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Update #1: Here’s the official complete confirmed Rock Band 2 artist and song list!
During G4 TV’s preview run of Rock Band 2, some forum goers over at ScoreHero Forums snagged a screenshot of part of the song-list screen. Kotaku further broke it down with a best-guess of artists backing the song list, and we have:
- “Panic Attack” by Dream Theater or Finger Eleven
- “Chop Suey” by System of a Down
- “Give It Away” by Red Hot Chili Peppers
- “Everlong” by Foo Fighters
- “Kids In America” by Kim Wilde
- “Ace of Spades” by Motörhead
- “Hello There” by Cheap Trick
- “Anyway You Want It” by Journey
- “Pinball Wizard” by The Who
Looking pretty good. I’m loving Journey, Dream Theater, Foo Fighters and Chili Peppers.
Thanks Kotaku!
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July 4th, 2008 at 10:26 pm
the last 2 are
more than a feeling by boston and all the small things by blink 182
July 5th, 2008 at 6:23 am
Niiiice, I’m a big fan of Boston, glad to hear it.
Thanks Mat!
July 5th, 2008 at 10:14 pm
i think those are downloads from RB1
July 6th, 2008 at 6:28 pm
no you can’t download give it away, and everlong
this has to be rb2 because it was stated that the old songs will carry over hence all the small things and boston
which unless your cheap have already bought
July 7th, 2008 at 9:22 pm
Indeed, More Than A Feeling is downloadable for RB1. So is All The Small Things.
July 9th, 2008 at 2:05 am
Liam, you’re dumb. Jason meant the last two songs, not the whole list.
Riyad, you are also not very smart. If you are such a big fan of boston, they have a whole album available to download for RB1.
July 9th, 2008 at 6:56 am
Joe,
You are an internet warrior. You win the prize!
July 11th, 2008 at 10:29 pm
Joe you smell like poop
haha
My brother told me that they are supposed to release more info on rb2 songs tomorrow
you guys know if it’strue?
July 12th, 2008 at 4:01 am
Liam,
Not sure if that’s true or not, but if it is, we are all over it!
July 19th, 2008 at 9:33 pm
This is real, no lies. My source is the August edition of “Game Informer” magazine. Look it up if you don’t believe me.
“Ace of Spades” - Motorhead
“Almost Easy” - Avenged Sevenfold
“Any Way You Want It” - Journey
“Bad Reputation” - Joan Jett
“Chop Suey” - System of a Down
“Everlong” - Foo Fighters
“Give It Away” - The Red Hot Chili Peppers
“Hello There” - Cheap Trick
“I Was Wrong” - Social Distortion
“Kids In America” - The Muffs
“Livin’ on a Prayer” - Bon Jovi
“Panic Attack” - Dream Theater
“Pinball Wizard” - The Who
“Pump It Up” - Elvis Costello
“Rock ‘n Me” - Steve Miller Band
“Testify” - Rage Against the Machine
“White Wedding Pt 1″ - Billy Idol
July 19th, 2008 at 9:43 pm
UPDATE: Sorry I spoke to soon. Here’s the official song list right from http://www.rockband.com itself! Again, no lies here!
