Harmonix and MTV Games announced today it will add the "Get the Funk Out 01" 3-pack, which features music from Average White Band, Earth, Wind & Fire and James Brown, to the Rock Band® Music Store of downloadable content. Next week's lineup also includes music from a variety of rock artists such as Against Me!, The New Pornographers and Papa Roach.
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12 Mar 2009

Synergex officially distributes "Rock Band 2" in Brazil

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PS3 - Rock Band 2 - Synergex officially distributes "Rock Band 2" in Brazil

From UOL Jogos:

"The Synergex announced it will launch on 23 March throughout the country versions for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 the complete package of "Rock Band 2." The package includes the game "Rock Band 2," Controls in the form of guitar and drums and a USB microphone. The price has not been set, but the launch marks the beginning of a partnership between Electronic Arts and Synergex distribution in Brazilian soil for the main title of the EA for home consoles. "

Translated by Google
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10 Mar 2009

Everything to Know About the 591 Songs Featured in the Rock Band Catalog

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PS3 - Rock Band 2 - Everything to Know About the 591 Songs Featured in the Rock Band Catalog

The official tally of playable music in the Rock Band catalog is 591 songs. PWN or DIE wanted to take a look at this list and see what they can tell about the songs they have chosen to include so far. They took time to make graphs to show some of the data compared by genre, decade, source, and more. Some of what they found is is a little surprising.
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3 Mar 2009

Rock Band Craze Fuels Second Amp National Gaming Tour

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PS3 - Rock Band 2 - Rock Band Craze Fuels Second Amp National Gaming Tour

NextGen Player writes:

"This year the Amp Your Game national gaming tour will be featuring Rock Band 2 and wannabe bands will have a chance to compete for a $100,000 first place prize."
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2 Mar 2009

Wii Rock Band Gets 14 Tracks from No Doubt, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and Jimmy Eat World

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PS3 - Rock Band 2 - Wii Rock Band Gets 14 Tracks from No Doubt, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and Jimmy Eat World

14 tracks from Jimmy Eat World, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and No Doubt will be added to the Rock Band Music Store for Nintendo Wii this tomorrow. Wii fans should rejoice as the music is coming quicker to the platform than before. In fact, the music from No Doubt and Stevie Ray Vaughan will be released for Wii the same day as the Xbox 360 and two days before the Playstation 3, just announced on Friday. The Jimmy Eat World tracks were just added to the other two consoles the week before.
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27 Feb 2009

Rock Band DLC to add more No Doubt and Stevie Ray Vaughan

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PS3 - Rock Band 2 - Rock Band DLC to add more No Doubt and Stevie Ray Vaughan

Next week music from No Doubt and Stevie Ray Vaughan will be added to the Rock Band DLC catalog. No Doubt will add one more song added from their Return of Saturn album while all ten songs from Stevie Ray Vaughan's debut album Texas Flood will be available as a pack or individually.
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27 Feb 2009

Rock Band 2 Dated on PLAYSTATION3, PlayStation2 and Wii

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PS3 - Rock Band 2 - Rock Band 2 Dated on PLAYSTATION3, PlayStation2 and Wii

Harmonix and MTV Games, a part of Viacom's MTV Networks, along with distribution partner Electronic Arts Inc., today announced that its critically acclaimed music videogame Rock Band 2 will begin shipping in Europe for the PLAYSTATION3 and PlayStation2 beginning the week of 23rd March.
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27 Feb 2009

Stevie Ray Vaughn Texas Flood Rock Band 2 DLC

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PS3 - Rock Band 2 - Stevie Ray Vaughn Texas Flood Rock Band 2 DLC

According to the Harmonix Community Zine Stevie Ray Vaughn Texas Flood is coming to Rock Band 2 as DLC next week for 15 dollars on the PSN or 1280 MS points.
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23 Feb 2009

The Cars' debut album zooms into Rock Band Wii Music Store

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PS3 - Rock Band 2 - The Cars' debut album zooms into Rock Band Wii Music Store

Harmonix and MTV Games announced today the addition of eight remaining tracks from The Cars' self-titled 1978 debut album to the Rock Band Music Store catalog of downloadable content for Wii home videogame console from Nintendo.

