R.E.M., Nirvana, Coldplay, Interpol on New Guitar Hero
Hope you like Tool, 'cuz this thing's a veritable Home Depot (zing!). The full setlist for Guitar Hero World Tour, the fourth major installment in the carpal-tunnel-inducing joyride, has been announced, and it's a doozy. (Though not as much of a doozy as a certain competitor.-- Ed) 86 tracks-- master recordings, all-- will come with your copy of GHWT when it's released by Activision October 26.
Notable bands on the list include Dinosaur Jr., Interpol, Beastie Boys, Coldplay, Nirvana, Muse, Oasis, Modest Mouse, Interpol, the Mars Volta, Blondie, the Sex Pistols, At the Drive-In, R.E.M., and, yes, Tool. Lots of Tool. The part of us that checks out at 5 p.m. sure is stoked for the chance to play through Paramore's awesome "Misery Business".
But what about that new Smashing Pumpkins song "G.L.O.W." they're debuting through the game? You've gotta pay extra for it. The only Pumpkins song that's pre-loaded is "Today"; "G.L.O.W." will be available in a three-song expansion pack that also gets you "1979" and "The Everlasting Gaze". "Wordz Iz Cheap"; exclusive content, less so. Billy Corgan appears as a character in the game, as do Ted Nugent and Zakk Wylde.
World Tour is the first in the Guitar Hero series to feature not just a plastic guitar, but a drumset and microphone. (Just like that other game.) You can also battle other players live over the internet, as well as write and record your own music.
Guitar Hero World Tour setlist, alphabetically:
311: "Beautiful Disaster"
30 Seconds To Mars: "The Kill"
Airbourne: "Too Much Too Young"
The Allman Brothers Band: "Ramblin' Man"
Anouk: "Good God"
The Answer: "Never Too Late"
At The Drive-In: "One Armed Scissor"
Beastie Boys: "No Sleep Till Brooklyn"
Beatsteaks: "Hail to the Freaks"
Billy Idol: "Rebel Yell"
Black Label Society: "Stillborn"
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club: "Weapon of Choice"
blink-182: "Dammit"
Blondie: "One Way or Another"
Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band: "Hollywood Nights"
Bon Jovi: "Livin' on a Prayer"
Bullet For My Valentine: "Scream Aim Fire"
Coldplay: "Shiver"
Creedence Clearwater Revival: "Up Around the Bend"
The Cult: "Love Removal Machine"
Dinosaur Jr.: "Feel the Pain"
The Doors: "Love Me Two Times"
Dream Theater: "Pull Me Under"
The Eagles: "Hotel California"
The Enemy: "Aggro"
Filter: "Hey Man, Nice Shot"
Fleetwood Mac: "Go Your Own Way"
Foo Fighters: "Everlong"
The Guess Who: "American Woman"
Hush Puppies: "You're Gonna Say Yeah!"
Interpol: "Obstacle 1"
Jane's Addiction: "Mountain Song"
Jimi Hendrix: "Purple Haze (Live)"
Jimi Hendrix: "The Wind Cries Mary"
Jimmy Eat World: "The Middle"
Joe Satriani: "Satch Boogie"
Kent: "Vinternoll2"
KoRn: "Freak on a Leash"
Lacuna Coil: "Our Truth"
Lenny Kravitz: "Are You Gonna Go My Way"
Linkin Park: "What I've Done"
The Living End: "Prisoner of Society"
Los Lobos: "La Bamba"
Lost Prophets: "Rooftops (A Liberation Broadcast)"
Lynyrd Skynyrd: "Sweet Home Alabama (Live)"
Mars Volta: "L'Via L'Viaquez"
MC5's Wayne Kramer: "Kick out the Jams"
Metallica: "Trapped Under Ice"
Michael Jackson: "Beat It"
Modest Mouse: "Float On"
Motörhead: "Overkill"
Muse: "Assassin"
Negramaro: "Nuvole e Lenzuola"
Nirvana: "About a Girl (Unplugged)"
No Doubt: "Spiderwebs"
NOFX: "Soul Doubt"
Oasis: "Some Might Say"
Ozzy Osbourne: "Crazy Train"
Ozzy Osbourne: "Mr. Crowley"
Paramore: "Misery Business"
Pat Benatar: "Heartbreaker"
R.E.M.: "The One I Love"
Radio Futura: "Escuela De Calor"
Rise Against: "Re-Education Through Labor"
Sex Pistols: "Pretty Vacant"
Silversun Pickups: "Lazy Eye"
Smashing Pumpkins: "Today"
Steely Dan: "Do It Again"
Steve Miller Band: "The Joker"
Sting: "Demolition Man (Live)"
The Stone Roses: "Love Spreads"
Stuck in the Sound: "Toy Boy"
Sublime: "Santeria"
Survivor: "Eye of the Tiger"
System of a Down: "B.Y.O.B."
Ted Nugent: "Stranglehold"
Ted Nugent's Original Guitar Duel Recording
Tokio Hotel: "Monsoon"
Tool: "Parabola"
Tool: "Schism"
Tool: "Vicarious"
Trust: "Antisocial"
Van Halen: "Hot for Teacher"
Willie Nelson: "On the Road Again"
Wings: "Band on the Run"
Zakk Wylde's Original Guitar Duel Recording
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