The full setlist for Guitar Hero 5 hasn’t been released yet, but I’m running into the same problem as the GHWT tracks: I have no utter clue about what half these songs are like. So like the GHWT setlist, I did some research for anyone else scratching their heads and compiled all the announced tracks for GH5, YouTube links for the individual songs, and some random comments from a veteran GH player.

ScoreHero keeps good track of new updates for the game as well, so check back there for more info on the setlist and an alternate list of video links for songs.

Band of Horses--Cigarettes, Wedding Bands
Beastie Boys—Gratitude
Beck-- Gamma Ray
Billy Squier-- Lonely is the Night
Blur- -Song 2
Children of Bodom-- Done With Everything, Die for Nothing
Coldplay--"In My Place"
Darkest Hour-- Demon(s)
David Bowie—Fame (Can’t go wrong with David Bowie.)
Deep Purple-- Woman from Tokyo ('99 Remix) (Can’t find the ’99 remix, oh well.)
Elliott Smith--L.A.
Iggy Pop-- Lust for Life (Live) (Yeah, there’s about bajillion live versions of this song on YouTube, but this one’s good quality, and pretty damn entertaining too. Whether or not it’s actually going to be the one used in GH5, I don’t know.)
Jeff Beck--Scatterbrain (Live) (Again, which live version of this song they’re going to use, I don’t know.)
John Mellencamp--Hurts So Good (Blah, could care less about this song. I don’t like John Mellencamp particularly.)
Queens Of The Stone Age-- Make It Wit Chu (There’s far better and more well-known songs from Queens of The Stone Age that they could’ve used, this one I don’t care for too much.)
Rose Hill Drive-- Sneak Out
Santana-- No One to Depend on (Live) (Same problem as all the other live versions, there certainly are a lot in this setlist, aren’t there? I love Santana though, so very much looking forward to playing this one.)
The Bronx--Six Days a Week (And then the only version I can find for this song is live. Very funny.)
Thrice-- Deadbolt
Vampire Weekend-- A-Punk (Song sounds boring to play, but I can’t deny that I love this music video.)
Attack! Attack! UK - You And Me
Bon Jovi - You Give Love A Bad Name (I probably don’t even need to link to a video for this one, you all should know this regardless. )
Darker My Love - Blue Day
The Duke Spirit - Send A Little Love Token
Elton John - Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting) (I’ve actually been waiting for this song to be a Guitar Hero/Rock Band game for awhile. Woo!)
Face To Face - Disconnected
Garbage - Only Happy When It Rains
Kaiser Chiefs - Never Miss A Beat
Kiss - Shout It Out Loud
Love and Rockets - Mirror People
My Morning Jacket - One Big Holiday
Nirvana - Lithium (Live) (I like Nirvana fine, but their songs are just…really boring to play. )
The Police - So Lonely (Okay…so with all the awesome songs by The Police out there, and they pick this one? Activision, what are you smoking over there?)
Rammstein – Du Hast (Same problem here. Rammstein is fucking awesome, but this song is just weird for a Guitar Hero game. It’s really repetitive and has lots of empty places where the guitarist won’t be doing much.)
The Rolling Stones - Sympathy For The Devil (Again, of all the Rolling Stones songs out there, they use this one? It’s a great song, don’t get me wrong, but the studio version that I’m used to hearing doesn’t have the guitarist do much until the solo near the middle. )
Sonic Youth – Incinerate (For those of you who remember the Sonic Youth song used in GH3, don’t worry, this isn’t nearly as horrible as that selection was. Nothing too spectacular about this otherwise though.)
Screaming Trees - Nearly Lost You
Sublime - What I Got (Oh, HELL YES! “Santeria” was pretty much one of the few highlights of GHWT, so I’m very happy they got another Sublime song for GH5. )

The Sword - Maiden, Mother & Crone (Hm, between Metallica and Smash Hits, The Sword is getting a lot of attention in the Guitar Hero series. Is someone on the developer staff a huge fan or something? Not that I’m really complaining, there’s far worse bands out there.)

