Rock Band 3 Difficulty Charts
Even before I explain what this is, I have to give a massive shout out to Diablocon on Scorehero for compiling the following information from the Gamescom video released by Harmonix today. He pulled the difficulty ratings for each instruments for most of the Rock Band 3 songs (with a few exceptions where the screen was obscured)!
He also notes the following items:
- Of these songs, 14 don’t have keys.
- Of these songs, only one doesn’t have guitar.
- The Who are now the only band to have been in every numbered Rock Band game. However they are tied for most on disc appearances with the Foo Fighters and Bon Jovi if you count LEGO Rock Band.
The list is long (83 songs long), so I’ve included it after the jump!
Note: ? are where the video was obscured, and N is where the instrument is not used for the song.
| Artist | Song | Guitar | Bass | Drum | Keys | Vocal |
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| Amy Winehouse | Rehab |  |  | |  |
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| Anthrax | Caught in a Mosh |  | | | N |  |
| At the Drive-In | One Armed Scissor | | | | N | |
| Avenged Sevenfold | Beast and the Harlot | | | | N | |
| B-52's | Rock Lobster | |  | | | |
| The Beach Boys | Good Vibrations (Live) | | | | | |
| Big Country | In a Big Country | | | | | |
| Chicago | 25 or 6 to 4 | | | | | |
| The Cure | Just Like Heaven | | |
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| David Bowie | Space Oddity | | | | | |
| Deep Purple | Smoke on the Water | | | |
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| Def Leppard | Foolin' | | | | | |
| Devo | Whip It | | | | ||
| Dio | Rainbow in the Dark | | | | | |
| Dire Straits | Walk of Life | | | | |
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| Echo & the Bunnymen | The Killing Moon | | | | | |
| Elton John | Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting | | | | | |
| Faith No More | Midlife Crisis | | | | | |
| Filter | Hey Man Nice Shot | | | | N | |
| Flaming Lips | Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots Pt. 1 | | | | ||
| Foreigner | Cold as Ice | | | | |
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| Golden Earring | Radar Love | | | | |
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| HIM | Killing Loneliness | | | | | |
| Huey Lewis and the News | The Power of Love | | | | |
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| Hypernova | Viva la Resistance | | | | N | |
| Ida Maria | Oh My God | | | | |
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| INXS | Need You Tonight | | |
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| J. Geils Band | Centerfold | | | | |
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| James Brown | I Got You (I Feel Good) | | | | | |
| Janes Addiction | Been Caught Stealing | | | | N | |
| Jimi Hendrix | Crosstown Traffic | | | | | |
| Joan Jett | I Love Rock N' Roll | | | |||
| John Lennon | Imagine | N | | |||
| Juanes | Me Enemora | | | | | |
| Lynyrd Skynyrd | Free Bird | | | | | |
| Metric | Combat Baby | ? | | | |
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| The Muffs | Outer Space | N | |
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| Night Ranger | Sister Christian | | | | |
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| Ozzy Osbourne | Crazy Train | | | | N | |
| Paramore | Misery Business | | | | N | |
| Phish | Llama | | | | | |
| Phoenix | Lasso | | | | N | |
| The Police | Don't Stand So Close to Me | | | | | |
| Poni Hoax | Antibodies | | | | | |
| Pretty Girls Make Graves | Something Bigger, Something Brighter | | | | | |
| Primus | Jerry Was a Race Car Driver | | | | N | |
| The Smiths | Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before | ? | | | |
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| The Sounds | Living in America | | | | |
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| Spacehog | In the Meantime | ? | | | | |
| Steve Miller Band | Fly Like an Eagle | | | | |
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| Stone Temple Pilots | Plush | ? | | | N | |
| Swingin' Utters | This Bastard's Life | | | | | |
| T.Rex | 20th Century Boy | ? | | | | |
| Tears for Fears | Everybody Wants to Rule the World | | | | | |
| Tegan and Sara | The Con | | | | |
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| Them Crooked Vultures | Dead End Friends | ? | | | | |
| Tokio Hotel | Humanoid | | | | | |
| Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers | I Need to Know | | | | | |
| The Vines | Get Free | | | | N | |
| War | Low Rider | | | |
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| Warren Zevon | Werewolves of London | | | | | |
| The White Stripes | The Hardest Button to Button | | N | |
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| Whitesnake | Here I Go Again | ? | | | | |
| The Who | I Can See for Miles | | | | N | |
| Yes | Roundabout | | | | | |
[Diablocon on Scorehero via @toymachnesh]
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wtf? Beast and the Harlot doesn’t have keys? I swear i’ve heard keys in that opening.
