's other stuff.

Wastelands by Linkin Park

Original Album: The Hunting Party (2014)

Genre: Alternative metal

Songwriters: B. Delson, J. Hahn, R. Bourdon, M. Shinoda, C. Bennington, D. Farrell

Do I Like It: No, doesn't even compare to the Linkin Park stuff I like to listen to.

I Will Wait by Mumford & Sons

Original Album: Babel (2012)

Genre: Indie folk

Songwriters: B. Lovett, M. Mumford, T. Dwane, W. Marshall

Do I Like It: Yeah, this one still hits.

Everybody Talks by Neon Trees

Original Album: Picture Show (2011)

Genre: Pop rock

Songwriters: T. Glenn, T. Pagnotta

Do I Like It: Still a bop.

Bones Exposed by Of Mice & Men

Original Album: Restoring Force (2014)

Genre: Nu metal

Songwriters: A. Pauley, A. Ashby, A. Carlile, V. Arteaga, P. Manansala

Do I Like It: Nope, not for me.

Mountain Sound by Of Monsters & Men

Original Album: My Head Is an Animal (2011)

Genre: Indie folk

Songwriters: A. Hilmarsson, R. Þórhallsson, N. Hilmarsdóttir

Do I Like It: Yes, still love it.

Counting Stars by OneRepublic

Original Album: Native (2013)

Genre: Pop rock

Songwriters: R. Tedder

Do I Like It: For sure; Ryan Tedder can write the hell out of a song.

Now by Paramore

Original Album: Paramore (2013)

Genre: Pop punk

Songwriters: H. Williams, T. York

Do I Like It: Eh, not my favorite from Paramore.

Mind Your Manners by Pearl Jam

Original Album: Lightning Bolt (2013)

Genre: Pop rock

Songwriters: M. McCready, E. Vedder

Do I Like It: Eh, pretty mid for me.

King for a Day by Pierce the Veil ft. Kellin Quinn

Original Album: Collide with the Sky (2012)

Genre: Post hardcore

Songwriters: K. Bostwick, V. Fuentes, M. Fuentes, S. Miller, C. Peoples, J. Preciado, T. Perry

Do I Like It: I do not.

Tie Your Mother Down by Queen

Original Album: A Day at the Races (1976)

Genre: Hard rock

Songwriters: B. May

Do I Like It: I mean yeah, it's Queen.

California King Bed by Rihanna

Original Album: Loud (2010)

Genre: Rock

Songwriters: A. Delicata, P. Hamilton, A. Harr, J. Jackson, R. Fenty

Do I Like It: Yeah, I was surprised to see Rihanna on a Guitar Hero game but this was good.

Tragedy + Time by Rise Against

Original Album: The Black Market (2014)

Genre: Pop punk

Songwriters: B. Barnes, Z. Blair, J. Principe, T. McIlrath

Do I Like It: Honestly yeah, this was alright.

Keep on Swinging by Rival Sons

Original Album: Head Down (2012)

Genre: Blues rock

Songwriters: M. Miley, S. Holiday, S. Pfaff, R. Everhart, J. Buchanan

Do I Like It: Yeah, this was a vibe.

Little Monster by Royal Blood

Original Album: Royal Blood (2014)

Genre: Stoner rock

Songwriters: B. Thatcher, M. Kerr

Do I Like It: Yeah, another vibe.

Bangarang by Skrillex ft. Sirah

Original Album: Bangarang (2011)

Genre: Dubstep

Songwriters: S. Moore

Do I Like It: Admittedly very confused why this is here, but yeah it's a banger.

Been Away Too Long by Soundgarden

Original Album: King Animal (2012)

Genre: Hard rock

Songwriters: C. Cornell, H. Shepherd

Do I Like It: This is alright, but I've heard better Soundgarden stuff.

Gold on the Ceiling by The Black Keys

Original Album: El Camino (2011)

Genre: Garage rock

Songwriters: B. Burton, P. Carney, D. Auerbach

Do I Like It: Wow I completely forgot how much I like this song.

"45" by The Gaslight Anthem

Original Album: Handwritten (2012)

Genre: Punk rock

Songwriters: A. Levine, B. Fallon, A. Rosamilla, B. Horowitz

Do I Like It: Yeah, this had a really cool vibe.

When You Were Young by The Killers

Original Album: Sam's Town (2006)

Genre: Alternative rock

Songwriters: B. Flowers, M. Stoermer, R. Vannucci, D. Keuning

Do I Like It: I still really like this song, just bummed again that it's recycled from another GH game.

Ho Hey by The Lumineers

Original Album: The Lumineers (2012)

Genre: Folk rock

Songwriters: J. Fraites, W. Shultz

Do I Like It: This one's fine, it's just never grabbed me the way it did the masses.

Girls by The 1975

Original Album: The 1975 (2013)

Genre: Pop rock

Songwriters: A. Hann, G. Daniel, R. MacDonald, M. Healy

Do I Like It: It's very annoying to me how catchy The 1975's stuff is when Matty Healy is gross.

Paint It Black by The Rolling Stones

Original Album: Aftermath (1966)

Genre: Raga rock

Songwriters: M. Jagger, K. Richards

Do I Like It: Again, amazing song, just bummed it's another repeat.

Won't Get Fooled Again by The Who

Original Album: Who's Next (1971)

Genre: Hard rock

Songwriters: P. Townshend

Do I Like It: Yeah, this is another classic.

The Kill by Thirty Seconds to Mars

Original Album: A Beautiful Lie (2005)

Genre: Hard rock

Songwriters: J. Leto

Do I Like It: Yeah it's another repeat and Jared Leto's a bit of a creep, but this is alright.

Sundial by Wolfmother

Original Album: Cosmic Egg (2009)

Genre: Hard rock

Songwriters: A. Stockdale

Do I Like It: Not bad, I like the groove.

Lived a Lie by You Me at Six

Original Album: Cavalier Six (2013)

Genre: Pop punk

Songwriters: J. Franceschi, C. Miller, M. Helyer, D. Flint, M. Barnes

Do I Like It: Not too shabby for pop punk.

Thank you all for sticking with me through this marathon series, and hope you had as much fun with it as I did. Happy listening, and see ya'll next week!