Pre-E3 2009: Guitar Hero 5 acts announced

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Activision and Neversoft have let slip the full roster of bands and musicians to be featured in the forthcoming sequel Guitar Hero 5, publishing the list on the official website. The list, which is replicated below, is gargantuan to say the least. The variety of genres over the 84 acts named suggests that Guitar Hero 5 is aiming to be more musically diverse than its predecessors.

Guitar Hero 5 is set for release in September this year on Xbox 360, Playstation 3, Wii and Playstation 2.

You'll have to wait a little bit longer for the track listing, but the entire list of bands is at your disposal below. Get that scrolling finger ready.

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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
Motley Crue
Muse
My Morning Jacket
Nirvana
No Doubt
Peter Frampton
Public Enemy Ft. 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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19 Comments

Sin Ogaris

2 years ago

I'm absolutely loving that bandlist to be honest. 46 of those artists I know really well and enjoy listening to. Hell, I own albums for 18 of the artists there, that's almost a quarter of them.

Besides, The Raconteurs are exceptional and they're worth the price of admission alone (hopefully it's not a double up of the World Tour DLC, I so want Steady As She Goes).

Oh, and I wonder what the Queen + Bowie song is, could it possibly be Under Pressure?

G3ck0

2 years ago

I will admit that the setlist does look quite good, but that won't make a game better.

Island_Wolf

2 years ago

Woot, heaps and heaps of artists/bands I know, and even Elton John is in it, sold!!! Bring it out already!!!

The Brett

2 years ago

AFI
Arctic Monkeys
Band of Horses
Beastie Boys
Beck
Billy Idol
Blur
Bob Dylan
Bon Jovi
David Bowie
Deep Purple
Dire Straits
Duran Duran
Eagles of Death Metal
Elton John
Garbage
Gorillaz
Iggy Pop
Iron Maiden
Jeff Beck
Johnny Cash
Kaiser Chiefs
King Crimson
Kings of Leon
Kiss
Motley Crue
Muse
My Morning Jacket
Nirvana
Queen & David Bowie
Queens of the Stone Age
Rammstein
Rush
Smashing Pumpkins
Sonic Youth
Stevie Wonder
T. Rex
The Police
The Raconteurs
The Rolling Stones
The White Stripes
Thin Lizzy
Tom Petty
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
TV on the Radio
Weezer

I can't believe how happy I am about those artists!

Eyce

2 years ago

^So happy you felt the need to list almost every single one of them?

Sin Ogaris

2 years ago

I would suggest everyone do the same as a joke, but I'm quite sure someone would hunt me down and slaughter me.

Jammers

2 years ago

Sunny Day Real Estate =D

How did such an obscure band get in?

The Brett

2 years ago

Yeah I know it's annoying, it just emphasised, I felt, the quality of the list that such a large proportion are bands I like.

Windburn

2 years ago

Sambo110 wrote

I will admit that the setlist does look quite good, but that won't make a game better.

When it comes to Guitar Hero type games, I'm actually a bit sick of people whining about the game itself. It's a tried and tested formula. People want to blow the distinction between Guitar Hero and Rock Band so far out of proportion for whatever reason. Ultimately, the mettle of these types of games come down to one thing:

If you enjoy the songs that are on the disc enough, you'll love the game. Peripherals can be discounted, because honestly - they all achieve the same end, they just have their individual quirks, and you can get used to anything.

People want these games to rock out to at a party with mates, and anyone else pretty much isn't seeing the point of these games.

G3ck0

2 years ago

Windburn wrote

Sambo110 wrote

I will admit that the setlist does look quite good, but that won't make a game better.

Rock Band is more fun drumming (me and a friend both agree, and he owns GH), RB is better for multiplayer as you can save each other when you fail, have to work together for the big multipliers, I like how you can export tracks to your HDD and I have only heard bad things about the vocals in GH.

Sin Ogaris

2 years ago

That's fantastic, but this is a thread about the GUITAR HERO 5 setlist. Not a thread about which is superior, Guitar Hero or Rock Band. So let's focus on what the thread is actually about rather than cause an unnecessary debate (especially seeing as it's been done to death a million times before).

So discuss this issue, like what songs you'd like from each band to appear (Butterflies & Hurricanes by Muse would be awesome, as would 2112 by Rush), or lament the lack of your favourite artist.

arbok

2 years ago

that tracklist is great!!!!! now why dont rock band make some of these downloadable so i dont have to buy another game!

Jellyfish

2 years ago

No more The Living End D=

the doag

2 years ago

Bring it on. Getting into the Metallica version, its amazing. "Give me fuel, give me fire give me that which i desire".

sobriquet835

2 years ago

I know we have GH: metallica out and GH: Van Halen coming, but this is missing something without those 2 bands, metallica especially. Bit worried about some of the artists on this track list, I feel like Guitar Hero should stick to rock/metal and other genres should be put into Band Hero or Pop Hero or something.

GreyWolfJai

2 years ago

I wonder how close this will be to GH:Metallica. They have made some key changes to the visuals that make it look much closer to RB. Which is always much better! Now, allow me to save a stupid mate that can't handle the solo on expert yet! :P

There is only one real big win on this list for me and that's APC. Been waiting for it to hit a Music game for a while and would be willing to pay/download the entire Mer de Noms album if they had it.

Everything else in the list is OK but maybe a little POPe.

Sin Ogaris

2 years ago

Please don't mention the entire Mer De Noms, because that gets me extremely happy in the pants and if it doesn't actually happen I will be a devastated shell of my former self. GAH! The damage is done, now I'm excited thinking about it.

Oh, and dunno if you've listened to them, but King Crimson is an absolute win, I hope it's 21st Century Schizoid Man as that song is insane amounts of awesome. They're a big influence on At the Drive In and The Mars Volta if you need any convincing.

Azza

2 years ago

The Brett wrote

Muse
My Morning Jacket
Nirvana
Queen & David Bowie
Queens of the Stone Age
Rammstein

Does this mean we're only getting Under Pressure from Queen?

The other artists actually look very well picked, though.

Cyberwaste

2 years ago

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If you enjoy the songs that are on the disc enough, you'll love the game.

Tell that to ScoreHero.

Anyway, I'm psyched for GH5 for one main reason, IRON MAIDEN!

Rammstein and Children of Bodom are also drawcards for me.

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Australian Release Date:
  16/09/2009 (Confirmed)
Publisher:
  Activision
Genre:
  Music
Year Made:
  2009
Players:
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