Rock Band Weekly: Freezepop, PAX artists, Jackson 5 and more

by Alexander Sliwinski { Sep 4th 2009 at 12:00PM }

Rock Band Weekly celebrates PAX next week with tracks from artists performing at the big games convention in Seattle this weekend. The PAX trax come from nerdcore bands and artists like Freezepop, Jonathan Coulton, MC Frontalot and Paul & Storm; with each song at a wallet-friendly price of $1. Those looking for mainstream musica can consume tracks from 3 Doors Down and The Jackson 5. Check out all the stuff coming to the various versions of Rock Band next week after the break.

Select a platform below to view complete DLC listing:

Xbox 360 / PS3
Available: Sept. 8 / Sept. 10

Freezepop Pack 01 (240

/ $3)

"Get Ready 2 Rokk" (80 / $1)
"Less Talk More Rokk" (80 / $1)
"Science Genius Girl" (80 / $1)

PAX 2009 Collection (240

/ $3)

Jonathan Coulton -- "Re: Your Brains" (80 / $1)
MC Frontalot -- "Origin of Species" (80 / $1)
Paul & Storm -- "Opening Band" (80 / $1)

Individual songs (160

/ $2 each)

3 Doors Down -- "Kryptonite"
AFI -- "Miss Murder"
Audioslave -- "Gasoline"
Jackson 5 -- "ABC"

Wii
Available: September 8

Tracks listed above
Avenged Sevenfold – "Bat Country" (200 Wii Points)
The Jam – "A Town Called Malice" (200 Wii Points)
The Jam – "Going Underground" (200 Wii Points)
Oasis – "Supersonic" (Live) (200 Wii Points)
Rage Against the Machine – "Guerilla Radio" (200 Wii Points)
Talking Heads – "And She Was" (200 Wii Points)
Talking Heads – "Crosseyed & Painless" (200 Wii Points)
Talking Heads – "Girlfriend is Better" (200 Wii Points)
Talking Heads – "Once in a Lifetime" (200 Wii Points)
Talking Heads – "Take Me to the River" (200 Wii Points)
Billy Idol – "Mony Mony" (200 Wii Points)

PSP
Available: Sept. 10

Godsmack -- "I Stand Alone" ($1.99)
Stone Roses -- "Love Spreads" ($1.99)

Tags: 3-doors-down, afi, audioslave, ea, electronic-arts, freezepop, harmonix, jackson-5, jonathan-coulton, mc-frontalot, mtv-games, paul-and-storm, pax, pax-2009, rock-band, rock-band-2, rock-band-unplugged, rock-band-weekly

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)

Young_Nastyman @ Sep 4th 2009 12:04PM

I'm getting it all...except AFI

GH3 killed that song for me

Young_Nastyman @ Sep 4th 2009 12:05PM

and it wasn't exactly in my good graces before GH3 either

The Baron @ Sep 4th 2009 12:18PM

I kind of like the guitar riff, but it's a bit predictable in everything else.

Tiptup300 @ Sep 4th 2009 12:51PM

AUDIOSLAVE!

Young_Nastyman @ Sep 4th 2009 12:57PM

YEAH!!! Gasoline is such an awesome song too. All we need is some of Chris's solo stuff *COUGH*youknowmyname*COUGH* and I'll be very very happy

bongoes the Black Lantern @ Sep 4th 2009 12:07PM

When The Beatles: Rock Band DLC starts coming out, will it be included in this post or separate?

CTC XBL-supapaypamawio PSN-ctclaw @ Sep 4th 2009 12:12PM

Once again I find a week of Rock Band DLC more interesting than a month of GH DLC.

tmacairjordan87 @ Sep 4th 2009 12:13PM

Guitar Hero had a whole month of DLC worse than this? That's pretty bad.

VaultBoy @ Sep 4th 2009 12:26PM

That's generally true, but this month GH has the stones. We'll have to see next month.

CTC XBL-supapaypamawio PSN-ctclaw @ Sep 4th 2009 12:36PM

True, I forgot the stones were coming this month since it was just briefly mentioned in the GH article yesterday. Still, that's an entire MONTH of GH DLC. We still have 3 more weeks of RB DLC this week.

Young_Nastyman @ Sep 4th 2009 12:46PM

Those stones songs are pretty meh to me, so this does beat GH's Month for me

MowDownJoe @ Sep 4th 2009 12:13PM

ALLL WEEE WANNA DO IS EAT YOUR BRAINS!

God, glad for more JoCo. Now, I'm guessing we're going to see Code Monkey this time next year?

VaultBoy @ Sep 4th 2009 12:29PM

I would have expected that to be the FIRST track they put out next to "Still Alive".

tmacairjordan87 @ Sep 4th 2009 12:16PM

Every week that goes by now without Harmonix adding This Day We Fight by Megadeth, is an automatic failure.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgGnp73LQvQ

HazyCloud @ Sep 4th 2009 12:18PM

http://www.rockband.com/request

The Baron @ Sep 4th 2009 12:38PM

I just put in about ten requests for Rush and Pink Floyd, so I've effectively cancelled out your Megadeths >:D

tmacairjordan87 @ Sep 4th 2009 12:43PM

You could put in 1000 requests and it would still be useless. People on their forums have been begging for master of puppets forever now and we still don't even have the song, let alone the whole album.

HazyCloud @ Sep 4th 2009 1:08PM

@ tmacairjordan87

I wouldn't say useless. Dave Mustaine has said he wants more stuff in Rock Band. If the artist is cool with it and the fans want it, there's a good chance it's coming.

T @ Sep 4th 2009 1:15PM

Oh great...you're one of THOSE people that thinks getting songs in Rock Band is as easy as "I ask for it, they give it to me." Which ignores the whole part where they need to reach an agreement with the rights holders.

