Rock Band 2 vs. Guitar Hero World Tour: The Complete Unabridged Tier List

I redid this tier list now that I've actually played through both games. Long story short, Guitar Hero guitars are better, I prefer the Rock Band drums because they actually work out of the box. Rock Band 2 is the more balanced game, even though there are some retarded tracks, better multiplayer options and a stellar DLC list (at least if the Wii version gets all the same songs) Guitar Hero World Tour is okay, if the tracklist was a little more varied and didn't have 3 Tool songs plus the Tool themed level it would be just as good. Maybe if they get some better DLC I will change my opinion. Again, all songs are judged on the Iron Chef scale of plating, taste and originality. If I left out some songs it's because it was probably one of those tracks that no one knows or cares about.

And again, just because I like something you don't like and I don't like something you like, doesn't mean we have to get all offended and call each other names.

Like, that's just your opinion, man

Regular text color is in both games
Rock Band is in Red
Guitar Hero is in Green

GOD TIER - I fucking love these songs, aside from a few songs, you can easily tell that all of these bands are pulled from my favorite music section. Not only do I like these songs, they're pretty fun to play.

Almost Easy - Avenged Sevenfold
Shackler's Revenge - Guns N Roses
Give It All - Rise Against
The Trees - Rush
Chop Suey! - System of A Down
Testify - Rage Against the Machine
Aqualung - Jethro Tull
Hotel California - Eagles
Assassin - Muse
B.Y.O.B - System of a Down
Crazy Train - Ozzy Osbourne
Re-Education Through Labor - Rise Against
Misery Business - Paramore
Beat It - Michael Jackson

CLASSIC SUB-GOD TIER - The reason I have all these songs as a sub-god super tier is because any music from the 60's, 70's 80's is automatically better because, well just because. You would rather play classic rock rather than one of those shitty bonus tracks from some random garage band that only 3 people know about. Look into your heart you know it to be true.

Pinball Wizard - The Who
Painkiller - Judas Priest
Bodhisattva - Steely Dan
Rock'n Me - Steve Miller Band
Tangled Up in Blue - Bob Dylan
Alabama Getaway - Grateful Dead
Spirit in the Sky - Norman Greenbaum
Band on the Run - Wings
Purple Haze - Jimi Hendrix
The Wind Cries Mary - Jimi Hendrix
Up Around the Bend - Credence Clearwater Revival
Do It Again - Steely Dan
The Joker - Steve Miller Band
Hollywood Nights - Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
Love Me Two Times - The Doors

SUPER TIER - Songs that are decent enough to be rated just a little bit higher. Satch Boogie is a pretty cool guy, eh isn't Jordan or Dragonforce but doesn't afraid of anything

Master Exploder - Tenacious D
Alive - Pearl Jam
Psycho Killer - Talking Heads
Lump - Presidents of the United States of America
One Step Closer - Linkin Park
Come Out and Play (Keep Em Separated) - The Offspring
Peace Sells - Megadeth
Float On - Modest Mouse
Hot For Teacher - Van Halen
The One I Love - R.E.M.
Scream, Aim, Fire - Bullet for My Valentine
Prisoner of Society - The Living End
Satch Boogie - Joe Satriani
Stillborn - Black Label Society
Stranglehold - Ted Nugent

OKAY TIER - These songs are just a cut above the normal stuff in my opinion.

Let There Be Rock - AC/DC
Shooting Star - Bad Company
Hello There - Cheap Trick
My Own Worst Enemy - Lit
E-Pro - Beck
Rebel Girl - Bikini Kill
Mr. Crowley - Ozzy Osbourne
What I've Done - Linkin Park
Heartbreaker - Pat Benetar
Demolition Man - Sting (I liked him better when he was called The Police)
Mountain Song - Jane's Addiction

WORTH MENTIONING TIER - Casual songs that most people will recognize and probably enjoy, plus maybe some lesser known bands on the side

