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Rock Band Releasing 1,000th Song: It’s Kelly Clarkson!?

20 Nov 2009 10:46:00 PST

MTV and Harmonix have been touting the insane-in-the-membrane number of downloadable tracks for their Rock Band games since the launch of Rock Band in 1974, and next week, a milestone will be reached: One-thousand songs will be available for the game. The historic thousandth game is … Ke...

Original story at G4 TV .

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Sitar Hero, Hendrix and the 5th Beatle

20 Nov 2009 10:09:11 PST

Written by Gus Mastrapa
MTV Games and Harmonix released the second major batch of downloadable content for The Beatles: Rock Band on Tuesday. Each one allows you to complete one of the albums that is partially represented on the disc already. Last month, they added the rest of the tracks from Abbey Road, and you’ll...

Original story at Wired .

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Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers DLC Hits Rock Band Next Week

20 Nov 2009 09:33:00 PST

Written by Dustin Quillen
Coinciding with the release of the band's new Live Anthology album, six more live tracks from Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers are coming to Rock Band next week. Also on the way are singles from Kelly Clarkson, P!nk, and the Go-Go's. Individual tracks are priced at $1.99 (160 Microsoft poin...

Original story at Xbox 360 Game News, Previews, and Reviews from 1UP .

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Rock Band DLC: Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Live

20 Nov 2009 07:40:00 PST

Harmonix has announced that Rock Band will celebrate next week's release of Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers' new live anthology box set with a six-pack of live tracks arriving as downloadable content, with P!nk, Kelly Clarkson and the Go-Gos as support. Tom Petty & The Heartbreak...

Original story at Shacknews .

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Rock Band Weekly Releases - week of 11/23/09

20 Nov 2009 07:03:59 PST

Next week, we have some great tracks coming out for Rock Band which include Kelly Clarkson, Go-Go's, P!nk, and Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers. A 6-pack will be coming out titled "Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Anthology Pack 01" which will feature tracks from the upcoming album The...

Original story at Gaming Bits .

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The Beatles: Rock Band Trailer Greets Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band DLC

17 Nov 2009 13:00:00 PST

With The Beatles: Rock Band set to receive the eight Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band tracks not included with the rhythm game this week as downloadable content, Harmonix has put together a medley trailer celebrating the whole psychedelic shebang. The album's eight remaining track...

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Rock Band news and blogs - November 20, 2009

20 Nov 2009 00:00:01 PDT

Below is today's roundup of news and blogs that haven't yet hit top story status by our community. Visit Rock Band news and blogs for even more news and blogs converage.

• Music DLC Round-Up -- Week Of Nov. 16 -- from G4 TV - TheFeed
• Beatles: Rock Band Launch Massive Holiday Ad Campaign -- from Planet Xbox 360
• 'Lego Indiana Jones 2' Review - Bad Dates? Not This Time! -- by MTV Video Games from MTV Multiplayer
• MTV Games and Harmonix Unveil New Holiday Campaign for The Beatles: Rock Band -- from IGN Xbox 360
• Rock Band Weekly: Tom Petty, Go-Go's, Kelly Clarkson, Pink -- by Alexander Sliwinski from Joystiq
• Rock Band DLC for 24/11/09 -- by Hodgi92 from rock-band « WordPress.com Tag Feed
• Review: LEGO Rock Band -- by nmeunier from rock-band « WordPress.com Tag Feed
• Child's Play & Harmonix rock San Fran for charity Dec. 9 -- by Randy Nelson from Joystiq [Xbox]
• Rumor: Wal-Mart's Black Friday deals -- by Richard Mitchell from Joystiq
• PlayStation Store Update: Adhoc It To Me [North America] -- by Michael McWhertor from Michael McWhertor's Posts

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Opinion: Music Games Aren’t Dead, Just Waiting to Be Reborn

16 Nov 2009 15:50:55 PST

Written by Chris Kohler
Review: Rock Band for iPhone Looks Nice, Plays RoughHow Lego Rock Band Can Turn Kids On to Parents’ MusicThe Beatles Make the Leap to Rock BandCourtney Love Calls Guitar Hero 5’s Creepy Cobain ‘Vile’5 Rockin’ Tweaks in Guitar Hero 5Guitar Hero: Van Halen Free With Guitar Hero 5 Pre-Order

Original story at Wired .

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Instruments as games - games as instruments

13 Nov 2009 10:00:22 PST

Written by Mike Szczys
On the other side of the coin, we have [Jordan's] project in which she creates midi controllers using Wii drums from Guitar Hero World Tour and Rock Band. The Guitar Hero drums are velocity sensitive, a feature she’s using in her setup. The MIDI data takes into account how hard the drums are st...

Original story at hack a day .

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Rock Band DLC: Walk Like an Egyptian with AFI

13 Nov 2009 07:21:00 PST

While the entirety of Sgt. Pepper's one and only Lonely Hearts Club Band march out to The Beatles: Rock Band next Tuesday, developer Harmonix will be releasing six downloadable tunes for its regular Rock Band entries. The below tunes hit Xbox 360 and Wii on Tuesday, November 17, with a PlayS...

Original story at Shacknews .

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Rock Band iPhone & iPod Touch Review

04 Nov 2009 10:11:22 PST

Written by kernowgames
For a start there is the Vocal mode which works in exactly the same way as Drums, Guitar or Bass. You simply tap coloured notes in time to the music. Its a shame there is no option to y’know actually sing which is possible and has been achieved in all other versions. Secondly the gameplay is very ni...

Original story at kernowgames (WordPress) .

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Rock Band Micro Review: iPhone Joins the Band. [Review]

26 Oct 2009 12:20:00 PDT

Written by matt cabral
Loved Band in Your Hand: Four instruments-guitar, bass, drums, vocals, 20 tracks, world tour, quick play, multiplayer, and even a music store make the jump to Apple's slick portable. Despite the absence of plastic peripherals and avatars , Rock Band on iPhone, well...rocks!

