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** Some artists, like The Karma Killers, Ashley Clark, and The Gills, are obscure or recent enough to not have a page on Wiki/TheOtherWiki.

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** Some artists, like The Karma Killers, Ashley Clark, and The Gills, are obscure or recent enough to not have a page on Wiki/TheOtherWiki.Website/TheOtherWiki.
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** Some artists, like The Karma Killers, Ashley Clark, and The Gills, are obscure ir recent enough to not have a page on Wiki/TheOtherWiki.

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** Some artists, like The Karma Killers, Ashley Clark, and The Gills, are obscure ir or recent enough to not have a page on Wiki/TheOtherWiki.

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Unexpected Character migrated from the game's trivia page. Also made the entry more concise because there's a ton of artists that not many expected to be in this (now dead) franchise..


** The addition of 28 songs directly added to GHTV before Black Friday to celebrate the holidays, with many classic tracks never before featured in a Guitar Hero game ("[[Music/GreatWhite Rock Me]]", "[[Music/JudasPriest Living After Midnight]]", "[[Music/{{REM}} Shiny Happy People]]", etc), and some modern tracks ("[[Music/NeonTrees I Love You (But I Hate Your Friends)]]", "[[Music/WalkTheMoon Shut Up and Dance]]", "[[Music/SleepingWithSirens If You Can't Hang]]", etc) being added.

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** The addition of 28 songs directly added to GHTV before Black Friday to celebrate the holidays, with many classic tracks never before featured in a Guitar Hero game ("[[Music/GreatWhite Rock Me]]", ("Rock Me" by Great White, "[[Music/JudasPriest Living After Midnight]]", "[[Music/{{REM}} Shiny Happy People]]", etc), and some modern tracks ("[[Music/NeonTrees I Love You (But I Hate Your Friends)]]", "[[Music/WalkTheMoon Shut Up and Dance]]", "[[Music/SleepingWithSirens If You Can't Hang]]", etc) being added.



** Played to extremes with the addition of Music/BritnyFox to the game, people unfamiliar with them would immediately assume they were a girl pop group, not expecting a ThatOneBoss hair metal band with one of the longest and fastest alt-tapping solos in the game.
* ThatOneAttack: Varies with ThatOneBoss below, but if a song has a fast scrolling chart but has a slow-moderate rhythm, don't let it fool you, as some of those songs have brutal solos nested in the song, such as "[[Music/LAGuns Rip and Tear]]" having a very nasty solo and outro in an otherwise easy song and "[[Music/SystemOfADown Lonely Day]]" having a very fast button mash of a solo before the final chorus.

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** Played to extremes with the addition of Music/BritnyFox Britny Fox to the game, people unfamiliar with them would immediately assume they were a girl pop group, not expecting a ThatOneBoss hair metal band with one of the longest and fastest alt-tapping solos in the game.
* ThatOneAttack: Varies with ThatOneBoss below, but if a song has a fast scrolling chart but has a slow-moderate rhythm, don't let it fool you, as some of those songs have brutal solos nested in the song, such as "[[Music/LAGuns Rip "Rip and Tear]]" Tear" by LA Guns having a very nasty solo and outro in an otherwise easy song and "[[Music/SystemOfADown Lonely Day]]" having a very fast button mash of a solo before the final chorus.



* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Going from a five-button, single row of frets to two rows of three frets is a controversial change and a large crux of where the displeasure is spawning.

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* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Going from a five-button, single row of frets to two rows of three frets is a controversial change and a large crux of where the displeasure is spawning.spawning.
* UnexpectedCharacter: A huge amount of artists on disk and through GHTV are not what one would expect to see in a Guitar Hero game, especially pop artists.
** Notable pop artists such as Music/AmyWinehouse, Music/AvrilLavigne, Music/BrunoMars, Music/{{Eminem}}, Music/KatyPerry, Music/OneDirection, and Music/{{Rihanna}} have songs that appeared in the game.
** Then there are some out-there choices in the electronic music genre such as The Glitch Mob, Music/{{Skrillex}}, and Music/{{Zedd}}.
** Additionally there are a number of obscure bands that many fans hadn't heard of prior to the game, and as such few had requested them. Examples include [[Music/ThirtySixCrazyfists 36 Crazyfists]], Music/DeadSara, Music/{{Marmozets}}, and Rival Sons. Some of the artists like Rival Sons have since built some traction and become better-known.
** Some artists, like The Karma Killers, Ashley Clark, and The Gills, are obscure ir recent enough to not have a page on Wiki/TheOtherWiki.
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Not characters, therefore not valid examples.


