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Full Guitar Hero 5 band list confirmed News

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News by Robert Purchese

1 June, 2009

Activision has announced the 84 bands to appear in Guitar Hero 5 this September.

The more surprising entries include Public Enemy, Blur, Elton John, Stevie Wonder, T. Rex, Iggy Pop, Gorillaz and Arctic Monkeys. There's no Metallica, but Iron Maiden are present. We love you, Iron Maiden!

Guitar Hero 5 promises the biggest and best master-track line-up of the series, plus jump-in multiplayer and various revamps across the board. We'll offer a much more in-depth analysis from E3 this week.

Here's that band list:

  • 3 Doors Down
  • A Perfect Circle
  • AFI
  • Arctic Monkeys
  • Attack! Attack! UK
  • Band Of Horses
  • Beastie Boys
  • Beck
  • Billy Idol
  • Billy Squier
  • Blink-182
  • Blur
  • Bob Dylan
  • Bon Jovi
  • Brand New
  • Bush
  • Children Of Bodom
  • Coldplay
  • Darker My Love
  • Darkest Hour
  • David Bowie
  • Deep Purple
  • Dire Straits
  • Duran Duran
  • Eagles Of Death Metal
  • Elliott Smith
  • Elton John
  • Face To Face
  • Garbage
  • Gorillaz
  • Gov't Mule
  • Grand Funk Railroad
  • Iggy Pop
  • Iron Maiden
  • Jeff Beck
  • Jimmy Eat World
  • John Mellencamp
  • Johnny Cash
  • Kaiser Chiefs
  • King Crimson
  • Kings Of Leon
  • Kiss
  • Love and Rockets
  • Megadeth
  • Mötley Crüe
  • Muse
  • My Morning Jacket
  • Nirvana
  • No Doubt
  • Peter Frampton
  • Public Enemy Featuring Zakk Wylde
  • Queen & David Bowie
  • Queens Of The Stone Age
  • Rammstein
  • Rose Hill Drive
  • Rush
  • Santana
  • Scars On Broadway
  • Screaming Trees
  • Smashing Pumpkins
  • Sonic Youth
  • Spacehog
  • Stevie Wonder
  • Sublime
  • Sunny Day Real Estate
  • T. Rex
  • The Bronx
  • The Derek Trucks Band
  • The Duke Spirit
  • The Killers
  • The Police
  • The Raconteurs
  • The Rolling Stones
  • The Sword
  • The White Stripes
  • Thin Lizzy
  • Thrice
  • Tom Petty
  • Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
  • TV On The Radio
  • Vampire Weekend
  • Weezer
  • Wild Cherry
  • Wolfmother
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Twin_snakes
01/06/09 @ 08:59
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No Queen :(
spidermanalf
01/06/09 @ 09:01
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But what songs?
Spielo
01/06/09 @ 09:02
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Looks very similar to the list of bands in all the other GH games...
andywilkie35
01/06/09 @ 09:10
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Can't wait to see what songs, the fact Brand New are in there is an incredible bonus for me
Monkey_Puncher
01/06/09 @ 09:11
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Nice to see Kings of Leon on a music games, other than that though it's pretty much as you were.
superjag86
01/06/09 @ 09:11
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QOTSA are back!
Dr.Mott
01/06/09 @ 09:13
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That Megadeth song better be "Holy Wars... The Punishment Due".
RobotRocker
01/06/09 @ 09:17
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That is quite a fantastic Band list with lots of potential. The only thing I am worried about is the gameplay being up to snuff because World Tour was quite bad and the current premese sounds ridiculously Gimmicky.
daz_john_smith
01/06/09 @ 09:19
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@Twin_snakes
"Queen and David Bowie"

So that'll be "Under Pressure" then, unless they've calibrated on another song I don;t know about.

Glad to see The Rolling Stones on there.
Eraysor
01/06/09 @ 09:23
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A slight improvement over WT thanks to Motley Crue and Megadeth, but that'll hardly make me rush out and buy it unless the Megadeth song is Holy Wars...The Punishment Due, which is pretty much the best song in existence.