Thin Lizzy – Jailbreak (Woohoo! Guitar Hero can always use more classic rock. Sounds easy to play, but still a good choice in my opinion.)
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - American Girl (Oookay, here’s an exception to that “MOAR CLASSIC ROCK” statement. Good Lord, I hate Tom Petty. D:< )
The White Stripes - Blue Orchid (This music video really creeps me the fuck out. Don’t care much for the song either.)

A Perfect Circle - Judith (I was a little disappointed to learn that Tool wasn’t going to be in Guitar Hero for a second time, so I guess this will have to do instead. Maynard James Keenan is amazing, but this song’s thematic material seems a bit…controversial to include in the setlist. The lyrics do involve shouting “Fuck your God” after all. Not complaining, I’m just surprised that Activision/Neversoft picked this track instead of something else.)

Arctic Monkeys – Brianstorm (I’ve honestly never heard this song before but it sounds like a whole lot of fun to play. I’m going to have to check out more stuff by this group.)

Billy Idol - Dancing With Myself
Brand New - Sowing Season (Yeah)

Bush – Comedown (Same issue I had with “So Lonely”, there’s far better songs by this band that they could’ve picked instead. This just sounds like it’ll be boring to play. Like the song itself, but not a good choice for the game.)

Duran Duran - Hungry Like The Wolf (This is the Rock Band 2 chart, just to be cheeky.)
Eagles Of Death Metal - Wannabe In L.A.
Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc. (Another “WTF was Activision smoking?” songs.)
Gov't Mule - Streamline Woman
Grand Funk Railroad - We're An American Band (Ooh, this song I’m excited about. Classic rock song from a band that I actually like. Sounds like it’s going to be lots of fun to play.)
Iron Maiden - 2 Minutes to Midnight (Sorry, can’t type, too busy headbanging. \m/ )
King Crimson - 21st Century Schizoid Man (Well this is something completely different. It sounds very Pink-Floyd-y.)
Kings of Leon - Sex on Fire
Muse - Plug In Baby (Can’t argue with more Muse.)
No Doubt - Ex-Girlfriend
Peter Frampton - Do You Feel Like We Do? (Live) (I really hope that this isn’t the live version they’re going to be using. The Mercyful Fate medley song from GH: Metallica was bad enough at about eleven minutes, this one clocks in at about 14 total.
Queen & David Bowie - Under Pressure (Another classic song. I wonder how fun it’ll be to actually play though.)
Rush - The Spirit Of Radio (Live) (YEEEESSSSS!!! Oh, you all have NO IDEA how much I’ve been wanting to play this song in GH/RB. I’m just wondering why it took so long to get it into a game!)

Scars On Broadway - They Say (Ick, repetitive and annoying. Not looking forward to playing this one. )
Smashing Pumpkins - Bullet With Butterfly Wings (This kind of makes up for the above track though. Almost.)
Spacehog - In The Meantime
Stevie Wonder - Superstition (Hooray for funky bass lines!)
Sunny Day Real Estate – Seven
T. Rex - 20th Century Boy
The Killers - All These Pretty Faces
TV on the Radio - Wolf Like Me
Weezer - Why Bother?
Wild Cherry - Play That Funky Music (Even more funky bass lines!)
Johnny Cash - Ring of Fire (Same as “Under Pressure”, classic, but I’m iffy on whether I’ll actually want to play it repeatedly.)

Bob Dylan - All Along the Watchtower (Yet another installment of “What was Activision/Neversoft smoking??” First off, I really can’t stand Bob Dylan, but the question still stands why they didn’t use the Jimi Hendrix version, which is more recognizable, and most likely would’ve been much more fun and interesting to play.)

Wolfmother - Back Round


For some reason I couldn’t find a good video for “Meditate” by AFI, “Younk Funk” by The Derek Trucks Band, or “Bring The Noise 20XX” by Public Enemy feat. Zakk Wylde. If you want to hear them that badly, look for it somewhere else.