* EnsembleDarkhorse: "Centipede" by Music/KnifeParty (added November 24, 2015) is in the same vein as "Bangarang" due to being a dubstep/electronic song, but avoids scrappy territory due to people that have played the song stating that it is one of the more fun songs to play on GHTV



* TheScrappy:
** "Bangarang" by Music/{{Skrillex}} was easily the least well-received song on the tracklist... until the announcement of "Live While We're Young" by Music/OneDirection.
** According to many Reddit users, "Heaven" by ''Music/ThePsychedelicFurs'' is this due to how often it shows up
** Also according to Reddit, the songs by Music/KurtVile are this, due to being extremely long and repetitive
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* HarsherInHindsight: With regards to no new song additions since June, the lyrics in the songs of Face Melting Metal 4 show seem very prophetic (especially since it was the last official premium show made by FreeStyleGames before they were bought by Ubisoft).

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* HarsherInHindsight: With regards to almost no new song additions since June, June 2017 (the sole exception being one released on April 2018), the lyrics in the songs of Face Melting Metal 4 show seem very prophetic (especially since it was the last official premium show made by FreeStyleGames [=FreeStyleGames=] before they were bought by Ubisoft).



* ScrappyMechanic: Putting all of the Metal songs behind a freemium paywall? Really? Not letting people permanently unlock a song from GHTV? REALLY?

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* ScrappyMechanic: Putting all of the Metal songs behind a freemium paywall? Really? Not letting people permanently unlock a song from GHTV? REALLY?REALLY? And it really didn't help that GHTV was shut down in December 2018, making those songs permanently inaccessible.



* ThatOneBoss: When the game was announced, the developers announced songs on the game, with a particular song announced that was an example of this in the series proper. Welcome back [[Music/{{Pantera}} Cowboys From Hell]]

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* ThatOneBoss: When the game was announced, the developers announced songs on the game, with a particular song announced that was an example of this in the series proper. Welcome back back, [[Music/{{Pantera}} Cowboys From Hell]]Hell]].
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* InternetBacklash: After the "Through the Fire and Flames" preview, a good chunk of the games fanbase believed it would be added in the January 13th Premium Show update. When the update came, Music/DragonForce was nowhere to be seen, angering a lot of the fans of the game. The song would eventually be added directly to the service in the form of the Shred-a-Thon tournament, where its a full Rivals Mode channel facing people off on "Hangar 18", "Strife", "Ghost Walking", and "Cry of Achilles", followed by "Through the Fire and Flames" as a FinalBoss
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This is also not YMMV. I'm taking it to the cleanup thread because a lot of the examples here seem dodgy.


* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Mainly in GHTV
** Lyric-wise:
*** The lyrical dodge in The Killers' "Mr Brightside". "Now they're going to bed, and my stomach is sick, and it's all in my head, but she's touching his....chest now"
*** Faith No More's "Epic". "So you lay down on it and you do it some more" (the line was "fuck it some more", but Mike Patton was advised to remove it from the song, it is used in live performances however)
*** Arch Enemy's "War Eternal" leaving "THIS IS [[AtomicFBomb FUCKING]] WAR!" uncensored, joining [[Music/{{Disturbed}} Stupify]] as a song that managed to sneak "fuck" past the censors
*** St. Vincent's "Birth In Reverse". "Oh what an ordinary day, take out the garbage, masturbate..."
*** Music/MarilynManson's "The Fight Song", possibly the first song in the series that actually makes you sing along to "I'm not a slave to a world / that doesn't give a shit" (all previous examples at least censor it out of the vocal performance, if not the song itself).
** Music Video-wise:
*** Hinder's "Use Me" has the band wake up in a bedroom full of female groupies towards the end of the video after partying.
*** Mastodon's "High Road" has an example of an uncensored FlippingTheBird moment after people flee from someone after attacking a kid.
*** Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble's "Cold Shot" having Stevie's girlfriend/wife do a sexy dance to try and get Stevie to look up at her instead of having him playing his guitar
*** Queen's "I Want To Break Free" has all the band members crossdressing, doubles as a shout out to Series/CoronationStreet

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Removed non-YMMV tropes. The Funny Aneurysm Moment examples are just "artist is featured and then passed away", which is misuse. The Harsher In Hindsight examples involve Real Life politics, which are not allowed. The Woobie is a meta-example, which is also not allowed.


