Rumour: Brit Music Mag Names Guitar Hero 5 Band List

@Valnen:
You don't know Joy Division? :|

@Jesus Benitez Albavera: The Wolfmother song will be "Back Round"

kingdong6

@Tatsurou: Japan was the first place I ever saw these rhythm games (played inordinate amounts of Guitar Freaks and DrumMania in arcades in Kobe). Of course, the best of the bunch was Shamisen Hero (probably not the real name, but it would be great if it was). If someone comes out with a US version of that or the taiko drumming game, I am totally there.

FaustianSlip

@[hub.guitarhero.com]

And considering this magazine lied saying they got the info secretly, I wouldn't trust them to know what they're talking about. That ..or someone somewhere just can't count >_>

Ghar

@Invisible-Echidna:
though* (edit button, Kotaku/Gawker!)

Invisible-Echidna

@The Weird Pixel:
The only ones that spoke to me were Maiden, Rammstein, a Perfect Circle, and Megadeth.
The ones that repulsed me were Blink 182, Coldplay, AFI, Kings of Leon, The Killers, Vampire Weekend, TV on the Radio, Stevie Wonder (In a sense that this is Guitar Hero). And those are only the ones I know I don't like. And usually the ones I haven't heard on GH are not my taste (through there are gems here and there).
So far, I'm not getting my hopes up after World Tour. They included bands I haven't seen before on it, but didn't include the greatest songs. I want to see what they do with this before I plop any money down on another disc.

Invisible-Echidna

Yeah this list look's awesome... but i can bet my house that activision will copy a lot of songs from Rockband/2/Music Store.

like Rush,Doors Down, Megadeth, Wolfmother, the killers.
im pretty sure that the songs will be (in the order that i alredy mention): Tom Sawyer, Kryptonite, Peace Sells, Joker & the Thief, Spaceman.

in the other side, i love Artic Monkeys, Gorillaz, Blur and Muse.

Good for activision.

Jesus Benitez Albavera

@Charlie Kelly:

Hell yeah, will most likely be Quiet Things but you never know...

Wow, this might be the best Guitar Hero since 1 & 2.

Brand New?! Seriously? I can't imagine what song it's going to be :P

Attack Attack!?
Im so buying it now

Tyler Galindo

@Breathern: And conversely, tool was my least favorite of all the songs.

linkthe2nd

@Jose Cortes: Because they are notoriously protective of their music.

squish - Junk Bond Trader

@Sonira - I am old news.: The 5 doesn't look like it is of the same font as the Guitar Hero logo. It looks like someone just typed '5' in Times New Roman below the logo or something.

I'm still confused by Guitar Hero 5. Did I miss Guitar Hero 4? Is World Tour supposed to be 4? Because, even so, that's still incredibly awkward. It just seems like they're intentionally skipping 4.

@odinkorn:

Nice try but Firewall Div./Sony would never license Dir en grey to something like this. Guitar Freaks/DrumMania has been out in Japan for over 10 years at this point and has featured primarily Japanese bands, including Nightmare and other visual

Tatsurou

Holy mother of God. BRAND NEW!? BRAND FUCKING NEW!?!? I have been begging and wishing for Brand New (Or Thursday or Taking Back Sunday, or Saves the Day) since Guitar Hero.I must say i never though i'd buy another Guitar Hero, but after seeing Brand New, Sunny Day Real Estate, Vampire Weekend, TV on the Radio, Band of Horses, Kings of Leon, and the Arctic Monkeys, they have my money.

Holy christ im excited

Attack! Attack! ?
Epic. They actually play shows around here, in NE Ohio.

Nick Davis

@Valnen: "Don't Stop Believin'" > All of that

ckranger11

@Ghar: But it says "all" 84 bands. As in, good luck getting another one.

*Sigh* Oh well. In any case, looks like I'm giving Activision 60 more dollars this year. Joy.

Screamteam411

A lot of bands I don't care for playing in Guitar Hero, a lot of bands I've never heard of as well.
Highlights for me: Jeff Beck, Children of Bodom, Dire Straits and Billy Squier (STROKE! STROKE!)

It seems like The Rolling Stones are all of these games.

