At the 2008 E3 Media & Business Summit, Harmonix, MTV Games and EA revealed the song list for the eagerly awaited Rock Band 2.  The game will include over 100 songs.  80 songs will be included on disc plus an additional 20 bonus tracks will be made available to download for free!

          Rock Band 2 will feature backwards compatibility with all Rock Band downloadable music released to date.  And not only that, but owners of the original Rock Band will be able to upgrade the Rock Band disc tracks into Rock Band 2 gameplay.  This is the first time ever that this has been accomplished in videogame history, but once a good ideas out, there’s sure to be others copy-catting the success.

With the continual weekly releases of new tracks being added to the Rock Band music library, by the end of the year it will feature more than 500 songs!

          “With Rock Band, Harmonix and MTV Games set out to create a powerful music platform for music fans, their friends and families to discover music in a way unlike ever before,” said Paul DeGooyer, SVP Electronic Games and Music, MTV. “We are honored that such legendary artists as AC/DC, Guns N’ Roses, Bob Dylan and more have chosen Rock Band 2 as a new platform for fans to experience their music. As our catalog of disc and downloadable songs continues to grow, we are determined to continue to provide the Rock Band community an unmatched ability to customize their musical experience with the artists and songs they love.”

          Rock Band 2 will be making its debut on the Xbox 360 from September and have an exclusive launch window in North America.  Rock Band 2 will be available for the PLAYSTATION® 3 and PlayStation® 2 computer entertainment systems and Wii™ later on.

Rock Band 2 On-Disc Track List:

1960s

Norman Greenbaum “Spirit in the Sky”.

1970s

AC/DC “Let There Be Rock”, Allman Brothers “Ramblin’ Man”, Bad Company “Shooting Star”, Bob Dylan “Tangled Up in Blue”, Blondie “One Way or Another”, Cheap Trick “Hello There”, Elvis Costello “Pump It Up”, Fleetwood Mac “Go Your Own Way”, Journey “Anyway You Want It”, Jethro Tull “Aqualung”, Kansas “Carry On Wayward Son”, Rush “The Trees”, Steely Dan “Bodhitsattva”, Squeeze “Cool for Cats”, Steve Miller Band “Rock’n Me”, Talking Heads “Psycho Killer”, The Guess Who “American Woman”.

1980s

Billy Idol “White Wedding Pt. I”, Bon Jovi “Livin’ on a Prayer”, Devo “Uncontrollable Urge”, Duran Duran “Hungry Like the Wolf”, Sonic Youth “Teenage Riot”, Jane’s Addiction “Mountain Song”, Joan Jett “Bad Reputation”, Megadeth “Peace Sells”, Metallica “Battery”, Motorhead “Ace of Spades”, Ratt “Round & Round”, Survivor “Eye of the Tiger”, The Go-Go’s “We Got the Beat”, The Grateful Dead “Alabama Getaway”, The Who “Pinball Wizard”, The Replacements “Alex Chilton”.

1990s

Alanis Morissette “You Oughta Know”, Alice in Chains “Man in the Box”, Beastie Boys “So Whatcha Want”, Bikini Kill “Rebel Girl”, Dinosaur Jr. “Feel the Pain”, Foo Fighters “Everlong”, Judas Priest “Painkiller”, L7 “Pretend We’re Dead”, Lush “De-Luxe”, Lit “My Own Worst Enemy”, Mighty Mighty Bosstones “Where’d You Go”, Nirvana “Drain You”, Pearl Jam “Alive”, Presidents of the USA “Lump”, Rage Against the Machine “Testify”, Red Hot Chili Peppers “Give it Away”, Smashing Pumpkins “Today”, Social Distortion “I Was Wrong”, Soundgarden “Spoonman”, Testament “Souls of Black” 1990’s, The Muffs “Kids in America” 1990’s, The Offspring “Come Out & Play (Keep ‘em Separated)”.

2000s

AFI “Girl’s Gone Grey”, Avenged Sevenfold “Almost Easy”, Beck “E-Pro”, Disturbed “Down with the Sickness”, Dream Theater “Panic Attack”, Guns N’ Roses “Shackler’s Revenge”, Jimmy Eat World “The Middle”, Lacuna Coil “Our Truth”, Linkin Park “One Step Closer”, Mastodon “Colony of Birchmen”, Panic at the Disco “Nine in the Afternoon”, Paramore “That’s What You Get”, Rise Against “Give it All”, Silversun Pickups “Lazy Eye”, Tenacious D “Master Exploder”, The Donnas “New Kid in School”, Abnormality “Visions”, Anarchy Club “Get Clean”, Bang Camaro “Night Lies”, Breaking Wheel “Shoulder to the Plow”, The Libyans “Neighborhood”, The Main Drag “A Jagged Gorgeous Winter”, Speck “Conventional Lover”, The Sterns “Supreme Girl”, That Handsome Devil “Rob the Prez-O-Dent”, Interpol “PDA”, Modest Mouse “Float On”, System of a Down “Chop Suey”.