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News by Robert Purchese

9 July, 2008

The first batch of Rock Band 2 songs have been revealed in early previews of the game.

According to GameSpot the list is looking similar to the one that emerged earlier this month.

So that means "Ace of Spades" is really on its way, as is "Give It Away" and "Kids in America".

We're going to see the game at E3 next week, so expect our thoughts on it as soon as we can write them.

Until then, here's 10 of the 80 or so songs confirmed so far:

  1. "Ace of Spades" by Motörhead
  2. "Everlong" by Foo Fighters
  3. "Pinball Wizard" by The Who
  4. "Panic Attack" by Dream Theater
  5. "Any Way You Want It" by Journey
  6. "Chop Suey" by System of a Down
  7. "Kids in America" by The Muffs
  8. "Give It Away" by Red Hot Chili Peppers
  9. "Hello There" by Cheap Trick
  10. "Pump It Up" by Elvis Costello
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LazyDan
09/07/08 @ 13:57
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AND STILL NO EVANESCENCE >:(
Cloudane
09/07/08 @ 13:57
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Those ten songs are better than the whole play list in the first and original Rock Band!

YAY!
Physically_Insane
09/07/08 @ 14:00
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Everlong, great track!
dsmx
09/07/08 @ 14:01
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still a massive lack of queen.
Monkey
09/07/08 @ 14:10
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Still a massive lack of Bananarama
:)
madgerald
09/07/08 @ 14:19
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Still a lack of McFly
asphaltcowboy
09/07/08 @ 14:20
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EVERLONG! /hearts

/is still not buying RB... yet. We'll see how much the new instruments are first!
sharky_ob
09/07/08 @ 14:28
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And still no evanescence :D

Thanks Jebus
cyacomini
09/07/08 @ 14:29
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Apparently - this is the full listing. Still no Meatloaf!!

Warmup:

If You Wanna Get to Heaven - Ozark Mountain Devils
Gold Lion - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Possum Kingdom - The Toadies
Black Betty - Ram Jam
Don't Speak - No Doubt
Black - Pearl Jam
Drain You - Nirvana
Farmhouse - Phish
Santaria - Sublime

Apprentice:

You Oughta Know - Alanis Morrisette
We Got the Beat - The Go-Gos
Float On - Modest Mouse
Kiss Me Deadly - Lita Ford
Atomic - Blondie
Heartbreaker - Pat Benatar
Piece of My Heart - Janice Joplin
Rock the Casbah - The Clash
I Wanna Be Sedated - The Ramones

Solid:

Panic Attack - Finger Eleven
Chop Suey - System of a Down
Give it Away - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Everlong - Foo Fighters
Kids in America - Kim Wilde
Ace of Spades - Motorhead
Hello There - ?Cheap Trick?
Anyway You Want It - Journey
Pinball Wizard - The Who

Moderate:

Machinehead - Bush
Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen
What's the Frequency Kenneth? - REM
Want To - ?
I Write Sins Not Tragedies - Panic at the Disco
The Old Apartment - Barenaked Ladies
When I Come Around - Green Day
Zombie - The Cranberries
Soak Up the Sun - ?Sheryl Crow?

Skilled:

Waiting on the World to Change - John Mayer
Man in the Box - Alice in Chains
Ramblin' Man - The Allman Brothers
One Step Closer - Linkin Park
Misery Business - Paramore
American Woman - The Guess Who
White Wedding - Billy Idol
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction - The Rolling Stones
Folsom Prison Blues - Johnny Cash

Challenging:

Our Truth - Lacuna Coil
Are You Gonna Go My Way - Lenny Kravitz
Bring Me To Life - Evanescence
Spoonman - Soundgarden
Head Like a Hole - Nine Inch Nails
Aqualung - Jethro Tull
Double Vision - Foreigner
Rodeo - ?Rage Against the Machine?
Sultans of Swing - Dire Straits

Blistering:

Magic Man - Heart
Bad Medicine - Bon Jovi
Every Little Thing She Does is Magic - The Police
Thnks Fr Th Mmrs - Fall Out Boy
Testify - Rage Against the Machine
Kickstart My Heart - Motley Crue
I Was Made For Lovin' You - Kiss
Bad Reputation - Joan Jett
Prodigal Son - Sevendust

Nightmare:

The Bleeding - Five Finger Death
Down With the Sickness - Disturbed
Hyper Music - Muse
Judith - A Perfect Circle
TNT - AC/DC
Rainbow in the Dark - Dio
Anna Molly - Incubus
November Rain - Guns N' Roses
Comfortably Numb - !!!!!!PINK FLOYD!!!!!!!

