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ROCK BAND: "I'm not trying to cause a big s-s-sensation"

ArikadoArikado Southern CaliforniaRegistered User regular
edited July 2008 in Games and Technology
Currently out on PS3 and Xbox360. "Lesser" versions are available on the Wii and PS2. For more info, visit the Rock Band WikiPedia page.
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Announced for the Xbox 360 for a September '08 release (release dates for other consoles to follow):
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Latest News & Links:
  • Rock Band 2 is slated for a September '08 release. More info here.
  • The RMA/Warranty process has been extended until October 1st, 2008. More info here. Request RMAs via EA's site here.
  • DLC Video Database A webpage containing all Expert notecharts for all instruments updated on the day the DLC drops.
  • Rock Band WikiPedia Page that is expertly maintained. Any info regarding how the game works, hardware, DLC and such is found here but we are always open to answer any question.
  • You can request songs by going to Song Request page and registering on Rock Band's official site.
  • All you Rock Band players should really consider joining the PA One-Man Rock Band weekly competition. Prizes come in the form of cool sigs! Also extends e-peen and will give new life to eventually every song in your catalog. This may also motivate you to buy DLC songs one at a time to compete, so that's a nice little bonus too.
I. Coming Soon...
II. Rock Band Clan Tags
III. Rock Band: A Rundown
IV. The Music
V. Gold Star Cut-Offs
VI. The Credits


I. Coming Soon...
Shamelessly copied and fluffed up from ScoreHero's forum, so credit to them for doing the sleuthing. Here is a comprehensive list of what we can expect to come and some of the rumors floating around:

The Best of The Who Rock Band Edition - Confirmed by the band for July 15th for $19.99 or 1600 MS Points.
“Amazing Journey”
“Baba O'Riley”
“Behind Blue Eyes”
“Eminence Front”
“Going Mobile”
“Leaving Here”
“My Generation” (LIVE)
“Real Good Looking Boy”
“Sea & Sand”
“Summertime Blues” (LIVE)
“Who Are You”
“Young Man Blues” (LIVE)

OXM March Leaked List
Supposed to be released in March but we haven't seen or heard about any future release regarding these tracks:
"Shadow World" by The Haunted
"Shooting Star" by Bad Company
"Wrathchild" by Iron Maiden
"Supernaut" by Black Sabbath
"Fuel" by Metallica
There might also be another Metallica pack with a new single.

More from Grateful Dead
"Touch of Grey"
"Alabama Getaway" (this showed up in the cracked DLC list)
"Uncle John's Band"
...perhaps more?

Here is the rest of that cracked DLC list that we haven't seen any news about. Only the song titles were shown so the bands listed aren't confirmed. We also don't know whether these are covers or not.
(Note: Pinball Wizard is showing up as a Rock Band 2 track according to a "leaked' screencap.)
"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" by the Rolling Stones
"Brown Sugar" by the Rolling Stones
"Pinball Wizard" by the Who
"Misery Business" by Paramore
"Received Your Letter" by Schnitzer (it was supposedly confirmed on his MySpace page)
"L'Aventurier" by Indochine
Nevermind by Nirvana (most songs from the album showed up in the list)

Crooked X confirmed that they were going to have a 6 song pack. They also mentioned Rock Band 2 on their MySpace that was quickly removed.

B-52's are supposed to have another track for download at some point according to a blog entry of theirs.

MC Chris mentioned in his forum that he has DLC readied for August. The post has since been removed.

Testament are supposed to release "Electric Crown" and "Souls of Black" and there was mention of Rock Band 2 again.

Bad Religion are to have "Sorrow" released for Rock Band 2, according to them.

Devo mentioned that they are to have a 3 song pack up for download at some point as they re-recorded some sections with one song confirmed (by them) to be "Through Being Cool."

Turbonegro had a press release regarding their latest album in which they mentioned that they would show up in Rock Band 2.

