Just seeing my Chemical Romance makes me want to vomit. Nothing exciting listed there anyhow and for some reason it can never seem to hold a candle to GTA's soundtrack. Although I liked Winger's song "Seventeen" in the previous installment.

acez2087

Not bad, but I'll probably use my own songs. Unsung is never a bad thing. What's with the deathly-thin rap station?

KaneRobot

A good selection, although i´m really surprised of the amount of indie music on it.
Anyway, does anybody knows if there´s a rule that every game with a soundtrack should have Wolfmother-Woman on it?? I´m sure there´s one...

Daisuash

Fahey, you've missed quite a few tracks / stations.

Here is a full list: [community.saintsrow.com]

or on IGN: [music.ign.com]

OneLetter

Avenged Sevenfold FTW!!!!!

LPGguildsman

@Facemeat:

I was amazed to see Killing Time in GTA IV.

Sanspants

@Facemeat:
Metallica and Megadeth aren't popular to the kids these days.

Mommar

I didn't recognize much there, but I'm sure it's good anyway.

JohnnyH87

Check out the character we made in Saints Row 2!

[www.flickr.com]

eboku

Kasabian is suddenly getting a ton of play from video games... I think they had a song in an EA Sports game, then Rock Band 2, now Saints Row 2. I definitely approve.

These songs are leaps and bounds ahead of GTA 4, imo.. it's just too bad come Oct 14th I'll be broke :(

Roufuss

This soundtrack puts GTAIV to shame... GTAIV soundtrack was lame. The Krunch channel is awesome and I even like some of the stuff of the GenX one. This game might end up being better than GTAIV after all...

lucasreis

Custom soundtrack it is then.

aden.exe

The Twilight Sad and MSTRKRFT?!

badass.

sinister6000

Luckily, we can just run our own music in the background :X

Jezuz

Mike Fahey is all about the Funk!!

Why arent Deftones on KRUNCH?

FenderMaster

What's with all the mainstream garbage? Don't get me wrong, I like some mainstream music, but seriously, the metal station is just pure shit. I mean, if they were going for popular stuff, at least put in some Metallica, Megadeth, anything but this crap. LCHC from GTA IV beats out this entire soundtrack for me. :\

Facemeat

Architects? haha that's brilliant!

Stu1981

Dillinger Escape Plan
As I Lay Dying
The Agony Scene
Lamb Of God
Chimaira
Trivium
Mastodon

I approve!

Lurk No More

No word on any celebrity radio DJs? Being a resident of the Tampa Bay area, I was amused to hear Bubba the Love Sponge featured on the first installment.

bostano

Stars! Yes!

BananaKid

@Ulquiorra Schiffer:

Paramore? GTFO.

Just kidding my good man. Only cos you don't like Panic or MCR!

Communist_Gamer

Oh sweet. Colony of Birchmen and Unsung. Plus Redneck and Ghosts of Perdition make this a cool soundtrack.

BatDanNight

awesome soundtrack. excellent metal selection, too.

Konstrix

Wow, not bad. This game is on my radar.

Struct09

Huh, lots of stuff I've never heard of, quite cool. I'll love to give this a listen.

HikariOblivion

I would willingly listen to four of those songs. Thank the gods we now live in the age of custom soundtracks in console games.

tinkyXIII

K12 looks like an awesome station. Loving all the electro.

Does it offend you are an awesome band.

SPni

The Krunch channel beats everything put into GTAIV

proplasticgeetar

Okkervil River
wtf random folk band in a gta style game.

goatmale

The only song I know is "Trick me" by Kelis

I love Kelis though.

ZenGaijin

That's the radio stations, but what about songs for the MP3 player?

Because that list seems kinda light (~75 songs) compared to the saints row 1 soundtrack (~130 songs).

[en.wikipedia.org]

lordargent

Some awesome/ some Horrible. I don't know what to think.. on what hand you have Death from Above, Helmet, and Paramore. Unfortunately, you also have my chemical romance and panic at the disco (bleck!).

Ulquiorra Schiffer

DEADLY SINNNAAAAAAAAAAAAHS

Not a bad soundtrack actually nice to see some DFA1979 too

kopakauk

Hooray for Minus the Bear. I wish this song was in Rock Band instead.

Sanspants

Woman by Wolfmother, of course....

