Official Rock Band/Guitar Hero Discussion Thread

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Rock Band:
-Started by Harmonix Music Systems and MTV Games in 2007.

-5 main entries:
Rock Band [November 20, 2007 - Xbox 360, PS3; December 18, 2007 - PS2, Nintendo Wii]

Rock Band 2 [September 14, 2008 - Xbox 360; October 18, 2008 - PS3, PS2, Nintendo Wii]

Rock Band: Unplugged [June 9, 2009 - Sony PSP]

The Beatles: Rock Band [September 9, 2009 - all consoles]

LEGO Rock Band [November 3, 2009 - all consoles]


-6 standalone track packs:
Track Pack Vol. 1 [July 15, 2008 - PS2, Nintendo Wii]

AC/DC Live: Rock Band Track Pack [November 2, 2008 - Xbox 360, PS3, PS2; November 16 - Nintendo Wii]

Track Pack Vol. 2 [November 18, 2008 [Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, Nintendo Wii]

Classic Rock Track Pack [May 19, 2009 - Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, Nintedo Wii]

Country Track Pack [July 21, 2009 - Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, Nintendo Wii]

Metal Track Pack [September 22, 2009 - Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, Nintendo Wii]


-2 Upcoming titles:
Green Day: Rock Band [June 8, 2010 - Xbox 360, PS3, Nintendo Wii]

Rock Band 3 [Holiday 2010 - Xbox 360, PS3, Nintendo Wii]


-New songs available weekly via downloadable content, available each Tuesday*.

^{* - Times vary week to week, and depend upon when the specific console marketplaces are updated}

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Guitar Hero:
-Started by Harmonix Music Systems in 2005; taken over by Activision Publishing in 2007.


-8 main entries:
Guitar Hero [November 8, 2005 - PS2]

Guitar Hero 2 [November 7, 2006 - PS2; April 3, 2007 - Xbox 360]

Guitar Hero 3: Legends Of Rock [October 28, 2007 - Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, Nintendo Wii]

Guitar Hero: On Tour [June 22, 2008 - Nintendo DS]

Guitar Hero: World Tour [October 26, 2008 - Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, Nintendo Wii]

Guitar Hero: On Tour Decades [November 16, 2008 - Nintendo DS]

Guitar Hero: On Tour Modern Hits [June 16, 2009 - Nintendo DS]

Guitar Hero 5 [September 1, 2009 - Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, Nintendo Wii]

Band Hero [November 3, 2009 - Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, Nintendo Wii]


-2 spin-offs:
Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks The 80's [July 24, 2007 - PS2]

Guitar Hero: Smash Hits [June 16, 2009 - Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, Nintendo Wii]


-3 band-centric titles:
Guitar Hero: Aerosmith [June 29, 2008 - Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, Nintendo Wii]

Guitar Hero: Metallica [March 29, 2009 - Xbox 360, PS3, Nintendo Wii; April 14, 2009 - PS2]

Guitar Hero: Van Halen [September-October 2009* - Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, Nintendo Wii; December 22, 2009 - retail release for all consoles]

^{* - Guitar Hero: Van Halen was made available as a promotion to people in North America who bought Guitar Hero 5 in the month of September, 2009.}

-2 upcoming titles:
Guitar Hero 6 [Fall 2010 - Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, Nintendo Wii]

Band Hero 2 [Fall 2010 - Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, Nintendo Wii]


-New songs available in the form of a 3pk per week via downloadable content. Songs are usually up on the specific console marketplaces each Thursday.

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Current and upcoming DLC for Rock Band:
May 11:
Judas Priest: British Steel Live
Breaking The Law [Live]
Rapid Fire [Live]
Metal Gods [Live]
Grinder [Live]
United [Live]
Living After Midnight [Live]
You Don't Have To Be Old To Be Wise [Live]
The Rage [Live]
Steeler [Live]

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These tracks will be available for purchase as “British Steel 30th Anniversary,” as well as individual tracks on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 system, and as individual tracks only on Wii.

Price:
1200 Microsoft Points/$14.99 for "British Steel 30th Anniversary"
160 Microsoft Points/$1.99 per track
200 Wii Points per track

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May 18
Grateful Dead Pack 03
Beat It on Down the Line
Cumberland Blues
Scarlet Begonias
Throwing Stones
Touch of Grey
U.S. Blues

A Girl Like You - The Smithereens
Only a Memory - The Smithereens

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These tracks will be available for purchase as “Grateful Dead Pack 03,” as well as individual tracks on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 system, and as individual tracks only on Wii.

Price:
800 Microsoft Points/$9.99 for "Grateful Dead Pack 03"
160 Microsoft Points/$1.99 per track
200 Wii Points per track

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Current and Upcoming DLC for Guitar Hero 5/Band Hero:
May 11:
Alternative Pop Track Pack
Face Down - Alpha Rev
Low Day - Capra
You're All I Have - Snow Patrol

Price:
440 Microsoft Points/$5.49 for "Alternative Pop Track Pack"
160 Microsoft Points/$1.99 per track
200 Wii Points per track

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May 18:
Aerosmith Track Pack
Livin' On The Edge
Love In An Elevator
Rag Doll

Price:
440 Microsoft Points/$5.49 for "Aerosmith Track Pack"
160 Microsoft Points/$1.99 per track
200 Wii Points per track.

[Geoff]

I miss when they used to put out vaguely relevant things for RB.

[JC]

I'm going to wait outside of Gamestop and bitch slap each person I see buying Green Day Rock Band.

[Geoff]

Want to have a Rock Band tournament in my friend's store after Green Day comes out. If I can bait anyone to asking if I have the Green Day game, I'll ask for their name, take a picture and tell them to get out and never come back.

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May 16, 2010 5:51:42 GMT -5 Geoff said:

I miss when they used to put out vaguely relevant things for RB.

Yes, but it's still better than the crap that we are getting from Activision for GH weekly. I'd rather have Judas Priest than Snow Patrol, and Grateful Dead over Aerosmith personally.

[layzington]

my least favorite game of this generation, i fucking hate it

[Geoff]

May 18, 2010 10:51:33 GMT -5 layzington said:

my least favorite game of this generation, i fucking hate it

yo quit bein' a bitch, son.

[lk]

Got bored with rockband, haven't played since. Traded it all in for madden and nhl 10 lol. Green day rock band sounds pathetic

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If the following is even half true, there is no way I'm not sold on GH6. I always said they had to do something big for me to buy it, and with these 20 songs so far, they have. It's solid as fuck.

[lk]

Rock band is lacking pink floyd

[layzington]

May 18, 2010 13:26:56 GMT -5 Geoff said:

May 18, 2010 10:51:33 GMT -5 layzington said:

my least favorite game of this generation, i fucking hate it

yo quit bein' a bitch, son.

i jus think its dumb. like the whole color format could be applicable to anything, yet some asshole decided to build a guitar around the controls and get some liscenses...GH hack poo

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May 18, 2010 15:36:29 GMT -5 layzington said:

May 18, 2010 13:26:56 GMT -5 Geoff said:

yo quit bein' a bitch, son.

i jus think its dumb. like the whole color format could be applicable to anything, yet some asshole decided to build a guitar around the controls and get some liscenses...GH hack poo

Those assholes, as you call them, are known as Harmonix Music Systems, and they have done nothing but good things for the music game genre. No need for all the disrespect and name calling towards them, eh?

[chicago]

I just want more DLC for The Beatles: Rock Band, that's all.

I've been playing the drums a lot lately and am trying to get as many Expert Gold stars as possible. No fucking way it happens with I Wanna Be Your Man or What Goes On, though.