E3: Rock Band to Feature Full Length Album DLC; Sixteen Songs Confirmed
July 14th, 2007 by Rajiv Ashrafi in E3, PlayStation 3, Xbox360
In a dual announcement, Harmonix and MTV Games announced that Rock Band will feature full length albums as digitally-distributed game levels. The first band to do so is The Who, a legendary rock band, who will release their 1971 album “Who’s Next” for the game. There will be nine tracks, all of which will be playable.
“Offering entire albums for play on the Rock Band platform is a monumental step forward in Harmonix’s ever present quest to provide new ways for people to interact with music and creating the most authentic music experience possible,” stated Alex Rigopulos, co-founder and CEO, Harmonix. “This will give players the opportunity to play through the entire album set list of arguably some of the most influential rock albums of all time and brings them one step closer to what it feels like to be a true rock star.”
The album will be available for purchase soon after the game’s release, with new content planned every week.
Their announcement also carried another part, confirming sixteen songs that will be included in the set list. Here they are:
1970s
The Who “Won’t Get Fooled Again”
Mountain “Mississippi Queen”*
David Bowie “Suffragette City”
Black Sabbath “Paranoid”*
Blue Oyster Cult “Don’t Fear the Reaper”
The Ramones “Rockaway Beach”1980s
Rush “Tom Sawyer”*
Bon Jovi “Wanted Dead or Alive”1990s
Nirvana “In Bloom”
Stone Temple Pilots “Vasoline”
Weezer “Say It Ain’t So”
Foo Fighters “Learn to Fly”
Metallica “Enter Sandman”2000s
The Hives “Main Offender”
The Strokes “Reptilia”
Queens of the Stone Age “Go With the Flow”
More information on the game coming soon.
Tags: E3, PlayStation 3, Xbox360
