Guitar Hero II - Making of Songs

[@uaujuan]

Making around 70 great covers of real songs including all instruments and diferents voices is a very big achivement. You guys did a great job with that game.

[@skaminski100]

A bunch of dads made video game history. Wow

[@artimisatreus8585]

these guys were the masterminds behind the beginning of my childhood!

[@oNTiger]

I don't understand how I'm allowed to watch this video for free I thought you had to pay $350 in the Guitar Shop

[@TheBlueBros22]

you did i did but now its here

[@gku4894]

@@TheBlueBros22 I covered you, bro. With interest, your total will be $50,750.

[@BGBGBGBGBGBGhawt]

Just put in the cheat code like the rest of us

[@ghplayer1992]

Bro u damaged my heart such a tactical comment made me teary 😢😢😢

[@Peppizzz]

This game tought me to love music, and now I'm a drummer. I've to give you my life, thanks a lot!

[@uaujuan]

Giuseppe Lorrai i also started to love music because of this game, but i became in a guitar player instead a drummer. Really good memories of those times...

[@ArturoFuenmayor]

i became a guitar player too for this game and metallica

[@ghplayer1992]

i still cry cause that nostalgia is still murdering me i i cant resist god

[@plasticboy2444]

+Nouman fastbowler ya i know that feeling bro

[@SouthPlaya]

When we were kids and gh 1,2,3 were the best games ever

[@ghplayer1992]

PLASTIC BOY yeh man

[@ghplayer1992]

definitely man

[@robertpaulson117]

I feel man, my childhood was pretty great playing these games and I didn't even know it until it was too late😢

[@TheFruitMugger]

man, who knew hannibal buress was such a good bassist

[@danielnutt9]

the first time i watched this was actually on the game

[@eatmybullet935]

DanielNuttGaming same lol I watched all the extra videos

[@vilsonrodriguesjunior8669]

me too lol

[@genersoneduardo]

me too

[@redhotchilifan98]

Same

[@WishoSz]

Wow :0

[@lukemorron]

Man I couldn't play guitars like now without these guys... Big kudos to them.

[@AmyraCarter]

1:10 This one was the best at covering Ozzy's voice. 3:19 This guy is a badass bass player. 3:57 Song was originally recorded using a double bass kit...

[@fran-b3b]

Songs: 0:01:Freya - The Sword 0:44:Madhouse - Anthrax 1:10:War Pigs - Black Sabbath 1:32:Killing in the name - Rage Against The Machine 1:55:Mother - Danzing 2:09:Suicidal Tendencies - Institutionalized 2:22:Message in a bottle - The Police 2:44:Tattooed Love Boys - The Pretenders 3:19:Last Child - Aerosmith 3:57:Search And Destroy - Iggy Pop 4:13:John The Fisherman - Primus 4:41:Madhouse - Anthrax 4:43:Tripping on a Hole in a Paper Heart - Stone Temple Pilots 4:50:Woman - Wolfmother 4:57:Can't You Hear Me Knocking - Rolling Stones 5:01:Matthew Sweet - Girlfriend 5:08:Tattooed Love Boys - The Pretenders 5:13:Message In A Bottle - The Police 5:18:Tonight Im Gonna Rock You Tonight - Spinal Tap 5:35:Monkey Wrench - Foo Fighters

[@marconesrodrigues8748]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@dustinray1694]

I just love how much fun they had making this game and how dedicated they were to making their covers sound as close to the original as possible. This is why my childhood was awesome. Thank you guys. ❤

[@llsvideobin8461]

Right?? If it weren't for guitar hero 2, I would never have become so obsessed with guitars. This game made my childhood and I have so much appreciation for the game. I'm into my twenties now and have fulfilled my childhood dreams of playing on stage and stuff over the years and it feels unbelievable really. I love this game so much.

[@SpoofRecaps]

2:22 Literally the only reason i SEARCHED for this video. My favorite song on that game. And it took me 15 years to realize that I only love it so much because the cover singer's voice is literally amazing. I love this version even more than the original. It's what made me fall in love with this song and ultimately rock and metal over the years. And this is coming from a complete 90s Hip-Hop head.

[@CoSmicGoesRacing]

He did an amazing job with the Sting impression. Fun fact: the WaveGroup singer also did the vocals for War Pigs.

[@CapnFlappyJaw42]

I was beyond shook when I watched this video in the game because I thought they were the actual songs, or the actual artists that came and rerecorded the audio

[@DB-pw7lu]

ikr? It blew my 12 year old mind to find out it was actually a very small group of people (in comparison to the size of their project) that recorded everything. A small and very talented group of people.

