Rock Band Weekly (revisited): Locksley

by Alexander Sliwinski { Aug 28th 2008 at 3:30PM }

Taking the stage and stepping in this week for the delayed Rush album, Moving Pictures, is American rock 'n' roll band, Locksley. They're certainly not as well known (at the moment) as Rush, but check out the videos after the break before automatically passing judgment on the DLC replacement band.

Locksley Pack 1 (240

/ $3)

"She Does" - Locksley (80 / $1)
"Dont Make Me Wait" - Locksley (80 / $1)
"All Over Again" - Locksley (80 / $1)

The songs should be available soon for download on Xbox 360 and PS3.

[Thanks to those who sent this in.]

Tags: locksley, rock-band, rock-band-weekly

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)

Rk0n @ Aug 28th 2008 3:41PM

Ew, bad music!

syrik zero @ Aug 28th 2008 4:00PM

Yes, horrible. I'm very surprised no one has defended this band... Not that I see why people would...

Kizzle @ Aug 28th 2008 3:41PM

Locksley is TERRIBLE. These guys opened for HANSON for christsake. Disney-Channel level trash that tries to be modern-day Beatles but fails miserably. Some of the teenybopper girls in your life may be excited, though.

GreyFox @ Aug 28th 2008 4:00PM

Oh shit? Seriously?

Boffo the Sock @ Aug 28th 2008 3:42PM

I'm sure everybody who was disappointed by the lack of Rush this week will be perfectly rational, and thoroughly grateful for this new content. I expect many well thought-out and objective posts regarding this interesting turn of events regarding Rock Band DLC.

green11420 @ Aug 28th 2008 3:45PM

My mind has just exploded with the shear amount of sarcasm that is in your post. I hope it is anyway.

Kizzle @ Aug 28th 2008 3:49PM

It's kind of hard to expect "rational" when they postpone giving you gold and give you feces to hold you over.

Bakkster @ Aug 28th 2008 4:21PM

@Kizzle

Obviously this was going to be next week's DLC. So, the alternative would have been to skip DLC altogether this week and double up when MP is ready to be released.

People will bitch either way, but this way they continue to keep up the weekly DLC. Personally, if the charts look fun, I'll have no problem dropping $1 a piece on a few of these.

Kizzle @ Aug 28th 2008 4:55PM

@ Bakkster

I don't think that's necessarily true - next week's DLC is probably something different. Locksley reeks of "backup plan" content.

I agree that it's awesome they keep releasing stuff though. That said, it's fun to make fun of Locksley because they suck.

Kizzle @ Sep 4th 2008 9:06PM

Oh look, I was right. All of you who voted his comment up and not mine - you're retarded!

Rk0n @ Aug 28th 2008 3:42PM

lol watch the first video. The clothes they're wearing hahaha how lame. Funny how they try to steal from the Beatles as far as fashion and style. Looks like they're 30 years too late.

Lars @ Aug 28th 2008 5:39PM

30 years? Erm... try 50. Especially if you're talking about the look they're famous for.

30 years ago was years after the band broke up and around when John Lennon died.

syrik zero @ Aug 28th 2008 3:42PM

They could have released something in the same genre as Rush... This doesn't excite me even a little. Sorry to all fans of Locksley

Tiptup300 @ Aug 28th 2008 3:44PM

Wow, never heard of them, glad I haven't.

J.Goodwin @ Aug 28th 2008 3:47PM

I'd much rather have anything by the Blue Van.

http://www.myspace.com/thebluevan

Vanilla Mummy @ Aug 28th 2008 4:16PM

I agree. It would have been 10x better. Of all the DLC this is the only one that the whole community is moaning about.

Boffo the Sock @ Aug 28th 2008 4:29PM

Have you done a survey of the whole community to come to that conclusion, or did you just pull that out of your ass?

Vanilla Mummy @ Aug 28th 2008 8:19PM

Seeing as 95% of the comments to this article and on the Rock Band forums are negative towards this band, I'd say pulling something out of my ass worked out.

Boffo the Sock @ Aug 28th 2008 10:00PM

Well, the community would probably post 100% negative comments if the whole of it were moaning. You appear to have fallen short of the glory.

Shagittarius @ Aug 28th 2008 3:49PM

Should have been Wii exclusive content.

todd @ Aug 28th 2008 3:55PM

Who the hell?

Top Cat @ Aug 28th 2008 4:01PM

wuh-oh, modern american rock warning alarms going off!

syrik zero @ Aug 28th 2008 4:09PM

American? Are you being sarcastic? They're "trying" to be like an English band. They're not good at it though haha

Jack of No Trades 85 @ Aug 28th 2008 4:05PM

What?

dskerman @ Aug 28th 2008 4:11PM

I don't know about the music, but their video for "All Over Again" is pretty great

http://www.markedanimation.com/video_pages/locksley-AOA.html

Alex @ Aug 28th 2008 4:12PM

Here's me - automatically passing judgement.

The only suitable replacement would have been all the good REO Bandwagon songs for a buck. And the complete They Might Be Giants collection. Harmonix really dropped the ball by not replacing Rush with these two bands.

Seriously though, where are REO and TMBG?

