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Ozzy Returns To Guitar Hero, Brings Zakk Wylde With Him
Posted by Luke Plunkett at 3:30 PM on August 8, 2008
Activision are intent on luring as many "big name" rock stars to the Guitar Hero brand as possible. Ozzy Osbourne, failing mind aside, is a big name rock star, and a Guitar Hero veteran to boot, providing perhaps the series' finest moment with Bark At The Moon. So it should be little surprise to hear that the ex-Sabbath frontman has been signed to appear in the upcoming Guitar Hero: World Tour, alongside long-time guitarist Zakk Wylde, where they'll be playing Crazy Train and Mr. Crowley in a recreation of an Ozzfest venue. Which is all well and good, but really, it's no Bark At The Moon.
Ozzy Osbourne dishes on 'Guitar Hero' and technology [USA Today]

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Carl Everett's Fossil Collection
Posted 4:07 PM 8/8/08
@NeoAkira: One song does not a full tracklist make.
Carl Everett's Fossil Collection
Madriker
Posted 4:07 PM 8/8/08
About damn time...
Madriker
kingdong6
Posted 4:06 PM 8/8/08
FYI, Mr. Crowley and Crazy train are both far superior to Bark at the Moon. It's fuckin Blizzard of Ozz!
kingdong6
NeoAkira
Posted 4:01 PM 8/8/08
Awesome, I guess that fake GH:WT tracklist wasn't as far off as we thought.
NeoAkira
Mister_CrazyGuy
Posted 4:00 PM 8/8/08
...Fan-holycrap-tastic.
Prince of Darkness!
I hope he has lights, how can he play instruments in the dark?
Mister_CrazyGuy
pcgecko85
Posted 3:50 PM 8/8/08
Crazy Train is one of my all time favorite songs. Zakk Wylde is also crazy good. this is covered in awesome-sauce
pcgecko85
osiris83
Posted 3:48 PM 8/8/08
Randy Rhoads (RIP) > Zakk Wylde
Jake E. Lee + Dio > Zakk Wylde + Ozzy
osiris83
P3nnst8r has returned on the Graces of Brian Ashcraft
Posted 3:46 PM 8/8/08
Are u serious? Mr. Crowley is the best Randy Rhoads song ever, IMHO.
Need to get this game, damnit.
P3nnst8r has returned on the Graces of Brian Ashcraft
Ratfoot_Revived
Posted 3:43 PM 8/8/08
So wait a minute will this be the Crazy Train without Randy Rhoads? If so fail.
Ratfoot_Revived
katscanne
Posted 3:43 PM 8/8/08
I'm very disappointed to hear this. Mostly because I wanted Crazy Train in Rock Band 2. And Iron Man, preferably. I'm all ready to be singing behind my fan...
katscanne
DontFearTheHobo
Posted 3:43 PM 8/8/08
Loves me some Crazy Train. Gonna sing and guitar my lungs out. "Shoo0o0o0out my lungs out" if you will. First to guess the reference gets a prize. I've also yet to finish Bark at the Moon on Expert. The only song that has eluded me...
DontFearTheHobo
JYJ705
Posted 3:36 PM 8/8/08
agreed, who cares its no bark at the moon, it's still awesome!
JYJ705
Milkzhakes
Posted 3:35 PM 8/8/08
crazy train! hell yeah wish they threw in no more tears, hell raiser, or bark at the moon again and i would buy it in an instance. although i probably am either way
Milkzhakes
Fadakar
Posted 3:33 PM 8/8/08
MR. CROWLEY? FUCK YES!
Fadakar
wef
Posted 4:24 PM 8/8/08
Finest moment? Hardly.
Gotta give that to Freebird.
wef
NeoAkira
Posted 4:22 PM 8/8/08
@NeoAkira:
That comment was for Carl Everett's...
NeoAkira
NeoAkira
Posted 4:15 PM 8/8/08
No, but it clearly shows the list wasn't a shot in the dark. There was some clear insider info there.
