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Posted: Sep 12th 2008 2:03PM Rhamsey said

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Its a good list, but i like some of the rockband 2 songs better. still, some great songs here
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Posted: Sep 12th 2008 2:34PM (Unverified) said

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I agree with you. There are some very good songs on that list, but not enough to pull me away from Rock Band 2. It's hard to compete with my existing investment and interest in the Rock Band catalog, let alone the love myself and my friends have for playing that game.
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Posted: Sep 12th 2008 2:52PM MasterCKO said

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And there's a lot of overlap between this list and the RB2 list (and the current RB DLC). Way to catch-up Activision.

There are some good ones here, though, but nowhere near enough to get me to buy this game AS WELL AS RB2.
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Posted: Sep 12th 2008 3:58PM Jitaroo said

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What i find weird is that they featured the drummer from Red Hot Chili Peppers, yet there aren't any songs from them.
That alone makes me want Rock Band 2 way more than GH, as well as the DLC and rock band 1 song carry over.
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Posted: Sep 14th 2008 8:21AM AGBear said

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No Chili Peppers= instant fail
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Posted: Sep 12th 2008 2:03PM (Unverified) said

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The Mars Volta! Awesome!
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Posted: Sep 12th 2008 2:07PM Dirty said

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and At the Drive In. Mars Volta is made up of 2 of the members of At the Drive in. The other 2 went to start Sparta. One arm scissor is an awesome song.
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Posted: Sep 12th 2008 6:55PM dargis49 said

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Yup. And L'via Viaquez is an awesome fucking song.
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Posted: Nov 7th 2008 11:39PM (Unverified) said

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dude Jimi Hendrix totally kicks everyone's ass....

all this game needs is some AC/DC instead of Micheal Jackson and all this new punk shit yo
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Posted: Sep 12th 2008 2:04PM (Unverified) said

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Very odd Metallica choice. Great song, just strange since it's not one of their old classics. Overall that list is pretty meh though.
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Posted: Sep 12th 2008 2:27PM Antibot said

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Exactly what I was thinking.

"Is that new? Oh, it's one of the songs I skip over when listening to Ride the Lightning."

I can't even think of what it sounds like off the top of my head. Then again, it means I'm not completely sick of it, like Enter Sandman.
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Posted: Sep 12th 2008 2:38PM D3m0sthenes said

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Yeah, Enter Sandman is more annoying than good now...

I was hoping for Battery, Fade to Black, or even cooler would be Seek and Destroy.
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Posted: Sep 12th 2008 2:45PM (Unverified) said

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Battery is in Rock Band 2 at least :-\
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Posted: Sep 12th 2008 3:30PM Haggard said

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It's a good song, very fast, very thrash. Random choice though... I've always thought that For Whom The Bell Tolls would be a strong Rock Band choice though - powerful vocals; an audible bass on the introduction, and simple but fun drums (oh, and a squeadly-squeadly guitar bit).
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Posted: Sep 12th 2008 3:30PM (Unverified) said

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They're probably saving the bigger Metallica songs for the rumored Guitar Hero: Metallica.
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Posted: Sep 12th 2008 3:38PM (Unverified) said

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I agree, some good songs, but overall pretty bad list. "Trapped Under Ice"? I like the song but definiately not the one I'd pick. Nirvana - "About a Girl (Unplugged)"?!? Unplugged. Where is "Smells like Teen Spirit?!? Where's Pearl Jam? Michael Jackson, Willie Nelson, and 3 from Tool? Definiately a used buy for me, as cheaply as I can get it.
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Posted: Sep 12th 2008 4:36PM Haggard said

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Hey man, Beat It has one of the best guitar solos ever written. It's pretty much a Van Halen song with Jackson singing.
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Posted: Oct 31st 2008 8:27PM (Unverified) said

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im so excited they put my favorite metallica song and no its not an odd choice and it is a classic from 1984
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Posted: Sep 12th 2008 2:04PM HighFiveJesus said

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damn, say what you will about the developers/and the direction of the game, but the track list just gets better and better for me.
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Posted: Sep 12th 2008 2:04PM Top Cat said

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Mars Volta - "L'Via L'Viaquez"

Sold
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Posted: Sep 12th 2008 6:49PM Alex R said

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Kent: Vinternoll2

Sold.
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Posted: Sep 12th 2008 2:06PM (Unverified) said

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Awful second rate album filler songs
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Posted: Sep 12th 2008 2:06PM (Unverified) said

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it's worth getting if you're a fan of the genre. plenty of good songs there, but I have little doubt that it will be like GH3 where I play it, beat it and move on to something else. Rock Band keeps me coming back with a wide variety of regular dlc.
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Posted: Sep 12th 2008 2:06PM Giantenemycrab said

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Up next: note charts. If they are anything like GH3, then I'm staying away from this game. Hopefully they hired someone who knows a little about music.
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Posted: Sep 12th 2008 2:10PM Giantenemycrab said

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"Dream Theater - "Pull Me Under"

Ohhhhh.. crap. Now I may have to buy this game regardless. Pull Me Under is a much better song than "Panic Attack", the DT song on Rock Band. Dang it. I have to buy it now.
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Posted: Sep 13th 2008 4:43AM Freddie Mercury said

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i feel your pain giantenemycrab Pull Me Under alone is enough for me to rent it, but the addition of the Nuge, Wings, and CCR are pushing me to buy it after I rent it
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Posted: Sep 12th 2008 2:09PM Dirty said

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I feel like this list has more songs that I would feel ok singing. Im not a fan of being the singer but sometime you gotta do it.
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Posted: Sep 12th 2008 2:12PM (Unverified) said

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The good songs on this list are really good, but the bad songs on this list are TERRIBLE. Trapped under ice is the best Metallica song you could think of?? Seriously??? You might as well just put up the whole Death Magnetic CD on here.

