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Full Guitar Hero 5 band list confirmed

Kiss! Bush! Attack! Attack!

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