NeoAkira
Pornosaur
Posted 4:13 PM 8/8/08
I will admit Bark at the Moon is the best song on any of the Guitar Hero series. At least it was the one I went back to time and time again to finish on Hard then Expert. Randy Rhoads for the win. That's the shitty thing about Rock Band vs Guitar Hero, we all lose with "exclusive" songs. Judging from the WB music group perspective it's going to get much worse before it get's any better and by the time it does people won't even care about either game.
Pornosaur
dowingba
Posted 4:12 PM 8/8/08
Crazy Train is worth 10 Bark at the Moons.
dowingba
hoopesk2
Posted 4:10 PM 8/8/08
MRCROWLEYFTW
hoopesk2
Polite Society
Posted 4:10 PM 8/8/08
@DontFearTheHobo: dude? what? you finished cowboys from hell before bark at your mum? Not to mention all the other expert songs on the other games that are far harder.
That's... just a little weird.
On a by note, I really hope they somehow have rock band instrument compatability for PS3, though i'm almost sure that they wont. *pouts*
Polite Society
Zero_Beat
Posted 4:53 PM 8/8/08
@DontFearTheHobo: That's from Doug, isn't it?
Zero_Beat
NeoAkira
Posted 4:52 PM 8/8/08
@ Carl Everett's...
I was thinking it was a combination of both Crazy Train and Zakk Wylde being in the game, which was a big surprise for me from the original list.
NeoAkira
Carl Everett's Fossil Collection
Posted 4:48 PM 8/8/08
@NeoAkira: Because of Crazy Train? If it was a more obscure track, I'd agree with you, but Crazy Train is notable enough that it'd be a likely guess if I was to completely make up a setlist.
Carl Everett's Fossil Collection
Ghar
Posted 4:43 PM 8/8/08
@DontFearTheHobo: Are you gonna bust a vocal chord though? Ah, good song
+ Watch video
Crazy Train is also a good song.
Ghar
PlasmaMachine
Posted 4:38 PM 8/8/08
Awesome news! Going to be hard to split the time between RB2 & GH:WT.
PlasmaMachine
Eddy666
Posted 4:36 PM 8/8/08
Here's hoping they come out to rock band
Eddy666
dowingba
Posted 4:35 PM 8/8/08
@wef: Freebird was cool and all but the GH chart to compare all GH charts is, was, and always will be Sweet Child O' Mine. It is pretty much the best moment in gaming history.
dowingba
Ionan
Posted 5:42 PM 8/8/08
@dowingba:
Absolutely. The opening riff from Crazy Train is the best in rock music, ever.
Ionan
TehMark
Posted 5:40 PM 8/8/08
My want for this game has increased by Ten Ozzy's. Unfortunately that's not enough to put it past my rock band 2 want.
Now if we get some Bodom in WT I'm sold.
TehMark
LoopyChew
Posted 6:01 PM 8/8/08
My out-and-out RB fanboyism is crumbling in the face of Crazy Train.
LoopyChew
Erwin
Posted 6:14 PM 8/8/08
@NeoAkira: I think this might help get your point across: [kotaku.com]
Actually interesting that much of that is now official.
@Ghar: Whoa, people really do custom charts for everything. Cool!
Erwin
sxp151, the happy-headed nose
Posted 6:12 PM 8/8/08
So it's a rerecording? The original versions of both songs were done by Randy Rhoads, years before Zakk Wylde.
I hate rerecordings in these games; they change various things, messing up the rhythm. I'd rather hear cover versions in most cases.
sxp151, the happy-headed nose
freakout
Posted 6:46 PM 8/8/08
@dowingba: Oooo! Can't let that go unchallenged. It was very, very good, but I reckon the top prize has to go to....
....drum roll....
...More Than A Feeling. It is the best level of any video game ever made, ever. I can't express in words how much I fucking love playing that song.
Fortunately, The Escapist did it for me, back when GH first came out.
