Rock Band 2 comes with over 80 songs (or sets / tracks) preloaded. Additional songs can be purchased and will be available in the Rock Band 2 downloads area within Xbox Live Marketplace. The list below represents songs that are on the disc. The second, smaller list represents songs that are on the disc but must be unlocked in some fashion.

Rock Band 2 Main Set (Song) List

“Ace of Spades” — Motörhead
“Alabama Getaway” — The Grateful Dead
“Alex Chilton” — The Replacements
“Alive” — Pearl Jam
“Almost Easy” — Avenged Sevenfold
“American Woman” — The Guess Who
“Any Way You Want It” — Journey
“Aqualung” — Jethro Tull
“Bad Reputation” — Joan Jett
“Battery” — Metallica
“Bodhisattva” — Steely Dan
“Carry On Wayward Son” — Kansas
“Chop Suey” — System of a Down
“Colony of Birchmen” — Mastodon
“Come Out & Play (Keep ‘Em Separated)” — The Offspring
“Cool For Cats” — Squeeze
“De-Luxe” — Lush
“Down With the Sickness” — Disturbed
“Drain You” — Nirvana
“E-Pro” — Beck
“Everlong” — Foo Fighters
“Eye of the Tiger” — Survivor
“Feel The Pain” — Dinosaur Jr.
“Float On” — Modest Mouse
“Girl’s Not Grey” — AFI
“Give It All” — Rise Against
“Give It Away” — Red Hot Chili Peppers
“Go Your Own Way” — Fleetwood Mac
“Hello There” — Cheap Trick
“Hungry Like The Wolf” — Duran Duran
“I Was Wrong” — Social Distortion
“Kids in America” — The Muffs
“Lazy Eye” — Silversun Pickups
“Let There Be Rock” — AC/DC
“Livin’ on a Prayer” — Bon Jovi
“Lump” — President’s of the USA
“Man in the Box” — Alice in Chains
“Master Exploder” — Tenacious D
“Mountain Song” — Jane’s Addiction
“My Own Worst Enemy” — Lit
“New Kid in School” — The Donnas
“Nine in the Afternoon” — Panic! At The Disco
“One Step Closer” — Linkin Park
“One Way or Another” — Blondie
“Our Truth” — Lacuna Coil
“Painkiller” — Judas Priest
“Panic Attack” — Dream Theater
“PDA” — Interpol
“Peace Sells” — Megadeth
“Pinball Wizard” — The Who
“Pretend We’re Dead” — L7
“Psycho Killer” — Talking Heads
“Pump It Up” — Elvis Costello
“Ramblin’ Man” — Allman Brothers
“Rebel Girl” — Bikini Kill
“Rock ‘N Me” — Steve Miller Band
“Round & Round” — Ratt
“Shackler’s Revenge” — Guns N’ Roses
“Shooting Star” — Bad Company
“So Whatcha Want” — Beastie Boys
“Souls of Black” — Testament
“Spirit in the Sky” — Norman Greenbaum
“Spoonman” — Soundgarden
“Tangled Up in Blue” — Bob Dylan
“Teen Age Riot” — Sonic Youth
“Testify” — Rage Against The Machine
“That’s What You Get” — Paramore
“The Middle” — Jimmy Eat World
“The Trees” — Rush
“Today” — Smashing Pumpkins
“Uncontrollable Urge” — Devo
“We Got The Beat” — The Go Go’s
“Where’d You Go” — Mighty Mighty Bosstones
“White Wedding Pt. I” — Billy Idol
“You Oughta Know” — Alanis Morisette

Rock Band 2 Bonus Songs (Sets)

“A Jagged Gorgeous Winter” — The Main Drag
“Conventional Lover” — Speck
“Get Clean” — Anarchy Club
“Neighborhood” — The Libyans
“Night Lies” — Bang Camaro
“Rob the Prez-O-Dent” — That Handsome Devil
“Shoulder to the Plow” — Breaking Wheel
“Supreme Girl” — The Sterns
“Visions” — Abnormality

Rock Band 2 Downloadable Songs
In addition to the songs listed above, you will also be able to download sonds via the Xbox Live Marketplace.

The band is composed of a bassist, a drummer, three guitarists, and anywhere from ten to fifteen vocalists comprising a full choir of lead singers. The band’s music is somewhat similar in style to ’80s metal and glam rock. The basic song structure employed by the band does away with traditional verses in order to highlight catchy choruses and integrate as many guitar solos as possible.

The result has been described by the band as, “taking everything we loved about the genre, and throwing everything out that we hated.” The band cites Elvis Presley and Buddy Holly as influences in addition to hard rock bands like Iron Maiden and Dokken. “I would call us anthem rock,” said Alex Necochea. “We’re really not heavy metal. I think our focus is more on writing great singles, as best as we can make them. That’s just something Bryn and I grew up on. We’re big fans of melody and big driving hooks, that sort of thing.

Explicit content warning: As with all of XBS podcasts, they carry an explicit label for a reason, use parental discretion, not recommended for a younger audience.

OK now that you know who Bang Camaro is, let me tell you a little bit about www.xboxsolution.com , Jason Rybka started the site back in 2002. Jason was and still is to this day heavily into gaming. He got the idea to create the site because at the time their were plenty of sites that catered to the gaming community, but they were full of pop-ups and so-forth. 

