Rock Band DLC to hit 1000 tracks by holiday with help of Queen, Nirvana & Elton John

by Ben Gilbert on Aug 19th 2009 8:20PM

Aside from announcing the first three Beatles albums to be released as DLC for upcoming tear-jerker The Beatles: Rock Band, MTV Games and Harmonix today revealed intentions to bring the Rock Band DLC count to 1,000 songs by this holiday. At the current rate Harmonix is releasing songs for the franchise -- without factoring in the Rock Band Network -- that's roughly 500 songs per year.

Additionally, the companies have revealed a number of the artists that will be contributing to the holiday goal, including Queen, Nirvana, Tom Petty, Elton John, Iggy Pop, The White Stripes, Pantera, Talking Heads, Korn, and The Raconteurs, as well as the ever elusive "and more." You can always find out what new tracks are coming to Rock Band as DLC (and what's on the way) by using our Rock Band Weekly feature.

Rock Band 2

Source

Reader Comments (78)

WOOWOO!

Your avatar haunts me.

http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/fsjal

Thank you for posting that, Moptimus.

Us old dudes have to have our noses rubbed in the good stuff sometimes.

Wow...talk about monopoly. 1000 tracks is insane.

Who's talking about a monopoly? It's not like Harmonix signed exclusivity deals with Aerosmith, Metallica, and Van Halen, preventing their songs from going to any other music game.

...in all fairness Harmonix signed an exclusivity deal with Green Day if I remember correctly

Not exactly as world-ending, Green Day exclusivity.

Guitar Hero got Tool too -_-

don't forget hendrix, who is arguably the biggest one of them all.

@Sly
Hendrix? As compared to The BEATLES?!

I mean, I'm all for Harmonix winning this fight. The game looks great, and I'm all for it, but the Beatles should really lighten up a bit; it's more locked in than both Aerosmith, Metallica, and Van Halen combined. They gotta release that shit for everyone.

Same with Tool. *shakes head*

Noah

Let's hope for some old KoRn songs, not any of that new garbage. Also, Pantera is always welcome. Now some Sepultura and we're good to go in the heavier music department.

lets hope that putting Korn on that list was someone playing a practical joke on everyone reporting on this press release

They had some good songs back in the day, "Blind" is a classic, some songs from the follow the leader album were pretty good.

Cowboys From Hell & Cemetery Gates would be badass!

Blind from Korn would be nice too... but Pantera!!!!!!!!!!

Elton John - Rocket Man?

what if they released stuff from there new album? its supposed to go back to the "KoRn" and "Life is Peachy" album styles, they even have their original producer working on the new album with them. Anything from KoRn to Take a look in the Mirror days is fine though, please not See You on The Other Side or Untitled though, I like em but just not for Rock Band

pantera, white stripes, AND the raconteurs? HECK YES! go harmonix!

Don't Stop Me Now!

I'm having such a good time.

I'm having a ball.

If you want to get combo breaker'd, just give me a call.

Hakuna Matata

omfg finally KoRn on Rock Band!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

For God's sake, can't they just tell us what songs they're going to be getting instead of pussy-footing around with it?

Just give me "Smells Like Teen Spirit".

That should come with re-smashable instruments.... almost broke mine during during a custom set list consisting of "Evenflow", "Everlong", "Pinball Wizard", "Won't get fooled again" and "Who are you". Not in that order but I almost broke it after lol.... I really have to keep in mind that no one can see my auto destructive art especially with plastic instruments..

I would prefer something from their In Utero album, like scentless apprentice.

Give Me The Prize!!!

wait I mean Give Me Some Queen

Snooze. The only band I care about in that list is Queen, and only a few songs. I guess I'm just not "with it" because I keep waiting for Harmonix to release some DLC that gets me excited.

So uh, what do you like? I'm eager to find out.

With the near-total exception of Korn, I think they're all worthwhile.

I'd like to see anything from Scorpions, Accept, Billy Joel (the songs that don't have much piano), old Guns N' Roses, Ugly Kid Joe, Queensryche, Colporter, Jack Off Jill, or old Heart.

