The list of bands for Guitar Hero 5 announced

Activision named artists featured in the forthcoming new edition of the Guitar Hero videogame. Named Guitar Hero 5, it is scheduled to be released this autumn and will include music by such bands as Iron Maiden, Nirvana, Rammstein and many others.

Guitar Hero 5 will also feature a number of bands never heard in the series before, such as Gorillaz, Bob Dylan, The White Stripes and Coldplay.

Activision is also working on a DJ Hero spin-off game. Featuring such artists as 50 Cent, Beastie Boys, Beyonce and Jimi Hendrix, it will hit the stores later this year.

The list of acts for Guitar Hero 5 is:

Band Of Horses

Bush

Darkest Hour

Blur

Kiss

Blink-182

Iron Maiden

Wild Cherry

Muse

The White Stripes

Jimmy Eat World

Bob Dylan

Gorillaz

Beastie Boys

The Raconteurs

Coldplay

Duran Duran

Tom Petty

Nirvana

Public Enemy Featuring Zakk Wylde

Queens Of The Stone Age

The Sword

AFI

Rush

Doors Down

Smashing Pumpkins

David Bowie

Mötley Crüe

Attack! Attack!

Dire Straits

Johnny Cash

The Derek Trucks Band

Sublime

Wolfmother

Rammstein

Beck

Garbage

Billy Squier

My Morning Jacket

Kaiser Chiefs

Brand New

Santana

Bon Jovi

Weezer

Billy Idol

Elliott Smith

A Perfect Circle

Sonic Youth

Kings Of Leon

The Bronx

Queen & David Bowie

Screaming Trees

The Killers

Vampire Weekend

TV On The Radio

John Mellencamp

Scars On Broadway

The Rolling Stones

Stevie Wonder

Face to Face

Peter Frampton

No Doubt

Iggy Pop

Spacehog

Thin Lizzy

The Police

Children of Bodom

Elton John

Arctic Monkeys

Thrice

Rose Hill Drive

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Deep Purple

Darker My Love

Jeff Beck

Love and Rockets

The Duke Spirit

Sunny Day Real Estate

King Crimson

T. Rex

Gov’t Mule

Eagles Of Death Metal

Grand Funk Railroad

Megadeth