Rock Band 3 - First Look

Confirmed: Keyboard

Confirmed: The Doors

Confirmed: Drop-in and drop-out play in any mode, and it looks like the ability to change difficulties mid-song

Not Quite Confirmed, Because the Video Cuts Off: What They're Doing with DLC, although Wikipedia says all DLC and on-disc songs from prior games are playable in RB3

More info on Wikipedia includes details on the keyboard, some notes about game play and the beginnings of the song list, which includes Huey Lewis & The News, Night Ranger and Joan Jett, among others.

I'm very excited by the possibilities here.

I've seen a few solos more complex and difficult

...but Hangar 18 from Rust in Peace has no less than EIGHT DIFFERENT FUCKING GUITAR SOLOS in Rock Band!

This dude kinda makes the songs sound like ass despite getting 5 stars, and if you have any curiosity about the song itself, you should just youtube a non-rockband-copy ...but if you wanna double check my count:

2:05
3:06
3:55
4:30
4:45
5:05
5:20
5:30
(rounded to the nearest 5 sec mark)

Otis Redding on Rock Band

Hells yeah. This week's DLC (on Tuesday):

Otis Redding – “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay” +
Otis Redding – “Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song)” +
Otis Redding – “I’m Sick Y’all” +
Otis Redding – “I’ve Got Dreams to Remember” +
Otis Redding – “Love Man”
All Time Low – “Weightless”
Alphabeat –“Fascination” +
Brian Setzer – “Stray Cat Strut” +
The Chemical Brothers – “Let Forever Be” +

I wish there was "Try A Little Tenderness," one of my favorites, but I'll definitely be picking up the whole pack. I'll also definitely pick up "Stray Cat Strut" with hopes of more Setzer in the future.

A challenger appears

(click for wallpaper size)

What I'm Thankful For:

Internet Snark


Muppets


Zooey Deschanel (and to a lesser extent, Joseph Gordon Levitt)


"Smells Like Teen Spirit" finally on Rock Band (I'd be thankful for Night Ranger, too, but they left off "Sister Christian." What. The. Fuck. I'm not paying for Night Ranger's other songs, I'm only paying to play their cheesiest anthem ever.)

Happy Thanksgiving, everybody!

Everything You Need to Know (And Lots You Don't) About Lego Rock Band

My interest in Lego Rock Band was pretty low, but then I saw two important things:

1) The set list
2) You can import the set list to Rock Band 2

So now I'm definitely thinking about getting it, although maybe some kind of pool our cash, buy one copy so we can all use the DLC might be a good plan. Anyway, links and pics!

A comparison of the "Duke of Gravity" stand-in character in Rock Band 2 and Lego Rock Band:


Info on the export function ($9.99 fee, unfortunately)

The Set List (And below are the ones I'd actually buy as DLC... yes, I'm aware that some/most are cheesy... that's the fun. That's enough songs to put this on my radar)
* Blink-182 – “Aliens Exist”
* Blur – “Song 2”
* Bon Jovi – “You Give Love a Bad Name”
* Bryan Adams – “Summer of 69”
* Carl Douglas – “Kung Fu Fighting”
* Counting Crows – “Accidentally in Love”
* David Bowie – “Let’s Dance”
* Elton John – “Crocodile Rock”
* Europe – “The Final Countdown”
* Everlife – “Real Wild Child”
* Foo Fighters – “Breakout”
* Good Charlotte – “Girls & Boys”
* Jackson 5 – “I Want You Back”
* Jimi Hendrix – “Fire”
* Katrina & The Waves – “Walking on Sunshine”
* The Police – “Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic”
* Queen – “We Are The Champions”
* Queen – “We Will Rock You”
* Rascal Flatts – “Life is a Highway”
* Ray Parker Jr. – “Ghostbusters”
* Spin Doctors – “Two Princes”
* Sum 41 – “In Too Deep”
* Tom Petty – “Free Fallin”

Rock Band 3(?) DLC Wishlist

When we get downloadable content for a version of Rock Band that supports multi-vocalist harmonizing like Beatles Rock Band... Here is my initial wishlist.

Queen - We Are the Champions (maybe even include the B&W leotard as a character costume?)



Queen - Princes of the Universe



The Eagles - Hotel California



Jackson Five - ABC



Jackson Five - I Want You Back



The Mamas & THe Papas - California Dreaming



Bad Religion - 21st Century Digital Boy (or just about anything from Bad Religion, Sum 41, Pennywise, NoFX... but not Blink 182 :P )



System of a Down - Chop Suey (or just about anything from SoaD, they harmonize on almost every track)



System of a Down - Lonely Day

More Beatles Rock Band

D3 all up in your post: The video was taken down, but here's one that still works.



This is the opening cinematic, which I thought was just as cool as the gameplay trailer.

Beatles Rock Band party at my place Sunday, September 13th.

Beatles Rock Band 9/9/09

Looks fabulous. I'm a little disappointed that it's not just a huge song pack, but when you see the trailer you see all the advantages of making it its own game. Also: harmonizing voice parts! Fuck yeah.