Oh wait.
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Posted: Sep 12th 2008 2:29PM D3m0sthenes said

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At least the CD is decent...

Although I do miss his younger voice...
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Posted: Sep 12th 2008 2:12PM (Unverified) said

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WAY too many song from Rockband and Rockband 2 for me to justify a purchase, I'm gonna pass on this.
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Posted: Sep 12th 2008 2:59PM Antibot said

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I count 13 songs on both lists. And only 3 songs from GHWT are available on Rock Band via DLC. (And oddly, one song from the Rock Band 2 setlist is already available for Rock Band: Jimmy Eat World - The Middle.)

Lot of the same bands, but not all the same songs.
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Posted: Sep 13th 2008 3:06AM (Unverified) said

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Where in the fuck is Iron Maiden?
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Posted: Sep 12th 2008 2:56PM TehAsher said

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Yeah where the fuck is Iron Maiden? First we can't transfer Run To The Hills (even though the cover wasn't that good...) to Rock Band 2, now Guitar Hero doesn't give us any Maiden? What in the balls is going on here?!
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Posted: Sep 12th 2008 3:31PM (Unverified) said

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Harmonix and Neversoft have switched to a "No Cover" mentality, and since the Maiden mastertracks have vocals and drums on the same track, it is impossible to do Maiden songs full-band without covering it or re-recording it.
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Posted: Sep 12th 2008 3:36PM (Unverified) said

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The theory is that all the Iron Maiden master tracks have been lost. So unless they rerecord a song like Aerosmith did for Dream On and a few others, then it would have to be a cover. And if I'm not mistaken, both of these games are touting "All master tracks! No Covers!" So if they included an Iron Maiden cover, they couldn't say that anymore and that would be a marketing problem when comparing the two games.

I'm sure they'll have some DLC in the future.
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Posted: Sep 12th 2008 4:23PM (Unverified) said

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The run to the hills cover wasn't too bad.
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Posted: Sep 12th 2008 2:16PM (Unverified) said

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dinosaur jr. - feel the pain

i forgot about that one. i love that song.
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Posted: Sep 12th 2008 2:18PM Tez said

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Lots of great songs, makes me glad the instruments are going to be inter-compatible.
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Posted: Sep 12th 2008 2:21PM falcomadol said

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There are only a few songs on here that I'd really like to have, so I can live without it.

There was a recent DLC track by Dream Theater in Rock Band as well (I think in the Roadrunner Records Pack, you can probably buy it individually).
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Posted: Sep 12th 2008 2:22PM Dralzz said

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So how are they going to do the bass on the Korn song? Same as the others, or will you have to slap the instrument?
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Posted: Sep 12th 2008 2:23PM Tiptup300 said

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Korn & Sublime! Wow I may actually consider bu- nevermind, I was ahead of myself.
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Posted: Oct 31st 2008 5:22PM (Unverified) said

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WHAT!!!!!!!
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Posted: Sep 12th 2008 2:24PM (Unverified) said

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Can I get some Killers please? I'd love to have Sam's Town as DLC, or give me "All These Things that I've Done".
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Posted: Sep 12th 2008 2:27PM Nova Hands said

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311!!!!!
FINALLY!!!!!

Beautiful Disaster, no less!!

This is freaking awesome news!!
Will the Rock Band instruments work with this game???
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Posted: Sep 12th 2008 2:29PM (Unverified) said

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It will work with GHWT, provide your instrument is not wii version.
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Posted: Sep 12th 2008 2:33PM Nova Hands said

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Awesome. Thanks for the info!
I'm so excited about this now!
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Posted: Sep 12th 2008 3:34PM MasterCKO said

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actually, I'm pretty psyched about that song, too. I skimmed over it I guess. Now, I actually might buy this....d'oh!
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Posted: Sep 12th 2008 2:33PM D3m0sthenes said

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Some strange choices in there... Metallica's choice get's a lol wut for sure.

But it looks just as good as RB's set list, if not better.
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Posted: Sep 12th 2008 2:41PM KaneRobot said

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Not a bad list. I prefer Rock Band 2's, though, especially when it comes to metal. Trapped Under Ice? I guess they're saving the good stuff for the standalone Metallica game...
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Posted: Sep 12th 2008 2:43PM Beatz said

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Of course every has different tastes musically. For me, I give it to Rock Band 2's setlist because it might not have the highs of World Tour (The Doors! Jimi Hendrix!), but the quality is more consistent across the songs.

But you know. Opinions and assholes and all that.
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