Rock Band 2

[King Imp]

Well, they have finally officially announced the lineup for their on disk songs for Rock Band 2. Not exactly as big as I was hoping for. Too much obscure shit that pales in comparison to the greats in rock.


1. AC/DC - Let There Be Rock
2. AFI - Girl's Gone Grey
3. Alanis Morissette - You Oughta Know
4. Alice in Chains - Man in the Box
5. Allman Brothers - Ramblin' Man
6. Avenged Sevenfold - Almost Easy
7. Bad Company - Shooting Star
8. Beastie Boys - So Whatcha Want
9. Beck - E-Pro
10. Bikini Kill - Rebel Girl
11. Billy Idol - White Wedding Pt. I
12. Blondie - One Way or Another
13. Bob Dylan - Tangled Up in Blue
14. Bon Jovi - Livin' on a Prayer
15. Cheap Trick - Hello There
16. Devo - Uncontrollable Urge
17. Dinosaur Jr. - Feel the Pain
18. Disturbed - Down with the Sickness
19. Dream Theater - Panic Attack
20. Duran Duran - Hungry Like the Wolf
21. Elvis Costello - Pump It Up
22. Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way
23. Foo Fighters - Everlong
24. Guns N' Roses - Shackler's Revenge
25. Interpol - PDA
26. Jane's Addiction - Mountain Song
27. Jethro Tull - Aqualung
28. Jimmy Eat World - The Middle
29. Joan Jett - Bad Reputation
30. Journey - Anyway You Want It
31. Judas Priest - Painkiller
32. Kansas - Carry On Wayward Son
33. L7 - Pretend We're Dead
34. Lacuna Coil - Our Truth
35. Linkin Park - One Step Closer
36. Lit - My Own Worst Enemy
37. Lush - De-Luxe
38. Mastodon - Colony of Birchmen
39. Megadeth - Peace Sells
40. Metallica - Battery
41. Mighty Mighty Bosstones - Where'd You Go
42. Modest Mouse - Float On
43. Motorhead - Ace of Spades
44. Nirvana - Drain You
45. Norman Greenbaum - Spirit in the Sky
46. Panic at the Disco - Nine in the Afternoon
47. Paramore - That's What You Get
48. Pearl Jam - Alive
49. Presidents of the USA - Lump
50. Rage Against the Machine - Testify
51. Ratt - Round & Round
52. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Give it Away
53. Rise Against - Give it All
54. Rush - The Trees
55. Silversun Pickups - Lazy Eye
56. Smashing Pumpkins - Today
57. Social Distortion - I Was Wrong
58. Sonic Youth - Teenage Riot
59. Soundgarden - Spoonman
60. Squeeze - Cool for Cats
61. Steely Dan - Bodhitsattya
62. Steve Miller Band - Rock'n Me
63. Survivor - Eye of the Tiger
64. System of a Down - Chop Suey
65. Talking Heads - Psycho Killer
66. Tenacious D - Master Exploder
67. Testament - Souls of Black
68. The Donnas - New Kid in School
69. The Go-Go's - We Got the Beat
70. The Grateful Dead - Alabama Getaway
71. The Guess Who - American Woman
72. The Muffs - Kids in America
73. The Offspring - Come Out & Play (Keep 'em Separated)
74. The Replacements - Alex Chilton
75. The Who - Pinball Wizard


Here is an article on the new features. Even if the set list doesn't impress me, I am liking what they've done to the core.
Rock Band 2 (http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/888/888886p1.html)

And now, simply because I'm disgusted by Harmonix wanting to "introduce us to new music", I'm helping promote someone's site that is tracking votes on what we really want to see in this game. If you are like me and are tired of waiting for the true greats to be added or hate the obscure stuff they try to pass off as quality DLC, then please vote here (http://www.rbdlc.com/WantedVote.php).

[BeerBandit]

I don't know. There's a lot of really good stuff on that list. Nice to see Mastodon and Testament on there.

[mikeyboy]

I wouldn't call that list obscure at all for the most part.

[HBox]

And they releasing a shit load of Who songs this week after releasing Red Hot Chili peppers and Rush songs last week. The DLC has had a lot of good stuff.

[King Imp]

I don't know. There's a lot of really good stuff on that list.


Yeah, I don't begrudge them for what they did get. There are some really good choices, but when they themselves touted this as "the greatest setlist ever composed for a music game", I personally don't see it.

I was expecting A-list material from how they hyped it. Not this.

[King Imp]

I wouldn't call that list obscure at all for the most part.

For the most part? No, but you can't deny that these bands like Bikini Kill, Dinosaur Jr., Interpol, The Donnas, and The Muffs aren't even close to being mentioned in the same breath as the greats.

[IMSlacker]

For the most part? No, but you can't deny that these bands like Bikini Kill, Dinosaur Jr., Interpol, The Donnas, and The Muffs aren't even close to being mentioned in the same breath as the greats.

But, there's a certain number of people who would buy the game just for those songs. It seems like smart marketing.

[mikeyboy]

But, there's a certain number of people who would buy the game just for those songs. It seems like smart marketing.

Exactly. It's a pretty diverse set-list drawing on lots of different rock genres and time periods. I actually think it looks pretty solid with that in mind.

[King Imp]

But, there's a certain number of people who would buy the game just for those songs. It seems like smart marketing.

Maybe, but they sure would make much more money with bands like Black Sabbath/Ozzy, Led Zeppelin, The Stones, Van Halen, The Eagles, Queen, Def Leppard, classic GnR (not this crap called "Shackler's Revenge"), Iron Maiden, etc.

