Music games are true moneymakers for companies involved in either developing or publishing them all around the world. Not only do sales of various iterations reach big milestones but also the peripherals and the DLC tracks delivered every week generate more money for companies like Harmonix or Activision.

Now, as Guitar Hero 5 has been announced by big gaming corporation Activision, and dated just before the release of Harmonix's The Beatles: Rock Band title, the company has decided to unveil the bands that would be bringing their songs to this new iteration of the very successful Guitar Hero franchise.

The lineup is huge, to say the least, as the bands focus on genres from hard rock to indie, metal and anything in between. All you need to do is wait until September 1 and practice your plastic instruments skills in order to play songs from all of these bands:

• 3 Doors Down
• A Perfect Circle
• AFI
• Attack! Attack!
• Band Of Horses
• Beastie Boys
• Beck
• Billy Idol
• Billy Squier
• Blink-182
• Blur
• Bob Dylan
• Bon Jovi
• Brand New
• Bush
• Children of Bodom
• Coldplay
• Darker My Love
• Darkest Hour
• David Bowie
• Deep Purple
• Dire Straits
• Duran Duran
• Eagles Of Death Metal
• Elliott Smith
• Elton John
• Face to Face
• Garbage
• Gorillaz
• Gov’t Mule
• Grand Funk Railroad
• Iggy Pop
• Iron Maiden
• Jeff Beck
• Jimmy Eat World
• John Mellencamp
• Johnny Cash
• Kaiser Chiefs
• King Crimson
• Kings Of Leon
• Kiss
• Love and Rockets
• Megadeth
• Motley Crue
• Muse
• My Morning Jacket
• Nirvana
• No Doubt
• Peter Frampton
• Public Enemy Featuring Zakk Wylde
• Queen & David Bowie
• Queens Of The Stone Age
• Rammstein
• Rose Hill Drive
• Rush
• Santana
• Scars On Broadway
• Screaming Trees
• Smashing Pumpkins
• Sonic Youth
• Spacehog
• Stevie Wonder
• Sublime
• Sunny Day Real Estate
• T. Rex
• The Bronx
• The Derek Trucks Band
• The Duke Spirit
• The Killers
• The Police
• The Raconteurs
• The Rolling Stones
• The Sword
• The White Stripes
• Thin Lizzy
• Thrice
• Tom Petty
• Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
• TV On The Radio
• Vampire Weekend
• Weezer
• Wild Cherry
• Wolfmother.

Overall, it's certain that any music fan will find at least one band they like and would enjoy playing their songs in Guitar Hero 5. It definitely looks like Activision will be pulling out all the stops to defeat Harmonix and its Rock Band franchise. With such a lineup of bands, do you think it will succeed? Leave us a comment with your thoughts on the matter.