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If the first batch of song rumors for Rock Band 2 wasn't compelling enough, now there is a purported leak of a draft song list for the game, as well as reports that the 58 tracks from the original Rock Band will be offered up as free downloadable content. If true, you can expect about 150 songs in the game before you add any purchased tracks for the original game you might have already bought and downloaded, which also will be enabled out of the box. Talk about an Endless Setlist! Drool and dream, if you dare:

• "Visions" by Abnormality
• "Let There Be Rock" by AC/DC
• "Girl's Gone Grey" by AFI
• "Stop!" by Against Me
• "You Oughta Know" by Alanis Morissette
• "Man in the Box" by Alice in Chains
• "Ramblin' Man" by Allman Brothers
• "Get Clean" by Anarchy Club
• "Almost Easy" by Avenged Sevenfold
• "Shooting Star" by Bad Company
• "Suffer" by Bad Religion
• "Night Lies" by Bang Camaro
• "Dammit" by Blink 182
• "Shoulder to the Plow" by Breaking Wheel
• "So Whatcha Want" by Beastie Boys
• "E-Pro" by Beck
• "Rebel Girl" by Bikini Kill
• "White Wedding" by Billy Idol
• "One Way or Another" by Blondie
• "Tangled Up in Blue" by Bob Dylan
• "Livin' on a Prayer" by Bon Jovi
• "Hello There" by Cheap Trick
• "Holiday In Cambodia" by Dead Kennedys
• "Uncontrollable Urge" by Devo
• "Feel the Pain" by Dinosaur Jr
• "Down with the Sickness" by Disturbed
• "New Kid in School" by The Donnas
• "Panic Attack" by Dream Theater
• "Hungry Like the Wolf" by Duran Duran
• "Pump It Up" by Elvis Costello
• "Go Your Own Way" by Fleetwood Mac
• "Everlong" by Foo Fighters
• "All Right Now" by Free
• "We've Got the Beat" by The Go-Gos
• "Alabama Getaway" by The Grateful Dead
• "American Woman" by The Guess Who
• "Shackler's Revenge" by Guns N' Roses
• "Bandages" by Hot Hot Heat
• "PDA" by Interpol
• "Mountain Song" by Jane's Addiction
• "Aqualung" by Jethro Tull
• "The Middle" by Jimmy Eat World
• "Bad Reputation" by Joan Jett
• "Anyway You Want It" by Journey
• "Painkiller" by Judas Priest
• "Carry On Wayward Son" by Kansas
• "Pretend We're Dead" by L7
• "Our Truth" by Lacuna Coil
• "Neighborhood" by The Libyans
• "One Step Closer" by Linkin Park
• "My Own Worst Enemy" by Lit
• "De-Luxe" by Lush
• "A Jagged Georgeous Winter" by The Main Drag
• "Colony of Birchmen" by Mastodon
• "Peace Sells" by Megadeth
• "Battery" by Metallica
• "Where'd You Go" by Mighty Mighty Bosstones
• "Float On" by Modest Mouse
• "Ace of Spades" by Motörhead
• "Kids in America" by The Muffs
• "Drain You" by Nirvana
• "Spirit in the Sky" by Norman Greenbaum
• "Come Out & Play (Keep 'em Seperated)" by The Offspring
• "Nine in the Afternoon" by Panic at the Disco
• "That's What You Get" by Paramore
• "Alive" by Pearl Jam
• "Lump" by Presidents of the USA
• "Testify" by Rage Against the Machine
• "Round & Round" by Ratt
• "Give it Away" by Red Hot Chili Peppers
• "Alex Chilton" by The Replacements
• "Give it All" by Rise Against
• "The Trees" by Rush
• "Lazy Eye" by Silversun Pickups
• "Today" by Smashing Pumpkins
• "I Was Wrong" by Social Distortion
• "Teenage Riot" by Sonic Youth
• "Spoonman" by Soundgarden
• "Conventional Lover" by Speck
• "Cool for Cats" by Squeeze
• "Push It" by Static-X
• "Bodhitsattva" by Steely Dan
• "Rob the Prez-O-Dent" by That Handsome Devil
• "Supreme Girl" by The Sterns
• "Rock'n Me" by The Steve Miller Band
• "Eye of the Tiger" by Survivor
• "Chop Suey" by System of a Down
• "Psycho Killer" by Talking Heads
• "Master Exploder" by Tenacious D
• "Souls of Black" by Testament
• "Bad to the Bone" by George Thorogood
• "Pinball Wizard" by The Who

Even if this list proves to be completely accurate, odds are that some of these songs will fall through for technical and/or licensing reasons, and others may take their place. But if even 80% of the tracks from marquee bands make the final game, it's going to be pretty compelling...

UPDATE (7/14): Harmonix confirmed 84 of the rumored tracks, meaning only eight were wrong (see strikethroughs above). They also confirmed that you'll be able to "export most of the Rock Band disc tracks and upgrade them into Rock Band 2." So it will be fewer than 150 tracks between the two games out of the box, but we'll have to wait and see which songs can't be carried over from the original Rock Band to get a final count.