BassFuzz Reply:
August 20th, 2010 at 7:16 pm
There is. I guess they didn’t want to chart a keys part for like 20 seconds.
Dude, just epic. Thanks for posting this.
Can’t wait to sing One Armed Scissor, Good Vibrations, Killing Moon, Etc….
October 26 can’t come too soon!!!!!
The sorting options are a bit…odd. If you sort by difficulty it goes
0 – 6 – 1 – 2 – 3 – 4 – 5 – ? – N
RockBandAide Reply:
August 20th, 2010 at 2:57 pm
It’s not perfect, sorry. It sorts it based on the image name. I can redo it with just numbers, but I thought this would look better. The list is not complete, either. It’s the best that could be done in a hurry.
I don’t see Queen or Doors here. There are also many typos. I don’t expect these tiers to be final considering album artwork were missing on most of the setlist.
Bishop Reply:
August 20th, 2010 at 3:05 pm
I think the reason you didn’t see album artwork in the video is that when the artist’s name is selected, it shows a standard Rock Band image instead of any album art.
skydog Reply:
August 20th, 2010 at 4:21 pm
Also I don’t think they give some of cover art time to load.
You are missing quite a few songs in this actually.
Heart of Glass
Get Up, Stand Up
False Alarm
China Grove
Break on Through (To The Other Side)
King George
Oye Mi Amor
The Beautiful People
Bohemian Rhapsody
No One Knows
Du Hast
I Wanna Be Sedated
Last Dance
Portions of Foxes
Don’t Bury Me… I’m Still Not Dead
The Look
Before I Forget
Walking on the Sun
RockBandAide Reply:
August 20th, 2010 at 3:00 pm
Yeah, thanks. Again, it’s not perfect. This was taken from a 1:30 minute video with multiple camera angles. I’ll update when we get a better copy.
Jarrett Coggin Reply:
August 20th, 2010 at 3:06 pm
Totally understandable, but you did list up there that you had difficulties for “all Rock Band 3 songs”. Might want to edit the post so it says something like, difficulty for “65 of the 83 Rock Band 3 songs”. Just a suggestion.
Keep up the good work!
RockBandAide Reply:
August 20th, 2010 at 3:15 pm
I also had “with a few exceptions where the screen was obscured”, but I’ll update.
what song has no guitar part?
Beans Reply:
August 20th, 2010 at 3:12 pm
Imagine by John Lennon
Killing Loneliness is 5 dots on guitar? Uh… wut.
and I’m happy that Llama is the Painkiller of this game. Woot for Phish
RB3ANTICIPATOR Reply:
August 22nd, 2010 at 4:12 pm
I had never heard Llama before. But I listened to it, and it sounds hard, cool, and funky! Also, Roundabout on keys will be fun and difficult!
Dave Grohl has had two appearances in each of RB1, RB2 and RB3′s setlists.
zigs Reply:
August 20th, 2010 at 3:09 pm
In fact, make that three for RB1 and RB2. Still…
Interesting how Beast and the Harlot is devil-tiered for bass, and not guitar.
some of those seem wrong.. like killing Lonliness.
skydog Reply:
August 20th, 2010 at 3:39 pm
guitar rating sorry lol…
Lasso is definitely not five stars on guitar.
Yankeesniper57 Reply:
August 23rd, 2010 at 7:41 am
Remember Rockn’ Me?
