Rock Band Thread

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So is the only difference here between the RB1 and 2 kit that its wireless?
 
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We don't know yet, we haven't seen the instruments yet and what they look like.
 
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I hope so :DD. I will be getting the RHCP ones on Thursday when I'm home!

:BAND:
 
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I got Snow (Hey Oh). My god the guitar part is ridiculously impossible. It's even under the section "Impossible songs"
 
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Try "Blackened" on hard drums, THAT is impossible!
 
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Is there a nice cheap as chips place I can get a copy of this for the PS3 including the full kit?

Thanks
 
Re: Rock Band 2

From Gamespot...

The folks at Harmonix are busy. When they aren't working away to create weekly downloadable content in support of last year's Rock Band, they've been coming up with new ways to keep you rocking on your home console. Prime among those projects is the upcoming Rock Band 2, the follow-up to one of the more memorable music games of recent years. At EA's recent pre-E3 event in Los Angeles, Harmonix showed off the follow-up to this incredibly popular game and gave some hints as to what to expect from the highly anticipated sequel.


From Motörhead to Elvis Costello--the song list in Rock Band 2 will be just as varied as in the original game.

For a while there, it seemed that online world-tour play might arrive as a patch for the original Rock Band; as it turns out, that feature will be one of the biggest features in the sequel, letting you join up with bandmates all over the world to fulfill your dreams of rock stardom. Online play sounds like great fun, and the folks at Harmonix have also made the smart decision to do away with band leaders in Rock Band 2. As a result, you can change your lineup at any time without having to break up the band as a result. Better yet, any character will be able to play any instrument as you go. Combine that with new gigs, challenges (more on those in a bit), as well as new cities and venues to play in, along with the ability to hire staff, and there will be a lot to do in Rock Band 2's World Tour mode.

Still, according to Harmonix, online World Tour wasn't the number-one feature requested by Rock Band fans. That distinction goes to "backward compatibility"--ensuring that all of the DLC since the first game's release will work seamlessly once the sequel rolls in. In that sense it's mission accomplished, because the game will feature full support for all of the downloadable content, and, naturally, the more than 80 songs that will be packed in with the disc version of Rock Band 2.

We know only a handful of the songs that have been announced so far in the sequel, but it's turning out to be as varied a list as in the first game. Here are the officially released songs:

"Ace of Spades" -- Motörhead
"Everlong" -- Foo Fighters
"Pinball Wizard" -- The Who
"Panic Attack" -- Dream Theater
"Any Way You Want It" -- Journey
"Chop Suey" -- System of a Down
"Kids in America" -- The Muffs
"Give It Away" -- Red Hot Chili Peppers
"Hello There" -- Cheap Trick
"Pump It Up" -- Elvis Costello

This is just 10 of the 80+ tunes that will make up the entire song list in Rock Band 2, one that, if the previous game (and its subsequent downloadable content) is any indication, will run the gamut across rock's decades and various subgenres. With hundreds of songs available to you from the get-go, the ability to create setlists for quick-play sessions is a crucial addition in Rock Band 2. In the last game, you could pick songs only one at a time; with the sequel, you'll be able to create setlists exactly how you see fit. It's perfect for the Rock Band fan who insists that every third song be a Rush tune, or that repeating Freezepop's "Sprode" 13 times in succession isn't just a good idea, it's a great idea.

When you aren't rocking out with your all-night custom quick-play sets in Rock Band 2, you'll be spending your time with the new game modes, including Tour Challenges and Battle of the Bands. The Tour Challenge will replace the Solo Tour from the original Rock Band and follow a nonlinear path, in which you unlock new challenge groupings as you go. Tour Challenge will be playable either solo or with up to three other bandmates, with any mix of local and online players.


Hook up with your bandmates across the world in online world tour, or take part in challenges throughout the game. How you play Rock Band 2 is up to you.

The challenges themselves will be built around a variety of play styles, and beating one challenge will unlock additional challenge paths for you to take. Instead of being a linear list of songs, the challenges are structured more as a progression web in which you can choose which path to take through the game. For instance, the bass path will let you focus on all of the best songs for the bass, while still giving you access to play the other songs found in Rock Band 2 as side challenges. In addition, Tour Challenge mode will also integrate DLC automatically when building challenges. You can also expect to play album-specific challenges, which should only grow as the list of full-length albums available as DLC continues to expand.

The other big challenge mode is Battle of the Bands, which will also be available for one to four players, in any mix of local and online play. Unlike the progression system of Tour Challenge, Battle of the Bands is a straight-up tournament that pits your band against groups from all over the world. Harmonix will be creating new daily battles for bands to take part in; some will even have unique entry requirements, or gameplay modifiers. When playing Battle of the Bands challenges, you'll see an onscreen score, along with a score that you need to beat (such as someone on your friends list who has also competed in this challenge).