Oh please please please have AMERICAN GIRL!

If they pick any of the songs from Cowboys From Hell then hell yes....anything after that album, do not want. I can't stand "metal" where all the guy does is screech and/or grunt non stop, and that's what the Pantera singer started doing after their first album.

The first 2 Pantera albums got better and better with each release:

Far Beyond Driven > Vulgar Display of Power > Cowboys from Hell

no offense, I usually like your posts, but this one is clown shoes. CFH was a great album, great thrash, but it was hardly revolutionary or a hint of what was to come. VDoP effectively created a new genre of metal. His vocal style was neither screeching nor grunting and can really only be summed up as raw power. It's flat out one of the most influential metal albums of the last twenty years. If you really like CFH then you do yourself a disservice to simply write VDoP off as "grunting".

Cemetery Gates, or nothing.

Queen? White Stripes? Racontours? Tom Petty? Elton John?!

What a way to say "fuck you" to Guitar Hero.

Here's hoping we get a Queen 12-pack! And maybe a Pantera one too!

Yeah bro, totes!

Nothing says "fuck you" like releasing the same songs after they have already come out on GH5 and charging more for them!

lol, HMX iz so awesome. Want to jerk off to Jane's Addiction full album DLC together?

My, aren't we intelligent?

What I meant was Rock Band was getting some bands that were previously unseen in Rock Band or have shown up in Guitar Hero recently. It was more of a JOKE than anything, but if you really don't understand it, I guess I'll rewrite my comment JUST for you! :)

"Queen? White Stripes? Racontours? Tom Petty? Elton John?!

What a way to say "fuck you" to Matthew Perry.

Here's hoping we get a Queen 12-pack! And maybe a Pantera one too!"

Jesus Christ.

VaultICEE:
Looks like some good ideas, but I'll wait to judge until I know what the tracks are. It seems like HMX is narrowing the gap of songs GH has that they don't but if you don't want to shell out 60 bucks for an entire game with only a few songs you want, this makes perfect sense. I am excited to see what they come up with.

Matthew Perry:
Why not (sell them separately)? Considering that the decision to buy one over the other often boils down to a few select tracks? It keeps people in the fold that are loyal to one brand or another. How about when they release songs on both games as DLC that are the same? To the loyalists that say RB is better or GH is better get a grip on the fact that they are the SAME FUCKING GAME! I say this on GH and RB postings: Fuck Off Fanboy!

And to clarify I am not putting down people who have a preference, I am putting down trolls and bombthrowers like MP who have nothing better to do than piss people off by talking trash about one game in another game's posting. Congrats, it worked. And for the record I have BOTH, buy DLC for both of them. I don't see the fascination with trolling for one side or the other. They are not different enough for me to care. Have a nice day.

I don't see how you can own both series and not see the inherent inferiority of GH.

I do, but they both have inherent flaws. Your comment implies RB is perfect and it isn't, neither is GH.

(I hate that you cannot edit comments when they are posted...anyway.)
I meant that I don't see it as inferior, as much as flawed. I have issues with both games. While I like what GH brings to the table in terms of mechanics, RB has more variety in song choice. RB is, however, seriously unforgiving. One succeeds where the other fails.

Iggy Pop FTW

Fuck yeah!

QUEEN!

*faints*

This is just fantastic.

I find your avatar pic well-suited for your post =P

Iggy Pop??? That better be "Search & Destroy" and "No Fun" :@

Dare I say... Princes of the Universe?

| 1 | 2 | Most Recent | Next 50 Comments

Sorry, you must be logged in to leave a comment.

