Rock Band 2 – Rumor Mill

Ok, the rumor mill surrounding Rock Band 2 is out of control, and I love it! Thanks for X3F for most of the rumors. I’m going to quickly summarize what I know in a bullet list. Then let it marinate for a while, and then post my thoughts.

Here we go:

• Available September 2008
• Online World Tour
• No custom song creation
• 80+ songs included on the disk
• All DLC will be compatible with Rock Band and Rock Band 2
• “One Step Closer” by Linkin Park (NOTE: I just soiled myself)
• “Peace Sells” by Megadeth
• “Testify” by Rage Against The Machine
• “American Woman” by The Guess Who
• “White Wedding” by Billy Idol (NOTE: Another SAYD cover!)
• “You Oughta Know” by Alanis Morissette
• “Aqua Lung” by Jethro Tull
• “Bad Reputation” by Joan Jett
• “Drain You” by Nirvana
• “Man in the Box” by Alice In Chains
• “Spoonman” by Soundgarden
• “We Got The Beat” by the Go-Gos
• “Panic Attack” – Dream Theater (NOTE: I need new drawers)
• “Chop Suey” – System of a Down (NOTE: I’m feeling moist again)
• “Give It Away” – Red Hot Chili Peppers (NOTE: Oh no, not again)
• “Everlong” – Foo Fighters
• “Kids in America” – Kim Wilde
• “Ace of Spades” – Motorhead
• “Hello There” – Cheap Trick
• “Anyway You Want It” – Journey (NOTE: Medic!)
• “Pinball Wizard” – The Who
• Harmonix will divulge details at upcoming E3

Drums on Hard….Done!

Ok, so after receiving some friendly taunts from “gamertag lVl a u l e r” that he finished Rock Band drums on Hard and that he only has 2 songs to go on Expert, I got envious jealous. I fired up the Xbox 360, logged in to Xbox Live, turned on Rock Band and dug my feet into the two remaining songs on my list, “Run to the Hills” and “Won’t Get Fooled Again”.

First, Run to the Hills….failed at 23%, failed at 37%, failed at 37%. Grrr!!!! But, I wouldn’t give up, tried a forth time……red lined a couple times, nearly lost it, then……finished it. Three stars, not proud, but I’ll take it.

Then, Won’t Get Fooled Again. Started, did ok, red lined, got back on top, red lined again. Then, holy crap….finished it without failing….and with four stars. Done! I finished Rock Band Drums on Hard. Since I had never played Easy or Medium, I got the achievements for all three levels, totaling 90 achievement points.

I got the Gold drum set now!

Then, kicked back for the next 30 minutes and watched the credits role. Ahhh, sweet success. But the journey isn’t over (as the credits will tell you). Now, I’m off to complete Drums on Expert and Vocals on Expert. I love this game!

Rock Band (Southern Rock & Grunge) Jam Session TONIGHT!!!

This Tuesday, the weekly jam session will commence! New themes, new time. Let’s do some southern rock with an encore of grunge. There will be some DLC, so try to have it ready for jam time.

Time: Tuesday 9:00PM EST
Place: Xbox Live, gamertag AppleTrak (or my house)

Setlist
Mountain – Mississippi Queen
Lynyrd Skynyrd – Gimme Three Steps
Molly Hatchet – Flirtin’ with Disaster
The Outlaws – Green Grass and High Tides

Encore — if we have time
Nirvana – In Bloom
Smashing Pumpkins – Zero
Smashing Pumpkins – Cherub Rock
Stone Temple Pilots – Vasoline

If you want to add/remove songs from the setlist, please comment now. I’ll modify the setlist before 4:30 PM Tuesday with any adjustments.

That’s it for now, see you online.

We’re All Wasted!

Well, well, well…. “we won’t get fooled again”. I am going to be very poor (aka low on Microsoft Points) come next Tuesday. Just announced unofficially, 12, yes count them twelve songs from The Who are slated for next Tuesdays DLC. This is some freakin’ awesome news for real rock fans. NOTE: The Who is not one of my favorite bands.

Note aside, The Who is one of the best all time bands (not in my opinion, it’s just fact). Take a look at some of the songs on the planned 12 track set list. Even if you are not a big fan of The Who, you too will realize just from the names of many of these songs. Who Are You, Baba O’Reilly, Behind Blue Eyes, My Generation. I will probably get 6 or so tracks once they are released….and yes, within the next couple weeks a Tuesday Night Classic Rock Jam will be coming up.

Rock on!

Free Rock Band DLC Available Now!

Get your free copy of Promised Land by Vesuvius now at Xbox Live. Although I have never heard of the band or song, I am all about cheap free songs for Rock Band. Hey, thanks to the cheap stuff, I am now a fan of local Boston band Bang Camaro. I got the 99 cent copy of Rock Rebellion from them a few weeks back, have to say, I like it.

Now, back to Vesuvius. It’s free. (Here comes a ‘but’ sandwich). But, so was I’m Still Alive by GLaDOS (which was an abomination and I wish it didn’t show up on random World Tour sets….but hey, it was free after all. Now, I did a Wiki search on Vesuvius and now I’m very intrigued. It’s a spoof on an 80′s hair band (i.e. Spinal Tap). It’s taken from an up and coming movie, The Rocker with Rainn Wilson (You know, Dwight from The Office). Ok, that said….I’m sold. I’ll cough up the 99 cents nothing and pick up Vesuvius tonight.

I suggest you pony up the time to get Promised Land by Vesuvius tonight. We will add it to next weeks setlist, and dare I say we do a Hair Band jam next week.