[@CassandraPantaristi]

Some songs were originals, but most were covers (at least in later games). It wasn't until Guitar Hero III: Legends Of Rock where there were original songs rather than the whole soundtrack being covers. With the original Guitar Hero and Guitar Hero II, the entire playlist are covers.

[@luangabriel3867]

0:00 The Sword- Freya 0:44 Madhouse - Anthrax 1:10 War Pigs - Black Sabbath 1:32 Killing in the name - RATM 1:55 Mother - Danzing 2:22 Message in a bottle - The Police 2:44 Pretenders - Tattooed Love Boys 3:19 Last Child - Aerosmith 3:57 Search And Destroy - IGGY POP ft STOOGES 4:43 Tripping on a Hole in a Paper Heart - Stone Temple Pilots 4:50 Woman - Wolfmother 4:57 Can't you hear me knocking - Rolling the Stones 5:01 Girfriend 5:18 Tonight I'm Gonna Rock You Tonight 5:35 Monkey Wrench --------Like this comment plss

[@barkbox3931]

I love you

[@MrRandomStuffTV]

Not all heroes wear capes...

[@roychandrasilalahi6931]

+Luan Gabriel I Love You

[@esteban0226]

Gracias - Thanks

[@jainventaru869]

Luan Gabriel carai vc e o bixao msm ein doido

[@minakouzuchiha9061]

I still remember this video since I was so a little :3 miss these guys....wish back then was forever...

[@matheusleone746]

Wavegroup merecia muito mais reconhecimento, covers excelentes e alguns até melhores que as músicas originais. Ótimos profissionais, uma pena que tudo foi pro saco.

[@mitchmitchelson9767]

it’s sad to see something that started with so much ambition and genuine love for music get turned into the shitshow cash grab that GH ended on. GH3 still the beat guitar hero tho (;__;)7

[@silhouettoofaman2935]

To be fair, Warriors of Rock is a really great game. You can tell they put a lot of work into it by the presentation alone. They got 2112 by Rush and an original track written by Megadeth specifically for that game, for goodness sake!

[@rocketlaflare]

Silhouetto of a Man I was just about to say WoR was the best

[@thattypicalslimy8548]

WT had the best soundtrack imo. Mars volta, at the drive in, tool!

[@jhixofficial7634]

HOW ARE NONE OF YALL TALKING ABOUT THE BEATLES ROCKBAND? Shit was my childhood

[@TheFoxInTaleAFC]

Honestly, Warriors of Rock has the best song list (after GHIII), good graphics, a fun and interesting story mode, etc

[@TheMagicchicken123]

the guy at 1:12 he sounds like jack black

[@encompassthyeclipse7278]

He’s singing Warpigs though 😂

[@dinkydinks]

I remember this.. NOSTALGIAAA

[@suburbanhomejustin]

ITS A MADHOUSE!

[@FootofaFerret]

@Roflzmahwoflz at the time they didnt hav the permission to use the original master versions, its all legal stuff

[@valduuzz]

9 years wow. You still into guitar hero stuff?

[@LogeJit]

Yo what’s up footofaferret

[@GeoBlitzy]

So true

[@encompassthyeclipse7278]

@@valduuzzclone hero now

[@filipefrancoafonso]

If I can play Malmsteen on real guitar today it's because of these guys. I didn't even know what rock was until I played Guitar Hero II in a friends house. I felt amazing. Their work is awesome. Most cases I still prefer these GH covers to the master records. The guitar lines in Mother, Message In A Bottle, Woman, Free Bird, Hangar 18, etc are perfect.

[@Ian-ot7up]

Their cover of "Can't You Hear Me Knockin'?" is just on point compared to the Stones' version.

[@jesusfreak777ize]

This is so nostalgic for me. I remember watching these videos all the time when I played the game... Goodness

[@codyjaymz]

These guys and GH2 introduced me to so much music back then that shaped who I am today, and I didn’t even know these were covers!

[@IamSimplyYOSH]

Man I remember watching this a million times. What a great time in my life ❤

[@SquibLmao]

I’ve seen many people get mad at the fact that the gh1 and 2 setlists we’re covers. That’s the point of the game, you play as a guitarist in a cover band. They made the covers because it’s more genuine for a cover band in a game to play actual song covers.

[@the_evil_bread6317]

They did covers because licensing is expensive. You jokers will make up any delusional explanation just to feel better. The covers are great so it doesn’t matter.

[@fluxie31_old]

​@@the_evil_bread6317 i mean the cover band thing is true, but I think it's just a front for the licensing issues of master recordings. it's not delusional, just misguided.

[@wusstunes]

They both can be true! No need to be rude.

[@Wesley89471]

Best GH !

[@damaster720]

Maybe it's just because I'm never too crazy about Aerosmith, but I love their cover of Last Child so much more.

