List of songs in Guitar Hero

The following is the complete list of songs in Guitar Hero. All songs (excluding the bonus songs) are covers of the original versions.

Main setlist

1. Opening Licks

• "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" – Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
• "I Wanna Be Sedated" – The Ramones
• "Thunder Kiss '65" – White Zombie
• "Smoke on the Water" – Deep Purple
• "Infected" – Bad Religion

2. Axe-Grinders

• "Iron Man" – Black Sabbath
• "More Than a Feeling" – Boston
• "You've Got Another Thing Comin'" – Judas Priest
• "Take Me Out" – Franz Ferdinand
• "Sharp Dressed Man" – ZZ Top

3. Thrash and Burn

• "Killer Queen" – Queen
• "Hey You" – The Exies
• "Stellar" – Incubus
• "Heart Full of Black" – Burning Brides
• "Symphony of Destruction" – Megadeth

4. Return of the Shred

• "Ziggy Stardust" – David Bowie
• "Fat Lip" – Sum 41
• "Cochise" – Audioslave
• "Take It Off" – The Donnas
• "Unsung" – Helmet

5. Fret-Burners

• "Spanish Castle Magic" – Jimi Hendrix
• "Higher Ground" – Red Hot Chili Peppers
• "No One Knows" – Queens of the Stone Age
• "Ace of Spades" – Motörhead
• "Crossroads" – Cream

6. Face-Melters

• "Godzilla" – Blue Öyster Cult
• "Texas Flood" – Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble (listed as Stevie Ray Vaughan in game)
• "Frankenstein" – The Edgar Winter Group
• "Cowboys from Hell" – Pantera
• "Bark at the Moon" – Ozzy Osbourne

Bonus tracks

All of the bonus songs are the original master tracks.

• "Fire It Up" – Black Label Society
• "Cheat on the Church" – Graveyard BBQ (Winner of the "Be a Guitar Hero" Contest)
• "Cavemen Rejoice" – The Bags
• "Eureka, I've Found Love" – The Upper Crust
• "All of This" – Shaimus
• "Behind the Mask" – Anarchy Club
• "The Breaking Wheel" – Artillery (Now known as Breaking Wheel)
• "Callout" – The Acro-brats
• "Decontrol" – Drist
• "Even Rats" – The Slip
• "Farewell Myth" – Made in Mexico
• "Fly on the Wall" – Din
• "Get Ready 2 Rokk" – Freezepop
• "Guitar Hero" – Monkey Steals the Peach
• "Hey" – Honest Bob and the Factory-to-Dealer Incentives
• "Sail Your Ship By" – Count Zero
• "Story of My Love" – The Model Sons

Censored Songs

These songs had profanities that had to be censored in order to manage a T for Teen rating.

• Heart Full of Black - Burning Brides
• Fat Lip - Sum 41

Unused songs

These can only be unlocked through the use of a PlayStation 2 cheat device, such as GameShark, Code Breaker or Action Replay.

• "Trippolette", created by Andrew Buch, a member of the Harmonix team.
• "Graveyard Shift" - Windtunnel Syndrome