Scott Ian vs Guitar Hero II

notman · Jan 2007

For those who don't know, Scott Ian is the rhythm guitarist for Anthrax (the band my handle comes from). Someone recorded him trying to play his own song on Guitar Hero II. Funny shit
http://www.dovetail.tv/app.html?contentId=1606&j=1

Tulkamir · Jan 2007

hahaha, that's some fuckin funny shit. Not entirely surprising though. Guitar hero is fairly different from the real thing so far as I can tell.

Hollowmind · Jan 2007

Haha, nice find.

"You gotta' write simpler songs, 20 years ago..."

[MILES] · Jan 2007

"Guitar hero is fairly different from the real thing so far as I can tell." -Tulkamir

Lol! Either that or they've been pulling a Milli Vanilli for the past decade or so.

Slum · Jan 2007

I'm a relatively decent guitarist, and according to the few times I've played guitar hero, I'm pretty bad at the game.

When I hear a note coming, my fingers try to go to the "real" frets as opposed to one of the few buttons.

Hollowmind · Jan 2007

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I'm a relatively decent guitarist, and according to the few times I've played guitar hero, I'm pretty bad at the game.

When I hear a note coming, my fingers try to go to the "real" frets as opposed to one of the few buttons.

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You could see that was happening to Scott Ian.

notman · Jan 2007

That's what I noticed also... you can see him try to 'fret' it a few times. He did start rocking it for a while there though.

I thought the funniest part was when he starts using the excuse that he's a rhythm player and not lead

That, and my daughter played this soung better than him, which I know it's different than playing the real thing, but it's still amusing to me

JO420 · Jan 2007

Linkey no workie
no idea if its old news

http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061214/SPORTS02/612140388

but Guitar Hero might have cost the Detroit Tigers the world series.

TomDunne · Jan 2007

Heh - if the Tigers had actually made a close series of it, that would make for a great conspiracy theory. Seeing as how they got knocked out 4-1, not so much. Zumaya lost one game, but wasn't a factor in the other three Detroit defeats.

(me = baseball geek)

Asherr · Jan 2007

link doesn't work for me either.

notman · Jan 2007

Yeah, they kept making some of the dumbest errors. I couldn't believe how good they played during the season and how much they stunk it up in the end

At least won the one game I got to see last season

It was funny to hear about the Guitar Hero injury though, back when it happened.

Rhinokey · Jan 2007

video doesnt work for me. tho i tried guitar hero in a game store a couple months back, cholden was there watching me play it, and the video and sound was out of sync, not really enough that you could easily tell just by looking,, but it was almost imposible o hit any notes.. and i've beaten the game on my home system, so i know i should have beena able to hit some

notman · Jan 2007

Looks as though Dovetail went completely down

Hopefully it returns shortly so others can view it.

notman · Jan 2007

Back up now

acc · Jan 2007

Rhinokey >> Certain TV's do play it out of sync (TV's problem). There's an option in the game to fix it (or at least reduce the problem) but of course anyone running a store probably has no clue about that.

And if anyone wants to see the complete opposite of Scott Ian, check this out: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5536585688154354135&hl=en

Two of the best GHII players in the world, co-op, Less Talk More Rokk on Expert, 100% for both.

I haven't even 5*'d that song yet

ElysiumGX · Jan 2007

We've started playing GH at work during lunch and after hours. I was skeptical at first, but this the funnest game I've ever played. And I've played guitar on and off for about a decade. It feels very close to the real thing, and they set up the 5 notes to closely follow the music. It's not a guitar simulator, it's a rock star simulator...and that is awesome. I was at Best Buy last night, and got into a competition with an 8 year old kid playing War Pigs. I'm addicted. I did rather well my first time playing. I expected better from Scott. :P

ebagg · Jan 2007

Isn't Guitar hero just DDR with a guitar-shaped controller and rock music? (serious question, that probably sounds sarcastic)

Michael Knubben · Jan 2007

It pretty much is, but what's bad about that?
It's great fun, so i'm not complaining

ElysiumGX · Jan 2007

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Isn't Guitar hero just DDR

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Yes...it's just DDR, but without the dancing.

ebagg · Jan 2007

...was just drawing the correlation between the gameplay guys, cmon now. :P

rooster · Jan 2007

I think its better since fucking up has a direct consequence, the tune gets all garbled and you feel like a noob. consequently theres more reward for getting it right

Zcubed · Jan 2007

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...the tune gets all garbled and you feel like a noob. consequently theres more reward for getting it right

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Yeah, definitely! I've played GH2 a few times at a friend's house and the intro to Sweet Child O' Mine absolutely shamed me. I couldn't help but wince each time I screwed up one of the phrases.

Em. · Jan 2007

Friggin' hilarious.
It's an addictive game, reminds me of Frequency on the PS2 as well. You had to rotate around this tube hitting the notes in time to get the song to play, also highly addictive.

Naked Templar · Jan 2007

guitar hero....amazingly fun game.

Justin Meisse · Jan 2007

yup, Frequency and Amplitude are by the same developers.

Slash · Feb 2007

Every time i play GH with friends i suck so bad, i have to pick up a real guitar afterwards and convince myself that i'm still a guitar hero! :P

Whargoul · Feb 2007

I find it more interesting to watch people either suck or do quite well. Perfect runs are boring to watch because, well, you know exactly what it's going to look like. Someone struggling and missing a few here and there is more entertaining for some reason.

Scott Ian vs Guitar Hero II

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