In this case I agree with you.

Oh god, who made you the resident music police? I'm a musician and I work in music too so I listen to pretty much everything and even though I have a preference for Hardcore, Industrial and Metal, you won't find me going "This isn't music" when they release a Mana or Jaguares Rock Band DLC pack. I might not like a band, but that doesn't make their work less music because you say so.

Not only that Fernando, they have called it music for over 28 years, which I take it is about twice your age from your comments.

Keep doing this - that way, we can see at a glance whether Joystiq readers like the music that's released any given week by checking your post rating.

Case in point - Joystiq readers as a whole have a balanced view towards this pack, as Fernando's rating is neutral.

Now, take Fernando making the same post about NIN; there, you see him voted down into oblivion. Thus, Joystiq readers like NIN.

:)

Zoesch-

Don't be mean to Fernando. I like when he posts - it's usually genuine.

Though I am curious... Was the original post vilifying all metal as a genre or these bands in particular?

NoHitHair:

"Pffff... kids and their music this days. Really, what the fuck is wrong with the world music today? I'm a sad panda."

It'd be funny and sincere if it wasn't for At The Gates (And by extension The Haunted) making music since 1990. Even more so if it wasn't for Thrash Metal being a genre from the very early 80's.

You know, as much as I dislike NIN for example (And always wondered why people didn't pay more attention to Skinny Puppy or Frontline Assembly) I won't for a second call them non-music.

Kids? I'm pretty sure D.O.A. has been around since before you were born.

It's not D.O.A. the punk band, it's the song D.O.A. by The Haunted... I don't get the annoying tendency from Joystiq writers to break the Songwriter/Artist-Song convention and reversing it.

i'll side with fernando on this one. I love thrash, but i know enough to know those aren't thrash, nor are they listenable. Bring me some real thrash please, like anything from the big thrash bands of the 80s.

actually i take it back, well part of it back. That Evile song is the only one of them close to real thrash.

If you really want to say what you want and show Harmonix. Vote at

http://unspun.amazon.com/Most-Wanted-Artists-to-Be-DLC-in-Rock-Band/list/show/14562

.

Seriously, we need thousands of people to vote to show Harmonix EXACTLY what WE want.

Yeah I know. No classic rock this week etheir... :(

I would go with the Trash Pack based on the Garbage for next week.

I C Wat They did thar !

=p

Dude, you should check out at least a couple of the grateful dead tracks. They're hella fun to play. "China Cat Sunflower" and "Franklin's Tower" in particular are a lot of fun, no matter what instrument you're playing.

You need to go out on a limb and try some songs you wouldn't normally listen to. I hated the Dead for my entire life (or so I thought) but then I bought last week's Grateful Dead pack and found that yes, they rocked, and yes, their music is very enjoyable.

So try something new for once. After all, that guitar solo on Thrasher sounds amazingly fun - even though I'd never buy their album.

c'mon, any of these songs could be in the last two tiers in GH3 and nobody would complain.

I've never quite understood how people will love a game like GH1/2/3 that has a bunch of songs they've never heard before or wouldn't normally listen too, yet they still have fun playing them and progressing, but they'll view DLC from bands that they've never heard of or styles that they don't immediately like as an abomination... anyway.. there will be a LOT of people buy these simply because they're going to be among the hardest songs in the game and they (and their friends) play for the challenge. Isn't that what these games are about more than beboppin around the house to your favorite tunes?

I have to agree with the Dead comment. Not a big dead fan but I felt the drums were pretty good (playing on expert), guitar is OK too.. but i prefer drums on any song really.

That was actually the problem with 3. I knew nearly every song on it, so it wasn't quite as enjoyable.

Hahahahahaha only to see people's faces trying to play Surf Nicaragua or Beneath The Wheel (D.R.I. they were so good). Maybe Municipal Waste to see drummers trying to reach the levels of precision and insanity from Witte.

The Haunted is/was good (In fact I love Disfear more than I ever liked At The Gates).

haha, and why do you HATE them?

because i hated both Merlin and Simon as a kid.

Born2expire: haha, I got a good laugh out of that one, and I see your point to an extent...but it's a bit extreme. Have you tried them? Is it really because you feel stupid playing a fake guitar? The only people I've found who dislike the game that strongly do so because they can't get over feeling dumb standing there pretending to play a fake guitar...

I'm not going to say I hate RB/GH (Although the Merlin and Simon connections, never made those in my hate), but I most definitely didn't get any enjoyment from playing it at a friend's house... and it might have to do with the fact that I'd rather grab my bass or my guitar and play along learning the songs.

Anyway, we know we're the minority here but it doesn't stop me from wishing a bit more variety into the game's music selection

no way, they know their core audience will always be people who play the game to be challenged and all the crazy fast metal variants will always be go to genre's for that. There will be more metal.. fear not.

IE. You hate these songs, and you want something you like.

It's not about you.

ps. \m/

I haven't downloaded anything since the Oasis track pack. I'm starving! I was patiently awaiting Simple Man and Message In A Bottle and they throw this at us!