2000s
Dream Theater “Panic Attack “
System of a Down “Chop Suey”
Avenged Sevenfold “Almost Easy”
Jimmy Eat World “The Middle”
Linkin Park “One Step Closer”
Rise Against “Give it All”
Abnormality “Visions”
AFI “Girl’s Gone Grey”
Anarchy Club “Get Clean
Bang Camaro “Night Lies”
Beck “E-pro”
Breaking Wheel “Shoulder to the Plow”
Disturbed “Down with the Sickness”
Guns N’ Roses “Shackler’s Revenge”
Interpol “PDA”
Lacuna Coil “Our Truth”
Mastodon “Colony of Birchmen”
Modest Mouse “Float On”
Panic at the Disco “Nine in the Afternoon”
Paramore “That’s What You Get”
Silversun Pickups “Lazy Eye”
Speck “Conventional Lover”
Tenacious D “Master Exploder”
That Handsome Devil “Rob the Prez-o-Dent”
The Donnas “New Kid in School”
Libyans “Neighborhood”
The Main Drag “A Jagged Gorgeous Winter”
The Sterns “Supreme Girl”
1990s
Foo Fighters “Everlong”
The Muffs “Kids in America”
Red Hot Chili Peppers “Give it Away”
The Offspring “Come Out & Play”
Rage Against the Machine “Testify”
Social Distortion “I Was Wrong”
Testament “Souls of Black”
Alanis Morissette “You Oughta Know”
Alice in Chains “Man in the Box”
Beastie Boys “So Watcha Want”
Bikini Kill “Rebel Girl”
Dinosaur Jr. “Feel the Pain”
Judas Priest “Painkiller”
L7 “Pretend We’re Dead”
Lit “My Own Worst Enemy”
Lush “De-Luxe”
Mighty Mighty Bosstones “Where’d You Go”
Nirvana “Drain You”
Pearl Jam “Alive”
Presidents of the United States of America “Lump”
Ratt “Round & Round”
Smashign Pumpkins “Today”
Soundgarden “Spoonman”
Testament “Souls of Black”
1980s
Motorhead “Ace of Spades”
Billy Idol “White Wedding Pt. I”
Bon Jovi “Livin’ on a Prayer”
Jane’s Addiction “Mountain Song”
Joan Jett “Bad Reputation”
Devo “Uncontrollable Urge”
Duran Duran “Hungry Like the Wolf”
Megadeth “Peace Sells”
Metallica “Battery”
Sonic Youth “Teenage Riot”
Survivor “Eye of the Tiger”
The Go-Go’s “We Got the Beat”
The Grateful Dead “Alabama Getaway”
The Replacements “Alex Chilton”
1970s
Cheap Trick “Hello There”
Elvis Costello “Pump it Up”
Journey “Anyway You Want It”
Bob Dylan “Tangled Up in Blue”
Steve Miller Band “Rock’n Me”
Talking Heads “Psycho Killer”
Allman Brothers “Ramblin’ Man”
Bad Company “Shooting Star”
Blondie “One Way or Another”
Bob Dylan “Tangled Up in Blue”
Fleetwood Mac “Go Your Own Way”
Jethro Tull “Aqualung”
Journey “Anyway You Want It”
Kansas “Carry On Wayward Son”
Rush “The Trees”
Steely Dan “Bodhitsattva”
Squeeze “Cool for Cats”
The Guess Who “American Woman”
1960s
The Who “Pinball Wizard”
Norman Greenbaum “Spirit in the Sky”
July 20th, 2008 at 9:11 am
xGeegx,
Thanks for posting that, looking pretty hot!
July 20th, 2008 at 7:38 pm
i friggin knew it… if there ever was to be a motorhead song on rock band it was going to be friggin friggin friggin ace of spades. i love motorhead to the point that i have 2 motorhead tattoos and i am really really sick of this song. please somebody punch the guys pickin these songs. i knew its all about licensing and all that crap but motorhead only had like 300 albums, how about something that truly rocks, like “locomotive”, or “ridin with the driver”, or “mean machine”? its not like anybody but lemmy can sing motorhead anyway, so who needs to be familiar with the lyrics? the only song i would not recommend is “overkill” cause even with 2 bass pedals i cant kick as fast as fast eddie clark. and for the foo fighters, “times like these” is a much better song.
so there…wow i need a smoke and a shower
July 20th, 2008 at 7:41 pm
ratt was in the 90″s wow did i get stoned for 10 years cuz i heard them-not listened to them- in the eighties.hmmmm.
and i think uncontrollable urge from devo was 1979… maybe im splitting hairs here. maybe its time for a beer
July 20th, 2008 at 7:44 pm
oh hey yeah the reason i got on here in the first place… is there a chart or list anyplace that breaks the songs down by difficulty for each instrument…i know there is the thingy when you are in the rock band store and lookin for new stuff but i would like a total breakdown…anybody seen anything like that?
July 20th, 2008 at 7:46 pm
Dude you are totally true. On the first Rock Band, the only songs I liked were Enter Sandman, Still Alive (lol), and Train Kept A Rollin. The second one has some better ones but there still is like only 8 of em’ As for the Ace of Spades, it’s overplayed and I’ve had enough of it from Guitar Hero 1. God dammit I hate Harmonix, but they are rock songs so I buy their game. I don’t know of any chart. You can always listen to the songs you don’t know and see how hard they are, lol. Only if you got nothing else to do……..