Breaking News

The most popular posts
in the last 7 days

Vita 'UMD Passport' won't be offered in US 220 comments
Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning review: A tempting fate 152 comments
David Jaffe leaves Eat Sleep Play, layoffs hit developer [Update] 108 comments
Don't call it a remake: Final Fantasy X is a 'remaster,' to be clear 95 comments
Battleship movie adapted into FPS by Double Helix 93 comments

Rock Band DLC to hit 1000 tracks by holiday with help of Queen, Nirvana & Elton John

Rock Band 2

Reader Comments (78)

Posted: Aug 19th 2009 8:23PM BleachMan said

Posted: Aug 19th 2009 8:27PM Shadowbender said

Posted: Aug 19th 2009 8:31PM (Unverified) said

Posted: Aug 19th 2009 10:54PM (Unverified) said

Posted: Aug 19th 2009 8:25PM Shadowbender said

Posted: Aug 19th 2009 8:41PM GanonSmash said

Posted: Aug 19th 2009 8:55PM (Unverified) said

Posted: Aug 19th 2009 9:29PM Haggard said

Posted: Aug 19th 2009 10:39PM Sly C said

Posted: Aug 20th 2009 10:16AM (Unverified) said

Posted: Aug 19th 2009 8:26PM MystileArmor said

Posted: Aug 19th 2009 8:28PM (Unverified) said

Posted: Aug 19th 2009 8:46PM MystileArmor said

Posted: Aug 19th 2009 9:47PM KFelon said

Posted: Aug 20th 2009 12:01AM p07h3ad said

Posted: Aug 19th 2009 8:27PM Sly C said

Posted: Aug 19th 2009 8:30PM Rhamsey said

Posted: Aug 19th 2009 10:06PM Shagittarius said

Posted: Aug 19th 2009 10:21PM Rhamsey said

Posted: Aug 20th 2009 3:16PM Ad134 said

Posted: Aug 19th 2009 8:31PM oOWallaceOo said

Posted: Aug 19th 2009 8:35PM (Unverified) said

Posted: Aug 19th 2009 8:35PM brad4815 said

Posted: Aug 19th 2009 8:36PM DrunkSte said

Posted: Aug 19th 2009 9:25PM EMaster said

Posted: Aug 20th 2009 1:56PM (Unverified) said

Posted: Aug 19th 2009 8:43PM Stevetrop Man of Mystery said

Posted: Aug 19th 2009 8:50PM tabicat said

Posted: Aug 19th 2009 9:48PM darkinchworm said

Posted: Aug 21st 2009 8:05AM tabicat said

Posted: Aug 19th 2009 8:51PM (Unverified) said

Posted: Aug 19th 2009 8:51PM (Unverified) said

Posted: Aug 19th 2009 10:07PM Shagittarius said

Posted: Aug 19th 2009 10:09PM oolz said

Posted: Aug 20th 2009 12:07PM (Unverified) said

Posted: Aug 19th 2009 8:52PM (Unverified) said

Posted: Aug 19th 2009 9:07PM (Unverified) said

Posted: Aug 19th 2009 9:18PM (Unverified) said

Posted: Aug 19th 2009 9:33PM VaultBoy said

Posted: Aug 19th 2009 9:40PM VaultBoy said

Posted: Aug 19th 2009 10:09PM Shagittarius said

Posted: Aug 19th 2009 11:47PM VaultBoy said

Posted: Aug 20th 2009 12:02AM VaultBoy said

Posted: Aug 19th 2009 8:59PM Tez said

Posted: Aug 19th 2009 9:26PM EMaster said

Posted: Aug 19th 2009 9:00PM MowDownJoe said

Posted: Aug 19th 2009 9:18PM Brett from Atlanta said

Posted: Aug 19th 2009 11:22PM (Unverified) said

Posted: Aug 19th 2009 9:21PM EMaster said

Posted: Aug 19th 2009 9:22PM Crono141 said

Info

Description

MSRP

Release Date

Genre

Developer

Publisher

Rating

Breaking News

Double Fine Kickstarter passes $1 million in under 24 hours, breaking yet another record

Featured Stories

Ghost Recon: Future Soldier brings information warfare to the front

Rhythm Heaven Fever review: Crazy into you

Remedy not done with Alan Wake

The most popular postsin the last 7 days

Engadget

TUAW

Massively

WoW

The most popular posts
in the last 7 days