No Doubt now available on Guitar Hero III
by Justin McElroy 
{ Feb 28th 2008 at 12:30PM }
500 points will net you three songs from the band's Tragic Kingdom album, "Don't Speak", "Excuse Me Mr" and "Sunday Morning." Admittedly we're not hardcore fans, but these seem like weird choices. No "Just A Girl"? No "Spiderwebs"? Oh well, at least they're master tracks. Song choice aside, is this something you'll be picking up?
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samfish @ Feb 28th 2008 12:35PM
Tragic Kingdom was good, but Return of Saturn was their best, I thought.
...but ugh. After that, they just sorta became Gwen Stephani & Her Backup Boys.
Such a pity.
FOXHOUND @ Feb 28th 2008 12:45PM
Some say the break-up didn't have anything to do with it... but c'mon, they even based a song about it - one of their more popular hits.
Shagittarius @ Feb 28th 2008 2:05PM
They have always been 'No Talent'.
E.J. @ Feb 28th 2008 3:18PM
What's a pity is that we see these songs on GH3, not Rock Band.
Hopefully, No Doubt (especially the Tragic Kingdom album) was not bought up exclusively by Activision. If that was so, it would be more of a pity.
Tiptup300 @ Feb 28th 2008 3:29PM
To combat this Rock Band should release a Sublime Pack outta no where.
why not the LS2/LS7? @ Feb 28th 2008 12:36PM
Some slight signs of life from Activision. About time.
I sold my GH3 rig after Activision screwed me by forcing Harmonix to make my guitar incompatible. And on April 1, I can have two Harmonix guitars and Activision's opportunities to make money off me for rhythm games will be gone for good.
Crono (NDF - Knight of the Old School) @ Feb 28th 2008 1:07PM
Yeah, it really sucks too because Activision patched GH3 so that it won't even let you play the game if the RB guitar is plugged in.
Activision will not be getting any money from me, GH related. All my DLC belongs to Rock Band.
JJ Rooster @ Feb 28th 2008 2:01PM
Agreed. Guitar Hero is dead to me, and this DLC is too little, too late. Why buy songs with just guitar, when you can buy them for Rock Band and play guitar, drums and vocals? Fuck Guitar Hero!
Jerk Face @ Feb 28th 2008 2:14PM
In Soviet Russia, it is YOU who are dead to Guitar Hero.
Fernando Rocker @ Feb 28th 2008 12:37PM
Pfff. Kids and their music today.
Tristan @ Feb 28th 2008 12:41PM
Don't you mean "Twenty-somethings and their music of 15 years ago?"
JerJerBinks @ Feb 28th 2008 1:08PM
Fernando, do we have to go through the whole "My music is better than yours" bullshit everytime there is an update to GH3 or Rock Band? We get it already, in your warped fanboy mind your music is topps. Please, just STFU already.
Fernando Rocker @ Feb 28th 2008 1:13PM
"... Fernando, do we have to go through the whole "My music is better than yours" bullshit everytime there is an update to GH3 or Rock Band?... "
Yes, until they release good music. You know "rock" music.
Vegeta (aka Ska Oreo) @ Feb 28th 2008 1:32PM
ummm what? No Doubt was fucking awesome in the 90s.
3cubed minus 3squared plus1 @ Feb 28th 2008 1:58PM
Fernando you should get them to release some Mana and Molotov on RB/GH. That would be awesome.
Fernando Rocker @ Feb 28th 2008 1:59PM
I don't like Mana or Molovot =(
dark_inchworm @ Feb 28th 2008 2:00PM
Dear Fernando,
Go to hell.
Sincerely yours,
Joystiq Community
Shagittarius @ Feb 28th 2008 2:06PM
I can't believe i'm agreeing with fernando but yes, no doubt is complete shit.
3cubed minus 3squared plus1 @ Feb 28th 2008 2:18PM
Thats too bad, but ok I guess.
We all have different taste.
I bet you like Rebelde huh ;)
ViagraFiend @ Feb 28th 2008 2:29PM
"No Doubt was fucking awesome in the 90s."
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAA!
That is all.
Raikage (Ludwig Defense Force) @ Feb 28th 2008 3:34PM
Rock Bands NEEDS Me Vale... I love that song...
deaftly @ Feb 28th 2008 12:47PM
How do you go from a ska band to a wannabe hiphop whore? ugh. She was so much hotter back then.
Vegeta (aka Ska Oreo) @ Feb 28th 2008 1:51PM
Fucking agreed.
Jerk Face @ Feb 28th 2008 2:15PM
I mean.. she's still PRETTY hot though, right?
RobLink (McElroy Defence Force) @ Feb 28th 2008 2:18PM
Oh, definitely. I would.
GreyFox @ Feb 28th 2008 4:33PM
The real question is why the hell are they in Guitar Hero 3? For that matter does anyone even care now that Rock Band is out?
RobLink (McElroy Defence Force) @ Feb 29th 2008 4:18PM
Except it's not in the UK.....
