Hello Rocksmith fans!
Welcome to our first installment of Setlist Sunday!
Now that Rocksmith 2014’s song library has over 800 songs there’s bound to be some cross over with other music games (real guitar and plastic guitar respectively).
First up is the now defunct BandFuse, which we reviewed favourably and in a quite in depth manner.
Note that since BandFuse uses audio stems many songs are Live recordings whereas Rocksmith got the original studio track since it doesn’t require separated tracks.
Of the 55 song setlist, currently 40 are playable in Rocksmith 2014 for a total of 72%. In addition, of the 21 songs that were available as DLC for BandFuse, 18 are available in Rocksmith for an impressive total of 85%.
BandFuse’s Setlist
| Artist | Song | Date in Rocksmith |
|---|---|---|
| Alanis Morissette | You Oughta Know | N/A |
| The All-American Rejects | Move Along | 09/08/2015 |
| Bad Religion | Infected | 08/09/2016 |
| Billy Idol | Rebel Yell | N/A |
| Black Label Society | Overlord | 04/05/2016 |
| Blind Melon | No Rain | 01/15/2013 |
| blink-182 | All the Small Things | 02/21/2012 |
| Blue Öyster Cult | Godzilla | 06/26/2012 |
| Blur | Song 2 | 10/18/2011 |
| Bootsy Collins | Rock Bandit | N/A |
| Brian Setzer | Rock This Town ** | 06/09/2015 ** |
| Bullet for My Valentine | Tears Don't Fall | 11/25/2014 |
| Cheap Trick | I Want You to Want Me (Live) | N/A |
| Children of Bodom | Are You Dead Yet? | 10/15/2019 |
| The Clash | Should I Stay or Should I Go | 02/11/2013 |
| Coldplay | Yellow | 02/14/2017 |
| The Distillers | Drain the Blood | N/A |
| Dream Theater | Pull Me Under | 09/27/2016 |
| Duncan Sheik | Barely Breathing | N/A |
| Faith No More | Epic | 07/28/2015 |
| Fall Out Boy | Sugar, We're Going Down | 02/05/2013 |
| Five Finger Death Punch | The Bleeding | 12/11/2018 |
| Foreigner | Hot Blooded | 09/30/2014 |
| The Grateful Dead | Hell in a Bucket | N/A |
| Halestorm | Love Bites (So Do I) | 03/11/2014 |
| Heart | Barracuda | 01/17/2012 |
| Incubus | Drive | 06/21/2016 |
| Jane's Addiction | Been Caught Stealing | 02/17/2015 |
| Judas Priest | Breaking the Law (Live) | 04/17/2012 * |
| Kansas | Carry on Wayward Son | 02/18/2013 |
| Kenny Wayne Shepherd | Blue on Black | 10/06/2015 |
| Living Colour | Cult of Personality | 03/05/2013 |
| Lynch Mob | Wicked Sensation | N/A |
| Maroon 5 | Harder to Breathe | 05/14/2013 |
| Megadeth | Hangar 18 | 12/13/2011 |
| Modern English | I Melt With You | 1/24/2017 |
| Modest Mouse | Float On | 04/16/2013 |
| My Chemical Romance | Welcome to the Black Parade | 05/29/2012 |
| Nine Days | Absolutely (Story of a Girl) | N/A |
| Pantera | I'm Broken | N/A |
| Pearl Jam | Alive | 01/15/2013 |
| Pixies | Here Comes Your Man | 04/30/2013 |
| RATT | Round and Round | 10/22/2013 |
| Red Fang | Wires | 10/22/2013 |
| Rick Springfield | Jessie's Girl | 05/28/2013 |
| Rush | Limelight | 11/13/2012 |
| Santana | Black Magic Woman (Live) | 01/08/2013 * |
| Shinedown | Devour | N/A |
| Slash ft. Myles Kennedy | Back from Cali | 05/27/2014 |
| Social Distortion | Bad Luck | 08/11/2015 |
| Stellar Revival | The Crazy Ones | N/A |
| The Strokes | Reptillia | 01/22/2013 |
| Sublime | What I Got | 09/02/2014 |
| Testament | Souls of Black ** | 5/22/2018 |
| Wolfmother | Woman | 01/05/2016 |
* Denotes the studio version of the track in Rocksmith.
