Hello once again Rocksmith fans!
With the release of the second Foo Fighters DLC pack, the possibility of other artists on Rockmsith getting repeat DLC packs is becoming more of a certainty. Because we thought the internet really needed more top 10 lists, here are fifteen artists on Rocksmith that already have a 3, 4, or 5-song pack we think are most in need of another.
#10: Boston
While the Boston 3-Pack we got this past March did include two of their bigger hits, (“Don’t Look Back” and “Foreplay/Long Time”) material from most of the Don’t Look Back album as well as anything from Third Stage and beyond is completely absent from Rocksmith. Considering Tom Scholz’s fondness for acoustic interplay, long, challenging guitar solos and complex, groovy, driving basslines, more Boston would be great for any guitarist or bass guitarist looking for a real challenge.
Necessary songs:
It’s Easy
Amanda
Rock & Roll Band
Hollyann
Something About You
#9: Pearl Jam
More of one of grunge’s biggest critical darlings would be a very welcome addition in Rocksmith. The DLC we have from them so far wasn’t originally a “pack,” but two singles released in February 2012 and the single “Alive” from January of the following year, all three of which were eventually bundled together in a discounted 3-pack.
Necessary songs:
Even Flow
Just Breathe
Yellow Ledbetter
Save You
Sirens
#8: The Clash
Punk rock fans must be clamoring for more classic 70’s-era punk by now, so why not more Clash? They certainly have more than enough hits to quantify another pack.
Necessary songs:
Rock The Casbah
White Riot
Tommy Gun
Death or Glory
I Fought The Law
#7: Judas Priest
You may recall from my Legacy DLC review of the Judas Priest pack that, even though I am not much of a fan of heavy metal at all, Judas priest is a band I genuinely love, and is one of the very few metal bands I like to listen to on a regular basis. Since they have quite an extensive catalog ranging from hard rock to speed metal, more Judas Priest would be great for any guitarist.
Necessary songs:
Hell Bent For Leather
Electric Eye
Delivering The Goods
Turbo Lover
Bloodstone
#6: Oasis
I’ll be the first to admit, Oasis is probably my all-time favorite guilty pleasure band. Even though we’ve already gotten most of their biggest hits from their highly-acclaimed first two albums in the previous 5-pack, their lengthy discography is more than enough to fill another DLC pack.
Necessary songs:
Morning Glory
D’you Know What I Mean
Stop Crying Your Heart Out
Stand By Me
Lyla
#5: The Police
Undoubtedly, one of New-Wave’s most popular bands deserves a 5-pack, if only to have some more of Andy Summers’ challenging jazz guitar licks. We’ve already gotten a 3-pack and “Every Breath You Take” on the RS2014 disc, but they also have quite an extensive list of other hits.
Necessary Songs:
Walking On The Moon
Demolition Man
So Lonely
Don’t Stand So Close To Me
Can’t Stand Loosing You
#4: Rush
More Rush is never a bad thing, amirite? The last Rush pack was released in tandem with the single “Headlong Flight” off their latest album at the time, “Clockwork Angels,” so could we expect a pack plus a single again?
Necessary songs:
Fly By Night
2112
Freewill
Working Man
The Trees
#3: The Who
Despite the 5-pack we received last December containing some of their biggest hits, The Who have such a lengthy discography that they could more than easily have another 5-pack (or more!).
Necessary songs:
Won’t Get Fooled Again
Eminence Front
The Kids Are Alright
5:15
I Can’t Explain
I Can See For Miles
#2: Aerosmith
Aerosmith is one of my all-time favorite bands, and to say that they have quite a list of hits would be something of an understatement. While the first Aerosmith pack had 3 songs from their 70’s heyday as well as 2 songs off their 2012 album Music From Another Dimension!, I was a little disappointed that none of their 80’s comeback songs were included.
Necessary songs:
Love in an Elevator
Dude (Looks Like a Lady)
Janie’s Got a Gun
Eat The Rich
Crazy
Train Kept A-Rolling
#1: Queen
Undoubtedly, if any artist on Rocksmith deserves another DLC pack, it’s the mega-hit factory Queen. While the 5-pack we got from them in June 2012 did include quite a few of their bigger hits, including Bohemian Rhapsody, none of their harder-rocking material from the 80’s made it in at all.
Necessary songs:
Princes of the Universe
I Want It All
Spread Your Wings
Crazy Little Thing Called Love
I Want To Break Free
Another One Bites The Dust
The Show Must Go On
Elliott’s Picks
#1 Radiohead
Oh, I’m sorry did you think eight songs was enough? Nope, it’s not. Radiohead fans want more! There are still fantastic Radiohead songs to add to Rocksmith. Songs from Hail To The Thief, The Bends, OK Computer, In Rainbows, and yes even Pablo Honey.