After much sleuthing, the internet has yielded an MTV2 commercial for the latest MTV2 pack that included a quick scroll down the selectable tracklist in which three songs that have yet to be announced showed up. They are:
"Aesthetics of Hate" by Machine Head
"Burn" by Nine Inch Nails
"Breed" by Nirvana

According to a secondary source, people at a Jimmy Buffet concert mentioned that they played Rock Band on stage and one song they played was "USS Zydecoldsmobile" by Jimmy Buffet. Details or official word on this has yet to be seen. Take this one with MOUNDS of salt.

Sublime's PR department has been responding to e-mails regarding Rock Band with:
"Keep your eyes out for Rock Band 2 this fall...you just might get a surprise!"

Def Leppard are supposedly working on putting something up for Rock Band 2. However, questions directed to the band have been shot down or unanswered.

Rush is rumored to be included in more DLC, possibly as a pack or album. The speculation started regarding a HMX post that included the following:
"It's even looking quite likely that we'll soon be presenting an exclusive chat with a very popular Canadian band who have a strong RB connection (and are not the New Pornographers)."

The Offspring have announced that more songs other than "Hammerhead" will be appearing in Rock Band. The six songs they mentioned on their website that would appear in Rock Band soon were:
"Come Out And Play [Keep ‘Em Separated]"
"Self Esteem"
"Gone Away"
"All I Want"
"Pretty Fly (For A White Guy)"
"The Kids Aren‘t Alright"


II. Rock Band Clan Tags
The Gamertag for the PA Rock Band Group is PA Rock Band.
The Gamertag for the Rock Band DLC Group is RockBand allDLC.
(NOTE: I think Unbreakable Vow was maintaining one of them, I am not in control of the invites for either.)

Once you're a friend, go to the Gamertag's profile, go to Personal Profile, and View Friends. You now know who is online and currently owns Rock Band, and will be able to send invites. People that are friends with RockBand allDLC now have a portal to Rock Banders that will probably share a good amount of DLC with them. Enjoy the greatest music game ever made, with your friends from Penny Arcade!

Note: There's 58 songs in the retail game (45 main setlist and 13 bonus), so if you subtract 58 from your total songs as listed in Solo World Tour, you'll have the amount of DLC you've purchased.


III. Rock Band: A Rundown

It is much easier to see it than to explain it in words.

Flirtin' With Disaster FULL BAND

The Perfect Drug 100% Drums

IV. The Music

Lime is a master track. Orange is a cover

The Main Setlist
"Are You Gonna Be My Girl" - Jet
"Ballroom Blitz" - Sweet
"Black Hole Sun" - Soundgarden
"Blitzkrieg Bop" - The Ramones
"Celebrity Skin" - Hole
"Cherub Rock" - Smashing Pumpkins
"Creep" - Radiohead
"Dani California" - Red Hot Chili Peppers
"Dead On Arrival" - Fall Out Boy
"Detroit Rock City" - KISS
"(Don't Fear) The Reaper" - Blue Oyster Cult
"Electric Version" - The New Pornographers
"Enter Sandman" - Metallica
"Epic" - Faith No More
"Flirtin' With Disaster" - Molly Hatchet
"Foreplay/Long Time" - Boston
"Gimme Shelter" - The Rolling Stones
"Go with the Flow" - Queens of the Stone Age
"Green Grass and High Tides" - The Outlaws
"The Hand That Feeds" - Nine Inch Nails
"Here It Goes Again" - OK Go
"Highway Star" - Deep Purple
"I Think I'm Paranoid" - Garbage
"In Bloom" - Nirvana
"Learn to Fly" - Foo Fighters
"Main Offender" - The Hives
"Maps" - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
"Mississippi Queen" - Mountain
"Next to You" - The Police
"Orange Crush" - REM
"Paranoid" - Black Sabbath
"Reptilia" - The Strokes
"Run to the Hills" - Iron Maiden
"Sabotage" - Beastie Boys
"Say It Ain't So" - Weezer
"Should I Stay or Should I Go" - The Clash
"Suffragette City" - David Bowie
"Tom Sawyer" - Rush
"Train Kept A-Rollin'" - Aerosmith
"Vasoline" - Stone Temple Pilots
"Wanted Dead or Alive" - Bon Jovi
"Wave of Mutilation" - The Pixies
"Welcome Home" - Coheed and Cambria
"When You Were Young" - The Killers
"Won't Get Fooled Again" - The Who

