Changes: Clive Winston

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Clive Winston is a character in Guitar Hero, Guitar Hero II, and Guitar Hero World Tour. He first appeared as one of the six regular characters in the first game, with a 1960s mod/psychedelic style. In the second game, he became an unlockable character, along with Xavier Stone and Grim Ripper. This game gave Clive a completely revamped look, as a 1970s rocker with long hair and a large mustache.

Clive was absent in Guitar Hero III and Guitar Hero: Aerosmith, but returns in Guitar Hero: World Tour and Guitar Hero On Tour: Decades and later to Guitar Hero Metallica, Guitar Hero 5, Guitar Hero Smash Hits, Band Hero and finally Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock. His name also appears as one of the nine opponents in GHTV's Premium Shows in Guitar Hero Live.

Biography

Clive Winston was born into unremarkable circumstances in the outskirts of London. His childhood and education were typical, and at university, a professor described him as "un'extraordinary in every way." His grades were average. But Clive soon proved he was anything but average. He formed the hard-rocking Winstons and released single after chart-topping single. The recent "Clive Alive 2005" tour was a mega-success. Clive's super-virtuosic style is a throwback to the British guitar gods of the 70s. His biographer revealed that on any given day, Clive plays guitar for at least eight hours, hitting approximately 36,000 notes, while only speaking an average of 50 words. The most sought after session player working today, Clive's name graces more CD credits than we can count. - Guitar Hero manual bio

Inspired by the 70s British guitar gods, Clive Winston is a precious session commodity - everything he plays on goes gold. He's got a unique and virtuosic guitar style and knows just how far you can bend a string before it breaks. -- Guitar Hero, Guitar Hero World Tour, and Guitar Hero: Metallica in-game bio

Having abandoned his fascination with the sitar, an interest developed during a 3-year, court-ordered "meditation retreat", Winston sashays boldly back to the forefront of classic rock with his guitar wizardry and iconic status. -- Guitar Hero II in-game bio

During his latest tour, friend Eddie Knox was quoted 'Okay Clive, you finally got yer work visa. Now unless yer joining the police force, you gotta lose the stache, man'. To which Clive replied 'A big droopy moustache is the mark of a real man'. -Guitar Hero 5 in-game bio

Outfits

Guitar Hero World Tour

Clive wears an orange coat, black pants(white in the PS2 and Wii Versions) with a star, and blue shoes with decorations.

Torso : Corduroy Coat

Pants : Button Flyers

Shoes : Cowboy's Kicks

Accessories : Shady Rounds (Face) (Unselectable shades in PS2 and Wii Versions)

Songs associated with Clive Winston

Guitar Hero Quickplay Songs

"Smoke on the Water" - Deep Purple
"More Than a Feeling" - Boston
"Killer Queen" - Queen
"Ziggy Stardust" - David Bowie
"Crossroads" - Cream
"Eureka, I've Found Love" - The Upper Crust
"Fly on the Wall" - Din
"Hey" - Honest Bob and the Factory-to-Dealer Incentives

Guitar Hero II Quickplay Songs

"Surrender" - Cheap Trick
"Carry On Wayward Son" - Kansas
"Can't You Hear Me Knocking" - The Rolling Stones
"Sweet Child o' Mine" - Guns N' Roses
"Jessica" - The Allman Brothers Band
"Free Bird" - Lynyrd Skynyrd
"Gemini" - Brian Kahanek

Trivia

Clive Winston is unlockable as a bonus character by obtaining rank 43 in Quickplay+ in Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock.

Clive's signature guitar is the Birdseye Maple ES-335. In it's description in GH1, it says that Clive "for no apparent reason dubbed it 'Leeanne'."

The Peace Out guitar could also belong to Clive. It can be brought in most of the Guitar Hero games for $1500.

If you play as Clive Winston in Guitar Hero, at the end of a song he will either burn or smash his guitar. The guitar smashing is a tribute to Pete Townshend of the Who as he used to do that at the end of his shows, and the guitar burning is a reference to Jimi Hendrix's encore at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival.