Necessary Songs:
Electioneering
2+2=5
There, There
Jigsaw Falling Into Place
Bones
Anyone Can Play Guitar
Planet Telex
Street Spirit (Fade Out)
#2 Weezer
Weezer was a band that probably should have been in the original Rocksmith but we had to wait for the next edition to get a song on disc (Say It Ain’t So) and a five pack devoid of anything from Pinkerton. While personally I lean heavily on the The Blue Album, there are many songs from different albums that could easily make up a second pack from the nerdy alt pop punk power whatever band.
Necessary Songs:
Only In Dreams
In The Garage
Perfect Situation
The Good Life
Why Bother
Dope Nose
El Scorcho
Surf Wax America
#3 Green Day
Green Day should have had a five pack, I think everyone would agree with that. Whether it was because of music licensing or a last minute disagreement with label and artist, four songs is not nearly enough. There’s way too many songs to pick but here are the obvious ones that should be included if we receive Green Day 02.
Necessary Songs:
Longview
When I Come Around
Geek Stink Breath
FOD
Walking Contradiction
Redundant
Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)
Welcome To Paradise
#4 Muse
Music game law dictates that we should always have “MOAR MUSE” Rocksmith should be no exception. While we have eight songs already, there are some songs that would definitely translate well to the music game library.
Necessary Songs:
New Born
Panic Station
Assassin
Supremacy
Uprising
Exo-Politics
Animals
#5 The Offspring
The Offspring only have a paltry offering in Rocksmith. While their inclusion might be a surprise to you for this list, I’ve always felt that all the music games have missed out on their most guitar driven single, I Choose. Here are some other songs that would be a (kill)joy(powerhead) to play!
Necessary Songs:
I Choose
You’re Gonna Go Far, Kid
Staring at the Sun
The Kids Aren’t Alright
Gotta Get Away
The Meaning of Life
Mota
So which artists do you think are in need of a repeat DLC pack? Let us know in the comments below!
Chicago.
The first album was SO bluesy is amazing, tracks like “I’m A Man”, “South California Purples”, and “Poem 58” would fit right in, plus other tracks from other albums such as “Make Me Smile”, “Mississippi Delta Blues”, “Dialogue”, and Terry Kath’s own tribute to Jimi Hendrix “Oh Thank You Great Spirit”
A second pack from Iron Maiden or Disturbed wouldn’t be too shabby.
(The ‘request a song’ app is tired of me.)
Would love a creation records 5 pack.
My Five would be
Teenage Fanclub- Neil Jung
Sugar- If I can’t change your’ mind
Primal Scream- Kill all the Hippies
Oasis-cigarettes and alcohol
Bernard Butler- Stay
I agree with all Elliot’s Picks.
Seems to me that Radiohead’s Anyone Can Play Guitar is absolutely perfect and vital for the game 🙂
I’d like to see a second pack from any or all of the following.
Alice In Chains
My Chemical Romance
Green Day
Queen
Weezer
REM
Rise Against
The Who
The Doors
Muse
I’d be pretty happy with new DLC from the majority of the bands on this list, especially Weezer, Queen, Boston, and Muse to name a few.
Here’s my personal wishlist of tracks:
Weezer:
El Scorcho
In The Garage
Eulogy For A Rock Band
(There’s some pretty sweet stuff on the new album. )
The British Are Coming
(More from the new album probably.)
Burndt Jamb
No One Else
Surf Wax America
(I could keep going, but I won’t. 😆 )
Queen:
Don’t Stop Me Now
Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy
Play The Game
Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Another One Bites The Dust
Maybe Bicycle Race and Seven Seas of Rhye too.
For Muse, I’d probably be cool with most of their stuff, and I dig the solo in Madness, so there’s that.
Some other bands I’d like to see come back:
Cake
The Strokes (Vision of Division, Automatic Stop, and lots more that I can’t think of at the moment. 😛 )
The Black Keys (More of their older songs would be great, like Girl is On My Mind and Them Eyes, for example.)
The White Stripes (Astro, Ball and Biscuit, etc.)
Deftones
The Cure (Friday I’m In Love was a noticable exception in their pack.)
Alter Bridge
And maybe some more from international artists like the B’z and Golden Bomber
P.S.
I’m totally onboard for the “Singles out, but need packs list. 😀
Give me more of The Strokes, just go ahead and do the entire Is This It, album please!
