Guitar Hero 5 and Band Hero: April DLC

Next month's musical lineup for Guitar Hero 5 and Band Hero is as wide and varied as a kiddie pool full of Sweet 'n Salty Chex Mix, bringing in tracks from Fall Out Boy, The All-American Rejects, Phoenix, Blur, Saving Abel, and Black Sabbath. However, there's one track in particular that stands proudly above the rest -- one which will surely soon skyrocket to the top of the "Most Played" charts. You know, that song that everyone requests at every concert. What? Dolly Parton's "9 to 5?" What kind of concerts have you been going to?

No sir -- we're talking about "Free Bird," which will be available tomorrow, barring some horrific April Fools' Day shenanigans. Check out the full list of tracks, along with their release dates, past the jump.
Xbox 360 / PS3 / Wii

April 1 - Lynyrd Skynyrd Track Pack (440

/ $5.49 / 550 Wii Points)

"Free Bird" (160 / $1.99 / 200 Wii Points)
"Simple Man (160 / $1.99 / 200 Wii Points)
"Gimme Three Steps" (160 /$1.99 / 200 Wii Points)

April 8 - Fall Out Boy Track Pack (440

/ $5.49 / 550 Wii Points)

Thnks fr th Mmrs" (160 / $1.99 / 200 Wii Points)
"This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race" (160 / 200 Wii Points / $1.99)
"The Take Over, The Breaks Over" (160 / 200 Wii Points / $1.99)

April 15 - Singles

"Gives You Hell" - The All-American Rejects (160 / $1.99 / 200 Wii Points)
"There's No Other Way" - Blur (160/ $1.99 / 200 Wii Points)
"Addicted" - Saving Abel (160 / $1.99 / 200 Wii Points)

April 22 - Phoenix Track Pack (440

/ $5.49 / 550 Wii Points)

"Everything Is Everything" (160/ $1.99 / 200 Wii Points)
"Lisztomania" (160 / $1.99 / 200 Wii Points)
"1901" (160/ $1.99 / 200 Wii Points)

April 29 - Black Sabbath Track Pack (440

/ $5.49 / 550 Wii Points)

"After Forever" (160/ $1.99 / 200 Wii Points)
"Into The Void" (160 / $1.99 / 200 Wii Points)
"Sweet leaf" (160/ $1.99 / 200 Wii Points)

Reader Comments (36)

Phoenix. 'Nuff said.

Too true, I already own a couple of these tracks on Rock Band. They're a good laugh to play but are pretty simple, even on expert! Still a good buy!

Black Sabbath, 'nuff said.

Wait a minute...

Free Bird is a transferrable track from GHSH!

Poor April Fools joke there, Joystiq...

Is it possible that they have seen that people aren't willing to pay to buy a game and then pay again to transfer the tracks over to a different one? I doubt it. They ARE activision. If it is an April Fool's joke it is a weak one at best.

Yet another month of using tracks mostly already in Rock Band. And what's the deal with doing so many songs already in other games? Last month was Blink-182 from GH:Van Halen, and now they're taking from Smash Hits? Activision is really failing the DLC game, especially now with Rock Band Network up and running.

Free Bird was one of those dream-haunting songs when I first played it on GH2. At the time it was the only song that I could play seven minutes into perfectly, and then still horrifically fail at.

Wow....this is....well....um.....
I don't know what to say.
It's horrible. Pretty much nothing new in regards to both Rock band and Guitar hero.

To be fair, this isn't a DLC list for Rock Band.

Rock Band is getting an entire Jimi Hendrix album this week.

Not bad, not bad Activision, even though you've been playing catch-up-with-the-songs-that-were-already-released-by-others, but Rock Band's Hendrix pack blows all that away anyway I'm afraid...

There are times when it sucks to be a PS3 Rock Band owner, namely incomplete songlists from RBN (allegedly), not being able to delete individual songs, and how many people's guitars, like mine, have just stopped working properly after almost two years.

Then I remember, it sucks more to own Guitar Hero on ANYTHING.

what about your guitar controllers doesn't work?

The tilt mechanism is shoddy, and the strum bar occasionally doesn't work. And on my other one that I bought separately, the whammy bar is loose for no particular reason. And of course, both are way out of warranty so the only hope is replacement.

Correct me if I'm wrong, I would like to have them working again. But with RB3 around the corner with the (nebulous) prospect of new instruments with new features, I may be disinclined.

I'd rather see this stuff on RB, minus Fallout Boy please.

Yeah. Me too...

Oh wait. Half of it already is. When I saw the Phoenix track pack, I got so excited, and then I realized 2 of the songs I already have on RB.

Not many would disagree... rightfully so.

Although "The Take Over, The Breaks Over" is actually a fun little song. Kinda funky. Took me by surprise.

Yeah, Freebird was in Smash Hits. I'm sure GH owners are thrilled to pay for a song that wouldn't transfer of off their old disc.

Actually, last i recall, it does... I have played it in GH5.

Yeah it does transfer. Which makes the fact that this is DLC even more stupid.

I heard that it is a different version then the one in Smash Hits but still lame.

Black Sabbath, for the win. They should picked Children of the Grave instead of After Fprever, though.

After Forever's a great song too, honestly I'll take either of the two. Black Sabbath for the win!

*Forever

There's No Other Way by Blur? That song's on Rock Band DLC aswell. What a let down. They do have much better songs. Give me Charmless Man, Country House or She's So High and it'll be an instant download

I've been waiting forever to have "Freebird" on Rock Band. To find out it's gonna go to shitty Guitar Hero sucks. I hope its not locked in with GH due to liscensing/copyrighting or whatever. Would be a shame if Rock Band doesn't get it somewhere down the road. Guitar Hero sucks so bad on every level.

It's the same game. :s

would like to have the skynerd songs (already got one in rb) and the sabbath songs (same), but I wouldn't own their games to have them. The rest of the stuff is trash.

Both of those Skynyrd tracks are on RB already. I bought GHSH for $10 solely for Freebird.

GIVE ME FREEBIRD HARMONIX!!!

Wow...Free Bird was already importable in Guitar Hero 5 from Smash Hits. Well, guess I can have the same song on there twice now, eh? How fun!

/sarcasm

Dammit, you got my hopes up that there'd be some 9 to 5 in my GH! That would be the most awesome song to sing after a couple drinks!!

@Reuben
That is true. But really, if you own Guitar hero I don't really see why on wouldn't have Rock Band.
They are both good games.

FREE BIRD!

I still think all of the big songs that everyone wants for rock band (free bird, bohemian, etc.) will be on rock band 3.

I agree. Especially with the Hendrix album, they're definitely going to have some of his other big ones (I'm looking at you 'All Along the Watchtower') on disc.

I just hope they lock the setlist down asap and announce it so they can generate some hype.

wasn't free bird in smash hits? how many times are they going to release it

Jeeeeez, I guess I'm just gonna have to be satisfied with the on-disc stuff cause man GH sucks soooooo bad at DLC. I guess Free Bird and Simple Man are good but I have them in other games already. Still, 3 songs a week is a joke compared to RB. I have both games but I like playing GH better for solo play.

Guitar Hero 5 and Band Hero: April DLC

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