Your Guitar Hero/Rock Band Wishlist

[Hermiod]

Imagine for a moment you're in charge of the setlist for the next Rock Band/Guitar Hero or similar game. You've got a big budget to sign up tracks you think would suit the game - i.e. music you like but is also fun for someone to sing, play the guitar (lead and bass) and the drums.

The game has got to sell so you've also got to have a good mix of styles and periods too. It's okay to list songs that have been used in previous games.

My ideas:

"Heroes" - David Bowie
"Bat Country" - Avenged Sevenfold
"Live and Let Die" - Guns and Roses
"Fear of the Dark" - Iron Maiden
"Devoted" - Lacuna Coil
"Disposable Teens" - Marilyn Manson
"Frantic" - Metallica
"Cumin' Atcha Live" - Tesla
"The Howling" - Within Temptation (yes, Omnius, I had to get one in there )
"Your Time Has Come" - Audioslave
"City of Delusion" - Muse
"I'm Not Okay" - My Chemical Romance
"The Bitter End" - Placebo
"Clones" - Ash
"Have You Ever Seen the Rain" - Creedence Clearwater Revival (for the Stargate fans)
"I Ran (So Far Away)" - A Flock of Seagulls
"Who Invited You ?" - The Donnas
"Breakout" - Foo Fighters
"Mr. Brightside" - The Killers
"Faint" - Linkin Park (might be hard)
"Master Passion Greed" - Nightwish (again, one for the harder difficulty levels)
"Renegades of Funk" - Rage Against the Machine
"Pin" - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
"Just a Day" - Feeder (given the video, I'm sure a few other people would like this one too)

Obviously, anyone's list is going to be skewed towards their own tastes.

[Aragorn]

"Who Knew" by Pink
"Wherever You Will Go" by The Calling
"Let It Ride" by Bachman-Turner Overdrive
"Amanda" by Boston
"Bitch" by Meredith Brooks
"Cum On Feel the Noize" by Quiet Riot
"We're Not Gonna Take It" by Twisted Sister

[Hermiod]

Aragorn wrote:

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"We're Not Gonna Take It" by Twisted Sister

Good choice!

[CheapTrick]

"Photograph" by Def Leppard
"Keep On Runnin'" by Journey
"I Will Follow" by U2
"She's Tight" by Cheap Trick

[Chaos Descending]

"Night of the Living Dead" - The Misfits
"Twist of Cain" - Danzig
"Die Young" - Black Sabbath
"Painkiller" - Judas Priest
"Time" - Pink Floyd
"Astronomy" - Blue Oyster Cult
"I Walk The Line" - Johnny Cash

[firehawk12]

Having just grinded through Rock Band 2? Anything but Metal. Those god damned solos... On the flip side, since I'm a baby, more two chord punk!

[I am not Spock]

Bringeth on the metal!

Painkiller -Judas Priest
Ace of Spades- Motorhead
Heaven and Hell- Black Sabbath
Hallowed Be Thy Name- Iron Maiden
Metal Militia- Metallica
Madhouse- Anthrax
Angel of Death- Slayer
Communication Breakdown- Led Zeppelin
Highway to Hell- AC/DC

[Brikar99]

I picked several songs by some artists, but:

Metallica - "Master of Puppets", "Disposable Heroes", "Fuel", "No Leaf Clover"
Guns'n'Roses - "Welcome to the Jungle", "You Could Be Mine"
AC/DC - "Are You Ready" (All my other AC/DC needs will be satisfied with the upcoming expansion)
Bon Jovi - "Bad Medicine"
Lynyrd Skynyrd - "Freebird" (yeah... I know...), "Saturday Night Special"
Creedance Clearwater Revival - "Have You Ever Seen The Rain?", "Heard it Through the Grapevine", "Travelin' Band"
Ozzy Osbourne - "Crazy Train"
Led Zeppelin - "Good Times, Bad Times", "Achilles Last Stand"
Journey - "Don't Stop Believin'" (I mean, really, why ISN'T this already???), "Wheel in the Sky"
Megadeth - "Holy Wars... The Punishment is Due", "Countdown to Extinction"
Rolling Stones - "Street Fightin' Man", "Sympathy for the Devil"
Rage Against the Machine - "Calm Like a Bomb"

There's probably a lot more...

[I am not Spock]

Hermiod wrote:

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"Fear of the Dark" - Iron Maiden

Ooh, good choice! Sounds very climactic, like a final tier song.

[I am not Spock]

Brikar99 wrote:

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Led Zeppelin - "Achilles Last Stand"

Nice! I've wanted to play Achilles in Guitar Hero since the very first game. It's a lot more hard than Stairway to Heaven (too obvious) and belongs as a final tier track.

[Brikar99]

I am not Spock wrote:

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Nice! I've wanted to play Achilles in Guitar Hero since the very first game. It's a lot more hard than Stairway to Heaven (too obvious) and belongs as a final tier track.

Seriously! I generally play on hard or expert, but I know that's one of the tracks that would just be ridiculous... but awesome.

[Alidar Jarok]

With the emphasis on a complete band, I'm surprised they haven't had a Rancid song (playing Matt Freeman on bass would be a lot of fun). It would probably be something like Time Bomb or Ruby Soho, but Maxwell Murder would be a ton of fun (although really hard to sing).

[Rincewiend]

Well, just some ideas, some might already have appeared in either game but i'm not going to cross reference right now...
I'll start with some alternative/punk(according to itunes)

Badly Drawn Boy - Once Around The Block, Disillusion, Born In The U.K., The Time of Times
Barenaked Ladies - One Week, Pinch Me, Falling for the First Time
Blur - Coffee & TV, Song 2
Cake - The Distance, Short Skirt/Long Jacket
Coldplay - Clocks, Speed Of Sound
The Cranberries - Dreams, Salvation
Dogs Die in Hot Cars - GodHopping, Lounger
Foo Fighters - Monkey Wrench, Everlong, Breakout, Best Of You
Fountains Of Wayne - Stacey's Mom
The Fratelli's - Chelsea Dagger, Baby Fratelli, Mistress Mabel
Garbage - Queer, When I Grow Up, Shut Your Mouth
K's Choice - Believe
Kaiser Chiefs - I Predict a Riot, Ruby, The Angry Mob
Linkin Park - In The End, Breaking the Habit, Shadow Of The Day
Manic Street Preachers - La Tristesse Durera (Scream To A Sigh), Motorcycle Emptiness, Suicide Is Painless (Theme From MASH), Australia, You Stole The Sun From My Heart, Your Love Alone Is Not Enough, Autumnsong
Muse - Muscle Museum, Bliss, Plug In Baby, Time Is Running Out, Starlight, Map Of The Problematique
The Presidents Of The United States Of America - Lump, Tiki God, Jupiter, Tiny Explosions, Mixed Up S.O.B.
Reef - Place Your Hands, Set The Record Straight, Superhero
Super Furry Animals - Northern Lites, Do Or Die, (Drawing) Rings Around The World, Golden Retriever
Supergrass - Pumping On Your Stereo, Mary, Diamond Hoo Ha Man, Bad Blood
Weezer - Buddy Holly, Hash Pipe, Beverly Hills, This Is Such A Pity

[Starbreaker]

Suite Judy Blue Eyes!!

[IJD GAF]

Anything by the Fratellis
Let's do the Time Warp Again
The Touch