The Rock Band franchise introduced the first rhythm game to incorporate drums and vocals in addition to guitar and bass instruments, creating a virtual band. It was also the first franchise to include genre staples such as Band World Tour, and character customization.
The Rock Band franchise is a series of rhythm games that simulate a full band experience, with guitar, bass, drums, and vocals. All the games in the franchise have been developed by Harmonix Music Systems, and published by MTV. While the Rock Band franchise has only three main numbered iterations, there have been numerous "Track Packs" released, which are stand alone discs that don't need any of the main games to play them. There have also been a handful of band-centric & themed spin-offs, including The Beatles, Green Day, and even a Lego themed version that has more kid-friendly songs.
Besides the tracks present on-disc for each game, most of them have an import ability so that you can carry songs from previous games into newer ones. There is also a wide selection of downloadable songs with new tracks added every week.
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Rock Band Blitz | PS3N, XBLM | Harmonix Music Systems, Inc. | |
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Rock Band Country Track Pack 2 released on Feb. 1, 2011 | PS3, X360, WII | Harmonix Music Systems, Inc. | |
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Rock Band Reloaded released on Dec. 1, 2010 | IPAD, IPHN | Harmonix Music Systems, Inc. | |
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Rock Band 3 released on Oct. 26, 2010 | DS, XBLM, X360, WII, PS3 | Harmonix Music Systems, Inc. | |
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Pearl Jam Live: Rock Band | Harmonix Music Systems, Inc. | ||
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Green Day: Rock Band released on June 8, 2010 | PS3, WII, X360 | Harmonix Music Systems, Inc., Demiurge Studios | |
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LEGO Rock Band released on Nov. 3, 2009 | WII, DS, X360, PS3 | Harmonix Music Systems, Inc., Traveller's Tales Ltd., Backbone Entertainment | |
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Rock Band released on Oct. 15, 2009 | IPHN | Harmonix Music Systems, Inc. | |
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Rock Band: Metal Track Pack released on Oct. 13, 2009 | X360, PS3, PS2, WII | Harmonix Music Systems, Inc. | |
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The Beatles: Rock Band released on Sept. 9, 2009 | X360, PS3, WII | Harmonix Music Systems, Inc., Pi Studios, LLC. |
| Name: | Rock Band |
| Total games: | 18 games |
| First game: | Rock Band |
| Aliases: |
| Mothership Q | 3 |
| Tré Cool first in Green Day: Rock Band | 1 |
| Mike Dirnt | 1 |
| Billie Joe Armstrong first in Tony Hawk's American Wasteland | 1 |
| Paul McCartney first in The Beatles: Rock Band | 1 |
| John Lennon first in The Beatles: Rock Band | 1 |
| George Harrison first in The Beatles: Rock Band | 1 |
| Iggy Pop first in LEGO Rock Band | 1 |
| David Bowie first in SingStar: Queen | 1 |
| Freddie Mercury first in SingStar: Queen | 1 |