Not to mention that there's millions of people that want their favorites in Rock Band "nao" all claiming the same thing.

Eh @ Sep 4th 2009 1:25PM

It doesnt matter if the band is fine with their songs being in Rock Band, the popular songs cost more and Rock Band tends to be really cheap when it comes to DLC.

T @ Sep 4th 2009 1:53PM

Cheap? Cheap?!

I'm sorry if you don't consider 3 Doors Down, Audioslave, AFI, or The Jackson 5 to be on the same calibur as the Bumfuck Whatever Social Club that's coming out for that other game next week. But in case you haven't noticed, Harmonix (with help from EA I'd guess) shelled out the dough for The Beatles.

So don't give me that "cheap" crap. Not when they've got over 700 DLC songs from hundreds of big name bands comparred to what we see from GH's weakly offerings.

The Baron @ Sep 4th 2009 2:58PM

He means that they only charge $2 and some licencees are a bit pissier than that..

KeenCommander @ Sep 4th 2009 12:17PM

Great to see two more tracks I'd actually buy - Less Talk More Rokk and Science Genius Girl - but I'm still kind of disappointed that Rock Band isn't getting more, faster. If you don't listen to x particular type of music, there's really not a lot on there for you.

CTC XBL-supapaypamawio PSN-ctclaw @ Sep 4th 2009 12:41PM

Just be glad you aren't waiting for GH DLC...3 songs a week.

KeenCommander @ Sep 4th 2009 5:57PM

Yeah, well, that's only because my brother has the lame PS2 versions of World Tour, Metallica, and Smash Hits which don't even give you the option. And suck.

uncle jesse @ Sep 4th 2009 12:17PM

You KNOW that ABC is going to get the party started!

VaultBoy @ Sep 4th 2009 12:32PM

The bottom section are just Unplugged songs that hadn't made it to the main game yet.

uncle jesse @ Sep 4th 2009 12:35PM

Ummm, what are you talking about?

CTC XBL-supapaypamawio PSN-ctclaw @ Sep 4th 2009 12:42PM

He's talking about how the bottom section of the songs are songs that were originally in RB Unplugged.

Marek Hryc @ Sep 4th 2009 12:49PM

I've been waiting for this to be released on the Store since I bought Uplugged!
Now just waiting for the Snoop Dogg songs......

uncle jesse @ Sep 4th 2009 12:54PM

@CTC

Oh, okay. Sure, I guess. I don't care.....

IT'S EASY AS 1 2 3!

Harold Burnett @ Sep 5th 2009 2:09PM

Hell yes .I cannot wait for more MJ goodness.

garnsr @ Sep 4th 2009 12:21PM

Finally, Re: Your Brains! This should have been in there a long time ago. And Science Genius Girl in Frequency and Less Talk in Guitar Hero 2 got me into Freezepop. Awesome!

Rax Dakkar @ Sep 4th 2009 2:40PM

I too have been waiting a long time for this song. Glad to see it's only a 1$ as well!

sonicspike41 @ Sep 4th 2009 5:17PM

Now if only they'd let you use a PS3/360 controller for the guitars I'd be sold. Playing them on controller in GH2 was awesome. Oh well, here's hoping RB3 finds a way to include support.

Yan @ Sep 4th 2009 12:29PM

More Freezepop is always welcome.

TexRob @ Sep 4th 2009 12:52PM

I concur, some of the most fun songs to play, even if it's not your #1 choice of music. For example, not a huge Boston fan, but holy hell if More than a Feeling isn't one of the most fun songs to play on drums.

Kevin @ Sep 4th 2009 12:34PM

Still sorely missing from Rock Band games:

Led Zeppelin
Sevendust
Deftones
311
Incubus
Chevelle

...feel free to add more.

Neuromancer @ Sep 4th 2009 12:38PM

Led Zeppelin -> never going to happen

I wish it would though

CTC XBL-supapaypamawio PSN-ctclaw @ Sep 4th 2009 12:44PM

I'd love some Incubus and 311. I'm surprised we haven't seen any yet, it would have been good marketing for both of their summer tours.

Hydrophobicfish (PSN: HydrophobicFish) @ Sep 4th 2009 12:47PM

Neuromancer lies not.

Led Zeplin is scared of flashy lights and rigmarole associated with technology.
That, and they're afraid of their masters getting ruined.

Kevin @ Sep 4th 2009 12:51PM

Yeah, CTC.
We'd get some seriously skilled drum playing, too. Both drummers are insane.

Indefinite Implosion @ Sep 4th 2009 12:59PM

MORE MUSE!

Also, more NIN and hey, why don't they throw some Arctic Monkeys, The Kooks, Editors, Pigeon Detectives and some more songs from The Fratellis.

Alton Brown [ XBL: LordToastington, Soon-To-Be-PSN: OrIsItAltonBrown] @ Sep 4th 2009 1:07PM

Clapton or Iron Butterfly would be great. Although the only Iron Butterfly song anyone would want would be In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida.

VaultBoy @ Sep 4th 2009 1:07PM

My tastes are all over the place but here goes:
Pennywise
NoFx
Angel City Outcasts (Let it Ride album)
Jimi Hendrix (can't happen for legal reasons)
Iced Earth
U2
Sublime
Flogging Molly
Ozzy Osbourne
Steve Vai
Joe Satriani
Suicidal Tendencies
Sex Pistols
Pink Floyd

More:
Bullet for My Valentine
Black Sabbath
Bad Religion
Ramones
Black Tide
Green Day (the old stuff)

And I'm sure I'll remember a few after this posting...