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Rock Band 2 is the sequel to the awesome experience that was Rock Band. If the person you’re shopping for has never owned the original, pick up the Special Edition bundle to get them started!

They’ll enjoy over 100 on-disc songs and plenty of downloadable content.

Track List

• Abnormality – “Visions”
• AC/DC – “Let There Be Rock”
• AFI – “Girl’s Not Grey”
• Alanis Morissette – “You Oughta Know”
• Alice in Chains – “Man in the Box”
• Allman Brothers – “Ramblin’ Man”
• Anarchy Club – “Get Clean”
• Avenged Sevenfold – “Almost Easy”
• Bad Company – “Shooting Star”
• Bang Camaro – “Night Lies”
• Beastie Boys – “So Watcha Want”
• Beck – “E-pro”
• Bikini Kill – “Rebel Girl”
• Billy Idol – “White Wedding Pt. I “
• Blondie – “One Way or Another”
• Bob Dylan – “Tangled Up in Blue”
• Bon Jovi – “Livin’ on a Prayer”
• Breaking Wheel – “Shoulder to the Plow”
• Cheap Trick – “Hello There”
• Devo – “Uncontrollable Urge”
• Dinosaur Jr. – “Feel the Pain”
• Disturbed – “Down with the Sickness”
• Dream Theater – “Panic Attack “
• Duran Duran – “Hungry Like the Wolf”
• Elvis Costello – “Pump it Up”
• Fleetwood Mac – “Go Your Own Way”
• Foo Fighters – “Everlong “
• Guns N’ Roses – “Shackler’s Revenge”
• Interpol – “PDA”
• Jane’s Addiction – “Mountain Song”
• Jethro Tull – “Aqualung”
• Jimmy Eat World – “The Middle”
• Joan Jett – “Bad Reputation”
• Journey – “Anyway You Want It”
• Judas Priest – “Painkiller”
• Kansas – “Carry On Wayward Son”
• L7 – “Pretend We’re Dead”
• Lacuna Coil – “Our Truth”
• Libyans – “Neighborhood”
• Linkin Park – “One Step Closer”
• Lit – “My Own Worst Enemy”
• Lush – “De-Luxe”
• Mastodon – “Colony of Birchmen”
• Megadeth – “Peace Sells”
• Metallica – “Battery”
• Mighty Mighty Bosstones – “Where’d You Go”
• Modest Mouse – “Float On”
• Motorhead – “Ace of Spades “
• Nirvana – “Drain You”
• Norman Greenbaum – “Spirit in the Sky “
• Panic at the Disco – “Nine in the Afternoon”
• Paramore – “That’s What You Get”
• Pearl Jam – “Alive”
• Presidents of the United States of America – “Lump”
• Rage Against the Machine – “Testify”
• Ratt – “Round & Round”
• Red Hot Chili Peppers – “Give it Away “
• Rise Against – “Give it All”
• Rush – “The Trees”
• Silversun Pickups – “Lazy Eye”
• Smashing Pumpkins – “Today”
• Social Distortion – “I Was Wrong”
• Sonic Youth – “Teenage Riot”
• Soundgarden – “Spoonman”
• Speck – “Conventional Lover”
• Squeeze – “Cool for Cats”
• Steely Dan – “Bodhitsattva”
• Steve Miller Band – “Rock’n Me”
• Survivor – “Eye of the Tiger”
• System of a Down – “Chop Suey “
• Talking Heads – “Psycho Killer”
• Tenacious D – “Master Exploder”
• Testament – “Souls of Black”
• That Handsome Devil – “Rob the Prez-o-Dent”
• The Donnas – “New Kid in School”
• The Go-Go’s – “We Got the Beat”
• The Grateful Dead – “Alabama Getaway”
• The Guess Who – “American Woman”
• The Main Drag – “A Jagged Gorgeous Winter”
• The Muffs – “Kids in America “
• The Offspring – “Come Out & Play”
• The Replacements – “Alex Chilton”
• The Sterns – “Supreme Girl”
• The Who – “Pinball Wizard “

Improvements have been made to the instruments – the drums are now quieter and more responsive. The guitar includes a light sensor and microphone for easy calibration with flat panel HDTVs.

New to the game is a no fail mode which allows players to just play for fun without worrying about missing notes and failing.

The game’s drum trainer will allow players to learn the basics of drumming to make fills sound more meaningful than just a bunch of random banging.

Overall, it’s an excellent game and a great gift that’s fun for all who play.