Official Rock Band (Main Titles/Spin-offs/DLC/Network) Discussion

[Camo]

Good morning,

I braved the lightning that hit next to my house to come and post this, so you better love it! Next week we have the previously announced Green Day 3-pack coming from their latest album. Also we have a sweet pack coming from the Mayhem Festival.

In addition two of the Green Day tracks are now eligible for the Pepsi video promotion (details below)-

Two of the new songs, “21 Guns” and “East Jesus Nowhere,” will also be eligible for the “Best Performance In a Pepsi Rock Band Video” category at the MTV Video Music Awards, giving Green Day fans the opportunity to take home a Moonman at this year’s award show. To participate, fans in the United States need to purchase the Green Day tracks on DLC or choose another song from the official competition list and create an original, creative music video. Music video submissions will be accepted through July 28 at www.PepsiRockBand.com. The winning band will travel to the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, walk the red carpet, receive their very-own Moonman statue and be featured in a spot produced by MTV to air nationally the night of the awards show.


Tracks:

Green Day “21 Guns”
Green Day “East Jesus Nowhere”
Green Day “Know Your Enemy”
Behemoth “Conquer All”
Black Dahlia Murder “What a Horrible Night to Have a Curse”
Cannibal Corpse “Hammer Smashed Face”
God Forbid “Empire of the Gun”
Job for a Cowboy “Embedded”
Marilyn Manson “Disposable Teens”
Slayer “Black Magic”
Whitechapel “This Is Exile”

(All tracks are original master recordings)

These tracks will be available for purchase as part of the “Green Day Pack” or “Mayhem Pack” or as individual tracks for Xbox 360 and PLAYSTATION 3 systems.

Release Date:
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
(Wii and Xbox LIVE Marketplace for Xbox 360)
Thursday, July 9, 2009
(PlayStation®Store)

** Dates for Rock Band game tracks are tentative and subject to change. **

Price:
$1.99 (160 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360) per track
$5.49 (440 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360) for “Green Day Pack”
$13.49 (1,080) Microsoft Points for Xbox 360) for “Mayhem Pack”
$2.00 (200 Wii Points) per track

Locations:
Xbox LIVE Marketplace for Xbox 360
PlayStation®Network
In-game Rock Band 2 Music Store (Wii Points must be purchased through the Wii™Shop Channel)

The funny thing is, I actually know someone who was shitting their pants at the thought of Cannibal Corpse. Well, good for him. Oh, and Green Day would suck less if it was some of their older work.

[Alpha Six]

Cool, TBDM and Whitechapel. Their most popular songs, but still!

(I have This Is Exile as a ringtone fuck year)

[Camo]

Hey gang,

Sorry for the momentary delay. HMXsean usually posts the DLC announcements in the morning and he is way better at waking up on time than I am. We're trying something new in this DLC alert: Xbox360, PS3, Wii and PSP DLC announced all at the same time! Now Wii rockers won't have to wait 'til Monday to see what's coming out next week. It's your one stop DLC shop!

So read close and you'll see what's coming out for your system next week. Dig in!

Tracks available for Xbox 360 (July 14) and PLAYSTATION 3 system (July 16):

Big Dipper “All Going Out Together”
Big Dipper “She’s Fetching”
Big Dipper “Younger Bums”
Judas Priest “Dissident Aggressor (Live)”
Judas Priest “Eat Me Alive (Live)”
Judas Priest “Prophecy (Live)”
The Dead Weather “Hang You From the Heavens”
The Dead Weather “No Hassle Night”
The Dead Weather “Treat Me Like Your Mother”

(All tracks are original master recordings)

These tracks will be available for purchase as part of the “Big Dipper Pack,” “Judas Priest Pack,” “The Dead Weather Pack 01” or as individual tracks for Xbox 360 and PLAYSTATION 3 systems.

Price:
$1.99 (160 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360) per track
$5.49 (440 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360) for “Big Dipper Pack,” “Judas Priest Pack” or “The Dead Weather Pack 01”

(All tracks are original master recordings)

** Dates for Rock Band game tracks are tentative and subject to change. **

Are you serious!? What the hell is this shit?