** Denotes a re-recorded version of the track.
BandFuse DLC
Note: none of this is available for purchase anymore on BandFuse
| Artist | Song | Date in Rocksmith |
|---|---|---|
| Blues Traveler | Run-Around | N/A |
| Boston | Foreplay/Long Time | 03/04/2014 |
| Cheap Trick | Surrender (Live) | 01/29/2013 * |
| A Day to Remember | The Downfall of Us All | 03/18/2014 |
| Disturbed | Inside the Fire | 04/12/2016 |
| Fall Out Boy | Dance, Dance | 02/05/2015 |
| Filter | Hey Man, Nice Shot | 05/31/2016 |
| Heart | Crazy On You (Live) | 03/11/2014 * |
| Incubus | Pardon Me | 06/21/2016 |
| Jane's Addiction | Mountain Song | 02/17/2015 |
| The Jimi Hendrix Experience | Fire | 12/16/2014 |
| The Jimi Hendrix Experience | Foxey Lady (Live) | 12/16/2014 * |
| The Jimi Hendrix Experience | Little Wing | 12/16/2014 |
| The Jimi Hendrix Experience | Love or Confusion | N/A |
| The Jimi Hendrix Experience | Purple Haze | 12/16/2014 |
| Lynyrd Skynyrd | Simple Man | 09/09/2014 |
| The Offspring | All I Want | 02/02/2016 |
| Panic! At the Disco | I Write Sins Not Tragedies | 04/10/2018 |
| Pantera | Cowboys from Hell (Live) | 12/04/2012 * |
| Pretenders | Back on the Chain Gang | 11/14/2017 |
| Yes | Roundabout | 10/18/2016 |
* Denotes the studio version of the track in Rocksmith.
Ten Songs from BandFuse we want in Rocksmith
Absolutely (Story of a Girl)
Nine Days made their music game debut here, with a fun, catchy track that bops along on bass, has a trickier-than-you think guitar solo, and a solid, unconventional rhythm track to back it all up.
Back on the Chain Gang
An alternative classic, Back on the Chain Gang shines with a fun bass track to back up the simple, but fun chord progression found on guitar.
Yellow
More than just this song, in general, we have a more-noticable-by-the-day dearth of Coldplay in Rocksmith. Yellow plays it simple with its guitar, but its melodic vocals and consistent backing bass make it a beautiful song to listen to and a joy to play.
You Oughta Know
Rocksmith could use some Alanis Morisette – but it could also always use some more Dave Navarro and Flea, who feature on guitar and bass respectively. Easily one of the best bass tracks to hit a real guitar game, with a rockin’ lead track and revengey vocals, “You Oughta Know” would become an instant hit in Rocksmith.
Wicked Sensation
A great hair metal song from Legend George Lynch, Wicked Sensation cranks up lead and rhythm with a crazy chord progression and nutty solo. While the bass leaves something to be desired, the solo would be enough to occupy any guitarist for months.
The Bleeding
Another band we’re wanting for in Rocksmith, Five Finger Death Punch’s “The Bleeding” crushes a catchy lead riff and difficult-to-master intro solo into one song.
Inside the Fire
Disturbed has been represented well through Rocksmith, but we were surprised this hit track made it to BandFuse and not Rocksmith. Killer to play and sing along to, with an easier-than-you’d-think solo, we think it’s only a matter of time before we see this one drop as DLC.
Roundabout
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwBpjGpLymY | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQZ-aue096U |
With one of the greatest bass tracks of all time driving the song, a lead guitar that varies throughout, and a rhythm guitar that holds it all together, there’s no denying that Roundabout was easily within the top songs to ever hit BandFuse- and there’s no question it could make top ten lists in Rocksmith as well.
Run Around
Blues Traveler’s classic hit made it to BandFuse with an admittedly confusing lead, but the solid rhythm track and catchy, difficult bass part makes it a great track to sit and learn- preferably with some coffee or tea.
Pull Me Under
Potentially the biggest band missing from Rocksmith available on BandFuse, Dream Theater’s “Pull Me Under” puts guitarists and bassists both to the test of mastering a classic.
Are You Dead Yet?
A metal classic with a tough lick and thumping bass to go along with it, Are You Dead Yet? was one of the greatest songs in BandFuse- even if the questionable omission of the lick in the chorus hurts it a little bit.
There’s our picks, but you have the songs in front of you now! What songs would you pick from BandFuse to be included in the Rocksmith 2014 library? Let us know!
