The idea of Rock Band used to irk me. Why spend $200 bucks for a set of plastic, fake instruments, when a Fender Squier costs less than that? The loss of future musicians must be paramount, right? Then I played the game. Then I felt like an asshole. There’s nothing more surreal and inviting than feeling like drummer Stewart Copeland while “jamming” out on songs “Can’t Stand Losing You” or “Roxanne”, preferably late in the night and usually shirtless.

So, the idea of channeling both Paul Westerberg and J. Mascis sounds even better!

The official, full track list was released this morning at E3, which is the equivalent of Comic Con to video game nerds alike. On first glance, this is easily one of the greatest things to happen to console players everywhere, well maybe not, but definitely for music loving, console players. I still can’t believe the track list, which includes everything from Dinosaur Jr. to The Replacements, Smashing Pumpkins to Beck. Oh, did I mention that a brand, spankin new Guns N’ Roses song, “Shackler’s Revenge”, will debut on the game, too?

Check it out yourself, sucka…

Rock Band 2 Track List

1. AC/DC - “Let There Be Rock”
2. AFI - “Girl’s Gone Grey”
3. Alanis Morissette - “You Oughta Know”
4. Alice in Chains - “Man in the Box”
5. Allman Brothers - “Ramblin’ Man”
6. Avenged Sevenfold - “Almost Easy”
7. Bad Company - “Shooting Star”
8. Beastie Boys - “So Whatcha Want”
9. Beck - “E-Pro”
10. Bikini Kill - “Rebel Girl”
11. Billy Idol - “White Wedding Pt. I”
12. Blondie - “One Way or Another”
13. Bob Dylan - “Tangled Up in Blue”
14. Bon Jovi - “Livin’ on a Prayer”
15. Cheap Trick - “Hello There”
16. Devo - “Uncontrollable Urge”
17. Dinosaur Jr. - “Feel the Pain”
18. Disturbed - “Down with the Sickness”
19. Dream Theater - “Panic Attack”
20. Duran Duran - “Hungry Like the Wolf”
21. Elvis Costello - “Pump It Up”
22. Fleetwood Mac - “Go Your Own Way”
23. Foo Fighters - “Everlong”
24. Guns N’ Roses - “Shackler’s Revenge”
25. Interpol - “PDA”
26. Jane’s Addiction - “Mountain Song”
27. Jethro Tull - “Aqualung”
28. Jimmy Eat World - “The Middle”
29. Joan Jett - “Bad Reputation”
30. Journey - “Anyway You Want It”
31. Judas Priest - “Painkiller”
32. Kansas - “Carry On Wayward Son”
33. L7 - “Pretend We’re Dead”
34. Lacuna Coil - “Our Truth”
35. Linkin Park - “One Step Closer”
36. Lit - “My Own Worst Enemy”
37. Lush - “De-Luxe”
38. Mastodon - “Colony of Birchmen”
39. Megadeth - “Peace Sells”
40. Metallica - “Battery”
41. Mighty Mighty Bosstones - “Where’d You Go”
42. Modest Mouse - “Float On”
43. Motorhead - “Ace of Spades”
44. Nirvana - “Drain You”
45. Norman Greenbaum - “Spirit in the Sky”
46. Panic at the Disco - “Nine in the Afternoon”
47. Paramore - “That’s What You Get”
48. Pearl Jam - “Alive”
49. Presidents of the USA - “Lump”
50. Rage Against the Machine - “Testify”
51. Ratt - “Round & Round”
52. Red Hot Chili Peppers - “Give it Away”
53. Rise Against - “Give it All”
54. Rush - “The Trees”
55. Silversun Pickups - “Lazy Eye”
56. Smashing Pumpkins - “Today”
57. Social Distortion - “I Was Wrong”
58. Sonic Youth - “Teenage Riot”
59. Soundgarden - “Spoonman”
60. Squeeze - “Cool for Cats”
61. Steely Dan - “Bodhitsattya”
62. Steve Miller Band - “Rock’n Me”
63. Survivor - “Eye of the Tiger”
64. System of a Down - “Chop Suey”
65. Talking Heads - “Psycho Killer”
66. Tenacious D - “Master Exploder”
67. Testament - “Souls of Black”
68. The Donnas - “New Kid in School”
69. The Go-Go’s - “We Got the Beat”
70. The Grateful Dead - “Alabama Getaway”
71. The Guess Who - “American Woman”
72. The Muffs - “Kids in America”
73. The Offspring - “Come Out & Play (Keep ‘em Separated)”
74. The Replacements - “Alex Chilton”
75. The Who - “Pinball Wizard”

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While pasting it on, I noticed Alanis Morrissette too! Thank God, now all those helpless, dramatic nights can be spent singing into a microphone, pantless, and possibly inebriated. Dave Coulier, watch out!

Rock Band II is slated for release on XBOX 360 and Playstation 3 in September.

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