The bands are looking pretty good. I need to see some songs before I go say anything else about this.

thndrx

@The Weird Pixel: Bush, Muse,
The White Stripes, The Raconteurs, Coldplay, Queens Of The Stone Age, Smashing Pumpkins, Wolfmother,
Rammstein, Beck, Weezer, Billy Idol, Kings Of Leon, Queen & David Bowie, The Rolling Stones, Stevie Wonder, Spacehog,, Elton John, Arctic Monkeys... HEAD EXPLODES!

Yayyy, Muse!
Hopefully they won't mess up the chart this time like they did with Assassin.

shahmastert

@Solertia: I almost fell out of my chair when i saw that. I LOVE KING CRIMSON!!!

That list just kept going and going. I wonder how much will be RB DLC though?

@spiderweb1986: thats what I thought :)

Led_Head1991

@Rutty: Why? Jimmy Page is one of the best guitarist that ever lived Why? *sob*

Jose Cortes

Where the fuck is Primus? Seriously, we get John the Fisherman in GHII and that's it? We need more Claypool!

@HDShadow:
Because the tracks are censored there for sure won't be any Judas. I'd like The Hollow or Blue.

mentalpatient

@The Weird Pixel: Raconteurs, Dire Straits, Eagles of Death Metal, White Stripes, QOTSA and Santana.

@chancrescolex: That depends which version of Try Honesty. The single would probably be a lot more fun than the album version.

I have to say Prisoner of Today would probably work best. That opening line is just fuuuuun. Also, I imagine Devil In a Midnight Mass would rock. Getting a couple friends together, getting drunk and doing that opening would be a blast. Oh, oh! And Pins and Needles. Screw it, someone just make Rock Band Billy Talent and all six or seven of us who listen to them will buy it.

Me? I'm just satisfied that A Perfect Circle are in there. I was starting to think everyone had forgotten about them. Come on, Judith!

0bsessions

@BC4T:

I too think I'll be passing on this title. It'll be the first one that I haven't played.

Brandon Thompson

Under Pressure means you just got yourself a rental, GH5.

screamingslave

My guess is, half of these songs will already be in RB. Sorry Activision, I brought GH:M, but I'm not lining your pockets after the disappointment that was World Tour. Time to guess the songs!

Iron Maiden - Run To The Hills
Megadeth - Peace Sells
Queens of the Stone Age - Go With The Flow
Stevie Won... Wait.. What? :I
Elton John.. Wait a minute.. Does this GH come with a big plastic Piano?

I wish they would actually make a "game" to Guitar Hero. It's just...you play through the songs in a list. That's it. That's the game.

Rock band has you touring cities, makes you select your own sets, has you make music videos along the way, spices it up with things like you must five star, or no star power......it just actually feels like a game.

Guitar Hero has the engine just fine...but the "game"...

Infe

@NeVeRMoRe666: You mean like II and III had?
I guess when they went on the "World Tour" they took too many drugs and forgot how they had previously done things...

@Mesren_Makai: This is what got me excited!!

iamspoo

Just because there are a few bands that I like in that list doesn't mean they're going to choose a song from that band that's any count. Give us some song info!

@TRT-X:
World Tour had a pretty mediocre track list, there's less than ten bands in it that I actually like. Fortunately, Tool and Ozzy had multiple tracks, so the game wasn't a complete waste.

TrjnRabbit

Sheeeeeeeeeeeiiiiiiit...KC? So I guess Guitar Hero 5 will be my second rhythm game purchase.

King Crimson, shiiite....hope harmonix gets in on that.

OmegaVader

Perfect Circle? Yes..fucking..please...

Blink 182, nice.

Mark Pearson

Hate to say it, but the "get this the hell away from me" outnumbers the "do want". I'm going with the Beatles on this one.

@Pappzy:

In Bloom is on RB1.

Here are the ones that jumped out at me (And are also new to the genre...at least from what I remember)

Bush
Wild Cherry
The White Stripes
Gorillaz
The Raconteurs
Tom Petty
3 Doors Down
Dire Straits
Johnny Cash
Rammstein
Stevie Wonder
Peter Frampton
Elton John
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Grand Funk Railroad

I have to say, as a person who normally hates Guitar Hero, that list is brilliant, a few rubbish bands, but wow at all the bands like on there, I'm actully interested in the game now.

no Rise Against :'(

@Sonira - I am old news.: I think part of it (at least for me) is that the 5 seems to be in a different style font. The title is straight lines and jagged corners, but the number is all smooth. It's very odd.