Impossible:

Feed My Frankenstein - Alice Cooper
Peace Sells - Megadeth
Fuel - Metallica
Crazy Train - Ozzy Osbourne
Forsaken - ?Dream Theater?
2 Minutes to Midnight - Iron Maiden
Hot for Teacher - Van Halen
Cowboys from Hell - Pantera
(Ghost) Riders in the Sky - The Outlaws


Physically_Insane
09/07/08 @ 14:44
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That's a lot of songs. But no Radiohead!!!
cyacomini
09/07/08 @ 14:46
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Radiohead have tracks in RB already so it's a no brainer really - they will probably show up as DLC later on.
Physically_Insane
09/07/08 @ 14:47
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I thought they only had the one track in RB.
optimusprym8
09/07/08 @ 14:48
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+1 lack of Queen :(
johnnybrn
09/07/08 @ 14:48
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Radiohead lost the plot big time since OK Computer, with most of their songs since then cant be classified as rock.
johnnybrn
09/07/08 @ 14:51
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Thanks cyacomini!

Great tracklsiting though, a little something for everybody then

Saturn_Ascends
09/07/08 @ 14:52
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@ cyacomini

Where is that list from?
Physically_Insane
09/07/08 @ 14:54
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johnnybrn knows nothing!
paulf
09/07/08 @ 14:54
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that explains why pinball wizard aint in the who 12 pack on monday

november rain and comfortably numb though !!!
cyacomini
09/07/08 @ 14:55
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Take it with a pinch of salt - there are a couple of tracks missing from EG's 'confirmed' list.

http://n4g.com/gaming/News-167054.aspx

madgerald
09/07/08 @ 14:59
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Great list of songs if they're real.

Still a lack of MATURE LYRICS tracks though.

I love to have some Marilyn Manson (I know not everyone's cup of tea so don't start biiiitchin)

asphaltcowboy
09/07/08 @ 14:59
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"Machinehead - Bush"

OMFG! Are you shitting me?! Ok, a purchase is almost guaranteed now! Damn you RB! Damn YOU!!!!
Saturn_Ascends
09/07/08 @ 15:00
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Yeah, I'll not be convinced until Harmonix confirm the setlist, which usually happens just prior to release.

Still, APC - Judith, that would get me excited if true. Not quite as excited as GH:WT allegedly having Tool, but still quite happy.
LazyDan
09/07/08 @ 15:04
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"Bring Me To Life - Evanescence
Anna Molly - Incubus
Comfortably Numb - !!!!!!PINK FLOYD!!!!!!! "

OH GOD IF THIS IS TRUE...

purchased, Purchased, PURCHASED!!!

johnnybrn
09/07/08 @ 15:06
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madgerald,

I was pissed off when they edited Radioheads - Creep on RB 1. The song has more impact with FUCK in it!

And thats what I have to say to you Physically_Insane. Only joking ;)
Der_tolle_Emil
09/07/08 @ 15:10
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I'd love to see some Marilyn Manson. Wasn't one of the songs on the latest album planned as DLC for GH3? Anyway, I still think that his songs are amongst the most brilliantly composed songs ever. You instantly know it's a Manson song even if every album sounds really different to the last one. So yes, something from Mechanical Animals would be fantastic; Disassociative if possible.
Erinan
09/07/08 @ 15:12
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Pink Floyd? PINK FLOYD!!! Holy cow!!!!!!1111eleven!!!!
MrChuckles
09/07/08 @ 15:14
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Chop Suey..Hurrah!
madgerald
09/07/08 @ 15:17
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@johnnybrn

Agreeed with you with regards to the impact of swearing in a song.

Most players are 18+ me thinks, so why not offer DLC that's rated mature?
Situacao
09/07/08 @ 15:25
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Most of the "impossible" ones are good.. Pantera, Metallica, Megadeth, Van Halen, Iron Maiden!

\m/
kangarootoo
09/07/08 @ 15:36
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GREAT choice of System of a Down track. Some awesome drum work in that one in particular. Interesting variety in the vocals too.

