Activision confirms familiar-looking setlist for Guitar Hero 5

by Griffin McElroy on Jul 30th 2009 11:46AM

Why, you may be wondering, does the recently finalized setlist for Guitar Hero 5 look familiar? Well, for starters, it looks a heck of a lot like the unofficial track list we compiled earlier this month. Like, a lot. Like, every single track that was on that list is on this one.

Yes, the confirmed list of 85 songs (posted after the break) that will be featured in the next installment in Activision's rhythm franchise bears no surprises, except for the fact that it's surprisingly not terrible. Song 2? Elton John? Raconteurs? Double Bowie? Yes, please.
Final 15 confirmed tracks

-- 3 Doors Down - "Kryptonite"
-- Arctic Monkeys - "Brianstorm"
-- Blink-182 - "The Rock Show"
-- Dire Straits - "Sultans Of Swing"
-- Jimmy Eat World - "Bleed American"
-- Johnny Cash - "Ring Of Fire"
-- Megadeth - "Sweating Bullets"
-- Motley Crue - "Looks That Kill"
-- Muse - "Plug In Baby"
-- Nirvana - "Smells Like Teen Spirit"
-- Queen & David Bowie - "Under Pressure"
-- Stevie Wonder - "Superstition"
-- The Killers - "All The Pretty Faces"
-- The Raconteurs - "Steady As She Goes"
-- TV On The Radio - "Wolf Like Me"

Previously announced tracks include:

-- A Perfect Circle - "Judith"
-- AFI - "Medicate"
-- Attack! Attack! UK - "You And Me"
-- Band Of Horses - "Cigarettes, Wedding Bands"
-- Beastie Boys - "Gratitude"
-- Beck - "Gamma Ray"
-- Billy Idol - "Dancing With Myself"
-- Billy Squier - "Lonely Is The Night"
-- Blur - "Song 2"
-- Bob Dylan - "All Along The Watchtower"
-- Bon Jovi - "You Give Love A Bad Name"
-- Brand New - "Sowing Season (Yeah)"
-- The Bronx - "Six Days A Week"
-- Bush - "Comedown"
-- Children Of Bodom - "Done With Everything, Die For Nothing"
-- Coldplay - "In My Place"
-- Darker My Love - "Blue Day"
-- Darkest Hour - "Demon(s)"
-- David Bowie - "Fame"
-- Deep Purple - "Woman From Tokyo ('99 Remix)"
-- The Derek Trucks Band - "Younk Funk"
-- The Duke Spirit - "Send A Little Love Token"
-- Duran Duran - "Hungry Like The Wolf"
-- Eagles Of Death Metal - "Wannabe In L.A."
-- Elliott Smith - "L.A."
-- Elton John - "Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting)"
-- Face To Face - "Disconnected"
-- Garbage - "Only Happy When It Rains"
-- Gorillaz - "Feel Good Inc."
-- Gov't Mule - "Streamline Woman"
-- Grand Funk Railroad - "We're An American Band"
-- Iggy Pop - "Lust For Life (Live)"
-- Iron Maiden - "2 Minutes To Midnight"
-- Jeff Beck - "Scatterbrain (Live)"
-- John Mellencamp - "Hurts So Good"
-- Kaiser Chiefs - "Never Miss A Beat"
-- King Crimson - "21st Century Schizoid Man"
-- Kings Of Leon - "Sex On Fire"
-- Kiss - "Shout It Out Loud"
-- Love and Rockets - "Mirror People"
-- My Morning Jacket - "One Big Holiday"
-- Nirvana - "Lithium (Live)"
-- No Doubt - "Ex-Girlfriend"
-- Peter Frampton - "Do You Feel Like We Do? (Live)"
-- The Police - "So Lonely"
-- Public Enemy Featuring Zakk Wylde - "Bring the Noise 20XX"
-- Queens Of The Stone Age - "Make It Wit Chu"
-- Rammstein - "Du Hast"
-- The Rolling Stones - "Sympathy For The Devil"
-- Rose Hill Drive - "Sneak Out"
-- Rush - "The Spirit Of Radio (Live)"
-- Santana - "No One To Depend On (Live)"
-- Scars On Broadway - "They Say"
-- Screaming Trees - "Nearly Lost You"
-- Smashing Pumpkins - "Bullet With Butterfly Wings"
-- Sonic Youth - "Incinerate"
-- Spacehog - "In The Meantime"
-- Sublime - "What I Got"
-- Sunny Day Real Estate - "Seven"
-- T. Rex - "20th Century Boy"
-- The Sword - "Maiden, Mother & Crone"
-- Thin Lizzy - "Jailbreak"
-- Thrice - "Deadbolt"
-- Tom Petty - "Runnin' Down A Dream"
-- Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - "American Girl"
-- Vampire Weekend - "A-Punk"
-- Weezer - "Why Bother?"
-- The White Stripes - "Blue Orchid"
-- Wild Cherry - "Play That Funky Music"
-- Wolfmother - "Back Round"

