More Guitar Hero II songs revealed

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The October issue of Electronic Gaming Monthly has revealed a few more of the songs that will be included in Guitar Hero 2. Some of the new songs include The Police's Message in a Bottle as well as Motley Crue's Shout at the Devil.

That brings the confirmed number of songs to twenty three, although the final game is supposed to have about forty songs, so there is still plenty to be revealed. All of the confirmed tracks are listed below:

Complete Confirmed Guitar Hero II Tracklist:

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

We'll have more information on Guitar Hero 2 as soon as possible, the final game will be available in November and can be purchased bundled with a guitar or as a standalone title.

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12 Comments

Phil

5 years ago

Honestly not crazy about any of these songs. The team at Guitar Hero really seem to be picking oooold songs. I want to rock out with stuff I am actually listening to now, instead of every so often on some old guy's crappy record collection. Then again, I really don't like much old rock at all, so there you go. Led Zepplin? Pass. Rolling Stones? Yawn. And so on in that fashion.

That being said, I still have GH, and it is fun to play - but the newer tracks are far more interesting.

Echo

5 years ago

Interesting choice of songs. I agree with Phil, even though i like some of the older stuff, some newer stuff would be great too.

Sin Ogaris

5 years ago

Why does it say Primus (performed by Primus)? Who else would it be?

Jellyfish

5 years ago

The only song I know on that list isn't even by a "real" band.

Luke

5 years ago

I love the old stuff, guess i'm the only one

Chris

5 years ago

Sin Ogaris wrote

Why does it say Primus (performed by Primus)? Who else would it be?

The songs in Guitar Hero were cover versions, maybe this song is actually being done by Primus themselves?

DeViE

5 years ago

Thats an awesome list there

Sin Ogaris

5 years ago

Chris wrote

Sin Ogaris wrote

Why does it say Primus (performed by Primus)? Who else would it be?

The songs in Guitar Hero were cover versions, maybe this song is actually being done by Primus themselves?

Well that makes sense seeing as I can't imagine ANYONE going to the trouble of creating a custom bass (Claypool has a modified bass guitar which has a tremolo, which is used during JtF) just to play a cover on a video game.

GooberMan

5 years ago

If that is true, the fact that Primus will be laying down their own tracks instantly makes the game better than the original

EvilHayama

5 years ago

Yeah, Primus donated the original track mix for their song. I think they need seperate tracks so they get muted when you screw up ^_^

MrAndyPuppy

5 years ago

EvilHayama wrote

Yeah, Primus donated the original track mix for their song. I think they need seperate tracks so they get muted when you screw up ^_^

Primus actually went into their studio and recorded it for them there. That way Red Octane and Harmonix were able to split it exactly how they wanted.

The others are all done by the in-house crew. On the original, almost all of the bonus songs were by bands that had one or more members of the in-house musos.

And Luke, your list looks a little light. I think there's 25, not 23, that are official (although Drist's track keeps going in and out of the list).

*1 "Arterial Black" - Drist
2 "Beast and the Harlot" - Avenged Sevenfold
3 "Can't You Hear Me Knocking?" - The Rolling Stones
4 "Crazy on You" - Heart
5 "Free Bird" - Lynyrd Skynyrd
6 "Heart-Shaped Box" - Nirvana
7 "Jessica" - The Allman Brothers Band
8 "John The Fisherman" - Primus
9 "Laid To Rest" - Lamb of God
10 "Madhouse" - Anthrax
11 "Message in a Bottle" - The Police
12 "Misirlou" - Dick Dale
13 "Psychobilly Freakout" - The Reverend Horton Heat
14 "Shout at the Devil" - Mötley Crüe
15 "Strutter" - KISS
*16 "Surrender" - Cheap Trick
17 "Sweet Child O' Mine" - Guns N' Roses
18 "Tattooed Love Boys" - The Pretenders
19 "Them Bones" - Alice in Chains
20 "Tonight I'm Gonna Rock You Tonight" - Spinal Tap
21 "Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart" - Stone Temple Pilots
22 "War Pigs" - Black Sabbath
23 "Who Was in My Room Last Night?" - The Butthole Surfers
24 "You Really Got Me" - The Kinks, as performed by Van Halen
25 "YYZ" - Rush

MrAndyPuppy

5 years ago

nikack wrote

The only song I know on that list isn't even by a "real" band.

Wow! Really? Out of interest, is that an age thing or a music genre thing?

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