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As expected, the folks at Activision have been keeping us on the edge of our seats all summer, releasing information about Guitar Hero 5 little by little. About three weeks ago, for example, we learned that the game will be making unprecedented forays into glam, indie rock and hardcore. And just this Wednesday, Frank Deserto reported that Garbage woman Shirley Manson will have her very own avatar in Guitar Hero 5. But today, we finally get the motherlode of information we’ve been waiting for. Activision has finally released the full list of songs that will accompany the game’s September 1st release.

Like most Guitar Hero fare, there are some winners and some losers among the newly announced tracks. Winners include: David Bowie and Queen’s timeless collaboration “Under Pressure” (this girl will be singing it á la Jamie Stewart and Michael Gira, who covered the duet on Xiu Xiu’s most recent album, Women as Lovers), Johnny Cash’s “Ring of Fire,” Stevie Wonder’s “Superstition” and the no-duh choice of the century, Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit.” Among the losers are some sad ’90s holdovers, from 3 Doors Down’s “Kryptonite” to Blink-182’s “Rock Show,”  and cuts from current blah-core bands The Killers and Arctic Monkeys.

A full list of new and previously announced songs for Guitar Hero 5 is under the cut.

New stuff:

- 3 Doors Down – “Kryptonite”
- Arctic Monkeys – “Brianstorm”
- Blink-182 – “The Rock Show”
- Dire Straits – “Sultans Of Swing”
- Jimmy Eat World – “Bleed American”
- Johnny Cash – “Ring Of Fire”
- Megadeth – “Sweating Bullets”
- Motley Crue – “Looks That Kill”
- Muse – “Plug In Baby”
- Nirvana – “Smells Like Teen Spirit”
- Queen & David Bowie – “Under Pressure”
- Stevie Wonder – “Superstition”
- The Killers – “All The Pretty Faces”
- The Raconteurs – “Steady As She Goes”
- TV On The Radio – “Wolf Like Me”

Previously announced:

- A Perfect Circle – “Judith”
- AFI – “Medicate”
- Attack! Attack! UK – “You And Me”
- Band Of Horses – “Cigarettes, Wedding Bands”
- Beastie Boys – “Gratitude”
- Beck – “Gamma Ray”
- Billy Idol – “Dancing With Myself”
- Billy Squier – “Lonely Is The Night”
- Blur – “Song 2″
- Bob Dylan – “All Along The Watchtower”
- Bon Jovi – “You Give Love A Bad Name”
- Brand New – “Sowing Season (Yeah)”
- The Bronx – “Six Days A Week”
- Bush – “Comedown”
- Children Of Bodom – “Done With Everything, Die For Nothing”
- Coldplay – “In My Place”
- Darker My Love – “Blue Day”
- Darkest Hour – “Demon(s)”
- David Bowie – “Fame”
- Deep Purple – “Woman From Tokyo (’99 Remix)”
- The Derek Trucks Band – “Younk Funk”
- The Duke Spirit – “Send A Little Love Token”
- Duran Duran – “Hungry Like The Wolf”
- Eagles Of Death Metal – “Wannabe In L.A.”
- Elliott Smith – “L.A.”
- Elton John – “Saturday Night’s Alright (For Fighting)”
- Face To Face – “Disconnected”
- Garbage – “Only Happy When It Rains”
- Gorillaz – “Feel Good Inc.”
- Gov’t Mule – “Streamline Woman”
- Grand Funk Railroad – “We’re An American Band”
- Iggy Pop – “Lust For Life (Live)”
- Iron Maiden – “2 Minutes To Midnight”
- Jeff Beck – “Scatterbrain (Live)”
- John Mellencamp – “Hurts So Good”
- Kaiser Chiefs – “Never Miss A Beat”
- King Crimson – “21st Century Schizoid Man”
- Kings Of Leon – “Sex On Fire”
- Kiss – “Shout It Out Loud”
- Love and Rockets – “Mirror People”
- My Morning Jacket – “One Big Holiday”
- Nirvana – “Lithium (Live)”
- No Doubt – “Ex-Girlfriend”
- Peter Frampton – “Do You Feel Like We Do? (Live)”
- The Police – “So Lonely”
- Public Enemy Featuring Zakk Wylde – “Bring the Noise 20XX”
- Queens Of The Stone Age – “Make It Wit Chu”
- Rammstein – “Du Hast”
- The Rolling Stones – “Sympathy For The Devil”
- Rose Hill Drive – “Sneak Out”
- Rush – “The Spirit Of Radio (Live)”
- Santana – “No One To Depend On (Live)”
- Scars On Broadway – “They Say”
- Screaming Trees – “Nearly Lost You”
- Smashing Pumpkins – “Bullet With Butterfly Wings”
- Sonic Youth – “Incinerate”
- Spacehog – “In The Meantime”
- Sublime – “What I Got”
- Sunny Day Real Estate – “Seven”
- T. Rex – “20th Century Boy”
- The Sword – “Maiden, Mother & Crone”
- Thin Lizzy – “Jailbreak”
- Thrice – “Deadbolt”
- Tom Petty – “Runnin’ Down A Dream”
- Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – “American Girl”
- Vampire Weekend – “A-Punk”
- Weezer – “Why Bother?”
- The White Stripes – “Blue Orchid”
- Wild Cherry – “Play That Funky Music”
- Wolfmother – “Back Round”