[Camo]

Hey gang,

Here's the DLC hitting Rock Band next week! We've got a pretty rad selection of track packs from Kings of Leon, Rancid, Rise Against and a single from Lush.

And below that you can see the back catalog additions for the Wii, and the RBU DLC. Read on!

Tracks available for Xbox 360 (July 21) and PS3 system (July 23):

Kings of Leon “Crawl”
Kings of Leon “Molly’s Chambers”
Kings of Leon “Sex on Fire”
Rancid “Last One to Die”
Rancid “Ruby Soho”
Rancid “Time Bomb”
Rise Against “Prayer of the Refugee”
Rise Against “Re-Education (Through Labor)”
Rise Against “Savior”
Lush “Sweetness & Light”

(All tracks are original master recordings)

These tracks will be available for purchase as part of the “Kings of Leon Pack,” “Rancid Pack,” “Rise Against Pack” or as individual tracks for Xbox 360 and PLAYSTATION 3 systems.

Price:
$1.99 (160 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360) per track
$5.49 (440 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360) for “Kings of Leon Pack,” “Rancid Pack” or “Rise Against Pack”

With the addition of these tracks, there are now more than 400 tracks in the Wii Rock Band Music Store.

Additional tracks available for Wii (July 21):

Big Dipper “All Going Out Together” *
Big Dipper “She’s Fetching” *
Big Dipper “Younger Bums” *
Judas Priest “Dissident Aggressor (Live)”
Judas Priest “Eat Me Alive (Live)”
Judas Priest “Prophecy (Live)”
The Dead Weather “Hang You From the Heavens”
The Dead Weather “No Hassle Night”
The Dead Weather “Treat Me Like Your Mother”
Jethro Tull “Hymn 43”
Naked Brothers “Body I Occupy” *
Naked Brothers “I Don’t Want To Go To School” *
No Doubt “Bathwater”
No Doubt “Don’t Speak”
No Doubt “Excuse Me Mr.”
No Doubt “Ex-Girlfriend”
No Doubt “Hella Good”
No Doubt “Hey Baby”
No Doubt “It’s My Life”
No Doubt “Just a Girl”
No Doubt “Running”
No Doubt “Simple Kind of Life”
No Doubt “Spiderwebs”
No Doubt “Sunday Morning”
No Doubt “Underneath It All”

(All tracks are original master recordings)

Price:
$2.00 (200 Wii Points) per track
*Denotes $1.00 (100 Wii Points) per track

Rock Band Unplugged Tracks for PSP®System

Tracks available for Rock Band Unplugged (July 23):

Grateful Dead “Casey Jones”
Thin Lizzy “The Boys Are Back In Town (Live)”

Price:
$1.99 per track on the PSP system

** Dates for Rock Band game tracks are tentative and subject to change. **

And another shitty week from Harmonix, bravo. Though I do know that some people like some of this. Eh.

And now a press release no one will read:

MTV Games and Harmonix Empower Artists and Labels to Get Their Music in the Game with the Rock Band Network

The Rock Band Network Gives Artists and Record Labels Tools to Author, Promote and Sell Music for Download via the Rock Band Platform

CAMBRIDGE, MA and NEW YORK, NY – July 17, 2009 – Harmonix Music Systems and MTV Games, a part of Viacom’s MTV Networks (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), today announced the Rock Band Network, a ground-breaking initiative that gives musicians and record labels the ability to author their own original recordings into gameplay files and sell their music as playable Rock Band tracks through the newly-created Rock Band Network Music Store. The introduction of the Rock Band Network marks a fundamental shift in the exposure music games can give emerging and established artists through innovative technologies that will open new revenue streams and promotional avenues.

"Our goal with Rock Band has always been to go beyond making music games and create a true music platform," said Alex Rigopulos, CEO and co-founder of Harmonix. "With the Rock Band Network, we've evolved the platform to its next logical step, giving players access to an incredible amount of new music by putting the professional tools we use in the hands of the artists themselves."

