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Guitar Hero 5 full setlist sports Nirvana, Queen, Crue

"Smells Like Teen Spirit," "Under Pressure," more flesh out remainder of Activision's 85 playable tunes in upcoming rhythm game, due September 1.

Activision has made a tradition out of teasing out the particulars of any given upcoming Guitar Hero's setlist in short bursts leading up to the game's release. With Guitar Hero 5's September 1 launch quickly approaching, the publisher today pulled back the curtain on the rhythm game's full setlist, announcing among other high-profile tunes Nirvana's genre-defining "Smells Like Teen Spirit" and the Queen/David Bowie collaboration "Under Pressure."

Guitar Hero 5 will feature 85 songs in total, the final 15 of which were announced today. In addition to the aforementioned two, Activision announced tunes that span a number of genres, including Stevie Wonder's "Superstition," Megadeth's "Sweating Bullets," and Blink-182's "The Rock Show." The rest of the tracks announced today, as well as the remainder of Guitar Hero 5's setlist, can be found below.

As with World Tour, Guitar Hero 5 lets gamers accompany playable tunes on the guitar, bass, drums, or microphone. The publisher is also lifting the restriction on the one-instrument, one-player rules that have defined the series. Instead, rhythm rockers will be able to use any combination of instruments for any given song, with Activision giving the example of two guitars and two sets of drums rocking out together.

Guitar Hero 5 will be available for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, and Wii. For more information, check out GameSpot's previous coverage.

Artist - Song
3 Doors Down - "Kryptonite"
Arctic Monkeys - "Brianstorm"
Blink-182 - "The Rock Show"
Dire Straits - "Sultans of Swing"
Jimmy Eat World - "Bleed American"
Johnny Cash - "Ring of Fire"
Megadeth - "Sweating Bullets"
Motley Crue - "Looks That Kill"
Muse - "Plug in Baby"
Nirvana - "Smells Like Teen Spirit"
Queen & David Bowie - "Under Pressure"
Stevie Wonder - "Superstition"
The Killers - "All the Pretty Faces"
The Raconteurs - "Steady as She Goes"
TV On The Radio - "Wolf Like Me"

Previously confirmed titles for the game include the following:

A Perfect Circle - "Judith"
AFI - "Medicate"
Attack! Attack! UK - "You and Me"
Band Of Horses - "Cigarettes, Wedding Bands"
Beastie Boys - "Gratitude"
Beck - "Gamma Ray"
Billy Idol - "Dancing With Myself"
Billy Squier - "Lonely Is the Night"
Blur - "Song 2"
Bob Dylan - "All Along the Watchtower"
Bon Jovi - "You Give Love a Bad Name"
Brand New - "Sowing Season (Yeah)"
The Bronx - "Six Days A Week"
Bush - "Comedown"
Children Of Bodom - "Done With Everything, Die for Nothing"
Coldplay - "In My Place"
Darker My Love - "Blue Day"
Darkest Hour - "Demon(s)"
David Bowie - "Fame"
Deep Purple - "Woman From Tokyo ('99 Remix)"
The Derek Trucks Band - "Younk Funk"
The Duke Spirit - "Send a Little Love Token"
Duran Duran - "Hungry Like the Wolf"
Eagles of Death Metal - "Wannabe in L.A."
Elliott Smith - "L.A."
Elton John - "Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting)"
Face to Face - "Disconnected"
Garbage - "Only Happy When It Rains"
Gorillaz - "Feel Good Inc."
Gov't Mule - "Streamline Woman"
Grand Funk Railroad - "We're an American Band"
Iggy Pop - "Lust for Life (Live)"
Iron Maiden - "2 Minutes to Midnight"
Jeff Beck - "Scatterbrain (Live)"
John Mellencamp - "Hurts So Good"
Kaiser Chiefs - "Never Miss a Beat"
King Crimson - "21st Century Schizoid Man"
Kings of Leon - "Sex On Fire"
Kiss - "Shout It Out Loud"
Love and Rockets - "Mirror People"
My Morning Jacket - "One Big Holiday"
Nirvana - "Lithium (Live)"
No Doubt - "Ex-Girlfriend"
Peter Frampton - "Do You Feel Like We Do? (Live)"
The Police - "So Lonely"
Public Enemy Featuring Zakk Wylde - "Bring the Noise 20XX"
Queens of the Stone Age - "Make It Wit Chu"
Rammstein - "Du Hast"
The Rolling Stones - "Sympathy for the Devil"
Rose Hill Drive - "Sneak Out"
Rush - "The Spirit of Radio (Live)"
Santana - "No One to Depend On (Live)"
Scars on Broadway - "They Say"
Screaming Trees - "Nearly Lost You"
Smashing Pumpkins - "Bullet With Butterfly Wings"
Sonic Youth - "Incinerate"
Spacehog - "In the Meantime"
Sublime - "What I Got"
Sunny Day Real Estate - "Seven"
T. Rex - "20th Century Boy"
The Sword - "Maiden, Mother & Crone"
Thin Lizzy - "Jailbreak"
Thrice - "Deadbolt"
Tom Petty - "Runnin' Down A Dream"
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - "American Girl"
Vampire Weekend - "A-Punk"
Weezer - "Why Bother?"
The White Stripes - "Blue Orchid"
Wild Cherry - "Play That Funky Music"
Wolfmother - "Back Round"