@Pappzy: Hey, you forgot The White Stripes and Blink-182!!

FireSketch

Dire Straits?

Peter Frampton?

Stevie Wonder?

Color me interested!

Ehhmm...not bad. I see several YES bands, like Deep Purple, King Crimson, Megadeth, Rammstein, but it's all about what songs. Actually, those are the only 4 that really seem interesting, discounting Iron Maiden because, barring Rime of the Ancient Mariner, To Tame A Land, or Flash of the Blade, Rock Band has already won.

Very, very impressive. Finally, Arctic Monkeys!

@Hellicus: Quite rare to find someone who likes both Megadeath and Coldplay. Those two camps are usually at odds, to say the least.

But bravo to you, kind sir, for not being the kind of person who gets butt hurt over extremely different styles of rock.

You are a better man than I (personally, can't stand Megadeath, but go everything else!)

@Valnen: Oh, and I live in a studio.. so yeah, space is key!

@Valnen: My point was more towards the fact that I've been RB focused more than GH focused (I haven't touched GH since GH3), and that I don't feel like buying an additional music game that doesn't offer much else in the scope of diverse song selection (Only groups I found interesting to play from the list was Darkest Hour, A Perfect Circle, and Megadeth), regardless of the fact that the peripherals are all interchangeable now.

I like 3 bands on there...

MDX

Band Of Horses
Kiss
Iron Maiden
Dire Straits
Thin Lizzy
Deep Purple
Sunny Day Real Estate

Sorted. Guitar Hero/Rock band needs more hardcore and decent thrash metal though.

@NeoAkira: Actually, I checked out the article to see the band list... since I've seen some of the GHWT DLC has dabbled in some groups I like, that RB are missing, I wanted to see if their next game offered as such.

Had I known I had to justify my decision to comment with complete specificity, I would've added this info from the start. I guess it was on the other side of that TPS-Report memo I threw out.

Children of Bodom \m/o_o\m/ YAYYYY

damn, this is pretty impressive. yet one more game to add to my growing catalog of music games.

This band list needs The Who.

At least half of that list is bands I've never even heard of. About half of the rest are bands I don't care about. So yeah.

WarlockSoL

I just wish for a bit of Green Day. It wouldn't go amiss. Their earlier works, mind.

I wish they had some Phantom Planet in there

Colin Stevens

Whoa and I've yet to play Guitar Hero and Rock Band. I never ever picked up the plastic guitar. I have no idea what it's like and couldn't care less.

@voxie: Yeah, it gets posted at least once a day on Kotaku :P

too much emocore. and sunny day real estate? Never in a million years would I think a song from them would make it into one of these games.

OtherAdam

@Megaman703: it's being made by a japanese dev co and most jap devs are hush hush til the games done. it's coming.

logicalnoise

hmmm maybe ill wait and buy THIS ensemble of plastic interfaces instead of any of the ones out there now

@Anarchist_Gamer: neversoft said limited backwards compatiblity would be coming to GH5. still means nothing to me. I bought GHWT and GH:M this weekend in teh buyt 2 get one free deal at gamestop and honestlt GHWT is still crap. GH:M is slightly more interesting thanks to all the metallica songs but I'm bored while playing fuel on drums....that's a crime IMO.

logicalnoise

@Noks415: sorry to rain on your parade but by the looks of it, Led Zeppelin is never happening.

Rutty

Cool to see Rose Hill Drive in the game! I interview them a few months back and they said they would like to see their songs on a game like Guitar Hero or Rock Band, glad to see they made it.

Amazing band list. My only issue is, it better not be the same damned songs that we've already played in other games. If you're giving us more tunes from an already existing rhythm band game, make it DIFFERENT!

Damn. That's pretty solid.

AdamW

Dire Straits? Awesome.

CryptArc

For crying out loud! Why can't these bloody games companies wait a week!

King Crimson is about the only thing in there that excites me.

