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Smashing Pumpkins DLC adds Disarm, 1979, more to Rocksmith 2014
Just in time for everyone's favorite pumpkin-related holiday, Ubisoft has announced the addition of five Smashing Pumpkins tracks to Rocksmith 2014. Included in the pack are five of the band's biggest, mid-90s singles. "Today" and "Disarm" originally appeared on 1993's Siamese Dream, while "Tonight, Tonight," "Bullet With Butterfly Wings" and "1979" hail from 1995's Melon Collie And The Infinite Sadness. These songs join "Cherub Rock," another cut from Siamese Dream already featured in Rocksmith 2014. The Smashing Pumpkins DLC pack is currently available for download from either the Xbox Live Marketplace or Steam. A PlayStation 3 iteration of the DLC is due on November 6. Each song can be purchased individually at $3 a piece, though if you pick up all five new tracks at once you'll only spend $12.
Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan says iTunes, Facebook "killing rock"
Have you ever heard of the old adage about the dog that bites the hand that feeds it? Someone should share that age-old wisdom with Billy Corgan of the Smashing Pumpkins. Speaking to the Antiquiet, Corgan laments the pacification of the current generation of musicians who are happy to cuddle up with iTunes and not kick in their own door by embracing a movement and doing something radical like Nirvana or the Clash. Corgan also blasts Facebook and says it stifles free thought because musicians are weary of dealing with all the negative comments. "You've got a Facebook with a few hundred friends. If you do something truly radical, are you ready to withstand the forty negative comments?," Corgan asks. "Most people aren't. So they're getting peer pressured at levels they don't even realize," he adds. Ironically, his comments, come at a time when his long-absent band launches a comeback album that's featured on the iTunes Store and available for free streaming before its official release.
Rock Band Wiikly: Six more tracks, just what we needed
Another week, another bundle of Rock Band DLC oldies for the Wii, which according to the press release should be available now.Individual Tracks (200 Wii points apiece) "Attack" - 30 Seconds to Mars "Gimme Three Steps" - Lynrd Skynrd "Live Forever" - Oasis "Just What I needed" - The Cars "Siva" - Smashing Pumpkins "Tell Me Baby" - Red Hot Chili Peppers Fun fact: the Rock Band series has about 559 songs. At this point, Wii owners have access to 212 of them, leaving 347 songs to go. At 6 songs per week -- not counting any future DLC -- we should see Wii owners catch up to everyone else some time before mid-2010.
Guitar Hero World Tour Dec. DLC: The Eagles, Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins & free reggae rock
Activision has released the December DLC set list for Guitar Hero World Tour featuring four consecutive weeks of releases (that's a certified streak!). And did we mention the reggae rock is free? Let's smoke toast to that! Details below -- music videos after the break. The Smashing Pumpkins Track Pack (Dec. 4th): "G.L.O.W." "1979" "Everlasting Gaze" Nirvana Track Pack (Dec. 11th): "You Know You're Right" "Negative Creep" "Sliver" The Eagles Track Pack (Dec. 18th): "One of These Nights" "Life in the Fast Lane" "Frail Grasp on the Big Picture" (from Long Road out of Eden) Free Reggae Rock Track Pack (Dec. 23rd): "Jimi" - Slightly Stoopid "Your Face" - Pepper "Sacrifice" - Expendables Note: All premium track packs are priced as follows: 440 (XBLM); $5.49 (PSN); not available on Wii. Individual tracks are sold for: 160 (XBLM); $1.99 (PSN); 200 Wii Points.
Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, Eagles in latest World Tour DLC
Activision will continue feeding your unhealthy Guitar Hero World Tour addiction with more DLC throughout December, and it looks like Wii owners will be getting all of it this time.Along with three songs each from The Smashing Pumpkins, Nirvana, and The Eagles, a further three tracks from the "Reggae Rock Track Pack" will be offered for the price of nothing. The rest, as usual, will be 200 Wii Points apiece. The full list is below, and videos of all twelve (yes) are past the break:The Smashing Pumpkins Track Pack (December 4)"1979""Everlasting Gaze" "G.L.O.W." Nirvana Track Pack (December 11) "Negative Creep""Sliver""You Know You're Right" The Eagles Track Pack (December 18) "Frail Grasp on the Big Picture" "Life in the Fast Lane" "One of These Nights" Reggae Rock Track Pack (Free -- December 23) "Sacrifice" - Expendables (Free) "Your Face" - Pepper (Free)"Jimi" - Slightly Stoopid (Free, and probably a digit-crippling nightmare on Expert)%Gallery-23491%
Joystiq at the Guitar Hero World Tour Launch Party
... or, more aptly titled, the Guitar Hero World Tour Launch Party sponsored by Best Buy, Jack Daniels and Coca-Cola. If that's not the longest-titled event we've attended, then we're not sure what is. (Although you're in trouble, Guitar Hero, if the Japanese game Tohoku Daigaku Mirai-Kagaku-Gijutsu-Kyodo-Kenkyu-Center Kawashima Ryuta Kyoju Kanshu: Motto Nou wo Kitaeru Otona no DS Training ever has a launch party.)We were inside the midnight sale / launch party at Best Buy in West Hollywood last night, where DJ Jazzy Jeff opened for the Smashing Pumpkins. Several bands were in attendance, along with the requisite roundup of actors and actresses from the Hollywood alphabet list. Head after the break for highlights and a full rundown.%Gallery-35402%
New Smashing Pumpkins single to debut in Guitar Hero: World Tour
Actiblizzion has announced that '90s fixture the Smashing Pumpkins have recorded a new song, "G.L.O.W." specifically for release as a Guitar Hero: World Tour download, marking the first time a new song has debuted in a music game under those specific circumstances. The track, which will be included on an album later, will be released as part of a three-song DLC pack, along with "1979" and "The Everlasting Gaze." The first in-concert performance of the new song is above, thanks to some dude who took a camera to a Pumpkins show!The deal isn't just for DLC, however: Billy Corgan will appear in-game -- and as a playable character in career mode, even -- and the wonderful "Today" will be included on the disc. We hope it introduces the Pumpkins to some of the youngsters who may be surprised to learn that a long time ago, guitars had strings on them and could be used to play any song.%Gallery-23491%
Guitar Hero: World Tour gets lots more Pumpkins to Smash
Smashing Pumpkins fans will probably have an urge to smash some poor defenseless squash in delight upon hearing this news bite. Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan will appear as an in-game character on Guitar Hero: World Tour (due out this fall). He'll be bringing us back to the tunes of the early 90s with the SP hit song "Today."In addition to the on-disc content, a Smashing Pumpkins DLC pack has already been set. Included in the DLC will be a brand new single called G.L.O.W. which will debut "exclusively in the game." Other older tracks come from differing Pumpkins eras, such as "The Everlasting Gaze" of early 2000 and "1979" of the late 90s. The three-song track pack will be available sometime after the game launches. [Via press release]
Rock Band Weekly: The Mother Hips and Smashing Pumpkins
Wanna go for a ride? Next week the Rock Band store updates with songs by The Mother Hips and one of the only songs you'll ever need to have by The Smashing Pumpkins.Individual songs (No pack offering) "Red Tandy" - The Mother Hips (160 MS Points / $2) "Time Sick Son of a Grizzly Bear" - The Mother Hips (160 MS Points / $2) "Zero" - The Smashing Pumpkins (160 MS Points / $2) Videos for this week's Rock Band DLC are after the break (currently having difficulty finding "Time Sick Son..."). As usual, the tracks will be available next Tuesday and Thursday for Xbox 360 and PS3 respectively.
Rock Band Weekly: Coheed and Cambria, Rush and Smashing Pumpkins
Gasp at the ancient picture of The Smashing Pumpkins above. Go ahead, gasp already. This week the Rock Band downloadable content brings us the song Siva, which hails from way back when The Smashing Pumpkins actually looked like this. Don't you just want to pinch little Billy Corgan's cheeks? Along with the The Pumpkins we also get some more Rush and ride the Ten Speed.Individual songs Siva - Smashing Pumpkins (160 MS points/ $2) Working Man - Rush *Cover* (160 MS points/ $2) Ten Speed (Of God's Blood and Burial) - Coheed and Cambria *Cover* (160 MS Points / $2) Check out the videos after the break as we go back into the void of not knowing what Rock Band DLC will grace us next week -- if any. No, seriously, we're pretty sure there'll be more next week.
Xbox.com lists Rock Band DLC through January: Oasis, Smashing Pumpkins and more
Stealing the thunder out of Harmonix's weekly Rock Band downloadable content announcement, Xbox.com has listed the rest of the month's DLC. Week of Jan. 22: Oasis Pack (440 MS points/ $5.50) Don't Look Back in Anger (160 MS points/ $2) Live Forever (160 MS points/ $2) Wonderwall (160 MS Points / $2) Week of Jan. 29: Progressive Pack (440 MS points/ $5.50) Siva - Smashing Pumpkins (160 MS points/ $2) Working Man - Rush *Cover* (160 MS points/ $2) Ten Speed (Of God's Blood and Burial) - Coheed and Cambria *Cover* (160 MS Points / $2) Barring any unforeseen hiccups, we're assuming that the songs will be available on PSN as well. We'll be sure to remind you of the DLC with our Rock Band Weekly posts over the next couple Mondays.[Update: Looks like someone at Microsoft jumped the gun on the announcement a little bit and they've pulled everything that hadn't been announced already (they neglected to update their intro paragraph though). Never fear, former Joystiqer Jared Rea linked us to a screenshot on his blog to cast away any lingering doubts as to the one-time existence of the information. Behold!]
iTunes to release exclusive Smashing Pumpkins EP
ZDNet writes that the Smashing Pumpkins will soon release a 4-song acoustic EP exclusively through iTunes. The EP will be called "American Gothic" and will include "The Rose March", "Pox", "Again, Again, Again (the Crux)", and "Sunkissed". iTunes management apparently approached the band, who agreed to put together this exclusive offering between regular albums.