Anyone not familiar with this song, prepare to be converted.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdRd3k4CIAg

:)
madgerald
09/07/08 @ 15:37
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@Der_tolle_Emil
Yes a remix of "putting holes in happiness" was available as DLC via the GH3 soundtrack - its on youtube - http://youtube.com/watch?v=o_Tm_TLgBI0


To be honest, they could have picked a better track - the remix is terrible.

There are so many great tracks from Mechanical Animals - and most of them don't have excessive swearing:
Coma White
Speed of Pain (a bit Pink Floydy)
and Disassociative

Then we get on to the album Holy Wood - so many great rocking songs.
Fight Song
Disposable Teens
The Nobodies
President Dead

Also, some of the covers such as Personal Jesus, Sweet Dreams and Tainted Love

I could go on LOL
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johnnybrn
09/07/08 @ 16:00
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I've alway enjoyed, Marliyn but felt that he has forever been living under the shadow cast by Trent. And at times used image to promote his work when the music should have spoken for itself.

That said I would like to see some songs from the Antichrist album.
kinky_mong
09/07/08 @ 16:26
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Dear Lord I hope most of that rumoured list is false.

Panic at the Disco! If that comes on during a random setlist I'm more likely to shout Fuck Off at the TV.

And why is it always awful Metallica and Iron Maiden stuff in the hardest tier? Fair enough that's an opinion but it's one shared by most sane people. At least if it was good songs it would slightly sweeten the bitter taste of having to repeatedly play ridiculously hard tracks.
Shyvah
09/07/08 @ 16:30
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Thsi video of Chop Suey has always made me smile... http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=HBRChmQtM-w
Fallen_Angel
09/07/08 @ 16:42
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@cyacomini

Well, that list is obviously wrong. It lists Panic Attack as the Finger Eleven version, and this article goes against that, since its the Dream Theatre song.
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09/07/08 @ 17:00
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Anyone not familiar with this song, prepare to be converted.

Sorry, but I really hate SoaD!
kangarootoo
09/07/08 @ 17:29
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Thats it dude. Turn yourself in at the nearest police station immediately!
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09/07/08 @ 17:38
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Dream Theater, that is sweeet.

But really, if they wanna have hard Dream Theater tracks they should've chosen "Dance of Eternity", or lol, "A Change of Seasons". 24 minutes of progressive metal could break any Korean gaming addict.
asphaltcowboy
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@kangarootoo

I will concede that the bits where Serj actually sings are quite good, there's something about the shouty bits (specifically with SoaD) that really get on my nerves!!
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09/07/08 @ 17:58
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DREAM THEATER!!!!!!!!!!!!
Redeye
09/07/08 @ 20:29
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Maiden, The Who & Floyd in one package.

MINE. :D
Der_tolle_Emil
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Yes a remix of "putting holes in happiness" was available as DLC via the GH3 soundtrack - its on youtube - http://youtube.com/watch?v=o_Tm_TLgBI0

That is so GH3. Pick a song, a crappy remix if you must, just to get some unnecessary difficult note layout in there. Nevermind that there are sections in the song where there's not a single note to play to 20 seconds or so. And yes, on top of that the remix is horrible and doesn't have that much in common with the original.
karaokequeen3
09/07/08 @ 21:42
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Foos is nice. But Raining Blood would have been a laugh on Nightmare. I mean, could you imagine replicating Dave Lombardo's drumming?
Zomoniac
09/07/08 @ 23:08
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Oh god. So to get my achievements I have to play through the hour-long whine-shit-fucking-wank-beyond-all-description abomination that is November Rain? Cunts. And why Testify instead of Know Your Enemy?
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10/07/08 @ 09:38
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kinky_mong - "And why is it always awful Metallica and Iron Maiden stuff in the hardest tier? Fair enough that's an opinion but it's one shared by most sane people. At least if it was good songs it would slightly sweeten the bitter taste of having to repeatedly play ridiculously hard tracks. "

absolutely spot on. Its like the song is so awful they have to try and make it really difficult to cover up the lack of ability.

still, at least its not the rasmus!
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"Oh god. So to get my achievements I have to play through the hour-long whine-shit-fucking-wank-beyond-all-description abomination that is November Rain? "

and again, i 100% agree. when they wrote it they were clearly high fiving each other going "oh my god this song is so long its epic!". shame they forgot to actually make it decent.

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