* CompositeCharacter: Of all the games in the series
** Main Series (1-3): Guitar oriented, some EarlyInstallmentWeirdness
** Main Series (World Tour - Warriors of Rock): Emphasis on musical variety, intro to better 1v1 modes (Pro-Face Off specifically for Rivals in GHL)
** On Tour Series: Unintentional, but some songs being shortened due to using music videos is similar to these games having some songs being shorter to fit on the DS game cartridges.
** Band Hero: The presence of pop songs and family friendly songs echoes this game, as an alternative for younger players.
** DJ Hero: The three button dynamic used in DJ hero (designed by Creator/FreeStyleGames) alongside the shifters (which altered the location) echoes the three buttons in two rows dynamic used in GHL



* FunnyAneurysmMoment: One of the DLC songs was "Modzilla" by [[Music/StoneTemplePilots Scott Weiland]] & The Wildabouts. Just over a week after it's release, Weiland died of a drug overdose.
** One of the GHTV songs that are included on day 1 of the games release is "Valentine's Day" by Music/DavidBowie. Bowie died a month before Valentine's Day, 3 months after the games release
** The premium show featured in February 2017, "Till Death Do Us Rock", is this considering it featured Music/{{Soundgarden}}'s "Black Hole Sun" in its set, and Music/ChrisCornell passed away in mid-May 2017, a few weeks before the song became available for on demand



* HilariousInHindsight / HarsherInHindsight :
** The March 29th Update added the song "[[Music/RageAgainstTheMachine Sleep Now In The Fire]]". Briefly in the song, a person is holding a "Trump For President" sign. Mind the fact that the music video was made in 1999, and Trump has officially been elected President of the United States of America
** The "Rock Till You Drop" Premium Show features "Brainwashed" by Music/WhileSheSleeps. In a FreezeFrameBonus, being a song about political corruption, the music video has a small snippet of UsefulNotes/BarackObama, which [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment can be this depending on how people view his and his appointee's actions during the 2016 election]]
** With regards to no new song additions since June, the lyrics in the songs of Face Melting Metal 4 show seem very prophetic (especially since it was the last official premium show made by FreeStyleGames before they were bought by Ubisoft).

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* HilariousInHindsight / HarsherInHindsight :
** The March 29th Update added the song "[[Music/RageAgainstTheMachine Sleep Now In The Fire]]". Briefly in the song, a person is holding a "Trump For President" sign. Mind the fact that the music video was made in 1999, and Trump has officially been elected President of the United States of America
** The "Rock Till You Drop" Premium Show features "Brainwashed" by Music/WhileSheSleeps. In a FreezeFrameBonus, being a song about political corruption, the music video has a small snippet of UsefulNotes/BarackObama, which [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment can be this depending on how people view his and his appointee's actions during the 2016 election]]
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HarsherInHindsight: With regards to no new song additions since June, the lyrics in the songs of Face Melting Metal 4 show seem very prophetic (especially since it was the last official premium show made by FreeStyleGames before they were bought by Ubisoft).



** Justified in ''GHTV'', since more often than not, the songs will be shortened due to using the music video instead of the master tracks, causing songs such as "More Than A Feeling", "Hangar 18" and "Through the Fire and Flames" to be shorter compared to the masters (i.e. "More Than a Feeling, normally a 4 minute song, the music video cuts out the second verse and second chorus and segues right into the solo, cutting out a good minute and a half of the song)

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** Justified in In ''GHTV'', since more often than not, the songs will be shortened due to using the music video instead of the master tracks, causing songs such as "More Than A Feeling", "Hangar 18" and "Through the Fire and Flames" to be shorter compared to the masters (i.e. "More Than a Feeling, normally a 4 minute song, the music video cuts out the second verse and second chorus and segues right into the solo, cutting out a good minute and a half of the song)



* TheScrappy: "Bangarang" by Music/{{Skrillex}} was easily the least well-received song on the tracklist... until the announcement of "Live While We're Young" by Music/OneDirection.