July 20th, 2008 at 10:23 pm
here-here dummerdrummer, +1 to what you said.
I can’t drum for shit, but I do enjoy playing the rock songs… I feel more “rock star” doing it.
I can only imagine if you busted out the $300 Ion Drumskit for Rock Band 2 with a second bass pedal how intense that would be…
July 23rd, 2008 at 12:24 am
i will prob get the ion kit with 2 pedals if i cant find a schematic to rig 2 rb 1 kits together for the high hat and crash. i have 2 pedals rigged to my kit now for some of the real fast kick stuff, simple enough its just 1 stereo splitter and wires from radio shack. the only problem i have is resplicing the wires together every time my crazy jr terrier decides its time to eat my wires again. anybody have any feedback on how sturdy the new kits will be, i mean the cymbals look pretty friggin flimsy to me. i will prob get gh world tour and rb 2 im stupid like that. my roomie bought gh3 i bought extra les paul then got rb and got an extra stratocaster then went to 2 nyko frontmen guitars. then i got an extra drum kit so i would have a spare when i broke these and to have another pedal. its like crack isnt it…every time i see a cool new guitar or something i work overtime to get it, and i barely play the damn guitar.
oh if anybody wants to play i play on the ps3 and get on usually around 12:30-1:00 AM EASTERN US TIME as smeppy. roomie is expert guitar on most song i do expert drums most songs, hard if we are drunk
lets start a no ace of spade movement and get another motorhead song on rb 2 all… i vote for “locomotive”…that will give the guitar guys shit fits haha
laterz
July 23rd, 2008 at 4:12 am
No Ace of Spades! Let’s do it. I’m with you all the way drummerdrummer! That’s pretty amazing that you can play the drums on expert. The only song I can play on expert is Wanted Dead or Alive. I’m more of a guitar guy. I can beat all the songs on expert and I gold starred 32 songs. I even gold starred Highway Star, but I missed like 7 notes. ????????? How did that happen? lolololololol I don’t have PS3. No offense, but I hate Sony. I don’t buy any of their stuff. I might eventually get a PS3, but that’s only if it goes down a lot on the price, or if Sly Cooper 4 comes out!
I have an Xbox 360 however. Hit me up on Xbox Live if anyone wants to play with me. My gamertag is xGeegx. Happy rocking everyone!
August 5th, 2008 at 1:29 am
so whats the news with rb 2-anybody listening? where do i go to complain about the crappy set list they are going to shove on us? i mean, some of the songs look ok but please… if you are going to have system of a down on it then why not toxicity-i know its overplayed but it is a better song than chop suey. and please please no more bang camaro-they suck so hard me hair is always pointed in the direction that they are in from me. if you want a good disturbed song, how about stupified please. guns and roses dont deserve to be on anything with rock band in the title, ok maybe mr brownstone but thats it. mastodon… MASTODON???!!! shut the hell up. tenacious d might be ok if they werent a fake rock band, i dont care if they write real songs and do real albums or whatever, they are the spinal tap of the new millenium. now red hot chili peppers give it away is a good choice, perfect example of how good bands that do heroin should keep doing heroin and making good music til they die of heroin, not get cleaned up and put out crap like stadium arcadium. californication if a great song to stick a screwdriver in your eye to. rage against the machine.. great band… testify, not so great a song… lets change that to bombtrack please, and im not kidding. listen to bombtrack that song kicks ass, or even bullet in the head-not a bad song either. maybe even sleep now in the fire-thats what we need. mighty mighty bosstones-please change that to royal oil or the rascal king, and put out a plastic trumpet or saxaphone to play along. good choice with sonic youth with teenage riot, cause we dont have to listen to that drugged out bitch kim gordon( bitch couldnt carry a tune in a bucket). maybe im bitter, who knows. all i can ask is please if nothing else changes in this new game please please please take the steve miller band song out. i have wanted to stab that man to death with a serving fork from the first time i heard “the joker”. so angry.
August 5th, 2008 at 7:38 am
dummerdrummer,
The set list for the launch may not be up your alley, but how was the DLC for Rock Band 1? If you liked it, it will all work with Rock Band 2 *and* might give an indication of where they will take the DLC forward with Rock Band 2.