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Tags: activision, guitar-hero-5, Microsoft, music, neversoft, Nintendo, rhythm, setlist, songs, Wii, Xbox-360

Reader Comments (89)

I agree. This list is very impressive. Definitely more so than III or WT.

I'm going to politely disagree with you here. No Tool = Fail.
And Perfect Circle doesn't count

I think WT had plenty of Tool for ya. Especially with the themed background. And APC is close enough for me. I'm just surprised it's Judith and not something far less popular.

I'd rather tool not whore out their music for this kind of thing. They've become one of the most popular rock bands in the world without giving in to the normal advertising affair. It's kind of a shame to see them do this now.

seriously? you don't think there was enough tool shit in WT? Though, i'd take another song sung by tools than Du Haust. Seriously Activison, maybe if this was GH: 1 hit wonders...1997

Um, GH III is the best rhythm game ever in terms of guitar vs guitar gameplay imo.

As for GH:WT, that was a crap track list. If I get this one, could I sell GHWT and still play my downloaded tracks in GH5?

And before someone brings it up, no, I don't like Rock Band as much b/c it has less challenging note patterns with stricter timing. I prefer the other way around.

you sheeple go pay $60 for the 4-5 songs you actually want. I'll drop $10 on those tracks when they show up for Rock Band, because they will eventually. I'm in no hurry and I'll salvage my self respect and do my part to say no to these innovationless money grabs.

if feel good inc, back round, smells like teen spirit, and blue orchid come to rock band, then there's no need for me to buy this game.

Thumbs up for:

-- 3 Doors Down - "Kryptonite"
-- Arctic Monkeys - "Brianstorm"
-- Blink-182 - "The Rock Show"
-- Dire Straits - "Sultans Of Swing"
-- Jimmy Eat World - "Bleed American"
-- Johnny Cash - "Ring Of Fire"
-- Megadeth - "Sweating Bullets"
-- Motley Crue - "Looks That Kill"
-- Nirvana - "Smells Like Teen Spirit"
-- Queen & David Bowie - "Under Pressure"
-- Stevie Wonder - "Superstition"
-- The Raconteurs - "Steady As She Goes"
-- A Perfect Circle - "Judith"
-- Beck - "Gamma Ray"
-- Billy Idol - "Dancing With Myself"
-- Blur - "Song 2"
-- Bon Jovi - "You Give Love A Bad Name"
-- Brand New - "Sowing Season (Yeah)"
-- Bush - "Comedown"
-- Children Of Bodom - "Done With Everything, Die For Nothing"
-- Duran Duran - "Hungry Like The Wolf"
-- Eagles Of Death Metal - "Wannabe In L.A."
-- Elton John - "Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting)"
-- Face To Face - "Disconnected"
-- Garbage - "Only Happy When It Rains"
-- Gorillaz - "Feel Good Inc."
-- Grand Funk Railroad - "We're An American Band"
-- Iggy Pop - "Lust For Life (Live)"
-- Iron Maiden - "2 Minutes To Midnight"
-- Jeff Beck - "Scatterbrain (Live)"
-- King Crimson - "21st Century Schizoid Man"
-- Kiss - "Shout It Out Loud"
-- Nirvana - "Lithium (Live)"
-- No Doubt - "Ex-Girlfriend"
-- Peter Frampton - "Do You Feel Like We Do? (Live)"
-- Queens Of The Stone Age - "Make It Wit Chu"
-- Rammstein - "Du Hast"
-- The Rolling Stones - "Sympathy For The Devil"
-- Rush - "The Spirit Of Radio (Live)"
-- Santana - "No One To Depend On (Live)"
-- Scars On Broadway - "They Say"
-- Smashing Pumpkins - "Bullet With Butterfly Wings"
-- Sonic Youth - "Incinerate"
-- Spacehog - "In The Meantime"
-- Sublime - "What I Got"
-- The Sword - "Maiden, Mother & Crone"
-- Thin Lizzy - "Jailbreak"
-- Thrice - "Deadbolt"
-- Tom Petty - "Runnin' Down A Dream"
-- Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - "American Girl"
-- Vampire Weekend - "A-Punk"
-- Weezer - "Why Bother?"
-- The White Stripes - "Blue Orchid"
-- Wild Cherry - "Play That Funky Music"

That's 54 good-to-great songs in that setlist. A 54/85 ratio is decent, but DLC support makes this a buy for me. Especially if they carry over that improved Vocals system. The Vocals for GHWT was complete ass.