At that time Jason had just got the original X-Box and decided to create a gaming community of his own. Here it is 6 years later and the XBS site is still growing. At XBS you will be able find well written content and easy to follow cheats for the X-Box, X-Box 360, and Podcasts. Well I don’t want to spoil all the fun for you, so after you listen to the Podcast take a look around.

The Members of XBS:

• Jason Rybka
• Rich Reed
• Jim Kennedy

The Members of Bang Camaro:

• Alex Necochea
• Bryn Bennet
• Rich Hoss
• Rodrigo Van Stoli

Here is the direct link for the XBS Bang Camaro interview Podcast.

A group of bloggers over at Zatz Not Funny have obtained a patent application from the folks over at IBM that allows for non-skippable ads at any point on a DVD. Sweet Huh?

So what does the patent filing actually allow? It means that here in the near future they could embed a DVD with a certificate that determines whether the disc should be played with advertisements, and if the DVD is flagged for ads, the non-skippable ads or commercials could run at any point during the video. The commercials could be grabbed directly from the net (if the DVD Player is connected to the net) such as a pc with a built in DVD Player, or the commercials could come pre-loaded with the content on the disc.

Before we start ranting and raving, this patent with IBM was filed over a year ago. So lets hope that this hair-brained idea will never see its way onto our DVD’s. Who knows maybe this will only be implemented on the budget DVD’s and the free DVD’s; you know the cheap DVD’s at your local retailer, instead of the $29.99 versions.

If that is the case that is fine with me. But what if downloading these new ads from the net becomes a reality, this could possibly entice advertisers that have been lax-ed to purchase commercial time on the DVD’s in the past, to start peddling their ads on to you. Presently most DVD players are not connected to the net, currently there are those Ethernet ready HD DVD players on the market and lets not forget that Blu-Ray players could connect to the net here in the very near future. With that being said, it is very possible that we may see DVD movies with pre-loaded content here in the near future. Also if these commercial filled DVD’s hit the market, will the prices drop?? “I would think not”!

What are your thoughts on these preloaded commercials? Is it fair that we could pay $29.99 for our next DVD and be bombarded with commercials?

I’m leaning towards signing up for the service, since it also includes XM Radio Online, which means that in addition to while in the car, I can listen to XM while at the PC.

The problem, it’s about 13 bucks a month if you pay monthly, of course there are lower rates for ordering a longer subscription period. Honestly, I think I’m gonna go ahead and subscribe, I’ve been much happier listening to XM in the car than I thought I would be.

How about you, what do you think of these pay for play radio services such as XM and Sirius?

ESPN will be offering full-length NCAA football, basketball games, Summer X Games 13, and episodes of such ESPN shows as World Series of Poker, The Contender and Madden Nation. These are just a few of the selections available through your Xbox Live Marketplace, and all thanks to ESPN.

ESPN has been on Xbox Live’s main rival in video downloads, Apple’s iTunes, since January 2006

“This is only the second deal ESPN has done regarding electronic sell-through, and we think it’s a fantastic match for our platform and our consumer base, many of whom are avid sports fans,” said Ross Honey, senior director of the media and entertainment group at Microsoft.

The pricing for the ESPN content will range from $2 for standard-definition episodes of “Contender” and “Poker” to $2.40 for HD versions. Two-hour football and basketball games will be available within days of their original airing and be priced at $3 for standard definition and $4.50 for HD.

This Friday Wal-Mart will be offering the Toshiba HD DVD A2 for just under $100, this is a “secret in store special.” The Toshiba HD DVD A2 normally retails for $299. This price will Include five free movies by mail. In the past Best Buy had sold the same player for $100 and sold out with in the day of the sale.

Kmart says they are dropping Blu-ray:

Wal-Mart, Best Buy, Circuit City, and Amazon.com have been selling the Toshiba A2 player for just under $200, While the original price had been $299. Presently the cheapest Blu-Ray player is around $375. Some people predict that around the holidays the average ticket price will be around $350. The retail chain Kmart will be lowering the price of their Blu-Ray players. They will only be offering HD DVD players this coming holiday season. Although they are still going to sell the PlayStation 3, This has A Blu-Ray player. Some people speculate that the average consumer will not really be to interested until the players are under $200.

The average consumer will probably shell out $79 for a DVD player, but if given the chance to purchase a HD DVD for an extra $20; they would probably jump all over it.With this kind of price and all the movies and popular TV shows that are being rolled out, this is just what needs to happen if HD DVD wants to win this battle.

Blu-Ray is not giving up yet:

Back in august HD had been boosted thanks to Paramount. Paramount agreed to back the HD DVD format exclusively. Later, reports surfaced stating that the studio received a $150 million cash payment and promotional guarantees from the HD format backers and that, the deal was only good for 18 months. Paramount had previously been hedging its bets by backing both formats. Blu-Ray has not given up yet. Recently Home Media Magazine stated that 2.6 million Blu-Ray discs were sold from January to September, and 1.4 million HD DVD discs sold. Blu-Ray has done so well thanks to the PlayStation 3.

Rumor also has it that HD has also taken a large lead in the number of Laptop computers with this format.