Bonus Tracks

"29 Fingers" - The Konks
"Blood Doll" - Anarchy Club
"Brainpower" - Freezepop
"Can't Let Go" - Death of the Cool
"Day Late, Dollar Short" - The Acro-Brats
"I Get By" - Honest Bob and the Factory-to-Dealer Incentives
"I'm So Sick" - Flyleaf
"Nightmare" - Crooked X
"Outside" - Tribe
"Pleasure (Pleasure)" - Bang Camaro
"Seven" - Vagiant
"Time We Had" - The Mother Hips
"Timmy and the Lords of the Underworld" - Timmy and the Lords of the Underworld

Wii Version
The Nintendo Wii version of Rock Band is the same as the PS2 version (lacking BWT, online play and customization) but contains five extra tracks from the DLC bucket. They are:

"Dirty Little Secret" - The All-American Rejects
"Don't Look Back in Anger" - Oasis
"Roam" - The B52's
"Rockaway Beach" - The Ramones
"Roxanne" The Police


Downloadable Content

Full Albums
Screaming for Vengeance by Judas Priest
1. The Hellion
2. Electric Eye
3. Riding on the Wind
4. Bloodstone
5. (Take These) Chains
6. Pain and Pleasure
7. Screaming for Vengeance
8. You've Got Another Thing Comin'
9. Fever
10. Devil's Child

The Cars by the Cars
1. Good Times Roll
2. My Best Friend's Girl
3. Just What I Needed
4. I'm in Touch With Your World
5. Don't Cha Stop
6. You're All I've Got Tonight
7. Bye Bye Love
8. Moving in Stereo
9. All Mixed Up

Doolittle by The Pixies
1. Debaser
2. Tame
3. I Bleed
4. Here Comes Your Man
5. Dead
6. Monkey Gone to Heaven
7. Mr. Grieves
8. Crackity Jones
9. La La Love you
10. No. 13 Baby
11. There Goes My Gun
12. Hey
13. Silver
14. Gouge Away