Hey, gotta say this is a better setlist than World Tour. I'm loving the Arctic Monkeys and Bowie.

Still, the music may be good, but the game is what makes it unenjoyable for me. I'll wait for the music to drop in Rock Band

dude 3 was ULTIMATE don't argue with that but i does beat world tour. i'm glad my fav band wolfmother is in there but why not use joker and the thief?

megadeth!!!!!!

Usually I only like a 2 or 3 songs on Guitar Hero setlist, but this one is pretty damn impressive. Billy Idol, Bowie, Duran Duran....I'm going to rock old school.

"Sultans of Swing" alone is almost worth my $60

I'll give them this, it's a nice list of tracks. That said, I'll see you whenever you hit the bargain bin or maybe an insanely good deal like the SFIV deal that gamestop has going on.
I know alot of people say this, but I'll think twice before forking over money towards Activision. Even Modern Warfare 2 can wait, it's going to be filled with little assholes anyways for the first couple of months.

Oh and I'm pretty sure alot of these songs will hit Rock Band at some point. Some of them already have.
Sam Raimi told me in a blog.

" Even Modern Warfare 2 can wait, it's going to be filled with little assholes anyways for the first couple of months."
It's going to be filled with little assholes for a lot longer than the first few months. It's going to be a day one purchase for me, and I'll just have to learn how to deal with them/mute them

Crazy Sam and his blog... That guy's a riot

Great setlist but it will wait for me, also. I have no interest in 2 $60 rythym games around the same time (I'm getting Rock Band Beatles).

Though I have no issue with the little assholes that will be on Modern Warfare 2considering I only play online in parties with my friends so I never have to hear them at all.

Yeah, the majority of the bands I'm interested in on here already have better songs (or the exact same songs) on Rock Band. Blink 182 just released their GH5 song on RB along with 2 other last week in addition to the other 2. Theirs already 3 better Jimmy Eat World Songs and about 10 other Weezer songs that I like more. We have the entire Rush album, the No Doubt Greatest Hits, and about 400 other songs...I just can't justify going back to Guitar Hero. Plus RB releases the same amount of DLC in a week that GH does in a month.

I see Kryptonite being a very fun song to play. Feel Good Inc. is a great song and I love it, I just don't know if I would enjoy playing it in a Guitar Hero game...

Why are both games picking every Megadeth song except Tornado of Souls. You know, the one that's pretty much THE ULTIMATE SONG FOR GUITAR HERO? With the beautiful insane solo? No? Aww :(

Or Rust in Peace. Rust in Peace would go nice with painkiller in RB2.

I strongly disagree. This list is crap. Nearly every band they chose has better songs they could've used. There's like 5 bands that are new to the music game scene. Half the songs are already on Rock Band too.

There's a few good songs on the list, sure, but it doesn't save it.

Pretty much agreed, for some at least. See above for Megadeth, and for Rush I think La Villa Strangiato would be a much better pick. After all, the point of GH5 is to make it more guitar-centric, right?

I totally agree. This setlist is horrible not only for the songs that were included but also for the ones not available. Theyve somehow managed to skip over entire sub-genres in 85 "rock" songs.

Oh snap Dire Straits and Grand Funk Railroad, mannnnnnnnnnnn

This is the best rhythm game setlist since the first Guitar Hero back on the PS2, and considerind those were all covers, I feel safe in saying that this is the best rhythm game setlist ever.

Most guitar hero fans would disagree and instead choose GH3 as the most balanced, fun to play setlist.

It's a good setlist, but I wouldn't go so nuts on the hyperbole. Guitar Hero II still has the best setlist ever, covers or not. Regardless, this setlist still looks solid.

Queen & David Bowie - "Under Pressure" for Rockband unplugged please

No wonder there isn't a Rock Band 3 this year... it's starting to look like the well of songs that'd move discs is running dry. Now, I'm NOT saying there aren't good songs in this list - about a dozen of them make me wish I could have this day one. But the number of songs that leave me scratching my head is rising substantially...

