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The Guitar Hero games have some truly excellent tracks in it, perfect for Rock Band (especially the first 2). A few rules - bonus songs are game but no DLC. Here's my favorites:

-15 Songs From Guitar Hero 1 We Need-
1. "Unsung" - Helmet
2. "Thunder Kiss '65" - White Zombie
3. "Ziggy Stardust" - David Bowie
4. "Killer Queen" - Queen
5. "Ace of Spades" - Motorhead
6. "Even Rats" - The Slip
7. "Take Me Out" - Franz Ferdinand
8. "Stellar" - Incubus (mostly for the drums)
9. "No One Knows" - Queens of the Stone Age
10. "Crossroads" - Cream
11. "Cowboys From Hell" - Pantera
12. "I Wanna Be Sedated" - The Ramones
13. "Infected" - Bad Religion
14. "Iron Man" - Black Sabbath
15. "Smoke On The Water" - Deep Purple

-15 Songs From GH 2 We Need-
1. "Carry On Wayward Son" - Kansas
2. "Freya" - The Sword
3. "Possum Kingdom" - The Toadies
4. "Stop" - Jane's Addiction
5. "Mother" - Danzig
6. "John The Fisherman" - Primus
7. "Trippin' On A Hole In A Paper Heart" - Stone Temple Pilots
8. "Bad Reputation" - Thin Lizzy
9. "Hush" - Deep Purple
10. "Institutionalized" - Suicidal Tendencies
11. "Can't You Hear Me Knockin" - The Rolling Stones
12. "Killing In the Name" - Rage Against the Machine
13. "Heart-Shaped Box" - Nirvana
14. "Search And Destroy" - Iggy Pop and the Stooges
15. "Who Was In My Room Last Night?" - Butthole Surfers

- Songs From GH 3 We Need-
1. "Cult of Personality" - Living Colour (By far my most wanted here)
2. "Even Flow" - Pearl Jam
3. "Helicopter" - Bloc Party
4. "Cities on Flame with Rock and Roll" - Blue Oyster Cult
5. "Bulls on Parade" - Rage Against The Machine
6. "My Name Is Jonas" - Weezer
7. "Suck My Kiss" - Red Hot Chili Peppers
8. "The Seeker" - The Who
9. "Paint It, Black" - Rolling Stones (overrated, but fun)
10. "One" - Metallica (mostly for the drums)
11. "Knights of Cydonia" - Muse
12. "Holiday in Cambodia" - Dead Kennedys
13. "Black Sunshine" - White Zombie
14. "Prayer of the Refugee" - Rise Against
15. "She Bangs the Drums" - The Stone Roses

-15 Songs We Need From The *Other* Guitar Hero Games- (culled from Rocks the 80s and : Aerosmith)
1. "Los Angeles" - X
2. "Only a Lad" - Oingo Boingo
3. "Holy Diver" - Dio
4. "All the Young Dudes" - Mott the Hoople
5. "All Day and All of the Night" - The Kinks
6. "Police Truck" - Dead Kennedys
7. "I Ran (So Far Away)" - A Flock of Seagulls
8. "Turning Japanese" - The Vapors
9. "Hold on Loosely" - .38 Special
10. "Lonely Is The Night" - Billy Squier
11. "18 and Life" - Skid Row
12. "Seventeen" - Winger
13. "Play With Me" - Extreme
14. "Personality Crisis" - New York Dolls
15. "Sweet Emotion" - Possibly the only Aerosmith song I find decent

Tuesday, May 27, 2008

-5 Bands Already In the Game We Need DLC For-
1. Soundgarden
2. Foo Fighters
3. Red Hot Chili Peppers
4. Deep Purple
5. Blue Oyster Cult

-5 Bands Already In the Game We Need More Of!-
1. The Clash - London Calling full album
2. Radiohead - The Bends, OK Computer full album
3. Queens of the Stone Age - tracks from Songs for the Deaf, "Make It Wit Chu" from Era Vulgaris
4. David Bowie!
5. Smashing Pumpkins - More singles!

-5 Bands That Would Make Really Good PR-
1. The Beatles
2. AC/DC
3. Van Halen
4. U2
5. Bruce Springsteen & The E-Street Band

-5 Classic Bands We Need-
1. Led Zeppelin - A no-brainer
2. Pink Floyd
3. Jimi Hendrix
4. Iggy Pop & the Stooges
5. Queen

-5 Almost-Classic Bands We Need-
1. Alice In Chains
2. Guns N Roses
3. Tool
4. Pearl Jam
5. Rage Against The Machine

-5 Newish Bands We Need-
1. Interpol
2. A Perfect Circle
3. Modest Mouse
4. At The Drive-In/The Mars Volta/Sparta
5. The White Stripes

-... and 5 Really Recent Bands"
1. Mastodon
2. Minus The Bear
3. TV On the Radio
4. The Arcade Fire
5. Black Lips

-5 Random Bands That Will Probably Never Happen-
1. The Sugarcubes (Bjork's late-80's rock band before going solo)
2. Elvis Costello and The Attractions
3. The Flaming Lips
4. Pavement
5. Sleater-Kinney

-5 Singles-
1. "I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor" - Arctic Monkeys
2. "Cannonball" - The Breeders
3. "Aqualung" - Jethro Thull
4. "One Big Holiday" - My Morning Jacket
5. "Marquee Moon" - Television

-5 Bands I Love or Hate, But Would Buy Just To Play the Drums-
1. Incubus - Jose Pasillas is a subtle genius
2. Primus - Tim Alexander, probably some sort of demigod
3. Third Eye Blind - Yes, easy to hate but the drumming is great, particularly on the underrated and overlooked second album
4. Dave Matthews Band - Particularly great drumming from Carter Beauford
5. P.O.D. - An often hokey band, imo, but their drummer ("Wuv") knows his stuff

Monday, May 26, 2008