If you spent anytime at a mall yesterday, and I have to admit I did (long story,) you had to have noticed all the excited overgrown boys clutching the new Guitar Hero III game. The long awaited third release for the Activision/Red Octane video game was released yesterday, and it promises to be the best yet, featuring the likeness of former Guns & Roses (and current Velvet Revolver) guitarist Slash. For his part, Slash is making the talk show circuit rounds this week, plugging both the game and his new autobiography (Slash written with help from Anthony Bozza). When Slash it's Letterman Tuesday and Conan Thursday night, he'll drop some dirt on Axl (he's a Billy Joel fan!) and demonstrate some of the action from the game.The game was pre-ordered for me for my birthday, so seeing that river of new GH3 packaging flow out of the mall has me salivating. There's 74 songs this time around, including ones from artists like Sonic Youth, Dead Kennedys, The Strokes, Bloc Party, Tenacious D, Queens of the Stone Age, Muse ("Knights of Cydonia" see video) and many more. Here's a playlist of the songs from this GH3.
Playlist: Guitar Hero III
Monday, October 29
Whaaaa?
Tuesday, October 30
CBS: Late Show With David Letterman: Slash
NBC: The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: The Sex Pistols
NBC: Last Call With Carson Daly: Ben Kweller
Wednesday, October 31
CBS: Late Show With David Letterman: The Go! Team
CBS: Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson: The Sex Pistols
NBC: Last Call With Carson Daly: Regina Spektor
Thursday, November 1
CBS: Late Show With David Letterman: Ryan Adams
NBC: Late Night With Conan O'Brien: Slash
Friday, November 2
ABC: Jimmy Kimmel Live: Thurston Moore
CBS: Late Show With David Letterman: Jay-Z
CBS: Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson: Dwight Yoakam
IFC: The Henry Rollins Show: Peeping Tom
NBC: Last Call With Carson Daly: Talib Kweli
Saturday, November 3
NBC: Saturday Night Live: Feist
PBS: Austin City Limits: Wilco
tags: music, television, soundtrack, talk shows, gh3, slash, video games, indie rock, rhapsody
