RUMOR: Partial Guitar Hero IV track list includes Hotels, Stairways, and Puppets

Much like the Super Bowl, the awful Saw sequels, and Britney’s rehab stints, Guitar Hero has become an annual American tradition. A release date has yet to be set for this year’s version, but if history is any indication, you should be rocking out sometime between late-October to mid-November.

With that said, we usually don’t get our first glimpse at any of the tracks until sometime during the spring, at the very earliest. Even then, the announced songs are usually far from megaton, which makes the following list extremely suspicious:

Here I Go Again- Whitesnake
Back In Black- AC/DC
B.Y.O.B.- System Of A Down
Aerials- System Of A Down
Money- Pink Floyd
Little Red Corvette- Prince
Highway Star- Deep Purple
Island in the Sun- Weezer
Walk This Way- Aerosmith
Sweet Emotion- Aerosmith
Dream On- Aerosmith
Jaded- Aerosmith
Voo Doo Child- Jimi Hendrix
Walk- Pantera
Alive- Pearl Jam
Panama- Van Halen
Eruption- Van Halen
Smells Like Teen Spirit- Nirvana
Lithium- Nirvana
Shook Me All Night Long- AC/DC
Hotel California- The Eagles
Wanted Dead or Alive- Bon Jovi
Crazy Train- Ozzy Osbourne
Master of Puppets- Metallica
Scar Tissue- RHCP
Under the Bridge- RHCP
Californication- RHCP
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida- Iron Butterfly
Stairway to Heaven- Led Zeppelin
Never to Late- The Answer

There are two things that we know for sure: The Answer and Aerosmith have both confirmed their contributions to Guitar Hero IV (or another future game in the franchise).

Other than that, everything on that list, including the specific Aerosmith tracks, should be noted as nothing more than speculation until we get further confirmation. However, seeing as the Guitar Hero franchise has made enough money to pay the salaries of the top 50 players in Major League Baseball for a year (and then some), I have no doubt that Activision can afford to bring these big-time acts to the series.

TVG