In the ever-escalating hardware wars between Rock Band 2 and its competitors, the next instrument salvo from the Harmonix crew will introduce some cool features. On the guitar front, the Fender Stratocaster body designs are still intact, but the (nonfunctioning) model on hand at EA's pre-E3 event showed off a sunburst paint job that looked really sharp. Even better than the color scheme are some of the new guitar features: wireless out of the box, a sturdier strum bar, and an autocalibration system that will let you automatically synch your guitar to your television to minimize lag, without having to go through the tedious setup process of the original game (though you'll still be able to manually calibrate your setup if you like). Although it won't have any additional pads, the Rock Band 2 drum set will feature velocity-sensitive pads that will play "louder" in the game the harder you hit them. The pads themselves will be more muffled to cut down on the noisy clatter as you wail away, and will feature a better bounce, making them ostensibly easier to play.

We didn't get a chance to play the new instruments in a game setting or try out the new game modes at the pre-E3 event, but we did get a chance to try a few of the new songs. Journey's "Any Way You Want It" seemed to be a particularly popular choice of the people on-hand, and bodes well for future Rock Band 2 parties. With new challenge modes, online Band World Tour, complete DLC compatibility, new accessories and looks for your created rockers, a new drum trainer that will take you through the basic beats and fills every drummer should know, and new instruments on the way, Rock Band 2 appears to be in great shape to continue the momentum that began with last year's original. Expect to see much more of Rock Band 2 in the coming months, including coverage of the game during GameSpot's E3 coverage next week.
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Pah! I dunno... will more than likely get it, but to me, RB1 was a revalation and this just seems like RB1.2 as its a band game - how much different can it get?

I dont see any features that couldnt be changed with a patch to RB1 and the interface is identical. The fact Gamespot have had a hands on suggests the game is close to complete and the time left to launch is probably to make the rest of the song charts/animations.

I was really hoping for an evolution if a RB2 was released - like new instrument features. Seems EA are going to stamp there yearly cycle on RB with "STUNNING NEW FEATURES" now... :(
 
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80+ songs is pretty good. The new modes sound interesting enough too.

I'll import it when it gets released on the PS3.
 
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"Pinball Wizard" -- The Who

I can't believe they allowed that in the crazy pc world we're in today - unless they lyrics have been changed to 'that hard of hearing, sight impaired and mental retardation kid.... sure plays a mean pin..ball'

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All the new features sound nice - it'll be very nice to be able to play BWT mode online because at the moment im unable to play BWT offline - battle of the bands sounds good as well.
 
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I think if anything it highlights the multi-cultural idealogical world we live in today. He may be deaf, dumb and blind, but he'd probably win Britains Got Talent.

If not, we'll subsidise him from government pay-outs and also see if we can get a lottery grant for him to set up a pinball arcade in his council paid for 4 bedroom detached home.

God bless the 'kid'!
 
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The entire Rock Band 2 track list appears to have been spilled all over the Internet like a drink.

One of you has uploaded a video to YouTube (spotted by videogaming247) that scrolls through each of the nine collections you'll work through in the campaign.

There's no official word on its legitimacy, but those songs proven to be authentic earlier are replicated here, and to our eyes it could just be the real deal.

Unfortunately the video stops short of scrolling through each song, leaving us with the titles but not the bands. So we're asking for your help to fill them in, Eurogamer reader. Show us your knowledge.

The songs, then, are as follows:
If You Wanna Get to Heaven" Ozark Mountain Daredevils
"Gold Lion" - Yeah Yeah Yeah
"Possum Kingdom" Toadies
"Black Betty" Ram Jam
"Black" Pearl Jam
"Drain You" - Nirvana
"Farmhouse" - Phish
"Santeria" - Sublime

Apprentice
"You Oughta Know" Alanis
"We Got The Beat" - The Go Gos
"Float On" - Modest Mouse
"Kiss Me Deadly" - Generation X
"Atomic" Blondie
"Heartbreaker" - Pat Benatar
"Piece of My Heart" Erma Franklin or Janis Joplin
"Rock the Casbah" The Clash
"I Wanna Be Sedated" by The Ramones

Solid
"Ace of Spades" by Motörhead
"Everlong" by Foo Fighters
"Pinball Wizard" by The Who
"Panic Attack" by Dream Theater
"Any Way You Want It" by Journey
"Chop Suey" by System of a Down
"Kids in America" by The Muffs
"Give It Away" by Red Hot Chili Peppers
"Hello There" by Cheap Trick
"Pump It Up" by Elvis Costello

