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Posted: Feb 28th 2008 12:35PM samfish said

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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.
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Posted: Feb 28th 2008 12:45PM foxhound said

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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.
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Posted: Feb 28th 2008 2:05PM Shagittarius said

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They have always been 'No Talent'.
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Posted: Feb 28th 2008 3:18PM EJ A said

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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.
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Posted: Feb 28th 2008 3:29PM Tiptup300 said

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To combat this Rock Band should release a Sublime Pack outta no where.
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Posted: Feb 28th 2008 12:36PM spin cycle said

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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.
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Posted: Feb 28th 2008 1:07PM Crono141 said

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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.
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Posted: Feb 28th 2008 2:01PM (Unverified) said

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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!
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Posted: Feb 28th 2008 2:14PM Jerk Face said

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In Soviet Russia, it is YOU who are dead to Guitar Hero.
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Posted: Feb 28th 2008 12:37PM (Unverified) said

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Pfff. Kids and their music today.
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Posted: Feb 28th 2008 12:41PM (Unverified) said

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Don't you mean "Twenty-somethings and their music of 15 years ago?"
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Posted: Feb 28th 2008 1:08PM (Unverified) said

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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.
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Posted: Feb 28th 2008 1:13PM (Unverified) said

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"... 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.
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Posted: Feb 28th 2008 1:32PM Vegeta has a ps3 said

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ummm what? No Doubt was fucking awesome in the 90s.
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Posted: Feb 28th 2008 1:58PM iBubbles said

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Fernando you should get them to release some Mana and Molotov on RB/GH. That would be awesome.
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Posted: Feb 28th 2008 1:59PM (Unverified) said

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I don't like Mana or Molovot =(
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Posted: Feb 28th 2008 2:00PM darkinchworm said

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Dear Fernando,

Go to hell.

Sincerely yours,
Joystiq Community
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Posted: Feb 28th 2008 2:06PM Shagittarius said

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I can't believe i'm agreeing with fernando but yes, no doubt is complete shit.
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Posted: Feb 28th 2008 2:18PM iBubbles said

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Thats too bad, but ok I guess.
We all have different taste.
I bet you like Rebelde huh ;)
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Posted: Feb 28th 2008 2:29PM (Unverified) said

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"No Doubt was fucking awesome in the 90s."

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAA!

That is all.
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Posted: Feb 28th 2008 3:34PM D3m0sthenes said

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Rock Bands NEEDS Me Vale... I love that song...
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Posted: Feb 28th 2008 12:47PM (Unverified) said

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How do you go from a ska band to a wannabe hiphop whore? ugh. She was so much hotter back then.
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Posted: Feb 28th 2008 1:51PM Vegeta has a ps3 said

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Fucking agreed.
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Posted: Feb 28th 2008 2:15PM Jerk Face said

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I mean.. she's still PRETTY hot though, right?
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Posted: Feb 28th 2008 2:18PM RobLink said

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Oh, definitely. I would.
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Posted: Feb 28th 2008 4:33PM GreyFox said

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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?
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Posted: Feb 29th 2008 4:18PM RobLink said

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Except it's not in the UK.....

:-(
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Posted: Feb 28th 2008 12:51PM (Unverified) said

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Poseur punk music FTL.
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Posted: Feb 28th 2008 1:06PM chispito said

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It was ska, not punk. Enlighten me, what would you consider real punk?
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Posted: Feb 28th 2008 1:09PM Crono141 said

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Ska is just punks retarded cousin.

Same beats, only on the off beat.
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Posted: Feb 28th 2008 1:10PM Neon Jebus said

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I always thought of ska music having a lot more brass in it...
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Posted: Feb 28th 2008 1:18PM foxhound said

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And playing scales.
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Posted: Feb 28th 2008 1:32PM spin cycle said

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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.
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Posted: Feb 28th 2008 1:33PM Vegeta has a ps3 said

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@why?

Yeah No Doubt is much more punk than it is ska.
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Posted: Feb 28th 2008 2:12PM samfish said

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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.
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Posted: Feb 28th 2008 11:00PM lividmonkey said

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They considered themselves ska. Their first album had much more brass in it. Still, kinda sucky ska.
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Posted: Feb 28th 2008 3:58PM (Unverified) said

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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.
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Posted: Feb 28th 2008 4:00PM (Unverified) said

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And if you require ska punk, I'd recommend checking out Operation Ivy, Leftover Crack, or even Rancid.
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Posted: Feb 28th 2008 12:52PM (Unverified) said

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Damn, now I have "Don't speak" stuck in my head.
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Posted: Feb 28th 2008 2:42PM shakeandb1ake said

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DON'T TELL ME 'CAUSE IT HURTS!
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Posted: Feb 28th 2008 12:52PM SheppyReturns said

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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.
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Posted: Feb 28th 2008 12:58PM (Unverified) said

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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.
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Posted: Feb 28th 2008 3:40PM The Wicker Man said

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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.
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Posted: Feb 28th 2008 1:03PM (Unverified) said

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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.
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Posted: Feb 28th 2008 1:06PM Crono141 said

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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.
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Posted: Feb 28th 2008 1:06PM whymog said

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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.
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Posted: Feb 28th 2008 1:14PM DougKaplan said

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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.
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Posted: Feb 28th 2008 2:28PM (Unverified) said

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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?
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Posted: Mar 20th 2008 4:13PM cesaria said

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"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.
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Posted: Feb 28th 2008 1:11PM (Unverified) said

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No, and you outlined the exact reason why. Weird song choices.
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