:-(
i_hate_mtv @ Feb 28th 2008 12:51PM
Poseur punk music FTL.
chispito @ Feb 28th 2008 1:06PM
It was ska, not punk. Enlighten me, what would you consider real punk?
Crono (NDF - Knight of the Old School) @ Feb 28th 2008 1:09PM
Ska is just punks retarded cousin.
Same beats, only on the off beat.
Neon Jebus (McElroy Defense Force) @ Feb 28th 2008 1:10PM
I always thought of ska music having a lot more brass in it...
FOXHOUND @ Feb 28th 2008 1:18PM
And playing scales.
why not the LS2/LS7? @ Feb 28th 2008 1:32PM
My punk and ska-liking friends won't let me call No Doubt punk or ska. They insist I call it pop, which it isn't. Although Gwen did a lot of pop stuff later.
If you ask me, No Doubt is punk. Hook-based poppy punk, but punk. As mentioned above, ska requires quite a bit of horns, and No Doubt typically has none.
Vegeta (aka Ska Oreo) @ Feb 28th 2008 1:33PM
@why?
Yeah No Doubt is much more punk than it is ska.
samfish @ Feb 28th 2008 2:12PM
No Doubt is more ska than anything else.
Yes, part of ska is the horns but the reggae influence is essential, too. No Doubt has a VERY heavy reggae influence...especially their first 2 albums.
So they aren't PURE ska or punk or reggae one way or the other...but pound for pound, ska is what they come closest to sounding like.
Munky @ Feb 28th 2008 11:00PM
They considered themselves ska. Their first album had much more brass in it. Still, kinda sucky ska.
i_hate_mtv @ Feb 28th 2008 3:58PM
If anything, No Doubt is pop rock and ska. I may not know much about ska, but I know that they (especially Gwen) sure as hell ain't punk.
Oh, and as for "real" punk bands, I would recommend Black Flag, Minor Threat, Reagan Youth, and of course, the Ramones.
i_hate_mtv @ Feb 28th 2008 4:00PM
And if you require ska punk, I'd recommend checking out Operation Ivy, Leftover Crack, or even Rancid.
Chris @ Feb 28th 2008 12:52PM
Damn, now I have "Don't speak" stuck in my head.
muddyhelmit @ Feb 28th 2008 2:42PM
DON'T TELL ME 'CAUSE IT HURTS!
FidliousWong (Oatmeal Defense Force) @ Feb 28th 2008 12:52PM
Okay... this just shows Neversoft has no CLUE what they are doing. If this was Rock Band, maybe SLIGHTLY more appropriate. But these aren't exactly Guitar songs... might as well throw Hella Good on the collection.
jsn @ Feb 28th 2008 12:58PM
Fid: I seriously doubt Neversoft is the one negotiating song rights for the game. They're just the poor guys who take the rap for what the Guitar Hero franchise has become. I don't blame them. They would have been stupid to turn down that gig.
also, I won't buy these songs. I haven't played Gh3 in ages and have no desire to.
THE WICKER MAN (BWF) (GT: Dalek Prime) @ Feb 28th 2008 3:40PM
please theyve buried tony hawk and spiderman as well. No Doubt is trash music for nerdy highschool girls living in the later years of the 90s IMO. Just dont like em hows about gh just giving up.
jsutcliffe @ Feb 28th 2008 1:03PM
Weird. I totally agree on the song choices. I dislike No Doubt with a passion, but Spiderwebs and Just A Girl I could just about live with, not this other junk.
Crono (NDF - Knight of the Old School) @ Feb 28th 2008 1:06PM
What do you mean "Song choice aside..."? Song choice is the whole POINT.
And no, this choice of songs won't be getting my money.
whymog @ Feb 28th 2008 1:06PM
They're not the best guitar songs, but I'm overjoyed to see Sunday Morning included. I don't care how callous and musically obtuse you are, Tragic Kingdom was fucking great. >:(
I think this is the first time I've ever been jealous to any degree over DLC being in GH3 but not Rock Band.
DAK @ Feb 28th 2008 1:14PM
whymog, finally someone said what you did. Tragic Kingdom is one of the most complete ska/pop albums i've ever heard and it's even better that besides "Don't Speak", they didn't just include the hits but instead put the lesser known songs on.
This is the first piece of DLC I will be buying for GH3 and I am happy about it.
Dormammu @ Feb 28th 2008 2:28PM
Sunday Morning is a great song. I'd have chosen Just a Girl, Sunday Morning and End It On This personally. But these would all be far better in Rock Band. Why would I get these for GH?
Cesaria @ Mar 20th 2008 4:13PM
"Sunday Morning" is great, as is the whole of Tragic Kingdom. I think the No Doubt complainers forget that sometimes it's okay that music is fun, which No Doubt is in spades. It doesn't always have to challenge your mind.
Squeedom49 @ Feb 28th 2008 1:11PM
No, and you outlined the exact reason why. Weird song choices.