Rock Band Weekly: Dio, Morrissey and many more

Next week's Rock Band DLC represents quite the buffet of artists. Dio's "Holy Diver" and "Stand Up and Shout" are in there, but you'll have to wait until Rock Band 3 to play the band's classic "Rainbow in the Dark." There's also a double-dose of Morrissey with "Irish Blood, English Heart" from his later solo days and "This Charming Man" from The Smiths era. Finally, you'll find tracks from Juliana Hatfield, Silverchair and Underoath. Check out the details after the break.

Xbox 360 / Wii / PS3
Available: August 14

Individual tracks:

"Holy Diver" - Dio (160 MSP / 200 Wii Points / $1.99*
"Stand Up and Shout" - Dio (160 MSP / 200 Wii Points / $1.99*
"Nirvana" - Juliana Hatfield (160 MSP / 200 Wii Points / $1.99)
"Irish Blood, English Heart" - Morrissey (160 MSP / 200 Wii Points / $1.99)
"Straight Lines" - Silverchair (160 MSP / 200 Wii Points / $1.99)*
"This Charming Man" - The Smiths (160 MSP / 200 Wii Points / $1.99*
"Writing on the Walls" - Underoath (160 MSP / 200 Wii Points / $1.99)

*Song also available in LEGO Rock Band Store

Reader Comments (39)

Dio? Finally!

@HowardtheDuck He's been gone too long in the midnight sea.

@HowardtheDuck Mistake above: Available September 14, not August 14 - obviously... also, DIO! R.I.P.

wow there's a mix of EVERYTHING and its all good.

Between the velvet lieees
There's a truth as hard as steeeeel, yeah!
The vision never dieyeyeees
Life's a never ending wheel!!!

RIP :(

@Jenks

Jump Jump
Jump on the tiger
You can see his stripes
but you know he's clean
now can't you see what I mean!? YEAH!

@oJMan240o

Gotta get away... From typing lyyyyyyrics.

Holy Divvvvvvver \m/

This would have been even more awesome if they had released Dio's Holy Diver and Killswitch Engage's cover side by side. I'm not shy about the fact that I want more Killswtich than My Curse in Rock Band. Dio's great, I want some Heaven and Hell.

@oJMan240o

YESYESYESYESYES! I absolutely loved KsE's cover of it (since I'm a HUGE KsE fan), and in some respects, actually prefer it to Dio's original.

I know, blasphemy.

I'd like to see a cover song track pack which has the original version of a song by the original artist(s) along with a cover version (RatM and Springsteen's Ghost of Tom Joad, George Michael and Limp Bizkit's Faith comes to mind).

@def PD

Nah man, it's a damn good cover. It's actually one of the few songs I have found that's actually cooler when played live then when they recorded it for As Daylight Dies.

I have to say I'm with you on that because it fits more into my musical tastes than Dio's earlier works which were closer to what's considered hard rock by today's standards. Plus... Howard is awesome, and if they released the Killswitch cover then they could have just made a Dio themed track pack out of it instead of individual songs.

Dio's still a beast and he has all my respect. Man was a musical genius and without him rock and metal wouldn't be the same. Someone in the Hard Rock and Metal community today saying they weren't influenced by Dio in some way is even more ridiculous than a musical artist that came after The Beatles saying the weren't influenced by them at all.

@def PD

Also... it's my firm belief that even if you hate KSE you should go to one of their shows just to see what Adam does.

Wow! Love that morrisey

Omg silverchair!! :D

@Themightychairface

I think you mean: "OMG, new Silverchair, RUN!"

I can say that, because I'm Australian.

Holy Shit The Smiths!!!

@NineteenEightyNine

Holy nutsack, it's..... um whoever Underoath is.

@NineteenEightyNine
My thoughts exactly. Now all I need is There is a Light, and Bigmouth and I'll be happy.

@Dizazter

They're a fun drum track with bullshit everything else.

Finally, some recent Silverchair. Diorama on RB3 would be awesome.

Holy Diver and The Smiths? This is gonna be one hell of a week.

Apparently, these have been available for almost a month!

MORE UNDEROATH!! YESSSS

Haha it's true they arn't as good as before, but I still like a few of their new songs.
And I'm Australian too btw.

I stopped playing Rock Band months ago, but Holy Diver is enough to get me to play it again.

R.I.P. Dio, one of the greatest forces in metal!

Jack's Mannequin for Rock Band 3 Please. I would buy the key board just for that.

Straight Lines? Seriously?

Atleast do the Straight Guy version instead.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weJT7jMO0to

f yes, The Smiths! Finally!

This Charming Man!? Best song EVAR. So good they have to put seven versions of it on the single!

Hopefully this will be followed up the announcement of "MopeBand", a whole new branch in the series (followed rapidly by Activision's release of the knock-off game "Shoe Gaze Hero", with the addition of a useless "MumbleMeter").

What about some Pulp, please?

If only you could import Morrissey's body into the game and smash a guitar over the smug vegetarians idiotic little head.

I just bothered to check out that Smiths song on Youtube. Wow. Very cool, and definitely picking that up!

I can't sing that crazy moon language!

I would go out tonight, but i haven't got a stitch to weeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaar.

Seriously, it's my favorite Smiths song. I love you, Rock Band.

Stoke for the new underoath jam! might pick up the smiths as well..

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!! THE SMITHS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have been wanting this since the first time I played rock band! :D

Holy hell, it's about time THE SMITHS got some loving!

I was about to scream at the headline, "Morrisey? Why are they leapfrogging The Smiths!" Oh thank the powers that be.

I wonder if I'm the only one that thought "YES! DIO!!!"... and then shortly afterwards though, "YES! JULIANA HATFIELD!!!"

Yayayaya, more underoath!

"Irish Blood, English Heart" and "This Charming Man" are outstanding. I've been dying for The Smiths to make it's Rock Band debut.

Don't forget: "Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before" is on the RB3 disk!!!

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