Plenty of new content is available for Rock Band gamers this week, headlined by Evanescence and Spinal Tap.
The Spinal Tap pack includes "Back from the Dead", "Rock'n'Roll Nightmare", "Saucy Jack", and "Warmer Than Hell" and sells for $6.99 or $1.99 per song. The Evanescence Pack contains "Bring Me to Life", "Call me When You're Sober", and "Weight of the World" ($5.49 for the pack, $1.99 each). As for Wii gamers, the deluge continues, with 25 new tunes available for download.
Hit the jump for all the details on this week's Rock Band DLC.
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Harmonix and MTV Games today announced that a four pack of tracks from icon rock stars Spinal Tap, along with a three pack from Evanescence, will be added to the Rock Band ®Music Store of downloadable content next week for the Xbox 360 ® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and PLAYSTATION ® 3 computer entertainment system.
Three of the four Spinal Tap tracks ( “ Back from the Dead, ” Rock ‘n’ Roll Nightmare ” and “ Warmer Than Hell ”) come from the band’s new album Back From The Dead (The Label Industry Records/A2M) also being released on June 16. The fourth track in the new Rock Band package will be “ Saucy Jack ,” a song St. Hubbins wrote about the life of Jack the Ripper, which was previously only available on the band’s website. Back From The Dead features new versions of the band’s classic hits and six newly recorded songs plus an hour-long DVD. The DVD is a track-by-track video commentary by members David St. Hubbins, Nigel Tufnel and Derek Smalls.
“Tap has always gone where the audience is,” said Smalls. “We hope this time the audience reciprocates. Whatever that means.”
Best known as “England’s Loudest Heavy Metal Band," Spinal Tap was forever immortalized in the 1984 classic film “This Is Spinal Tap,” which the group immediately labeled a “hatchet job” and “character assassination.” Since that time, the film has been added to The Library of Congress' National Film Registry’s list of 25 American cinematic works selected for historical preservation - called a ‘culturally significant’ work. Besides their new album , Spinal Tap will be reuniting for their ‘One Night Only World Tour’ when they play London’s Wembley Arena on June 30.
Grammy Award-winning rockers Evanescence also make their Rock Band debut next week with a three pack of the band’s greatest hits. “ Bring Me to Life ,” from the band’s 2004 multi-platinum debut album, Fallen , “ Call Me When You’re Sober ” and “ Weight of the World ,” from 2006’s The Open Door , will all be available in the Rock Band Music Store beginning June 16.
Tracks:
Evanescence “ Bring Me to Life ”
Evanescence “ Call Me When You’re Sober ”
Evanescence “ Weight of the World ”
Spinal Tap “ Back from the Dead ”
Spinal Tap “ Rock ‘n’ Roll Nightmare ”
Spinal Tap “ Saucy Jack ”
Spinal Tap “ Warmer Than Hell ”
(All tracks are original master recordings)
These tracks will be available for purchase as part of the “Spinal Tap Pack” and the “Evanescence Pack” or as individual tracks for Xbox 360 and PLAYSTATION 3 systems.
Price: $1.99 (160 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360) per track $5,.49 (440 Microsoft Points) for "Evanescence Pack"(
$6.99 (560 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360) for “Spinal Tap Pack”
** Dates for Rock Band game tracks are tentative and subject to change **
Release Date : Tuesday, June 16, 2009
(Xbox LIVE Marketplace for Xbox 360®)
Thursday, June 18, 2009
( PlayStation ® Store)Locations: Xbox LIVE Marketplace for Xbox 360
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Wii Rock Band DLC
Harmonix and MTV Games today announced 25 tracks from artists including Soundgarden, Motley Crue, Rush and from artists performing at this year’s Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival coming this week to the Rock Band® Music Store catalog of downloadable content for the Wii™ system.
Bonnaroo is a four-day annual festival in Tennessee. Named the “Best Festival” by Rolling Stone in 2008, Bonnaroo is well known for its extensive and diverse musical line-up. Now, music lovers and gamers can experience part of that line-up with Rock Band. Master recordings from Ben Harper and Relentless7, Phish, Coheed and Cambria, Shooter Jennings and TV on the Radio will be made available June 16, in the Rock Band Music Store on Wii.
Rock Band is taking care of country fans on Wii this week as well, with tracks from Brad Paisley, Brooks & Dunn, Dierks Bentley, The Dixie Chicks and Miranda Lambert available June 16 in the Rock Band Music Store on Wii.
These tracks come from the back catalog of Rock Band music already released to owners of Xbox 360 and PLAYSTATION 3 system. Wii fans can expect a rollout of previously released downloadable Rock Band content until the entire back catalog of more than 700 songs is available. With the addition of these tracks, there are now more than 300 tracks in the Rock Band Music Store on Wii.
Release Date: Tuesday, June 16, 2009
** Dates for Rock Band game tracks are tentative and subject to change **
Tracks:
Avenged Sevenfold “Critical Acclaim”
Ben Harper and Relentless7 “Shimmer & Shine”
Brad Paisley “Mud on the Tires”
Brooks & Dunn “Hillbillie Deluxe”
Coheed and Cambria “A Favor House Atlantic”
Coheed and Cambria “The Running Free”
Crooked X “Rock & Roll Dream” +
Dierks Bentley “Free & Easy (Down the Road I Go)”
Dixie Chicks “Sin Wagon”
The Material “Moving to Seattle” +
Maximo Park “Girls Who Play Guitars”
Miranda Lambert “Gunpowder & Lead”
Motley Crue “Down at the Whisky”
The Myriad “A Clean Shot” +
Phish “Wilson (live)”
Rush “Closer to the Heart”
Shinedown “Devour”
Shinedown “Junkies for Fame”
Shooter Jennings “Steady at the Wheel”
Soundgarden “Jesus Christ Pose”
Soundgarden “Pretty Noose”
TV on the Radio “Wolf Like Me”
Them Terribles “Bullets & Guns” +
Trapt “Who’s Going Home With You Tonight?”(All tracks are original master recordings)
Price: $2.00 (200 Wii Points) per track
+ $1.00 (100 Wii points) per trackLocation: In-Game Rock Band 2 Music Store (Wii Points must be purchased through the Wii™ Shop Channel)