WOLFMOTHER? Someone call Mike Patton and while you're calling him get Faith No More in the game.

@WaR_HaWk: LP as in Linkin Park? I'm calling an exorcist.

Love and Rockets....sold. And here I thought
I was done with this damn franchise!

@Breathern:
I didn't see APC, if they use a good song, then sold.

HDShadow

@Shteve:

Finally some Billy Talent fans. I love you guys <3

@lostbizzo:
They've lost control

@lostbizzo: Who?

@The Weird Pixel:

For the love that is all thing holy please let the Nirvana track be Smells like a teen spirit or In bloom. Please....

Pappzy

@KidoftheThird:

i weep for you. either you hate music, are ignorant, or both.

Alas no Joy Division :(

lostbizzo

3 Doors Down, The Bronx, Crue, PE w/ Zakk and Thrice are the only ones that really interest me. This will be a bargain bin purchase for me.

adamisonfire

@Hellicus:

It's Maiden, Gorrilaz, Rolling Stones, Cash and Dire Straits which does it for me, how about everyone else?

My god...it's...beautiful...

I meant to put that there are 5 GH and 3 RB games coming out this year alone.

kaminari1

I only like 6 of those bands. Sure there are other good ones but only 6 I REALLY like.

Soooo... I'm not going to buy it. I wasn't going to buy it in the first place because I am sick and tired of the music game genre. Mainly because there are 5 Guitar Hero games and 3 Rock Band games. Way to over saturate the market guys... Doesn't matter though since people are still going to eat this shit up like candy.

kaminari1

@Ghar: Awesome!

kingdong6

@NeVeRMoRe666: The real question is what happened to four?
They also used roman numeral for the second and third. It lead them to using phrases for the fourth…
hahaha!

@Destrokk: Pretty sure 3 people can play any of their songs. Minimum of 2.

That's more than one, therefore a band. In my opinion anyway.

The Killers?

Ah hell yeah....

@[www.scorehero.com]

Ghar

@KevvyBear!Rawr!: SAME HERE!

TV on the Radio, Beck, T.Rex!?, Band of Horses, …*explodes!*

This iteration entices me to buy it. CRAP!

Megadeth, Rammstein, Children of Bodom, Darkest Hour

Needs moar In Flames :'(

Aurongel

When Guitar Hero gets it right, they get it right!

My Morning Jacket and Tv on the Radio? FUCK YEAH
King Crimson and Sunny Day Real Estate? FUCK YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAH...

White Reciever+Boston=Pro Bowl

3 out of 85 = fail.

PantyshotMQN

still no Zep or Floyd, hate to say it, but that's a fail in my books

The Bronx? Who'd have thunk it?

no LP, no Green Day. FAIL.

@TRT-X: APC is the only thing from that list that jumps out that hasn't been in one before for me. 3 Doors Down will be sick as well. Not too sure about this one.

@mitch_93: Ha, now there's a music video I almost wish I hadn't seen before, but kinda glad I have... :)

Wow. That's a good list of artists there.

I wish King Crimson would've gone to Rock Band instead though.

I think this is going to be the first Guitar Hero game I buy since GHII. Tons of great bands! KING CRIMSON!

WorldDude

@mitch_93: Ah ha pretty much my thoughts exactly with the addition of Dire Straits to the list.

@Zootroy: They both suck.

SamuelJackson1

@Tenacious_Z: You'd be able to play GH with RB instruments. All their instruments are cross-compatible

kingdong6

@KidoftheThird: I hope they are not releasing bundles with these, as i've seen walmart's with 5 leftovers of GH:III,I'm gonna pass & eventually get either Rock Band 2 or DJ hero.

@NeoAkira: Yeah lots of Billy Talent songs would be great. Their friends Anti-Flag still aren't there either. Punk is still way too under represented.

@chancrescolex: Billy Talent would be the only thing that could convince to buy another one of these rhythm games. Excluding Elite Beat Agent 2, I would pick that up no matter what.

SiDCrAzY

@Breathern: Are you serious? 80+ bands and you only can pull one band from that? You've got to have one of the narrowest tastes in music I've ever read.

@Sonira - I am old news.: I think when you get to the fifth sequal, you should at least start to explore the possibility of using roman numerals...

