Yes. It had to be done. A thread had to be started that brought up the single greatest dispute in the music game genre. Like previous disputes (Pirates or Ningas, Apple or PC, Communism or Capitalism, Union or Confederate, American or British) This is an epic question where everyone must choose sides (Okay, I guess you could ride the fence, but really!).

GH:WT has...

Sweet soundtrack:

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For those lazy people...

Are You Gonna Go My Way" - Lenny Kravitz
"Beat It" - Michael Jackson featuring Eddie Van Halen
"Bullet With Butterfly Wings" - Smashing Pumpkins
"Everlong" - Foo Fighters
"Hot for Teacher" - Van Halen
"I Can't Drive 55" - Sammy Hagar
"In the End" & "What i've Done" - Linkin Park
"Lazy Eye" - Silversun Pickups
"Light My Fire" & "Love Me Two Times" - The Doors
"Misery Business" - Paramore
"Never Too Late" - The Answer
"No Sleep till Brooklyn" - Beastie Boys
"Obstacle 1" - Interpol
"One Armed Scissor" - At the Drive-In
"Purple Haze (live)" & "The Wind Cries Mary" - Jimi Hendrix
"Rebel Yell" - Billy Idol
"Santeria" - Sublime
"Stranglehold" - Ted Nugent
"The Joker" - Steve Miller Band
"Crazy Train" & "Mr. Crowley" - Ozzy Osbourne
"Too Much, Too Young Too Fast" - Airbourne
"Weapon of Choice" - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
"Hollywood Nights" - Bob Seger
"Feel The Pain" - Dinosaur Jr.
"Eye of the Tiger" - Survivor
"Stillborn" - Black Label Society
"B.Y.O.B." - System of a Down
"Trapped Under Ice" - Metallica (Death Magnetic DLC as well)
"Hotel California" - The Eagles
"Dammit" - Blink 182
"About A Girl" - Nirvana
"Aggro" - The Enemy
"American Woman" - The Guess Who
"Float On" - Modest Mouse
"Livin' on a Prayer" - Bon Jovi
"Nuvole e Lenzuola" - Negramaro
"Overkill" - Motorhead
"Rooftops" - Lostprophets
"Some Might Say" - Oasis
"Up Around The Bend" - Creedence Clearwater Revival

Features...

Song creation - Create your own songs, play them, upload them, big whoop...


Rock Band 2

SweetER setlist...

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Once again for those lazy ones...

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 "Bodhitsattva"
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"

Bonus Songs
76. Abnormality "Visions"
77. Anarchy Club "Get Clean"
78. Bang Camaro "Night Lies"
79. Breaking Wheel "Shoulder to the Plow"
80. The Libyans "Neighborhood"
81. The Main Drag "A Jagged Gorgeous Winter"
82. Speck "Conventional Lover"
83. The Sterns "Supreme Girl"
84. That Handsome Devil "Rob the Prez-O-Dent"

Features:

Battle of the Bands, Online World tour, Drum Trainer, Jam over MP3 tracks from an Ipod or Zune (w00t!)

So what's your choice?

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MUSE = Amazing band = WIN!

I was never too big of a fan of rock band. I played everything on the game, but I just did not like it as much as Guitar Hero. Yes, I found the drums pretty cool, but they are pretty loud and its not really that realistic.

Yes, I know you can purchase extra cymbals for the drums when Rock Band 2 comes out, but its an extra fee. The only thing with the Guitar Hero set is that it was designed to feel more like a real drum set. What they really need to do, with both systems, it be able to move the bass pedal around more than just directly under the set. You leg hurts after a while, unless its just me, since I have a drum set and I am just used to the pedal being else where. They also need a double bass pedal, but that is just my own option I would prefer

Both systems do have a good set list. It seems though that Guitar Hero's would be more of an "unlimited" list, since you can create other songs, upload them, and download them.

Like every game it has its ups and downs, but I guess I just prefer the Guitar Hero series.

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Probably both.
I plan on buying Rock Band soon anyways, and since I'll have the drums then, all I'll need are the games.
Both have pretty sweet track lists with a few of the same songs.

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For me- neither- get a real guitar and learn an actual skill.

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Neither. Skate 2.

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Thornton to Heatley all day, every day.

Guitar Hero. I've only played guitar on Rock Band, so I'd say Guitar Hero is much better.

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I like the Guitar Hero guitars a lot better.

I'm planning on getting Guitar Hero for my Wii with my Christmas money.

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Intimidator Racing in to Carowinds 3/27/2010!

I read somewhere you can use the Guitar Hero III guitar with Rock Band. Or Slipknot just said that to get me excited for no good reason.

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You can! We have with our version. We don't have the Wii, but we do have the PS2 version. Though the older versions of GH don't work with the GH3 guitar, we found that out the hard way. Bastards.

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Real Guitar is way better
But Seriously Rock Band 2 if just for AC/DC's Let There Be Rock and Nirvana's Drain You.

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Try playing GH3 with a Wii remote if you want it to be more challenging. That's the way I have to do it because I personally don't have a guitar for it yet.(It's a long story)

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You see, my problem with GH is that they overchart the songs worse than crap. This makes me not like the song anymore cause it's not fun to play.

Look at Through The Fire And Flames on GH3, the intro...NOT GUITAR! They also chart the synth a lot in that song. Activision needs to realize that this is GUITAR Hero, so they should chart only GUITAR.

Rock Band does way better at this, considering the charts feel way more natural. The RB version of the following songs are way better on all instruments...