Song Packs
Metallica 01
  • ...And Justice for All
  • Blackened
  • Ride the Lightning
The Police 01
  • Can't Stand Losing You
  • Synchronicity
  • Roxanne
Queens of the Stone Age 01
  • 3's and 7's
  • Little Sister
  • Sick Sick Sick
David Bowie 01
  • Moonage Daydream
  • Heroes
  • Queen Bitch
Black Sabbath 01
  • N.I.B
  • Sweet Leaf
  • War Pigs
Punk 01
  • "Ever Fallen in Love" - Buzzcocks
  • "I Fought the Law" - The Clash
  • "Rockaway Beach" - The Ramones
Oasis 01
  • Don't Look Back in Anger
  • Live Forever
  • Wonderwall
(Arguably) Punk 02
  • "Complete Control" - The Clash
  • "Truth Hits Everybody" - The Police
  • "Teenage Lobotomy" - The Ramones
Nine Inch Nails 01
  • March of the Pigs
  • The Collector
  • The Perfect Drug
Grateful Dead 01
  • China Cat Sunflower
  • Casey Jones
  • Sugar Magnolia
  • Truckin'
  • Franklin's Tower
  • I Need a Miracle
Earache Thrash 01
  • "Blinded by Fear" - At the Gates
  • "Thrasher" - Evile
  • "D.O.A." - The Haunted
Boston 01 (Note - this is basically their first album minus one track, "Let Me Take You Home Tonight")
  • Peace of Mind
  • More Than a Feeling
  • Smokin'
  • Rock and Roll Band
  • Something About You
  • Hitch a Ride
Harmonix 01 (Note - This is also known as the OXM Bonus disc pack)
  • "Rock Rebellion" - Bang Camaro
  • "Shake" - Count Zero
  • "Sprode" - Freezepop
Classic Rock 01
  • "Simple Man" - Lynyrd Skynyrd
  • "Message in a Bottle" - The Police
  • "Call Me" - Blondie
Scene 01
  • "This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race" - Fall Out Boy (Note - Radio friendly edited version)
  • "It Hurts" - Angels and Airwaves
  • "Date With the Night" - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Jimmy Buffett 01
  • Margaritaville
  • Cheeseburger in Paradise
  • Volcano
Disturbed 01
  • Indestructable
  • Inside the Fire
  • Perfect Insanity
MTV2 01
  • "Moving to Seattle" - The Material
  • "A Clean Shot" - The Myriad
  • "Bullets & Guns" - Them Terribles
Weezer 01
  • Troublemaker
  • The Greatest Man That Ever Lived
  • Dreamin'
Crüefest 01
  • “Down At The Whisky” – Mötley Crüe
  • “Time Is Running Out” – Papa Roach
  • “Who’s Going Home With You Tonight” – Trapt
Singles
"Fortunate Son" - Creedence Clearwater Revival
"Juke Box Hero" - Foreigner
"Bang a Gong (Get It On)" - T.Rex
"My Sharona" - The Knack
"Cherry Bomb" - The Runaways
"Joker & the Thief" - Wolfmother
"My Iron Lung" - Radiohead
"Brass in Pocket" - The Pretenders
"Buddy Holly" - Weezer
"Attack" - 30 Seconds to Mars
"The Kill" - 30 Seconds to Mars
"Dirty Little Secret" - All American Rejects
"Move Along "- All-American Rejects
"Song with a Mission" - The Sounds
"Gimme Three Steps" - Lynyrd Skynyrd
"Hard to Handle" - The Black Crowes
"Limelight" - Rush
"Die, All Right!" - The Hives
"Interstate Love Song" - Stone Temple Pilots
"The Number of the Beast" - Iron Maiden
"Action" - Sweet
"Last Train to Clarksville" - The Monkees
"All the Small Things" - Blink 182
"Siva" - Smashing Pumpkins
"Working Man" - Rush
"Ten Speed (Of God's Blood and Burial)" - Coheed and Cambria
"Roam" - The B52's
"We Care A Lot" - Faith No More
"Calling Dr. Love" - Kiss
"Sex Type Thing" - Stone Temple Pilots
"El Scorcho" - Weezer
"Why Do You Love Me" - Garbage
"Crushcrushcrush" - Paramore
"Beethoven's C***" - Serj Tankian
"Shockwave" - Black Tide
"Still Alive" - GLaDOS
"Saints of Los Angeles" - Mötley Crüe
"Red Tandy" - The Mother
"Hips Time-Sick Son of a Grizzly Bear"- The Mother Hips
"Zero" - Smashing Pumpkins
"Hanging on the Telephone" - Blondie
"Train in Vain (Stand By Me)" - The Clash
"Kool Thing" - Sonic Youth
"Beetlebum" - Blur
"Countdown to Insanity" - H-Blockx
"Hier Kommt Alex" - Die Toten Hosen (German)
"Hysteria" - Muse
"Manu Chao "- Les Wampas (French)
"Monsoon" - Tokio Hotel
"New Wave" - Pleymo (French)
"Perfekte Welle" - Juli (German)
"Rock 'n Roll Star" - Oasis
"Girls Who Play Guitars" - Maxïmo Park
"Afterlife" - Avenged Sevenfold
"Critical Acclaim" - Avenged Sevenfold
"Hammerhead" - The Offspring
"Rock N Roll Dream" - Crooked X
“Promised Land” - Vesuvius
"Snow (Hey Oh)" - Red Hot Chili Peppers
"Tell Me Baby" - Red Hot Chili Peppers
"Closer to the Heart" - Rush
"Working Man (Vault Edition)" - Rush

Total = 156 Downloadable Songs as of July 8th, 2008.