I think when you get to 5, you should at least start to explore the possibilities of using roman numerals...

If these truly are the bands in the game, I'm going to have to pick it up. Shame I'll have to drop another $200 because I only have instruments for Rock Band. Anyway, I think we can guess a few of these.

Wild Cherry - "Play That Funky Music"
Dire Straits - "Sultans of Swing"
Sublime - "Wrong Way"
Billy Squier - "The Stroke"
Queen & David Bowie - "Under Pressure"
Screaming Trees - "Nearly Lost You"
TV On The Radio - "Wolf Like Me"
Stevie Wonder - "Superstition"
Elton John - "Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting)"
Grand Funk Railroad - "We're An American Band"

If Frampton's "Do You Feel Like We Do?" is in the game, I think might actually jizz in my pants. Too bad none of my friends would want to play it because it's 15 minutes long.

Tenacious_Z

@odinkorn:

1. World Tour had a handful of European songs, wasn't just American stuff.
2. Rock Band Japan has been talked about for the longest time. As much as I want it, I wouldn't hold your breath.

Megaman703

Children of Bodom,Megadeth and Maiden?

Fuckin yaldy!

Gregor Boyd

Rush, I hate GH but that makes it a maybe.

@Valnen: Maybe, but overall, and speaking from somebody who has been with Rock Band since day 1, Rock Band DLC is superior to any on disk list or competitor's offering.

There are close to 600 songs to choose from. And most of the band's above are featured. End shameless Rock Band plug.

If I were a GH fan, I'd be upset that I have to swap discs every time I want to play a song that happens to be on an earlier version of the game. Unless that changes...

They need to make the guitar either identical to GH2, or GH3 because those are the only good GH games left.. all this band shit is getting annoying.. because it means no more Buckethead...

This can't be a band game, otherwise White Stripes don't make sense, my dear.

@spiderweb1986:
Ice Ice baby

The_M

@Noodle-Works: Man...I remember when I first picked these games up I didn't know a lot of the names of the bands or songs. And sure, I might not have liked every song, but I gave the games a chance. And I ended up knowing a lot more than I thought I did and liking a lot more that I didn't know than I thought I would.

DLC has spoiled too many people into only wanting to buy what they already listen to. Kinda sad, really.

@NeoAkira:

i completely agree..."try honesty" or "line and sinker" would be epic sing along songs

chancrescolex

coldplay, muse and the killers!
my top 3 favorite bands! yesssssss

@Solertia: There should also be an alternative tuning minigame, since KC is involved.

@Ghar: Do you know for sure? That's a damn good song. I think "The Great Deceiver" would be perfect though.

kingdong6

Looks like a lot of things that they've put in their games already...not impressed.

ticookie

@kingdong6: The list is true and the King Crimson song is 21st Century Schizoid Man

Ghar

@yamiseth: CAN'T YOU SEE ME STANDING RIGHT HEEEEEEEEEERE?!

Superlocke

@libregkd: 30/85 of the bands have never been in a GH game before...

Ghar

@Solertia: I'd rather no King Crimson on GH, because the last thing I wanna hear is a 13-year-old boasting about how he "beat Larks' Tongues in Aspic on Expert".

Probably because I'm annoyed by this whole Guitar Hero craze today in general.

o well

Wow. i cant believe it, but i think i may actually buy Guitar Hero 5.

@squeecore: The Guitar Hero website has been slowly announcing these artists over the past week or so and this is the final list.... or final minus 1 band.... epic announcement at e3 perhaps?

Led Zeppelin perhaps? (or maybe/probably something lame >_>)

Ghar

Fucking YAWN. I could have guessed half of that. Just fill a hat with some popular bands that have ever fallen under the behemoth 'rock and/or metal' umbrella and pick about 50 at random.

Then charge triple the price and include ANOTHER fucking plastic piece of turd and then roll in the bucks.

i would buy this game just to play thrice. hopefully its an older tune.

finally some Rammstein! i see warner are still being stingy with their artists though...

Crtl+F

Led Zeppelin

Not Found.

>=(

@Charlie Kelly: Exactly! I've been waiting for some Brand New DLC forever.