3's and 7's
Kool Thing
My Curse
Heir Kommt Alex
Number of the Beast
Reptilia
Sabotage
Peace of Mind
When You Were Young
Mississippi Queen
Paranoid

The best part is that Rock Band offers way more songs than GH, actually, more songs than the entire GH series has ever had (Yes, more than GH 1, 2, 80s, AND 3) put together

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MUSE = Amazing band = WIN!

You should do some research before saying that.

Rock Band came with a total of 58 tracks.
Rock Band Volume 1 Track Pack came with 20 songs.
Rock Band 2 has 84 songs, which includes the bonus songs. Add on the 20 more that is being released this fall that can be downloaded, that is 104 songs for the Rock Band 2.

58 + 20 + 104 = 182

Guitar Hero came with 47
Guitar Hero 2 came with 64
Guitar Hero: Rock The 80s came with 30
Guitar Hero 3 came with 74

47 + 64 + 30 + 74 = 215

That number does not include the 41 from the Aerosmith title released not to long ago and the 85 songs that will be released with Guitar Hero World Tour.


Overall, both games have a great set list. The ones posted for Guitar Hero in the 1st post is not the entire set list for the game. Its only 40 out of 85.

My girlfriend has Rock Band 2 pre-ordered and I have Guitar Hero pre-ordered. I just enjoy plying the games and the songs they offer.

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Your "research is very wrong. You missed the whopping 197 (will be 205 on Tuesday) songs available as DLC. On top of that, DLC is released every week, so that number will only grow

So thats 58(RB1)+197(DLC)+84(RB2)=approx. 340

Pwned! You should do some research befpre challenging what I already know lol

Here is the 197 songs to enlighten you...I'm sure there are many songs that you would like...

List of downloadable songs for the Rock Band series - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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MUSE = Amazing band = WIN!

I didn't really include any of the DLC since not everyone can Download the songs. I was pretty much going with what is available no matter what.

The song amounts are pretty much going to be even anyway since people are going to always be creating songs and having them available for download.

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I'll take an ES-335, a set of Tamas, and a fret less 5-string Jazz bass by Squire.

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There was an interesting article on CNN this week about Guitar Hero possibly being the savior of the rock industry. It made a good case for it. Basically a new generation is discovering these bands from the 70s and 80s because they are playing their songs in the games.

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No one I know "discovered" any classic bands by playing the games. If someone didn't know who these bands were before they played Guitar Hero then they've led a very sheltered life.

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Well it's like when The Sopranos had the Journey song "Don't stop believin'" on the final episode, sales on iTunes went through the roof for that song. Primarily people that purchase music online are 30 and younger I would guess. So it seems likely that many of the younger crowd wouldn't know a song such as Mama Kin by Aerosmith.

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Intimidator Racing in to Carowinds 3/27/2010!

Although I hate the people who just buy single songs on iTunes from Guitar Hero/Rock Band and listen to them. It is true. My 13 year old sister knows who Kansas, Guns N Roses, and Boston are now.

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As opposed to Brainpower, which of course is all guitar, right?

Any particular reason why GHWT (or Aerosmith, I guess, if you're gonna include 80s) isn't included in that?

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Let me tell you right now, that song creator is going to turn out to be crap, because this is all you're going to see when you go into GH Tunes... Crap like this...

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MUSE = Amazing band = WIN!

Yes, there are dumbasses out there wo will do nothing but create this crap, but I think you'd be suprised how many people still care about musicianship and the integrity of the game.

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Harmonix Just announced 7 albums that will be DLC in the coming weeks...

Moving Pictures - Rush

The Colour and Shape - Foo Fighters

Texas Flood - Stevie Ray Vaughn

Sugar Blood Sex Magik - Red Hot Chili Peppers

Janes Addiction - Nothing's Shocking

Megadeth - Peace Sells. . .But Who's Buying?

Best of No Doubt (Rock Band edition)

Pretty awesome if you ask me. Can't wait to play drums on Monkey Wrench and Suck My Kiss

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MUSE = Amazing band = WIN!

I'll have what he's having. Just add in a 6122-1959 and a D-28

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Don't think I'm some nerd who does nothing but play RB. I have a real band and play real guitar, real drums, real bass, and sometimes even real vocals! (That's not pretty). Anyway, GH is really pissing me off now, let me ask this...

Who would want multiple songs from a band as on-disc content? I think that's stupid, just release it as DLC.

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MUSE = Amazing band = WIN!

^Your opinion is rather biased I would say, considering you are an active member on the Rockband website(unless someone else is named xbadx1233 and is dying for some more Muse)Not that you aren't entitled to it. I just think it's biased.
I have both on reserve, but with school, college applications, band practice and piano practice for college auditions, I'm not sure if it's worth it considering how little I'll have to play. I still will, but not the 2+ hours I used to clock in daily(sad I know). But I will say a music based game is great. Sorry to all those who think it's time better spent on a real instrument. It's just a video game in the end that's supposed to be for fun, not as a substitute.

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^ For me, time spent on a real instrument is MUCH better. Your mileage may vary.

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Yes, it is biased. The thing I was trying to do though was to see what a community outside the Rock Band forums would think when they are given the choice between these two games. Yes. I will definetly play GH:WT, but it will probably be at a friend's house, and you know what? If it's really that good, I might try to cram another guitar and drumset into my basement. I, right now, am just not expecting the quality that Harmonix gives with RB in GH. I think the notecharts for all instruments will be designed to make things more difficult than they really should be (3's &7's would be a victim of this, for sure.)

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MUSE = Amazing band = WIN!

Rock Band 2 is now out for Xbox 360

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