Rock Band

[schild]

3 new songs:
# Soundgarden's "Black Hole Sun" [master track]
# Red Hot Chilli Pepper's "Dani California" [master track]
# KISS' "Detroit Rock City" [master track]

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

BLACK HOLE SUN.


NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

I CAN'T AVOID IT NOW

[Grand Design]

I think I must be the last person on earth who hasn't played some form of Guitar Hero.  And since I saw this kid on YouTube bust out a perfect rendition of YYZ, I'm fighting the urge to go out and buy it.  If it gets the kids listening to Rush, I'm all for it.

And SoundGarden?  I didn't think that Thayil translated to sheet music, much less a video game.

[Rasix]

BLACK HOLE SUN.

Eh? Boring song with a video that gave me nightmares.   

I'm going to be so terrible at this game.

[schild]

Thayil is one of my favorite guitarists ever, and it's a master track so it's a Thayil/Soundgarden Recording.

Yea, I'm fairly good at YYZ. One of my favorite songs on there.

[Grand Design]

So, um, yeah - apparently I was the last person on earth to get GHII.  When I walked into Best Buy, the single remaining box literally had my name on it.  They popped a bottle of champagne and balloons dropped from the ceiling when I ran my debit card.

I have never had so much fun with a video game.  Evar.  I've been playing for a week and I have forearms like Popeye on an HGH-laced Spinach bender.  I have dreams about colored circles.  I find myself unconsciously hitting notes with my fingers on the steering wheel.  I don't change the radio station when Cheap Trick comes on anymore.  I can now name a band from this century.  Avenged Sevenfold.  See.

Maybe I've been stuck in MMOs for too long, because I'm playing a video game and enjoying it.  Wow.  GH3 and Rock Band will be my excuse for getting the PS3.

[schild]

I SAY THIS AS BLOOD POURS FROM MY EYES AND MOUTH ONTO MY KEYBOARD.

JAPAN IS GETTING A VERSION OF GUITAR HERO.

DAY 1 IMPORT FOR PS3, GET.

[bhodi]

Song list announced?

[schild]

No. Will post when it appears.

[WayAbvPar]

So, um, yeah - apparently I was the last person on earth to get GHII.  When I walked into Best Buy, the single remaining box literally had my name on it.  They popped a bottle of champagne and balloons dropped from the ceiling when I ran my debit card.

I have never had so much fun with a video game.  Evar.  I've been playing for a week and I have forearms like Popeye on an HGH-laced Spinach bender.  I have dreams about colored circles.  I find myself unconsciously hitting notes with my fingers on the steering wheel.  I don't change the radio station when Cheap Trick comes on anymore.  I can now name a band from this century.  Avenged Sevenfold.  See.

Maybe I've been stuck in MMOs for too long, because I'm playing a video game and enjoying it.  Wow.  GH3 and Rock Band will be my excuse for getting the PS3.

Grats! Now you too can play air guitar with some level of expertise like the rest of us  :-D

[Grublet]

Rock Band Pricing Info

To sum up:

PS3 & 360 - November 23rd for $169.99 (Black Friday, now to be known as Rock Friday)
PS2 - December 10th for $159.99

Kit comes with guitar, drum kit, microphone and game.

PS2 and PS3 get wireless guitar, 360 is wired.

[WayAbvPar]

That is actually cheaper than I had hoped, so yay!

5 Starred my first Medium song on GHII last night. My e-peen grew this much- |    |. Ph3@r.

[murdoc]

PS2 and PS3 get wireless guitar, 360 is wired.

wtf ps2 gets wireless and 360 doesn't? Does not compute.

[Phildo]

I thought Microsoft was guarding their wireless technology very carefully, but... Guitar Hero II has it, so who knows.

[schild]

I thought Microsoft was guarding their wireless technology very carefully, but... Guitar Hero II has it, so who knows.

What? Guitar Hero 2 has wires.

[Phildo]

What? Guitar Hero 2 has wires.

Am I missing something here?  I've never seen a wireless guitar controller for the 360, until the ones for GH III are released.

[schild]

You said, and I quoted it, that GHII had wireless controllers on the 360. Obviously, you thought you said something else.

