David Bowie, Styx, Yellowcard & others join Band Hero

by Justin McElroy { Oct 1st 2009 at 10:44AM }

We'd like to congratulate Devo, David Bowie and Marvin Gaye for reaching one of the highest highs in the music industry. That would be appearing in a game with no fewer than three Taylor Swift songs: Band Hero. The artists' featured hits are part of the latest batch of announced tracks -- all of which you can find after the break -- for the tweenybopper spin-off.

Also, do we have any volunteers to dive into the belly of Band Hero and rescue the totally awesome "In a Big Country" Saving Private Ryan–style? It ... it doesn't deserve this.

New Tracks (Console):

The Airborne Toxic Event - "Gasoline"
Big Country - "In a Big Country"
The Bravery - "Believe"
Cold War Kids - "Hang Me Up To Dry"
Counting Crows - "Angels of the Silences"
Dashboard Confessional - "Hands Down"
David Bowie - "Let's Dance"
Devo - "Whip It"
Evanescence - "Bring Me To Life"
Fall Out Boy - "Sugar, We're Goin' Down"
The Go-Go's - "Our Lips Are Sealed"
Hilary Duff - "So Yesterday"
Jesse McCartney - "Beautiful Soul"
The Kooks - "Naive"
Marvin Gaye - "I Heard It Through The Grapevine"
Mighty Mighty Bosstones - "Impression That I Get"
OK Go - "A Million Ways"
Pat Benatar - "Love Is A Battlefield"
Robbie Williams and Kylie Minogue - "Kids"
Styx - "Mr. Roboto"
Yellowcard - "Ocean Avenue"

New Tracks (DS Lite):

The All-American Rejects - "Believe"
Boys Like Girls - "The Great Escape"
Foo Fighters - "Monkey Wrench"
Lacuna Coil - "Our Truth"
The Pretenders - "Boots of Chinese Plastic"
The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus - "You Better Pray"
Sublime - "All You Need"
Sum 41 - "In Too Deep"
The Vines - "Get Free"

Previously known (Console):

The All-American Rejects - "Dirty Little Secret"
Alphabeat - "Fascination"
Aly and AJ - "Like Whoa"
Carl Douglas - "Kung Fu Fighting"
Cheap Trick - "I Want You To Want Me" (Live)
Don McLean - "American Pie"
Duran Duran - "Rio"
Jackson 5 - "ABC"
Janet Jackson - "Black Cat"
Katrina and The Waves - "Walking On Sunshine"
Lily Allen - "Take What You Take"
Maroon 5 - "She Will Be Loved"
No Doubt - "Just A Girl"
Roy Orbison - "Oh Pretty Woman"
Snow Patrol - "Take Back the City"
Taylor Swift - "Love Story"
Taylor Swift - "Picture to Burn"
Taylor Swift - "You Belong With Me"
Tonic - "If You Could Only See"
Village People - "YMCA"

Previously known (DS Lite):

Avril Lavigne - "Girlfriend"
Blink-182 - "First Date"
Evanescence - "Call Me When You're Sober"
Fall Out Boy - "Thnks Fr Th Mmrs"
Kaiser Chiefs - "I Predict A Riot"
The Killers - "Spaceman"
KT Tunstall - "Suddenly I See"
No Doubt - "Excuse Me Mr."
P!nk - "So What"
Queen - "Crazy Little Thing Called Love"
Queens Of The Stone Age - "No One Knows"
Spin Doctors - "Two Princes"

Tags: activision, band-hero, ds-lite, music, set-list, setlist, tracks

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)

Storm Eagle [Resident Capcom Megafan] @ Oct 1st 2009 10:52AM

Mr. Roboto?

LOL. I don't know rather to exclaim WIN or FAIL....

mywhitenoise @ Oct 1st 2009 11:10AM

Did you look at the rest of the tracklist?
I'd say "fail".

dark_inchworm (stronger than never, ever before) @ Oct 1st 2009 11:17AM

I actually see about 15 songs I'd enjoy playing, though most of them are guilty pleasures. Unfortunately, the rest of the list is so unbearable that I can't convince myself to buy this at all.

Nuke @ Oct 1st 2009 2:02PM

Mr. Roboto was the end of Styx. I would have loved Renegade. Or even Come Sail Away... but only if it included Eric Cartman as a guest singer.

Matisyahu Serious @ Oct 1st 2009 3:20PM

WAIL!

Tiptup300 @ Oct 1st 2009 3:21PM

Village People - "YMCA"

HAHAHAHAHA

VaultBoy @ Oct 2nd 2009 5:54PM

A few minor WINs in a sea of FAIL. Some songs i might not change the station if they came on but NOTHING i would clamour to play. Whatever keeps this crap off of the main stage of crap the GH franchise is carrying. It can't get much worse there I'm afraid (and I support that franchise too). DJ Hero anyone? Didn't think so.

supakoopa @ Oct 1st 2009 10:53AM

Hilary Duff - "So Yesterday"

Uhhh... What?

Tom Kalinske, CEO. @ Oct 1st 2009 11:03AM

An accurate description of Hillary Duff's career.

Storm Eagle [Resident Capcom Megafan] @ Oct 1st 2009 11:13AM

HA! ^

cuteSAVAGE @ Oct 1st 2009 10:53AM

Is it the real Styx? The Styx tracks in Rock Band were re-records without DeYoung, and being able to sing as DeYoung on Mr. Roboto is enough to make me interested in this game. KT Tunstall is a total guilty pleasure too!

cuteSAVAGE @ Oct 1st 2009 11:05AM

Awww, KT is only in the handheld game... :(

uncle jesse @ Oct 1st 2009 10:54AM

- Happy birthday, Jimmy!

