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Activision unveils all Guitar Hero 5 artists

  • Posted May 30th, 2009 at 21:20 EDT by Eric Blattberg
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Activision today revealed all of Guitar Hero 5's artists on the game's official website. If we counted correctly, a rather impressive 83 bands and artists will appear on the game's disc, with weekly downloadable content adding more following the game's September 1, 2009 release. Over 30 of the artists have never been featured in Guitar Hero before.

Check out the entire list of artists below.

* 3 Doors Down
* A Perfect Circle
* AFI
* Arctic 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

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  1. IDgilly

    • 4:30pm EDT - May 30th, 2009

     thats quite a large list!............

  2. willisc89

    • 4:31pm EDT - May 30th, 2009

     hmmm, a perfect circle, cob, darkest hour and rammstein... I'm interested!

  3. Dave-The-Rave | Dave-The-Rave

    • 4:35pm EDT - May 30th, 2009

    and then the gazillion others in DLC..I hate these "games"

  4. hillybilly

    • 5:23pm EDT - May 30th, 2009

    Very nice collection, pretty much my line up of fave bands there :D

  5. Varsh | UK-Varsh

    • 5:41pm EDT - May 30th, 2009

    "Queen & David Bowie" <-- So obviously Under Pressure.

    There's going to be some fantastic songs in here, and finally Garbage, Bush, and more Smashing Pumpkins!

  6. SugarFree

    • 5:46pm EDT - May 30th, 2009

    Elton John? Stevie Wonder? do i smell a keyboard/piano peripheral

  7. aLterBridge

    • 5:59pm EDT - May 30th, 2009

    hey you missed out alter bridge which was the first one confirmed I thought

     

  8. yogosan

    • 6:19pm EDT - May 30th, 2009

    why cant they just release these as DLC? same thing, or am i missing something (i never touched these musical games)

  9. Sonan

    • 6:31pm EDT - May 30th, 2009

    A Perfect Circle and Rammstein? Yes please.

  10. Bigdoggy

    • 6:58pm EDT - May 30th, 2009

    it could easily be just another downloadable pack or packs.  Basically, since you can use your guitars from guitar hero 4 anyway.   what a stupid thing to make.

  11. XAversionX

    • 7:03pm EDT - May 30th, 2009

    Nice list: but why not just continue to update your previous games?

     

    The game really doesnt get MUCH better by the title, so this is just a pass for me.

  12. Kopkiwi

    • 8:02pm EDT - May 30th, 2009

     A Perfect Cirlce, HAS to be Judith. That would crank on GH. Potentional for some awesome songs on there if they don't stuff up.

  13. lordAlucard | sympozium_666

    • 8:35pm EDT - May 30th, 2009

    Its okay buts there's the horrible bands like Kaiser Chiefs, Vampire Weekend?? , Kings of Leon GOD SO MANY BORING BANDS. Again no Power Metal like Blind Guardian,Sonata Arctica, Dragonland and Rhapsody WHY? they obviously blow every band ever out of the water !

  14. ModernWarfare2

    • 10:53pm EDT - May 30th, 2009

    Most of the bands they stole from Rock Band...

  15. gallagator

    • 12:00am EDT - May 31st, 2009

     i like the list, seems pretty diverse. the best have got to be blink, peter frampton, santana and sublime.  

  16. theaface

    • 3:28am EDT - May 31st, 2009

    Some really good bands there. Fingers crossed they pick good tracks to match.

  17. vipergts2207

    • 4:27am EDT - May 31st, 2009

     I see a few newcomers to the video game world, Dire Straits, Johnny Cash, Peter Frampton, and Tom Petty. Awesome additions. Hopefully Rock Band gets them because I'm not buying GH. Heck, I haven't even played RB in months.

  18. bloodwarg

    • 5:41am EDT - May 31st, 2009

    no rise against!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :(

  19. TheStatic

    • 6:56am EDT - May 31st, 2009

    no slipknot no metallica no breaking benjamin and they add johnny cash this will not be a buy for me sorry

  20. Kopkiwi

    • 7:58am EDT - May 31st, 2009

     @14 '

     

    stole from RB? Seriously? What a stupid comment. Both have artists that are on each others list.

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