[Big Gulp]

I just don't care all that much about the wires.  I'll already have to move my couch and coffee table to make room for rockin', so a few wires aren't a big deal, especially when the drum kit is the USB hub for this beast.  I've never really had a problem with the wires in GH2, and don't anticipate having problems in the future.  Besides, isn't it more authentic to have a bunch of wires snaking all over the place?

Also, quite happy that it's substantially cheaper than the $200 I was anticipating.

[schild]

I actually fear the price point.

You get what you pay for.

[Big Gulp]

I actually fear the price point.

You get what you pay for.

True.  I worry about the drums.  Not so much that I'll destroy them, but the guy who'll be playing drums (because he's horrible with a guitar.  Horrible.) has a habit of going all "Hulk Smash!" on shit.

[Phildo]

You said, and I quoted it, that GHII had wireless controllers on the 360. Obviously, you thought you said something else.

Ah, that was a typo.  I see it now.  My bad.

[NiX]

Anyone have any idea what it's going to cost up here in Canadia? Despite the dollar being high it hasn't changed the fact that we're being consistently gouged. I'm assuming it'll be something like 189 or 199, but I want to find a solid price tag.

[Viin]

Can't you order it from the US Amazon site and pay US $$ for it? Just wondering, never done that myself ..

[NiX]

It depends. Most places just won't ship across the border for some odd reason. It could be to avoid having to do conversion or maybe it's harder for companies to ship across without a problem. I'll check, but last time I tried I'm pretty sure they told me to go elsewhere.

Edit: They do ship, but at 1.99/LB and the game weighing in at 20LBs... yeeeaahhhh.

[Tairnyn]

Rock Band full track list has been posted at IGN although 12 unlockable, unrevealed tracks still remain. For the freewheeling hippie in all of us there's also 18 Grateful Dead tracks that can be purchased as downloadable content.

1960s

    * Rolling Stones “Gimme Shelter”

1970s

    * Aerosmith “Train Kept a Rollin’”*
    * The Who “Won’t Get Fooled Again”
    * Boston “Foreplay/Long Time”
    * Mountain “Mississippi Queen” (cover)
    * The Police “Next to You”
    * David Bowie “Suffragette City”
    * Black Sabbath “Paranoid” (cover)
    * Blue Oyster Cult “Don’t Fear the Reaper”
    * The Ramones “Blitzkrieg Bop”
    * Deep Purple “Highway Star”
    * KISS “Detroit Rock City”
    * Molly Hatchet “Flirtin’ With Disaster”
    * The Outlaws “Green Grass & High Tides” (cover)
    * Sweet “Ballroom Blitz” (cover)

1980s

    * Rush “Tom Sawyer”*
    * Bon Jovi “Wanted Dead or Alive”
    * The Clash “Should I Stay or Should I Go”
    * Faith No More “Epic”
    * R.E.M. “Orange Crush”
    * Iron Maiden “Run to the Hills” (cover)

1990s

    * Foo Fighters “Learn to Fly”
    * Metallica “Enter Sandman”
    * Nirvana “In Bloom”
    * Stone Temple Pilots “Vasoline”
    * Weezer “Say It Ain’t So”
    * Smashing Pumpkins “Cherub Rock”
    * Radiohead “Creep”
    * Beastie Boys “Sabotage”
    * Hole “Celebrity Skin”
    * Garbage “I Think I’m Paranoid”
    * Soundgarden “Black Hole Sun”

2000s

    * The Hives “Main Offender”
    * Queens of the Stone Age “Go With the Flow”
    * The Strokes “Reptilia”
    * Jet “Are You Gonna Be My Girl”
    * OK Go “Here It Goes Again”
    * Nine Inch Nails “The Hand That Feeds”
    * Pixies “Wave of Mutilation”
    * Yeah Yeah Yeahs “Maps”
    * Red Hot Chili Peppers “Dani California”
    * Coheed & Cambria “Welcome Home”
    * Fallout Boy “Dead on Arrival”
    * The Killers “When You Were Young”
    * New Pornographers “Electric Version”

Unlockable Tracks

    * Bang Camaro “Pleasure (Pleasure)”

Edit: Added full list

[schild]

Is it just Uncle John's Band 18 times since that's really the only song people will play after the first 2 times through that list? ^_^

[Azazel]

I dunno. That 90's selection looks nice, and the 80's set is also quite respectable.

