Those of you patiently waiting for that song from that video with that girl from Clueless in it, or that song from that movie about those working-class guys who blow up an asteroid to wind up in the Rock Band Store may want to sit down for this news: Outside of Rock Band's "Train Kept a Rollin," Aerosmith's entire catalogue of rock and/or roll hits will be exclusive to Guitar Hero. Newsweek got confirmation from an Aerosmith publicist and Activision PR that the band's songs would be locked down for "an unspecified period of time." Is this the beginning of the licensed song wars? Our Magic 8-Ball says, "Probably."
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Posted: Apr 29th 2008 1:42PM (Unverified) said
you totally said what i was going to ,thank you lol
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Posted: Apr 29th 2008 1:25PM (Unverified) said
Good
Posted: Apr 29th 2008 2:03PM (Unverified) said
No big deal for Aerosmith. It's not like people really buy songs on RB.
Like the first post says, no more Aerosmith in RB is actually a good thing.
Like the first post says, no more Aerosmith in RB is actually a good thing.
Posted: Apr 29th 2008 2:34PM (Unverified) said
Wait, are you saying that no one buys the downloadable songs on Rock Band? If so, you're laughably wrong. If not, then have a nice day playing GTA IV!
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Posted: Apr 29th 2008 2:20PM Haggard said
Posted: Apr 29th 2008 2:32PM (Unverified) said
Those fools look so freakin' goofy...
Posted: Apr 29th 2008 3:16PM (Unverified) said
They can have licenced song wars all they like. Fact is that RB eats GH's lunch for it. The war's over before it's even started.
Posted: Apr 29th 2008 3:38PM Youthinized said
Train Kept a Rollin is probably my favorite Aerosmith song and thats already in RB.
Other than Lord of the Thighs and Remember(Walking in the Sand), I couldn't really give a damn.
This is sad that this could be the future though.
Other than Lord of the Thighs and Remember(Walking in the Sand), I couldn't really give a damn.
This is sad that this could be the future though.
Posted: Apr 30th 2008 9:13AM (Unverified) said
Well, I'd say this article is a good indication that whoever owns the rights to The Who's "Who's Next" is going to make all of those tracks exclusive to Rock Band. I'm also under the impression that, in order to compete, the first Rock Band downloadable album, rumored to be "Who's Next" will be out about the same time as Guitar Hero Aerosmith.
June is sounding like a good month for those of us who are fans of both Rock Band and Guitar Hero.
June is sounding like a good month for those of us who are fans of both Rock Band and Guitar Hero.
Posted: May 1st 2008 8:56PM (Unverified) said
Darnit, I wanted Dream On on Rock Band, mostly because I want to sing it! I haven't even looked at buying GHIII this year since I bought Rock Band last year. For me, I made the right choice. I guess I will just have to settle for Rock Band and SingStar for my music party game fix going forward.
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