Nice to see Bush on the list though :) Heres hoping its my fav. song Machinehead

DarthMetalHope

I hope this list is mostly (if not all) legit....since i didnt like World Tour that much at all and this would be a nice replacement lol

DarthMetalHope

That's some lineup. The artists to wet your pants over have been covered, but I also see some bands that...confuse me.

Public Enemy? Stevie Wonder? Elton John? What songs could they possibly offer this kind of game?

Also, Megadeth is a pleasant surprise. I thought Rock Band had a stranglehold on Megadeth.

False

@NeoAkira: MAn Billy Talent would be an awesome addition to Guitar Hero!!! :D Nice to see there are others out there who know who they are lol

DarthMetalHope

@odinkorn: come on MAD CAPSULES! but not Scary or Pulse...

jabman

@Joe Wright: Perhaps it's a Figure 8 song? I mean, that album was strongly influenced by the Beatles, and is kind of catchy to the guitar playing for GH

Mesren_Makai

No Miley Cyrus = No buy

ELLIOTT SMITH?!
BAND OF HORSES?!
MY MORNING JACKET?!
ALL CAPS!?!

Mesren_Makai

@ThisDudeRufus: Yes it would. You see, Ray and Dave Davies are raging assholes. They would kill all nerds who hope and pray everyday that "Lola" or "You Really Got Me" would be included in Guitar Hero or Rock Band.
P.S.
My nightly prayer starts "Please God show Led Zeppelin the way. Harmonix will not lose or degrade their masters. Please God tell Ray and Dave Davies to quit being raging assholes so I can play "Lola" in Rock Band. Amen."

BNC92781

@Valnen:

haha, yeah, the controllers work for everything now- its not like two years ago when we were all freaking out. :)

to me, its what $60 gives you. and I would be with him by saying $60 worth of Beatles is more fun for me than $60 worth of random bands I may or may not like.

A grab bag is fun, no doubt, but there's easily 10-15 songs on RB right now that i don't play because the music just isn't attractive to my ear.

Noodle-Works

@mythus: That's what I'm sayin'!

This list means nothing of the bands listed just get songs that are previously available on Rock Band or GH:DLC.

Without a song list, I reserve judgment.

Also, I would like to see a re-vamped style for the game... it got a little too colorful and cartoony in the last couple releases...

If not? Then I'm still the Rock Band Camp. a huge Beatles collection of songs is worth more to me than that list. at least i know what i'll be getting, and every track will be fun and playable...

the problem with a 84-track play list is no matter who you are, they'll be songs you don't like playing. for me, death metal stuff isn't appealing, at all. and for others, they'll think all the modern day popular music is a waste too...

can't please everyone!

we'll see, come E3!

Noodle-Works

I love TV on the Radio and Band of Horses :)

iizcallum

i was really hopin for some more Bloc Party in guitar hero.. :/ GET ON IT, DJ HERO.

yamiseth

@brainFUBAR: Well, I find the 5's placement to be awkward. Something about it just doesn't equate to good balance.

@odinkorn: i really hope once rock band japan comes out, some of their songs come our way as DLC. the closest thing we have is I.V. by X-Japan which is an amazing song, but in engrish ><

yamiseth

David Bowie

That's enough win for me.

@Ben Perkins: Solution: buy used and don't give Activision your money.

I think Neversoft deserves the money though...they've clearly showed they care about these games by improving their charting skills and getting as much done as possible before each game release...GH: Metallica proves they can make a well polished music game engine if they have the time. Activision just rushes the hell out of them though. I wish Neversoft and Red Octane could break off from Activision and develop Guitar Hero by themselves. I think the game would get a lot better.

@Sonira - I am old news.: It is official, and I didn't like it much either at first.
'DJ Hero' logo has the same basic structure. I think they are going for a brand unity type deal since they are releasing so many games under the '_ Hero' banner.
It does look like a more concentrated, classier version of the old logo.

Well there's Muse there, so I'm happy.

I have been waiting for so long for Rock Band/Guitar Hero to include Gorillaz.

@touchmypenguinagain: You were never a fan to begin with then...