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* TheScrappy: TheScrappy:
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"Bangarang" by Music/{{Skrillex}} was easily the least well-received song on the tracklist... until the announcement of "Live While We're Young" by Music/OneDirection.



* SequelDifficultySpike / SequelDifficultyDrop : The Face Melting Metal series of Premium Shows invokes this. The first one was moderately difficult, with the hardest of the set being "[[Music/BlackVeilBrides Heart of Fire]]". The second ramped up the difficulty, all three songs being extremely fast and hard, with "[[Music/ArchEnemy War Eternal]]" being a huge offender due to how complex and fast the solo is. The third one is the easiest of the group, with "[[Music/MarilynManson The Fight Song]]" being the easiest of the three, and "[[Music/ArchEnemy My Apocalypse]]" being filled with awkward riffs. The fourth is between the 1st and 2nd in difficulty, with the hardest of the bunch being "[[Music/InFlames Rusted Nail]]"



* TheWoobie: Creator/FreeStyleGames (the developers) got hit with this hard throughout the games life. First, there was the fanbase complaining about the controllers, glitches, and bugs in the GHTV system, then Activision laid off half of their staff due to the game not selling well, culminating in weak additions of songs and a major slowdown of additions up to January 2017, where it was revealed that FSG has been bought by Ubisoft, leaving the fate of the game and GHTV solely in the hands of Activision, who would eventually announce the mode's discontinuation to occur on December 1, 2018. Needless to say, some fans felt sorry for FSG after this revelation.
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** The "Rock Till You Drop" Premium Show features "Brainwashed" by Music/WhileSheSleeps. In a FreezeFrameBonus, being a song about political corruption, the music video has a small snippet of UsefulNotes/BarackObama, which [[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement can be this depending on how people view his and his appointee's actions during the 2016 election]]

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** The "Rock Till You Drop" Premium Show features "Brainwashed" by Music/WhileSheSleeps. In a FreezeFrameBonus, being a song about political corruption, the music video has a small snippet of UsefulNotes/BarackObama, which [[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment can be this depending on how people view his and his appointee's actions during the 2016 election]]

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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: A given considering most of the examples are extremely prevalent in GHTV, with a few in Live mode
** For Live, some examples include "[[Music/TheWho Won't Get Fooled Again]]", "[[Music/GoodCharlotte The Anthem]]", "[[Music/RiseAgainst Tragedy + Time]]" and "[[Music/BringMeTheHorizon Shadow Moses]]"
** For GHTV, due to the sheer amount of songs, while constantly updating, please check out [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_songs_in_Guitar_Hero_Live the Other Wiki's page]]



* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: A given considering most of the examples are extremely prevalent in GHTV, with a few in Live mode
** For Live, some examples include "[[Music/TheWho Won't Get Fooled Again]]", "[[Music/GoodCharlotte The Anthem]]", "[[Music/RiseAgainst Tragedy + Time]]" and "[[Music/BringMeTheHorizon Shadow Moses]]"
** For GHTV, due to the sheer amount of songs, while constantly updating, please check out [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_songs_in_Guitar_Hero_Live the Other Wiki's page]]
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** DJ Hero: The three button dynamic used in DJ hero (designed by FreeStyleGames) alongside the shifters (which altered the location) echoes the three buttons in two rows dynamic used in GHL

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** DJ Hero: The three button dynamic used in DJ hero (designed by FreeStyleGames) Creator/FreeStyleGames) alongside the shifters (which altered the location) echoes the three buttons in two rows dynamic used in GHL



* TheWoobie: FreeStyleGames (the developers) got hit with this hard throughout the games life. First, there was the fanbase complaining about the controllers, glitches, and bugs in the GHTV system, then Activision laid off half of their staff due to the game not selling well, culminating in weak additions of songs and a major slowdown of additions up to January 2017, where it was revealed that FSG has been bought by Ubisoft, leaving the fate of the game and GHTV solely in the hands of Activision. Needless to say, some fans felt sorry for FSG after this revelation.

