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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.
Developed by Harmonix Music Systems, Guitar Hero is a video game in which users strap on a guitar peripheral and play along with notes scrolled onscreen.
Tracks offered in the Rocks the 80s edition include:
More Guitar Hero Encore tracks will be announced in the coming weeks. Watch for an exclusive interview with Guitar Hero guitarist Marcus Henderson in the September issue of Guitar World.
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