With the release of Guitar Hero 5 only three months away,Activision has gone ahead and unveiled the game’s artist list on their official website. Boasting over 80 artists with more to come in downloadable content, it looks like consumers will get their money’s worth with this new installment.
Here is the full artist list:
- 3 Doors Down
- A Perfect CircleAFIArctic Monkeys
- Attack! Attack!
- Band Of Horses
- Beastie Boys
- Beck
- Billy Idol
- Billy Squier
- Blink-182
- Blur
- Bob Dylan
- Bon Jovi
- Brand New
- Bush
- Children Of Bodom
- Coldplay
- Darker My Love
- Darkest Hour
- David Bowie
- Deep Purple
- Dire Straits
- Duran Duran
- Eagles Of Death Metal
- Elliott Smith
- Elton John
- Face To Face
- Garbage
- Gorillaz
- Gov’t Mule
- Grand Funk Railroad
- Iggy Pop
- Iron Maiden
- Jeff Beck
- Jimmy Eat World
- John Mellencamp
- Johnny Cash
- Kaiser Chiefs
- King Crimson
- Kings Of Leon
- Kiss
- Love and Rockets
- Megadeth
- Mötley Crüe
- Muse
- My Morning Jacket
- Nirvana
- No Doubt
- Peter Frampton
- Public Enemy Featuring Zakk Wylde
- Queen & David Bowie
- Queens Of The Stone Age
- Rammstein
- Rose Hill Drive
- Rush
- Santana
- Scars On Broadway
- Screaming Trees
- Smashing Pumpkins
- Sonic Youth
- Spacehog
- Stevie Wonder
- Sublime
- Sunny Day Real Estate
- T. Rex
- The Bronx
- The Derek Trucks Band
- The Duke Spirit
- The Killers
- The Police
- The Raconteurs
- The Rolling Stones
- The Sword
- The White Stripes
- Thin Lizzy
- Thrice
- Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
- TV On The Radio
- Vampire Weekend
- Weezer
- Wild Cherry
- Wolfmother
While Rock Band may already have Guitar Hero beat in terms of content, if we count all the downloadable tracks the popularity of the Guitar Hero franchise is nothing to be scoffed at. Guitar Hero 5 is set to release September 1st.
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