The lineup includes classic rock hits "Good Times Roll," "My Best Friend's Girl," "I'm in Touch with Your World," "Don't Cha Stop," "You're All I've Got Tonight," "Bye Bye Love," "Moving in Stereo" and "All Mixed Up." "Just What I Needed," also featured on The Cars album, was released to the Rock Band Wii music catalog in January.
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20 Feb 2009

Nintendo Adverts Rated as Best Performers

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PS3 - Rock Band 2 - Nintendo Adverts Rated as Best Performers

The Phoenix AdPi Audit combines brand performance, advertising performance, and copy testing. This latest one measured consumers' reactions to 30 ads that were in-market from October through December 2008. The ads were from top video game publishers such as Activision, Disney Interactive, Electronic Arts, Microsoft, MTV Games, Nintendo, Sony and Ubisoft.
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20 Feb 2009

Rock Band gets more Jimmy Eat World and second dose of country music

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PS3 - Rock Band 2 - Rock Band gets more Jimmy Eat World and second dose of country music

Harmonix and MTV Games today announced the debut of five alternative country acts to the Rock Band Music Store catalog of downloadable content including artists Neko Case, Steve Earle, Lucinda Williams, Drive-By Truckers and Old 97's. Rock Band fans will also get a 3-pack from alternative rock band Jimmy Eat World.
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13 Feb 2009

Turbonegro and White Zombie Hit Rock Band

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PS3 - Rock Band 2 - Turbonegro and White Zombie Hit Rock Band

Tracks:
Turbonegro "Wasted Again"
White Zombie "Black Sunshine"
White Zombie "More Human than Human"
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12 Feb 2009

Viacom: Rock Band 2 sales weaker than expected

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PS3 - Rock Band 2 - Viacom: Rock Band 2 sales weaker than expected

Eric Caoili on Gamasutra writes:

"Viacom said in its fourth quarter earnings call that Rock Band 2 sales were solid with 2 million units sold since the music game's September 2008 launch, but admitted that the sales are still weaker than expected.

The media conglomerate attributed Rock Band 2's underperformance to a sudden drop in retail spending in the last two months of 2008, according to a report from digital content business site PaidContent."
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10 Feb 2009

Snoop Dogg coming to.....Rock Band?

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PS3 - Rock Band 2 - Snoop Dogg coming to.....Rock Band?

An interesting press release has just surfaced from the offical Rock Band foums that states that "In addition, songs from Snoop Dogg's impressive catalogue of hits will be released on MTV's hot-selling Rock Band® music video game platform."
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9 Feb 2009

Rush comes to Wii Rock Band with 7 songs from Moving Pictures album

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PS3 - Rock Band 2 - Rush comes to Wii Rock Band with 7 songs from Moving Pictures album

Owners of the Nintendo Wii versions of the Rock Band games are getting another dose of classic rock music DLC. This time 7 songs from the legendary band Rush will be made available on Tuesday.
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7 Feb 2009

Stephen Colbert Plays Rock Band Duet with Utah Congressman

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PS3 - Rock Band 2 - Stephen Colbert Plays Rock Band Duet with Utah Congressman

Stephen Colbert and freshman Congressman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) play the Rock Band version of Colbert's own Charlene (I'm Right Behind You).

Chaffetz, who has previously leg-wrestled Colbert, earns a disappointing 24% score for the song's guitar track, while Colbert racks up a perfect score on vocals.
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7 Feb 2009

School of Rock: Guitar Hero & Rock Band Summer Camps Announced

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PS3 - Rock Band 2 - School of Rock: Guitar Hero & Rock Band Summer Camps Announced

Power Chord Academy, the nation's leading summer camp for amateur musician training, is excited to announce the addition of two new Summer programs!

GameROCKERS is an exclusive 3-day cutting edge game-musician program for the new age of musicians who play Guitar Hero or Rock Band. iROCKER is a 1-day version of the GameROCKERS program.
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6 Feb 2009

The Fratellis On Rock Band

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PS3 - Rock Band 2 - The Fratellis On Rock Band

3 tracks from The Fratellis will be available from next week.
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6 Feb 2009

Rock Band Getting All of GNR's Chinese Democracy

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PS3 - Rock Band 2 - Rock Band Getting All of GNR's Chinese Democracy

Chris Faylor of ShackNews writes:

"After Guns N' Roses premiered "Shackler's Revenge," its first new single in nine years, through last fall's release of Rock Band 2, the band has revealed that the multi-instrument music game will soon receive the rest of the Chinese Democracy album."
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6 Feb 2009

Blondie Man Studies Music Games

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PS3 - Rock Band 2 - Blondie Man Studies Music Games

IncGamers report:
"Blondie drummer Clem Burke is teaming up with researchers from the Universities of Chichester and Gloucester to study the potential physical and psychological benefits of playing drum-based music games."
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