Hell yes to some Modest Mouse……PLEASE!!!!
😀 😀 😀
Oasis are not a guilty pleasure at all and for sure have the catalog to warrant 2nd DLC. I would go with some of their amazing B Sides 1. Aquiesce 2. The Masterplan 3. Stay Young a newer song when the media prematurely labeled them as past their prime 4. The Importance of Being Idle and 1 more of their classics 5. Slide Away
I never meant “guilty pleasure” as “bad but I like them anyway,” I’ve always thought Oasis made great music. It’s just that none of my friends in high school thought so, so I’ve never really liked talking about the fact that I really like listening to them.
“Guilty Pleasure” here means “I really like them, but I’m afraid of talking about how much I like them.”
More Maiden.
Hoo boy. I like a lot of the choices here (not such a Green Day or Pearl Jam fan, but to each his own), but my vote would be 1000% for more Rush and more Boston.
Rush – all those options are good, but I’d also love to get La Villa Strangiato, Natural Science, Jacob’s Ladder, Time Stand Still, Force Ten, Roll the Bones, Driven, The Wreckers, Anthem, or even “Rivendell.” 🙂 Okay, seriously, just about anything Rush would make me happy.
Blue Oyster Cult! The Imaginos version of Astronomy has some decent guitar (I prefer the original, but it was more dependent upon the piano). I Love the Night, M.E. 262, Cities on Flame with Rock and Roll, and In Thee would all include some good period rock. And for fun factor, Black Blade or Joan Crawford would be hilarious, if not particularly instructional.
We could also go several packs before exhausting the potential of The Who. Sheesh!
BB King and Albert King need a pack of their own! Heart’s got plenty of interesting stuff to be worth a pack of their own as well. At least another 3-pack. I guess I could say the same about CCR, Billy Idol, Chicago, etc.
The Clash
I fought the law
Complete control
The card cheat
Rock the casbah
Jimmy Jazz
Blink 182
First Date
The Rock Show
Always
I miss you ( the rock version, not the shitty one)
Maroon 5( yes, maroon 5)
Maps
Makes me Wonder
Won’t go home without you
Sublime
Date Rape
Jailhouse
Pawn Shop
What happened
Ebin
Badfish
Superstar Punani
Fall out boy
Headfirst slide into cooperstown on a bad bet
West coast smoker
What a catch donnie
Alone together
Disloyal order of water buffaloes
Foster the people (they had one song)
Best Friend
Coming of age
Houdini
I would do anything for you
Are you what you want to be
The Who
Real good looking boy
Won’t Get Fooled Again
Eminence front
Young man blues
Going mobile
Offspring
Want you bad
Pretty fly
The kids aren’t alright
Muse
Survival
Starlight
Assassin
Uprising
Panic Station
Well, i will probably not get any of these songs though 🙁
More iron maiden, blink, SRV, red fang, radiohead, interpol, and oasis
Nickelback (Come at me bro):
Burn It To The Ground
Animals
Too Bad
Avenged Sevenfold:
Shepard of Fire
Unholy Confessions
Hail to the King
Deftones:
Bored
Mein
7 Words
Pantera:
5 Minutes Alone
This Love
I’m Broken
Iron Maiden:
Hallow Be Thy Name
Powerslave
Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Megadeth:
Peace Sells
Sweating Bullets
Holy Wars…Punishment Due
System of a Down:
Chop Suey
Spiders
Lonely Day
Green Day:
Welcome to Paradise
Jaded
Wake Me Up When September Ends
Muse:
Assassin
Panic Station
Starlight
Weezer:
Troublemaker
Back to the Shack
Beverly Hills
No Doubt:
Just A Girl
Hella Good
Sunday Morning
i want more nickelback too especially that one song they were playing when chad got hit in the head by a rock.
Throw a dart for Rush. Here are some I believe would be so damn awesome in RS:
2112
Cygnus X-1 Book 2: Hemispheres
La Villa Strangiato
Entre Nous
Bastille Day
By-Tor and the Snow Dog
Distant Early Warning
Analog Kid
Kid Gloves
Roll the Bones
Dreamline
blah blah blah. Really, more Rush is a good thing indeed.
And sure, more Muse ain’t a bad thing either. Panic Station, Assassin? Yes please.
More Maiden! Powerslave would fill a void. Maybe Phantom of the Opera? Tailgunner? Wicker Man?