MeanMillz

@Facemeat:
Metallica... Not mainstream and popular? They're the most mainstream 'metal' band I know.

Mustakrakish

Wow at the fact the majority of those songs are from bands/artists I've heard of. I loved the Saints Row soundtrack because despite it being mostly unheard of, it ended up that I enjoyed nearly all of it, despite being a metal-liking type of fellow, I really enjoyed most of the rap/hip-hop in it.

I just hope that they've kept the good music over popular music thing for this one.

Mustakrakish

Nothing on that list does anything for me.

heretrix

Custom soundtracks, I love you.

Helmet is great, and Dillinger Escape Plan is cool to have in there too. Aside from that....hell if I care.

GorbyGipper

@aden.exe: That's what I was thinking..."uh, I don't know most of this?"

DorkimusPrime

Surprised to see Minus the Bear and Death From Above in there, in a pleasant way.

Everything else I either haven't heard of or is fairly meh.

Game still looks fun though, nice diversion from GTA 4, which is still stuck in my 360 currently.

snugglecakes

That list is missing a few stations I think. I know the eighties station, The Mix, is missing. Some of the tracks on that station from memory are:

Down Under - Men At Work
Everybody Wants To Rule The World - Tears For Fears
Don't You (Forget About Me) - Simple Minds
Karma Chameleon - Culture Club
Take On Me - A-Ha

LOKIOLR

damn! tons of great songs! and that Okkervil River song is great... not folky compared to their other stuff. man... i'm not ashamed to say, i cant wait for this game.

callmesteam

Oh My FUCKING GOD.

I almost leaped from my fucking seat when I saw Stars by Hum. Is it good that I want a game just for one song? ._.

Americo

Again, Paramore? WHY are they appearing in EVERY game? They're overplayed trash :/

Sodders

Ugh. This is pathetic. This game continues to out-low itself.

This is a funny my chemical romance-related tidbit: [www.bestfriendstime.com]

Hint: it was actually a My Bloody Valentine concert.

RatsOffToYa

@proplasticgeetar: As a bit of a metalhead myself, I recall SR1's idea of metal was a bunch of hair and glam rock songs, half of which I'd never heard of. This time? Honestly, I'm impressed. I didn't see this coming at all.

Señor Vorpal Kickass'o

Opeth... omfg I may have to buy this for their taste in music

pcgecko85

@lordargent:

Kotaku screwed up reporting. There are 11 music focused stations, with an unknown number of talk stations. There are approximately 174 music tracks (including easy, "world", and classical, besides all the rock/rap/alternative/pop stuff). ign has a complete list on their site.

rabidkeebler

MSTRKRFT! Sweet.

SpiralJacobs

Ahahahah, My Chemical Romance's new-ish stuff, are they serious?!

infestedDemon

@Facemeat: You're calling Opeth mainstream? Swedish Prog Metal?!?! Mainstream?

dkrefft

Dude, Opeth?!?!?

We have the Swedish metal in our Saints Row 2!!!

Best choice ever.

dkrefft

@lucasreis: are you kidding me, i liked the gta4 soundtrack, and this soundtrack blows, really one urban channel? not even a dedicated rap or r&b station, that doesn't cut it in my book

meltyman

@DorkimusPrime:

I know it all. And hate it all.

aden.exe

"Shiner" and "The Life and Times" = FUCK YES

dead_red_eyes

@KaneRobot:To avoid protests of them stereotyping black folks.

Foxstar Sixtail

fucking terrible. they did it up good with all the fantastic hip-hop on the first one. i don't know what the fuck happened. still amped for the game, though.

johnjohnbmx

Minus the Bear shares a radio station with Red Jumpsuit Apparatus? Dear god, what a terrible world we live in. They should not be grouped on the same radio station.

This soundtrack is pretty bleh. I like a couple bands. Architects and Minus the Bear are both surprises coming from this game, though.

ajnewman

@dkrefft: Agreed!

lucasreis

@meltyman: I like rock and metal better, this is why I prefer this one. It´s a matter of opinion and I totally respect your opinion. However, GTA San Andreas though, I love that soundtrack, including all of the gangsta stuff. That was a fun soundtrack.

