Dick McVengeance of Destructoid says,

"Let's face it: the Guitar Hero controller is not the ideal item for the game. It'd be nice to hold a full-sized guitar in your hands. We've seen people build custom controllers and put them on eBay, but those were one-off deals, and usually rather expensive."
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There's a video right now on YouTube that supposedly leaks all of the Rock Band 2 tracks! Rock Band Forum poster XxMattxX starts the discussion in their forums off by saying,

"Has anyone else seen it?"

There are a lot of personal favorites on the list, but none stuck out more than "Comfortably Numb" by Pink Floyd. Video and full list of songs and artists below, Rock Band Forum discussion after the jump.

Here's The List:

Warmup:

If You Wanna Get to Heaven - Ozark Mountain Devils
Gold Lion - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Possum Kingdom - The Toadies
Black Betty - Ram Jam
Don't Speak - No Doubt
Black - Pearl Jam
Drain You - Nirvana
Farmhouse - Phish
Santaria - Sublime

Apprentice:

You Oughta Know - Alanis Morrisette
We Got the Beat - The Go-Gos
Float On - Modest Mouse
Kiss Me Deadly - Lita Ford
Atomic - Blondie
Heartbreaker - Pat Benatar
Piece of My Heart - Janice Joplin
Rock the Casbah - The Clash
I Wanna Be Sedated - The Ramones

Solid:

Panic Attack - Finger Eleven
Chop Suey - System of a Down
Give it Away - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Everlong - Foo Fighters
Kids in America - Kim Wilde
Ace of Spades - Motorhead
Hello There - ?Cheap Trick?
Anyway You Want It - Journey
Pinball Wizard - The Who

Moderate:

Machinehead - Bush
Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen
What's the Frequency Kenneth? - REM
Want To - ?
I Write Sins Not Tragedies - Panic at the Disco
The Old Apartment - Barenaked Ladies
When I Come Around - Green Day
Zombie - The Cranberries
Soak Up the Sun - ?Sheryl Crow?

Skilled:

Waiting on the World to Change - John Mayer
Man in the Box - Alice in Chains
Ramblin' Man - The Allman Brothers
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Wondering why there isn't any Led Zeppelin in the Rhythm Games you love? Here's what Michael McWhertor of Kotaku says,

"According to their management, the band isn't 'comfortable' giving up access to its master tapes, the very thing required to edit these things down to Rock Band and Guitar Hero ready formats.

'It ain't about the money,' says Peter Mensch of Q Prime Management who handles Led Zep's interests."

McWhertor goes on to list a few of the bands that have given up the access, including Van Halen, Steely Dan, Guns N' Roses, and the Eagles.
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58 has been done before. 60 is too small of a jump. 70 is getting closer, but still isn't awe inspiring. Now 80, 80 is a number that can be celebrated and a number that accurately describes the number of master tracks that will be included with Rock Band 2.
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It may not be a complete album, but we don't think fans of The Who will complain too much. Harmonix revealed details Tuesday on the upcoming The Who greatest hits download pack for Rock Band, which will be comprised of 12 songs that are all master recordings.
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Representatives for The Beatles are currently in talks with both Mtv Games and Activision to bring the massive catalog of The Beatles songs to the game industry.

The deal is said to be worth several million dollars and could be finalized as soon as a few weeks from now. As long as the controlling interests of the Beatles recordings agree, a final deal would likely be announced around E3.
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Harmonix, the leading developer of music-based games, and MTV Games, a part of Viacom's MTV Networks, along with distribution partner Electronic Arts, Inc., announced that Rock Band Special Edition Bundle for the Wii home videogame console from Nintendo is shipping to retail stores across America and Canada, available starting Sunday, June 22nd for the suggested retail price of $169.99.
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The first ever pictures of the Mad Catz drums for Rock Band have been revealed along with the pictures, details, and release dates for other upcoming Mad Catz controllers and accessories for Rock Band.
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Keep busy with Ninja Gaiden II and Metal Gear Solid 4, because there's nothing new for the Xbox 360 and PLAYSTATION 3 this week. Wii gamers will finally be getting Rock Band at the end of the week. Clank goes solo with the arrival of Secret Agent Clank for the Sony PSP. Square Enix brings revived Taito classics Arkanoid on the DS and Space Invaders Extreme for the PSP and DS. There's never a slow week for the DS...
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Back when the European launch of the Xbox 360 version was announced the press release stated Rock Band "will be available for additional platforms later this summer", which suggested a release window of June-August.

