Activision Announces Complete List of Artists and Bands in Guitar Hero 5

It’s quite a long and impressive list…

With some of the biggest rock artists and most prolific bands of all time, Guitar Hero® 5 is tuned for the ultimate shredfest as players prepare to join together and rock any way they want, with any combination of instrument controllers. Guitar Hero 5 features the most diversified set list to date, comprised of songs from some of the hottest bands of today to all-time favorite classic anthems, with music from a variety of genres including hard rock, classic rock, indie rock, metal and more. Get ready to shred, drum and wail with any in-game instrument combination as Guitar Hero announces the full list of artists and bands that will be offering up some of their greatest works to living room rockers everywhere.

The complete list of artists and bands to be featured in Guitar Hero 5 when it hits store shelves on September 1, 2009 will include songs from:

3 Doors Down

A Perfect Circle

AFI

Attack! Attack!

Band Of Horses

Beastie Boys

Beck

Billy Idol

Billy Squier

Blink-182

Blur

Bob Dylan

Bon Jovi

Brand New

Bush

Children of Bodom

Coldplay

Darker My Love

Darkest Hour

David Bowie

Deep Purple

Dire Straits

Duran Duran

Eagles Of Death Metal

Elliott Smith

Elton John

Face to Face

Garbage

Gorillaz

Gov’t Mule

Grand Funk Railroad

Iggy Pop

Iron Maiden

Jeff Beck

Jimmy Eat World

John Mellencamp

Johnny Cash

Kaiser Chiefs

King Crimson

Kings Of Leon

Kiss

Love and Rockets

Megadeth

Mötley Crüe

Muse

My Morning Jacket

Nirvana

No Doubt

Peter Frampton

Public Enemy Featuring Zakk Wylde

Queen & David Bowie

Queens Of The Stone Age

Rammstein

Rose Hill Drive

Rush

Santana

Scars On Broadway

Screaming Trees

Smashing Pumpkins

Sonic Youth

Spacehog

Stevie Wonder

Sublime

Sunny Day Real Estate

T. Rex

The Bronx

The Derek Trucks Band

The Duke Spirit

The Killers

The Police

The Raconteurs

The Rolling Stones

The Sword

The White Stripes

Thin Lizzy

Thrice

Tom Petty

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

TV On The Radio

Vampire Weekend

Weezer

Wild Cherry

Wolfmother