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Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s (titled Guitar Hero: Rocks the 80s in Europe) [4] is a 2007 rhythm game developed by Harmonix and published by Activision for the PlayStation 2. It is the third installment in the Guitar Hero series. The game was released in July 2007 in North America and Europe, and in August 2007 in Australia.
"The Ballroom Blitz" (often called "Ballroom Blitz") is a song by British glam rock band The Sweet, written by Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman. The song reached number one in Canada, number two in the UK Singles Chart and the Australian Chart, and number five on the US Billboard Hot 100 .
Krokus's cover of Sweet's "The Ballroom Blitz" also appeared in the 2007 game Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s. It was announced on 20 April 2008, that the classic lineup of Chris von Rohr, Fernando von Arb, Freddy Steady, Mark Kohler and Marc Storace had reunited, and would be releasing a new studio record in 2010 with a supporting world tour.
The Ballroom Blitz" is a 1973 song by the Sweet. Ballroom Blitz may also refer to: The Ballroom Blitz & More Sweet Hits, a 1992 album by Sweet; Ballroom Blitz – Live at the Lyceum, a 1992 album by the Damned; Ballroom Blitz Tour, a 2010 concert tour by Korn "Ballroom Blitz" , a 1996 television episode
"Chelsea Smile" has been identified as evidence of Bring Me the Horizon's musical development on Suicide Season; Exclaim! writer Dave Synyard praised it, alongside "It Was Written in Blood", for featuring "catchier rhythms, lessened guttural vocals and more structured songwriting, as opposed to reverting to a technical onslaught of guitar riffs". [3]
It was the opening track on the band's self-titled debut album. Although its composition was credited to the band as a whole, the song was written by drummer Tommy Ramone (music and lyrics) and bassist Dee Dee Ramone (lyrics). [6] The song's "big dumb chant" ("Hey! Ho! Let's go!") became a global rallying cry at sporting events. [7]
According to Gibson, his bass guitar is set to standard cello tuning, in intervals of fifths (C G D A) with a banjo string for the high A (contrasted with the typical bass guitar tuning of E A D G). He used this four-string setup for several years, but has recently been using a five-string setup, tuned to C G D A E, with banjo strings for the A ...
Jason Newsted, former bassist of Metallica, says that this song was the first rock or metal riff he ever learned to play. [63] Paul Gilbert, former guitarist of Racer X and Mr. Big, says that a "really primitive version" of "25 or 6 to 4" was one of the first songs he taught himself to play on the guitar, using one string. [64]