My name is Brian and I'm Band & Public Relations with UltimateRockGods.com as well as a writer for the RockNotes Webzine. For UltimateRockGods, I mainly do artist interviews. For RockNotes, I'm more of an album review specialist.
Guitar Hero/Rock Band Accomplishments/Interesting Information
GamerScore
Guitar Hero
N/A
Guitar Hero II
850 GS out of 1000 GS
45 Achievements out of 50
Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80's
N/A
Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock
500 GS out of 1000 GS
40 Achievements out of 59
Rock Band
830 GS out of 1000 GS
37 Achievements out of 50
Guitar Hero: Aerosmith
715 GS out of 1000 GS
34 Achievements out of 49
Rock Band 2
685 GS out of 1000 GS
36 Achievements out of 50
Guitar Hero: World Tour
0 GS out of 1000 GS
0 Achievements out of 50
Rock Band: AC/DC
0 GS out of 250 GS
0 Achievements out of 12
FC's
Guitar Hero
Incubus - "Stellar"
Honest Bob & the Factory-to-Dealer Incentives - "Hey"
Guitar Hero II (Xbox 360)
The Toadies - "Possum Kingdom"
Rancid - "Salvation"
Warrant - "Cherry Pie"
Matthew Sweet - "Girlfriend"
The Rolling Stones - "Can't You Hear Me Knockin'"
Primus - "John the Fisherman"
Queen - "Killer Queen"
Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80's
None
Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (Xbox 360)
Foghat - "Slow Ride"
Poison - "Talk Dirty to Me"
Social Distortion - "Story of My Life"
Mountain - "Mississippi Queen"
Cream - "Sunshine of Your Love"
Rage Against the Machine - "Bulls on Parade"
The Killers - "When You Were Young"
A.F.I. - "Miss Murder"
Priestess - "Lay Down"
Sex Pistols - "Anarchy in the U.K."
Weezer - "My Name is Jonas"
Senses Fail - "Can't Be Saved"
Lacuna Coil - "Closer"
revolverheld - "Generation Rock"
LIONS - "Metal Heavy Lady"
Superbus - "Radio Song"
Kaiser Chiefs - "Ruby"
Velvet Revolver - "Messages"
Flyleaf - "Tina"
Linkin Park - "No More Sorrow"
No Doubt - "Don't Speak"
Kaiser Chiefs - "I Predict a Riot"
Rock Band
Nirvana - "In Bloom"
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - "Maps"
Mountain - "Mississippi Queen"
The Mother Hips - "The Time We Had"
OKGo - "Here It Goes Again"
The Ramones - "Blitzkreig Bop"
The Pixies - "Wave of Mutilation"
Garbage - "I Think I'm Paranoid"
R.E.M. - "Orange Crush"
Nine Inch Nails - "The Hand That Feeds"
Weezer - "Say It Ain't So"
Flyleaf - "I'm So Sick"
Foo Fighters - "Learn to Fly"
The Killers - "When You Were Young"
Hole - "Celebrity Skin"
The New Pornographers - "Electric Version"
The Rolling Stones - "Gimme Shelter"
The Hives - "Main Offender"
Blue Oyster Cult - "(Don't Fear) The Reaper"
The Police - "Next to You"
Songs NOT with Five Stars (Including Bonus & DLC)
Guitar Hero
Pantera - "Cowboys from Hell" (4 Stars)
Guitar Hero II (Xbox 360)
All That Remains - "Six" (4 Stars)
Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80's
All Songs 5-Starred
Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock
Slayer - "Raining Blood" (4 Stars)
NAAST - "Mauvais Garcon" (4 Stars)
Killswitch Engage - "My Curse" (4 Stars)
Dope - "Nothing For Me Here" (4 Stars)
In Flames - "Take This Life" (4 Stars)
Prototype - "The Way It Ends" (4 Stars)
DragonForce - "Through the Fire and Flames" (3 Stars)
Steve Ouimette - "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" (3 Stars)
Slash - "Slash Guitar Battle" (4 Stars)
Dropkick Murphys - "Famous for Nothing" (3 Stars)
Motorhead - "Motorhead" (4 Stars)
Rock Band
All Songs 5-Starred
Songs That Gave Me Trouble Initially
Guitar Hero
Pantera - "Cowboys from Hell"
Ozzy Osbourne - "Bark at the Moon"
Guitar Hero II (Xbox 360)
Wolfmother - "Woman"
The Reverend Horton Heat - "Psychobilly Freakout"
Megadeth - "Hangar 18"
Buckethead - "Jordan"
All That Remains - "Six"
Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80's
Extreme - "Play With Me"
Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock
Queens of the Stone Age - "3's & 7's"
Slipknot - "Before I Forget"
Slayer - "Raining Blood"
DragonForce - "Through the Fire and Flames"
Steve Ouimette - "The Devil Went Down to Georgia"
Rock Band
Deep Purple - "Highway Star"
Guitar Hero/Rock Band Tournament Results
6/21/08 - Salisbury, MD - Rock Band Expert Guitar Tournament
Grand Prize: Bragging Rights, Certificate
Result - First Place
Round One: Bon Jovi - "Wanted Dead or Alive" -
Win
Round Two: Metallica - "Blackened" -
Win
Round Three: Grateful Dead - "China Cat Sunflower" -
Win
Championship: Deep Purple - "Highway Star" -
Win
6/28/08 - Salisbury, MD - Guitar Hero Aerosmith Expert Tournament
Grand Prize: $35 Gift Card to GameStop
Result - First Place
Round One: Run D.M.C. feat. Aerosmith - "Walk This Way" -
Win
Round Two: Aerosmith - "Sweet Emotion" -
Win
*After Round Two, All Remaining Competitors Forfeited*
10/26/08 - Salisbury, MD - Guitar Hero: World Tour Tournament
Grand Prize: $100 for Winning Division, $190 Gift Card to GameStop for winning overall
Result - TBD
RESULTS TBD
Artist Interviews
With UltimateRockGods.com, I've had the opportunity to interview some amazing musicians. Here's a list of artists that I've been lucky enough to interview:
Top Albums
The following is a list of albums (in alphabetic order) that have received 10/10 in my album reviews.
- Aerosmith - Rocks
- Audioslave - Audioslave
- Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
- Black Sabbath - Paranoid
- Boston - Boston
- Casablanca - Casablanca EP
- Deep Purple - Machine Head
- Free - Tons of Sobs
- The Hideous Sun Demons - The Hideous Sun Demons
- Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast
- Kevin Max - The Imposter
- Lynyrd Skynyrd - (pronounced 'lĕh-'nérd 'skin-'nérd)
- Stone Temple Pilots - Shangri-La Dee Da
- The Who - Quadrophenia
- The Who - Who's Next
More Updates to Come!