Rumor: Rock Band 2 setlist reportedly discovered by two sources

We've been chomping at the bit for any details about the complete setlist for Harmonix's upcoming sequel to last year's well-received rockstar simulator, Rock Band. We've learned of a few new tracks from a slip-up on G4 and a tip from an anonymous playtester, but even these substantial leaks only make up a drop in Rock Band 2's 80-song bucket. Luckily, two sources who claim to know the near-complete list of tunes included in the title recently posted their findings -- though their own sources don't exactly inspire confidence in the accuracy of their supposed setlists.
Though their information evolved entirely from hearsay, there's quite a bit of overlap between the two lists, lending some amount of legitimacy to this rumor. Some of these overlapping tracks include Bon Jovi's "Livin' on a Prayer", The Presidents of the United States of America's "Lump", Talking Heads' "Psycho Killer" (Qu'est-ce que c'est?), and a long overdue "Pump It Up" by Elvis Costello. We've got both lists after the jump -- with a couple of weeks between us and E3, we'll be discovering the correctitude of these tracks soon enough.
Setlist 1 -- (Source: 8bitfix commenter Demp):
1. AC/DC - Let There Be Rock
2. AFI - Girl's Gone Grey
3. Alanis Morissette - You Oughta Know
4. Alice in Chains - Man in the Box
5. Allman Brothers - Ramblin' Man
6. Avenged Sevenfold - Almost Easy
7. Bad Company - Shooting Star
8. Beastie Boys - So Whatcha Want
9. Beck - E-Pro
10. Bikini Kill - Rebel Girl
11. Billy Idol - White Wedding Pt I
12. Blondie - One Way or Another
13. Bob Dylan - Tangled Up in Blue
14. Bon Jovi - Livin' on a Prayer
15. Cheap Trick - Hello There
16. Devo - Uncontrollable Urge
17. Dinosaur Jr. - Feel the Pain
18. Disturbed - Down with the Sickness
19. Donnas, The - New Kid in School
20. Dream Theater - Panic Attack
21. Duran Duran - Hungry Like the Wolf
22. Elvis Costello - Pump it Up
23. Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way
24. Foo Fighters - Everlong
25. Go-Go's, The - We Got the Beat
26. Grateful Dead, The - Alabama Getaway
27. Guess Who, The - American Woman
28. Guns N' Roses - Shackler's Revenge
29. Interpol - PDA
30. Jane's Addiction - Mountain Song
31. Jethro Tull - Aqualung
32. Jimmy Eat World - The Middle
33. Joan Jett - Bad Reputation
34. Journey - Anyway You Want It
35. Judas Priest - Painkiller
36. Kansas - Carry On Wayward Son
37. L7 - Pretend We're Dead
38. Lacuna Coil - Our Truth
39. Linkin Park - One Step Closer
40. Lit - My Own Worst Enemy
41. Lush - De-Luxe
42. Mastodon - Colony of Birchmen
43. Megadeth - Peace Sells
44. Metallica - Battery
45. Mighty Mighty Bosstones - Where'd You Go
46. Modest Mouse - Float On
47. Motorhead - Ace of Spades
48. Muffs, The - Kids in America
49. Nirvana - Drain You
50. Norman Greenbaum - Spirit in the Sky
51. Offspring, The - Come Out & Play (Keep 'em Seperated)
52. Panic at the Disco - Nine in the Afternoon
53. Paramore - That's What You Get
54. Pearl Jam - Alive
55. Presidents of the USA - Lump
56. Rage Against the Machine - Testify
57. Ratt - Round & Round
58. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Give it Away
59. Replacements, The - Alex Chilton
60. Rise Against - Give it All
61. Rush - The Trees
62. Silversun Pickups - Lazy Eye
63. Smashing Pumpkins - Today
64. Social Distortion - I Was Wrong
65. Sonic Youth - Teenage Riot
66. Soundgarden - Spoonman
67. Squeeze - Cool for Cats