Drain You - Nirvana
Anyway You Want It - Journey
Give It Away - Red Hot Chili Peppers
So Whatcha' Want - Beastie Boys
White Wedding Pt. 1 - Billy Idol
Man in the Box - Alice in Chains
Girl's Not Grey - AFI
Rebel Yell - Billy Idol
Beautiful Disaster - 311
Damnit - Blink 182
About a Girl - Nirvana
No Sleep Til Brooklyn - Beastie Boys
Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Rooftops (A Liberation Broadcast) - Lostprophets
L'Via L'Viaquez - The Mars Volta
The Kill - 30 Seconds to Mars
Living On A Prayer - Bon Jovi

DREAM THEATER 8 MINUTE RAPE FEST, TIER - Dream Theater: they're kind of like the Linkin Park of prog, and their singles usually go over the 6 minute mark.

Panic Attack - Dream Theater
Pull Me Under - Dream Theater

HOMO TIER - Again, just because I don't like something doesn't make it bad. It is to be noted that my opinion is pretty good though. I kind of like Metallica as long as I focus on the actual music instead of the band. I actually shut off the game during Freak on a Leash when the singer tried to start beatboxing or something at the end.

Nine in the Afternoon - Panic! At The Disco
Battery - Metallica
Down With the Sickness - Disturbed
Trapped Under Ice - Metallica
Shiver - Coldplay
Freak on a Leash - Korn

WHAT IS THIS I DON'T EVEN, TIER - These songs are just inappropriate for a game that wants to 'rock'. Some are good to play 'just for lulz' the rest are kind of rage inducing.

Kids In America - The Muffs
New Kid in School - The Donnas
That's What You Get - Paramore
Bad Reputation - Joan Jett
You Oughta Know - Alanis Morrisette
Hungry Like the Wolf - Duran Duran
Two tracks from the Naked Brothers Band as DLC
Spiderwebs - No Doubt
On the Road Again - Willie Nelson
Monsoon - Tokio Hotel
3 Tool Songs, seriously you guys, seriously
Low (Travis Barker Remix) - Flo Rida
Country Music as DLC (Brooks and Dunn, Dixie Chicks, etc)

FUCK I'VE PLAYED THIS SONG LIKE 300 TIMES NOW, TIER - Overlapping songs is probably the worst thing for the advancement of music games. Especially when 'Lazy Eye' is just six minutes of the same 3 chords over and over again.

Feel the Pain - Dinosaur Jr.
Today - Smashing Pumpkins
Eye of the Tiger - Survivor
Lazy Eye - Silversun Pickups
Everlong - Foo Fighters
American Woman - The Guess Who
Go Your Own Way- Fleetwood Mac
One Way Or Another - Blondie
Our Truth - Lacuna Coil
The Middle - Jimmy Eat World
Ramblin Man - The Allman Brothers Band

ALREADY PLAYED TIER - Protip: Using songs that have been already used in a GH game is kind of lame. I will make an exception for Carry on Wayward Son.

Carry On Wayward Son - Kansas
Round and Round - Ratt
Ace of Spades - Motorhead

DLC TIER: Downloadable content. If I'm going to be paying $2 for each additional song, you better have some fucking awesome songs.

Avenged Sevenfold - Afterlife, Critical Acclaim
Rush -Working Man, Moving Pictures (Album)
Queens of the Stone Age - Sick,Sick,Sick, Turnin' On the Screw
The Offspring - Hammerhead, Self-Esteem
The Police - Roxanne, Can't Stand Losing You, Truth Hits Everybody
Nine Inch Nails
The Who
Snow ((Hey Oh)) - RHCP "Oh my god it's like I really have carpal tunnel"
Hands Down - Dashboard Confessional
Still Alive - GLaDOS (this was a triumph, I'm making a note here, huge success)
Joker & the Thief - Wolfmother - "BOUT THE JOKER AND THE THIEF OF THE NIIIIIGHT"
Juke Box Hero - Foreigner
20 free tracks from bands you've never heard of
The Raconteurs
The Eagles
Jimi Hendrix (not on Wii though, wtf)
Dimension - Wolfmother
Hot Blooded - Foreigner
Another Way To Die - Jack White & Alicia Keys
Free 'Guitar Battle', Bruce Springsteen tracks