Rock Band 2: Song difficulty rankings
- August 27th, 2008
- 7 Comments

IGN has an exhaustive list of the easiest-to-hardest Rock Band 2 songs, categorized by instrument. Here’s a quick look at the top and bottom of each category. Hit up the IGN piece for the full low-down.
Vocals
Easiest: L7 — “Pretend We’re Dead”
Hardest: Bob Dylan — “Tangled Up in Blue” [Hint: Drink yourself to a medium slur and stuff a big spoonful of peanut butter in your mouth to best mimic Dylan’s vocals]
Guitar
Easiest: Survivor — “Eye of the Tiger”
Hardest: Judas Priest — “Painkiller”
Bass
Easiest: Survivor — “Eye of the Tiger”
Hardest: Dream Theater — “Panic Attack”
Drums
Easiest: Survivor — “Eye of the Tiger”
Hardest: Dream Theater — “Panic Attack”
Full Band
Easiest: Survivor — “Eye of the Tiger” [Man, does this song suck or what?]
Hardest: Judas Priest — “Painkiller”







gi joe (Who am I?)
3 months ago
+ 5 for the Dylan joke
Eye of the Tiger may be the only song I could play, if I ever tried one of these music games….
Kenny P (Who am I?)
2 months ago
For guitar I’m not sure “Painkiller” is hardest. I’d throw a vote in for Visions by Abnormality.
Jimbo P (Who am I?)
2 months ago
When you say hardest guitar, do you mean in real life or on the game? Because in real life Dream Theater would take every category :D
Also, I’m not sure you make any sense. Being you say Dream Theater has a harder bass line and Drum, and Painkiller only has the hardest guitar. Yet, you say it’s the hardest song for the band? Wouldn’t Dream Theater be if it had those categories? And Lebreaghs voice is not easy to mimic i’m sure.
Ozark (Who am I?)
2 months ago
Well, to be fair, one of the categories that Panic Attack tops out on is bass, which is never really hard for guitar hero/rock band games.
Plus Painkiller ranks above Panic Attack in vocals (4th and 10th respectively) and Painkiller is only 2nd in drums (with Panic Attack in first).
Jimbo (Who am I?)
2 months ago
When you say hardest guitar, do you mean in real life or on the game? Because in real life Dream Theater would take every category :D
Sean (Who am I?)
1 month ago
“Eye of the Tiger” [Man, does this song suck or what?]
lol agreed
:D (Who am I?)
1 month ago
For the bob dylan song you can play using 1 hand on drums on hard.