68. Steely Dan - Bodhitsattva
69. Steve Miller Band - Rock'n Me
70. Survivor - Eye of the Tiger
71. System of a Down - Chop Suey
72. Talking Heads - Psycho Killer
73. Tenacious D - Master Exploder
74. Testament - Souls of Black
75. Who, The - Pinball Wizard
-- BONUS SONGS (all Harmonix bands)
76. Abnormality - Visions
77. Anarchy Club - Get Clean
78. Bang Camaro - Night Lies
79. Breaking Wheel - Shoulder to the Plow
80. Libyans, The - Neighborhood
81. Main Drag, The - A Jagged Georgeous Winter
82. Speck - Conventional Lover
83. Sterns, The - Supreme Girl
84. That Handsome Devil - Rob the Prez-O-Dent
Setlist 2 -- (Source: Loading Reality):
1) Tangled Up in Blue (Bob Dylan)
2) Bad to the Bone (George Thorogood)
3) We've Got the Beat (Go-Gos)
4) Bad Reputation (Joan Jett)
5) Pinball Wizard (The Who)
6) Dammit (Blink 182)
7) That's What You Get (Paramore)
8) The Trees (Rush)
9) Ace of Spades (Motorhead)
10) Chop Suey (System of a Down)
11) Testify (Rage Against the Machine)
12) Spirit In the Sky (Norman Greenbaum)
13) Ramblin' Man (Allman Brothers)
14) Rebel Girl (Bikini Kill)
15) Eye of the Tiger (Survivor)
16) Panic Attack (Dream Theater)
17) Everlong (Foo Fighters)
18) One Step Closer (Linkin' Park)
19) Lump (Presidents of the USA)
20) Come Out and Play (Offspring)
21) Drain You (Nirvana)
22) Carry On Wayward Son (Kansas)
23) Peace Sells (Megadeath)
24) Souls of Black (Testament)
25) Livin' On a Prayer (Bon Jovi)
26) Round and Round (Ratt)
27) New Kid In School (The Donnas)
28) Alright Now (Free)
29) Today (Smashing Pumpkins)
30) Man In the Box (Alice In Chains)
31) Any Way You Want It (Journey)
32) Holiday In Cambodia (Dead Kennedys)
33) Give It Away (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
34) White Wedding (Billy Idol)
35) Hello There (Cheap Trick)
36) Cool for Cats (Squeeze)
37) Psycho Killer (Talking Heads)
38) ? (Devo)
39) One Way or Another (Blondie)
40) De-luxe (Lush)
41) Push It (Static-X)
42) Pump It Up (Elvis Costello)
43) Master Exploder (Tenacious D)
44) Bandages (Hot Hot Heat)
45) PDA (Interpol)
46) My Own Worst Enemy (Lit)
47) Float On (Modest Mouse)
48) Aqualung (Jethro Tull)
49) Spoonman (Soundgarden)
50) Bodhisattva (Steely Dan)
51) Suffer (Bad Religion)
52) I Was Wrong (Social Distortion)
53) American Woman (The Guess Who)
56) You Oughta Know (Alanis Morrissette)
57) Mountain Song (Jane's Addiction)
58) Stop! (Against Me)
59) Hungry Like the Wolf (Duran Duran)
60) Alabama Getaway (Grateful Dead)
[Via Kotaku]











Reader Comments (Page 1 of 4)
ShadzKing @ Jul 6th 2008 7:06PM
WHAT! NO RAMMSTEIN?!
EMaster @ Jul 6th 2008 7:26PM
I woul kill to have du hast and seeman in rockband. Thing is tho not everyone speaks german.
Dovi @ Jul 6th 2008 8:12PM
Rosenrot oh Rosenrot.
RavenPaul @ Jul 6th 2008 10:28PM
Yes, please some Rammstein!!!
Desert Eagle @ Jul 7th 2008 12:41AM
No OOMPH! mention from you guys? Sad, just sad.
Seriously, you Rammstein fans should listen to them if you can (I highly reccomend their CD "Wahrheit Oder Pflicht"). They're pretty much like Rammstein, but aren't totally like them, and their music kicks ass.
Of course, it's your opinion that counts in the end like always, but give them a chance. You won't regret it.
xGeneral DEATHx @ Jul 7th 2008 8:07AM
We must be allowed to customize our rockers to have flaming jackets and giant dildos that spray the crowd if we are to TRULY have the Rammstein experience.
And my vote's for "Tier".
