Rock Band Weekly: Nirvana, Night Ranger

by Alexander Sliwinski on Nov 25th 2009 3:20PM

Ummm ... "Smells Like Teen Spirit." That is all one needs to know about next week's Rock Band DLC. How many of us out there will finally learn the lyrics to the song we mumbled for years every time it popped up on the radio?

Remember radio? Wow, feels like forever ago. Check out the full update after the break.

Select a platform below to view complete DLC listing:

Xbox 360 / Wii / PS3
Available: December 1 / December 3 (PS3)

Nirvana Pack 02* (440

/ $5.50):

"Come As Your Are" (Live from MTV Unplugged) (160 / 200 Wii Points / $1.99)
"Lithium" (Live at Reading) (160 / 200 Wii Points / $1.99)
"Smells Like Teen Spirit" (160 / 200 Wii Points / $1.99)

Night Ranger Pack 01* (440

/ $5.50):

"(You Can Still) Rock in America" (160 / 200 Wii Points / $1.99)
"Don't Tell Me You Love Me" (160 / 200 Wii Points / $1.99)
"You're Gonna Hear It From Me" (160 / 200 Wii Points / $1.99)

*Track packs not available for purchase on Wii; all tracks sold individually.

Tracks also available in Lego Rock Band Music Store.

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Tags: dlc, harmonix, Microsoft, mtv-games, night-ranger, Nintendo, nirvana, rock-band, rock-band-2, rock-band-dlc, rock-band-weekly, rock-band-wii, rock-band-wiikly, Wii, Xbox-360

Reader Comments (63)

Some classic Nevermind right there laddies, even if it's mostly made up of their 2 biggest singles from that album.

I'd love to see Stay Away and Senseless Apprentice sometime in the future.

Brain Fart, Scentless Apprentice.*

I believe they already have Stay Away. It was part of the Nevermind track pack the released a year ago.

Ta for the heads up, that's basically the whole of Nevermind then? Downloading right now :)

All of Nevermind is available after this.

There we go HMX was that so hard? Nah lets milk people for all of the other nirvana songs they either dont know or dont give a sh*t about first. That works right? A very Acti-esque move BW. Thanks! About f***ing time!

The Live Unplugged version of Come as you are? The one Nirvana song I want and they pull this crap? Not cool HMX, NOT COOL!

It still feels wrong to see Nirvana in Rock Band.

It's better than seeing Zombie Cobain himself in GH5.

Wow idk why this guy got so downvoted, his point is certainly valid.

Although..

Harmonix treats Nirvana's music and Kurt's memory way better than Activision.

Come on.. Kurt Cobain resurrected so he can join the stage with your sub-human avatar and sing You Belong With Me? Fucked up stuff..

But I don't mind it in RB so much I guess.

Though I'm sure if Kurt were still around he'd just probably say that kids should just take the time to learn Polly and About A Girl and Smells Like Teen Spirit on a real guitar rather than play pretend and earn nothing at the end of the day.

But hey, Krist and Dave have some say in the matter and they don't seem to have too much of an issue with it until it turns into the kind of shit Activision does..

So I'd say, as long as it's in RB, I think its okay..

Hopefully this is the last Nirvana pack we ever see for RB. Not that they are a bad band, but definitely overrated. There is enough Pearl Jam as well, I could stand a few more Foo Fighters, but only a select few. How about putting out some KISS songs we know!?! How about some more Smashing Pumpkins since the music genre seems to have a hard-on for Billy Corgan anyway? I propose nearly every song covered on Iced Earth's Tribute to the Gods (only the original artists and masters...clearly). Some Iced Earth would be cool too, but they're too awesome for RB. I honestly don't think they are well enough known to be in the game (but i could be wrong), but it would be cool. I pray for the ears of all listeners as someone tries to mimick the vocals of Matt Barlow or Ripper Owens. Ah...there I go digressing again. Oh yeah, get the studio versions for the Nirvana pack, HMX or NO DEAL!

I just love how many people get bent out of shape about a game trivializing a dead celebrity when no one makes a peep about games trivializing things like the horrors of war.

He wasn't even a great musician. Mediocre singer and shit guitarist.

How does one release a Night Ranger pack and not include Sister Christian?!?

./` Motorin'!
What's your price for flight? ./`

That's what I was about to ask.

What the hell, Harmonix?

I love that scene in Boogie Nights with the drug dealer. "Motoriiiiing!"

Ah yes, here we go:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IufPObNZY1Q

Because sister christian isn't as rockin' as pop culture would have you think :P (i def wouldn't complain if it was released, tho)

however, Night Ranger FTW! maybe someday I'll get 7 Wishes, too.

