The Pistols set to record master track for Guitar Hero 3!
Big news for Guitar Hero fans today:
For the first time in over 30 years, the surviving members of the Sex Pistols will be reuniting in the studio to re-record their industry shattering hit single “Anarchy in the UK”, to be featured in Guitar Hero 3!
Singer John Lydon, better known as Johnny Rotten, guitarist and radio DJ Steve Jones, and drummer Paul Cook will be recording with Chris Thomas, who was the original producer of their seminal album “Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols”. They will even be utilizing the same analog sound desk that they originally used back in 1976 to give the recording a sense of authenticity that would be difficult to replicate with modern technology.
No word yet on whether original bassist Glen Matlock will be stepping back into the late Sid Vicious’ shoes again. If not, there’s always Gary Oldman (Who played Sid in one of the only good musical biopics ever made, “Sid and Nancy”).
It’s funny how many of these bands wouldn’t even let a cover of their songs be used for the original Guitar Hero, and yet, here we are, a couple of installments later, seeing bands like the Sex Pistols and In Living Colour reuniting to record original tracks for the game. With these kinds of heavyweight tracks being included, Guitar Hero 3 is shaping up to be the game of the year, at least for casual gamers, and maybe the best rhythm action game of all time.
I can’t wait to see what Rock Band is gonna pull out of their ass to even have a snowball’s chance in hell of competing with this.
