Rock Band (360/PS3)

[toythatkills]

With your username, it's a bit odd that JA would be the album you're excited about!

[MonkeyWrench]

I really dislike the Foo Fighters. There was actually a band called MonkeyWrench knocking around the same time Dave Grohl joined Nirvana, on the same label no less...but no my name doesn't come from that either

[Oh_Mutants]

Do we know yet whether we will be able to download individual tracks, as i believe was possible with The Pixies album etc?

[MonkeyWrench]

I would imagine so, I don't think there's been an instance so far where you couldn't.

[Brats]

Those six albums are now confirmed

Foo Fighters (The Colour and the Shape)
Red Hot Chili Peppers (Blood Sugar Sex Magik)
Jane's Addiction (Nothing's Shocking)
Megadeth (Peace Sells... But Who's Buying)
Stevie Ray Vaughn (Texas Flood)
No Doubt Best Of collection

Coulda been better, but there must be something for everyone* there



*38% of people

SNORE!!!!!

What a dull list. I'm sure I'll have fun with a few of the songs from those (Stevie Ray Vaughan's copycat blues is kinda okayish I guess and some of the later No Doubt singles were good) but I was hoping for something with a bit more bite and, you know, decent songwriting.

If you're gonna go all out on American rock, why not go for something like The Wipers, Big Black, Slint, Sugar or Rocket from the Crypt instead of the snoozeworthy Foo Fighters or the one-good-song-per-album Chillis?

Here's hoping the next album list is a bit more interesting.

[MonkeyWrench]

*ahem* Janes Addiction?

Sod Rocket From the Crypt, gimme Supersuckers! Born With a Tail encompasses everything that is Rock Band in one song...Some Reverend Horton Heat wouldn't go amiss either.

[Brats]

*ahem* Janes Addiction?

Overrated imo, although I'll probably have some fun with Mountain Song and that Ted Bundy tune, but as albums neither this or RDH really cut it.

I heard some Supersuckers and they sounded like a complete joke. I know that's the point, but I'd much rather me some Scream, Dracula, Scream. We want rock 'n roll, not raaaaawk.

[MonkeyWrench]

WHAT?! Like Sugar you mean? Beaster was ok, Copper Blue was melodic ****e with crappy double tracked vocals...just like Dave Grohl uses today.

Scream, Dracula, Scream is alright (and not far removed from Supersuckers stuff actually), helped somewhat by the backing vocals of Mick Collins of the Gories/Blacktop/Dirtbombs, but their previous stuff was forgetable hardcore stuff. They jumped on the Rock 'n Roll bandwagon following the Supersuckers success and ripped off Link Wray for most of the songs.

[Brats]

RFTC's early stuff was still based on the old rockabilly template unlike their hardcore contemporaries, so I'm not sure where you get the idea that they copied Supersuckers. Scream, Dracula, Scream is their best album, but it refined the template, not reinvented it (it's all about the horns baby).

And Sugar were great like all Bob Mould's stuff, mostly for his relentlessly bleak yet personal vision set disguised by a catchy three minute tune. Mould gets that punk and rock n roll were always more than just loud guitars - which is how it should be.

[MonkeyWrench]

I like Husker Du stuff, but I found Sugar a bit too over produced and I loathe double tracked vocals. Still I reckon Changes would be a good blast on Rock Band.

[Ouenben]

I really want harder, better, faster, stronger & One more time & Digital love from Daft Punk

I can do most songs on Hard just stuck on Vasoline I think.
Once I complete Hard campaign I'll stick to that level for a good while then move upto expert.

[Rossco]

Stuck this on again last night for first time in a few weeks. I was stuck on Reptilia on Hard Drums before, kept failing at the section that asked you to do Bass / Red Yellow / Bass / Red Yellow / Bass / Red Yellow / etc I think it was, for ages! I just couldn't make my hands/feet do them alternately so fast. Anyone else have trouble with that?

I managed to scrape by it on my first try this time anyway by just missin the bass pedal out. So nearly failed but I don't understand why I couldn't do it.

I went and done the next two sets of songs after that without failing one, getting lots of 4 stars on some much more complicated looking songs. Lots of off beat bass pedal to drums and double bass pedal beats two that normally I wouldn't have managed.

So I find it weird how I managed all these harder sections yet couldn't still do that one above from The Strokes song!!!

[Myth]

I was stuck on Reptilia on Hard Drums before, kept failing at the section that asked you to do Bass / Red Yellow / Bass / Red Yellow / Bass / Red Yellow / etc I think it was, for ages! I just couldn't make my hands/feet do them alternately so fast. Anyone else have trouble with that?

I had exactly the same problem for ages, really it was just a matter of practice and eventually you'll do the whole bit no problem.

[Ouenben]

Vasoline is a bitch on drums, hard mode

[nonny]

Rossco.

Exactly the same here mate... I can get 96% through it but that section in Reptilia kills me every time. Im on the verge of nailing it though. Theres always one song that catches you off guard.