Gallery

v · t · eCharacters of Guitar Hero

Guitar Hero

Axel Steel ∙ Clive Winston ∙ Grim Ripper ∙ Izzy Sparks ∙ Johnny Napalm ∙ Judy Nails ∙ Pandora ∙ Xavier Stone

Guitar Hero II

Casey Lynch ∙ Lars Ümlaüt ∙ Eddie Knox

Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock

Elroy Budvis ∙ God of Rock ∙ Lou ∙ Metalhead ∙ Midori ∙ Slash ∙ Tom Morello

Guitar Hero: On Tour

Gunner Jaxon ∙ Memphis Rose

Guitar Hero: Aerosmith

Brad Whitford ∙ DMC ∙ Joe Perry ∙ Tom Hamilton

Guitar Hero World Tour

Aaron Steele ∙ Billy Corgan ∙ Hayley Williams ∙ Jimi Hendrix ∙ Johnny Viper ∙ Marcus Fretshredder ∙ Matty Cannz ∙ Nick ∙ Ozzy Osbourne ∙ Riki Lee ∙ Rina ∙ Rockubot ∙ Shirley Crowley ∙ Skeleton ∙ Sting ∙ Ted Nugent ∙ Travis Barker ∙ Zakk Wylde

Guitar Hero: Metallica

Fembot ∙ James Hetfield ∙ King Diamond ∙ Kirk Hammett ∙ Lars Ulrich ∙ Lemmy ∙ Robert Trujillo ∙ Zach Harmon

Guitar Hero On Tour: Modern Hits

Calista Valenz ∙ Simon Grimmsy

Guitar Hero: Smash Hits

Mario Greendale

Guitar Hero: Van Halen

Alex Van Halen ∙ David Lee Roth ∙ Eddie Van Halen ∙ Wolfgang Van Halen

Guitar Hero 5

Carlos Santana ∙ FrankenRocker ∙ Gerald Contest Winner ∙ Golden God ∙ Johnny Cash ∙ Kurt Cobain ∙ Matt Bellamy ∙ Racques Topus ∙ Robbie Lobster ∙ Scrap Heap ∙ Shadow ∙ Shirley Manson

Band Hero

Adam Levine ∙ Adrian Young ∙ Gwen Stefani ∙ Quincy Styles ∙ Taylor Swift ∙ Tom Dumont ∙ Tony Kanal

Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock

Arthas Menethil ∙ Austin Tejas ∙ Demi-God of Rock ∙ Echo Tesla ∙ Minotaur

Non-playable characters

GH1 onward: The Bassist ∙ The Drummer ∙ The Female Singer ∙ The Keyboardist ∙ The Male Singer ∙ The Singer ∙ GH3: Bret Michaels ∙ GH:OT: The Female Singer ∙ GH:A: Joey Kramer ∙ The Rhythm Guitarist ∙ Steven Tyler ∙ GHOT:D: Chad ∙ Marcus ∙ Michelle ∙ Ron ∙ Sal ∙ Zach

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 == Gallery ==
 <gallery>
-Clive_Winston_(GH1)|Clive as he appears in the first game
+Clive_Winston_(GH1).jpg|Clive as he appears in the first game
-Clive_Winston_(GH1)_-_icon|Select screen icon from the first game
+Clive_Winston_(GH1)_-_icon.jpg|Select screen icon from the first game
 Guitar_Hero_Clive_Winston.jpg|Render from the first game
-Clive_winston_gh1_model|Model from the first game (was used as a placeholder in ''GH2'' and ''Rocks the 80s'')
+Clive_winston_gh1_model.png|Model from the first game (was used as a placeholder in ''GH2'' and ''Rocks the 80s'')
-Clive_Winston_(GH2)|Clive as he appears in ''GH2''
+Clive_Winston_(GH2).jpg|Clive as he appears in ''GH2''
 Clive_Winston_GH2.jpg|In-game footage of Clive from ''GH2''
 </gallery>