5 October 2006
Ferry

Guitar Hero II 38 (new) songs revealed by MTV!

MTV’s Overdrive game site show G-Hole got a preview of Guitar Hero II for the PS2, which is due November 7th in the U.S. It looks like MTV wasn’t supposed to share nearly all the song names they saw though, and probably after a firm warning from developer Harmonix, they were quick to remove/sensor all the new Guitar Hero II songs from the video. Lucky for us, Guitar Hero II forumer Rhino4evr wrote all the new song (making a total of 38 songs out of 55 now!) names down and guessed the most likely artists. List here!

Opening Licks:
Strutter - Kiss
Mother - Danzig
Monkey Wrench - Foo Fighters
Shout At The Devil - Motley Crue
Tonight I’m Gonna Rock You Tonight - Spinal Tap

Amp-Warmers:
Heart Shaped Box - Nirvana
Message In A Bottle - Police
Woman - Wolfmother
You Really Got Me - Van Halen (Kinks)
Carry On Wayward Son - Kansas

String Snappers:
Surrender - Cheap Trick
Them Bones - Alice in Chains
Search and Destroy - Stooges
Tattooed Love Boys - The Pretenders
War Pigs - Sabbath

Thrash and Burn:
Cherry Pie - Warrant
Who Was In My Room Last Night - Butthole Surfers
Girlfriend - Mathew Sweet
Can’t You Hear Me Knocking - Rolling Stones
Sweet Child of Mine - Guns and Roses

Return of the Shred:
Killing In The Name - Rage Against The Machine
John The Fisherman - Primus
Freya - The Sword
Bad Reputation - Thin Lizzy
Jessica - Allman Brothers

Relentless Riffs:
Crazy On You - Heart
Trippin On A Hole In A Paper Heart - Stone Temple Pilots
Rock This Town - Stray Cays
Last Child - Aerosmith
Stop - Jane’s Addiction

Furious Fretwork:
Madhouse - Antrhax

Already confirmed songs:
Hangar 18 - Megadeth
Laid to Rest - Lamb of God
Miserlou - Dick Dale
Beast and the Harlot - Avenged Sevenfold
Freebird - Lynard Skynard
YYZ - Rush
Psychobilly Freakout - Rev Horton Heat

That’s 38 Songs announced. There are only supposed to be 40 liscensed songs, plus 15 bonus songs. That only leaves two songs left to be announced.

Update: Thanks for all your additions folks, you rock!

6 October 2006 09:31
Chuy

For those arguing who’s version of which songs they’ll be using… please be aware that every song on GH1 was a _COVER_. No original material was used in the game.

6 October 2006 11:26
Barfo

I read a blog by the guy who was the bassist for GH2 (recording the covers), and he talks about how great it was to get to cover Flea. So unless another Red Hot Chili Peppers is one of the two unannounced tracks, its probably a cover of the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ version of Search and Destroy, not the Stooges.

6 October 2006 12:02
dj

A bunch of good ones on the list so far, and yeah i’m really glad to see some ratm on there too…one of the greatest bands of all time.

6 October 2006 12:14
Andy Bates

Chuy, about the songs being covers: At least one group (Primus) allowed their original recording to be used for Guitar Hero II, and I think I heard that at least one other group did as well, although I can’t remember who it is offhand.

6 October 2006 12:19
DensityDuck

“For those arguing who’s version of which songs they’ll be using… please be aware that every song on GH1 was a _COVER_. No original material was used in the game. ”

Well yes, but there are covers and there are covers. I’m assuming that the songs in GH2 will be as close to note-for-note as the cover band can get, rather than “interpretations”.

6 October 2006 13:06
docrmc

Woman is by Wolfmother, and recently. I seriously doubt someone has remade that.

The Beast and the _Harlot_ is Aveneged Sevenfold.

Jane’s Addiction is pretty distinct.. there shouldn’t be a question of ‘Stop’

How does one confuse Matthew Sweet and The Darkness?

I could go on about the corrections, but, man… read what you’ve written before posting. Van Halan???

6 October 2006 13:09
kenman

sweeeeeet… laid to rest by lamb of god… super sweeeeeet…

6 October 2006 13:31
yellowcow

“How does one confuse Matthew Sweet and The Darkness?”

Maybe when you only know the song title? Just a guess. Also why the OP wasn’t sure of the Wolfmother song. Also don’t go all english teacher on someone if you’re just going to put commas BEFORE AND AFTER the word “but”.

6 October 2006 14:16
Rankenphile

The song/artist listed as “Freya - Sword” should be the other way around. Freya is the artist, not the song title, and vice versa. They play crazy epic metal, which should be exciting.

Now where the hell is my Iron Maiden?!?

6 October 2006 14:58
Hologram

“The song/artist listed as “Freya - Sword” should be the other way around. Freya is the artist, not the song title, and vice versa.”

Actually, there is a band called The Sword and they have a song named Freya on their album Age of Winters. Very cool band with good riffs, so I can easily see their songs being used for this game.