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Posted on: Jun 09, 2008
Guitar Hero Download Low-Down: Motorhead Track Pack
WORDS BY: OXM Staff
Whenever Activision releases fresh Guitar Hero III tracks via Xbox Live, we'll run out onto our website stage like roadies and review the latest downloadable content. Check back often!
The Motörhead Track Pack contains three songs for 500 Microsoft Points ($6.25). The tracks are not available for individual sale.
Motörhead Track Pack
WHAT ROCKS: Motörhead is balls-out metal — and with short running times, none of the songs overstay their welcome. “Stay Clean” offers a repetitive rhythm riff, which is mostly about using your fingers independently. It’s a good skill drill and a strong, driving rocker, but it’s not transcendent. However, even though the bassline is simple,(remember, the bassist is singing), it's not boring. "(We Are) The Road Crew” offers more triplets and a tasty riff with demanding solo bits, a surprising amount of chords in the hammering bass line, plus the song gets jammed in your brain and stays there all day (that’s a good thing). And if you’re going to give a song the same name as the band, that had better be a damned good song. “Motörhead” lives up to its own name as a complex rhythmic beast that will challenge most experts on Expert. With a slippery solo and a mix of cascades in different directions for guitarists and a syncopated bassline that recalls the intro to "YYZ", it’s all about finding the song's groove.
WHAT SUCKS: The repetition within the songs has to be noted – since this is primal metal, you do wind up playing the same thing over and over again in these slabs of raw beef. And to the untrained ear, Motörhead kinda does all sound the same, so that’s going to turn off some folks who aren’t already fans.
FINAL VERDICT: Any metal fan worth their salt will plunk down the MS Points out of Lemmy solidarity, but if you’ve never had the pleasure of brutal metal pounded out an inch from your face, this three-pack is a fine introduction – and a fun one, too. A brisk pace and technically challenging patterns make this collection a winner.
Sat, 06/14/2008 - 16:25
Posted by ill_sue_ya
if avenged sevenfold iss coming to rock band that will be the best dlc since either limelight or working man.
Fri, 06/13/2008 - 20:24
Posted by smoothoap33
Avenged Sevenfold is coming next week for ROCK BAND!
Fri, 06/13/2008 - 05:10
Posted by ill_sue_ya
yeah but seriosely, most of the rock band dlc lately is crap.
Wed, 06/11/2008 - 19:16
Posted by Terr0r Inc
Yes Triple H's theme song was by Motorhead. The Game, or Play the Game. Something like that.
Wed, 06/11/2008 - 18:00
Posted by smoothoap33
That's not necessarily true about less dlc = quality. Most of the GH3 stuff I wouldn't even consider buying because they put one good song with 2 other crap ones you had to get together in the pack. In rock band I've d/l about 30 songs, and what's great is that if you don't like the pack, you can get the single YOU like.
Wed, 06/11/2008 - 00:46
Posted by xpects the xpctd
I'm not going to buy it, simply because I'm saving the little I have left of MS points for Rock Band, I prefer vocals to guitar, besides, I got two nasty guitarist any way. I like to refer to them as "Da Brocks". Yeah, I dare you to take on Brock1563, and u might have a chance against Oblivion1492. You've been warned.
Mon, 06/09/2008 - 23:38
Posted by Mitch OXM
Interesting that they didn't include the already-available Ace of Spades as a bonus...
Mon, 06/09/2008 - 23:34
Posted by shadowover93
why not Triple H's theme song.Isn't it by MotorHead.
Mon, 06/09/2008 - 23:18
Posted by ill_sue_ya
intresting... ya know what i discovered? that the less frequently you release DLC the more quality the DLC has.