235 Comments

  • danniey9557

    Posted Dec 6, 2009 2:21 pm GMT

    in my opinion if they make a dragon force guitar hero that game would be crazy if through the fire and flames was hard imagine all there songs my fave is black fire

  • dylanscott1992

    Posted Sep 16, 2009 5:05 pm GMT

    @SalFlame
    /agree
    this will be the death of Vampire Weekend, a once untouched wonderful band will become the next rape victum of preteens and fanboys

  • AirPortugall

    Posted Sep 14, 2009 12:44 pm GMT

    @SalFlame I just have one thing to say - play Rock Band. I have nothing against Guitar Hero, i was just playing Guitar Hero 5 actually but i just prefer Rock Band since you buy Rock Band 2 and then download a ton of dlc, never worrying about a new one coming out every month (a la Guitar Hero).

  • OrchidJake

    Posted Sep 13, 2009 4:45 pm GMT

    i know guitar hero tries to get songs from different genres to attract more fans, but seriously. having like 8 new era rock and only 1-2 death metal songs is unfair. they need to balance it more. and its tto bad about the costing microsoft points to import songs. only from world tour. not metallica.

  • Kreation9196

    Posted Sep 11, 2009 12:48 pm GMT

    Cant wait to play some teen spirit(wanna know how much different it is from real guitar)

  • PPEEWEEEEEE

    Posted Sep 6, 2009 10:40 pm GMT

    Best Song on Here :Wolf Like Me by TV On The Radio. may not be the hardest to play, but to sing may be a challenge haha

  • deadrisingguy

    Posted Sep 6, 2009 3:41 pm GMT

    The best song on here is Plug In Baby.

  • WarGrad

    Posted Sep 6, 2009 1:07 pm GMT

    how about some Eagles music?

  • willtking25

    Posted Sep 4, 2009 4:02 pm GMT

    Here I am to finish up the extreme setlist.

    26) Foo Fighters- My Hero (That would be killer on the drums)
    27) Rage Against the Machine- Take the Power Back
    28) Thin Lizzy- Jailbreak
    29) Santana- Europa
    30) Iggy Pop- I Wanna Be Your Dog (Live from Brussels)
    Bonus: The Beatles- Come Together
    31) Eric Johnson- Desert Rose
    32) Eric Clapton- Badge(Live)
    33) Joe Satriani- Surfing with the Alien
    34) Stevie Ray Vaughn- Texas Flood (Long Version)
    35) B.B. King- The Thrill Is Gone
    Bonus: Steve Vai- Die to Live
    36) Avenged Sevenfold- Scream
    37) Queens of the Stone Age- Little Sister
    38) Muse- Hysteria
    39) The White Stripes- Death Letter
    40) Sublime- Date Rape
    Bonus: Rammstein- Keine Lust
    41) Deep Purple- Smoke on the Water
    42) Johnny Cash- Get Rythm
    43) Billy Idol- Rebel Yell
    44) Bob Dylan- Thunder on the Mountain
    45) Peter Frampton- Show Me the Way
    Bonus: Elvis Presley- Burnin Love
    46) Nickelback- Burn It to the Ground
    47) Slipknot- Left Behind
    48) Tenacious D- Master Exploder
    49) Rob Zombie- Lords of Salem
    50) Disturbed- Down With the Sickness
    Bonus: System of a Down- Chop Suey
    51) Megadeth- Tornado of Souls(Live)
    52) Thrice- Deadbolt
    53) Iron Maiden- Aces High
    54) Anthrax- Indians
    55) Dragonforce- Valley of the Damned
    Bonus: Cacophony- Speed Metal Symphony

