White Stripes make Rock Band debut next week

Harmonix and MTV Games will release a three pack of tracks from The White Stripes and singles from The Damned and Kasabian will be added next week to the Rock Band Music Store for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Wii.

Tracks from No Doubt and Dropkick Murphys will be available for download next week for Rock Band Unplugged on PSP.

Sadly, no LEGO Rock Band content mentioned unless I am missing something here, which Is highly doubtful. Anyway, here’s the completel list:

Available on Xbox 360 and Wii (Nov. 10) and PlayStation 3 system (Nov. 12):

- The Damned – “Smash It Up (Part II)” 

- Kasabian – “Club Foot”

- The White Stripes – “Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground”

- The White Stripes – “Girl, You Have No Faith in Medicine”

- The White Stripes – “Icky Thump”

Tracks available for Rock Band Unplugged (Nov. 12):

- No Doubt – “Excuse Me Mr.”

- Dropkick Murphys – “I’m Shipping Up to Boston”

Rocking your blocks off: LEGO Rock Band released

Warner Bros. Interactive has released LEGO Rock Band, much to the delight of kids and adults alike - assuming the game is good, of course. Combining Rock and Roll with the popular building blocks, LEGO Rock Band adds LEGO style into the Rock Band formula. The game features 45 songs and at launch and lets players of all skill levels play bass, drums, guitar and mic to such songs from Queen, Foo Fighters, Jackson 5, The All-American Rejects, Jimi Hendrix, Good Charlotte, Tom Petty and more.

Unique to LEGO Rock Band is the introduction of Rock Power Challenges, where players can harness the power of rock to pull off killer riffs that have the ability to do crazy things like demolish a building, stop an angry octopus or send players on wild missions. Naturally the game promises build-and-play elements that let players customize their own experience by creating a minifigure avatar, band and entourage.

The game will also be supported by the Rock Band Store’s regular release of weekly content as well, with some tunes already ready for purchase. LEGO Rock Band is available for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii and various incarnations of the DS.

Nirvana headlines next week’s Rock Band DLC

Harmonix and MTV Games will release a three pack of tracks from Nirvana, a four pack of tracks from Foo Fighters and a single from Joan Jett & The Blackhearts to the Rock Band Music Store and the LEGO Rock Band Music Store for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Wii. Tracks from Bullet for My Valentine and System of a Down will be available for download next week for Rock Band Unplugged on PSP.

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of Nirvan’s Bleach album, Sub Pop will release a special edition of the album, featuring a complete and previously unreleased live concert recorded in 1990 in Portland, Oregon. The anniversary edition of Bleach will be released the same day and date as Nirvana Bleach Pack, which includes About a Girl, Blew and School.

Foo Fighters will release Greatest Hits Nov. 3, the same day the third DLC pack from the band will be available in the Rock Band Music Store. Greatest Hits will feature 14 of the band’s most-loved songs, as well as two new songs, Wheels and Word Forward, both of which are featured in Foo Fighters Pack 03, along with Best of You and The Pretender.

Joan Jett & The Blackhearts’ Fake Friends from the 1984 album, Glorious Results of a Misspent Youth, will also be added to the Rock Band Music Store and LEGO Rock Band Music Store Nov. 3. Full track listing after the break.

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Rob Zombie headlines next week’s Rock Band DLC

Harmonix and MTV Games will offer three tracks from Rob Zombie and five from Wolfmother, as well as tracks from Liz Phair and Morningwood, that will be added next week to the Rock Band Music Store for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Wii.

Tracks from Sonic Youth and Steely Dan will also be available for download next week for Rock Band Unplugged on PSP - though I know most of you don’t think of Steely Dan when you think about Halloween.

Former White Zombie frontman and part time movie maker Rob Zombie will see three of his tunes on Rock Band next week including “Dragula” and “Superbeast,” from his debut solo album, Hellbilly Deluxe, as well as “Burn,” from his new album, Hellbilly Deluxe 2 (to be released Nov. 17). Zombie’s latest film Halloween 2, which he wrote, directed and produced, is in theaters now if you care. For the record, I don’t.

Australian rock trio Wolfmother have a five pack of songs being released next week including “Woman” and “White Unicorn,” from the band’s self-titled debut album. Also featured in the Wolfmother five pack are “Sundial” and “Pilgrim,” from the band’s new album, Cosmic Egg, which was released Oct. 23.