"The Rock Band Network enables songwriters and musicians – at any stage of their careers – to create their own paths through the interactive music realm," said Paul DeGooyer, Senior Vice President, Electronic Games and Music, MTV Networks Music Group. "Our download store has been an extraordinary success, and it’s exciting for us to provide access to our platform through this uniquely elegant solution."

The Rock Band Network will launch as an open beta in late August 2009 in the U.S. and provide a sophisticated toolset, with detailed documentation on how bands can begin the process of authoring songs into Rock Band gameplay files. Authors will be able to submit tracks for playtesting and peer review via a specialized Web site, Creators.RockBand.com. Potential publishers will need a membership to Microsoft’s XNA Creators Club Online in order to test and publish game content. The service will only be available to those who purchase a premium membership to Microsoft’s XNA Creators Club Online, which can be purchased for four months at $49.99 or for a year at $99.99.

“The proven strength and stability of Microsoft’s game development tools, technologies and services allowed Harmonix to focus on making an easy-to-use experience for authors without needing to reinvent the wheel,” said Dave Mitchell, product unit manager, XNA publishing platform. “Rock Band Network is a model example of integration with XNA Creators Club Online.”

Once tracks are approved, they will be transferred to the Rock Band Network Store, an in-game music marketplace where millions of Rock Band fans will be able to demo samples of the songs for free before they purchase. Songs will debut exclusively on Xbox 360 for 30 days. Artists featured in the store will be able to choose from multiple pricing tiers for individual tracks and will be compensated via a simple payment system that provides automated accounting and regular royalty payments.

Tracks for the Rock Band Network will be made available later in the fall on the Xbox 360® video game entertainment system from Microsoft. Stand out tracks will follow on the PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system and Wii™ console. Joining the more than 750 tracks available to date, the Rock Band Network Store will greatly increase the amount of music available through the Rock Band music platform and further confirm MTV Games and Harmonix’s position as the leading provider of downloadable content for music-based video games.

[FRET]

Fuck, Rise Against songs aren't on the Wii one yet. =[
Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck

[Camo]

Fuck, Rise Against songs aren't on the Wii one yet. =[
Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck

Most likely will be by next Tuesday (July 28th). But I know that doesn't help you at the moment. :P

[Raytheon]

the best rise against song on the games is easily death blossoms

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and its on guitar hero

[Ravecat]

when is rock band beatles coming out I want it

[Raytheon]

9/9/9 in the US so 10/9/10 in Australia

[Camo]

It's released internationally on September 9th.

[Raytheon]

no it wont be.


we havent even got rb2 yet.

[a babyass man]

when is rock band beatles coming out I want it

i too want to click plastic instruments to the tune of the most overplayed trash excuse for music around, sign me up

[Clutch]

I guess I'll enjoy my overplayed trash then.

Also, more tracks revealed and another trailer for The Beatles Rockband.

• “Twist And Shout”
  
• “Do You Want To Know A Secret”
  
• “Can’t Buy Me Love”
  
• “I Wanna Be Your Man”
  
• “Eight Days A Week”
  
• “Paperback Writer” (Despite already hearing that one in the intro)
  
• “And Your Bird Can Sing”
  
• “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band”
  
• “With A Little Help From My Friends”
  
• “Within You Without You”/“Tomorrow Never Knows” (from 2006’s remix album, Love)
  
• “Yellow Submarine”
  
• “Revolution”
  
• “Birthday”
  
• “Dig A Pony”
  
• “I’ve Got A Feeling”
  

[Camo]

I'm glad Twist & Shout, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, and Revolution are included. Great songs indeed.

[Camo]

Hey everybody,

Early announce today as all of HMX will be on a boat today (for real,I'll even take pictures). Here is the master list of all the DLC coming out for all the systems. 360 and PS3 are getting Weezer, Blink 182, Kiss, and Damone. Wii is catching up at a blistering pace with Mötley Crüe , Kings of Leon, Rancid, Rise Against and more. And on the PSP? How about some James Gang and Alien Ant Farm? Does that work? Yeah it does.


