The unofficial Rock Band thread.

[Yoda]

^Megadeth's Rust in Peace has done a lot more for me than these useless sausage-link fingers! Buy it and crank down the difficulty if you have to.

[TheBrew]

I got the Who Super Bowl track: a better recording than the performance let me tell you and a real work out on drums. I think it is now the longest track in the game @ ~12 minutes.

I got as far as the harmonica solo on drums and then failed out at the constant triplets.

[Brikar99]

12 minutes! Yikes!

[TheBrew]

Yeah, but you get a lot of synth breaks as they transition from songs. I managed to beat it my 2nd time through since I saved star power and got the rhythm down. 260k is only good for 4.5 stars, though.

[firehawk12]

Hah, I was thinking they'd give it away for free, but it makes sense they didn't.

[Aragorn]

Downloads for the week of Feb. 14:

Otis Redding Pack
“(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay”
“Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song)”
“I’m Sick Y’all”
“I’ve Got Dreams to Remember”
“Love Man”

All Time Low – “Weightless”

Alphabeat –“Fascination”

Brian Setzer Orchestra – “Stray Cat Strut”

The Chemical Brothers – “Let Forever Be”

[Rincewiend]

Well, interesting mix...

[Aragorn]

Downloads for the week of Feb. 21:

HIM pack
Heartkiller
Ode to Solitude
Wings of a Butterfly

KSM - Distracted

Marilyn Manson - The Dope Show

One Night Only - Just For Tonight

The Police - Walking On the Moon

[Rincewiend]

I actually picked up Marilyn Manson...
And The Police...

And next weeks DLC:

Disturbed – “Meaning of Life”
Disturbed – “The Game”
Disturbed – “Voices”

The Mother Hips – “Third Floor Story”
The Mother Hips – “White Falcon Fuzz” +

Silversun Pickups – “Panic Switch”
Silversun Pickups – “Sort Of” +

TRUSTcompany – “Downfall” +

[Aragorn]

The Rock Band Network is open.

Also, downloads for the week of March 7:

The Futureheads – “Decent Days & Nights”
The Futureheads – “Hounds of Love”

The James Gang – “Walk Away”

Neil Peart – “The Hockey Theme”

Shaimus – “All of This”
Shaimus – “Tie You Down”

The White Stripes pack 2
“Fell in Love with a Girl”
“Seven Nation Army”
“You Don’t Know What Love Is (You Just Do As You’re Told)”

[Yoda]

Looking at Rock Band Network, the songs are mostly shit, by shitty bands that nobody has heard of. But I grabbed a couple of songs. Vai for the guitar wank challenge of it and the one Marillion song.

But, I'm still hopeful that the whole thing will prove worthwhile. I do think it will be a financial failure, and possibly the end of the fake plastic guitar era, if it hasn't ended already.

[Aragorn]

Activision is doing their best to kill the plastic instrument games by flooding the market (and I think they want to kill the FPS platform now). Hell, one of their head honchos even admits they want to milk it for all it's worth.

[firehawk12]

Hrm, do you browse the Network from within the game?

[Aragorn]

That's how I did it.

[Brikar99]

Aragorn wrote:

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The Rock Band Network is open.

Also, downloads for the week of March 7:

The Futureheads – “Decent Days & Nights”
The Futureheads – “Hounds of Love”

The James Gang – “Walk Away”

Neil Peart – “The Hockey Theme”

Shaimus – “All of This”
Shaimus – “Tie You Down”

The White Stripes pack 2
“Fell in Love with a Girl”
“Seven Nation Army”
“You Don’t Know What Love Is (You Just Do As You’re Told)”

I might get 'Seven Nation Army', but I'm not really into the White Strips, and frankly I don't really know who any of those others are except Neil Peart is from Rush, right?



--Yeah, I realize that's an awful, awful sentence.