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The Trooper
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As Made Famous By Iron Maiden
Year 1983
Appears in Guitar Hero II (Xbox 360)
Guitar Hero: Smash Hits
Tier/DLC GH2: 7
★★★★ (Expert)
★★★★★ (Expert)

The Trooper is from Iron Maiden's fourth album, Piece of Mind. It is about the Battle of Balaclava in the Crimean War, and is loosely based on the poem, The Charge of the Light Brigade by Alfred Lord Tennyson. It is one of the 10 songs found only in the Xbox 360 version of Guitar Hero II. It is one of the hardest songs in the game because it is very fast.

Appears In[]

Guitar Hero II  (Tier 7)

This song appears as a Cover.

Guitar Hero Smash Hits

This song appears as a Master Track.

Walkthrough[]

The Main riff has a tricky rhythm, so practice mode will definitely help you. The solo can be split into three sections:

  • The first one has a tricky YBBYBB rhythm. In order to beat this, strum every second blue.
  • The second one is very similar to Stricken's solo, in that you can 100% it by holding yellow, then hitting and releasing orange, doing the same with blue, moving your finger down to red and back up to yellow and repeating. If you are unable to do this, if you have saved Star Power, activate it here.
  • If you survived the second section, this one is simply a bunch of trills. If you can tap them, do so, otherwise, strum and attempt to imitate the pattern of the trill.

After the solo, the song is linear and should be no problem.

Trivia[]

Although in Guitar Hero II the song only appears on the Xbox 360 version, it is featured in all versions of Guitar Hero: Smash Hits, giving PlayStation 2 and Wii owners the opportunity to play the song.

Video[]

v · t · eSongs of Guitar Hero II
Opening Licks
PlayStation 2: Shout at the Devil · Mother · Surrender · Woman · Tonight I'm Gonna Rock You Tonight
Xbox 360: Surrender · Possum Kingdom* · Heart-Shaped Box · Salvation* · Strutter · Shout at the Devil
Amp-Warmers
PlayStation 2: Strutter · Heart-Shaped Box · Message in a Bottle · You Really Got Me · Carry On Wayward Son
Xbox 360: Mother · Life Wasted* · Cherry Pie · Woman · You Really Got Me · Tonight I'm Gonna Rock You Tonight
String-Snappers
PlayStation 2: Monkey Wrench · Them Bones · Search and Destroy · Tattooed Love Boys · The Pretenders · War Pigs
Xbox 360: Carry On Wayward Son · Search and Destroy · Message in a Bottle · Billion Dollar Babies* · Them Bones · War Pigs
Thrash and Burn
PlayStation 2: Cherry Pie · Who Was in My Room Last Night? · Girlfriend · Can't You Hear Me Knockin' · Sweet Child o' Mine
Xbox 360: Monkey Wrench · Hush* · Girlfriend · Who Was in My Room Last Night · Can't You Hear Me Knockin' · Sweet Child o' Mine
Return of the Shred
PlayStation 2: Killing in the Name · John the Fisherman · Freya · Bad Reputation · Last Child
Xbox 360: Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo* · Tattooed Love Boys · John the Fisherman · Jessica · Bad Reputation · Last Child
Relentless Riffs
PlayStation 2: Crazy on You · Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart · Rock This Town · Jessica · Stop
Xbox 360: Crazy on You · Trippin' On a Hole in a Paper Heart · Dead!* · Killing in the Name · Freya · Stop
Furious Fretwork
PlayStation 2: Madhouse · Carry Me Home · Laid to Rest · Psychobilly Freakout · YYZ
Xbox 360: Madhouse · The Trooper* · Rock This Town · Laid to Rest · Psychobilly Freakout · YYZ
Face-Melters
PlayStation 2: Beast and the Harlot · Institutionalized · Misirlou · Hangar 18 · Free Bird
Xbox 360: Beast and the Harlot · Carry Me Home · Institutionalized · Misirlou · Hangar 18 · Free Bird
Bonus tracks
Raw Dog · Arterial Black · Collide · Drink Up · Elephant Bones · Fall of Pangea · FTK · Gemini · Kicked to the Curb · Push Push (Lady Lightning) · Laughtrack · Less Talk More Rokk · Jordan · Mr. Fix It · The New Black · One for the Road · Parasite · Radium Eyes · Red Lottery · Six · Soy Bomb · The Light That Blinds · Thunderhorse · Trogdor · X-Stream · Yes We Can
Downloaded tracks (Xbox 360)
Ace Of Spades · Bark At The Moon · Hey You · Frankenstein · Killer Queen · Take It Off · Higher Ground · Infected · Stellar · I Wanna Be Sedated · Smoke On The Water · You've Got Another Thing Comin' · Famous Last Words · Teenagers · This Is How I Disappear · Bury The Hatchet · Detonation · Ex's And Oh's · Sin Documentos · Sept · Exile · The State of Massachusetts · You Should Be Ashamed of Myself · Memories of the Grove
*These songs are exclusive to the Xbox 360 version
v · t · eSongs of Guitar Hero: Smash/Greatest Hits
Amazon Rain Forest
I Love Rock 'N Roll · Heart-Shaped Box · Hit Me with Your Best Shot · Rock and Roll All Nite · Take Me Out · More Than a Feeling · Stellar
Grand Canyon
I Wanna Rock · Woman · Them Bones · Godzilla · Lay Down · Take It Off · Killing in the Name
Polar Ice Cap
Round and Round · Cherry Pie · Shout at the Devil · Hey You · Unsung (Live in Chicago) · Miss Murder · Nothin' but a Good Time
London Sewerage System
Carry On Wayward Son · Back in the Saddle · Monkey Wrench · Mother · Message in a Bottle · Smoke on the Water · Killer Queen
The Sphinx
Electric Eye · Thunder Kiss '65 · Freya · Barracuda · Stop! · No One Knows · Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart
The Great Wall of China
Psychobilly Freakout · Cult of Personality · Cowboys from Hell (Live) · Bark at the Moon · YYZ · Laid to Rest · Free Bird
The Lost City of Atlantis
The Trooper · Play with Me · Caught in a Mosh · Raining Blood · Beast and the Harlot
Quebec City
Through the Fire and Flames
GHTunes example songs
Paradise Inferno · TANK'S CHOPPER · Hand of Thunder · Shred Diver · Brimstone '72 · Bar Room Blowout · Down to Dust · Walking in Glass · Luminous Giant · Pillowdrop Laser · Tower of Crimmion · Switchblade Lover · Northbound Rain · Purple Sun · SixGun Starship · King Gonzo · Miracle's Bane · Twang Terror · Funkfectious
*Setlist ordered by Band career
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