The Beatles - Rock Band Trailer

Randy Edit: Embedded version:

Approaching Awesomeness

For my fellow Pearl Jam fan(s) out there. Lookee.

omg u guyz

styx is on rockband

Rock Band Club - March 31st, 2009

I'm not even gonna post the Spongebob songs - you gotta look that shit up yourself ;)

Sans Spongebob, we got...

Journey - Don't Stop Believing
Pat Benatar - Heartbreaker
Glasvegas - Geraldine
Von Bondies - C'mon C'mon

Rock Band Club - February 24th, 2009

It's Jimmy Eat World and Alt Country week. I've got YouTube links embedded for the curious, though alas, I could only find live versions of some, many of those with dubious accoustics as a result.

The tracks:

Drive By Truckers: 3 Dimes Down
Lucinda Williams: Can't Let Go
Neko Case: People Got a Lot of Nerve
Old 97s: Time Bomb (LIVE)
Steve Earle: Satellite Radio
Jimmy Eat World: Futures
Jimmy Eat World: Lucky Denver Mint
Jimmy Eat World: Sweetness

I may be the only one here doing it, but I'm likely to download most or all of the alt country tunes. Some I notably like and the others sounds interesting (even though the live YouTube stuff has dodgy as hell audio), but I also just want support the genre for future releases.

So there ya go.

XBOX NIGHT - TUESDAY!

Hey XBox peeps:

Left 4 Dead on Tuesday night, starting around 8:30... Nick, Ben, Nate, maybe we can get all four of us together?

Also Rock Band 2 with Fratellis on Tuesday night, starting around 10-ish or whenever Dave gets on. I definitely want to sing on these, but I wouldn't mind playing guitar after that. Cindy, Dave, any preferences on instrument? Ben, any plans to pick up the Fratellis tracks and rock out with us?

ROCK BAND CLUB - FEBRUARY 10TH, 2009

Aw hells yeah. This is the DLC I was waiting for basically since I got the game, and I didn't really think we'd ever get it.

Anyway, next Tuesday we got:


The Fratellis - Creeping Up the Back Stairs
The Fratellis - Flathead
The Fratellis - Henrietta

All tracks are original master recordings.

These tracks will be $1.99 (160 Microsoft Points) a piece, or $5.49 (440 Microsoft Points) for the full 3 pack.

I'll be getting all three, obviously. Oh, and Dave and I aren't doing full-on reorders this Saturday due to Diamond's warehouse move, so we'll probably be on more like 10:00 or 10:30 instead of 11:00 or 11:30 this Saturday.

Who's gettin' what?

A whole new blog post

for easy access.

For all the folks that have already posted their gamertags publicly on this blog, I'm reposting them all in a single article so I can find them again easily when I get my internet back up at home later this week. I'm also posting links to the respective browser interface pages for adding these people so I can easily add them when I'm not at my Xbox.

If you have a gamertag, and you want add it to this list, feel free to edit the post or put it in the comments

D3 (Dave M) - "D3 comic pants" webpage
Nate - "Radioburn" webpage
JBO - "Nosebleed412" webpage
Dave - "Doc Hodag" webpage
Jason - "Splitfoot" webpage
Cindy - "Cinth Degree" webpage
Randy - "rlanderaustintx" webpage

Rock Band Club - February 3rd, 2009

I skipped posting new stuff for this week because it was all Grateful Dead tracks and I don't think there're any big fans in this crowd (I did buy "Fire on the Mountain", though; I got a little love).

Anyway, next Tuesday we got:

Thin Lizzy - Boys Are Back In Town (Live)
Thin Lizzy - Cowboy Song (Live)
Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak (Live)
The Pretenders - Precious
Pat Benatar - Hit Me With Your Best Shot
Nikko - Break My Heart
Nikko - Don't Tell Me

These tracks will be $1.99 (160 Microsoft Points) a piece, or $5.49 (440 Microsoft Points) for the Thin Lizzy 3 pack, with the exception of the Nikko tracks which will run $0.99 (80 Microsoft Points) each

I'll research later, but the only two I immediately recognize are "Boys are Back in Town" and "Hit Me With Your Best Shot." Kinda wish "Boys" was the studio cut, but oh well. Definitely those two, we'll see about the others.

Who's gettin' what?

Rock Band Club - January 20, 2009

Figured I'd kick off a regular update on upcoming downloadable content so we can coordinate purchases. Here's what's hitting next week:

Release Date: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 (Xbox LIVE Marketplace) and Thursday, January 22, 2009 (PlayStation®Store)

Tracks:

Steve Miller Band “Space Cowboy”
Steve Miller Band “Take the Money and Run”
Steve Miller Band “The Joker”
Godsmack “I Stand Alone”
Belly “Feed the Tree”
Ghost Hounds “Wind Me Up”
Mute Math “Typical”
Rob Zombie “War Zone”

(All tracks are original master recordings)

Price:
$1.99 (160 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360) per track or $5.49 (440 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360) for the Steve Miller Band 3-pack

Who's gettin' what? The one thing I'm sure of is I'll be nabbing the Steve Miller stuff.