    Not done yet, still more songs to go. Let me know how you like it. Before you leave bad comments, do your homework.

  • SalFlame

    Posted Sep 3, 2009 5:54 pm GMT

    I've gotten quite annoyed by all these games. First off, they're all the same game pretty much. Some have better graphics, more features, or better songs than others. Wouldn't it be better if they worked to together to make ONE game that incorporates both games' strong points. Then, rather than making 20 more games that are re-hashed with a little bit better graphics, and a different setlist, just make mother f**king DLC's! Isn't that one of the major reasons for XBL and PSN? Although it would be even better if they just all together STOPPED making them. Maybe one or two per system so that compatibility isn't an issue.

    Second, when me and my band are trying to pick songs to cover/play, because the songs were on the latest fake-guitar game, that everybody thinks we got it from that game, and that we have no taste of our own, even if we've been listening to it for years before. Then, we finally find one that we all like, can play, and isn't on RB or GH. We've just got it down today, and I come home and see IT, that song we tried so hard to find, on the latest setlist of GH! What the hell is it with this sh*t? (FYI the song was Steady As She Goes- The Raconteurs)

  • ejahthegod

    Posted Sep 3, 2009 5:32 pm GMT

    Also what they really need on there is some Led Zepplin, Rush 2112 stuff, Prince (but he declined) and more classic rock from the 60's and 70's. I'm thinking of not buying this and waiting for Rockband Beatles because most of their songs are blaze. But probably won't because I got a job that's good for at least another two years, LOL. We should all send messages to Prince to get him to change his mind. A lot of people learned the guitar after playing guitar hero.

  • ejahthegod

    Posted Sep 3, 2009 5:10 pm GMT

    @ willtking25 You can download "We Are the Champions" now, but yeah your list is actually better then theirs.

  • jake-lutze

    Posted Sep 3, 2009 4:19 pm GMT

    I actually like this setlist.
    Balanced, a little something for everybody, and thats what theyre trying to do, not make a death metal fan game or a punk rock game.

    I wouldnt mind some bad religion though...

  • willtking25

    Posted Sep 3, 2009 11:12 am GMT

    I just don't think Neversoft is sitting down and taking the time to think about what we want to play. So here is my extreme setlist, if they could make this happen it would be Christmas all year.
    1) Bon Jovi- Wanted: Dead or Alive
    2) Queen- We Are the Champions
    3) Jane's Addiction- True Nature
    4) Kiss- God of Thunder(Live)
    5) Motley Crue- Kickstart My Heart
    Bonus: Ted Nugent- Kiss My Glock
    6) Smashing Pumpkins- Mayonaise
    7) Weezer- Dope Nose
    8) Nirvana- Come As You Are
    9) Bush- Chemicals Between Us
    10) Blink 182- Dammit
    Bonus: Jimmy Eat World- Big Casino
    11) Wolfmother- Dimension
    12) 3 Doors Down- It's Not My Time
    13) No Doubt- Bathwater
    14) Sonic Youth- Silver Rocket
    15) AFI- Girls Not Grey
    Bonus: Coldplay- Life in Technicolor
    16) The Police- Roxanne
    17) Tom Petty- Runnin Down A Dream
    18) Rolling Stones- Start Me Up
    19) Rush- Fly By Night
    20) Lynyrd Skynyrd- On the Hunt
    Bonus: Jimi Hendrix- Star- Spangled Banner(Live)
    21) AC/DC- Hell's Bells
    22) Pearl Jam- World Wide Suicide
    23) Poison- Fallen Angel
    24) Def Leppard- Pour Some Sugar On Me
    25) Guns N Roses- Paradise City
    Bonus: Van Halen- Eruption

    Don't have time to finish the setlist but stay tuned because this is the tip of the iceberg, the best is yet to come. Will post it in next few days. There will be some songs that will blow your minds! Let me know how yall like it so far.