Original story at Kotaku .

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Patch: News: Harmonix releases Rock Band 2 update

28 Sep 2009 02:09:00 PDT

Harmonix has released a significant patch for Rock Band 2, which adds and fixes a swathe of features. It's out now on Xbox 360 and is apparently in certification for PlayStation 3. The Network is currently in closed beta, but opens up in the coming weeks according lead designer Dan Teasdale o...

Original story at Eurogamer .

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Rock Band 2 Patch Brings Wireless Mic Support

25 Sep 2009 13:40:00 PDT

An update for the Xbox 360 edition of Rock Band 2 was released by Harmonix today, delivering the long promised support of the Xbox 360 Wireless Microphones that come bundled with Lips and were recently released for standalone purchase. The Xbox 360 incarnations of recent music games rele...

Original story at Shacknews .

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Rock Band Overdrive Guitar Pedal Review

07 Aug 2009 10:31:20 PDT

Written by Jeff Atwood
I recently picked up a package deal that included the Mad Catz Rock Band Overdrive Pedal. This is as simple as it looks. It’s a freakin’ metal box with a switch that you plug into your Rock Band guitar (if you haven’t noticed, the port is on the side of every guitar). When you stomp on [...]

Original story at Fake Plastic Rock .

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The Bender Podcast - Ep 50 - Comic Books Copycats, Be in Rock Band, and Black Football

27 Jul 2009 09:45:20 PDT

A grand episode of The Bender. Was posted on Saturday, but didn't get to Grep until now (my bad!) In this episode we touch on the "Black College Football Xperience" video game and how it is possibly racist in title, a bunch of random comic book news, information, and other stuff mentioned (th...

Original story at GameGrep .

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Patch: Guitar Hero Metallica to Support Lips Microphone

02 Mar 2009 12:34:03 PST

CA Back in December, a Harmonix Spokesperson confirmed to TeamXbox.com that MTV Games and Harmonix were working on a patch to allow the Lips microphone to work with Rock Band 2, but today news of compatibility with the Lips mic came from the opposite band ...

Original story at TeamXbox .

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How to unlock all songs in Rock Band with a cheat code

14 Feb 2009 01:50:16 PST

Cami, theburntmatches, shows us how to unlock all songs on Rock Band! It is a simple way to unlock all the songs in XBOX 360, PS3 or Wii Rock Band ... www.wonderhowto.com

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Opinion: The Conjuring Gold-star - Rock Band 2 Expert Drums

28 Dec 2008 23:38:22 PST

Written by rss@youtube.com (someguy913)
Gold-star of The Conjuring by Megadeth. To answer one of the most common questions (What pedal should I use without paying hundreds for a kick trigger?), for the money, I recommend the "Destroyer Pedal", which gives zero double-hits, it's metal, and it's great for using heel-toe with. (Be...

Original story at YouTube .

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How To: Rock Band 2-Float On Expert Drums After effects Test Part (1/4)

20 Dec 2008 00:44:26 PST

Written by rss@youtube.com (sk8er213freak)
just a showing of how to use adobe after effects Author: sk8er213freak Keywords: rock band float on expert drums after effects test part of Added: December 20, 2008

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Podcast: Ripten Radio Presents: Ripcast Episode 7

02 Dec 2008 15:31:27 PST

Written by Ripten Staff
In the latter half of the show, the boys discuss the latest, hottest and steamiest news of the week, which includes the announcements of Assassin’s Creed 2 and the Witcher for home consoles, as well as downloadable content for Little Big Planet, Grand Theft Auto 4, and Fallout 3.

Original story at Ripten Video Game .

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Patch: Guitar Hero World Tour drum kit and guitar now supported by Rock ...

24 Nov 2008 19:10:08 PST

To make good on the words of encouragement, Harmonix released a patch today for the PlayStation 3 version of Rock Band 2 which fixes a slew of things, including adding support for the Guitar Hero World Tour drum and guitar peripherals. ...

Original story at Destructoid .

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How To: Kroeger: Rock bands dwindling because of band games - Guitar Hero ...

20 Nov 2008 09:18:20 PST

I have learned to play drums because of Rock Band. I have two friends that have started to learn guitar because of Guitar Hero. Also, Nickelback, learn how to play your own instruments before you complain about other people not learning ...

Original story at VideoGamer.com .

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Podcast: 10 Retro Songs With Geek Cred

15 Sep 2008 08:30:00 PDT

Written by Brad Moon
Devo: "Girl U Want". 'Cause it's on Rock Band and started this whole post. A performance video with the band in their trademark Flower Pot hats (sorry- "energy domes"), silver suits, stilted robotic movements and not one, but two keytars... And it's on the TankGirl soundtrack.

Original story at Wired News .

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Podcast: Xbox 360 Fancast 061 -- The Height of Idiocy

24 Mar 2008 16:00:00 PDT

Written by Richard Mitchell
The 360 Fancast keeps on truckin' with a brand new episode. This week, we talk Sonic Unleashed, Castle Crasher, Bad Company -- and the bad XBLM strategy that accompanies it -- as well as the Rock Band store and Halo 3 DLC news. Oh, and we also tell the story of one man's quest to get his broken Rock...

Original story at Xbox 360 Fanboy .

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How To: Rock Band drums on your PC. Why?

23 Nov 2007 06:00:00 PST

Written by Richard Mitchell
An intrepid blogger at dxprog.com has discovered how to use the Rock Band drum kit with a Windows PC. The whole process seems pretty simple, and has been made even simpler thanks to an installer program (use at your own risk) created by ...

Original story at Xbox 360 Fanboy .

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