FEAR NOT PS2/Wii ROCKERS!
Rock Band Track Pack Vol. 1 will be released for the Wii and Playstation 2 on July 15, 2008. This disc will contain 20 songs previously released as downloadable content for the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3, and will have a suggested price of $29.99. The disc will contain all master tracks and consist of:

"The Kill" - 30 Seconds to Mars
"Move Along" - All-American Rejects
"All the Small Things" - Blink 182
"More Than a Feeling" - Boston
"Moonage Daydream" - David Bowie
"We Care a Lot" - Faith No More
"Truckin'" - The Grateful Dead
"Die, All Right!" - The Hives
"Calling Dr. Love" - Kiss
"Gimme Three Steps" - Lynyrd Skynyrd
"March of the Pigs" - Nine Inch Nails
"Live Forever" - Oasis
"Crushcrushcrush" - Paramore
"Synchronicity II" - The Police
"Little Sister" - Queens of the Stone Age
"Teenage Lobotomy" - The Ramones
"Siva" - Smashing Pumpkins
"Interstate Love Song" - Stone Temple Pilots
"Buddy Holly" - Weezer
"Joker & the Thief" - Wolfmother

V. Gold Star Cut-Offs
A Gold Star is like a 6-Star. You do NOT need to hit 100% of the notes, it's just another high score level after 5-Star. Scrolling down your setlist and seeing a bunch of Gold Stars is a pretty amazing feeling, so get crackin'.

Guitar Gold-Star Cutoffs
Bass Gold-Star Cutoffs
Drum Gold-Star Cutoffs
Vocal Gold-Star Cutoffs


VI. The Credits
(Ooh come on, I wanna take you higher, ooh come on, let's make electric fire!)

This entire OP and it's format was formulated by Unbreakable Vow.
A very special to thanks to those who have contributed to the thread, including, MidgetSpy, Houn, Lord Yod, mxmarks, Mr Bubbles, Lunker and the countless other regulars in who keep us going through these threads like candy even four months after release.

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  • SchideSchide Yeoh! Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    But yeah, another skippable week for me.

    Schide on
  • troublebrewingtroublebrewing Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    AIDS-BURGER IN PARADISE!!

    god I can't get that out of my head now

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  • ArikadoArikado Southern CaliforniaRegistered User regular
    edited December 2013
    Merry Christmas!

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  • troublebrewingtroublebrewing Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Yeah but if you like music that is cheesey drunken crowd pleasers, Buffet is up there..

    I'm a sucker for it.

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  • EvilBadmanEvilBadman DO NOT TRUST THIS MAN Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Request that the title be something goofier like "Indestructible in Margaritaville"

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    FyreWulff wrote: »
    I should note that Badman is fucking awesome
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  • midgetspymidgetspy Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    I wonder what the re-recorded Jimmy Buffett songs will be like... I mean I wonder if they just re-recorded them because the masters were no good or if they kinda remixed them as well?

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  • ArikadoArikado Southern CaliforniaRegistered User regular
    edited May 2008
    I figure they added some guitar/drum solos or something like that.

    I honestly don't know much about Disturbed aside from the couple of singles I hear on the radio now and then. Stupify and uhm...Land of Confusion are the two I remember very well. I kind of associated them with darker-almost-emo rock when I first saw them.

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  • metaghostmetaghost An intriguing odor A delicate touchRegistered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Any expert guitar players have any advice on how to get better at "snaking"? (Like at the end of GG&HT, Ride the Lightning solo)

    I understand practice is, well, the best way to get better. But I feel like there must be something I'm missing about HOPOs in RB.

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  • EvilBadmanEvilBadman DO NOT TRUST THIS MAN Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Arikado wrote: »
    I figure they added some guitar/drum solos or something like that.

    I honestly don't know much about Disturbed aside from the couple of singles I hear on the radio now and then. Stupify and uhm...Land of Confusion are the two I remember very well. I kind of associated them with darker-almost-emo rock when I first saw them.

    Eh, they're a bit hard to classify with their driving, more melodic guitar lines than most the metal being putting out. Also the singer is bizarre that he combines guttural sounds in his singing.