  • RakinR

    Posted Sep 3, 2009 9:46 am GMT

    dammit another crappy set list compared to rock band T.T

  • Rhastafurion

    Posted Sep 3, 2009 5:56 am GMT

    Still no Opeth tracks? Disappointing.

  • slorpus

    Posted Sep 2, 2009 10:42 pm GMT

    in other words some real metal...altho megadeth rammstein and children of bodom are good

  • slorpus

    Posted Sep 2, 2009 10:41 pm GMT

    i want some morbid angel....or suffocation.....or napalm death ....no wait......Nile...that would be awesome

  • woossha

    Posted Sep 2, 2009 9:58 pm GMT

    YES! Sultans of Swing, Mark fu'in owns!!

  • chefbabyryan

    Posted Sep 2, 2009 9:25 pm GMT

    what they really need to do is just develop a console game that you can import your own (legally) owned CD's, MP3s etc. into and have it decode and then translate into game notes. I have seen hacked PC versions and it looks sweet! Then it would solve all these issues of personal musical taste. Doesn't seem that complicated, plus it would encourage people to buy more music!!

  • Binarynova

    Posted Sep 2, 2009 6:21 am GMT

    This setlist really doesn't have me convinced. Besides, I've already pre-ordered my $250 Beatles Rock Band so this'll have to wait.

    It suffers the only way these set lists have always suffered: I only like 25% of the songs. The Beatles: Rock Band is going to spoil me. I'll like every song. O_o

  • thing213

    Posted Sep 1, 2009 10:07 am GMT

    ok.. i just got one question.. Y the hell do they keep puttin rock band songs on here and GH songs on Rock Band?? We all know everybody plays both GH and Rock Band so y do they constantly put the same songs on both?? Thats just one less diferent song on each..

  • Azrael9110

    Posted Aug 31, 2009 10:57 pm GMT

    Am I the only one who thinks this list is horrid? "2 minutes to midnight" for iron maiden, "sweating bullets" megadeath, "spirit of the radio" Rush? Dont get me wrong there are a lot of good bands here its just there are a lot better songs they could have picked. I really wish they had "freewill" or "limelight" for Rush, i could wish all day but the set list is still missing some good tracks/ artists

  • jedi_masr

    Posted Aug 31, 2009 12:22 pm GMT

    I have it since yestardy!! It is really awesome, PLaying with you avatar is quite cool, wondering why you can customize it with HG outfits? find it out, and try no to look so nerd.

  • tyler2tyler

    Posted Aug 31, 2009 12:13 pm GMT

    No Priest?

  • Hercules321

    Posted Aug 30, 2009 10:57 pm GMT

    Plug in Baby!!! It is also confirmed that Matthew Bellamy will be a playable character! WOOT!

  • romper_stomper

    Posted Aug 30, 2009 4:44 pm GMT

    I don't see why Rockband fanboys come here and bash Guitar Hero, I love both games but there's no way that Rockband is better unless you only focus on the point that it has more DLC, GH has a more fun drum set to play (I know some people think it's too hard, well guess what, try playing a real drumset) plus the 2 kick pedals make the game 100 times more fun, the open string on the bass makes playing bass fun instead of falling asleep like I do while playing rockband, I love playing rockband, don't get me wrong, it's just not better, or at least not far better to the point where people should say that guitar hero sucks

    Plus I would buy GH5 if comedown by bush was the only song on the disc...one of the greatest songs ever

  • funnysplay

    Posted Aug 27, 2009 5:02 pm GMT

    My Plug In Baby!