Online retailer Play.com has now sparked a rumour that non-Xbox 360 gamers will be waiting even longer for Rock Band, listing both the PS3 and PS2 versions for release on September 26.

There's no reason to be too concerned over the release date just yet though. EA told VideoGamer.com: "We haven't had any confirmation on that release date at all. We don't know where that's come from. That's definitely not confirmed."
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Despite the unenthusiastic and often mediocre reviews and scores given to Haze, according to Develop, the game developers news site, Haze has come in as a new entry at number 12,just under Rock Band, the highest climber. It even beat the mighty Age of Conan which has come in as a new entry at number 13.

Now that's not bad for a game with overall below average mixed reviews. Perhaps this is another indicator of reviewers being out of touch with what gamers in the real world get their kicks from.
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Ever wondered where your favorite Rock Band DLC places when matched up against the rest of the ever-growing pack? Now you can find out.

Now, you may be wondering, how do they figure this stuff out -- especially without Harmonix's involvement in their little project? Well, there's something about Y2K and monkeys, but put simply, they "diligently they look for the poor sap who recorded the worst score ever made on any given song. Then they proceed to cackle and write down the rank, it's kind of amusing." And while lowest rank doesn't necessarily equal number of downloads, it comes pretty close.
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MTV Games is teaming up with Q Entertainment to bring Rock Band, in a heavily localized form, to the land that started the genre.
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Games like "Rock Band" and "Guitar Hero III" have proved their ability to breathe new life into classic rock sales. But can they do the same for new music?

Last month, Motley Crue decided to find out. The band placed its new single, the title track from "Saints of Los Angeles," for sale as a downloadable track on "Rock Band" well in advance of the album's release date, which has been pushed back to June 24. The only other place to obtain the track was iTunes.

According to data provided by the band's management, Tenth Street Entertainment, the track was downloaded more than 47,000 times via the Xbox 360 version of the game alone in the first week after it became available.

By comparison, the same track received slightly more than 10,000 downloads via digital services like iTunes and Amazon, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
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Joystiq: "The song, "Saints of Los Angeles", came from the glam-band's upcoming album, and dropped onto iTunes, Zune, Amazon, and the Xbox 360 version of Rock Band on April 15. In it's first week of availability, digital distributors sold 10,000 copies of the single, but dedicated faux-rockers downloaded 47,000 copies of the track from the 360 Rock Band Music Store, according to Reuters."
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Pocket Gamer: " Okay, so multi-instrumental console music game Rock Band isn't coming to mobile just yet. Not least because EA Mobile hasn't figured out how to plug the tiny drumkit into phones (possibly).

But Microsoft does have its own mobile plans for Rock Band. They'll involve a promotional mobile site for Xbox 360 to be launched this summer in the UK, according to New Media Age magazine."
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During a promotional trailer for the band's forthcoming studio album, Metallica has declared that its music is the "most requested" on both Rock Band and Guitar Hero. You may remember a few years back that the aging rock chuggers were on the verge of appearing in their very own videogame under the Vivendi / Sierra moniker. The "high action, third person vehicle combat game packed with fully customized vehicles and weaponry, endless ... » Read More

NintedoWiifanboy: "It's one thing -- and an acceptable thing -- to milk customers for a few bucks at a time for additional songs they really want. It's another thing altogether to offer up a full expansion for thirty dollars less than a month after the game is released. That's right: Rock Band isn't scheduled for the Wii until June 22, and this Track Pack is due July 15. And it's labeled Volume 1, naturally ... expect another round not long after that. We're anticipating September."
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In a press release sent out today, EA and Harmonix have announced that Rock band for the Playstation 2 and Nintendo Wii will get a track pack. The new Track Pack features 20 songs and will be available July 15th.
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In an effort to keep Wii and PS2 Rock Band fans happy (what with the total lack of downloadable songs), Harmonix and MTV Games have put together Rock Band Track Pack Volume 1 - an expansion to suit all your Stone Temple Pilots and Nine Inch Nails needs. The Pack goes on sale July 15 for the hefty sum of $29.99, but in exchange you get 20 songs and the vague assurance that there will be more Track Packs to come. So even if you don’t ... » Read More