But I don´t really like the GTA IV stations, besides some songs. For example, I love that Badder Dan Dem song from the Massive B radio cause it´s really funny to play with it!! :D

lucasreis

@FenderMaster: Agreed about Deftones. Def. a Krunch type band ! :)

lucasreis

@Facemeat:

Problem is Saints Row and THQ doesn't have the draw of GTAIV. So pulling in artists and soundtracks would cost a great deal of cash, which is why the previous game had so many non-mainstream albums.

rabidkeebler

Was that Architects as in "I WATCHED YOU... SINK!" Architects, or some other Architects?

Poo_and_Weeeee

@L33Td00d: oops whats with so many gamers relying on rhythm games to find out about music? its like no one cares to search the net to find music. on a side note i just decided im buying this game. this soundtrack and trophy support pushed me over the edge that makes my holiday gaming price list go over 600 dollars, sorry my wallet is calling me..

L33Td00d

@Ashurahori: AND Opeth. Forgot that one.

Ashurahori

The only ones I know from there are Lamb of God and Joss Stone.

...maybe I should be grateful for my taste in music.

Ashurahori

@Konstrix: whats with so many gamers relying on r

L33Td00d

Well it ain't no GTA, that's for sure.

SnakesSolids

every game should have Mastodon in it...

ryancoke

"Woman" by Wolfmother has to be the most whored-out song in the history of the planet. Enough already!

deuce_22_deuce

@proplasticgeetar:
There were music stations in GTA4? Really? I don't remember ever having the radio on.

Tizlor

I think there's some good stuff here, I like the variety of music, I really do. K12 and Krunch are both good representations of the genre.

But... Um, this is a game about being a gang member from the ghetto, right? What happened to the rap? The first game had tracks made for it by people like Ghostface Killah. I'll listen to those other stations, I have really really wide tastes, but there is a time when a guy just wants to listen to The Takeover when doing a driveby, and I'm a bit upset I won't have that chance.

WreckTheLaw

@SPni: About everything on it is awesome. It's sad that you're the only other person to mention that, when everyone else is like "MCR A7X wooooo"

skullpanda

Since you specificly said in-game radio, does that mean there are more music tracks you can unlock at the music store, like the last game?

NoBullet

Always hated the Saints Row music. Some obscure bands that don't make even decent level music. Some bands that are headliners but their music is lame. Couldn't we have at least a few "real" bands? Not just stuff you find recommended by a Hot Topic employee. If you want to be original you should give us the ability to create our own radio stations.

narq

I expected not to like the music...

Apart from 2 bands, I don't. Of course nothing is going to top Vice City's soundtrack with me. I loved that soundtrack so damn much I'd take my copy of Vice City to other people's houses and force them to watch me play the game.

Maleficent Lovecraft

Looking forward to this one. Never played a SR game, but I watched the videos and it DEFINITELY looks fun. ALOT.

GTAIV had a cool slick serious side to it with a fantastic story imo.

But this will be equally as entertaining in a different way though. And its got trophies too! HELL YEAH!

luxusa

go shipwreck!!!

subterfunk

@LOKIOLR:
I was going to say the same.
There's also:
Out of Touch - Hall and Oates
The Reflex - Duran Duran
The Final Countdown - Europe

80's is definitely the best.

d_winch

....no rap?

R1ZE

Opeth. The perfect soundtrack to rollin' up on a drive-by and bustin a cap in some gangsta's ass.

gotroot801

What? No Techno?

Orionsaint

Krunch looks impressive. Black dahlia, lamb of god, and chimaira. nice.

TrifeLife

@SnakesSolids: yeah Saints Row 2 is going to be better... hell, SR1 is better than GTAIV.

LPGguildsman

oh, here it is...

# "Trick Me" - Kelis
# "One Thing aka 1 Thing" - Amerie featuring Eve
# "Tell Me Bout It" - Joss Stone
# "Fandango" - DJ Quik featuring B-Real
# "So Sick" - Ne Yo
# "Me & You" - Cassie
# "Hands Up" - Lloyd Banks
# "New York State of Mind" - Nas
# "Gangsta Bitch" - Apache
# "Sucker MCs" - Run DMC
# "Ridin In That" - Wale
# "Twinz" - Big Pun featuring Fat Joe
# "What A Thug About" - Beanie Sigel
# "Good Girl" - Chrisette Michelle
# "I Luv It " - Young Jeezy

weak list.

