Smashing Pumpkins, Weezer, Rush Join "Guitar Hero 5 " Lineup

The Smashing Pumpkins, No Doubt, Weezer and Rush are the latest artists to be recruited for Guitar Hero 5 as Activision revealed the another slate of songs featuring on GH5's 85-song on-disc set list. As evidenced by the previous GH5 announcements, this game's track list is as eclectic as it gets, with '70s rockers like Peter Frampton's "Do You Feel Like We Do" and Grand Funk Railroad's "We're An American Band" rubbing shoulders with rap-rock collaborations like Gorillaz's "Feel Good Inc." and Public Enemy featuring Zakk Wylde's "Bring the Noise 20XX" to disco-era hits like Wild Cherry's "Play That Funky Music." There's officially now something for everybody.

Artists like King Crimson, Spacehog, Sunny Day Real Estate, A Perfect Circle and Eagles of Death Metal are all making their music video game debut with Guitar Hero 5, due out September 1st. As Rock Daily previously reported, the game will also feature Bob Dylan, Nirvana, the White Stripes, Kings of Leon and countless more.

AFI - "Medicate"
A Perfect Circle - "Judith"
Billy Idol - "Dancing With Myself"
Brand New - "Sowing Season (Yeah)"
Bush - "Comedown"
The Derek Trucks Band - "Younk Funk"
Duran Duran - "Hungry Like The Wolf"
Eagles Of Death Metal - "Wannabe In L.A."
Gorillaz - "Feel Good Inc."
Gov't Mule - "Streamline Woman"
Grand Funk Railroad - "We're An American Band"
Iron Maiden - "2 Minutes To Midnight"
King Crimson - "21st Century Schizoid Man"
No Doubt - "Ex-Girlfriend"
Peter Frampton - "Do You Feel Like We Do? (Live)"
Public Enemy Featuring Zakk Wylde - "Bring the Noise 20XX"
Rush - "The Spirit Of Radio (Live)"
Scars On Broadway - "They Say"
Smashing Pumpkins - "Bullet With Butterfly Wings"
Spacehog - "In The Meantime"
Sunny Day Real Estate - "Seven"
T. Rex - "20th Century Boy"
Weezer - "Why Bother?"
Wild Cherry - "Play That Funky Music"

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Song Stories

“Smells Like Teen Spirit”

Nirvana | 1991

"Smells Like Teen Spirit," named after a brand of deodorant marketed to girls, was Kurt Cobain's attempt to "write the ultimate pop song," he said, using the soft-loud dynamic of his favorite band, the Pixies. Cobain "had that dichotomy of punk rage and alienation," the song’s producer, Butch Vig, told Rolling Stone, "but also this vulnerable pop sensibility. In 'Teen Spirit,' a lot of that vulnerability is in the tone of his voice." Sadly, by the time of Nirvana's last U.S. tour, in late '93, Cobain was tortured by the obligation to play "Teen Spirit" every night. "There are many other songs that I have written that are as good, if not better," he claimed.

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