rock band song list makes me want to jam

September 6th, 2007 post a comment (18) stumble it! by: technabob

Electronic Arts has started to circulate a list of 30 tracks that are currently on the playlist for their upcoming multiplayer music game Rock Band. The list includes a number of classic rock tracks, but also offers up some great alternative and more edgy tunes. There are likely to be a few more tracks announced closer to the game’s release.

Rock Band Special Edition Box

-Beastie Boys “Sabotage” (Original)
-Black Sabbath “Paranoid” (Cover)
-Blue Oyster Cult “Don’t Fear the Reaper” (Original)
-Bon Jovi “Wanted Dead or Alive” (Original)
-David Bowie “Suffragette City” (Original)
-Deep Purple “Highway Star” (Original)
-Faith No More “Epic” (Original)
-Foo Fighters “Learn to Fly” (Original)
-Garbage “I Think I’m Paranoid” (Original)
-Hole “Celebrity Skin” (Original)
-Jet “Are You Gonna Be My Girl” (Original)
-Metallica “Enter Sandman” (Original)
-Mountain “Mississippi Queen” (Cover)
-Nine Inch Nails “The Hand That Feeds” (Original)
-Nirvana “In Bloom” (Original)
-OK Go! “Here It Goes Again (Original)
-Queens of the Stone Age “Go with the Flow” (Original)
-Radiohead “Creep” (Original)
-Rolling Stones “Gimme Shelter” (Original)
-Rush “Tom Sawyer” (Cover)
-Smashing Pumpkins “Cherub Rock” (Original)
-Stone Temple Pilots “Vasoline” (Original)
-The Clash “Should I Stay or Should I Go” (Original)
-The Hives “Main Offender” (Original)
-The Pixies “Wave of Mutilation” (Original)
-The Ramones “Blitzkrieg Bop” (Original)
-The Strokes “Reptilla” (Original)
-The Who “Won’t Get Fooled Again” (Original)
-Weezer “Say It Ain’t So” (Original)
-Yeah Yeah Yeahs “Maps” (Original)

I’m totally stoked that EA didn’t decide to load the game up with a bunch of crappy metal acts. Most of the songs are from the original master recordings, while just a handful are remade cover versions. Personally, I’m most excited by the presence of tunes from the likes of Radiohead, The Strokes, The Hives, The Pixies and Foo Fighters. Although I could do without the cover version of a Rush song that I already can’t stand.

Rock Band is expected to hit stores on November 20th for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. A PS2 version is also planned for release in the Spring of 2008.

[via Kotaku]

September 6th, 2007 post a comment (18) stumble it! by: technabob

18 comments post a comment

1. the scholar | September 6th, 2007 at 11:48 am

okay, what’s it gonna take to get one of these as soon as it is released?
2. $hawn | September 14th, 2007 at 9:44 am

Alot of the songs on this game are off the hook.
I can’t wait for this bad boy to come out.
I am so getting the drum version but I love the guitar to, hmmm, which one????
Boo Yah, Rock Band Rules!
3. Dragon Mystrez | September 15th, 2007 at 6:03 pm

lol I have this reserved. When it comes out I get one. Costs about 200 for the entire thing sept it doesnt come with the second guitar for bass.
4. jones | September 17th, 2007 at 5:08 pm

The Hives?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! MY BRAIN EXPLODED!!!!!!
5. Keishii | September 26th, 2007 at 9:12 pm

yea i cant wait for this game
but i cant help notice how u said that u disliked rush
it suks its a cover yea, but its still a great song
other than that all the songs are awesome
6. lol o.o lol | September 26th, 2007 at 9:13 pm

OMG i hate the Hives…
7. 3p!K | October 4th, 2007 at 10:42 am

WOW the song list sucks… it needs some metal ‘guitar hero 3′ has a better song list!!!
8. andrew | October 10th, 2007 at 11:59 am

ok first off how are they gonna have originals of some f*g groups like the hives and stuff and not have an original of paranoid this game just lost soooo much respect i dont even think it is even worth wasting spit to spit on the stupid creaters of this game … get your sh*t together dont put real songs that are real gay put real songs that are badass not like some of the gay sh*t on there …
9. XxNiGHTSxX | October 16th, 2007 at 4:31 pm

i had so much high hopes for this game…….omg what like 2 songs are okay…..wow….ill stick with guitar hero 3 i get my trivium and soilwork and probably something better good work rock band making a game thats wicked expensive with shitty songs….wow…..talk about getting raped for ur money
10. New Kid | October 20th, 2007 at 3:25 pm

The problems with these comments are that you’re forgetting that Rock Band also has vocals, so songs that wouldn’t necessarily work on Guitar Hero because the guitar isn’t fun enough would be decent because of the vocals and drums.

A couple that i was dissapointed were missing, though, are No Led Zeppelin
No Ozzy Singles
No AC/DC
No Van Halen
No Queen

I like the fact that theres some stuff by OkGo and foo Fighters up there, but they should have gone with the more popular bands instead of lesser bands. My friends hadn’t even heard of most of these.
11. Lalalala | October 21st, 2007 at 8:24 pm

Rock Band is gonna be so much better than Guitar Hero 3… I’ve been waiting for a game like this for so long! I mean, singing, drumming, guitar ALL TOGETHER! i’m trading in my wii and getting an xbox 360 basically for this game!!!
12. Ur Grammer iz bad | October 22nd, 2007 at 11:08 am

First of all, think out your posts before you make them. The grammar and spelling is so terrible it is almost impossible to read.

Secondly, if I am deciphering the terrible posts correctly, some are complaining about covers of Rush and Sabbath. The ONLY songs that are going to be on this game as covers are those for which the master recordings have been lost to time. Translation for the illiterate: Sabbath and other “cover songs” appear as a cover because the original recordings have deteriorated. Hardly Harmonix fault.
13. aaron | October 22nd, 2007 at 11:00 pm

they are just copying guitar hero, and their songs f**king suck. THE RAMONES ARE GAY!
14. Bob | November 1st, 2007 at 12:06 pm

It needs songs that arent on guitar hero 3!
15. rock band song list | November 8th, 2007 at 5:55 pm

yeah there are too many songs from GH3.
16. marked1234 | November 9th, 2007 at 2:15 pm

I agree less songs that are in Guitar Hero 3 but I still think that it is a pretty good playlist. Listen to both of the playlist here too.

RockBand
Guitar Hero 3
17. chik | November 12th, 2007 at 10:23 pm

Man some of you just really need to calm down….it is just a game. The creators of this game i give cudos to and the playlist isnt all that bad. If they were to add more metal songs how many of us would enjoy singing slayer?…not many.
18. Toulouse | March 26th, 2008 at 9:06 am

The downloadable content library for RB is getting to be impressive… with more songs available as DLC than are included in the original game, you can pretty much customize things to your own musical taste (although the extra bill for all those tracks can add up quickly).