[Phildo]

Bang Camaro is sweet

[NiX]

Is it just Uncle John's Band 18 times since that's really the only song people will play after the first 2 times through that list? ^_^

You neglect to remember people born in the mid 80s, like me, who will play the shit out of everything in the 90s and 2000s.

[schild]

My problem is that there aren't enough songs where singing will be fun.

The fact Rock Band and GH3 share the same Strokes and Killers songs is completely pitiful. Every Killers song would be great. There's like 4 good strokes songs. Reptilia isn't one of them. Shit, it shares the same Smashing Pumpkins song also. COMEON MOTHERFUCKERS, TONIGHT TONIGHT OR 1979. GET THE FUCK ON IT. In fact, make the entire Melancholy set a downloadable. Pronto.

Edit: Fuck, Beastie Boys too?

Too much crossover.

[Lantien]

I've played the Rock Band demo the few times it's come around these parts. As someone born in the (oy vey) late 70s, I really enjoy most of the library in Rock Band from a musicial appreciation standpoint. I'd also point out that there's a minor overlap between the GH3 and Rock Band libraries (off the top of my head):

* Mountian "Mississippi Queen"
* Black Sabbath "Paranoid"
* Smashing Pumpkins "Cherub Rock"
* Beastie Boys "Sabotage"
* The Strokes "Reptilia"
* The Killers "When you were young"

I've also noticed that Guitar Hero 3 and Rock Band appeal to very different segments of the population. Generally when people talk up what's great specifically about Guitar Hero 3, they reference virtuostic, fairly technical songs that demonstrate the abilities of the person playing the song (The Fire and the Flames, One, Raining Blood, etc). Rock Band on the other hand, tends to appeal to people who want to get a bunch of friends together and rock out (compare how robust Rock Band's offline multiplay is, compared to Guitar Hero 3's).

I'll admit, I'm mildly worried about wear and tear issues on Rock Band instruments.  The few times I've played on Rock Band instruments, the drums seem to invite people just trying to put their fist through the drumpad. Kinda evokes how early on, people would over-exaggerate their motions when playing on the Wii.

My problem is that there aren't enough songs where singing will be fun.

The fact Rock Band and GH3 share the same Strokes and Killers songs is completely pitiful. Every Killers song would be great. There's like 4 good strokes songs. Reptilia isn't one of them. Shit, it shares the same Smashing Pumpkins song also. COMEON MOTHERFUCKERS, TONIGHT TONIGHT OR 1979. GET THE FUCK ON IT. In fact, make the entire Melancholy set a downloadable. Pronto.

Edit: Fuck, Beastie Boys too?

Too much crossover.

My roommates and I went to PAX, and after some serious cajoling/threatening, I got one of my roommates to sing Jet's "Are you gonna be my girl".  When it was over, he confessed that it was really fun to sing.  The one thing that surprises me is the lack of songs with female lead singers.  In mixed company, I found whenever Rock Band comes up, the only way the non-gaming females would only remotely think about playing the game would be in a singing capacity. The only songs on that list with predominantly female vocals are Hole  Garbage  and Rush 

[NiX]

Every Killers song would be great. There's like 4 good strokes songs. Reptilia isn't one of them. Shit, it shares the same Smashing Pumpkins song also. COMEON MOTHERFUCKERS, TONIGHT TONIGHT OR 1979. GET THE FUCK ON IT. In fact, make the entire Melancholy set a downloadable. Pronto.

The fact that either of those pumpkins songs weren't picked made me cry. And I think most of the Hot Fuss album would be a great download.

[Grand Design]

The only songs on that list with predominantly female vocals are Hole  Garbage  and Rush 

I find it more amusing that you consider Courtney Love to be female 

[HAMMER FRENZY]

I played Rock Band yesterday. It was pretty damn neat. The characters kinda lack any life, but the game was fun. The new guitar is awesome as hell. 

[schild]

People are worried that the Rock Band Guitar won't work with GH3.

[HAMMER FRENZY]

Dude seriously that guitar was nice. The tab in the 4 or 5 songs I played were kinda muh. Whatever. I actually think that I am kinda losing interest in Guitar Hero style games, and Rock Band right now just seems less interesting to me. Maybe I need to play with people who actually want to make it sound good, but man Schild it is exactly what we talked about on Friday, it feels like we are trying to make that game fun before we even get it out of the box. I realized I am more excited about acting stupid in our fake band than actually playing that game.