Thatoneguy64 @ Jul 6th 2008 7:12PM
Joystiq, you guys left out a key point of information:
The rumor that Harmonix will allow RB2 owners to download the RB1 songs (the songs on the RB disc) for free.
I mean, if that's true, it's surely better than taking a picture of you with your RB and RB2 discs, sending them to Harmonix, and getting a new RB2 disc with all the songs from both games, isn't it?
Thatoneguy64 @ Jul 6th 2008 9:50PM
I figured that this part of the article was the more interesting of the two, really.
Huh, one would think this would warrant mentioning.
Farseer (GDI) @ Jul 7th 2008 10:03AM
Holy crap! I was just talking about that the other day... do you have source for that rumor, by chance?
Thatoneguy64 @ Jul 7th 2008 2:55PM
Source? It's in the fucking Kotaku article that this one has for a source!!
It's the reason I even mentioned it, considering the fact that Joystiq left this tidbit of information out, even though it's the juiciest (at least for me) part of the post at Kotaku!
Farseer (GDI) @ Jul 7th 2008 4:01PM
It looks as though I need to hone my reading-comprehension skills...
Shagittarius @ Jul 6th 2008 7:15PM
Rum Stein
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qayDROc-dkE
Jim Halpert DM @ Jul 6th 2008 7:15PM
Second one seems more legit because of the G4 leak which included "Give it Away" by the Chili Peppers. Oh, and where's my Killers.....most of Sam's Town would be a fun fit for Rock Band.
Mrblonde @ Jul 7th 2008 1:32AM
I couldn't agree more
Mrblonde @ Jul 7th 2008 1:33AM
I couldn't agree more
Nerds With Attitude @ Jul 7th 2008 4:32AM
You could agree three times, perhaps?
Pha7e @ Jul 7th 2008 3:49PM
My feeling was that the second one was more legit too, but more from the perspective that the song selection seems to fit the mold of Harmonix's choices to date.
Monkeys Suck @ Jul 6th 2008 7:17PM
Man, it's kind of a spoil to see the song list, but I think it's apt to be giddy to sing to Eye of the Tiger
Charli @ Jul 6th 2008 7:21PM
Hmm I hope the real track list is better than this...
supakoopa @ Jul 6th 2008 7:35PM
Are you kidding me?
RavenPaul @ Jul 6th 2008 10:34PM
I agree, needs to be much better. Why "Let There Be Rock" from ACDC?!? Why not "Back in Black"? And also "Evenflow" from Pearl Jam and "Breed" from Nirvana instead of those listed. And "Guns N' Roses - Shackler's Revenge"?!? WTF? Welcome to the Jungle anyone?
Sora267 @ Jul 6th 2008 10:56PM
Except "Breed" is gonna be DLC for RB1: http://www.joystiq.com/2008/06/11/rumor-mtv-ad-leaks-new-rock-band-tracks/
Brian @ Jul 7th 2008 9:20AM
@ RavenPaul
While I agree with you, I have to say that having the band in the game to begin with increases the odds of future DLC considerably
tmacairjordan87 @ Jul 6th 2008 7:22PM
Glad to see Metallica, Megadeth and Testament on that list. They could have chosen a harder Testament song, but I'm not gonna complain as long as they're in the game. Rock Band 1 needed more good thrash instead of shit like Disturbed and some modern day generic scream metal band number 8000
tmacairjordan87 @ Jul 6th 2008 7:26PM
Meant to say it needed more good "metal" in general, not neccessarily thrash although I did enjoy playing Thrasher.
Desert Eagle @ Jul 6th 2008 7:59PM
Thrasher was fun, but personally, I'd would love to see Slayer's Angel of Death as DLC. Goddamn, that solo would be so fun to play!
BoringK @ Jul 6th 2008 7:30PM
The first list has Mastodon and Metallica and therefore I choose to believe in it.
Also, Bob Dylan? Sweet.
Neebs @ Jul 6th 2008 7:30PM
Hm, The Clash disappeared, which gives me the giggles for London Calling coming to DLC.
Anyways, these were posted on GameFAQs earlier
http://youtube.com/watch?v=vRW0yeMGczM
http://youtube.com/watch?v=7EYAVnYWUpw
supakoopa @ Jul 6th 2008 7:40PM
Im on my iPod so I can't watch them, can someone tell me what these videos are?
