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Rock Band: Special Edition News
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Megadeth's Dave Mustaine Speaks On 'Rock Band'
Megadeth's Dave Mustaine had some interesting things to say about Rock Band (which he thinks is a great game) on the band's video message boards. The stylish shredder also touches on the Internet and takes a jab at artists that do not make their music available in digital form. "We don't have any intention right now to put Rust in Peace...
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Next Week's Rock Band DLC Revealed To Be Naked Rejects In Tokio Hotels
Next week's Rock Band DLC has been revealed, ranging from the German rockers Tokio Hotel (pictured above) to the Nickelodeon-branded pop rockers the Naked Brothers Band. Hit up XBLA next tuesdays and PSN on thursday to grab any of these tracks. 80 Microsoft Points ($1) Per Song Until 1/2/09, 160 Microsoft Points ($2) After ...
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Guitar Center Claims 'Rock Band' And 'Guitar Hero' Lead To Instrument Purchases
1Up has posted an interesting story that covers the correlation between music games and instrument purchases. It turns out that playing a lot of Guitar Hero makes people want to buy an actual guitar. The story states some interesting findings from a survey conducted by Guitar Center, a leading retailer of musical instruments: "67 percent...
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Harmonix Responds To Drum Pedal Lawsuit
Over the weekend, Raymond brought you the story about a class action lawsuit filed against Harmonix over the drum pedals included with Rock Band. The suit claimed, in essence, that Harmonix conspired to sell faulty drum pedals with Rock Band 1 to force people to buy Rock Band 2 kits. Yeah. Harmonix's response: "Harmonix and MTV Games are...
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Harmonix Founders Split $300 Million Bonus
Alex Rigopulos and Eran Egozy, the founders of Harmonix, must be feeling super extra-awesome right about now because they've just received a $300 million bonus to split from MTV Games and Viacom. The duo, which founded Harmonix in 1995 while they were at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, "received $150 million last quarter for...
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'Rock Band Track Pack Vol. 2' Detailed & Dated For Nov. 17
For those about the rock, we suggest you look into Harmonix and MTV Games' new Rock Band Track Pack Vol. 2 if you've got something against downloadable content (or have a console that doesn't support DLC). The pack will release on November 17th and feature 20 songs that were released as DLC for Rock Band and will retail for $29.99. The pack can...
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Report: Beatles Not Coming to 'Rock Band' As DLC
We all know that MTV and Harmonix have snagged exclusive rights to the legendary music of The Beatles for a new game, but it's unclear if the music will ever show up in Rock Band as downloadable content. Reuters is reporting, sadly, that the music will be exclusive to the new game and not appear in Rock Band or Rock Band 2. "None of the Fab...
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'Rock Band' DLC Gets Political With The Presidents of the United States
Everyone is jumping on the political bandwagon these days and Rock Band has some special election-themed DLC for you to enjoy next week with a few extras thrown in for good measure. As rumored, starting on Tuesday, November 4th (November 6th for the PS3) you'll be able to download the following three tracks from The Presidents of the United...
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Speculation: The Beatles Coming Exclusively To 'Rock Band'?
Hold onto your hats because this could be major news in the rhythm game world. Tomorrow at 10am EST, Apple Corps Ltd. (not iPhone Apple, but The Beatles catalogue Apple) and MTV will announce an "exclusive agreement to develop unprecedented global music project." While we have no hard evidence that this has anything to do with Rock...
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Siouxsie and the Banshees Head To 'Rock Band'
Next week's Rock Band and Rock Band 2 downloadable content comes from way out of left field. A track pack featuring eighties proto-punk-goth legends Siouxsie and the Banshees will be yours to jam along with next week. And there's more: A track each from Blink 182 and Psychedelic Furs as well as two Silversun Pickups songs. Here's the...
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Retailers Out Of Space For Fake Instruments
Although retailers appreciate the amount of business music games like Guitar Hero and Rock Band bring in, they present logistical problems when dealing with hundreds of thousands of units. According to reports, retailers have been lashing out against instrument peripherals for consoles due to the amount of space they take up on their shelves....
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Presidents Of USA Rock 'Rock Band'
The good people at Harmonix are doing election day in style--they're bringing rock band The Presidents of the United States of America to music games Rock Band and Rock Band 2. According to the band's website (by way of Shack News) a PUSA track pack will be available for download on November 4th, just in time for the election of a real, new...
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Free 'Rock Band 2' Tracks Revealed
You know those 20 tracks that you were promised when you got Rock Band 2? They've been announced today. As you probably saw coming, none of the tracks are from the most widely known bands on earth, but they're free, and perhaps they're awesome! Here's the list: The 88 - "Sons and Daughters" Authority Zero - "No...
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Nirvana Grunges Up 'Rock Band'
Next week, Mopey 90s post-punk band Nirvana are coming to the 360 and PS3 versions of Rock Band and Rock Band 2 in the form of seven downloadable tracks. Here's what's on tap: Breed Lounge Act On a Plain Polly Something in the Way Stay Away Territorial Pissings All tracks are masters. The full Pack will cost ya...
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The Cr?e Rocks 'Rock Band'
Next week's Rock Band downloadable content is monstrous rock and roll. Mötley Crüe's seminal glam-metal album Dr. Feelgood is coming! Here are the tracks: Dr. Feelgood Slice of Your Pie Rattlesnake Shake Kickstart My Heart Without You Same Ol' Situation (SOS) Sticky Sweet She Goes Down Don't Go Away...
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