@kingdong6: *true

kingdong6

I'll be shocked if this is trye considering King Cromson is there, but that would be amazing. A lot of good bands up there and lets hope the Darkest Hour song they use is "Tranquil" and I really really hope they use "Kissing the Shadows" for CoB.

kingdong6

@ChaoticInfinityX: You act like you would need to buy new instruments with the game or something. Or is your house so small that a game disk is gonna take that much space?

I hate Activision Guitar Hero
I love Eagles of Death Metal
I am conflicted.

Ben Perkins

@Gregg Kroening: Sultans of Swing would be vastly better IMO

kingdong6

@Jolan: I've liked a lot of the DLC released for GH more than I've liked most of the DLC released for Rock Band in the past few months =/.

Stuff like We Are The Champions, Life In The Fast Lane, Hot Blooded...it kicks ass.

Darker my Love, Sonic Youth, Blur, King Crimson, Sunny Day Real Estate, and Love and Rockets caught my eye.

But..um Elliot Smith? Really?

Zeidust

@squeecore:

As much as I hate Guitar Hero, this looks like a good lineup...

Cool 84 bands, oh look no led zeppelin...skip. Until led zeppelin rock band comes out i dont give two hoots about these games anymore.

touchmypenguinagain

Elton John....seriously >_<

GRAAAAAHHHH Why does Guitar Hero get Eagles of Death Metal!?!?!?

why no radiohead?

Did anyone else scratch their head when they saw Elliott Smith?
I could only imagine a few songs you could pull off.

BRAND NEW.

@Jolan: well said, im willing to bet if that band list is true most of the songs they use will already be on rock band dlc

The Barenaked Ladies get no love :(

But... Elton John? Goodbye Yellow Brick Road? Could I dare to dream?

@ChaoticInfinityX:

So clicked the link to an article about a game that you have no interest in buying just to comment about said game.

wow.

Shit, if list is real, I'm pumped.

NayThin

@ChaoticInfinityX: DLC will be back compat, but so far nothing about ripping the GHWT disc to your hard drive to use its songs in GH5.

using elliot smith seems a little odd to me given the usual guitar hero kind of music, but i guess the more people exposed to him the better, worked for silversun pickups in britain to some extent, my reservation is that i dont know if elliot would agree were he alive.

Joe Wright

Thriiiiiiiiiiice!

Kibblez

Tom Petty AND Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers? Two Petty songs has increased my interest in this game.

Ashlee Kelly

@MoeB: rumoured band list=/= tracklist. DLC for RB is way superior to both on disc and dlc for GH (so far anyways)

I like it,but it's going to take a lot to make me move on from rockband.

Well i was going to preorder this game because Iron Maiden is in it but now since we got the 12 pack I'll just give it a rent

Steve

NME is a crappy magazine about indie music from bands nobody has ever heard of.

LiamR

If by Dire Straights they mean "Money For Nothing" is coming to GH5, I may actually give this a rent.

Gregg Kroening

ctrl+F: Nightwish

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Well, I guess I'll wait for a song list now. Because while there are some good bands on there, a lot of them are repeats.

'Under Pressure' has convinced me, I'm getting this game.

No Beatles?! I can't believe this... Guess I'm not going back to Guitar Hero anytime soon.

Only good thing I see is A Perfect Circle. But the only thing I really liked on Guitar Hero World Tour was Tool... =-\

Breathern

Rock Band already has the spot for 'plastic instruments band' in my house, so GH5 can just move on.

BTW... does this mean that everything everyone's invested in their GH:WT collection is now useless with this new version? Or will they finally adopt some kind of backwards compatibility to their DLC?

my morning jacket? cool.

someone please give me some Led Zeppelin.

Two "Billy"s in that list and no Billy Talent?

This makes me very sad :(

I've wanted Arctic Monkeys in a music game for a long time! Hells yeah!

(also I got a "thanks", yay ^_^ )

Joshua Orr

NEVER compare NME to Rolling Stone!

Zootroy

Holy crap Love and Rockets!!!!!!

Also, when you title Queen & David Bowie, you are required by LAW to just say Under Pressure. Srlsy.

Only thing that I see on the list that seems worth my time is Rammstein. Pass

KidoftheThird

What! No dir en grey, looks like im skipping this one too. To bad rockband , so far, has the better balance of music. Once Rockband japan comes out, that will be all i need. It's was a extreme let down that World tour only had like music from America.