Tracks available on Xbox 360 (July 28) and PLAYSTATION 3 system (July 30):

Blink-182 “Down”
Blink-182 “Feeling This”
Blink-182 “The Rock Show”
Damone “Out Here All Night”
KISS “100,000 Years (Live)”
KISS “Deuce (Live)”
KISS “Parasite (Live)”
Weezer “My Name is Jonas”
Weezer “Pork and Beans”
Weezer “Undone – The Sweater Song”

(All tracks are original master recordings)

These tracks will be available for purchase as part of the “Blink-182 Pack 01,” “Weezer Pack 01,” “KISS Pack 01” or as individual tracks on Xbox 360 and PLAYSTATION 3 systems.

Price: $1.99 USD, £.99 UK, €1.49 EU (160 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360) per track
$5.49, £2.49 UK, €3.99 EU (440 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360) for “Blink-182 Pack 01,” “Weezer Pack 02” or “KISS Pack 01”

Wii Additions
Additionally, tracks from Kings of Leon, Rancid, Rise Against and Lush, as well as back-catalog tracks from Children of Bodom, Finley, Mötley Crüe, Platero y Tú, Squeeze and Tokio Hotel will be available July 28 in the Wii Rock Band Music Store. These tracks come from the catalog of Rock Band music already released to owners of Xbox 360 and PLAYSTATION 3 system. With the addition of these tracks, there are now more than 425 tracks in the Wii Rock Band Music Store.

Additional tracks available for Wii (July 28):

Kings of Leon “Crawl”
Kings of Leon “Molly’s Chambers”
Kings of Leon “Sex on Fire”
Rancid “Last One to Die”
Rancid “Ruby Soho”
Rancid “Time Bomb”
Rise Against “Prayer of the Refugee”
Rise Against “Re-Education (Through Labor)”
Rise Against “Savior”
Lush “Sweetness & Light”
Children of Bodom “Are You Dead Yet”
Finley “Tutto è Possibile
Mötley Crüe “Don’t Go Away Mad (Just Go Away)”
Mötley Crüe “Dr. Feelgood”
Mötley Crüe “Kickstart My Heart”
Mötley Crüe “Rattlesnake Shake”
Mötley Crüe “Same Ol’ Situation (S.O.S)”
Mötley Crüe “She Goes Down”
Mötley Crüe “Slice Of Your Pie”
Mötley Crüe “Sticky Sweet”
Mötley Crüe “Time For Change”
Mötley Crüe “Without You”
Platero y Tú “Hay Poco Rock & Roll”
Squeeze “Tempted”
Tokio Hotel “Ready, Set, Go!”

(All tracks are original master recordings)

Price: $2.00 USD, (200 Wii Points) per track

Rock Band Unplugged Tracks for PSP®System
Rock Band Unplugged fans will enjoy the addition of James Gang’s “Funk #49” and Alien Ant Farm’s “Smooth Criminal” to the 23 tracks already available via the Rock Band Unplugged in-game music store for the PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system.

Tracks available for Rock Band Unplugged (July 30):

James Gang “Funk #49”
Alien Ant Farm “Smooth Criminal”

Price: $1.99, £.99 UK, €1.49 EU per track on the PSP system

** Dates for Rock Band game tracks are tentative and subject to change. **

It seems to be that HMX releases every Blink-182 song I just don't like while all the good hits and deep cuts go unnoticed. My brother's a fan of Weezer, so he'll like that. KISS and the Paramore ripoff are meh to the max.

“You Give Love a Bad Name” -Bon Jovi
“In Too Deep” -Sum 41
“Accidentally In Love”- Counting Crows
“Tick Tick Boom”- The Hives
“Aliens Exist”- Blink 182

New Lego Rock Band tracks. You Give Love a Bad Name should be a blast. In Too Deep is ugh but will probably be fun. Accidentally In Love, even though I hate the song, I've always thought would work well in the game. Tick Tick Boom is a great song; I'm glad to see it. And, what's this? A Blink-182 song that's not a major hit single? Oh, and what else? I hate the song? Oh yes I do.