Many people scan the track list to music games like Rock Band and Guitar Hero for their favorite songs. They’ll evaluate the list by one metric: “How many songs does it have that I like?” That’s fair, I suppose.
But the more I play music games, the more I start looking forward to seeing which songs and bands I’ll end up enjoying rather than which ones I already like. The more names I don’t recognize on a soundtrack, the better. Some songs are so fun to play that I can’t help but get into them, and others are just good pieces of music period. Over the years, I’ve gotten into my fair share of songs because of Rock Band, and these five have stuck with me the most.

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