[www.escapistmagazine.com]
freakout
GodKiller0
Posted 7:47 PM 8/8/08
I think too many people say Randy Roads is better because he's dead now, Zakk Wylde is technically better and doesn't do horrible out of nowhere live solos has much.
Listen once to the Ozzmosis album, Zakk is a total god on that
GodKiller0
dowingba
Posted 7:37 PM 8/8/08
@freakout: That is an awesome article. And it perfectly articulates what is so awesome about Guitar Hero.
I agree that Boston are one of the best level designers ever, but for Foreplay/Long Time in Rock Band.
dowingba
Eiger
Posted 8:45 PM 8/8/08
Can we say that Rock Band is in trouble at this point? : [
Eiger
BassForever
Posted 10:17 PM 8/8/08
AY AY AY! I've been waiting for Crazy Train for awhile :D
BassForever
Mommar
Posted 10:09 PM 8/8/08
@Eiger:
Because of Gravy Train? No.
Mommar
TRT-X
Posted 10:04 PM 8/8/08
@Eiger: Why? An awesome setlist won't save the game if the charts are crap.
Not to mention there's still uncertainty regarding which instruments work with what.
If neither of those two factored in, I'd have reserved the stand-alone GHWT. As it is, just RB2.
TRT-X
BlooMorte
Posted 10:27 PM 8/8/08
MR CROWLEY!!!
BlooMorte
Wei
Posted 1:17 AM 9/8/08
Best Ozzy Songs, EVER
Wei
Grandreaper999
Posted 1:12 AM 9/8/08
Awesome! Zakk's gonna be in the game. I'd like to see some of BLS on that list too.. Fire it up was in the first one, but it wasn't really all that fun to play. Funeral Bell or Bleed for Me would be a sweet addition... c'mon, doooo it! :D
Grandreaper999
VeRKK
Posted 12:49 AM 9/8/08
zakk wylde=owenage!
VeRKK
Necrid
Posted 3:39 PM 8/8/08
SHARON!
Necrid
Vret
Posted 4:39 AM 9/8/08
Luke, I'm sorry to say, but you seem to missed the mark completly: Mr Crowley is a great, classic Ozzy song, but Crazy Train is simply one of the best metal songs ever!
Futhermore, as Destructoid put it when posting the news, it's the "much requested" song, Crazy Train. I.e., (oodles of) people have been wanting to play this song ever since the original GH!
Vret
JustOneFix
Posted 4:34 AM 9/8/08
Hell mother fucking yes! I cannot wait for this dad blamed game
JustOneFix
kingme
Posted 6:39 AM 9/8/08
Im happy with this...Now I can play all of my Ozzy all the time :D.
Plus the fact that Beat It was also confirmed is also awesome!! Eddie Van Halen Solo FTW!! I cant wait to get this
kingme
Solid_Skittle1218
Posted 7:27 AM 9/8/08
very tempting...
Solid_Skittle1218
Saxboy
Posted 8:59 AM 9/8/08
@Saxboy: Oops. Wikipedia sent me the memo I missed.
Saxboy
Saxboy
Posted 8:54 AM 9/8/08
@ShiningIdeal: I must have missed the memo, aren't there only like 8 songs confirmed at this point?
Saxboy
ShiningIdeal
Posted 8:47 AM 9/8/08
I know so many people who are happy about this, and I appreciate it for that but the amount the tracks leaking out for Guitar Hero World Tour don't blow my skirt up is vast.
ShiningIdeal
ShiningIdeal
Posted 9:18 AM 9/8/08
@Saxboy: And I'm not saying it can't redeem itself a lot - something like 30 out of 85 songs are all we've seen. Or that its a bad reveal so far. Just a lot of missing for me alone.
ShiningIdeal
PepsiPerfect
Posted 11:04 AM 9/8/08
@DontFearTheHobo: The Beets!
They really to need to put Killer Tofu in GH.
PepsiPerfect
rob61920
Posted 12:58 PM 9/8/08
yay im going to get this game fo sho hope its worth the rumored 200 dollar price
rob61920