E3 2008: Rock Band 2 - New Features, and Track List Revealed!

Jul. 14 3:45 PM by FemmeFatale

Alright, I've got a lot of awesome Rock Band 2 news to deliver! Lets start off with the most exciting news: The track list! Today at E3; Rock Band 2's complete track list was revealed! You'll have 100 tracks (including bonus songs, and downloadable tracks) to rock out to this fall!

After I went through the entire list, my first thought was "HELL YEAH!". Well, actually... That thought was already confirmed when my eyes passed over Track #50...Consisting of four beautiful words that when put together in the best order forms 'Rage Against the Machine' (my fav band! *drooool*).

Click read to view the entire track list, and to fill up on the latest RB:2 news!

Master Tracks
# Artists Song Title Decade
1. AC/DC Let There Be Rock 1970s
2. AFI Girl's Gone Grey 2000s
3. Alanis Morissette You Oughta Know 1990s
4. Alice in Chains Man in the Box 1990s
5. Allman Brothers Ramblin' Man 1970s
6. Avenged Sevenfold Almost Easy 2000s
7. Bad Company Shooting Star 1970s
8. Beastie Boys So Whatcha Want 1990s
9. Beck E-Pro 2000s
10. Bikini Kill Rebel Girl 1990s
11. Billy Idol White Wedding Pt. I 1980s
12. Blondie One Way or Another 1970s
13. Bob Dylan Tangled Up in Blue 1970s
14. Bon Jovi Livin' on a Prayer 1980s
15. Cheap Trick Hello There 1970s
16. Devo Uncontrollable Urge 1980s
17. Dinosaur Jr. Feel the Pain 1990s
18. Disturbed Down with the Sickness 2000s
19. Dream Theater Panic Attack 2000s
20. Duran Duran Hungry Like the Wolf 1980s
21. Elvis Costello Pump It Up 1970s
22. Fleetwood Mac Go Your Own Way 1970s
23. Foo Fighters Everlong 1990s
24. Guns N' Roses Shackler's Revenge 2000s
25. Interpol PDA 2000s
26. Jane's Addiction Mountain Song 1980s
27. Jethro Tull Aqualung 1970s
28. Jimmy Eat World The Middle 2000s
29. Joan Jett Bad Reputation 1980s
30. Journey Anyway You Want It 1970s
31. Judas Priest Painkiller 1990s
32. Kansas Carry On Wayward Son 1970s
33. L7 Pretend We're Dead 1990s
34. Lacuna Coil Our Truth 2000s
35. Linkin Park One Step Closer 2000s
36. Lit My Own Worst Enemy 1990s
37. Lush De-Luxe 1990s
38. Mastodon Colony of Birchmen 2000s
39. Megadeth Peace Sells 1980s
40. Metallica Battery 1980s
41. Mighty Mighty Bosstones Where'd You Go 1990s
42. Modest Mouse Float On 2000s
43. Motorhead Ace of Spades 1980s
44. Nirvana Drain You 1990s
45. Norman Greenbaum Spirit in the Sky 1960s
46. Panic at the Disco Nine in the Afternoon 2000s
47. Paramore That's What You Get 2000s
48. Pearl Jam Alive 1990s
49. Presidents of the USA Lump 1990s
50. Rage Against the Machine Testify 1990s
51. Ratt Round & Round 1980s
52. Red Hot Chili Peppers Give it Away 1990s
53. Rise Against Give it All 2000s
54. Rush The Trees 1970s
55. Silversun Pickups Lazy Eye 2000s
56. Smashing Pumpkins Today 1990s
57. Social Distortion I Was Wrong 1990s
58. Sonic Youth Teenage Riot 1980s
59. Soundgarden Spoonman 1990s
60. Squeeze Cool for Cats 1970s
61. Steely Dan Bodhitsattya 1970s
62. Steve Miller Band Rock'n Me 1970s
63. Survivor Eye of the Tiger 1980s
64. System of a Down Chop Suey 2000s
65. Talking Heads Psycho Killer 1970s
66. Tenacious D Master Exploder 2000s
67. Testament Souls of Black 1990s
68. The Donnas New Kid in School 2000s
69. The Go-Go's We Got the Beat 1980s
70. The Grateful Dead Alabama Getaway 1980s
71. The Guess Who American Woman 1970s
72. The Muffs Kids in America 1990s
73. The Offspring Come Out & Play (Keep 'em Separated) 1990s
74. The Replacements Alex Chilton 1980s
75. The Who Pinball Wizard 1960s
Bonus Tracks
76. Abnormality Visions 2000s
77. Anarchy Club Get Clean 2000s
78. Bang Camaro Night Lies 2000s
79. Breaking Wheel Shoulder to the Plow 2000s
80. The Libyans Neighborhood 2000s
81. The Main Drag A Jagged Gorgeous Winter 2000s
82. Speck Conventional Lover 2000s
83. The Sterns Supreme Girl 2000s
84. That Handsome Devil Rob the Prez-O-Dent 2000s