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    FyreWulff wrote: »
    I should note that Badman is fucking awesome
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  • Shady3011Shady3011 Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    "Fuck you, Jimmy Buffet! You fucking suck!"

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  • ChenzoChenzo Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Heh...

    how can you not get the buffet songs? You know they're bound to be good party songs.

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  • EvilBadmanEvilBadman DO NOT TRUST THIS MAN Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    People have this weird thing in Rock Band where they think songs not fun to listen to are songs that are not fun to play with friends.

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    FyreWulff wrote: »
    I should note that Badman is fucking awesome
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  • KimFidlerKimFidler Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Hahah Jimmy Buffet? Fucken sweet!

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  • the Togfatherthe Togfather Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    New thread smell.

    Also, "I like mine, with lettuce and tomato. Heinz 57 and french fried potatos. Big Kosher pickle and a cold draft beer, I said "Good god almighty, which way do I steer?""

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  • OmeksOmeks Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    I approve of the thread title greatly.

    I can't wait for Tuesday to get here. I'm practically giddy. GIDDY!

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  • One Thousand CablesOne Thousand Cables An absence of thought Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Wait, a Jimmy Buffet pack? Seriously? God damn it, I love Harmonix.

    If you asked me to make a list of artists I'd expect to find in Rock Band, Jimmy Buffet would be nowhere near it. That said, I am buying that shit.

    Edit: And they're being re-recorded as well? Pretty cool.

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  • midgetspymidgetspy Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    EvilBadman wrote: »
    People have this weird thing in Rock Band where they think songs not fun to listen to are songs that are not fun to play with friends.

    Conversely, people have this inexplicable tendancy to think that because they like listening to a song it would be fun in Rock Band. 90% of the people in this(these?) thread are guilty, hehe.

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  • ArikadoArikado Southern CaliforniaRegistered User regular
    edited May 2008
    I love hearing Simple Man on the radio.
    I fucking hate it whenever it comes up on Rock Band and I'm singing.

    I would say the same for the NIN songs if I were a basist but I'm not.

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  • fragglefartfragglefart Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Finishing the drum career with "We Won't Get Fooled Again" is one of the most epic gaming moments I've had recently.

    This game rules.

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  • UnbreakableVowUnbreakableVow Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Nice job on the OP, Arikado. The torch has been passed. :)

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  • UnbreakableVowUnbreakableVow Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Hell yes for the Jimmy Buffet pack. Boo-urns for Disturbed.

    Man, I was in Hawaii and went to this place called Cheeseburger in Paradise; best fucking burger ever I've ever had. Thing was ginormous.

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  • KrisKris Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Quick question for your Rock Band vets. Have the problems with the instruments (ie. strum bar breaking, drums not registering hits) been corrected for the most part in newer releases? I'm thinking I maaaay pick up the Wii version once it drops, and it would be nice to not have to RMA my instruments all the time.

    Edit: By newer releases, I mean the instruments they've been sending out since launch. I don't expect you folks to see into the future. :P

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  • mantis23mantis23 Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    I think I just realized...I will buy ANYTHING for a buck.

    I dont think I've missed a single 99cent DLC yet.

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  • Edge_TurnEdge_Turn Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Hell yes for the Jimmy Buffet pack. Boo-urns for Disturbed.



    No, no, no you're doing it wrong - when you think about it "Boo-urns" is actually the opposite of "boo."

    So which is it? Boo, or boo-urns? :P



    P.S. - Has Moss been posting around here lately? We miss 'im. :|

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  • midgetspymidgetspy Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Kris wrote: »
    Quick question for your Rock Band vets. Have the problems with the instruments (ie. strum bar breaking, drums not registering hits) been corrected for the most part in newer releases? I'm thinking I maaaay pick up the Wii version once it drops, and it would be nice to not have to RMA my instruments all the time.

    Edit: By newer releases, I mean the instruments they've been sending out since launch. I don't expect you folks to see into the future. :P

    They've eliminated the major quality issues from launch for the guitar strummer, yeah. Drum hits registering is pretty decent as well, but your drum pedal will almost certainly break in half. I went through 5 pedals before I bought a metal one and they haven't changed the design since then.

