Band Hero Hints & Cheats

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Passwords

Cheats to enter at the menu

Select "Input Cheats" under the options menu. G = Green R = Red Y = Yellow B = Blue

Password	Effect
R,G,B,G,B,G,R,G	All HO/POs
G,R,G,R,Y,B,G,R	HUD Free Mode
Y,G,Y,Y,Y,R,B,R	Always Slide
Y,Y,G,G,R,R,B,B	Focus Mode
Y,G,Y,B,B,R,B,R	Auto Kick
B,Y,G,Y,R,G,R,Y	Most Characters Unlocked
B,B,R,Y,R,Y,B,B	Electrika Steel Unlocked
Y,Y,B,G,B,R,R,R	Performance Mode
G,R,Y,G,Y,B,Y,G	Invisible Characters
B,Y,B,R,R,Y,G,Y	Air Instruments

Unlockables

Bonus Characters

Complete the mission on Tour to unlock the listed characters.

How to Unlock	Unlockable
Successfully complete the Maroon 5 "She Will Be Loved" gig.	Adam Levine
Successfully complete the No Doubt "Don't Speak" gig.	Adrian Young
Successfully complete the No Doubt "Don't Speak" gig.	Gwen Stefani
Successfully complete the No Doubt "Don't Speak" gig.	Tom Dumont
Successfully complete the No Doubt "Don't Speak" gig.	Tony Kanal
Successfully complete the Taylor Swift "Love Story" gig.	Taylor Swift
Successfully complete the Gold Bonus Challenge for the David Bowie "Let's Dance" gig.	Shadow Character
Successfully complete the Diamond Bonus Challenge for the Fall Out Boy "Sugar, We're Goin' Down" gig.	Frankenrocker
Successfully complete the diamond bonus challenge on "Kids" by Robbie Williams and Kylie Minogue	Golden God

Achievements

Complete each achievement to receive the allotted gamerscore.

How to Unlock	Unlockable
Complete the Tutorials	Welcome to Band Hero (5)
Complete 25% of the gigs in Career	Rise to Fame (10)
Complete 50% of the gigs in Career	Nation's Star (20)
Complete 75% of the gigs in Career	World Known (30)
Earn 111 Stars in Career	Glimmer (10)
Earn 333 Stars in Career	Sparkle (20)
Earn 555 Stars in Career	Shine (30)
Earn Platinum level on a Career Challenge	Platinum Blonde (10)
Earn Diamond level on a Career Challenge	Iced Out (10)
Unlock every venue	Road Most Traveled (20)
Complete Career on any difficulty with any instrument	The Long Road Ahead (30)
Host an online Career game and play a song	M.C. (5)
Complete 25 online Pro Face-Off matches, win or lose	Face to Face (15)
Play an online Do or Die game	Till Death Do Us Part (5)
Complete the gigs and unlock all of the celebrity characters	Nice to Meet You (20)
Complete 50 of the Career Challenges at Platinum or Diamond	A New Challenge Awaits (30)
Play through every Band Hero song once	Testing the Waters (20)
Complete a song as an Avatar rocker	15 Minutes of Fame (5)
Successfully complete a Band Moment	In the Moment (5)
Score over 10,000 points while in a single Star Power deployment	Star Light, Star Bright (10)
Score over 1,000,000 points as a band in any single song in Career or Quickplay	A Cool Mill (10)
100% a song as a vocalist	Fevered Pitch (15)
Complete at least one challenge for every instrument at Gold level or better	Jack of All Trades (15)
Complete a song with 4 players without any members failing on expert in Career or Quickplay	There's no 'I' in 'Band Hero' (15)
Complete a song as 4 of the same instrument on any difficulty in Quickplay or Career	Four of a Kind (10)
Earn an 11x multiplier	Star Powered (10)
Streak through an entire song without missing a note on medium or harder difficulty	Picture Perfect (15)
Collect all of the Secret Notes	Treasure Hunt (490)
Complete a Career gig on any difficulty	My First Gig (5)
Hint: Jesse McCartney	Secret Notes 1 (5)
Hint: Janet Jackson	Secret Notes 2 (5)
Hint: The Rolling Stones	Secret Notes 3 (5)
Hint: Lily Allen	Secret Notes 4 (5)
Hint: Aly & AJ	Secret Notes 5 (5)
Hint: Maroon 5	Secret Notes 6 (5)
Hint: David Bowie	Secret Notes 7 (5)
Hint: Evanescence	Secret Notes 8 (5)
Hint: Hinder	Secret Notes 9 (5)
Hint: Pat Benatar	Secret Notes 10 (5)
Hint: No Doubt	Secret Notes 11 (5)
Hint: Marvin Gaye	Secret Notes 12 (5)
Hint: Spice Girls	Secret Notes 13 (5)
Hint: Village People	Secret Notes 14 (5)
Hint: Hilary Duff	Secret Notes 15 (5)
Hint: Yellowcard	Secret Notes 16 (5)
Hint: The All-American Rejects	Secret Notes 17 (5)
Hint: Roy Orbison	Secret Notes 18 (5)
Hint: Carl Douglas	Secret Notes 19 (5)
Create a GH™Studio song	Studio Time (10)

Walkthroughs & FAQs

Type	Name	File Size
Achievement Guide	Achievement Guide by omegamustard	11K

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