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ROCK BAND 4 Soundtrack Features Jack White, Mumford & Sons, St. Vincent and More

Entertainment trends come in waves: Rock Band, Guitar Hero and other music games were monolithic empires ten years ago, but oversaturation led to their demise. Here’s what we forgot, though: those games are still fun as hell.

So now seems a ripe time for Rock Band 4, which comes out on Oct. 6. Today, the game’s all-important soundtrack has been revealed, and, per usual, there is plenty going on for all tastes: indie rock (Jack White, St. Vincent, The Black Keys), nostalgic hits (4 Non Blondes, The Cure, Spin Doctors), popular contemporary music (Mumford & Sons, Fall Out Boy, Bruno Mars), classic rock (Van Halen, Fleetwood Mac, The Who) and high-intensity, harder-edged songs geared for the game’s hardest difficulty (Dream Theater, Avenged Sevenfold, Judas Priest). There’s even a subtle nod to classic gaming: The Protomen’s “Light Up the Night” comes from one of their Mega Man-inspired concept albums.

Check out the complete song list below and let us know what you think of the selections in the comments.

  • .38 Special – Caught Up in You
  • 4 Non Blondes – What’s Up?
  • Aerosmith – Toys in the Attic
  • Arctic Monkeys – Arabella
  • Avenged Sevenfold – Hail to the King
  • Benjamin Booker – Violent Shiver
  • The Black Keys – Fever
  • The Both – Milwaukee
  • Brad Paisley ft. Keith Urban – Start a Band
  • Brandie Carlile – Mainstream Kid
  • Cake – Short Skirt/Long Jacket
  • The Cure – Friday, I’m in Love
  • Dark Wheels – V-Bomb
  • Disturbed – Prayer
  • Dream Theater – Metropolis, Pt. 1: The Miracle and The Sleeper
  • Duck & Cover – Knock ‘Em Down
  • Eddie Japan – Albert
  • Elvis Presley – Suspicious Minds
  • Fall Out Boy – Centuries
  • Fleetwood Mac – You Make Loving Fun
  • Foo Fighters – The Feast and the Famine
  • Gary Clark Jr. – Ain’t Messin ‘Round
  • Gin Blossoms – Follow You Down
  • Grouplove – Tongue Tied
  • Halestorm – I Miss the Misery
  • Heart – Kick It Out
  • Heaven’s Basement – I Am Electric
  • Imagine Dragons – I Bet My Life
  • Jack White – Lazaretto
  • Jeff Allen – Recession
  • Johnny Blazes and the Pretty Boys – Cold Clear Light
  • Judas Priest – Halls of Valhalla
  • The Killers – Somebody Told Me
  • Lightning Bolt – Dream Genie
  • Little Big Town – Little White Church
  • Live – All Over You
  • Lucius – Turn It Around
  • Lynyrd Skynyrd – That Smell
  • Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars – Uptown Funk
  • The Mighty Mighty Bosstones – The Impression That I Get
  • Mumford & Sons – The Wolf
  • The Outfield – Your Love
  • Ozzy Osbourne – Miracle Man
  • Paramore – Still Into You
  • The Protomen – Light Up the Night
  • Queens of the Stone Age – My God is the Sun
  • R.E.M. – The One I Love
  • Rick Derringer – Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo
  • Rush – A Passage to Bangkok
  • Scandal – The Warrior
  • Scorpions – No One Like You
  • Slydigs – Light the Fuse
  • Soul Remnants – Dead Black (Heart of Ice)
  • Soundgarden – Superunknown
  • Spin Doctors – Little Miss Can’t Be Wrong
  • St. Vincent – Birth in Reverse
  • System of a Down – Spiders
  • Tijuana Sweetheart – Pistol Whipped
  • Van Halen – Panama
  • Van Morrison – Brown Eyed Girl
  • The Warning – Free Falling
  • White Denim – At Night in Dreams
  • The Who – The Seeker

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