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    Rock Band 2

    Game » consists of 7 releases. Released Sep 14, 2008

    Harmonix, MTV Games, and EA return with the sequel to Rock Band. Rock Band 2 ships with 84 on-disc songs, 20 free downloadable songs, compatibility with all DLC, and the ability to import most songs from the first Rock Band.

    9/1 DLC: Talking Heads, Avenged 7fold, The Jam, Oasis, RATM

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    #1  Edited By skrutop

    From HMXSean on rockband.com:
     
    " Hey all,

    Awesome week a' comin'. Especially if you are as big a fan of the Talking Heads as me (I own every release they ever put out in just about every region on vinyl... just a little obsessed). In addition we're kicking some new flavor in your ear holes with Avenged Sevenfold, The Jam, Oasis, and Rage Against the Machine. The Wii is getting Tom Petty, Judas priest and more in a epic week as well. And we have not forgotten the PSP - Guns 'N Roses and Franz Ferdinand. Believe it.


    Tracks available on Xbox 360 (Sept. 1) and PLAYSTATION 3 system (Sept. 3):
    • Avenged Sevenfold – “Bat Country”
    • The Jam – “A Town Called Malice”
    • The Jam – “Going Underground”
    • Oasis – “Supersonic” (Live)
    • Rage Against the Machine – “Guerilla Radio”
    • Talking Heads – “And She Was”
    • Talking Heads – “Crosseyed & Painless”
    • Talking Heads – “Girlfriend is Better”
    • Talking Heads – “Once in a Lifetime”
    • Talking Heads – “Take Me to the River”

    (All tracks are original master recordings)

    These tracks will be available for purchase as Talking Heads Pack 01 and as individual tracks on Xbox 360 and PLAYSTATION 3 system.


    Price:
    $1.99 USD, £.99 UK , €1.49 EU (160 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360) per track
    $8.49 USD, £5.25 UK , €6.59 EU (680 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360) for Talking Heads Pack 01

    Wii Additions
    American rocker Tom Petty breaks onto Rock Band for Wii next week with two of his biggest solo hits, “I Won’t Back Down” and “Runnin’ Down a Dream,” both from his 5x platinum 1989 album, Full Moon Fever. This was Petty’s first solo album, after parting with The Heartbreakers; it reached No. 3 on the Billboard 200. Classic rockers Fleetwood Mac and English rocker Billy Idol return to Rock Band, as well as Australian rockers Jet with, “She’s a Genius,” from the band’s new album, Shaka Rock, which hit shelves Aug. 25. Back-catalog tracks from Judas Priest and The Pretenders will also be available in the Wii Rock Band Music Store next week. These tracks come from the catalog of Rock Band music already released to owners of Xbox 360 and PLAYSTATION 3 system. With the addition of these tracks, there are now more than 647 tracks in the Wii Rock Band Music Store.

    Additional tracks available for Wii (Aug. 25):
    • Billy Idol – “Mony Mony”
    • Billy Idol – “Rebel Yell”
    • Fleetwood Mac – “Don’t Stop”
    • Fleetwood Mac – “World Turning”
    • Jet – “She’s a Genius”
    • Tom Petty – “I Won’t Back Down”
    • Tom Petty – “Runnin’ Down a Dream”
    • Bare Naked Ladies – “Hanukkah Blessings” *
    • Billy Squier – “Christmas is the Time” *
    • Judas Priest – “(Take These) Chains”
    • Judas Priest – “Bloodstone”
    • Judas Priest – “Devil’s Child”
    • Judas Priest – “Fever”
    • Judas Priest – “Pain & Pleasure”
    • Judas Priest – “Riding on the Wind”
    • Judas Priest – “Screaming for Vengeance”
    • Judas Priest – “The Hellion/Electric Eye”
    • Judas Priest – “You’ve Got Another Thing Comin’”
    • Nikko – “Break My Heart” *
    • Nikko – “Don’t Tell Me” *
    • Pretenders – “Blue Christmas” *
    • Pretenders – “Precious”

