

The primary single player mode is the Career Mode, in which the player works through 31 songs divided into six sequential tiers as listed below, each representing a different chapter and at a different location during Aerosmith's career and reflecting an increasing difficulty in the songs. Each song can be played at one of four difficulties that changes the number and speed of the notes that must be played. The player's performance is tracked through each song if the player does well they are given a score and a rating of up to five stars if the player performs poorly, the song may end prematurely and the player will need to try the song again. Guitar Hero: Aerosmith 's gameplay is structured similarly to the gameplay of the other games in the series, in which players use a guitar-shaped peripheral to simulate the playing of rock music, hitting fret buttons and strumming in time to notes as they scroll on the screen. In addition to 25 Aerosmith songs, there are four songs from lead guitarist Joe Perry's solo album. The majority of the game's set list are works by Aerosmith, but there are also works by artists that have acted as inspirations or touring partners for the band such as Run-D.M.C., The Kinks, and Joan Jett. It is the first title in the series to focus primarily on the works of one specific band, Aerosmith. It is the second expansion title to the Guitar Hero series of video games, and was released in June 2008 for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, and Wii game consoles. The songs included in the game are as follows.Guitar Hero: Aerosmith is a music video game developed by Neversoft and published by Activision. However, all songs are playable from the game's "Quickplay" mode without completing any Career goals. Songs in either the Career single player or band mode are arranged in tiers roughly in order of difficulty for the particular instrument, with different orders for each of the five Career paths. "Cult of Personality" is a re-recording performed by Living Colour for Guitar Hero III, while two other songs are taken from live concert recordings all other songs are based on original studio recordings. All 48 tracks in Guitar Hero: Smash Hits are master recordings of songs previously featured in the first five published games of the Guitar Hero series:
