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Rock Band Weekly: Beastie Boys, Heart, James Brown, Rufus
Next week's Rock Band DLC is all over the place, featuring a diverse variety of artists covering a wide spectrum of musical tastes. It's like Harmonix's DLC offering hit the shuffle button. If you're super bad, head on past the break for details.
Rock Band Weekly: Yes 5-pack
Listen up, maggots! Next week's Rock Band DLC is a five-pack of Yes. You'll have to work as a cohesive unit of musical precision to get through songs like "Starship Trooper". Do you get me? Now, head on past the break if you would like to know more.
Rock Band Weekly: Soundgarden
Soundgarden will add a six-pack of tracks to Rock Band's DLC music store next week. The songs hail from the band's Superunknown, Badmotorfinger and Down on the Upside albums.
Rock Band Weekly: Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Erasure, P.O.D.
Next week's Rock Band DLC delivers metal from P.O.D. and two of the majors from the '80s UK synth-pop scene. Always remember: Frankie says, "Relax."
Rock Band Weekly: R.E.M., System of a Down, Buffalo Springfield, The Vapors
Eclecticism, thou art next week's Rock Band DLC. The selection of individual tracks includes fun party songs like R.E.M.'s "Man on the Moon" and The Vapors' "Turning Japanese."
Rock Band Weekly: Poison, 3 Doors Down
Separated by a generation, this week's two Rock Band 3 DLC music groups couldn't be more different -- except for when it comes to drunken sing-along-ability, that is. Both Poison and Three Doors Down have that going for them in spades, making each a perfect fit for the world of Rock Band.
Rock Band Weekly: Maroon 5, Puddle of Mudd
This Rock Band DLC has taken its toll on me, I've said goodbye to my money too many times before. And my wallet is breaking in front of me, I've said goodbye to my money too many times before.
Rock Band Weekly: A-ha, Chumbawamba, Avenged Sevenfold, Live
After a week of E3, there's nothing in the world we'd like to jam out to more than Chumbawamba's "Tubthumping." Good thing it's coming to Rock Band's music store next week, along with A-Ha's "Take on Me" and tracks from Live and Avenged Sevenfold.
Rock Band Weekly: Bruno Mars, Rise Against
Next week's Rock Band DLC includes packs from Bruno Mars and Rise Against (totally not The Machine). There are also pro guitar upgrades for Mötley Crüe's "Kickstart My Heart" and Pearl Jam's "Even Flow" legacy titles.
Rock Band Weekly: Ozzy Osbourne 8-Pack
Next week's Rock Band DLC celebrates the 30th anniversary and re-release of Ozzy Osbourne's Blizzard of Ozz and Diary of a Madman with eight songs. Take note that "Bark at the Moon" and "Mama, I'm Coming Home" aren't sold individually.
Rock Band Weekly: Lady Gaga, Foreigner
Gaga is back with a second pack of Rock Band DLC. She also brings some Foreigner with her and legacy track pro guitar upgrades for Alice in Chains' "Rooster," and The White Stripes' "Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground."
Rock Band Weekly: Pantera, Peter Frampton
Four tracks from Pantera's A Decade of Dominance best-of album are part of next week's Rock Band DLC. A live version of Peter Frampton's "Do You Feel Like We Do" will also be included in the update.
Rock Band Weekly: Foo Fighters, Run-DMC, Lordi
The Foo Fighters return next week to the Rock Band Music Store with their fourth pack of Rock Band DLC, alongside a couple of Pro Guitar upgrades for the band's legacy tracks. See the complete update details after the break.
Rock Band Weekly: Culture Club, Loverboy, STP, Phish and Faith No More
Next week's Rock Band update will have everybody "working for the weekend," which will surely have folks asking: "Do you really want to hurt me, do you really want to make me cry?" Check out the full DLC details past the break.
Rock Band Weekly: Roy Orbison, KISS
To celebrate what would have been the legendary Roy Orbison's 75th birthday, next week's Rock Band DLC includes three songs from the artist. Don't fret, dream baby, if those tracks don't do it for you, there are already plenty of solid Orbison tracks available in the Rock Band store. There are also a couple individual tracks from KISS. Both songs are live versions of their greatest hits "Rock and Roll All Nite" and "Strutter." Chewable blood packs and pyrotechnics sold separately. Head past the break for the full DLC details.
Rock Band Weekly: Tommy Tutone, Relient K and more
You may be asking: "Joystiq, why are you showing me Jenny's phone number on a modern phone? Shouldn't you have a video of it being dialed on a rotary phone?" First off, congratulations for recognizing Jenny's number. We do like to think that we have some of the most culturally immersed readers on the internets. The reason for the modern spin is that the version of Tommy Tutone's famous 1981 hit, "867-5309/Jenny," in next week's Rock Band DLC is actually the re-recorded 2010 version off Tommy's album, Tutone-Ality. It seemed fair to point out. Check out the rest of next week's available tracks after the break.
Rock Band Weekly: Fleetwood Mac, Stevie Nicks
You'll be singing just like the white-winged dove next week. That is, you will if you pick up the new Rock Band 3 DLC, a six-pack of songs including four Fleetwood Mac tracks and two from Stevie Nicks' solo catalog. We suggest practicing your vibrato before the DLC arrives on April 12 -- or, at least, finding an electric fan to sing into. Full details of the track pack are posted after the break.
Rock Band Weekly: Grand Funk Railroad, J. Geils Band, Joy Division
... and Harmonix swears it's not a joke! Next week's Rock Band DLC features individual songs from opposing sides of the mood spectrum -- an apparent nod to the dev's classic rhythm hell shooter Bipolar Attitude. Joy Division, meet J. Geils Band. J. Geils Band, Joy Division. FIGHT!
Rock Band Weekly: DragonForce, 'Days of Peace' pack
We do love contrast. Next week's Rock Band 3 update will include a downloadable "Days of Peace" pack, featuring patchouli-scented tracks from Blood, Sweat & Tears, Jefferson Airplane and Santana. Next week's update will also bring a version of the infamous Guitar Hero face-melter "Through the Fire and Flames" to RB3. More importantly, and insanely, you'll be able to purchase a Pro Guitar upgrade for that track. That should take care of any lingering notion you had that you could actually play the guitar.
Rock Band Weekly: Billy Joel six-pack
The Billy Joel "critic spite machine" rolls on, as next week's Rock Band DLC adds another six of the piano man's legendary songs. Hang out with your bosom buddies and sing "My Life, " or pour a bottle of red, a bottle of white and experience "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant." For those in a more melancholy mood, there's "She's Always a Woman."
