Jul 2011 13

Featuring Raw Dog

The Last Vegas song “Raw Dog” is the featured track on Guitar Hero 2.  Download Raw Dog.

Since its release, Guitar Hero II has been met with both critical and commercial success, helping the Guitar Hero series become a cultural phenomenon.As of December 1, 2007, the game has sold 3.1 million copies.

The surprise success of Guitar Hero readily led to the development of a sequel for the game. :According to developer John Tam, the team felt they “hit the sweet spot” of genres and decades within the set list and wanted to maintain that for the sequel.The costs of obtaining licensing rights for music from “big bands” such as AC/DC, Led Zeppelin, Van Halen, and Metallica, in addition to the lack of understanding of how the music would be used prevented these groups from being used in Guitar Hero. READ MORE…