Liz Phair’s “Rock Me,” as well as Morningwood’s “Sugarbaby” and “Best of Me,” will also be added to the Rock Band Music Store Oct. 27.

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Abbey Road now available for The Beatles Rock Band

Apple Corps, MTV Games and Harmonix have released Abbey Road for The Beatles: Rock Band - the first Beatles album available for purchase as downloadable content in The Beatles: Rock Band Music Store. You can find out more about the contents of the package by reading this story from yesterday.

More Beatles albums that have been announced as upcoming downloadable content include Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) in November and Rubber Soul (1965) in December. The Beatles: Rock Band downloadable content will be available for purchase on the Xbox LIVE Marketplace for Xbox 360, PlayStation Network and via the in-game The Beatles: Rock Band Music Store for Wii.
The album is available today on Xbox 360 and Wii, and will be released Oct. 22 on PS3.

The Beatles Rock Band soon gets Abbey Road album

Apple Corps, MTV Games and Harmonix announced Abbey Road (1969) as the first Beatles album to be available for purchase and playable as downloadable content in The Beatles: Rock Band Music Store. This download will give players access to all the songs on the album - some were released when the game went live earlier this year including With Come Together, Something, Octopus’s Garden, I Want You (She’s So Heavy), Here Comes The Sun and The End.

Available for Xbox 360 (Oct. 20) and PlayStation 3 System (Oct. 22): The Complete The Album Pack features the singles Maxwell’s Silver Hammer, Oh! Darling, and Because; a B-side 16 minute medley that includes: You Never Give Me Your Money, Sun King, Mean Mr. Mustard, Polythene Pam, She Came in Through the Bathroom Window, Golden Slumbers, Carry That Weight and The End; and songs that can be played as 1-to-3-song sets based on how they were recorded / composed (You Never Give Me Your Money, Sun King/Mean Mr. Mustard, Polythene Pam/ She Came in Through the Bathroom Window, Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight/The End and Her Majesty. The Complete Album will be available for $16.99 USD, £10.46 UK, €11.37 EU (1360 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360).

available for Wii on Oct. 20 are individual Abbey Road singles: Maxwell’s Silver Hammer, Oh! Darling, Because, You Never Give Me Your Money, and Her Majesty
Each will be priced at $2.00 USD (200 Wii Points) per each individual track. Her Majesty will costs $1.00 USD (100 Wii Points). Multi-Track sets including
Sun King/Mean Mr. Mustard, Polythene Pam/She Came in Through the Bathroom Window, and Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight/The End are also available at
$3.50 USD (350 Wii Points) per 2-Pack.

Additional Beatles albums that have been announced as upcoming downloadable content include Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) in November and Rubber Soul (1965) in December. The Beatles: Rock Band downloadable content will be available for purchase on the Xbox LIVE Marketplace for Xbox 360, PlayStation Network and via the in-game The Beatles: Rock Band Music Store for Wii.

Queen headlines Rock Band DLC next week

Harmonix and MTV Games will bring Queen to the Rock Band platform next week with a 10-pack of songs in the Rock Band Music Store of downloadable content for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Wii.

Tracks from Blink-182 and The Offspring will also be available for download next week for Rock Band Unplugged on PSP

Available on Xbox 360 and Wii (Oct. 20) and PlayStation 3 system (Oct. 22):

- “Another One Bites the Dust”

- “Crazy Little Thing Called Love”

- “Fat Bottomed Girls”

- “I Want It All”

- “I Want to Break Free”

- “Killer Queen”

- “One Vision”

- “Somebody to Love”

- “Tie Your Mother Down”

- “Under Pressure” (with Davi Bowie)

These tracks will be available for purchase as “Queen Pack” and as individual tracks on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 and as individual tracks on Wii. Price: $1.99 USD, £.99 UK, €1.49 EU (160 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360) per track; $15.99, £9.19 UK, €11.25 EU (1280 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360) for “Queen Pack”; $2.00 USD (200 Wii Points) per track

Tracks available for Rock Band Unplugged (Oct. 22):

- Blink-182 – “The Rock Show”

- The Offspring – “All I Want”

Price: $1.99, £.99 UK, €1.49 EU per track on the PSP system