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  • Smug DucklingSmug Duckling Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Looking forward to the DLC next week. I'll definitely be getting the Disturbed at the very least (only $2.99 for all of it? Sign me up), and likely the other ones if they have not too boring note charts.

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  • KrisKris Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    midgetspy wrote: »
    Kris wrote: »
    Quick question for your Rock Band vets. Have the problems with the instruments (ie. strum bar breaking, drums not registering hits) been corrected for the most part in newer releases? I'm thinking I maaaay pick up the Wii version once it drops, and it would be nice to not have to RMA my instruments all the time.

    Edit: By newer releases, I mean the instruments they've been sending out since launch. I don't expect you folks to see into the future. :P

    They've eliminated the major quality issues from launch for the guitar strummer, yeah. Drum hits registering is pretty decent as well, but your drum pedal will almost certainly break in half. I went through 5 pedals before I bought a metal one and they haven't changed the design since then.

    Thanks for the info. It's comforting to see that you're in Edmonton too, and apparently have not had any trouble getting your RMA's through. I know some company's that really like to fuck Canadians over.

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  • midgetspymidgetspy Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    They take forever, but they go through no problem. Between myself and all of my friends who own it we've RMA'd about 30 items so I'm speaking from experience, hehe.

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  • ArikadoArikado Southern CaliforniaRegistered User regular
    edited May 2008
    I still think I'm one of the few people who has RMA'd their mic.

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  • JoahWJoahW Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    midgetspy wrote: »
    Kris wrote: »
    Quick question for your Rock Band vets. Have the problems with the instruments (ie. strum bar breaking, drums not registering hits) been corrected for the most part in newer releases? I'm thinking I maaaay pick up the Wii version once it drops, and it would be nice to not have to RMA my instruments all the time.

    Edit: By newer releases, I mean the instruments they've been sending out since launch. I don't expect you folks to see into the future. :P

    They've eliminated the major quality issues from launch for the guitar strummer, yeah. Drum hits registering is pretty decent as well, but your drum pedal will almost certainly break in half. I went through 5 pedals before I bought a metal one and they haven't changed the design since then.
    Heh, I haven't broken a pedal yet, and I got the game at launch. I guess it all depends how you play.

    My friend, who has gone through like 10 pedals or something ridiculous brought his new one over to my house once (I made him in order to play) and it looked a little different than mine. The spring was more coiled, and the plastic was slightly thicker in places. At any rate, he broke it the next day, but at least they're trying.

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  • 4rch3nemy4rch3nemy Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Arikado wrote: »
    I still think I'm one of the few people who has RMA'd their mic.

    Me too.

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  • polaris314polaris314 Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    I'll be grabbing the Disturbed tracks. They are an acquired taste for sure, but I know the guitar and drum parts should be quite fun for me.

    Are most of the people breaking pedals playing with shoes on? And have any of them played a real kit (not that I think it matters much)? I still have my launch pedal as well and there's not a crack to be seen anywhere on it. But I've been using it barefoot or with socks, so maybe I've just been unintentionally gentler on it?

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  • KrisKris Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    midgetspy wrote: »
    They take forever, but they go through no problem. Between myself and all of my friends who own it we've RMA'd about 30 items so I'm speaking from experience, hehe.

    Holy jesus, 30 items?! Wow. If I get this, I'm googling pedal mods right quick! It's a shame my Les Paul won't work with it, cause that guitar seems like it has no chance of breaking. But damn that strat looks sexy.

    Oh! One more question while I'm buggin you dudes. I just looked at the 20 songs on the expansion disc. Most of them I am unfamiliar with. Have you guys played those songs, and if so, are those 20 fun enough to drop 30 bucks on em?

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  • SagaxusSagaxus Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Kris wrote: »
    midgetspy wrote: »
    They take forever, but they go through no problem. Between myself and all of my friends who own it we've RMA'd about 30 items so I'm speaking from experience, hehe.