- Whoa, Band Hero! Awesome! Taylor Swift, All American Rejects, Maroon 5, Hillary Duff and....uh...Devo? David Bowie? Marvin Gaye?

Who they hell are they? That's old fogey music! I hate you dad!

Temidien @ Oct 1st 2009 11:08AM

I don't know a single kid that says "old fogey".

Peter Moore - peterfuckingmoore.blogspot.com @ Oct 1st 2009 11:13AM

If my children ever exclaimed that Devo was "old fogey music", I'd put them up for adoption.

Tom Kalinske, CEO. @ Oct 1st 2009 11:15AM

I was about to suggest the same thing. David Bowie is classic, and it is a heresy to suggest otherwise.

Ratfoot @ Oct 1st 2009 11:19AM

Eff off dad!

uncle jesse @ Oct 1st 2009 11:20AM

I'll still never forget when Avril Lavigne said "David Bow-ee". It was embarrassing, to say the least. If the point of this game it to appeal to tweens, then why even bother putting in classics like Bowie and Devo. They will most definitely not be appreciated and be passed over for a replay of Ocean Avenue. Right on.

uncle jesse @ Oct 1st 2009 11:24AM

I hate kids. Classics here!

MrSpaceCowboy @ Oct 1st 2009 11:30AM

Forget putting them up for adoption Mr Moore, just beat them!
That'll learn em!

uncle jesse @ Oct 1st 2009 11:54AM

I'm not calling it "fogey music". it was a joke. And I know kids don't say fogey anymore i was...ah forget it. I can't get mad at the internet.

Tom Kalinske, CEO. @ Oct 1st 2009 11:02AM

I'm Killroy!

cuteSAVAGE @ Oct 1st 2009 11:04AM

Have you come to help us with our problems so we can be free?

Tom Kalinske, CEO. @ Oct 1st 2009 11:05AM

No. But don't be surprised if you see me acting strangely.

Eric @ Oct 1st 2009 11:05AM

Why even make this game? It's no different then Guitar Hero? What because they call it Band Hero it's a different thing now.

Tom Kalinske, CEO. @ Oct 1st 2009 11:06AM

Apparently, it's supposed to be more 'family friendly'. Ask the 'mighty' Kotick. I'm sure he'll be here shortly, followed by Peter Moore...

uncle jesse @ Oct 1st 2009 11:07AM

I don't really understand it either. I think it's just a way of getting another Guitar Hero game out there without calling it that and trying to sell it as something different "for the kids" even though it's essentially the exact same thing.

Peter Moore - peterfuckingmoore.blogspot.com @ Oct 1st 2009 11:24AM

Nope, I got here first Tom.

You can't predict me, I'm a rebel.

Tom Kalinske, CEO. @ Oct 1st 2009 11:27AM

Hmm. Kotick must be slipping-normally he'd be here screaming for us to preorder ActiCrap.

Nice to see you, Peter. Why no blog updates?

Peter Moore - peterfuckingmoore.blogspot.com @ Oct 1st 2009 11:28AM

Glad you asked, working on one right now about the PS Store thing.

Tom Kalinske, CEO. @ Oct 1st 2009 11:45AM

Nice, Peter. You shouldn't be surprised at the people who buy a new version every year. They've been doing it since the Genesis era, after all. I guess we could blame Trip for that.

PSN: John-Paul-Jones @ Oct 1st 2009 12:35PM

Is this really THE Tom Kalinske of SEGA during its glorious years?

Peter Moore - peterfuckingmoore.blogspot.com @ Oct 1st 2009 1:51PM

Of course it is. What type of anti-social, brain-damaged loser would go around impersonating gaming figureheads?

Tom Kalinske, CEO. @ Oct 1st 2009 2:28PM

Yes, it's really me. I don't have to run Leap Frog anymore, so I have more time on my hands.

And, Peter, I don't know who would do that. They'd have to be incredibly selfish and insane.

Bobby Kotick @ Oct 1st 2009 8:09PM

My apoligies for missing the update today. My boyfriend was in town.

Maybe you people can resist Band Hero, but I know what you can't resist; a Modern Warfare sequel!

Go pre-order Modern Warfare 2.

copa @ Oct 1st 2009 11:05AM

Yes, the game has three Taylor Swift songs. No, we do not need three hundred "I'm a let you finish..." jokes in this thread. We get it.

evenkots @ Oct 1st 2009 11:12AM

Funny, considering you are the only person that has brought it up so far.

dark_inchworm (stronger than never, ever before) @ Oct 1st 2009 11:12AM

You're not letting them finish?

MrSpaceCowboy @ Oct 1st 2009 11:28AM

Aww... but I had one of the best Kanye/Taylor jokes OF ALL TIME!

GiggMan @ Oct 1st 2009 11:08AM

Needs more Marvin Gaye and throw in some Earth Wind and Fire.

Neuromancer @ Oct 1st 2009 11:08AM

You remind me of the babe...

Temidien @ Oct 1st 2009 11:09AM

Mr. Manly ESC Mcbeefington Ferguson The Second @ Oct 1st 2009 11:14AM

what babe?

Neuromancer @ Oct 1st 2009 11:19AM

The babe with the power.

Mr. Manly ESC Mcbeefington Ferguson The Second @ Oct 1st 2009 11:22AM

what power?

Neuromancer @ Oct 1st 2009 11:22AM

The power of voodoo!

Storm Eagle [Resident Capcom Megafan] @ Oct 1st 2009 11:30AM

Who do?

Neuromancer @ Oct 1st 2009 11:33AM

You do.

Rocks @ Oct 1st 2009 11:34AM

You Do!

Storm Eagle [Resident Capcom Megafan] @ Oct 1st 2009 11:39AM

Do what?

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