VAN HALEN News Desk has issued the following report, courtesy of ING.com's Erik Brudvig:

Last week, Activision announced the track list for Guitar Hero: Van Halen, due out this December. Along with more than two dozen Van Halen songs, the likes of WEEZER, BLINK-182, and TENACIOUS D are also included. Wait, what?

IGN caught up with the head of music licensing at Activision, Tim Riley, to find out how those bands came to be a part of Guitar Hero: Van Halen. Turns out it was all Wolfgang’s doing.

“At the end of the day, it became Wolfgang Van Halen, who is a serious Guitar Hero player — probably the best Guitar Hero player that I’ve ever seen including people at Activision... They knew that, (the Van Halen brothers and David Lee Roth), so they were like, ‘Ask Wolfgang what bands he wants in.’”

And did David Lee Roth’s massive ego have anything to do with the lack of Sammy Hagar songs on the disc? “David Lee Roth - I don’t know that he demanded anything,” said Riley. “That guy was so cool and so pleasant to work with.”

He continued, “In my mind we never even talked about it... I don’t think the band ever said ‘no’. I don’t think we ever requested a single song or ever talked about it. It certainly wasn’t David Lee Roth saying there was no way or this is a mandate.”

Activision will release Guitar Hero: Van Halen just in time for Christmas, on December 22nd. Check out a new trailer for the game below.

Guitar Hero: Van Halen features the following tracks:

Van Halen songs:

'Ain't Talkin Bout Love'

'And The Cradle Will Rock'

'Atomic Punk'

'Beautiful Girls'

'Cathedral' (solo)

'Dance The Night Away'

'Eruption' (solo)

'Everybody Wants Some'

'Feel Your Love Tonight'

'Hang 'Em High'

'Hear About It Later'

'Hot For Teacher'

'Ice Cream Man'

'I'm The One'

'Jamie's Cryin'

'Jump'

'Little Guitars'

'Loss Of Control'

'Mean Street'

'Panama'

'Pretty Woman'

'Romeo Delight'

'Running With The Devil'

'So This Is Love'

'Somebody Get Me A Doctor'

'Spanish Fly' (solo)

'Unchained'

'You Really Got Me'

Tracks from other bands:

ALTER BRIDGE - 'Come To Life'

BILLY IDOL - 'White Wedding'

BLINK-182 - 'First Date'

DEEP PURPLE -- 'Space Truckin'

FOO FIGHTERS - 'Best Of You'

FOREIGNER - 'Double Vision'

FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE- 'Stacy's Mom'

JIMMY EAT WORLD- 'Pain'

JUDAS PRIEST - 'Painkiller'

KILLSWITCH ENGAGE - 'The End Of Heartache'

LENNY KRAVITZ - 'Rock And Roll Is Dead'

QUEEN - 'I Want It All'

QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE - 'Sick, Sick, Sick'

TENACIOUS D - 'Master Exploder'

THE CLASH - 'Safe European Home'

THE OFFSPRING - 'Pretty Fly For A White Guy'

THIRD EYE BLIND - 'Semi-Charmed Life'

WEEZER - 'Dope Nose'

YELLOWCARD - 'The Takedown'