R1ZE

Yay for Amerie, Kelis and Joss Stone (R&B junkie here). As for Panic At the Disco and My Chemical Romance, wouldn't that be considered GenY, not GenX? No one of that generation would really listen to those bands.

ronaldhennessy

oh shit, Dillinger Escape Plan??? this wins, Milk Lizard is a sick song i don't care what all those Calculating Infinity-Only dudes say All the Dillinger albums were great.

thesilentcircus

So this is the full list and one of the stations only has 3 songs?

Phazon

Does it offend you, Yeah?, Hot Chip, Okkervil River, LCD Soundsytem and MSTRKRFT!

My inner pretentious pitchfork reading hipster is excited.

SamuelJackson1

@tinkyXIII: Except in GTA IV.
:)

DarkWolf7

@FenderMaster: Deftones being a good band are not (based on the other bands I see here) "Krunch" material these are all very heavy metal bands (-wolfmother) and Deftones wouldnt fit into the "kick everyone in the face" vibe that the other bands put out...of course that is IMO.

stupidjason

not a bad metal set wow AS I LAY DYING is now in a game that is soooo awesome...I knew Lamb of God would be eventually but its sweet that As I lay is too...Its neat to see a game finally give a nod to the hardcore/metal sceen.

stupidjason

i want this game but idk if i should get it for Xbox 360 or PS3... help any1???

Mexico619

That is a good soundtrack, kudos to the effort to be eclectic.

TearsandScreams

@Facemeat: I agree. I didn't think I would like LCHC as much as I did being mainly into metal and not hardcore. This is mostly metalcore garbage. I like Opeth and Mastodon but those are some of their worst songs in my opinion. Opeth is pretty mainstream these days, at least as far as metal goes. Also, wasn't that Helmet song in San Andreas anyway?

Phronima

I recognize most of those, some nice picks there.

Im not talking about GenX obviously.

SaanZ

holy crap, opeth!

GiantEnemyCrab

@ajnewman: It's definitely confusing.

SamuelJackson1

Is it now a standard for video games to have "woman" on their soundtrack? i am SO fucking tired of that song! Although good heavy metal tracks though!

mr_grimster

The days of grind metal like good (pre-SNW) Deftones, Sepultura and Slipknot's murderous-in-a-farmhouse-in-the-middle-of-nowhere (pre-Vol 3) metal have long gone. All I'm left with is Meshuggah and Tool, and they've yet to conquer former glories.

I just stick to my drum n bass these days.

Bergerac

Yay Eek-a-Mouse ! Yay Barrington Levy ... the rest can mute but those two songs make a great soundtrack on their own.

Alright the classics station is worth it too - that it exists is a nice surprise even if none of the choices are. File under guilty pleasure.

kingcnut

@WreckTheLaw: Whoops, guess the full list went up later.... actually, nevermind. The hip hop here is pretty week, with one or two exceptions.

WreckTheLaw

@goatmale:

err... I wouldn't call them a folk band. Does seem like a strange pick though... but not any stranger than Hazel st. by Deerhunter.

Red Peter

MSTRKRFT

YES.

All in all, a good soundtrack. Like the inclusion of Plain White T's, Amerie and the Brandenburg Concerto!

interim

Land Down Under by Men At Work?

THAT'S BLOODY AWESOME!

FunkyJ

@mind in rewind: What the hell? It seems as if Minus The Bear was put on the wrong station.

mind in rewind

@Jezuz:

Actually, if it's anything like SR1, you can import your songs and play them on the MP3 player IIRC.

lordargent

Both K12 and Underground have nearly flawless playlists.

mind in rewind

@ZenGaijin: Yes.
Plus they get the win for having underrated R&B artists for having Amerie and Chrisette Michelle.
Epic for those two.

akilshohen

Where the hell is all of the Jazz? John Coltrane is essential to any good rampage.

ColaWorm

@stupidjason:

i take it you dont have around the fur or adrenaline?

still, i guess hole in the earth isnt very heavy, i'd still class them as a metal band of sorts though

FenderMaster

Next week can't come any faster without said *Delorean*. Still raising an eyebrow at how little hip-hop and electronic music there is opposed to classical and that easy - listening. We're always gonna complain about something, but COME ON! Even out the genres!

harrimusprime

The soundtrack is bad, and good at the same time. Bad because they used songs which were from GTA games, which shouldn't be the case, and that there's also stupid songs over there like "The Final Countdown"????

