Another 24 songs confirmed for Guitar Hero 5, more features demo'd

by Randy Nelson on Jul 22nd 2009 4:30PM

70 of the 85 tracks that'll come on the Guitar Hero 5 retail disc have been officially announced, and it's looking like our original complete track listing -- though still technically unofficial -- is so totally the real deal. Activision notes in this update that AFI's "Medicate," from its forthcoming album Crash Love, is exclusive to GH5, as is a new recording of Public Enemy's "Bring The Noise" in collaboration with guitarist and known Ozzy Osborne associate Zakk Wylde.

Oh yeah, about that video above. It ostensibly contains footage of more new features in GH5, specifically "star power overflow," "band moments" and the ability to resurrect band mates who've failed out. With everything that's happening on-screen, though, spotting these features in action is kind of a game in and of itself. Good luck with that. We can assure you that finding the newly confirmed tracks after the break is much easier.

AFI - "Medicate"
A Perfect Circle - "Judith"
Billy Idol - "Dancing With Myself"
Brand New - "Sowing Season (Yeah)"
Bush - "Comedown"
The Derek Trucks Band - "Younk Funk"
Duran Duran - "Hungry Like The Wolf"
Eagles Of Death Metal - "Wannabe In L.A."
Gorillaz - "Feel Good Inc."
Gov't Mule - "Streamline Woman"
Grand Funk Railroad - "We're An American Band"
Iron Maiden - "2 Minutes To Midnight"
King Crimson - "21st Century Schizoid Man"
No Doubt - "Ex-Girlfriend"
Peter Frampton - "Do You Feel Like We Do? (Live)"
Public Enemy Featuring Zakk Wylde - "Bring the Noise 20XX"
Rush - "The Spirit Of Radio (Live)"
Scars On Broadway - "They Say"
Smashing Pumpkins - "Bullet With Butterfly Wings"
Spacehog - "In The Meantime"
Sunny Day Real Estate - "Seven"
T. Rex - "20th Century Boy"
Weezer - "Why Bother?"
Wild Cherry - "Play That Funky Music"

Tags: activision, activision-blizzard, guitar-hero, guitar-hero-5, Microsoft, neversoft, Nintendo, Wii, Xbox-360

Reader Comments (90)

Aren't all these 'new' features already available in Rock Band 2?

For the most part. Can't play 4 drums or multiple guitars together.

All the RB feature updates have been free though and are adding a really good track development tool set soon.

Good god, who would actually be masochistic enough to want to play with four sets of drums going at once!?

@WiredKnight

Guitar Hero fanboys trying to prove that they can do 4 drums at once just to piss of Rockband fanboys.

It's more of a reason to allow the vocalist to opt out, as it is the least favorite instrument.

feel good inc... great song, but it's gonna be a bit boring on guitar. does anyone know if world tour songs are transferable to 5, and if characters like hendrix and osborne are too?

only the DLC

my interest just dropped by like 5 levels.

Feel Good Inc. is a great song, yes. A lot of it will have bass.

Couldn't be much worse than What I've Done in WT

yup, i only said guitar would be boring. bass and drums and VOCALS would be fantastic. :)

Bass of the entire song:

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0023-------30

Meanwhile, Harmonix/MTV are negotiating to get these songs for Rock Band DLC.

Harmonix already has some of these songs for RB.

"Sex on Fire" from Kings of Leon is coming out on GH5, but I just played it yesterday on RB.

if rock band gets the rest of nevermind, some songs from demon days by the gorillaz, some more songs from wolfmother, and some more songs from metallica, i'll never look at guitar hero again (unless they somehow got led zeppelin).

GH Metallica pretty much killed any future Metallica DLC for Rock Band, but its a good game so I can't knock it.

Zakk Wylde of Black Label Society. He's not even Ozzy's guitar guy anymore. FYI

When did he stop playing for Ozzy? This is the first time I've ever heard anything about it. Can't seem to find info on the net about it either.

Never mind, I found it. He said "for the time being", though.

*YAWN*

These songs are uber shit

No you!

I won't have you talking about Rush like that!

They should just use Dream Theater's song "The Best of Times" instead. You get the riff from Spirit of Radio AND more sales to elitist metal fans. Win-win, no?*

Yes, I am being sarcastic...

no JPJ, any game with wolfmother in it cannot be shit. it's one of the laws of the universe.

The Live version of The Spirit of Radio is from Snakes and Arrows Live and comes near the end of the track list. Geddy is so tired sounding it's unbearable outside of the concert context.

Please allow me to introduce myself. I'm a man of wealth and taste.

oh come on! DO YOU FEEL!?

"First Activision steals away the Guitar Hero franchise...then they steal the full band concept...and NOW they're in my feature set. HEY YOU GET OUT OF THERE!"

A Perfect Circle - nice, another chance to sing as Maynard :D

I just wish Rock Band would show Tool the same love - truly one of the best bands of our generation.

umm dude there were like 5 tool songs in guitar hero: world tour

3. And that's not what I said..

3 is not nearly enuf, considering they used them as a carrot to play through the rest of the game

What? The Tool songs in GH:WT were not used as a carrot to play through the rest of the game. The Tool setlist was available near the beginning of the Career. The real carrot for me was Pull Me Under, I played through that monstrosity of a game to get my Dream Theater fix only to realize that the song is the remixed version that appeared on their Greatest Hit album. (The remix makes the song sound like it was mixed in 2007 and and not 1992.)

Activision paid TOOL for exclusive right for their songs like they did with Metallica and Aerosmith, thus no Tool for RB.

Damn, really?

adam, don't forget hendrix and van halen. those 2 really make me sad. :'(

I am on the Why bother with Guitar Hero band wagon.

In a few weeks I'll be able to literally create my own tracks for my songs in Rock Band and sell them. It isn't some mini in game feature either. It the same tools the development team in using right now and selling to the public each week.

RB2 also has to have my most hours logged in my disc tray. Sure some people say you a Rhythm gamed out. I agree I've been there. Recently I started to get my second wind for the game. Now I find myself Downloading songs again, getting excited to play a few songs when I get home from work... All from that same RB2 disc I bought so many months ago.

this is getting long. I wanted to go over Band Hero vs Lego Rock Band (I can't tell the difference between GH5 and BH except that I may not be pretty enough or a big enough Celebrity to play it) and how at least LegoRB is different if still the same formula. I didn't even get the the Beatles...

Hamonix! Get The Spirit in Radio for Rock Band! I believe in you!

Yeah! And make it the Studio Version!

It depends. Lifeson can struggle with the fast riff live sometimes, but Geddy's voice is always haunting in it (or it was before he got a bit too old)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JMVGTmDn3Q
During the chorus at 1:25, i'd so much rather have that than the studio version.

inb4 anyone notices my typo

"Guitar Hero is Dead to Me" by Shagittarius

+1; I'd download it.

You should put that song on Rock Band Network!

Damn. 21st Century Schizoid Man. Sounds INSANE in drums. This looks GOOD (but not awesome). I'll pick this after I get The Beatles: RB

The vocals for Feel Good Inc. are going to be so epic.

agreed.

No they won't if they are as broken as Guitar Hero 4's. Vocals are no fun and basically unplayable IMHO.

Why bother putting in Why Bother? Sure, it's lyrically good, but it's awful from a musical standpoint, as is most of anything from Pinkerton.

you shut your dirty whore mouth

Pinkerton awful?!?

Kids these days...

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