Guitar Hero 5 Drums and New Songs Revealed

Marc "DjinniMan" Allie July 16th, 2009 at 9:00 AM

Following up on yesterday's revelation of the guitar controller for Guitar Hero 5 comes a bit of news about the new drums, pictured above. As with the guitar, it appears there are only minor revisions. The cymbals are round and more drumlike this time, and the foot pedal now attaches to the bar at the base of the stand, which has been moved to the floor. For some odd reason, the controls (face buttons, D-pad, etc.) have been moved in front of the middle drum, perfect for your friends to hit it accidentally. I'm just glad they didn't add on another pad, aren't you?

22 new songs have been revealed, as well. Just yesterday I was talking to Nick about the previous reveals, and how few songs I actually knew off the top of my head. My trepidation is somewhat relieved by the inclusion of Nirvana, Bon Jovi, and, for all your headbanging angry German needs, Rammstein. Anyone else have a favorite song on the new list?

Attack! Attack! UK - "You And Me"
Bon Jovi - "You Give Love A Bad Name"
Darker My Love - "Blue Day"
The Duke Spirit - "Send A Little Love Token"
Elton John - "Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting)"
Face To Face - "Disconnected"
Garbage - "Only Happy When It Rains"
Kaiser Chiefs - "Never Miss A Beat"
Kiss - "Shout It Out Loud"
Love and Rockets - "Mirror People"
My Morning Jacket - "One Big Holiday"
Nirvana - "Lithium (Live)"
The Police - "So Lonely"
Rammstein – "Du Hast"
The Rolling Stones - "Sympathy For The Devil"
Sonic Youth - "Incinerate"
Screaming Trees - "Nearly Lost You"
Sublime - "What I Got"
The Sword - "Maiden, Mother & Crone"
Thin Lizzy - "Jailbreak"
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - "American Girl"
The White Stripes - "Blue Orchid"

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2 Total Reader Comments

xxW4R EAGL3xx at 05:58 AM on 7.16.2009

Looks even more like Rock Bands drums. No problem, but I'll just stick to my rock band drums. I'm not paying for another set.

Brainp0wa at 07:27 AM on 7.16.2009

Yeah, I don't think my wife wants to learn a new set of drums.

Of the new songs, I see a few I would like to play but I still don't see sixty bucks worth.