Guitar Hero 5: tracklist unveiled

Guitar Hero 5 is coming. And with just a couple of months to wait for that sharp new drum kit and the promise of some prime axe shredding, Activision has just handed over a list of killer tunes you’ll be able to rock out to. Read on to find out whether Guitar Hero 5 can indulge your inner rock god.

Guitar Hero 5 doesn’t look like its going to disappoint. The franchise’s fifth effort at make believe musical mayhem promises support for up to four (yes, four!) guitars, with a drop in, drop out party mode and maybe even a new drum kit.

But what about the most important thing of all? The tracks that’ll turn your front room into a beer–soaked scuzzy rock club (maybe). Well Guitar Hero 5 really does deliver.

The partial tracklist for Guitar Hero 5, just released by Activision, includes everything from Vampire Weekend’s A-Punk, the increasingly tiresome Sex On Fire by Kings of Leon and, brilliantly, David Bowie’s Fame. There’s even room for LA by Elliott Smith. Hats off to Activision for a truly killer leftfield choice.

Here’s the tracklist so far:

Band Of Horses – “Cigarettes, Wedding Bands” ?
Beastie Boys – “Gratitude”
Beck – “Gamma Ray”
Billy Squier – “Lonely Is The Night”
Blur – “Song 2″
Bob Dylan – “All Along The Watchtower”
Children Of Bodom – “Done With Everything, Die For Nothing”
Coldplay – “In My Place”
Darkest Hour – “Demon(s)”
David Bowie – “Fame”
Deep Purple – “Woman From Tokyo (‘99 Remix)”
Elliott Smith – “L.A.”
Iggy Pop – “Lust For Life (Live)”
Jeff Beck – “Scatterbrain (Live)”
John Mellencamp – “Hurts So Good”
Kings Of Leon – “Sex On Fire”
Queens Of The Stone Age – “Make It Wit Chu”
Rose Hill Drive – “Sneak Out” ?
Santana – “No One To Depend On (Live)”
The Bronx – “Six Days A Week” ?
Thrice – “Deadbolt”
Tom Petty – “Runnin’ Down A Dream”
Vampire Weekend – “A-Punk”
Wolfmother – “Back Round”

Out September | £TBC | Activision (via CVG)