[mikeyboy]

Maybe, but they sure would make much more money with bands like Black Sabbath/Ozzy, Led Zeppelin, The Stones, Van Halen, The Eagles, Queen, Def Leppard, classic GnR (not this crap called "Shackler's Revenge"), Iron Maiden, etc.

...and they would have to likely pay out a lot more as well. I don't know a lot about the process of selling song rights to video games, but if it's similar to TV and movies, it would cost a crapload to put that list together. The company needs to weigh this cost, because there's a point when the extra money going into the setlist isn't proportional to the increase in sales from making the setlist better. Besides, even your dream setlist is only focused on the classic rock fans, and you need to look outside of that to broaden the appeal of the game.

Edit: and isn't the GnR song they are using supposed to be a big deal since the song is getting it's premiere in the game.

[Dougie Brootal]

yeah seems okay to me.

[Dougie Brootal]

For the most part? No, but you can't deny that these bands like Bikini Kill, Dinosaur Jr., Interpol, The Donnas, and The Muffs aren't even close to being mentioned in the same breath as the greats.

bikini kill was fucking awesome! what are you saying?!?

[IMSlacker]

bikini kill was fucking awesome! what are you saying?!?

I know. I was thinking I might get this thing just for Bikini Kill song.

[mikeyboy]

I would like to play some Dinosaur Jr.

[King Imp]

...and they would have to likely pay out a lot more as well. I don't know a lot about the process of selling song rights to video games, but if it's similar to TV and movies, it would cost a crapload to put that list together. The company needs to weigh this cost, because there's a point when the extra money going into the setlist isn't proportional to the increase in sales from making the setlist better. Besides, even your dream setlist is only focused on the classic rock fans, and you need to look outside of that to broaden the appeal of the game.

Oh, believe me I understand full well that the bigger the artist is, the more money it must cost to get them in the game. I do understand that 100%. And I also understand that the genres need to be diverse. Of course you need that to appeal to everyone.

My main beef is putting virtual unknowns on the disk instead of saving them for DLC. You want to blow people away when they read what's on the disk. It's like trailers to a movie. You hook people with the best parts. Granted, a lot of these songs will, but then you see others that you've never even heard of or there are bands with their lesser known hits. Take Cheap Trick for example. This "Hello There" song, it's a measly 1:30 song that is not one of their more well known hits. They got the band, so why not "Dream Police" or "Surrender"?

[Chigworthy]

Maybe, but they sure would make much more money with bands like Black Sabbath/Ozzy, Led Zeppelin, The Stones, Van Halen, The Eagles, Queen, Def Leppard, classic GnR (not this crap called "Shackler's Revenge"), Iron Maiden, etc.

Doesn't the first one already have all that garbage?

[King Imp]

Doesn't the first one already have all that garbage?


The first one has Maiden, Sabbath, and the Stones, but of those three only the Stones is a master track. The other two are covers.

As for them being "garbage", by all means tell us what you find to be great music.

[IrishAlkey]

I think it looks great.

Can't wait...

[HBox]

I know it came out that Led Zeppelin songs wont be in any music game because they don't want to release their masters.

[Chigworthy]

As for them being "garbage", by all means tell us what you find to be great music.

I'm not that interesting.

[HBox]

Harmonix revealed the 20 free songs that will be available to download the first week of November:

The 88 - "Sons and Daughters"
Authority Zero - "No Regrets"
Between the Buried and Me - "Prequel To The Sequel"
The Cab - "Bounce"
The Chevelles - "Get It On"
The Cocktail Slippers - "Give It To Me"
Dealership - "Database Corrupted"
Endeverafter - "I Wanna Be Your Man"
The Ghost Hounds - "Ashes To Fire"
Hollywood Undead - "Young"
Kutless - "The Feeling"
The Len Price 3 - "If I Ain't Got You"
Lesley Roy - "I'm Gone, I'm Going"
Opiate for the Masses - "Burn You Down"
Semi-Precious Weapons - "Magnetic Baby"
Shaimus - "Like a Fool"
Thenewno2" - Crazy Tuesday"
Tickle Me Pink - "The Time Is Wrong"
Underoath - "Desperate Times, Desperate Measures"
X Japan - "I.V."

uh....................... I guess that's why they are free.

On the plus side the AC/DC Live track pack will be released that week as well. On the down side it's $40 and only available in Wal-Mart.

[Jubjubs]

The Nirvana and Motley Crue DLC have been some of the funnest yet.

[BeerBandit]

Harmonix revealed the 20 free songs that will be available to download the first week of November:

The 88 - "Sons and Daughters"
Authority Zero - "No Regrets"
Between the Buried and Me - "Prequel To The Sequel"
The Cab - "Bounce"
The Chevelles - "Get It On"
The Cocktail Slippers - "Give It To Me"
Dealership - "Database Corrupted"
Endeverafter - "I Wanna Be Your Man"
The Ghost Hounds - "Ashes To Fire"
Hollywood Undead - "Young"
Kutless - "The Feeling"
The Len Price 3 - "If I Ain't Got You"
Lesley Roy - "I'm Gone, I'm Going"
Opiate for the Masses - "Burn You Down"
Semi-Precious Weapons - "Magnetic Baby"
Shaimus - "Like a Fool"
Thenewno2" - Crazy Tuesday"
Tickle Me Pink - "The Time Is Wrong"
Underoath - "Desperate Times, Desperate Measures"
X Japan - "I.V."

uh....................... I guess that's why they are free.

On the plus side the AC/DC Live track pack will be released that week as well. On the down side it's $40 and only available in Wal-Mart.
Between the Buried and Me fucking rocks. Sometimes I hate being a Wii owner. Wii have to wait until December for this goodness.