DEAL ALERT – Band Hero

We love video games. My son’s favorite games are the music games. He has just about every music game out there. If a new version of Guitar Hero comes out he’s got to have it. He’s really quite amazing at it. He only plays on expert and generally scores 98% or better. If we go to a retailer like Walmart and he plays he actually draws a crowd. We have all played with him and it’s a lot of fun. The fun thing about music games is that you get to enjoy music you love as well as some that you’re not familiar with. Plus it’s just a lot of fun!
I found a great sale on Band Hero, a music game that I don’t think he has. (I don’t want him to know that I want to know so I’ll have to sneak into his room later and check.)  Band Hero is very much like the Guitar Hero games except it has a little wider variety in songs, they aren’t all rock. The set list includes:

• 3 Doors Down, ‘When I’m Gone’
• The Airborne Toxic Event, ‘Gasoline’
• The All American Rejects, ‘Dirty Little Secret’
• Alphabeat, ‘Fascination’
• Aly and AJ, ‘Like Whoa’
• Angels & Airwaves, ‘The Adventure’
• Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals, ‘Steal My Kisses ‘
• Big Country, ‘In a Big Country’
• The Bravery, ‘Believe’
• Carl Douglas, ‘Kung Fu Fighting’
• Cheap Trick, ‘I Want You to Want Me (live)’
• Cold War Kids, ‘Hang Me Up to Dry’
• Corinne Bailey Rae, ‘Put Your Records On’
• Counting Crows, ‘Angels of the Silences’
• Culture Club, ‘Do You Really Want to Hurt Me’
• Dashboard Confessional, ‘Hands Down’
• David Bowie, ‘Let’s Dance’
• Devo , ‘Whip It’
• Don McLean, ‘American Pie’
• Duffy, ‘Warwick Avenue’
• Duran Duran, ‘Rio’
• Evanescence, ‘Bring Me to Life’
• Everclear, ‘Santa Monica (Watch the World Die)’
• Fall Out Boy, ‘Sugar, We’re Goin’ Down’
• Filter, ‘Take a Picture’
• Finger Eleven, ‘Paralyzer’
• The Go-Go’s, ‘Our Lips Are Sealed’
• Hilary Duff, ‘So Yesterday’
• Hinder, ‘Lips Of An Angel’
• Jackson 5, ‘ABC’
• Janet Jackson, ‘Black Cat’
• Jesse McCartney, ‘Beautiful Soul’
• Joan Jett, ‘Bad Reputation’
• Joss Stone, ‘You Had Me’
• Katrina and The Waves, ‘Walking on Sunshine’
• The Kooks, ‘Naïve’
• KT Tunstall, ‘Black Horse and the Cherry Tree’
• The Last Goodnight, ‘Pictures of You’
• Lily Allen, ‘Take What You Take’
• Maroon 5, ‘She Will Be Loved’
• Marvin Gaye, ‘I Heard It Through the Grapevine’
• Mighty Mighty Bosstones, ‘The Impression That I Get’
• Nelly Furtado, ‘Turn Off the Light’
• N.E.R.D., ‘Rockstar’
• No Doubt, ‘Just a Girl’
• No Doubt, ‘Don’t Speak’
• OK Go, ‘A Million Ways’
• Papa Roach, ‘Lifeline’
• Parachute, ‘Back Again’
• Pat Benatar, ‘Love Is a Battlefield’
• Poison, ‘Every Rose Has Its Thorn’
• Robbie Williams and Kylie Minogue, ‘Kids’
• The Rolling Stones, ‘Honky Tonk Women’
• Roy Orbison, ‘Oh Pretty Woman’
• Santigold, ‘L.E.S. Artistes’
• Snow Patrol, ‘Take Back the City’
• Spice Girls, ‘Wannabe’
• Styx , ‘Mr. Roboto’
• Taylor Swift, ‘Love Story’
• Taylor Swift, ‘Picture to Burn’
• Taylor Swift, ‘You Belong With Me’
• Tonic, ‘If You Could Only See’
• The Turtles, ‘Happy Together’
• Village People, ‘YMCA’
• Yellowcard , ‘Ocean Avenue’

Designed to be social, players can create their own band consisting of however many members and instruments they want.
Band Hero is currently on sale for $19.99 and qualifies for free shipping. That’s a great deal considering it regularly sells for $39.99 alone.