  • xboxgamer5

    Posted Aug 24, 2009 9:18 am GMT

    sweet

  • CJK_04

    Posted Aug 23, 2009 6:11 pm GMT

    Not a bad set!!!

  • kingofcod777

    Posted Aug 21, 2009 4:01 pm GMT

    I wasnt going to buy this but know that I see this great setlist plus the preorder this and get gh van halen for free deal this is a sure buy even if this is my 30th guitar hero game I will get

  • Kingsley1390

    Posted Aug 18, 2009 5:09 pm GMT

    If you buy Guitar Hero 5, will you be able to download songs from World Tour? Or do you have to buy both games to get all of the songs?

  • lukas1051

    Posted Aug 16, 2009 2:52 am GMT

    Indie? Greeeeaaaat... I don't know why Activison cannot understand that Bullet For My Valentine is more fun to play than Blur, that most people would rather drum to Slipknot than Vampire Weekend. Modern hard rock, nu-metal and metalcore are by far the most popular genres of rock, and certainly one of the most fun to play, I see none on here.

  • Squallffs

    Posted Aug 13, 2009 2:12 am GMT

    The whole GH v RB arguement is stupid anyway. They are the same games, just pick which one has your favourite songs and play it. For me I'm really looking forward to playing Plug in Baby, one of the best riffs around

  • master_of_nfs

    Posted Aug 13, 2009 12:24 am GMT

    It just shows that as soon as Harmonix left for MTV Games (best choice I believe), Activision has completely ruined the GH Series for all of us. Stick with Harmonix and Rock Band games I'd say!

  • sco14

    Posted Aug 12, 2009 1:18 pm GMT

    the quiet things that no one ever knows should have been the brand new song and tornado of sould should have been the megadeth song but a pretty damn good setlist

  • thepunisher_kpb

    Posted Aug 12, 2009 5:50 am GMT

    Done With Everything, Die For Nothing by COB iz the best song in GH5

  • Jewid546

    Posted Aug 11, 2009 11:28 pm GMT

    I think alot of people are missing the most truly awesome song on this whole list. SULTANS OF SWING! Anybody who's anybody in the guitar world knows that is one of the best guitar songs ever and I am absolutely floored to be able to play it again, even if it is on a video game. Bass players beware, Sultans is ridiculously boring for you.

  • score89

    Posted Aug 11, 2009 3:34 pm GMT

    I probably will buy it, it will be my 12 gh-rb game.....mmmm I guess its time to get a girlfriend

  • lukie_gamer

    Posted Aug 11, 2009 3:13 pm GMT

    I like the setlist but Guitar Hero sucks!!!!! Rock Band all the way for me.

  • Odiewodie_911

    Posted Aug 11, 2009 11:27 am GMT

    2 minutes to midnight? There are way better Maiden songs then that.

  • D_Battery

    Posted Aug 11, 2009 10:00 am GMT

    Lol they included Do you feel like we do? Not saying it isn't a great song... but the live version is over 10 minutes long.

  • Crazyguy105

    Posted Aug 11, 2009 8:48 am GMT

    Okay I said I wasn't going to buy this when it came out...

    I really like those features it has and I wonder if they finally fixed the Vocals so I can FC them.

    I might rent it then maybe buy it if I like it.

  • UFO2012

    Posted Aug 11, 2009 2:56 am GMT

    Finally some Rammstein!

  • sub-raid

    Posted Aug 10, 2009 11:45 pm GMT

    can't wait ...

  • textermonkey

    Posted Aug 10, 2009 11:37 pm GMT

    seems like its gonna be awesome

  • _IronManDude_

    Posted Aug 10, 2009 10:20 pm GMT

    Glad to see that 2 Minutes to Midnight made it, and Running Down a Dream...

    But only because I can download them for Frets on Fire. The rest of the setlist kinda sucks, except for the Nirvana.

  • the_hsoj

    Posted Aug 10, 2009 8:38 pm GMT

    Looks like some good songs, Definitely some great artists QotSA, Sublime, Nirvana (Lithium FTW), The White Stripes, Arctic Monkeys, etc . Would have preferred a few different song choices for the artists on there. Also would have preferred the Jimi Hendrix version of "All Along the Watchtower".

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