Was thinking the EXACT same thing. Makes me scared its already in the RB3 track list

That doesn't feel me with warm fuzzies. Everyone has assumed they've been sitting on those for RB3... That, combined with EA's cutback, and the fact that they claim, somehow, that the Rock Band brand is still not profitable, makes me VERY afraid for the future of the franchise...

few people that follow the franchise closely assumed they were holding those for RB3. THe big assumption has been that the masters for those three songs simply weren't available (lost, damaged,etc). This only furthers that assumption.

As for profitiability, those comments were most likely taken out of context and were most likely directed at the Beatles game itself and not the entire franchise. The numbers don't add up, it's simply not possible for them to have not made a profit on the franchise at this point.

How to know if you are under the influence of illegal substances:
1. Cotton mouth
2. Life seems pretty good
3. You genuinely enjoy Night Ranger

Take that last one back, or else.

Or else he'll shout at you in caps lock!

Seriously man, take it back!

Oh my God, we're high! Of course... when the barn burned, we became pawns in marijuana's mellow chess game!

Is Rock Band how we learn lyrics to songs now? "Remember radio?" It should be remember lyric sheets?

Ummm...
http://www.lyrics.com/

So after this, we have the whole of Nevermind, but two of the tracks are live? That's just... weird.

Oh yeah, we're still missing Endless Nameless. That would be a nice addition.

"The Lyric sheets, so hard to find, what are the words, oh Nevermind...."

Yes, I do know the Weird Al version of the song better....that's probably what I'll sing on this version, personally....

Turn the lights out... at the steakhouse!
Here we are now... eating tables!

Teen spirit should be free if you got the nevermind pack already.

I am so SICK of "Smells Like Teen Spirit", the other 2 songs are better than that overrated single.

Are you stuck in the early 90s, a time when such a thing just might be overplayed? I don't give a shit about your taste, just give me your time machine.

I said "overrated" you dumbass. And yes, that song is still "overplayed" by mainstream media.

You said you were sick of it, most likely implying that it's overplayed and not necessarily overrated. I think that's a fair assumption to make. I was just being silly, really.

And I disagree that it's overplayed still - then again, I don't pay any attention to radio, because these days it's for "dumbasses"... like you maybe?

"and not necessarily" - replace with "in addition to"

So don't watch/listen to mainstream media. I personally haven't heard that song for like 15 years, expect when played from my own library.

*except.

"And I disagree that it's overplayed still - then again, I don't pay any attention to radio, because these days it's for "dumbasses"... like you maybe?"

haha, I'm willing to bet I know A LOT more about music than you do. It's not smart to assume your taste or knowledge in music, but there's a pretty good chance I know more than you do. I was looking for upcoming indie artists before Oink got big, before Soulseek. I don't listen to mainstream pop, or any of that crap that's on the radio...but it's still unavoidable (you never hear the radio from some annoying co-worker, some TV ad, some crappy youtube video with a horrible song played over it?).
I'll use this as another example, I couldn't give two shits about Tom Cruise or Katie Holmes, yet I can tell you the name of their kid just because the media shoved it down my throat. I don't give a shit about Kanye West or Taylor Swift, yet I know about that shitty meme courtesy of annoying people on the internet.

mywhitenoise reeks of smug.

Is this going to turn into another "ur favrite band sucks lol" argument?
Because I think we had one of those the first week Rock Band DLC came out too.

Claiming to know more about music than anyone else is just douchey. It doesn't make you 'cool' or 'alternative', no no no. Just a douche.

Guitar hero 5 has nothing appealing to me now.

Besides Bowie. Forgot about that.

Hopefully they dont screw the button track up like Guitar Hero did with teen spirit. The song translates really well to buttons because its so simple, theres no reason to screw it up as bad as the GH5 version and add bullshit just to make it harder on expert.

WHY?!?!?!

I've been waiting for Lithium since the Nevermind 6 pack, and we get the LIVE VERSION!!!!!!

FFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

*sigh* hopefully this was actually a GOOD live performance by Nirvana for once

You evidently don't understand the point of grunge...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGPqgJDYI6M

Tyler, that is live footage, but the audio is the studio version

To enjoy Nirvana live, you really have to be in the same state they were in at the time...High out of their fucking minds

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fn1LPk6cCM

Actually this version is PURE WIN. The whole Reading crowd singing along with Kurt just makes it so much more epic. David Grohl himself said it was one of the highlights of Nirvana's career. So worry not, you'll get a version even better than on Nevermind.

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