Metalhead is a robot character in Guitar Hero III, Guitar Hero: Aerosmith, Guitar Hero World Tour, and Guitar Hero: Metallica. He was originally a warfare artifact hailing from the Soviet Union, but with the end of the Cold War he was reprogrammed to be a guitarist. Doesn't appear in the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions, but he is an unlockable character in the Wii and PlayStation 2 versions (he, along with Elroy Budvis, can be bought in the Store from the beginning). His movements like the God of Rock, mimic Axel Steel.
Biography
- Metalhead's life cycle began as a self-guided Russian warhead. After the Cold War he was disarmed and hocked for spare parts. A few toasters, some vacuum tubes, a '57 roadster, and a cheese grater later, and Metalhead was the first fully autonomous robot. Thus began Metalhead's full-on assault against all things slow and lame. Far from his humble Soviet silo beginnings, Metalhead is ready to get on stage and drop the bomb! -- Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, Guitar Hero World Tour, and Guitar Hero Metallica in-game bio.
- Metalhead continues to shred onstage, polished chrome smile and infrared eyes, rockin' out until his fans are all back home in bed. - Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock (Wii version) in-game bio.
Appearance
Metalhead has a bulky iron body, with wheeled feet and an acrylic dome for a head. Inside of it, he "wears" a military cap and sunglasses. His appearance however drastically changed in Guitar Hero: World Tour, when he was upgraded. He transformed from a 1950's looking military robot guitarist into a modern robot that had a Neversoft vest on with jeans. He also stopped playing his Molotov guitar and used regular guitars instead.
When you buy him, he comes with Metalhead's Molotov, a laser gun with 6 strings attached.
He was also announced for the PlayStation 3 version, likely as downloadable content.
In Guitar Hero: Legends of Rock, his costumes are his normal costume, TV Head, Marx (freaky brain thing), and Super-Roboto (A giant toy robot).
In Guitar Hero: Aerosmith, he has four new costumes: a Budcat (Xbox 360/PlayStation 3 exclusive), Wisionsbot (Wii/PlayStation 2 exclusive), Gumball, and Mr. Pineal.
Curiously, Metalhead resembles the robot used to represent "The Metal" during live concerts of the song "The Metal".
Trivia
- Metalhead's design appears to be a reference to Robby the Robot from the 1950s sci-fi movie Forbidden Planet.
- Metalhead appears as an unlockable character in Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock (Wii Version) and in Guitar Hero 5.
- Metalhead is one of the three robots in Guitar Hero. The other two are Fembot and Rockubot.
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