Archive for July, 2008

Nas Owns Rush On Their Own Song

By JP • Jul 31st, 2008 • Category: News

Last week on the Colbert Report, Rush was invited to play their song “Tom Sawyer” in Rock Band. Failing a third of the way into the song I’m sure that they felt quite ashamed that they couldn’t even beat their own song in a video game.
Well this week, the rapper Nas, who happens to be [...]



Rock Band Live Tour Announced

By JP • Jul 31st, 2008 • Category: News

Fans of Dashboard Confessional or Panic at the Disco! can get the chance to rock out on stage at the Rock Band Live Tour, kicking off this Fall.
The tour, sponsored by Rock Band, will run nationwide from October 5 to November 14, with virtual bands getting the opportunity to show off their mad Rock Band [...]



Matt Lauer Rocks Out On Rock Band 2

By JP • Jul 30th, 2008 • Category: News

Earlier today on the Today show, the hosts Matt Lauer, Meredith Vieira, and Al Roker rocked out to Bon Jovi’s “Livin’ on a Prayer” on Rock Band 2. While I was not able to catch the amazing performance this morning, as I’m sure most of you weren’t, thanks to the wonders of the internet, the [...]



Rush Rocks Out With Rock Band On Colbert Report

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

Before recently appearing on the Colbert Report, rock stars Rush had a chance to sit down with Rock Band and get a chance to see how well they could do playing their own song in a video game.
Hit the jump for the video:



Rock Band Makes Appearance In Family Jewels Show

By JP • Jul 21st, 2008 • Category: News

In the latest episode of A&E’s television show “Gene Simmons Family Jewels”, Rock Band makes an appearance as Gene and members of KISS try to take down Gene’s son and friends in a best score competition.
As it turns out, the kids own Gene and KISS.  Just because you wrote the song doesn’t necessarily mean that [...]



Rock Band 2 Feature List Announced

By JP • Jul 14th, 2008 • Category: News

Harmonix is sending out press releases like their out of style.  The latest press release reveals the features that you’ll be seeing in Rock Band 2 starting in September for N. American Xbox 360 players.  Most of these features have been revealed over the last couple of days, but there are some confirmations to finally [...]



Rock Band 2 Complete Set List Revealed

By JP • Jul 14th, 2008 • Category: News

For the first time, a rhythm games complete set list is revealed all at once.  And that is definately not the only first as far as music games goes when talking about the Rock Band 2 set list.  Today, harmonix revealed the entire 84 songs that will be available on the Rock Band 2 disc, [...]



Rock Band’s European Expansion Begins July 24th

By JP • Jul 14th, 2008 • Category: News

The press releases from Harmonix are starting to pour in now, with one of the first being that Rock Band will be launching in seven additional European countries later this month.  On July 24th, Xbox 360 gamers in  Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Sweden, Belgium, Netherlands, and Luxembourg will have a chance to see what everyone’s been [...]



Ion Drum Rocker Available For Pre-Order

By JP • Jul 11th, 2008 • Category: News

The Ion Drum set featured in the latest issue of GameInformer, known as the Ion Drum Rocker, is set to be released in early September, but you can actually pre-order a set now.  That is if the price doesn’t scare you away.  Coming in at a paltry $299.99 the Ion Drum Rocker is one of the most [...]



GameInformer Spills The Beans On Rock Band 2

By JP • Jul 11th, 2008 • Category: News

The latest issue of GameInformer is starting to arrive in mail boxes across the country, and thanks to the fine peeps at ScoreHero, scans of the 8 page Rock Band 2 blow out have been made available.  While some of the information has been known for awhile, there are still some golden nuggets of info to be [...]