Quintessential Guitar Hero Part 1 of 5

Via Destructoid:
"Activision announced earlier today Guitar Hero Greatest Hits during their financial conference call. The game will be comprised of the songs Guitar Hero fans liked the most from Guitar Hero, Guitar Hero II, Guitar Hero III and Guitar Hero: Aerosmith. All of these repackaged songs from the earlier games will be remade to work with all of Guitar Hero World Tour’s instruments. Guitar Hero Greatest Hits will be out sometime within the next two quarters for the Xbox 360, Wii and PlayStation 3. "

As I promised in my GH:Arcade potential setlist speculation, it's time for my list of Quintessential GH Songs, broken into 5 parts so I can make each entry more detailed. 10 Tiers, 5 songs each. (I'll still go by the games themselves if I ever finish Rock Band).
GUITAR HERO: THE ESSENTIALS
Tier 1
1. "I Love Rock And Roll" by Joan Jett- First song in the first Guitar Hero is perfect to kick things off.
2. "I Wanna Be Sedated" by The Ramones- Second only to Blitzkreig Bop, it's a Ramones classic, and one of the first fast songs you encounter.
3. "Slow ride" by Foghat- Another one because it's the easiest song in GH3, but also another fairly well known.
4. "Heart Shaped Box" by Nirvana- This is the earliest case (setlist-wise) of a band we've been clamoring to see make it in. No doubt about it, the cover sucked, hopefully the new edition will use the masters.
5. "Surrender" by Cheap Trick- First song, yadda yadda, and it just goes to show how smart the setlist arrangers are. The first song you hear when you start carrer mode is something you've probably heard your whole life.

Tier 2
1."Cherry Pie" by Warrant-We've all heard this one, whether you were born in the 80s, or merely a byprroduct of all those "BEST OF 80s HAIR METAL!" CD ads. I think these guys are a one hit wonder (like most bands of that time), so I took pity on them :( But it's perfect for rockin; back and forth to.
2."Smoke On The Water" by Deep Purple- EVERYONE WHO HAS EVER PLAYED GUITAR HAS ATTEMPTED TO PLAY THIS SONG.
3. "Rock N' Roll All Nite" by KISS
4. "Take Me Out" by Franz Ferdinand- This was the first song in Guitar Hero that made you go: "Wait a minute! This song was on the radio yesterday! And it's everywhere!" For that, it showed it's relevance to us young kids with our iPods and black President. It showed GH as not only a means to archive old songs, but as a commercial product that's for everybody.
5. "Woman" by Wolfmother- Again, this was a point when Guitar Hero was able to promote new artists into the limelight, as well as highlight recent acts.