[@elixns_]

I didn't even know/remember that song being in the game but now that I became such a huge Aerosmith fan and heard that bit here I went crazy like "THAT SONG WAS IN THE GAME??"

[@lethalpresencexx]

these guys put so much work into this and for this is the reason why i love all sorts of music really opened up my mind when i was a kid i am eternally grateful for this

[@Farhnazmn]

damn nostalgia everywhere😢😢😢

[@DarkFulgore]

"As performed by"* But is true that o said... All bonuses musics are performed by the original band,and some from the Shows, like "Stop!" and "John the Fisherman", I can't remember any other now...

[@CoSmicGoesRacing]

My Chemical Romance’s Dead! is one of the few originals used. Same with Toadies’s Possum Kingdom.

[@kayorodrigo1399]

The best Guitar Hero!

[@instinctbrosgaming9699]

Funky bass licks intensify

[@darkone12541]

This should be a try not to sing challenge 🤣🤣🤣 I miss you guys! Please come back and make guitar hero great again!

[@jaredmunro597]

miss when guitar hero i and ii had covers. I love the originals, but i loved hearing all the covers and how accurate they were able to get them

[@Darkshock25]

Don’t forget GH80’s.

[@-curtiscamp]

That Darryl Anders bass solo on Last Child does indeed go hard 🔥

[@davidreyes665]

I watched this video back in 2007 I was only in 7th grade

[@zeldanerdsFTW]

David Reyes I was in like 3rd grade. My god how time flies!

[@davidreyes665]

zeldanerdsFTW I know right hahaha

[@geronimosantacruz4110]

Same here, i was on 5th grade

[@sabertooth5795]

I was in 9th grade and I was 14 years old but I watched it on the Xbox 360 around April of 2007 because that's when GH2 came out for the Xbox 360 so yeah I never played the PS2 version at all until the PCSX2.

[@mtk3200]

Damn time flies

[@alexmazurek18]

These guys look like they are having so much fun

[@Luke_Balbino]

This is so cool! I absolutely love Guitar Hero

[@lordmel394]

where's buckethead makin jordan?

[@cebollajsjsjsk]

in his house

[@ShuparuM1]

Man this is the job i would want for my life, i wouldn't mind doing this type of thing everyday, it's just so fun and awesome!

[@lukebogart6427]

3:30 Gary Unders just hurt my feelings for being so funky

[@AmyraCarter]

Anderson, actually.

[@kbggames6163]

Daryll Anders

[@tubadude07]

Sucks they don't do this anymore. This would be a dream job.

[@Zk8er35]

this is definitely one of the coolest jobs you can get. P.S. "Beautiful, Scott!" "man, we have to get you, like, you know, shake endorsements after this." XD

[@boramedica96]

Beginning of WaveGroup Sound on Guitar Hero & Rock Band after Since in Karaoke Revolution

[@zPeidin]

0:00 The Sword- Freya 0:44 Madhouse - Anthrax 1:10 War Pigs - Black Sabbath 1:32 Killing in the name - RATM 1:55 Mother - Danzing 2:22 Message in a bottle - The Police 2:44 Pretenders - Tattooed Love Boys 3:19 Last Child - Aerosmith 3:57 Search And Destroy - IGGY POP ft STOOGES 4:43 Tripping on a Hole in a Paper Heart - Stone Temple Pilots 4:50 Woman - Wolfmother 4:57 Can't you hear me knocking - Rolling the Stones 5:01 Girfriend 5:18 Tonight I'm Gonna Rock You Tonight 5:35 Monkey Wrench ToUPpls

[@robertpaulson117]

These dudes did a great job, as a kid I didn't even realize these songs were covers

[@xTjSaysTDFWx]

Pure. Nostalgic. Trip.

[@augusto4310]

Ouuu saudades época boa 2001 por aí

[@tubadude07]

Best job ever

[@RuTnVI]

These people made my youth so beautiful

[@motopolak]

2:08 - 2:13 I laughed so hard. Such a fun song to play on GH2.

[@JayrezalJorgy]

awesome drum covers...

[@flippy7035]

Fuck did i love all the passion and pure fun that was put in the first 3 ghs

[@AirtonEddy]

lembro dos meus 12 anos com o PS2, eu era feliz e não sabia :/

[@koixfish]

i love how the camera guy when he's trying to get a nice shot of a guitar and hits the stand so another one falls over. i think that's hilarious.

[@jantzenallen3077]

I was 5 years old and this was the first one I played and now I'm 17 where has time gone holy shit

[@HedyGabriel93]

I'm not crazy! (Institution!) You're the one who's crazy! (Institution!)

