Archive for May, 2008

The Cars Album DLC Now Available

By JP • May 27th, 2008 • Category: Weekly DLC

The second album to be released on Rock Band is now available for download from the Rock Band Store. All 9 tracks from The Cars self-titled debut album are available in it’s entirity as a complete album download, or you can purchase the 9 DLC tracks seperately.



Official Rock Band Drum Pad Silencers Review

By JP • May 24th, 2008 • Category: Drums, Mods, Reviews

I think just about everyone can agree that one of the most annoying parts of Rock Band is the noise that the drums make.  There has been a multitude of mods created for the sole purpose of silencing the drums, some of which are featured on this site, and Harmonix has decided to remedy the [...]



Are We Not Men?

By JP • May 23rd, 2008 • Category: News

We are Devo!  According to Devo founder Mark Mothersbaugh, three Devo tracks are making their way to Rock Band.  Appearing on G4’s X-Play, Mark stated that they re-recorded their song “Through Being Cool” for the game and that two other unannounced songs would also be making an appearance.
No other details, such as what the other two [...]



Bad Religion To Appear In Rock Band…2?

By JP • May 20th, 2008 • Category: News

Bad Religion guitarist Brett Gurewitz recently posted on his Twitter account that they are currently mixing their song “Sorrow” to appear in Rock Band 2.  This is the second band to confirm that their songs are going to appear in the unannounced 2nd release of Rock Band.
While it’s great to see more bands state that they [...]



European Release DLC Now Available

By JP • May 20th, 2008 • Category: Weekly DLC

Let the “Hysteria” begin as all nine of the European release bonus tracks are now available to download from the Rock Band in-game store.  The full set list, which I’m sure will aMuse quite a few people is below:

“Beetlebum” - Blur (cover)
“Hier Kommt Alex” - Die Toten Hosen (master)
“Countdown to Insanity” - H-BlockX (master)
“Perfekte Welle” - Juli (master)
“Manu Chao” - [...]



Pennywise Coming To Rock Band

By JP • May 19th, 2008 • Category: News

California punk band Pennywise played this weekend at KROQ’s annual Weenie Roast y Fiesta concert along with Metallica, The Offspring, Bad Religion, Atreyu and others.  For the concerts program, each band was asked six questions with one of them being “Guitar Hero or Rock Band?”  Pennywise guitarist Fletcher Dragge stated that they preferred Rock Band since [...]



Konami Wants In On Action - Announces Rock Revolution

By JP • May 15th, 2008 • Category: News

Konami, who previously dominated the rhythm game genre with DDR, is feeling a little left out with Guitar Hero and Rock Band completely controlling the genre now.  Now wanting in on the action, they announced Rock Revolution at Konami Gamer’s Night 2008.  Rock Revolution will be released this Fall on the Xbox 360, Playstation 3, Wii, [...]



Blondie, Sonic Youth, And The Clash DLC Now Available

By JP • May 13th, 2008 • Category: Weekly DLC

This weeks DLC content is really hit or miss with some people.  However, all songs were a hit at the time of release and I personally can’t wait to get all three.  This weeks DLC tracks are as follows:

 “Hanging on the Telephone” - Blondie
“Train in Vain” - The Clash
“Kool Thing” - Sonic Youth

All [...]



Testament Coming To Rock Band

By JP • May 8th, 2008 • Category: News

During a recent interview with nationally syndicated radio show “The Tour Bus” Testament lead singer Chuck Billy let it slip that two Testament tracks will be featured in the “next” Rock Band.  The two songs mentioned were “Electric Crown” from “The Ritual” album released in 1992 and the title track from the “Souls of Black” album [...]



Scene DLC Pack Now Available

By JP • May 6th, 2008 • Category: Weekly DLC

If you can’t get enough black eyeliner or peel yourself away from Myspace for more than five minutes, then this weeks Rock Band DLC pack has got your name written all over it.