Guitar Hero 2 Xbox 360 Achievements
About these achievements
Every achievement for the game, its Gamerscore and how to earn it. Hidden achievements stay marked secret in-game until you unlock them.
- Achievements37 · 650G
- Unlockables & collectibles40
Cheat
Codes: Activate the following cheats by entering the corresponding sequences of buttons at the Main Menu. To disable a code, enter it a second time. Note that activating some of the following cheats will disable saving:
| Cheat Function | Cheat Code |
|---|---|
| All guitars, songs, videos, and cheats | Blue, Yellow, Orange, Red, Yellow, Orange, Red, Yellow, Red, Yellow, Red, Yellow, Red, Yellow, Red, Yellow |
| Air Guitar | Yellow, Blue, Yellow, Orange, Yellow, Blue |
| Flaming heads | Orange, Yellow(2), Orange, Yellow(2), Orange, Yellow(2), Blue, Yellow(2), Blue, Yellow(2) |
| Audience has eyeball heads | Yellow, Orange, Blue(3), Orange, Yellow |
| Audience has monkey heads | Orange, Yellow, Blue(2), Yellow, Orange, Blue(2) |
| Hyper Speed mode | Blue, Orange, Yellow, Orange, Blue, Orange, Yellow(2) |
| Performance mode | Blue(2), Yellow, Blue(2), Orange, Blue(2) |
| PAL Cheat Codes:Activate the following cheats for the PAL version of Guitar Hero II by entering the corresponding sequences of buttons at the Main Menu. To disable a code, enter it a second time. Note that activating some of the following cheats will disable saving | All guitars, songs, videos, and cheats – Blue, Yellow, Orange, Red, Yellow, Orange, Blue, Yellow, Blue, Yellow, Blue, Yellow, Blue, Yellow, Blue, Yellow |
| Air Guitar | Blue, Yellow, Orange, Blue, Yellow(2) |
| Flaming heads | Yellow(2), Orange, Yellow, Orange(2), Yellow, Orange |
| Audience has eyeball heads | Yellow, Orange, Blue(3), Orange, Yellow |
| Audience has monkey heads | Yellow(2), Blue, Orange, Yellow(2), Blue, Orange |
| Hyper Speed mode | Yellow, Orange, Blue, Orange, Yellow, Orange, Blue, Orange |
| Performance mode | Yellow(2), Orange, Yellow(2), Blue, Yellow(2) |
Pro Face-Off mode: To unlock Pro Face-Off mode in which two players can play all the notes, beat Career mode on Medium difficulty.
Unlockable Bass
Guitars: Unlock the following bass guitars for purchase at the shop by performing the corresponding tasks in Co-op mode.
The bass guitars can only be used in
Co-op mode:
| Bass Guitar | How to unlock |
|---|---|
| Gibson Cherry SG | Beat 10 songs. |
| Gibson Cream SG | Get a golden five star rank on all 40 original songs. |
| Gibson Grabber | Beat 20 songs. |
| Gibson Natural Maple Grabber | Get a golden five star rank on all songs. |
| Gibson Natural Thunderbird | Get a five star rank on all of the regular songs. |
| Gibson Thunderbird | Beat 30 songs. |
| Hofner Sunburst Classic | Get a five star rank on all songs including the bonus songs. |
| Musicman Lava Pearl Stingray | Beat 21 songs with a five star rank. Unlockable |
Guitars: Unlock the following guitars for purchase at the shop by performing the corresponding tasks:
| Guitar | How to unlock |
|---|---|
| Battle Axe | Beat Career mode on Expert. |
| Casket | Beat Career mode on Medium. |
| Fish | Beat Career mode on Easy. |
| Eyeball | Get a five star rank on all songs on Hard. |
| Snaketapus | Beat Career mode on Hard. |
| The Log | Get a five star rank on all songs on Expert. U. S. |
| A. | Get a five star rank on all songs on Easy. |
| Viking | Get a five star rank on all songs on Medium. Unlockable |
Songs: Unlock the following songs by performing the corresponding tasks on
Medium difficulty or higher:
| Song | How to unlock |
|---|---|
| Shout At The Devil | Beat the first set and peform the encore.Tonight, I’m Gonna Rock You Tonight – Beat the second set and perform the encore. |
| War Pigs | Beat the third set and perform the encore. |
| Sweet Child O’ Mine | Beat the fourth set and perform the encore. |
| Last Child | Beat the fifth set and perform the encore. |
| Stop | Beat the sixth set and perform the encore. |
| YYZ | Beat the seventh set and perform the encore. |
| Free Bird | Beat the eighth set and perform the encore. |
Gold four stars: To get gold four stars, hit all notes in a song and strum an extra time when you get a 4x multiplier.”Hendrix
Award” achievement hint: To easily unlock the Hendrix Award achievement, try laying upside down on a couch, chair etc. Use a mirror if necessary.”Kick The Bucket
Award” achievement hint: Go to Practice mode and choose Jordan under the Expert difficulty. Do full speed and the first two sections (verse one and chorus one). After the section is over, count two seconds, then remove the controller from the Xbox 360. After reinserting? it, the fret board should still be going with no notes. Press Start and quit, then go to Quickplay mode and select Jordan on the Expert difficulty. There should be no sound, and the score meter should look strange. The song will start, and all you have to do is play verse one and chorus one. After that, the song will continue to play, but you do not have to play any notes. You should unlock the achievement after the song ends.