So I must admit, there are a ton of songs on that list I can honestly say I've never heard, or at least, I'm not very familiar with, which is great because it shows how much this list caters to such a wide demographic... but... There are a ton of tracks that I know, and love - Modest Mouse: Float On, Smashing Pumpkins: Today, Red Hot Chili Peppers: Give it Away, System of a Down: Chop Suey (gunna be SO much fun to sing, srsly!), The Offspring: Come Out & Play, and The Muffs: Kids in America, to name a few. I'm excited to hear Guns N' Roses new song 'Shacklers Revenge" off the - not yet released - album 'Chinese Democracy'.

Some of the new features include:

  • * Battle of the bands mode - Battle against other bands online!
  • * Character Creator - Customize your characters and give em' rockin' hair do's, bad ass tatts, fashionable accessories, and rock star worthy clothing!
  • * Quickplay mode gets you playing faster - Allows you to make your own set lists, and to group track lists into various categories of preference (genre, era, favs, etc..)
  • * Drum Trainer Mode - Teaches players primary drumming beats and fills
  • * World Tour Mode Online - Blending the original Rock Band Solo Tour and Band World Tour gameplay together with new challenges, venues, cities, opportunity gigs, and more
  • Backwards compatibility with all Rock Band downloadable music content released to date
  • * Feature that enables owners of the Original Rock Band to export most Rock Band songs and 'upgrade' them onto to Rock Band 2

Rock Band 2 will support third party instruments and accessories. Here's a list of third party instruments, and changes to the originals:

  • * Drum set is now wireless, has quieter pads, and a metal petal
  • * Fender Stratocaster Controller adds a reinforced strum bar, quieter buttons, wireless functionality and a 'built in calibration tool that automatically sets your AV setup to an ideal setting'
  • * Fender Bass Controller - Finally the bass player gets their own unique bass guitar controller! Complete with a split strum bar to 'replicate finger-bass style picking' (AWESOME)
  • * Full-sized Squire Stratocaster Guitar Controller - A controller built into an actual Squire Stratocaster body (EVEN MORE AWESOME!)

    • Getting back to the track list... What are your thoughts on the song choices? Is it everything you wanted and more? Or is it two thumbs way down? ...What songs would you absolutely LOVE to see on a Rock Band track list, and why?

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    Comments

    eeek, so excited. I can't wait to play Spirit in the Sky. That song always reminds of me Angel games(MLB). Great Post.

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    OMG, thanks for the list, great bands and great songs, it has music diversity, thats awesome, can wait, i just can wait, excellent work femme.

     

    hmm... I kinda wish I knew some more of those songs, but a lot of them are really good like everlong, any way you want it, the middle, and especially alive... and is that "eye of the tiger" the one I'm thinking of?

     

    Please let this mean that Axl is ready to release Chinese Democracy...

     

    That is a pretty badass track list.

    FATALITY

     

    Linkin Park is on the list!

     

    Not the Linkin Park song I hoped would debut in Rock Band. "No More Sorrow" is a perfect fit for Rock Band.

     

    Yep, definitely buying this instead of Guitar Hero, lol. Great article Femme.

     

    its times like these im glad my buddy forced me into spliting the costs of rock band as opposed to me just buying guitar hero. I can't wait... too many to look forward to mastering

     

    Chop Suey and Battery are almost worth the the 60 bucks on there own.

     

    DOWN WITH THE MOTHER F**KING SICKNESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! R U SRSLY FKN KIDDIN MEH? I R JUST CRAPPED MAH E-PANTS.

    No wait.... Those were my real pants

     

    i was listening to spirit in the sky and thought it would make a great rockband song, and now it will

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