A rifflord’s bonanza of new songs have been added to the increasingly monster playlist for the new Guitar Hero Live game, including two by Australian artists.
Now-disbanded Aussie rockers Jet have made the cut with Are You Gonna Be My Girl?, alongside Melbourne songstress Courtney Barnett and the deadpan stylings of her Pedestrian At Best.
Barnett is the latest in a long line of eclectic additions to the revamped Guitar Hero playlist which, on top of more traditional riff-driven rock and metal acts like Judas Priest, Pantera and System Of A Down, also features the likes of Skrillex and The Lumineers.
Jet and Barnett aren’t the first Aussies to get the Guitar Hero treatment, either, with fellow homegrown heroes Wolfmother and Angus & Julia Stone featuring in the last round of inclusions.
The updated list now features songs from White Zombie, Korn, Rage Against the Machine, ZZ Top, Red Hot Chili Peppers and The Strokes, alongside Calvin Harris, Bruno Mars and Carrie Underwood (yep, that country singer who won the fourth season of American Idol).
Purists who feel dismayed by the strange new additions to the Guitar Hero world can rest assured that the rest of the playlist reads like a Soundwave best-of.
According to Rock Sound, those who pre-order the game will even be treated to three exclusive new songs by SW13 headliners, Avenged Sevenfold.
Guitar Hero Live will also feature a bunch of new upgrades when it’s released on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, Xbox One, Xbox 360, Wii U and mobile this December. View the soundtrack and its new additions, below.
Watch: Courtney Barnett – Pedestrian At Best
Watch: Jet – Are You Gonna Be My Girl
Guitar Hero Live – Soundtrack Additions
White Zombie – Thunder Kiss ’65
Korn – Freak On A Leash
Rage Against The Machine – Bulls On Parade
Judas Priest – Breaking The Law
ZZ Top – I Gotsa Get Paid
Green Day – American Idiot
Red Hot Chili Peppers – Higher Ground
Iggy Pop – Lust For Life
Jet – Are You Gonna Be My Girl?
Bruno Mars – The Lazy Song
Carrie Underwood – Before He Cheats
The Strokes – Under Cover Of Darkness
Bob Dylan – Thunder On The Mountain
Biffy Clyro – Sounds Like Balloons
American Authors – Best Day Of My Life
Band Of Skulls – Asleep At The Wheel
Dum Dum Girls – Rimbaud Eyes
Calvin Harris – Feels So Close
Courtney Barnett – ‘Pedestrian At Best’
The Avett Brothers – Another Is Waiting
Kongos – Come With Me Now
Jake Bugg – What Doesn’t Kill You
Joining…
Angus & Julia Stone – A Heartbreak
Wolfmother – Sundial
Queen – Tie Your Mother Down
Alice In Chains – Stone
Bullet For My Valentine – Temper Temper
Deap Vally – Lies
Weezer – Buddy Holly
Catfish and the Bottlemen – Kathleen
Neon Trees – Everybody Talks
New Politics – Harlem
Royal Blood – Little Monster
Marilyn Manson – Disposable Teens
Killswitch Engage – In Due Time
Marmozets – Move Shake Hide
Of Mice & Men – “Bones Exposed”
Deftones – Diamond Eyes
Vista Chino – Sweet Remain
Bring Me the Horizon – Shadow Moses
Mastodon – High Road
Trivium – Strife
The Black Keys – Gold On The Ceiling
Blitz Kids – Sometimes
Ed Sheeran – Sing
Fall Out Boy – My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up)
Gary Clark, Jr. – Don’t Owe You a Thang
Green Day – Nuclear Family
The Killers – When You Were Young
The Lumineers – Ho Hey
My Chemical Romance – Na Na Na
Pierce the Veil – King for a Day (feat. Kellin Quinn)
The Rolling Stones – Paint It, Black
Skrillex – Bangarang
The War On Drugs – Under the Pressure
Black Veil Brides – In The End
Rage Against the Machine – Guerrilla Radio
Judas Priest – Breaking the Law
Pantera – Cowboys From Hell
Sleigh Bells – Bitter Rivals
System of a Down – Chop Suey!
Alter Bridge – Cry of Achilles
Alt-J – Left Hand Free
Broken Bells – Leave It Alone
Red Hot Chili Peppers – Higher Ground
The Pretty Reckless – Going to Hell
