Are you ready to rock? With Guitar Hero 3, you can shred your favorite songs and become a rock legend. But if you want to take your game to the next level, you need to know about cheats.
In this article, we’ll show you how to use cheats to unlock all the songs, get unlimited money, and even play as your favorite rock stars. So whether you’re a beginner or a pro, read on for all the cheats you need to master Guitar Hero 3.
How to Use Guitar Hero 3 Cheats
Guitar Hero 3 cheat codes look different when compared to the usual cheats. These codes represent the colors on the guitar:
- B = Blue
- Y = Yellow
- G = Green
- R = Red
- O = Orange
When two colors are listed together, like “BY” for blue and yellow, you must press both buttons simultaneously and then strum the controller like a guitar.
Guitar Hero 3 PS3/2 Cheat Codes
To enter these Guitar Hero 3 cheats, go to Options > Cheats in the game.
| Cheat Code | Effect |
| BY, GY, GY, RB, RB, RY, RY, BY, GY, GY, RB, RB, RY, RY, GY, GY, RY, RY | Air Guitar |
| O, B, O, Y, O, B, O, Y | Hyperspeed |
| RY, RB, RO, RB, RY, GB, RY, RB | Performance Mode |
| G, R, G, Y, G, B, G, O, G, B, G, Y, G, R, G, GR, RY, GR, YB, GR, BO, GR, YB, GR, RY, GR, GY | Large Gems |
| GR, B, GR, GY, B, GY, RY, O, RY, GY, Y, GY, GR | No Fail (doesn’t work in Career Mode) |
| RY, RB, RO, RB, RY, GB, RY, RB | Performance Mode |
| GR, GR, GR, RY, RY, RB, RB, YB, YO, YO, GR, GR, GR, RY, RY, RB, RB, YB, YO, YO | Precision Mode |
| YO, RB, RO, GB, RY, YO, RY, RB, GY, GY, YB, YB, YO, YO, YB, Y, R, RY, R, Y, O | Unlock All Songs |
Create a new band when you use the Unlock All Songs code so that you don’t have to purchase any of the songs.
Guitar Hero III Unlockable Songs List
Here are all the songs you can unlock in Guitar Hero 3. If you don’t use the Unlock All Songs cheat code, you have to complete each tier before advancing to the next one.
Tier 1:
Foghat — “Slow Ride”
Poison — “Talk Dirty to Me”
Pat Benatar — “Hit Me With Your Best Shot”
Social Distortion — “Story of My Life”
Encore: Kiss — “Rock and Roll All Nite”
Co-op Encore: Beastie Boys — “Sabotage”
Tier 2:
Mountain — “Mississippi Queen”
Alice Cooper — “School’s Out”
Cream — “Sunshine of Your Life”
Heart — “Barracuda”
Boss: Tom Morello — “Guitar Battle”
Encore: Rage Against the Machine — “Bull’s on Parade”
Co-op Encore: The Strokes — “Reptilia”
Tier 3:
The Killers — “When You Were Young”
AFI — “Miss Murder”
The Who — “The Seeker”
Priestess — “Lay Down”
Encore: Rolling Stones — “Paint It Black”
Co-op Encore: Red Hot Chili Peppers — “Suck My Kiss”
Tier 4:
Black Sabbath — “Paranoid”
The Sex Pistols — “Anarchy in the UK”
Sonic Youth — “Kool Thing”
Weezer — “My Name Is Jonas”
Encore: Pearl Jam — “Evenflow”
Co-op Encore: Blue Oyster Cult — “Cities on Flame with Rock and Roll”
Tier 5:
The Dead Kennedy’s — “Holiday in Cambodia”
Scorpions — “Rock You Like a Hurricane”
Aerosmith — “Same Old Song and Dance”
ZZ Top — “La Grange”
Boss: Slash — “Guitar Battle”
Encore: Guns N Roses — “Welcome to the Jungle”
Co-op Encore: Bloc Party — “Helicopter”
Tier 6:
Santana — “Black Magic Woman”
Smashing Pumpkins — “Cherub Rock”
White Zombie — “Black Sunshine”
Tenacious D — “The Metal”
Encore: Stevie Ray Vaughn — “Pride and Joy”
Co-op Encore: Matchbook Romance — “Monsters”
Tier 7:
Slipknot — “Before I Forget”
Disturbed — “Stricken”
Queens of the Stone Age — “3’s and 7’s”
Muse — “Knights of Cydonia”
Encore: Living Colour — “Cult of Personality”
Tier 8:
Slayer — “Raining Blood”
Eric Johnson — “Cliffs of Dover”
Iron Maiden — “Number of the Beast”
Metallica — “One”
Boss: Lou — “Guitar Battle”
Encore: The Charlie Daniels Band — “The Devil Went Down to Georgia”
