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Post by sunky on Sept 5, 2008 8:56:56 GMT 7
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Post by de-tec-tive on Sept 6, 2008 12:49:40 GMT 7
exciting news i guess, but i don't have an Xbox or play games so yeah... not much use to me
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Post by de-tec-tive on Sept 16, 2008 11:11:41 GMT 7
i was reading Inpress over lunch and found this at the back
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Post by boelsen on Sept 16, 2008 12:41:57 GMT 7
there was a little thing in mx aswell
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Post by Tragic Ether on Sept 16, 2008 14:57:09 GMT 7
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Post by blue_june_destroyer on Sept 24, 2008 22:53:49 GMT 7
Well the countdown is on for Guitar Hero World Tour. If all goes right (no, not an intentional SP reference there), we'll be jumping on the PS3 wagon this week and getting in on the Guitar Hero World Tour pre-order action whilst we're at it. It's coming out on 13th November so it's not too long now!
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Post by Josh on Sept 25, 2008 3:52:10 GMT 7
yeah and going to cost $310
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Post by boelsen on Sept 25, 2008 6:04:04 GMT 7
gar. i really want. but probably wouldnt get much use out of the whole 'band' bit
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Post by sunky on Oct 6, 2008 21:29:49 GMT 7
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Post by jonzey on Oct 12, 2008 18:24:20 GMT 7
I'm really looking forward to GH:WT - having Billy as a playable character is pretty cool.
It's great that he's excited and passionate about the game too. It really does let us wannabe rockstars fulfill our fantasies. While I play 'real guitar' too, GH is a great socal game that everyone can enjoy.
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Post by sunky on Oct 15, 2008 7:55:59 GMT 7
You got it in one jonzey! thats what its all about What packages are people getting?
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Post by scotopic lux on Oct 15, 2008 10:12:36 GMT 7
i cant afford to get the whole band set, and i already have the guitar so i just want to get the stand alone game - but i want to have the option to buy the keys and mic later on, but it doent look like they will be sold separately which sucks.
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Post by Josh on Oct 15, 2008 10:36:25 GMT 7
^^ TOLD YOU!!
A mate and I are going halves in getting the full set for xbox360 =)
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Post by sunky on Oct 15, 2008 12:25:04 GMT 7
I didn't know it would have keys? ... cool! ...We are getting the full kit ...
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Post by scotopic lux on Oct 15, 2008 12:27:50 GMT 7
sorry i think all the maths fried my brains and i said keys instead of drums.
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Post by sunky on Oct 15, 2008 12:39:41 GMT 7
haha! ... although Im sure they'll come eventually
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Post by Josh on Oct 15, 2008 12:58:01 GMT 7
there is actually a midi controller coming with it, BUT it may be xbox360 only...
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Post by jonzey on Oct 17, 2008 6:03:36 GMT 7
I'm getting the full package, mainly for the drums and the extra guitar. The vocals...I could do without but it will be fun to see friends have a crack at imiating Maynard from Tool.
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Post by scotopic lux on Oct 17, 2008 6:21:13 GMT 7
Looking through the schedule for the Adelaide Guitar Festival - I think they are having a Guitar Hero:World Tour tournament or something! haha, hopefully i can get to watch some people shred it up as BC.
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Post by sunky on Oct 18, 2008 9:51:02 GMT 7
Yeah Jonzey we are the same, I never got into singstar etc so yeah vocals no big deal ... although we have some friends who we won't be able to take the microphone out of their hands!! I'll probably give singing as Billy a go! .... especially everlasting gaze!
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Post by boelsen on Oct 18, 2008 12:19:20 GMT 7
i read a little snippet of an interview with billy about amongst other things guitar hero. final thing was has billy ever played guitaer hero, to which he said, 'you dont need to play guitar hero, when you're a guitar hero' haha
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Post by sunky on Oct 18, 2008 14:03:38 GMT 7
hahah! ... what interview was this? the EQ one?
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Post by boelsen on Oct 18, 2008 15:12:36 GMT 7
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Post by Glassy on Oct 20, 2008 19:20:49 GMT 7
my wicked pay packet this week means my order's in at jbhifi for the PS3 super bundle!
game should include eyetoy feature: corgan's awkward dancing.
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Post by jacofox on Oct 20, 2008 21:20:07 GMT 7
I'm getting the whole lot for the 360...been saving up for weeks...Everlasting Gaze...SCORE!!!
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Post by sunky on Oct 20, 2008 21:46:17 GMT 7
Awesome! ... I hope we have some Ozphoria battles online! PS - Welcome to the board!
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Post by SPchick on Oct 27, 2008 6:45:20 GMT 7
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Post by sunky on Oct 27, 2008 8:50:58 GMT 7
This was posted over at Hipsters United ... a new song "As Rome Burns" ... ? ... a song about the fall of the American economy maybe? The fall of the modern day roman empire? Review from LA Times: latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2008/10/smashing-pumpki.htmlMemo to Activsion: next time you have a launch party for the newest version of Guitar Hero, book the happy-go-lucky Foo Fighters (oh yes, they too are available for video game launch parties, for the right price, that is). The Smashing Pumpkins aren’t in any mood to send blue-eyed, blond-haired marketing minions home humming "Today." Billy Corgan’s message Saturday night to partygoers at a private Guitar Hero World Tour launch party? He is no corporate shill. Sure, the Smashing Pumpkins ringleader cashed the $100,000 + check his band surely received for performing at the bash, which was co-sponsored by Best Buy and took place just blocks away from the Minneapolis-based big box retailer's La Brea Avenue store in a massive sound studio--but that doesn’t mean he played nicely. Things started out promisingly enough as Corgan took the stage around 10 p.m. The band tore through "Tarantula" with efficiency and grace before performing a perfunctory version of “G.L.O.W.” (which is featured in Guitar Hero World Tour as a single, the first time a band has recorded a new song exclusively for the franchise). But the second half of the set left the curious crowd, heavy on Best Buy execs and contest-winners, feeling confused, used or worse. (Full set list plus more of the review after the jump) "Old School...1979!" one man a decade or so removed from the frathouse yelled out, perhaps unaware that the band had just offered up a blistering rendition of "Siva," from Smashing Pumpkins’ debut "Gish." With that kind of crowd staring back at the frontman, you can hardly blame Corgan from saving the entire second half of the set for working out new material, and dark, experimental feedback-laden noodling. Was this the 41-year-old's way of rebelling against "fake" guitar heroes playing the video game on one of the multiple screens set up just steps away from the stage? "I feel like Sarah Palin up here," he deadpanned at one point during the set, perhaps referencing his comfort level at being the evening's cheerleader. Although Corgan seemed in good enough spirits (wearing a silver skirt and a tight, black shirt with a spider on it...the same exact outfit he wore to the Scream Awards earlier this month: see picture above), it was clear he wasn’t in the mood to play the hits. Instead, fans who stuck around (many retreated to the bar area after they realized Corgan and Co. weren’t going to play "Zero" or "1979") were rewarded with a compelling, almost-jazz like riff fest from Corgan and his longtime drummer Jimmy Chamberlin. The imposing guitarist played with vitriolic fury during the latter half of the set, as if to show wannabes what a real guitar hero looked like. Corgan spat on the stage as he unleashed wall after wall of dissonant, driving riffs that sometimes devolved into extended feedback loops. He broke strings, played kettle drums, hissed and sang into "the heart of the sun," as he droned in a mantra-like moment during their cover of the classic Pink Floyd song "Set The Controls For The Heart Of The sun." I was beginning to think I was at a Liars show, and damn if it wasn’t compelling for those willing to make the journey with Corgan. And while the Pumpkins have been doing this shtick on stage since at least 2000, something felt different Saturday...perhaps as a result of a new sound emerging from rehearsals (the band is getting ready for their 20th anniversary tour, beginning Friday in Columbus, Ohio and a new "concept" record). Even as the band embarks on a backward-looking 20th anniversary jaunt this fall, the lanky Illinois-born songsmith proved there is plenty of gas left in the Pumpkins' songwriting oven. Case in point? Check the new song we heard last night, "As Rome Burns." Full lyrics from "As Rome Burns" below (I grabbed the lyrics sheet off the stage post-gig). Avert your eyes, Pumpkins fans who are partial to tunes like "Tonight, Tonight": this is not a love song: “We are the new gods/same as the old gods/we’ll take all your blood/and turn it into mud/as Rome burns/one by one/two by two/together they ride/side by side/into love/together they die/and still they want to weather the tide/as Rome burns.” “Forgiveness all your days/to count what you can’t save/we’ll take out one good eye/and leave a world to fall behind/as Rome burns.” “I see them everywhere out shaking to the beat/cursing out their elements/with chaos, chaos bleats/ands what seemed urgent then turns wicked in the heat/as Rome burns to the mother (expletive deleted) ground” Full set list: Tarantula G.L.O.W. Siva Speed Kills Superchrist As Rome Burns Sounds of Silence Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun The Smashing Pumpkins DVD documentary and concert film from their 11-night stand at San Francisco's Fillmore last year, "If All Goes Wrong," hits stores Nov. 11. - Charlie Amter Photo of Billy Corgan at the Scream Awards earlier this month by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images
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Post by scotopic lux on Oct 27, 2008 9:31:32 GMT 7
man, i love billy
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Post by sunkissed on Oct 27, 2008 17:18:45 GMT 7
It's so exciting to see that billy has found his stride over this time since the paris show, it really shows.
Looking back at their first performance in paris the growth as a band and also billy's confidence on stage is remarkable, only better things await us.
Desoltation, yes.
Hesitation, no.
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