The unofficial Rock Band thread.

[Brikar99]

Heh, is "Ace of Spades" on every game from now on?

 

[Rincewiend]

Some info on GH5:

Guitar Hero 5 will offer music from 85 bands, with 30 artists making their music-rhythm game debuts. All of the songs will be unlocked from the moment the game is first turned on. Included in the release are the first eight songs confirmed to be in the game. They are:

The Rolling Stones : Sympathy for the Devil
Bob Dylan: All Along The Watchtower
The White Stripes : Blue Orchid
Santana : No One To Depend On (LIVE)
Vampire Weekend : A-Punk
Tom Petty: Runnin Down a Dream
Johnny Cash : Ring of Fire
Kings of Leon: Sex on Fire

http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/983/983286p1.html

 

[Aragorn]

Downloads for the week of May 24:

Ministry Pack
Ministry "Cuz U R Next"
Ministry "LiesLiesLies"
Ministry "The Great Satan"

The Zombies "She’s Not There"
The Zombies "Tell Her No"
The Cranberries "Linger"

 

[Aragorn]

Damnit! Guitar Hero is getting Stan Bush's "The Touch" tomorrow!

 

[Messianni]

Must be for Transformers coming out soon.

 

[TheBrew]

Damnit! Guitar Hero is getting Stan Bush's "The Touch" tomorrow!

Damn. They've got the Touch. They've got the poooooowwwaaaahhh.

 

[firehawk12]

Ah, it's finally coming. Still free I hope? Or maybe they'll make you buy a Transformers peripheral in order to play it...

 

[Rincewiend]

The original or the new version?!?

 

[Rincewiend]

Ah, it's finally coming. Still free I hope? Or maybe they'll make you buy a Transformers peripheral in order to play it...

Hm, it won't be free according to the EU PSN blog:

Guitar Hero: World Tour
Build your song collection further with this additional track:
PEGI 12+

‘The Touch’ by Stan Bush (£1.59/€1.99)

http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2009/05/28/playstationstoreupdate/

[edit]
Hm, got it for free...
Maybe a timed free thing...

 

[firehawk12]

Maybe Europe gets screwed... or PSN?

I just grabbed it and it was free as well.

 

[Rincewiend]

Don't know, Joystiq has the same info...

 

[firehawk12]

Marketplace didn't say "free for gold members only". Oh well, I got it for free anyway.

 

[Rincewiend]

After playing RB2 for so long GH's timing feels a bit "off"...
Might be the larger jewels/window for strumming...
Same goes for some of the placement of the strums/notes...

 

[Aragorn]

I was a big Guitar Hero II and III guy, but after jumping on the Rock Band wagon, it was really hard for me to get back into GH. A lot of it probably has to do with their horrible charting, but it just feels different. Not really interested in getting GH: World Tour or GH 5 or GH: Van Halen (I have a feeling they're going to kill the market with all their flooding), especially since I've spent a billion dollars on Rock Band downloads. I was all set to jump over GH: Aerosmith too, since I could get it for so cheap, but then I decided at the last minute that I'd probably never play it.

But The Beatles Rock Band interests me.

 

[Rincewiend]

Neversoft definitly made some weird choices with their charting...
There are some songs that have strums where there is none in the song...

 

[Aragorn]

Downloads for the week of May 31:

Bonnaroo Pack
Ben Harper and Relentless7 “Shimmer & Shine”
Coheed and Cambria “A Favor House Atlantic”
Coheed and Cambria “The Running Free”
Phish “Wilson (live)”
Shooter Jennings “Steady at the Wheel”
TV on the Radio “Wolf Like Me”


Downloads for the week of June 7:

Iron Maiden 12-Pack
Aces High (Live)
2 Minutes to Midnight
The Trooper
Wasted Years
The Number of the Beast
Run to the Hills
Can I Play with Madness
The Clarivoyant
Powerslave
Fear of the Dark (Live)
Hallowed Be Thy Name (Live)
Iron Maiden (Live)

 

[Rincewiend]

A French trailer for Lego Rock Band:
http://www.jeuxvideo.com/videos_edi..._f1q1.htm#containerlienVoirDirectementlaVideo

 

[Brikar99]

Downloads for the week of June 7:

Iron Maiden 12-Pack
Aces High (Live)
2 Minutes to Midnight
The Trooper
Wasted Years
The Number of the Beast
Run to the Hills
Can I Play with Madness
The Clarivoyant
Powerslave
Fear of the Dark (Live)
Hallowed Be Thy Name (Live)
Iron Maiden (Live)

I am all over this.

I also got "The Touch" for GH. It's pretty good, but definitely a new recording (it even says 2007 or some such when the track title comes up). For free, I'm not gonna complain, and it's a hilarious song still anyway. My friends will love that next time they're over to play.

 

[Rincewiend]

Yeah, it's not the cheesy 80's version of the animated Transformers movie...
Ah well, as you said, it's free...

 

[TheBrew]

I have the 2007 version on my iPod (Stan Bush was giving it away for free at some point) and I like the recording and it is just a better recorded version of the 80s "classic".