    Holy jesus, 30 items?! Wow. If I get this, I'm googling pedal mods right quick! It's a shame my Les Paul won't work with it, cause that guitar seems like it has no chance of breaking. But damn that strat looks sexy.

    Oh! One more question while I'm buggin you dudes. I just looked at the 20 songs on the expansion disc. Most of them I am unfamiliar with. Have you guys played those songs, and if so, are those 20 fun enough to drop 30 bucks on em?

    You could always search Youtube for the songs, some people have even taken it upon themselves to buy each and every DLC item and upload a video for it.

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  • meteredsectionmeteredsection Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    polaris314 wrote: »
    Are most of the people breaking pedals playing with shoes on? And have any of them played a real kit (not that I think it matters much)? I still have my launch pedal as well and there's not a crack to be seen anywhere on it. But I've been using it barefoot or with socks, so maybe I've just been unintentionally gentler on it?

    I broke mine once, and I've had the game since launch, I play with socks or barefoot. I'm not the only one who has played on it - it's possible when it broke it was from someone else being too rough with it weakening it. It broke on me during Limelight, which seems appropriate.

    I think people who break their pedals frequently are probably doing it wrong, but they can break even if you're pretty gentle with them.

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  • hmxmosshmxmoss Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Edge_Turn wrote: »
    P.S. - Has Moss been posting around here lately? We miss 'im. :|

    Yeah, I'm still around here, but much quieter lately. I'm not on the computer/forums as much as I used to be... my PS2/360/everything console related is sitting in storage (no place to use it)... so I haven't played any RB (or any other console game) since leaving Boston end of March.

    So, yeah... I'm just a lame-O now... I still like reading what you guys write, to see how much you <verb> Harmonix and the game.

    Still, if anyone wants to do a PBeM of Civ4... :winky:

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  • metaghostmetaghost An intriguing odor A delicate touchRegistered User regular
    edited May 2008
    polaris314 wrote: »
    I'll be grabbing the Disturbed tracks. They are an acquired taste for sure, but I know the guitar and drum parts should be quite fun for me.

    Are most of the people breaking pedals playing with shoes on? And have any of them played a real kit (not that I think it matters much)? I still have my launch pedal as well and there's not a crack to be seen anywhere on it. But I've been using it barefoot or with socks, so maybe I've just been unintentionally gentler on it?

    I can definitely see the pedal snapping quite easily if the player is exclusively playing heel-up, which is how I imagine most non-drummers would play.

    My pedal doesn't seem to be in danger of snapping, but something's weird with the spring.

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  • ArikadoArikado Southern CaliforniaRegistered User regular
    edited May 2008
    hmxmoss wrote: »
    Edge_Turn wrote: »
    P.S. - Has Moss been posting around here lately? We miss 'im. :|

    Yeah, I'm still around here, but much quieter lately. I'm not on the computer/forums as much as I used to be... my PS2/360/everything console related is sitting in storage (no place to use it)... so I haven't played any RB (or any other console game) since leaving Boston end of March.

    So, yeah... I'm just a lame-O now... I still like reading what you guys write, to see how much you <verb> Harmonix and the game.

    Still, if anyone wants to do a PBeM of Civ4... :winky:

    That's a shame. I added you the week before you disappeared from LIVE. :|

    PBeM Civ 4? I might be down for that.

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  • JoahWJoahW Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    hmxmoss wrote: »
    Edge_Turn wrote: »
    P.S. - Has Moss been posting around here lately? We miss 'im. :|

    Yeah, I'm still around here, but much quieter lately. I'm not on the computer/forums as much as I used to be... my PS2/360/everything console related is sitting in storage (no place to use it)... so I haven't played any RB (or any other console game) since leaving Boston end of March.

    So, yeah... I'm just a lame-O now... I still like reading what you guys write, to see how much you <verb> Harmonix and the game.

    Still, if anyone wants to do a PBeM of Civ4... :winky:

    does... does this mean you no longer work for HMX?

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  • DarkPrimusDarkPrimus Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Yeah, I'm gonna pass on all these songs.

    A dollar song I don't want to play is still a song I don't want to play.

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