@Capp: im with you on that one. why call it legends or rock when some of the most influencial bands/ artist are not in there. no offense to anyone but seriously a.f.i? killers? bret michaels band? and some other bands. i mean some are okay but they still haven't earned the title legends of rock.

Milkzhakes

@itsgreylolol:
dude..totally.

@DasKonstruct:

XD, same here my good man.

DarkHomer

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SatansBestBuddy

wooo, guitar wank ahoy!

Defenestrated

Okay Activision. Now I'm pissed about The Wii not getting DLC>

stune

Best Buckethead song ever

itsgreylolol

I'm going to need to see videos of these...especially after my experiences with Jordan. I SITLL haven't beat that yet.

TRT-X

I guess after that one guy 100% dragonforce, NS decided to stop playing nice. These are gonna be so extremely difficult it'll probably shame me and then laugh at my tears.

DasKonstruct

Hell. Yes.

punkrawka

too late for me, I'm never plugging in GH3 again :\

sc00t420

Am i the only one excited about soothsayer?! come on people!

DarkHomer

@hamandcheeseUK: Man, I saw G3 that year, it was amazing.

I'm not a Guitar Hero fan (I prefer Rock Band drums) but kudos to them for finally getting Satch and Vai in there.

Gray665

yawn
these guys need to rip off harmonix's model for releasing DLC as well.

noliferuin (PSN+XBL)

I would also like to point out,,this is a great birthday present..thank you kotaku.thank you...agh im so happy! xD

DarkHomer

Damn, I swore off Guitar Hero III long ago, but this is some DLC that I actually want to play. I might have to dust off my Guitar Hero III disc, get some points cards and give this shit a try on the 24th.

Hauler

I, for one, am SO GLAD I bought the version with a gaping hole in the controller.

Like a gaping hole in my heart, Nintendo.

[Dextr]

Soothsayer?!holy sweet baby jesus,,,*has a virtual orgasm*

DarkHomer

sweet another buckethead song

tripur

Now, if they can add Zack Wylde, Alexi Laiho, and Yngwie Malmsteen, then I'd pay for this.

Otherwise, yawn.

Arttemis

Oh, god....

I here I was thinking that I'd never touch GH3 again.

Now I'll likely be playing it more than ever.

Seriously, best pack ever.

SatansBestBuddy

i gotta get my plastic guitar and start shredding again!!!

\m/

FullyShadow

I'd get it just for Surfing With The Alien (I'm not a huge Satriani fan, but I love that song).

...and I never get GH DLC (unless it's free). It's strictly RB for me.

Fire4444

my hand... its cramping up just thinking about it.

DasKonstruct

FINALLY!!!

They finally put some DLC out that is worthy of being called "Legendary". That title has pissed me off since day 1. You call it legends of rock, but don't put many legends in it. The original track pack had a few mixed in there, but the DLC that has come out since then has been crap.

Capp

Steve Vai and Satriani?

Get Petrucci and have the G3 cover of Foxy Lady! It would be awesome.

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hamandcheeseUK

@rameez3: Uh, not only was that a bonus song, some of us like Lacuna Coil. Wasn't my song of choice, but oh well.

I wish these had been in GH4 instead, but I guess the lack of a vocal and the sheer guitar awesomeness makes them better GH3 songs. Too bad I have the PS2 version.

Saxboy

Anytime I hear the name Steve Vai, I think of this story. My old music teacher, while talking to some Nirvana fans, once said "Who's the better guitar play--Kurt Cobain or Steve Vai? Steve Vai...you know why? 'Cause Kurt Cobain's fucking dead...he can't play shit." He was a good teacher.

Arklop

i almost cried after i heard that :P finally real legendary songs, not some unheard of songs like lacuna coil :S

rameez3

@Milkzhakes: Love The Killers myself but they are no 'legend of rock'. They definitely need more legends in both Rock Band 2 and Guitar Hero: WT...

thebetamax

Hmm, almost makes me wish I had access to the 360 version of GH3. I'd wish Rock Band got some Buckethead, but that'd be just stupid with no vocals...

Demaar

Ey! Lacuna Coil is cool...more or less. Obviously it´s not a Legend of Rock, but some songs are (i dont know a word to describe it...it´s between "meh" and "good").

I want to play that song of Buckethead, sounds great.

artharus

It's about time they got some Satriani, it's easy to understand their oversight when they've got greats like Pat Benatar and Lacuna Coil in the game.....

Valiant Goat

Damn, this might make me put my GH3 back in the 360. Three guitar heroes there with some of my favorite guitar songs ever... Damn... I don't want to like guitar hero anymore... :p

Malaky

Yes!! Satriani FTW!

Highlander Wolf

Damn, they were one Petrucci song away from making this a G3 pack.

alzheimers

@SatansBestBuddy:

Yeah, Those "Surfing with the alien" and "Soothsayer" charts are mine. Looks like Guitar Hero 3 finally realized the type of songs they should be focusing on. Now let's see some John 5, Neversoft! Do it, you won't.

I'm very curious to see how they changed the charts from what I have. I won't buy them, I don't have GH3 anymore, but I'll check em out.

CaptLtrl

I never imagined I would ever see a Joe Satriani cover on Kotaku. He's been my favorite musician for the past 20 years, since I was 13 years old.

Billkwando

HOLYFUCKINGSHIT!!!!!!!!

Get thee monies out from my pocket and into the pocket of one Mr. Joseph Satriani!!!

I will be borrowing this game from a friend and buying this DLC.

