Guitar Hero Smash Hits/Greatest Hits Quiz

Answer: Axel Steel

In career mode, the God of Rock is looking for a band to play gigs at various wonders of the world in the hopes of charging a "power artifact". He recruits Johnny Napalm as a guitarist, Axel Steel as a drummer, Lars Umlaut as a bassist, and Casey Lynch as a vocalist.

Answer: Quebec City

After completing the majority of songs in career mode, the God of Rock is revealed to be Lou the Devil in disguise, who wants to use the power of the artifact for evil. The band is whisked off to the lost city of Atlantis, where the real God of Rock is locked in a cage.

The band manages to free the God of Rock by playing a few more songs. He offers them immortality as a reward, but they decide to keep playing on Earth, so he takes them to Quebec City to play one final song.

Answer: Snake

After completing all songs at a certain venue in career mode, you get to play an encore. Just before the song starts, something special happens at the venue. At the Amazon Rainforest venue, a giant snake appears and attacks the camera.

Answer: Guns N' Roses

Two songs by Guns N' Roses were in the older "Guitar Hero" games, specifically "Sweet Child o' Mine" in "Guitar Hero 2" (a cover version) and "Welcome to the Jungle" in "Guitar Hero 3". However, neither of those songs appear in "Guitar Hero Smash Hits", not even cover versions.

Answer: Eight

Eight songs from "Guitar Hero 3" are in "Guitar Hero Smash Hits", and they are "Barracuda", "Cult of Personality", "Hit Me with Your Best Shot", "Lay Down", "Miss Murder", "Raining Blood", "Rock and Roll All Nite", and "Through the Fire and Flames". Fourteen songs are from "Guitar Hero", nineteen songs are from "Guitar Hero 2", six songs are from "Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s", and one song is from "Guitar Hero: Aerosmith".

Answer: Back in the Saddle

"Guitar Hero: Aerosmith" contains forty-one songs, but only "Back in the Saddle" appears in "Guitar Hero Smash Hits". This is probably due to the fact that the "Guitar Hero" games rarely contain more than one song by the same artist.

Answer: Beast and the Harlot

If you manage to score five stars on the song "Beast and the Harlot" as the drummer on Expert difficulty WITHOUT using star power, you will unlock an achievement/trophy called "Hail The Reverend". The name of the achievement/trophy is a possible reference to Avenged Sevenfold's late drummer, James Owen Sullivan, also known as "The Rev".

Answer: Nine

Technically, you can play every song on Expert + difficulty, but only nine songs actually support double bass drumming, which is what Expert + is all about. The nine Expert + songs are "Bark at the Moon", "Beast and the Harlot", "Caught in a Mosh", "Cowboys from Hell", "Laid to Rest", "Raining Blood", "Shout at the Devil", "Through the Fire and Flames", and "YYZ".

Answer: False

The "Cyborg" achievement/trophy is unlocked by getting a 100 note streak during the song "Through the Fire and Flames" as the drummer on HARD difficulty or harder. You can get another achievement/trophy for scoring four stars or better on "Through the Fire and Flames" as the guitarist on Expert difficulty.

Answer: False

Despite being released in the 1980s, "Bark at the Moon" originally appeared in the first "Guitar Hero" game. Thirteen other songs from "Guitar Hero" are also in "Guitar Hero Smash Hits".