The rest is pretty good, kinda like the typical Need for Speed soundtrack though. I'd still prefer GTA IV's soundtrack. Thanks. For those who think it's better than GTA IV's, I think you should seriously question your musical tastes.

-=}{oT~dEv1L 666=-

P.S. What does this have for talk?
Any inklings?

SadSadSamus

Looks like s shat load of music and bands I've never heard of...
cool... GTA4 had loads of stuff i was ignorant of, and I like that soundtrack, for a large part.

As in, I would listen to many of those songs while playing. Radio Broker hosts, pretty much, nothing I would want to listen to minus the GTA4-ness.

I think it has a great soundtrack.

I can see this being one, aswell.
Plus, KLASSIC!!
That pissed me off about GTA4... No Double Cleff!
Damn you Rockstar. That, and talk, was all I listened to in III... I think.

Kudos SR2... kudos.

The Mix sounds cool too. In a nostalgic, humerous, "We're leaving for Veenus", kind of way.
haha :)

SadSadSamus

Deadly Sinners yes!
fucking win.

FrogJon

There's a lot of win in this soundtrack, and lots of surprises. I mean Opeth? Not bad.

@Phronima:
I really wouldn't call Opeth mainstream. They're not that famous yet. Which is too bad, they need to get their music out there, cause they rock.

/if by "mainstream" you mean known.

But if you meant radio-friendly or not hardcore, you must be kidding. 12 minute songs is NOT "mainstream".

Griev3r

@kopakauk: Glad to see somebody other than me and two of my friends knows about DFA1979.

Uber excited to see them in!

RobKramble

LCD Soundsystem? Death From Above? Hot Chip? Tokyo Police Club? The Thermals? The Subways? Deftones? Psychedelic Furs?

Wow, that sure beats GTAIV's...um, that guy with the...eh, you know that singer guy...from that band. Erm, GTAIV may not have had great music but at least it allowed you to play your own...oh wait, never mind.

lucifer_goosifer

Rock Band and Guitar Hero take note:

IT'S THE FINAL COUNT DOOOOOOOOOOOWN!!!!!!!!
(make it happen you idiots!)

Great Merol

I always judge a game on the reggae they choose to put in it. Meh, could have been better. They get bonus points for adding Eek-A-Mouse and Ninja Man.

Voltron_Force

Holy SHYYYYYT!!! Black Dahlia Murder, 3 inches of blood, AND Opeth!! Now if we can only get this kind of stuff in guitar hero.

gophzero

What the hell? No Lil Wayne? No Chamillionaire? No Jay-Z or the king Snoop Dogg? This can't be the full list, it just can't be.

userking

you gotta love Take on me and The final countdown just doin a drive by with that song, classic

Smote14

@lordargent: no you cant you can make your own radio station instead and theres an Ultor FM radio it takes over GenX

Smote14

Lamb of God!!!!!!!!!

SarasaMatchu

This is not the full list. The full list can be found here.

[community.saintsrow.com]

Xigence

This isn't the full list, I've heard "Deep Cover '98" by Big Pun and Fat Joe as well as "Karma Chameleon" by Culture Club in gameplay videos.

WinstonDandogs

the stuff I recognize here is all pretty decent, so my hope is that the rest of the soundtrack is pretty good.

UltimaJocasta

hey can we use custom soundtracks????

xgarry225x

@Lurk No More:

agreed,been great if cannibal corpse was on this list lol!

xgarry225x

K12 looks awesome. Many songs are oldish, but all are hits.

Kind of makes you wonder what the term "Indie" means nowadays when they even have Chromeo in FIFA 09 or Pendulum in Pure.

Kumfi

@Sanspants: Agreed, Minus the Bear is a hell of an addition, makes me want to pick up the game.

And Why has it taken so long for Rock Band and Guitar Hero to pick up on Indie bands? Musically, bands like this would be a great fit as their difficult guitar arrangements make for a perfect fit in both series?

DanimalCart

a game based on gangsters and no fucking rap is not only retarded but straight up suicide. once on my list now gone for life!

ArdisGaloope