Monthly Archive for October, 2007

This one goes out to all the music/gamer fans out their who are looking forward to the release of Rock Band on the xbox360 which will hit our shores in March. I know it’s a bit early to get excited and that most people are probably more looking forward to next week’s release of Guitar Hero III, but the full Rock Band set list has now been released.

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*
• The Police – Next to You
• David Bowie – Suffragette City
• Black Sabbath – Paranoid*
• 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*
• Sweet – Ballroom Blitz*

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*

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

* indicates a cover version of the track.

I’m really stoked with the release list in general. I’m really excited about the 1990′s as they’re all the original versions of great songs from a lot of classic bands that I grew up listening to. The 2000′s list also appeals to me as I’m a fan of The Strokes, QOTSA, The Killers and Fallout Boy. While I’m not very knowledgeable about pre-80′s music I’m sure there’s a lot of tracks that I’ve probably heard before and just don’t know it. The inclusion of Epic from Faith No More is sure to please a lot of old school music fans as well.

Since I won’t be purchasing GH3 I’m really looking forward to this game. The presence of lead and bass guitars, drum set, vocals (ala singstar) and a fully fledged career mode should make this game a proper rock star experience. As I’ve always liked hitting shit I’ll definitely be purchasing the drum kit as it seems like a natural progression for me.

I would be interested to know if there are other hundredpennies fans out there that are looking forward to this game as much as I am. Feel free to leave a comment on all things Rock Band related. In particular which of these tracks appeals to you, which ones do you think should have been included and which version (Guitars,mic,drums) of the game will you be purchasing?