Bon Jovi and others confirmed for Rock Band 2

by Chris Greenhough { Jul 11th 2008 at 4:15PM }

Soft rock god and midget Bon Jovi is amongst the latest group of artists confirmed to appear in Rock Band 2. Game Informer magazine identified seven new tracks from the instrument fest, finally confirming what we all suspected: that the "leaked" video from earlier in the week was a fake. One piece of speculation that doesn't look fake is an earlier list of rumored tracks, many of which match up to the latest official batch. And here they are, along with their YouTube links:

"Livin' on a Prayer" by Bon Jovi
"Rock 'n Me" by Steve Miller Band
"Testify" by Rage Against The Machine
"White Wedding Pt. 1" by Billy Idol
"Bad Reputation" by Joan Jett
"Almost Easy" by Avenged Sevenfold
"I Was Wrong" by Social Distortion

Game Informer also reveals that the drum kit has been tweaked (to incorporate expansion slots for cymbals, velocity-sensitive pads, and a sturdier, reinforced drum pedal), and that Harmonix will release a deluxe drum kit which can double up as real electronic drums when you're not playing the game. There will also be quieter buttons on the guitar, a "less squishy" strum bar, and a mode that lets players listen to their performances. Hopefully all of this applies to the Wii version!

Hold your lighter aloft and sway past the break for a full list of Rock Band 2's confirmed (and rumored) tracklist to date.

"White Wedding Pt. 1" by Billy Idol
"Bad Reputation" by Joan Jett
"Testify" by Rage Against The Machine
"Pump It Up" by Elvis Costello
"Panic Attack" by Dream Theater
"Chop Suey" by System of a Down
"Give It Away" by Red Hot Chili Peppers
"Everlong" by Foo Fighters
"Kids in America" by Kim Wilde
"Ace of Spades" by Motorhead
"Hello There" by Cheap Trick
"Any Way You Want It" by Journey
"Pinball Wizard" by The Who
"Livin' on a Prayer" by Bon Jovi
"Rock 'n Me" by Steve Miller Band
"Almost Easy" by Avenged Sevenfold
"I Was Wrong" by Social Distortion
"Man in the Box" by Alice in Chains *
"We Got The Beat" by The Go Go *
"American Woman" by The Guess Who or Lenny Kravitz *
"Aqua Lung" by Jethro Tull *
"One Step Closer" by Linkin Park *
"Peace Sells" by Megadeth *
"You Oughta Know" by Alanis Morissette *
"Spoonman" by Soundgarden *

* Currently still only rumored -- head here for more details.

[Via Go Nintendo]

Tags: bon-jovi, ea, harmonix, music, noooooo, rhythm, rock-band, rock-band-2

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

nnahas @ Jul 11th 2008 5:03PM

Those are some pretty nice features for a game I'm not going to buy at all. I'll stick to the amazing sound tracks Guitar Hero will probably offer. Rock Band was extremely disappointing to me in terms of soundtrack. Looks like it still is.

Matt B @ Jul 11th 2008 5:36PM

Yeah, definitely color me meh about this. The tracklist is nothing to get excited about (other than a few songs, Give it Away and White Wedding really). The drums don't sound like much of an upgrade, except for copying Activision. And who knows how much of this applies to the Wii version anyway? Screw it, I'm getting GH:WT. I'm definitely glad I didn't pick up Rock Band for the Wii, since the next version won't be any better anyway. I can save my money for a company who actually cares about the Wii.