Moderate
"Machinehead" Bush
"Born to Run" Bruce Springsteen
"What's Your Frequency Kenneth?" by REM
"Want To" - Sugarland
"I Write Sins Not Tragedies" - Panic At The Disco
"The Old Apartment" - Barenaked Ladies
"When I Come Around" Green Day
"Zombie" - Cranberries

Skilled
"Waiting on the World to Change" - John Mayer
"Man in the Box" Alice in Chains
"Ramblin' Man" - Allman Brothers
"One Step Closer" Linkin Park
"Misery Business" - Paramore
"American Woman" The Guess Who
"White Wedding" Billy Idol
"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" Stones
"Folsom Prison Blues" by Johnny Cash

Challenge
"Our Truth" - Lacuna Coil
"Are You Gonna Go My Way" Lenny Kravitz
"Bring Me to Life" - Evanescence
"Spoonman" Soundgarden
"Head Like a Hole" NIN
"Aqualung" Jethro Tull
"Double Vision" Foreigner
"Rodeo" - Garth Brooks
"Sultans of Swing" by Dire Straits

Blistering
"Magic Man" - Heart
"Bad Medicine" By Jovi
"Every Little Thing She Does is Magic" The Police
"Thanks for the Memories" - Fall Out Boy
"Testify" Rage
"Kickstart My Heart" Motley Crue
"I Was Made for Lovin' You" KISS
"Bad Reputation" - Joan Jett
"Prodigal Son" - Iron Maiden



Nightmare
"The Bleeding" - Five Finger Death Punch
"Down With the Sickness" - Disturbed
"Hyper Music" Muse
"Judith" - Perfect Circle
"TNT" AC/DC
"Rainbow in the Dark" - Dio
"Anna Molly" - Incubus
"November Rain" Guns n Roses
"Comfortably Numb" - Pink Floyd

Impossible
"Feed My Frankenstein" - Alice Cooper
"Peace Sells" - Megadeath
"Fuel" - Metallica
"Crazy Train" - Ozzy Osbourne
"Forsaken" - Dream Theatre
"2 Minutes to Midnight" Maiden
"Hot for Teacher" - Van Halen
"Cowboys from Hell" - Pantera
"(Ghost)Riders in the Sky" - Johnny Cash
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"Waiting On The World To Change" sounds like the John Mayer track. An ... interesting choice! I like John Mayer so that'll be fun.

Looking forward to "Rock The Casbah", "Comfortably Numb", "Cowboys From Hell", "Bring Me To Life" and "Spoonman" :DD

Oh, and "One Step Closer" and "When I Come Around"

Quality tracklist right there!
 
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This is their vision of 'the who's who of rock' and 'greatest track listing you can possible get' ~?

Towards the more difficult end my interest picks up but the first 4 or 5 tiers are average at best.
 
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I think it's a great list personally, the best I've seen in a music game. Loads of songs on there which I enjoy.
 
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Oh my god - that list is superb! Some highlights from my personal faves:-

"Black" Pearl Jam (just awesome!)
"Machinehead" Bush (thank fuck someone remembers Bush!)
"Man in the Box" Alice in Chains (Was listening to this in the car yesterday and thinking "this needs to be in RockBand" - hope we get a 'voicebox guitar thingy peripheral!)
"Head Like a Hole" NIN (Be hard to sing, but any NIN is superb)
"Sultans of Swing" by Dire Straits (nothing to say but ABOUT FUCKING TIME!)
"Down With the Sickness" - Disturbed (YES! Any WWE fans will know this one)
"Anna Molly" - Incubus
"November Rain" Guns n Roses (teh awesomeness)

Could have picked out 20 more, but hell, that is a great list. There was a rumour that RB1 songs would be on the disk too, but I think someone on the RB forum got the wrong end of the stick.

I may get RB2.
 
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I was listening to Evanescence last night thinking a few songs should be in RB too :LOL:

I'm pretty excited about RB2, I must admit.
 
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"Down With the Sickness" - Disturbed

Monty Browns TNA theme was a soundalike version of this
 
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Radiation said:
"Down With the Sickness" - Disturbed

Monty Browns TNA theme was a soundalike version of this
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Typical TNA rip-off (though when I used to catch up with a bit of wrassling, I prefered TNA to WWE! Now as a grown man, I should know better).
 
Re: Rock Band - Harmonix, (360 / PS3)

mjsmith2k said:
Is there a nice cheap as chips place I can get a copy of this for the PS3 including the full kit?

Thanks
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The cheapest i found was on ebay for £140 i think and then i had to pay for the delivery from london to liverpool and a handling fee which was about £35 so £175

That was back in February though so i was happy paying a bit more than i had hoped as i knew id have it a few months before the EU release... oh how wrong i was.


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Two ive just found as buy it nows


http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ROCK-BAND-SPE...236592703QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item130236592703

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/New-PS3-Rock-...260893801QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item260260893801
 
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