This is why I have never gotten a guitar hero or rock band, in that whole list theres 1 song I like and a couple I don't mind, that hardly justifies the ridiculous price tag, even though Sweating Bullets is hard to turn down.

I just think its kinda funny that people keep picking on Modern Warfare 2 prestige edition, at least you get an entire game experience, with a full guitar hero set you'll pay more and just get a beat matching game. (just FYI I don't have the prestige edition preordered, I'm not even getting modern warfare 2, I just like sitting back and laughing at things like this)

Thats why if you buy Rock Band you can just hand choose the ones you want after buying the disc

I slowly reached for my wallet when I read Face to Face - Disconnected, but then I read the rest of the list...it's going to take more than that song for me to ever go back to the GH franchise.

Deadbolt? Might have to pick this up now.

Seriously, I didnt even look at the set list before. But last night I noticed Thrice floating obscurely in the background of the commercial. Im even more pumped that its an older song. Also pretty happy Face to Face is on there.

Too much Rock Band fanboys on this site Guitar Hero is and always will be better than Rock Band

In what ways do you find Guitar Hero better?

Look at this tool's comment history, mate. He's a fire starter. Just ignore his adolescent ass.

Agreed. I personally didn't like Rock Band or RB2 because they didn't have any songs I really liked, except Shooting Star, Man In The Box, and Master Exploder. Everything else I didn't really care for.

But doesn't Guitar Hero sell like two-to-one to Rock Band? That should say something, regardless of which game you like.

The only bad thing about Guitar Hero is the whole "Lets make five every year!" thing. GH: Metallica made me overall better at playing those types of games(And my favorite GH), Smash Hits had great songs(Lacked at everything else), and GH5 is looking to be pretty awesome, especially the songs. Peter Frampton? Hell yes.

Yeah, GH sells more based off the brand name Harmonix built for them. Here is what says it all to me though, going off of PS3 Thursday release dates GHWT got 15 new songs. Rock Band got 47 from Blink 182, Green Day, Kiss, Weezer, Judas Priest, Kings of Leon and much more. Plus once Rock Band Network comes out the store is going to be putting as much as 10 new songs in a day.

Rock Band 2 sales - 1.7 Million.

GH:WT - Less then half.

It's all personal preference and musical taste. so whether or not someone likes GH or RB better, it's opinion. Factually, Rock Band is a better GAME than Guitar Hero. Music CD, well that's personal preference too. But, Rock Band 2 has an excellent tour mode, and a beautiful aesthetic, Guitar Hero has an outdated, old aesthetic that Harmonix created years ago and ditched because it was painful to the eyes.

Rock Band also has the insane amount of DLC that comes out weekly, and it seems like there is more love being put into rock band, then the soulless monthly GH releases that are just quick cash ins. I mean look at the Beatles Rock Band, it looks like so much passion went into making that game, it has character and class and style. And Rock Band 3, well, that's taking quite some time, so I'm going to assume they're putting love into that too.

the real reason I dislike GH though, is because of the pompous idiots that don't know anything about GH or music that play it. Like my friends who say Rock Band ripped off GH and GH came first. what they don't know is that harmonix created GH and RB... -_- also the people who are just too thick headed to try rock band because they are such 'hardcore GH' fans. ugh...GH isn't bad, don't get me wrong, but it's a thing of preference!

Yeah, it does come down to preference, but it's hard to have a preference for GH when RB has (at least for me) more songs per artist I like, with the promise of tons of DLC in the future.

Can you export your GHWT tracks into GH5, like you could from RB1 -> RB2?

So far I've heard that only the DLC will be compatible between the games. Guitar Hero just doesn't have the technology to export songs yet.

With all of the a la carte DLC available, I'm thinking sequels have to be more than track packs. If you only like a few of the songs on this list, it makes more sense to cross your fingers and wait for Rock Band DLC.

Maybe it does make sense for disc releases to target to a particular taste, so you feel like you're getting more of what you want for the money.

I say Guitar Hero is better because the GH:WT guitar feels the best the setlist is better in guitar hero and the songs provides more of a challenge for expert players such as myself

I completely disagree about the songs being harder on GHWT. Adding in the slide notes made it too easy. I beat every song in that game without a problem, Rock Band DLC has given me some problems as well as some of the core setlist. GH just can't contend with the amount of DLC RB has been putting out for some reason. Even if they ever do decide to step it up, it's too late.

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