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* TheWoobie: FreeStyleGames Creator/FreeStyleGames (the developers) got hit with this hard throughout the games life. First, there was the fanbase complaining about the controllers, glitches, and bugs in the GHTV system, then Activision laid off half of their staff due to the game not selling well, culminating in weak additions of songs and a major slowdown of additions up to January 2017, where it was revealed that FSG has been bought by Ubisoft, leaving the fate of the game and GHTV solely in the hands of Activision.Activision, who would eventually announce the mode's discontinuation to occur on December 1, 2018. Needless to say, some fans felt sorry for FSG after this revelation.
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*** MarilynManson's "The Fight Song", possibly the first song in the series that actually makes you sing along to "I'm not a slave to a world / that doesn't give a shit" (all previous examples at least censor it out of the vocal performance, if not the song itself).

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*** MarilynManson's Music/MarilynManson's "The Fight Song", possibly the first song in the series that actually makes you sing along to "I'm not a slave to a world / that doesn't give a shit" (all previous examples at least censor it out of the vocal performance, if not the song itself).
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** With regards to no new song additions since June, the lyrics in the songs of Face Melting Metal 4 show seem very prophetic (especially since it was the last official premium show made by FreeStyleGames before they were bought by Ubisoft.

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** With regards to no new song additions since June, the lyrics in the songs of Face Melting Metal 4 show seem very prophetic (especially since it was the last official premium show made by FreeStyleGames before they were bought by Ubisoft.Ubisoft).






-->If you want I will
-->I’m there until the end of time" - "Rusted Nail" chorus

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-->If you want I will
-->I’m there until
will be there
-->Until
the end of time" - "Rusted Nail" choruschorus


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The one who drives the rusted nail
But who’s left will never care" - "Rusted Nail" first verse

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The -->The one who drives the rusted nail
But -->But who’s left will never care" - "Rusted Nail" first verse



Listen to the words I say
If you want I will
I’m there until the end of time" - "Rusted Nail" chorus

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Listen -->Listen to the words I say
If -->If you want I will
I’m -->I’m there until the end of time" - "Rusted Nail" chorus



Life is only replaced by hell
I know that the hurt will just go on
I cant save myself" - "Through Blood and Dirt and Bone" first verse

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Life -->Life is only replaced by hell
I -->I know that the hurt will just go on
I -->I cant save myself" - "Through Blood and Dirt and Bone" first verse



Take control of the nightmare
This fate has become my own
There is no quiet ending
Ill be taking you with me
Through blood and through dirt and bone" - "Through Blood and Dirt and Bone" second chorus

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Take -->Take control of the nightmare
This -->This fate has become my own
There -->There is no quiet ending
Ill -->Ill be taking you with me
Through -->Through blood and through dirt and bone" - "Through Blood and Dirt and Bone" second chorus



I still want you by my side
Please just try to read between the lines
Where's my comfort in the undefined
Please just try to read between the lines" - "The Lines" chorus

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I -->I still want you by my side
Please -->Please just try to read between the lines
Where's -->Where's my comfort in the undefined
Please -->Please just try to read between the lines" - "The Lines" chorus
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** With regards to no new song additions since June, the lyrics in the songs of Face Melting Metal 4 show seem very prophetic (especially since it was the last official premium show made by FreeStyleGames before they were bought by Ubisoft.
-->"You want someone to blame
The one who drives the rusted nail
But who’s left will never care" - "Rusted Nail" first verse
-->"Just this once
Listen to the words I say
If you want I will
I’m there until the end of time" - "Rusted Nail" chorus
-->"Die young save yourself
Life is only replaced by hell
I know that the hurt will just go on
I cant save myself" - "Through Blood and Dirt and Bone" first verse
-->"I'm alone when the ending comes
Take control of the nightmare
This fate has become my own
There is no quiet ending
Ill be taking you with me
Through blood and through dirt and bone" - "Through Blood and Dirt and Bone" second chorus
-->"When I tell you I'll be fine
I still want you by my side
Please just try to read between the lines
Where's my comfort in the undefined
Please just try to read between the lines" - "The Lines" chorus

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