So between the RB1 DLC and RB2 soon-to-come DLC, hopefully there should be some awesome titles in there for you to go nuts on with tie Ion Drum Kit? (iirc you mentioned you might get it because you were a drummer?)
August 5th, 2008 at 9:08 am
Here is a list of the songs that the bands should have picked instead of the ones on there or songs that I wish were on there:
Linkin Park - Crawling
System of a Down - B.Y.O.B.
Rage Againts the Machine - Gorilla Radio
Megadeth - She Wolf
Metallica - Master of Puppets
Metallica - King Nothing
Now for the songs I wish were on there:
Michael Stanley - Let’s Get the Show on the Road
AC/DC - Thunderstruck
Lamb of God - Ruin
Lamb of God - Walk With me in Hell
Lamb of God - What I’ve Become
Three Days Grace - Animal I Have Become
Three Days Grace - Pain
Finger Eleven - Parlyzer
Megadeth - Prince of Darkness
Can’t think of anymore right now, but drummerdrummer, you are absolutely right. They pick some pretty good artists but the worst or most overplayed songs. I swear they just look at the billboards and just pick the songs that are pretty high up there without ever listening to them, lol
August 6th, 2008 at 12:32 am
i know they pick the stuff everybody knows. its ok i was just venting a bit after a suck fart day at work and didnt mean to go all frothy there mr editor. my main problem i have with rock band now is simple. when i get online with others i want a simple option to block out songs i will not play at that time, not to say i dont ever play some songs i do them all, even the crap ones…but sometimes after joining 4 bands in 2 hours for some online fun, the 4th time i have to play coheed and cambria(a song i happen to like) i get a little pissy. one other small thing… i want an option to start online and NOT be the leader…most of the time i wll play whatever anybody else wants to play, but i cant get 2 songs into a jam without people dropping out. i think my first point i spoke about would help enormously with people dropping out.
another thing - i dont mind at all having to save people who fail out in a song because i was there and still am on some songs, like i know i can do it on expert but dammit sometimes i get crossed up(my guitar player friend calls it losing his fingers) and flub a song up. i have had my ass pulled out the fire a few times, thank you all, and realize playing on easier difficulty levels gets to be a drag and you want to show off your chops when you get good. my main pisser is people who give up and disconnect in the middle of a song because they arent killing it. i know there is nothing you can do to beat the primma donna out of some folks, but how about the network sending them automatically a message telling they are a wank. is that so wrong? am i cynical? whatever. i prefer to think of myself as a proud under-achiever who plays too many video games.
August 6th, 2008 at 12:41 am
oh, and the dlc was looking good at first, got lame, got great, them really got lame the more they went to glam and emo bands. got killer with the new nine inch nails songs and rush non-cover but when they put tokyo hotel on there i died a little inside. ARGH!!! I WANT SOME BILLY TALENT ON THERE I DONT CARE ANY MORE (RIVER BELOW please)… and while we are at it, how about a few hip hop songs that have guitars in them, like some ICP or something…im sure they could do it.
one more song and i will shut up for tonight… I AGAINST I by Bad Brains.
look it up
ok i lied 2 songs… AENIMA by Tool
and maybe LEFT BEHIND by Slipknot
SHHHHH!!! KGB is listening!
August 7th, 2008 at 11:52 pm
just dloaded toxicity for rb and i have wood lol
maybe they are reading my comments? if i wasnt so god damn humble i would think so, because delusions of grandeur are for crazy people. Course, then again, just cuz im a normal joe doesnt mean there isnt a global conspiracy to bring me down. damn aarp sumbitches
my thought is maybe i am paranoid, but am i being paranoid enough?
oh well, time to jam and drink and drink and jam. but not necessarily in that order.
August 8th, 2008 at 9:33 am
Just found some new songs I want for Rock Band 2:
Chimaira - Nothing Remains
Chimaira - Let Go
Chimaira - Resurrection
AC/DC - TNT
David Glen Eisley - Sweet Victory
Ted Nuggent - Free For All
Diesel Boy - Shining Star
Limp Bizkit - Rollin’
Chimaira has some damn good vocals. I wanna sing Resurrection so bad! Listen to them, I recomend them. MORE METAL!
August 11th, 2008 at 10:15 am
Congrats guys, I’m glad to hear they are getting some metal in there for you. When you want it, nothing else is a substitute!