Tom Morello Guitar Battle

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Guitar Battle vs. Tom Morello
Song information
Artist	Tom Morello
Year	2007
Length	Up to 3:28
Appearances	Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock
Recording	Master recording
Gameplay information
Instruments	Rhythm (player) vs. Lead (Tom Morello)
Tier	2. Your First Real Gig (Guitar Battle)
Loading phrase(s)	TOM MORELLO CHALLENGES YOU! Instead of Star Power, you get BATTLE POWER Hit the BATTLE GEMS to get a POWER-UP Tilt your guitar upward to attack Tom and make him miss You HAVE to make him FAIL before the end or else YOU LOSE Be careful, he can battle back Ready to Rock?
Character(s) on stage	Tom Morello (Guitar rival)

Tom Morello Guitar Battle
Song information
Artist	Tom Morello
Year	2007
Length	3:28
Appearances	Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock
Recording	Master recording
Gameplay information
DLC	Boss Battle Track Pack
Release date	November 15, 2007
Price	Free
Instruments	Guitar, Lead, Rhythm
Section names	Tom's House Riff 1 Squeakaholic 1 Tom's House Riff 2 Squeakaholic 2 Waka chika waka Scratchification Abduction Game Over!? Nose to the Grind Fish Outta Water Level 1 What's Up? Part 1 Fish Outta Water Level 2 What's Up? Part 2 Feline Frenzy Noodles from the sky Destructimus Pop a Squealie Spin Cycle O' Squealie? High and Dry Better Off Shred 1 Better Off Shred 2 Better Off Shred 3 Peel-out Hand Mangler Stage 1 Hand Mangler Stage 2 Hand Mangler Stage 3 Hand Mangler Stage 4 Hand Mangler Stage 5 Hand Mangler Stage 6 Hand Mangler Stage 7 Hand Mangler Stage 8 Widow-mayka
Other info	This bonus song is unlocked by completing Career on any difficulty.

"Tom Morello Guitar Battle" (known as "Guitar Battle vs. Tom Morello" in Guitar Career) is the easiest of the three boss battles in the Guitar Career mode of Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock. The song is played by you and Tom switching off playing a solo, and features the wah-pedal, which Tom uses frequently in his guitar playing in Rage Against the Machine.

The following encore song that plays after Tom Morello is defeated is "Bulls on Parade".

Guitar Battle walkthrough

To beat Morello, get a power-up (which happens about every other time you play) and use it to stop him for getting any power ups (also about every other time he plays). He is most susceptible to Amp Overload, Whammy, and Broken String power-ups. If you don't beat Tom before your last stage (Hand Mangler Stage 8), You have to stop him from delivering Sudden Death in his solo called "Widow-Mayka" at the end of the song.

Some players say that if this was available for full band play, and had the same difficulty rating system as Guitar Hero 5 and Guitar Hero Warriors of Rock, Guitar would have an 80%, Bass would have a 40%, and Drums would have a 40%. On the lowest difficulty levels, there are simply so few notes to play that it can be very difficult to actually cause him to fail, with most attempts going to Sudden Death.

DLC version

The full version of this song is titled "Tom Morello Guitar Battle", and was available in the Boss Battles Track Pack for free for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 players since November 15, 2007 and before April 1st, 2014, when Activision shut down the Guitar Hero franchise's DLC stores. Unlike the Guitar Battle version of this song that can only be played in Solo Career, this version is found in the "Downloads" setlist, which makes it playable in both Careers and Quickplay.

Videos

"Guitar Battle vs. Tom Morello" in Career on Expert difficulty.

"Tom Morello Guitar Battle" (DLC version) on Expert difficulty.

"Tom Morello Guitar Battle" (DLC version) in Cooperative on Expert/Expert difficulty (performed by GHAddict112 &RomanHedgehog).

Trivia

• If real-life guitar battles featured power-ups such as the ones featured in battle mode, and if one were to be challenging Tom Morello in real-life, he probably wouldn't be quite as susceptible to the Whammy power-up, as Tom is famous for using the whammy bar on his guitars to make them sound like a DJ's turntable.