Serious recommendations

[downtown11]

I'm hoping that this doesn't get lost in the multitude of playlist recommendations...these songs would be a blast to play and sing:

The Arcade Fire - No Cars Go
Broken Social Scene - Almost Crimes
Flogging Molly - Drunken Lullabies
Rocket From the Crypt - On a Rope
The Sounds - Song With a Mission
White Rose Movement - Love is a Number
Sloan - If it Feels Good Do It
Pixies - Bone Machine
Guano Apes - You Can't Stop Me
Refused - New Noise
Stars - Ageless Beauty
Viva Voce - Alive With Pleasure
Radiohead - Just
Big Sugar - The Scene
Led Zeppelin - Over the Hills and Far Away
AFI - Total Immortal
Stabbing westward - Save Yourself
Metric - Monster Hospital
The Distillers - City of Angels
Guided by Voices - Glad Girls
Live - I Alone
The New Pornographers - The Bleeding Heart Show

[parastroke7]

I've only heard of a few of those bands. I like when I see that, because I get tired of seeing the same bands over and over.

[MrGrieves]

Any setlist that features the Pixies, Arcade Fire and Radiohead is fine by me.

[Monsterpoptart]

I havent heard of basically any of those bands, but the ones i have heard of are good.

[karlkaza]

blink-182??
angels and airwaves???

[Coldplayer]

Oh my god! You suggested Stars!! Awesome!! I love them! (The rest is nice too!)

[NutJobJim]

Haven't heard of all of those bands but I really like The Arcade Fire, Broken Social Scene, Pixies, Radiohead, Led Zeppelin, and Stabbing Westward. I'll make sure I check out some of the other bands on your list. From what I can tell it looks like you’ve got a nice variety of different styles and genres in the list which is always nice to see.

[army_of_me]

The Arcade Fire, Broken Social Scene, Pixies, Refused, Stars, Metric, The New Pornographers...

Nice!

[newwaytodie]

Careful, some people here are pretty serious about hating AFI.

[DrHandsome]

Wow, I leave for a week or two and someone else suggests not only Viva Voce but Alive With Pleasure?? Excellent band and excellent track. And I doubt it'd be hard to aquire the rights considering the band is on a relatively small label, the duo seems pretty friendly, and they would probably be psyched to get this kind of exposure.

From the Devil Himself is also a great song (in general and to include in Rockband).

[WingsOfSteel]

Careful, some people here are pretty serious about hating AFI.

Personally, I checked out Miss Murder with a completely open mind when I heard it announced for GH3, and I hated it and I hated the guitar.

Total Immortal is the second AFI song I've checked out (with a slightly less open mind), and it's pretty good. I wouldn't mind seeing it in Rock Band. (Except the vocalist is kind of annoying.) It especially has some bass that sounds very fun.

This raises the question: Is AFI a crappy band with one song I like, or a good band with at least one bafflingly popular single that I can't stand?

[Toneman]

AFI's old stuff > AFI's new stuff.

I suggest Raining Blood by Slayer if only for the opening rift alone.

[no_direction_home]

hahaha flogging molly i havnt heard them for ages

[downtown11]

AFI was a good punk band in their early days, peaking on the album The Art of Drowning...everything they've done since then has gone progressively downhill. Another decent song to check out is Sacrifice Theory off their Art of Drowning album. If you dig that song, you'll like the album.

I really hope that the developers take a look at the indie labels for great bands. Licensing costs for the big labels must be ridiculous.

[Electric_Zen]

The New Pornographers - The Bleeding Heart Show

Yes, please.