Considering the last time we got a Full Band devil tier was a metal song (painkiller), I never expected Llama to be the next one to do that.
Henry Reply:
August 24th, 2010 at 1:53 pm
The diffence is that Llama is not a Metal song it is an alternative song
http://www.rockband.com/forums/showthread.php?t=198795
Hi RockBandAide. I hope you update your list. Here is what I came up with going through it. It includes most of the songs you have left out.
Hmm, I wonder how, assuming it makes a return, the endless setlist will work for guitar. Will they just leave out “Imagine” or will this be your time to go run to the bathroom?
skydog Reply:
August 20th, 2010 at 5:22 pm
*Over Intercom*”Guitarist please go take a dump.. Thank you” LOL… sorry couldn’t resist
i find it amazing that out of all the who songs they’ve managed to pick the one song without keys lol
The Witticus Reply:
August 20th, 2010 at 8:37 pm
That took some talent… Or they’re saving the really good keyboard parts for the Who Rock Band. (rumor)
I don’t like the fact that their are songs missing parts on the setlist. Especially since the two instruments missing are guitar and keys – two instruments that are essentially the same. I don’t see why, for songs missing a particular part, they didn’t just chart the other instrument to the missing chart? For example, why isn’t the keyboard part in Imagine also charted to the guitar. Or at least leave the songs missing parts for DLC, so if you’re a guy like me who plays either solo guitar or with a guitar/drum/vocal band, can choose not to have a song missing my instrument in the game.
The Witticus Reply:
August 20th, 2010 at 8:39 pm
I think for this reason alone is why you can play guitar and bass parts on keyboard.
Whizzer Reply:
August 21st, 2010 at 12:52 am
And the other way around. You can also play keyboard parts on guitar.
Before I Forget charts:
Guitar 6
Bass 6
Drums 6
Keys 0
Vocals 0
Pro Charts
Guitar 4
Bass 6
Drums 6
Keys 0
Vocals 0
Walking On The Sun
Guitar 0
Bass 1
Drums 0
Keys 3
Vocals 3
Pro
Guitar 1
Bass 1
Drums 0
Keys 3
Vocals 3
Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNy8M-mSu6s
Finalizer Reply:
August 21st, 2010 at 8:39 am
That looks like the demo build, which has different tierings than the final build.
UGH NOT another Paramore song! >.> as if one in RB2 wasn’t annoying enough..
Anyway you KNEW someone was gonna sit there and put that together, it was just a matter of time
Whizzer Reply:
August 21st, 2010 at 5:30 am
‘Misery Business’ should be a lot more fun than ‘That’s What You Get’. Difficulty should be a bit higher. Don’t judge anything before you’ve had your hands on the game. Unless it’s Beastie Boys of course.
skydog Reply:
August 21st, 2010 at 2:41 pm
Exactly, and paramore is better than something like Miley Cyrus.. so lucky we got a good girl fronted band!
Xzyliac Reply:
August 22nd, 2010 at 7:58 pm
I like Paramore but there’s about a billion better female fronted bands.
I wouldn’t judge the inclusion of Paramore on “It’s a female led band, hurray!” I think their inclusion can stand on it’s own right.
If we’re talking about female led bands (of which the game has several) I could list you at least 75 right off the bat right now that I’d prefer before Paramore. I mean if this is all about the band being female fronted.
Mcmax3000 Reply:
August 21st, 2010 at 4:22 pm
I’m extremely happy Paramore made it into the game. Would love to see more of their stuff as DLC.
JODIsBack Reply:
August 21st, 2010 at 5:42 pm
Yeah, Paramore is pretty bad, but who knows? Maybe this song will actually be fun this time.