Ghoti @ Aug 28th 2008 4:59PM

I assume you meant REO *Speed*Wagon?

CrymeLord @ Aug 28th 2008 4:17PM

Don't get your panties in a bind. These songs are better than no songs at all (probably just swapped weeks). I'm sure Rush will be here next week (or the week after). These songs are only a buck a piece, so it's not premiere stuff anyways. The first two songs sounded like they could be fun to play. The third one isn't my cup of tea.

zoltek @ Aug 28th 2008 4:18PM

i'd rather spend 80 points on the silence i heard before pressing play.

Burritoclock @ Aug 28th 2008 4:24PM

Great comment! And completely true.

Leobebes (BDF: Braid Defence Force) @ Aug 28th 2008 4:18PM

Even though these guys are pretty contrived, I have yet to get the "Disney" vibe from them.

Please elaborate...

tmacairjordan87 @ Aug 28th 2008 4:35PM

Who cares if they're disney or not? They suck either way, and that's all that is important.

That Fuzzy Bastard @ Aug 28th 2008 4:32PM

I dunno, man... I like 'em. It's like The Hives with more melodic singing and more interesting beats. Clean-scrubbed, and certainly not Rush, but at $1/song, I say---good on Harmonix!

I'm still wondering what the hell kind of 'technical difficulties' could've kicked in on release day, though.

BlackTye @ Aug 29th 2008 1:01AM

Thank you, if only for not whining... Thank you.

CyberKnight @ Aug 28th 2008 5:05PM

I don't know whom to feel sorry for most:

Harmonix, for having to make the substitution (sucky situation to have to be in, having something big like this collapse on them at the last minute),

Locksley, for having to be "the replacement" (they won't get to succeed or fail on their own, they have to overcome the added stigma of being "not Rush"),

or Rush fans, for having the carrot pulled from their grasp at the last second.

Or the rest of us, for having to listen to all the griping...

macgyver @ Aug 28th 2008 5:06PM

i could imagine the techinical difficulties could have something to do with having songs with the same title. i know Working Man already has two versions, so maybe this has something to do with making them compatible with Rock Band 2?

either way, it's nice to know that there is at least some awesome Rush on the way. (unless "Moving Pictures" turns into a "Nevermind" or "Who's Next", then thats just screwed up!)

DCBlack @ Aug 28th 2008 5:38PM

Please bring some H.I.M.

Von Richter @ Aug 28th 2008 6:07PM

I've never heard of this band before now and from watching they're definitely not bad, but from a Rush fan's perspective I can see how this would be an unpleasant substitution.

I personally do not enjoy Rush's music at all and find Locksley much more appealing.

Now when it comes to a Rockband song I like to have a song that is fairly difficult to play on drums, and based on that I would prefer a Locksley song.

But hey, Rush will come sooner or later. We haven't lost anything because of Locksley; we've only gained a few cheap DLC songs. So suck it up. Locksley didn't cause the Rush delay, Harmonix did.

Tucker @ Aug 28th 2008 10:50PM

Oh man, you better duck FAST for implying that this crap has more difficult drum sections than those performed by one of the greatest drummers of all time....

omosier @ Aug 29th 2008 9:36AM

I didn't fairly difficult as in for hard to play. I have friends who come over to play and they can barely play expert. When I say fairly difficult I mean something they can have fun playing.

I consider myself very good at the drums, but since I'm not a lonely friendless man, I'm not about to make my friends have no fun playing Rockband. They like the idea of being able to play a song on expert.

EnrageD420 @ Aug 28th 2008 6:17PM

i still want to know.... Wheres Opeth?

Cian @ Aug 28th 2008 7:31PM

+1 for you good sir!

Where is Opeth? I'd like some entire albums DLC.

Neebs @ Aug 28th 2008 6:30PM

Yep, I called it. Disappointing crap compared to MP.

Neebs @ Aug 29th 2008 11:11AM

Actually, they aren't bad.

VaultICEE @ Aug 28th 2008 6:42PM

Uhh. Sorry Harmonix, but not a great choice.

Lonnie @ Aug 28th 2008 8:11PM

That third video makes them look like the GRAND DRAGONS of rock.

Redface @ Aug 28th 2008 10:23PM

It's amazing the amount of people who don't know the meaning of the word "subjective".

Hafk @ Aug 28th 2008 10:25PM

It's up on PSN. Heres a video of Don't make me Wait's drums. User also has guitardrum videos, but his roomate on guitar uses the effects, which makes the song sound pretty bad. inb4"lol it's already bad"

B3astofthe3ast @ Aug 28th 2008 11:55PM

If it wass't for the awesomeness of the 6 album announcement, I'd be pissed @ Harmonix.

T @ Aug 29th 2008 12:35AM

It doesn't matter WHAT Harmonix would've done after Rush was delayed.

If they release nothing, everybody moans because there's no DLC.

If they release something, everybody moans because it's not Rush.

Yes, HMX likely has a large amount of "backup" DLC available for situations such as this when they run into difficulties due to technical or legal reasons.

They needed DLC at short notice, so they put this out there.

And as usual. NOBODY is forcing you to buy it. Ever.

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