EDIT: Dr.Mott beat me to it XD
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robotech
01/06/09 @ 09:26
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Brand New?! Yes please.
XdarXideX
01/06/09 @ 09:32
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OMFG... DARKEST HOUR!!! Finally my favorite band gets some GH recognition!
BulletTheory05
01/06/09 @ 09:35
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w00t for Bodom!
LazyDan
01/06/09 @ 09:37
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Where's my Evanescence >:(
madgerald
01/06/09 @ 09:38
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Rammstein Yaaay... Still waiting for Poets of the Fall to appear on GH or RB
Amazing Bryan
01/06/09 @ 09:44
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Symphony Of Destruction?
kinky_mong
01/06/09 @ 09:44
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Finally some Arctic Monkeys! Shame it's on Activision's poorly thought out series rather than Rock Band.
Saturn_Ascends
01/06/09 @ 09:47
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A Perfect Circle! Balls, I said that I wouldn't bother with another GH game.

/torn
cak
01/06/09 @ 09:52
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King Crimson?! Now that's a welcome surprise.... 21st Century Schizoid Man maybe?
Under Pressure sounds like a little gift for (mediocre) bass players, and maybe an introduction to double vocals.
Santana, Jeff Beck and Rush round up a very interesting band list, while I really don't know what to think of the inclusion of Elton John and Stevie Wonder...
Toothball
01/06/09 @ 09:55
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Can't really deny that this is a good list of bands. Rhythm action has never been about the track list for me though. I'll play any song if I'm enjoying the game. And in the Age of DLC, the disc shouldn't matter so much in the first place.
OllyJ
01/06/09 @ 09:55
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Not enough Metal! :D
DonLimey
01/06/09 @ 09:57
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Woohoo for Brand New! - Please be a track from Devil & God...

Also I'm sure I read that the Stevie Wonder track is going to be Superstition which is an awesome track.
Mortey
01/06/09 @ 10:11
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Superstion, yeah, but it would be better if it was the Stevie Ray Vaughn version....

QOTSA and Eagles of Death Metal! Josh Homme FTW!!!

Why no Clapton??? Seems very strange, I know that Led Zep said no due to having to hand over the masters, but why has it only ever been Sunshine of your love, I want some more Cream and Derek and the Dominoes but nothing after '73 please, he became very booring!

Also more Stone Roses please.

Actually why can't they make a "Guitar Hero: just for Mortey" game? :)
Monsta
01/06/09 @ 10:19
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What! No Bayside?
SwashbucklingStuff
01/06/09 @ 10:32
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Band of Horses and Brand New. Yessssssssssssssssssssssssss!
jaxon58
01/06/09 @ 10:43
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I'm surprised that Derek & The Dominoes - Layla still hasn't made it into one of these games.
Pastici
01/06/09 @ 10:58
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That really isn't that bad if I'm honest!
j,taurus
01/06/09 @ 11:15
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ARCTIC MONKEYS ROCK!!!
TheBlackBandit
01/06/09 @ 12:06
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I won't play Guitar Hero until The Cat Empire is added to the roster.
finty13
01/06/09 @ 12:48
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No Led Zeppelin = No sell
:(
Widge
01/06/09 @ 12:54
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export WH tracks to GH5 function?
BigE0n
01/06/09 @ 14:36
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look at the sub headline how rude! ;-)

Kiss! Bush! Attack! Attack!
jambo74
01/06/09 @ 14:49
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No Suzi Quatro, no sell.....


Runs away ~~~~~~~
jambo74
01/06/09 @ 14:50
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Face it, wot no this, what no that could go on all day, everyday, forever.


Buy or no Buy?
Stu
01/06/09 @ 15:18
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I'd be tempted to buy this for Kings of Leon alone.

Do Rock Band instruments work on Guitar Hero?
langan
01/06/09 @ 16:19
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I hope Rammstein do Du Hast
cam_guin
01/06/09 @ 16:55
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+1 The Bronx & Face to Face...moshtastic after 5 double JD cokes...
Law07
01/06/09 @ 19:33
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I wonder what Muse song they'll have...
jambo74
05/06/09 @ 11:17
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@Law07

Thats something for you to muse over I think...
pthomp48
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Is GH 5 going to be ps2 as well?
I couldn't tell. I can't afford $400 for a ps3!!!!!!!!!!!
Hopefully the price will go down like they said.

And you CAN use GH and Rock Band sets for each other. I know, I have them both!!
I heard there were problems with the drums, though. But I haven't had any at all.

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