Angus
Young easter egg: When you play a song with Clive Winston, sometimes he will move on one leg and move the other leg up and down. This is a move that Angus Young, the guitarist from AC/DC, did during concerts.
Jimmy
Page easter egg: Play as Clive Whitnstin and activate Star Power. Occasionally he will pull out a bow and play the guitar with it. Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin is famous for doing this.
Completing “Carry On My Wayward
Son” glitch: When you first beginthe song, quickly tap the strum bar until it is red and will not go anymore. Then, when a note appears and you do not do anything, it will not go down anymore.
Regular controller buttons: The following are the regular SG controller buttons and their equivalent buttons on a regular controller.
Note: to navigate the menu, use Up and Down to go up and down. Press A to select the highlighted item and press
Y to go to the previous menu:
| Sg | Regular |
|---|---|
| Green | LTRed – LBYellow – RBBlue – RTOrange – ASelect (Star Power) – Back |
| Start | Start |
| Strum | Left |
Analog-stick Up and Down
Achievements:
| Achievement | How to unlock |
|---|---|
| Club10G | Get 100,000 points in a song.200K Club (10 points) – Get 200,000 points in a song.300K Club (30 points) – Get 300,000 points in a song.400K Club (30 points) – Get 400,000 points in a song. Champagne Room V. I. |
| P.30G | Get 500,000 points in a song. |
| Roadie10G | Unlock Rat Cellar. |
| New Kid10G | Unlock Blackout Bar. |
| Young Gun10G | Unlock RedOctane Club. |
| Axe Grinder10G | Unlock Rock City Theater. |
| Shredder10G | Unlock Vans Warped Tour. |
| Rock Star10G | Unlock Harmonix Arena. |
| Guitar Hero10G | Unlock Stonehenge. |
| Dimebag Darrell Award10G | Get a 100 note streak. |
| Eddie Van Halen Award30G | Get a 500 note streak. |
| Yngwie Malmsteen Award30G | Get a 1000 note streak. |
| Easy Tour Champ10G | Beat the Easy tour. |
| Medium Tour Champ30G | Beat the Medium tour. |
| Hard Tour Champ30G | Beat the Hard tour. |
| Expert Tour Champ30G | Beat the Expert tour. |
| Sandbox Hero Award30G | Earn five stars on all songs in the Easy tour. |
| Most Likely to Succeed Award30G | Earn five stars on all songs in the Medium tour. |
| Guitarmaggedon Award30G | Earn five stars on all songs in the Hard tour. |
| Start a Real Band Already Award30G | Earn five stars on all songs in the Expert tour. |
| Rock School Grad10G | Complete all tutorials. |
| Scoremonger Award10G | Get an 8x multiplier. |
| Perfectionist Award30G | Get 100% notes hit on a song. |
| Rock Snob Award10G | Refuse to play an encore. |
| Long Road Ahead Award10G | Fail a song on Easy. |
| Hendrix Award10G | Beat a song with lefty flip on. |
| Teacher’s Pet Award10G | Practice three different songs. |
| Saturday Morning Award10G | Beat Trogdor and Thunder Horse. |
| Kick the Bucket Award30G | Beat Jordan on Expert. |
| Gear Head Award30G | Buy all guitars. |
| Fanatical Completionist Award30G | Buy all guitar finishes. |
| Record Collector Award10G | Buy all songs. |
| Life of the Party Award10G | Buy all characters. |
| Fashion Plate Award10G | Buy all outfits. |
| Extra Credit Award10G | View the credits. |
| Big Spender Award10G | Spend $10,000 at the store. |
| Scenester Award10G | Beat all the unlock songs.Joan |