    Price:
    $2.00 USD (200 Wii Points) per track
    *Denotes $1.00 (100 Wii Points) per track

    Rock Band Unplugged Tracks for PSP®System
    Rock Band Unplugged fans will enjoy the addition of Franz Ferdinand’s “Lucid Dreams” and Guns N’ Roses’ “Riad N’ The Bedouins” to the 35 tracks already available via the Rock Band Unplugged in-game music store for the PSP system.
    Tracks available for Rock Band Unplugged (Sept. 3):
    • Franz Ferdinand – “Lucid Dreams”
    • Guns N’ Roses – “Riad N’ The Bedouins”

    Price:
    $1.99, £.99 UK , €1.49 EU per track on the PSP system
    ** Dates for Rock Band game tracks are tentative and subject to change. ** "

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    #2  Edited By skrutop

    If it were available, I'd buy "Wild Wild Life" without any hesitation, but I'll need to see the charts for everything before buying it.  Though singing "Once In A Lifetime" is appealing.

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    #3  Edited By MetalGearSunny

    I'm so glad none of these appeal to me. I gotta catch up on DLC!

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    #4  Edited By AhmadMetallic

    ooh some Tom Morello thats amazing

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    #5  Edited By RHCPfan24

    The Talking Heads material will rock. That has me excited.

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    #6  Edited By Mourne

    Yes to Oasis and some of the rest, but mostly to Oasis. I will play this song every time I load the game. I've loved Supersonic for so many years now, and now, it's in Rock Band.
     
    Harmonix, Mourne loves you.

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    #7  Edited By maa4208

    Bat Country shall be awesome. 
     
    I just wish they had the option for a rhythm guitar. That would be great, especially for any A7X song.

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    #8  Edited By damswedon
    "a town called malice ooo yeah"
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    #9  Edited By Megalon

    Man, if they had included Wild Wild Life I would totally try to reenact the scene from True Stories at my next Rock Band party. If you consider yourself a Talking Heads / David Byrne fan you should know exactly what I'm talking about.

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    #10  Edited By raggedglory

    It's about time there was some more Talking Heads love.  Hopefully they get put up more.  ALOT more.  I'd settle for a "Sand in the Vaseline' greatest hits cop out, just let me dance around like a jack ass!

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    #11  Edited By Timma1083

    A7x, Rage, Oasis & mostly Talking Heads = Amazing. Such a good week, even if I've never heard The Jam.

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    #12  Edited By A Likely Story

    Yes! I was just recently thinking about how some more Talking Heads was needed, and that Once in a Lifetime would be a blast particularly!
     
    Rage Against the Machine is even better! Disappointed to see only one song, and that the chorus will have to be censored, but I'll take it! :D

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    #13  Edited By skrutop
    @Timma1083 said:
    " A7x, Rage, Oasis & mostly Talking Heads = Amazing. Such a good week, even if I've never heard The Jam. "
    You might've heard Going Underground before.
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    #14  Edited By Hannibal

    ONCE IN A LIFETIME! Yes! 
     
    Also, they've come out with pretty much every A7X song except the one I care about: Chapter Four.
     
    COME ON GUYS.

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    #15  Edited By Phished0ne

    She was lying the grass 
    and she could hear the highway breathing...

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    #16  Edited By realfunfuneral

    That's gonna be an expensive week for me then. Probably get everything except Oasis. Very excited about Once in a Lifetime and Town Called Malice.

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    #17  Edited By Themanohall

    Finally some RAtM DLC, yay.

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    #18  Edited By TheGreatGuero

    You had me at RATM.

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    #19  Edited By DoctorTran
    @Megalon said:
    " Man, if they had included Wild Wild Life I would totally try to reenact the scene from True Stories at my next Rock Band party. If you consider yourself a Talking Heads / David Byrne fan you should know exactly what I'm talking about. "
    I really need to buy that film. Had fun watching it. David Byrne is great in it. So is John Goodman.

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