No way in hell is Jerry was a racecar driver tier 2 on guitar and devil on drums. The guitar is way to hard for tier 2 and the drums are way to easy for devil
Xzyliac Reply:
August 21st, 2010 at 11:18 am
You’re crazy man. Seriously. Guitar you might have a point but those drums could definitely be devil’d.
kangaroo62 Reply:
August 21st, 2010 at 4:28 pm
Not to mention that it’s only a 5 on Bass. I hope the tiers for that one are wrong. Guitar and Bass should both be devils. Drums should probably be tier 5 though.
JODIsBack Reply:
August 21st, 2010 at 5:43 pm
It doesn’t sound difficult at all on drums. And it’s not really that hard sounding on bass.
kangaroo62 Reply:
August 21st, 2010 at 9:45 pm
Not that hard sounding on bass???????????????? Are we even listening to the same song???
Finalizer Reply:
August 22nd, 2010 at 6:45 pm
Do keep in mind that there are separate tiers for normal/pro instruments. My guess is that, even if it’s difficult to play on real bass, it just doesn’t translate to anything really hard when reduced to a normal chart.
Xzyliac Reply:
August 22nd, 2010 at 7:56 pm
In all fairness you have to remember Claypool’s style. Because of his style of playing he gets a certain sound and vibration out of his bass that can make really simple basslines sound incredibly deep and complex.
I am going to sing the hell out of Space Oddity.
skydog Reply:
August 21st, 2010 at 2:42 pm
Was thinking the same thing!!!!!!!
So is Llama the new Visions?
kangaroo62 Reply:
August 21st, 2010 at 4:26 pm
It’s the new Painkiller. Crazy Train has the same tiers as Visions.
Yankeesniper57 Reply:
August 22nd, 2010 at 3:43 pm
At least llama is fun
RB3ANTICIPATOR Reply:
August 22nd, 2010 at 4:19 pm
I HATED VISIONS SO MUCH! It was a piece of crud and senseless guitar and random drums. And the singing was disturbing!
sanyo Reply:
August 23rd, 2010 at 1:19 am
You kind of have to be a fan of metal to be able to audibly comprehend it. I can make out the guitar/bass and drum parts perfectly (and play them in RB okay) and they’re far from random. Visions is actually one of the most technical songs in RB2. In short: don’t be hatin’ on my brutal tech-death metals. ;P
In other news, I’ve met Abnormality’s bassist a couple times and he’s a real cool guy.
Xzyliac Reply:
August 22nd, 2010 at 7:53 pm
I will forever go on record as being the only person on earth who liked Visions.
It was such a ball of compacted raw energy. Love, love, loved it. I still throw it into my iTunes playlist sometimes for shits and giggles.
Also, their singer is CRRRAAZZZYYY attractive.
i dont think lasso and fly like an eagle are tired right on drums
and the one problem with the setlisy…NO RUSH!!!
songs like la villa strangiato or subdivisions would be great for this game,but what we get instead?rehab by amy whinehouse.
wtf?
JODIsBack Reply:
August 21st, 2010 at 5:44 pm
We should’ve gotten Subdivisions or Digital Man instead of Imagine.
Yankeesniper57 Reply:
August 23rd, 2010 at 7:50 am
I think imagine is the new eye of the tiger. At least i will never have to play it since someone in my band always plays guitar
Another interesting fact is that Dave Grohl is the only artist in rock band to appear in all 3 games more than once
Shane Reply:
August 22nd, 2010 at 12:01 pm
Rock Band 1: Learn to Fly, In Bloom and Go with the Flow
Rock Band 2: Everlong and Drain You
Rock Band 3: Dead End Friends and No One Knows
Whizzer Reply:
August 22nd, 2010 at 12:47 pm
He’s in LEGO Rock Band too, but only for Foo Fighters, I believe.
Fuck i just realised too, theres no Rush song…. Dissapointing.
I guess Geddy meant theyre getting more rush DLC?
David Bowie has also been on 3.
Suffragette City (RB1)
Let’s Dance (L:RB)
Space Oddity (RB3)
Surprised this hasn’t been mentioned, but The Police are also in three games counting Lego Rock Band. Next to You, Every Little Thing, and Don’t Stand So Close.