Twisted Sister, Dio Get ‘Guitar Hero’ Treatment

Get ready to tease out your hair and jam to the Eighties. This summer, the popular PlayStation 2 game Guitar Hero returns with Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s. The new game will feature 30 hair metal and rock radio hits that dominated the charts in the Eighties.

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