Although we have 3 incredible Duran Duran songs, here are a few that I think bassists would be supremely pleased with:
Last Chance on the Stairway
New Religion
You know what else would be really fun? An instrumental only pack from some of these artists. Like:
Rush- La Villa Strangiato (…or Leave That Thing Alone or Where’s My Thing)
Iron Maiden- Losfer Words
SRV- Scuttle Buttin’
The Who- The Ox
Funkadelic- Maggot Brain
Edgar Winter Group- Frankenstein (I know they don’t have DLC, but fits right in)
Ah yeah, I left the other two instrumentals off of my list. Both would be really awesome. MORE RUSH!! 😀
+1 on maggot brain
Rush:
2112
Fly by Night
The Trees
Closer to the Heart
Anthem
Bastille Day
Iron Maiden:
Hallowed be thy Name
Children of the Damned
Wasted Years
22 Accacia Avenue
Powerslave
Alice in Chains:
Rooster
Nutshell
Heaven Beside You
Dirt
Down in a Hole
Bleed the Freak
Green Day:
21 Guns
When I Come Around
Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)
Wake me Up When September Ends
Holiday
Radiohead:
2+2=5
Street Spirit (Fade Out)
No Surprises
Knives Out
AFI:
Medicate
Morningstar
Love Like Winter
6 to 8
Dancing Through Sunday
God Called in Sick Today
Clove Smoke Catharsis
The White Stripes:
Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground
Girl, You have no Faith in Medicine
We’re Going to be Friends
Ball and Biscuit
Silverchair:
Ana’s Song (Open Fire)
Anthem for the Year 2000
Israel’s Son
Leave me Out
Slave
Pure Massacre
Modest Mouse:
Dramamine
Dashboard
Missed the Boat
Fire it Up
I Came as a Rat
Tiny Cities Made of Ashes
If we ever got a Maiden Pack 02, I would love to see:
Wasted Years
Running Free (much older, but such fun guitar/bass)
Hallowed be Thy Name
Flash of the Blade
Powerslave
Dio.
Also, Sigur Rós.
Iron Maiden pack #2 songs
Seventh son of a seventh son
Prisoner
The evil that men do
22 accacia avenue
children of the damned
sanctuary
Powerslave
Afraid to shoot strangers
El Dorado
Running free
why did you not add Rime Of The Ancient Mariner
that is like one of the best songs
Oh yes! Rime of the ancient mariner is one of my favourite themes of Powerslave.
Ah crap, I left that off my list by accident as well. Rime’ would be brilliant.
I would really really love another Iron Maiden pack.
Revelations
Wasted Years
The longest day
etc
etc
etc
Where’s the Lil’ Wayne pack? guys got skillz
Muse
Black Keys
AC/DC
Black Sabbath
CCR
Dave Matthews
John Mayer
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Violet Femmes
ZZ Top
GNR
Van Halen
Led Zeppelin (super pack) I know it’s never going to happen.
Muse
Black Keys
*end post*
My 10 picks:
Incubus
Biffy Clyro
Billy Talent
Offspring
Green Day
Blink 182
The Strokes
Pearl Jam
The Cure
Rise Against
Where’s Iron Maiden
🙁
I like/love most of these songs suggested. But I am noticing a lot of radio hits, that while not note for note like Rocksmith is, are easily accessible online with tablature and with a little adjusting or tweaking one can learn for free. I would love it if Rocksmith attempted deeper album tracks. Ones harder to find and learn by ear. It’s great to get a note for note on that wicked solo from Runnin’ Down A Dream, but Free Fallin’ and I Won’t Back Down are 25 years old and quite a lot of guitar playing fans of these songs know them already. Deeper tracks like Tom Petty’s One More Day, One More Night springs to mind. Pearl Jam’s Inside Job. The Who’s The Real Me. Songs like that. Or entire albums would be mindblowing. I would pay the high asking price for the entire Quadrophenia album, among many others.
I certainly agree, which is why I put a few slightly non-radio-friendly songs like the 20-minute long epic 2112 from Rush on this list.
When making this list, I wanted to keep in mind what would be popular and most in-demand for the average Rocksmith player in addition to what is the most challenging and would offer the most to learn from.
And while I would love to learn entire albums, Dan Amrich has stated that there are currently no plans to do such a thing. (I cannot remember where, but I will post another reply when I find out)
Iron Maiden is popular
and is at number 2 on top ten list with Metallica at 1
and Iron Maiden songs are challenging
so why is Iron Maiden not on this list
Judas Priest is at 6 place on the list
I think that Pearl Jam and Green Day are the most under represented and hopefully most likely. I would really love more Aerosmith and Boston as I feel both have a ton of great songs not in the game yet.
Most of the other have a lot already. Having over 10 seems like overkill given so many new bands that could come first. And that pains me to say as a huge Rush and Maiden fan haha