[@ComaAlpha]

Every time I read or hear Search and Destroy (Iggy and The Stooges) I think Seek and Destroy and am then extremely let down.

[@andre5erna]

Is no one gonna mention the...drum beat at 3:35?

[@entidade1000]

1:51 back then receiving a phone call meant you were super important lol

[@alexfore7944]

PLEASE someone help me, ever since i beat this game and saw this original video on my ps2 i have always wondered who is the guy at 3:20?

[@monomcr]

The guy reacting to his playing said "Gary Unders just hurt my feelings..." Maybe that's his name, I dunno xd I too wanted to know his name, but now that I understand English way much better, it's nice to watch this video now. **Edit: I just Googled that name but to no results about this guy... :(

[@wazerkus-9393]

It's Darryl Anders... I have wondered as well for years about this. It sounds like the guitar player is saying Garry Unders hurts me with the funk, lol.

[@bluephoenix3865]

Wow 13 years I miss it

[@SlimSantaGaming94]

I always thought that it was because they couldn't get permission to use the original tracks on the game.. They only managed to get a few original recordings

[@alexnapoles9616]

Damn!! even at 2020, they're so cool!!

[@Chris93Rock]

OMG! Whats the pedal hes using at 01:31+ ? The Killing in the name Solo thing

[@simplecruelreal]

the glasses are awesome!

[@nolanwolf1828]

Back when game devs were allowed to have fun doing what they loved

[@nesosouza9759]

Minha infância resumida em um vídeo 👐☄

[@Koridai011]

Im here for this 2:19 😊

[@damaster720]

0:30 I'm going to start making that sound everytime my guitar is tuned from now one.

[@slxxpyhollow]

Wow that bass player was killer

[@flippy7035]

0:44 for *t h e t o n e*

[@TUSMBOX]

4:44 is Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart by the Stone Temple Pilots.

[@alucard624]

I think they did a damn good job on these covers for the first Guitar Hero games.

[@wladyalx2]

What guitar brand (and model) is he playing in 1:51? I can barely see the brand.

[@houdin654jeff]

Kind of hilarious that they had to replicate a Foo Fighters song considering how many of them ended up in the Rock Band catalogue. Still amazed by these incredible musicians recreating all this prior to the masters becoming available, fucking awesome times.

[@Somawesomestuff]

I feel so old...i used to play that game a lot

[@FunnyVids1080]

So much nostalgia

[@pfcbangin]

"I AM NOT CRAZY!" HAHAHA!

[@twoshirts17]

what is the name of the "metal" guy, pretty serious skills there...

[@victigremty]

after 3:48 the drums player is replaced , what ever hapenned to the 1st drums player?

[@Yedum]

assistia muito esses vídeos no próprio jogo.

[@nelson32112]

no dude, i would love to have this job

[@Xerapher]

3:34 that almost sounds like the Pr0nhub theme hahaha

[@Michael307]

What song is that guy singing at 4:44-4:50? Love the guy playing base to Message in A Bottle. is sounds awesome. Aswell with the guy playing base to Last Child.

[@CoSmicGoesRacing]

Trippin On a Hole of a Paper Heart - Stone Temple Pilots

[@TonyValdivieso]

I love the little bass thing during "Last Child", its the only reason I watched the video.

[@radicalratgaming8981]

This has songs from both guitar hero 2 and 3

[@Bodziktb89]

U play Heart Shaped box better than Nirvana. Great job!

[@trickster7611-c8f]

I don't know if these guys from WaveGroup heard of Guitar Hero World Tour - Warriors Of Rock

[@guitarhero252]

2021 and i miss the GH2 days so much

[@matthewdaub]

This is the job everyone wishes for. Fucking around with your friends, doing something yiu love. And getting paid for it.

[@Voraax]

That's what I thought, too. The headstock writing looks a bit different, though. Thanks for the reply!

[@210nitrous]

Oh man they nailed it

[@JamesCuck-gq5en]

Back when game developers cared about making a good finished game

[@ketsonkls]

nostalgic

[@GuitarHeroPhenomSux]

So what's the difference between using covers versus using the actual song? Legally speaking? How can it be cheaper to use covers?

[@bakijozsi2482]

Exactly! You must have a permission of the record comany or the band (idk), and that costs money. It's like cars in GTA. They don't buy the name of Dodge's Viper, they name it Banshee.

[@Fungi48691]

I'm pretty sure they did it so if u messed up u could hear the track without the guitars

[@Ian-ot7up]

+rue manley This is the other reason! After GHII, if you messed up in the song, it sounded like your entire band stopped playing at the same time because the entire song would just cut out.

[@ZatchPatch]

Ya they rerecord them. But The New Black by Everytime I Die its the actual song.