Foos and Rage in Guitar Hero II

By Tom Bramwell Published 8 September, 2006

More big bands onboard.

Guitar Hero II's track listing is falling gradually into place with the news that Foo Fighters and Rage Against The Machine will be on the disc too.

According to a senior source close to the developer, the Foos' Monkey Wrench and Rage's Killing In The Name Of will both be part of the game's enormous track-list.

RedOctane wouldn't confirm or deny either.

The news comes barely a week after revelations that the likes of Nirvana, The Rolling Stones and Alice in Chains would be on the disc, bringing the track-list total to 23. Although since then we've also remembered that Drist's Arterial Black and Cheap Trick's Surrender will be on there too, so there's even more.

Here's the full list that we're aware of...

  • Alice in Chains - Them Bones
  • Allman Brothers Band - Jessica
  • Anthrax - Madhouse
  • Avenged Sevenfold - Beast and the Harlot
  • Black Sabbath - War Pigs
  • Butthole Surfers - Who Was In My Room Last Night?
  • Cheap Trick - Surrender
  • Dick Dale - Misirlou
  • Drist - Arterial Black
  • Foo Fighters - Monkey Wrench
  • Guns N' Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine
  • Heart - Crazy On You
  • KISS - Strutter
  • Lamb of God - Laid to Rest
  • Lynyrd Skynrd - Freebird
  • Motley Crue - Shout at the Devil
  • Nirvana - Heart-Shaped Box
  • The Police - Message in a Bottle
  • The Pretenders - Tattooed Love Boys
  • Primus (original recording) - John the Fisherman
  • Rage Against The Machine - Killing In The Name Of
  • Reverend Horton Heat - Psychobilly Freakout
  • The Rolling Stones - Can You Hear Me Knocking?
  • Rush - YYZ
  • Spinal Tap - Tonight I'm Gonna Rock You Tonight
  • Stone Temple Pilots - Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart
  • Van Halen - You Really Got Me

Guitar Hero II is due out on PS2 this November in the US and Europe.

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Comments (20) Latest comment 6 years ago

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  • ManicDrunkMonk #1 6 years ago

    Yay!

    Ooo! First!
    Edited by ManicDrunkMonk at 08/09/06 @ 13:08

  • Rociel #2 6 years ago

    I would have preferred something like "Sleep Now in the Fire" as that has a much better guitar bit in it and it wouldn't have to be censored as much. But it's certainly not bad news that Killing in the Name is confirmed.

  • w00t #3 6 years ago

    Monkey Wrench.

    RATM.

    /drops to knees and praises Harmonix

  • Triggerhappytel #4 6 years ago

    Only just played the first one, but love it long time.

    Really looking forward to this one now, and the track list is looking kick arse.

  • ecureuil #5 6 years ago

    +1 for Foo Fighters.

  • hidden_asbestos #6 6 years ago

    errr... "fuck you I won't do what you tell me"

    'Know Your Enemy' would have been better IMO... but only 'Wake Up' has no swearing in it from that album, and you get bonus Matrix soundtrack kudos from that track don't you?

    EDIT: They should have bonuses for half-unplugging the controller from the PS2, to replicate some of the crazy tricks Morello uses.
    Edited by hidden_asbestos at 08/09/06 @ 13:39

  • trav #7 6 years ago

    Foo Fighters FTW!

    Monkey Wrench is going to be bastard hard.

  • Zomoniac #8 6 years ago

    EG: It's 'Killing In The Name', there's no 'Of' in the title.

    Ace, two great guitar songs. But yes, Know Your Enemy would've been better.

    And hidden_asbestos, yes Wake Up gets bonus points for being on the Matrix soundtrack, but loses points for a) not being that good and b) having a riff hook that's a carbon copy of Led Zeppelin's 'Kashmir'.

  • hidden_asbestos #9 6 years ago

    Zomoniac@ True it's not that great. I'm listening to the album right now and actually I think Killing in the Name stands up best to 'radio editing' cos it's really just that bit at the end - still you can always yell your own swears at the TV near the end of the song, like some kind of blue karoke...

  • PlugMonkey #10 6 years ago

    I think Killing in the Name stands up best to 'radio editing' cos it's really just that bit at the end

    Just the bit at the end? The whole song is building up to it. Bit of an odd choice, and I would also have preferred Know Your Enemy, but I'm not going to complain about any RATM song going in.

    Foos - brilliant.

    Spinal Tap - inspired.

    Just announce Spirit In The Sky next and it'll be perfect.

    Balls to the PS3, I'm looking forward to GHII more than anything at the moment.

  • Ulgen #11 6 years ago

    Sod all new tracks news. When will they announce a 360 version?

  • semprini #12 6 years ago

    that's more like it, two more good bands!

  • adman123 #13 6 years ago

    RATM...fuck yes!!!

  • kangarootoo #14 6 years ago

    @Zomoniac

    Man, wake up has an awsome riff. And as for songs bieng copys of other songs, everything is a copy of something these days :)

    /goes off to find acopy of Kashmir

    I second suggestions that Know Your Enemy would have been the best choice though. I have a bootleg tape somewhere of a Reading RATM gig from years and years back. One of the front line crowd audibly shouts a request for KYE and so the band go into that number instead of following the set list. Thats what gigs are all about.

    Moneky Wrench is a great choice. My thumb will be worn down to a stump.

  • JediMasterMalik #15 6 years ago

    I must not like Music enough, I have no idea about any of these songs. Yes I don't know these classics.. oh well. Might get GH though, or GHII, not sure yet...
    Edited by JediMasterMalik at 08/09/06 @ 15:00

  • The_Foo_Fighter #16 6 years ago

    /smiles

  • Markusdragon #17 6 years ago

    Top Gear theme FTW

  • TheEnd #18 6 years ago

    C'mon Harmonix; Metallica and Slayer. It's all they need now and GH2 will be epic.

  • absolutezero #19 6 years ago

    RATM would be impossible surely, without a massive array of pedals lined up in front of you to make monkey noises and beeping bits.

  • Azazel #20 6 years ago

    SLAAAAYYYYEEERRR!11

    ahem

    Lamb of God.... OMG!