Guitar Hero 5s track list sitting pretty at 85 songs

A healthy mix of old and new rock songs will form the set list for Activisions next entry in the mega-bucks making series of music games, with classics from Kings of Leon, Bob Dylan and Jimmy Eat World rounding out the line-up

The hard-working guys and gals at Joystiq have done their homework, analysing already-announced songs expected to appear on the next Guitar Hero game and have compiled an unofficial track list.

The list contains 85 songs so far, with four of these being offerings from artists who haven’t yet appeared in a Guitar Hero game. What favourites are we looking forward to? The Kings of Leon’s ‘Sex on Fire’- last year’s number one song on Triple J’s Hottest 100 is sure to be a party favourite (speak for yourself Josh – Ed.), whereas the inclusion of two Nirvana classics- ‘Lithium’ and ‘Smells like Teen Spirit’ are sure to bring memories of early nineties grungedom back to many an Aussie household.

A few oddities appear on what is otherwise a very hard-rock focussed compilation. As much as I love Elliot Smith’s ‘L.A’, I’m not sure if it’s the cheeriest song to be playing with your mates, and the rough-edged punk rock stylings of The Bronx may not be to everyone’s tastes.

Here’s the full unconfirmed list:

• 3 Doors Down – "Kryptonite"
• A Perfect Circle – "Judith"
• AFI – "Medicate"
• Arctic Monkeys – "Brianstorm"
• 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"
• Blink-182 – "The Rock Show"
• Blur – "Song 2"
• Bob Dylan – "All Along the Watchtower"
• Bon Jovi – "You Give Love A Bad Name"
• Brand New – "Sowing Season"
• 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)"
• Dire Straits – "Sultans of Swing"
• 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"
• Iron Maiden – "2 Minutes to Midnight"
• Jeff Beck – "Scatterbrain"
• Jimmy Eat World – "Bleed American"
• John Mellencamp – "Hurts So Good"
• Johnny Cash – "Ring of Fire" *
• 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"
• Megadeth – "Sweating Bullets"
• Motley Crue – "Looks That Kill"
• Muse – "Plug in Baby" *
• My Morning Jacket – "One Big Holiday"
• Nirvana – "Lithium" *
• Nirvana – "Smells Like Teen Spirit" *
• No Doubt – "Ex-Girlfriend"
• Peter Frampton – "Do You Feel Like We Do (Live)"
• Public Enemy Featuring Zakk Wylde – "Bring the Noise 20xx"
• Queen & David Bowie – "Under Pressure"
• Queens Of The Stone Age – "Make it With Chu"
• Rammstein – "Du Hast"
• Rose Hill Drive – "Sneak Out"
• Rush – "The Spirit of Radio (Live, 2008)"
• 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"
• Stevie Wonder – "Superstition"
• Sublime – "What I Got"
• Sunny Day Real Estate – "Seven"
• T. Rex – "20th Century Boy"
• The Bronx – "Six Days a Week"
• The Derek Trucks Band – "Younk Funk"
• The Duke Spirit – "Send a Little Love Token"
• The Killers – "All the Pretty Faces"
• The Police – "So Lonely"
• The Raconteurs – "Steady As She Goes"
• The Rolling Stones – "Sympathy for the Devil"
• The Sword – "Maiden, Mother & Crone"
• The White Stripes – "Blue Orchid"
• Thin Lizzy – "Jailbreak"
• Thrice – "Deadbolt"
• Tom Petty – "Runnin’ Down a Dream"
• Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – "American Girl"
• TV On The Radio – "Wolf Like Me"
• Vampire Weekend – "A-Punk"
• Weezer – "Why Bother?"
• Wild Cherry – "Play That Funky Music"
• Wolfmother – "Back Round"

* = Artist’s first appearance in a Guitar Hero game

Source: Joystiq