I don't like that GH5 logo much... dunno if it's official or not but it looks awkward.

Some good bands, mostly boring bands IMO. I may pass on this one, gotta see the songs first.

BC4T

"Queen & David Bowie" = "Under Pressure"

YES!

spiderweb1986

Would it kill them to have some Kinks?

ThisDudeRufus

Muse Iron Maiden Quenn&Bowie Kiss Megadeth and Santana all in one Guitar hero game? This deserves a song!

+ Watch video

mitch_93

I like Bush

Woz

Wow this track list is very impressive. Way more impressive than any track list that has come with both retail Rockband games.

MoeB

Gorillaz, Weezer, Megadeth, Iron Maiden, Coldplay, The Raconteurs....

I'm SO there.

Hm, very impressive. This might just make me ditch my Activision hatred. I mean come on, King Crimson? FUCK YES.

If this is legit, it looks good.

@Breathern: If you like Tool, there's no reason not to like King Crimson. KC was/is a huge influence on Tool...

@Solertia: Yeah, that's given me pause about this as well. The White Stripes and APC are good additions as well. No if they would just fix the sloppy strumming mechanics...

@roscoe: I've been praying for One Big Holiday on any of the music games since RB first came out.

No Beatles? What! Oh wait... nevermind.

marcus1060

@ArmyofJuan: Hell yes Brand New. Disappointed that it's Guitar Hero but they guarantee at least a rental.

Also, there was a Taking Back Sunday DLC pack a few weeks back for Rock Band.

@yamiseth: I am also hoping they come,because i hate guiter hero now, but im all about RB now.

@Tatsurou: Maybe but one can hope dude. I would thing they would be in the USA relaese to help get there name out there. If not dir en grey i must have moi dix mois, girugamesh, maximum the hormone, or at least unsraw.

Oh man, Attack Attack sucks so hard.

This is list is kinda meh, it depends what songs by a lot of those bands. Bush? Probably Glycerine which is ok.

Blur? Probably NOT Song 2, which is not ok.

The list goes on.

itsgreylolol

@Megaman703: Ok so we got european and american, the WOrld is slighty bigger than 2 areas. Also Rockband japan is coming.

@Joe Wright: Yeah, it made my heart sink when I read that. Don't whore the man out, let his have his dignity, not... Guitar Hero...

Jeremy Hall

Brand New?!? BRAND NEW??!! Not to mention TV on the Radio and Arctic Monkeys??

DAMN IT! I swore to never get another Guitar Hero game...please Rock Band, give me these so I won't have to cross back over!

no jonas brothers??? WTF

@BNC92781:

You Really Got Me was in GH2 (although Van Halen's version), but still :D

darkest hour!

hell yes!

Jeff Wooten

@BountyHead: really? wow. i havnt played rock band in forever. I need to get on that

@Valnen: at least RB DLC is consistent.

most of these songs will appear in RB in ways of DLC or another disc. can't wait.

GH let me down big time with 3, so i don't think even with a roster like this if it was completely exclusive that i would go back to that franchise.

Let's see here... crap, crap, crap... Children of Bodom.. FUCK YES

dude... Stevie Wonder and Sunny Day Real Estate?! Woo! I may have to buy a GH game again...

Still no Six Feet Under. Won't someone cater to ME?!

KaneTaker

@Anarchist_Gamer: Yeah, 600 songs to choose from and I've regretted most of the $40 I've plopped down on them - including track packs of bands I know I like (and usually like playing on GH / RB).

Not that GH's been doing too much better, they each have their gems and their waste. But Rammstein pretty much guarantees my money on this one. Looks like it'll just have a little something for everyone.

Saxboy

If they choose the right songs by each artist, this could potentially lead to the best track list in any rhythm game to date. There were some awkward choices, such as Nirvana, Coldplay, and Duran Duran, among several others that were obviously only there for the sake of popularity. But with the likes of Iron Maiden, Megadeth, and Rammstein as well as many others, this list has a lot of potential.

Aidan Dammermann

It looks good but I'm not sure if I really care about guitar hero anymore.

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