Donald @ Jul 6th 2008 10:42PM
Rick rolls! All of them! Run away!
quickshade @ Jul 6th 2008 7:41PM
sweet, I can dress like billy idol and sing white wedding.
tc @ Jul 6th 2008 7:47PM
you needed an excuse?!
Tacocartguy @ Jul 6th 2008 7:42PM
Dammit I need some better Linkin Park up there
SONGS THAT WOULD BE BETTER THAN ONE STEP CLOSER
Crawling
Runaway
A Place for My Head
And One
Don't Stay
Breaking the Habit (this is a biggie)
From the Inside
Numb
Bleed It Out
Little Things Give You Away
Most Any Other LP Song
snarfoogle @ Jul 6th 2008 7:59PM
Songs that would be better than Linkin Park songs:
Any and all
tmacairjordan87 @ Jul 6th 2008 8:10PM
Snarfoogle:
Amen to that. I can't freakin stand them.
The KZA @ Jul 6th 2008 7:46PM
A lot of overlap, but one list has Metallica and the other has Smashing Pumpkins. The former rumoured to have their own 'Guitar Hero' game and the latter rumoured to feature as digital renders in the next 'Guitar Hero'.
If those rumours are true (which they look to be) then I doubt their songs would be in the competing Rock Band. Right? Or doesn't it work that way?
Cian @ Jul 6th 2008 8:58PM
Just because Aerosmith became exclusive doesn't mean Metallica will do the same because they get a Guitar Hero game.
Petras @ Jul 6th 2008 11:02PM
Yay! Aqualung!
Most of you probably don't know who Jethro Tull is!
But still, Yay!
Juan @ Jul 6th 2008 7:51PM
Damnit! Where the F is the the f'ing Beatles? I'm tired of this man. They kept saying they were talking with their people and now i see freakin' nothing. Bullcrap, man.
TheOverlord#2 can has Mario Karts?(MK:2578-3517-9859) @ Jul 6th 2008 8:10PM
You see, there's this thing called Downloadable Content..
E.J. @ Jul 7th 2008 12:29AM
@Both above:
The Lennon/McCartney-written songs (you know, the good ones) of the Beatles' back catalog (and some Elvis) are owned by Michael Jackson and Sony Music.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Songs
Christian @ Jul 6th 2008 7:52PM
"Carry on My Wayward Son"
YOU
ARE
FAAAAAAGS!
tmacairjordan87 @ Jul 6th 2008 8:02PM
I know South Park ruined that song for me. Everytime I hear it now I either picture Randy playing it on real guitar in front of the kids or Randy trying to play it on Guitar Hero and failing miserably.
TheOverlord#2 can has Mario Karts?(MK:2578-3517-9859) @ Jul 6th 2008 8:12PM
I love playing Heroin Hero! Though I can never catch that damn dragon.
lee williamson @ Jul 6th 2008 7:56PM
WOW yeah can live with that list of sorts jst hope that Kansas - Carry On Wayward Son is one of them dont need to load up gh everytime for doing that 1 :)
Alan @ Jul 6th 2008 8:36PM
Dammit I need some better Linkin Park up there
SONGS THAT WOULD BE BETTER THAN ONE STEP CLOSER
Ha, no man...Im just kidding.
CarpeD1em500 @ Jul 6th 2008 8:02PM
No "'" in Linkin Park
Can't wait for OSC. Hopefully it leads to them putting a whole album out...
RastamanD @ Jul 6th 2008 8:03PM
FUCK YEAH master exploder
http://youtube.com/watch?v=80DtQD5BQ_A
Desert Eagle @ Jul 6th 2008 8:05PM
Judas Priest, Metallica, The D, Megadeth, Mastodon, Offspring, Testament, oh my! Even though it has some flaws, the first list has it all! I think I'll believe it for now until the real list is announced. Hopefully, it'll be the first rather than the second one.
Also, needs more Iron Maiden.
tmacairjordan87 @ Jul 6th 2008 8:42PM
I feel bad for whoever's going to play Painkiller on expert with drums. Hope they have medical insurance