This is both Crazy and Strange, but I Believe I will soon be Surfing with The Alien across the Big Bad Moon (as Clouds Race Across the Sky).

Get it?!?

Billkwando

ugh.

salmonax

Now here's hoping that, since Satriani or Vai would be kinda stupid on Rock Band, they get some Dream Theater! The drummer would suffer a little, but oh well...

dynosaulo

This is what I've been waiting for. More Satch, less of the Pat Benetar FFS!

Spoffoth

JOE SATRIANI? FUCK YES! This actually gives me a reason to play the shitty series for once.

Gentleman

@Arklop: That made me laugh.

Steve Vai and Satriani you say, only now does this game live up to the name guitar hero.
And Satriani on the front page of Kotaku awesome.

Ryuujin1024

Surfing with the alien!! Excellent!!

I've always wondered why they never got the Satriani before now!

dkrefft

I really like Surfing with the Alien, but can't bring myself to buy content for a game that's not Rock Band.

barndawgie

@Valiant Goat:

I made that one too :D. Black Widow is awesome fun. I'm just scared Neversoft is gonna steal all the thunder from my portfolio. Need to stop kicking dirt around and get to work.

CaptLtrl

@CaptLtrl: John 5 in a GH game seems like a wild dream. It's extremely unlikely, but we can still pray for it to happen, Black Widow of La Porte would be amazing to play in a GH/RB game.

Valiant Goat

Does this mean we will see Ibanez Guitar on GH3 (Hoping to play a virtual JEM)

Jestersage

Pretty sweet pack, but I won't pay for anything that doesn't include drums. Not to mention the insane price Activision charges..... only slightly helped by the fact that they crush Rock Band on free content.

adamonfire

@dynosaulo: Rock Band 2 is getting.....PANIC ATTACK!!!

noamjamski

WHAT WHAT WHAT!!! Soothsayer is my favorite song ever of all time. You mean me requesting this for 4 years finally got through to them!!!!! AWWW MAN! Im so hyped I am so excited about this. This just made my day ( After I went and preordered rock band 2! )

RazorandBlade

I reckon they put the guitar battle with Steve Vai from Crossroads in there and then just add Eugenes Trick Bag in there at the end for added arthritis. XD

Kung

I was really excited to finally dust of GH3, put Rock Band away, and download some Surfing With The Alien.

Then I remembered that you can't just download one song in GH. It has to be the pack.

So close, GH, so close...

mxmarks

Soothsayer is awesome, but i would like some binge and grab. Buckethead is crazy amazing people, go see him live if you ever get the chance.

smuckers is good

@Arttemis: agreed, although this track pack is awesome...Harmonix?

firen

Awesome stuff. Hope this is part of the stuff you can carry over to World Tour.

PlasmaMachine

@Arklop:

Even when Cobain was alive, his guitar playing was very simplistic but he did make it sound good. He's not the best guitar player but an amazing musician.

Ausl0

ARRGHHHRERGRGHRH!!!!
.... only 2 weeks after I trade my copy of GH3 into gamestop <.<
dammit

arazzor

Sounds good. Not sure I'll be picking it up as I still don't much care for GH3 DLC, but none the less a good pack.

EditorinChief

Holy shit! soothsayer!! i fucking love that song and Surfing with the alien and for the love of god are freaking awesome too! if they put songs like these in GH4 rock band will be dead to me.

Mike918

@noamjamski: OMG, i already feel sorry for the little bass pedal... lol
well... fot the whole set actually
=P

dynosaulo

OMG, my fingers hurt just by reading the word "Soothsayer"...

Gaschamber

@Satansbestbuddy and CaptLtrl:

You do both realize that the Satch song in the video is "Summer Song", not "Surfing?"

I assumed you do, but if you didn't a friendly head's up.

busboy33

WHAT? SOOTH FUCKIN' SAYER???

Best god damned news EVAH!!!

Now I really hate having the Wii version... I hope they also come for World Tour...

cYcO_pLuXxEl

Soothsayer!

OMG Soothsayer!

...soothsayer?

SOOTHSAYER!!!!!!

kingdong6

I really like Buckethead, it should be awesome.

timb18011234

And Wii owners like me will continue to be reamed.

Spyke72

Correction...The Satriani video IS, in fact, Surfing With The Alien @ busboy33.

primateforever

@noliferuin (PSN+XBL): Not yet they don't. They should wait for World Tour to do weekly downloads.

Dalren

@ primateforever:

yep, and once I get my foot out out of my mouth I'll say my extreme bad.

Never realized how similar Surfing and Summer Song sounded before, but when I started playing the video all I could see in my head was Summer Song. Had to go back to the albums to correct myself.

Again, my bad call.

busboy33

It is times like these that you really pity the DLC-Deprived Wii owner.

AlbenoX

I'll get it just for Buckethead. I love Soothsayer. Never really heard much of the other two....

LordPotato

That is impressive, but also a bit late. As a huge fan of all three of these guys, I am looking forward to my hand falling off after playing these songs.

SentientAndrew

@Arttemis:

Add Petrucci and Gilbert to that list, and i'd pay double.

NoOBiEMaN

Holy mother of fuck... Not really a fan of Surfing with the Alien (still a sweet song), but Soothsayer alone is enough for me to get this on day one.

INSTABUY!

NoOBiEMaN

OMGOMGOMGOMGOMG!!! YESSSS! Although, i would want something like nottingham lace by buckethead, but this is still sooo awesome!!

molotovfixation2525