If you want to get technical, Rocksmith never had a sequel. Instead, in 2013 Ubisoft unveiled a new version of Rocksmith entitled Rocksmith 2014 Edition (clearly taking a cue from sports game numbering) designed to be a replacement to the original game. The rationale behind this being that if the average person were to see something entitled Rocksmith 2, they might think that its a more advanced version and that they needed to master Rocksmith 1 first.

Rocksmith 2014 featured many improvements over the original game. The UI was much sleeker, the note detection was better, and it even supported a whole bunch more tunings, especially compared to the first game’s limit of E Standard, Drop D, and Eb Standard. This allowed the player to get even closer to matching the original song. Even if it was initially recorded slightly sharp or flat. Probably the biggest new addition, however, was session mode. Session mode allowed you to choose the scale you wanted to play in, and then the game would detect what you’re playing and have a virtual band respond in real time.

The support of new tunings allowed Rocksmith 2014 to incorporate many previously impossible songs in to the game, perhaps most famously the Radiohead DLC pack, which included songs tuned to EGDGBD and DADFCd. The on-disc setlist this time was less focused on indie rock and deep cuts, instead putting out more major artists like Aerosmith, Oasis, The Who, Avenged Sevenfold, and (moar) Muse. There was also a decent amount of Japanese content, with songs by B’z and Tak Matsumoto on-disc, and DLC from Hotei, GOLDEN BOMBER, ONE OK ROCK, and more following shortly after.

Initially released on PC, Xbox 360, PS3, and Mac, Rocksmith 2014 would also later be ported to Xbox One and PS4 in December 2014. Adopters of the game on next-generation consoles also had the opportunity to download 12 free Jimi Hendrix tracks for the first month of availability.

By the time Rocksmith 2014 was released DLC for Rock Band 3 had already completely stopped, so of course there aren’t any competing releases to compare the setlist to. However, a number of its songs were already available for Rock Band with Pro Guitar/Bass add-ons. A whopping 10, actually. They are as follows:

Avenged Sevenfold – Beast and the Harlot



Def Leppard – Pour Some Sugar on Me (Live version in Rock Band)

(Live version in Rock Band) Deftones – My Own Summer (Shove It)

KISS – Rock and Roll All Nite (Live version in Rock Band)

(Live version in Rock Band) Mastodon – Blood and Thunder

Nirvana – Heart-Shaped Box

The Police – Every Breath You Take

Queen – We Are the Champions (If the RB3 Version is owned)

(If the RB3 Version is owned) Rush – The Spirit of Radio (Live version in Rock Band)

As noted in previous Setlist Checklist posts (and all future posts, as well), as the holes are continually filled in by Rock Band’s weekly DLC releases, we will update this post, and keep it linked in the FAQ page above, for future reference.

Ultimately 26 of the 66 songs in Rocksmith 2014 are available to play in Rock Band for a grand total of 39%, a large increase over Rocksmith’s 21%. If you want the authentic “real guitar” experience in Rock Band, then you’ll still have access to 15% of the on-disc tracks. That’s definitely not a bad number.

The full list is available after the jump.

Artist Song Date in Rock Band Aching Head Self-Destruct N/A Aerosmith Walk This Way 01/29/2013 Alice Cooper No More Mr. Nice Guy N/A Alice in Chains Stone N/A Arctic Monkeys R U Mine? 01/13/2015 Avenged Sevenfold Beast and the Harlot 10/26/2010 B'z Ultra Soul N/A Bedowyn Snarling of Beasts N/A Bob Dylan Knockin' on Heaven's Door N/A Boston Peace of Mind 03/25/2008 Bush Machinehead 02/07/2012 Crimson Don't Stop N/A The Dear Hunter Stuck on a Wire Out on a Fence N/A Def Leppard Pour Some Sugar on Me ** 08/09/2011 * Deftones My Own Summer (Shove It) 11/09/2010 Disonaur Sea to Swallow N/A EarlyRise Wasteland N/A Fang Island Chompers N/A Foo Fighers Everlong 09/14/2008 Gold Motel Brand New Kind of Blue N/A Green Day X-Kid N/A Hail the Sun Eight-Ball, Coroner's Pocket N/A Iron Maiden The Trooper 06/09/2009 Jack White Sixteen Saltines N/A JAWS Stay In N/A Joe Satriani Satch Boogie 10/13/2009 Karawan Desolate Motion N/A The Kinks You Really Got Me N/A KISS Rock and Roll All Nite 04/26/2011 * La Sera Love That's Gone N/A Magic Wands Black Magic N/A Mastodon Blood and Thunder 04/19/2011 Matt Montgomery, Brian McCune and Brendan West On Top of the World N/A Minus the Bear Cold Company N/A Monster Truck Sweet Mountain River N/A Muse Knights of Cydonia N/A Nirvana Heart-Shaped Box 09/20/2011 Oasis Don't Look Back in Anger 01/22/2008 Pantera Cemetery Gates N/A Paramore Now N/A PAWS Sore Tummy N/A Playground Kings Self Trap N/A The Police Every Breath You Take 03/15/2011 Queen We Are the Champions 11/03/2009 R.E.M. Losing My Religion 03/10/2009 Radiohead Paranoid Android N/A Ramones Blitzkrieg Bop 11/20/2007 RATT Round and Round 09/14/2008 Red Fang Wires N/A Rise Against Savior 07/21/2009 The Rolling Stones Paint It, Black N/A Rush The Spirit of Radio 12/13/2011 * Sabaka Monochromic N/A Screaming Females Rotten Apple N/A The Shins For a Fool N/A Slayer War Ensemble N/A The Smashing Pumpkins The Chimera N/A Splashh All I Wanna Do N/A System of a Down Hypnotize 07/05/2011 Tak Matsumoto GO FURTHER N/A Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers Mary Jane's Last Dance 11/24/2009 * Ubisoft Rocksmith 2012 Theme N/A Versus Them Impossible Dreams N/A Weezer Say It Ain't So 11/20/2007 White Zombie Thunder Kiss '65 10/25/2011 The Who My Generation 07/15/2008 *

* Denotes a live version of the track.

** Denotes a re-recorded version of the track.