Rock Band Set List
Today marks a glorious occasion in the lives of video-game rockers everywhere. The final list of tracks that will be included with Rock Band at launch has been released. With a fairly lengthy list of almost sixty songs from as far back as the 60s, rockers of every age and every era should find at least a handful of songs they enjoy. From classics like the Rolling Stones’ “Gimme Shelter” and Black Sabbath’s “Paranoid” to modern hits including The Hives’ “Main Offender” and Jet’s “Are You Gonna Be My Girl” this list is quite expansive and covers almost every kind of rock you could want. Fifty-one out of the fifty-eight songs are all taken from original master recordings, ensuring that the quality of the tracks will be no less than stunning. In addition to forty-five well known tracks there will be thirteen songs from new and upcoming bands to unlock as you play. There are also plans to make more digital download packs available in the future. Here’s the full list:
1960s
Rolling Stones “Gimme Shelter”
1970s
Aerosmith “Train Kept a Rollin’”*
The Who “Won’t Get Fooled Again”
Boston “Foreplay/Long Time”
Mountain “Mississippi Queen”*
The Police “Next to You”
David Bowie “Suffragette City”
Black Sabbath “Paranoid”*
Blue Oyster Cult “Don’t Fear the Reaper”
The Ramones “Blitzkrieg Bop”
Deep Purple “Highway Star”
KISS “Detroit Rock City”
Molly Hatchet “Flirtin’ With Disaster”
The Outlaws “Green Grass & High Tides”*
Sweet “Ballroom Blitz”*
1980s
Rush “Tom Sawyer”*
Bon Jovi “Wanted Dead or Alive”
The Clash “Should I Stay or Should I Go”
Faith No More “Epic”
R.E.M. “Orange Crush”
Iron Maiden “Run to the Hills”*
1990s
Foo Fighters “Learn to Fly”
Metallica “Enter Sandman”
Nirvana “In Bloom”
Stone Temple Pilots “Vasoline”
Weezer “Say It Ain’t So”
Smashing Pumpkins “Cherub Rock”
Radiohead “Creep”
Beastie Boys “Sabotage”
Hole “Celebrity Skin”
Garbage “I Think I’m Paranoid”
Soundgarden “Black Hole Sun”
2000s
The Hives “Main Offender”
Queens of the Stone Age “Go With the Flow”
The Strokes “Reptilia”
Jet “Are You Gonna Be My Girl”
OK Go “Here It Goes Again”
Nine Inch Nails “The Hand That Feeds”
Pixies “Wave of Mutilation”
Yeah Yeah Yeahs “Maps”
Red Hot Chili Peppers “Dani California”
Coheed & Cambria “Welcome Home”
Fallout Boy “Dead on Arrival”
The Killers “When You Were Young”
New Pornographers “Electric Version”
* Indicates a cover song, all others songs are original master recordings
















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