More Non-American Bands?

[Brennen]

I think the game should look at good bands from other countries other than just the US. I'm from Canada and we have great bands like: Protest the Hero, Billy Talent, Rush, Choke, Silverstein, The Fully Down, Sum41, Our Lady Peace, Alexisonfire, High Five Drive and Moneen... and then there are bands from the UK like: DragonForce, The Beatles, Queen, The Darkness, Coldplay, U2... oh ya and Jet from Australia. I don't know of many Asian bands but I'm sure there are several good ones. Has anyone here heard of Protest the hero, Choke, The Fully Down or High Five Drive? Can anyone think of other good Non-American bands that should be in the game?

[WingsOfSteel]

Zep and Floyd are from the UK, and Wolfmother's from Australia.

Including a few bands you've mentioned, those are my favorite non-American bands.

[idiotec]

Canada: The Music
UK: Radiohead, Bloc Party, Pink Floyd, The Smiths, Joy Division, Sex Pistols, Happy Mondays
Australia: Wolfmother

I would love to see all these in the game. Sure I missed some too :)

[Kutsic]

I want bands from Scandinavia mostly, more specifically, Gothenburg and Oslo. But I really don't think the area the band is from is going to affect the band being in the game, if they make music that will fit well into the game, there's no reason they wouldn't be considered simply because they aren't American. Some of the biggest selling artists in America, aren't from here.

[Brennen]

I'm pretty sure most of the popular bands in the US are American and most of the songs in the Guitar hero games were American... How bout some Chinese music? With China's large population, they're sure to have insanely skilled bands.

[devilwithin]

Don't forget about The Clash

[sa_nick]

Some Australian Rock...

Most pople have probably heard of AC/DC, INXS and Silverchair. And then there's The Vines (http://youtube.com/watch?v=7eDWrlDR-Ro) Butterfly Effect (http://youtube.com/watch?v=c6dlgtH8ZtE) The Living End (http://youtube.com/watch?v=prjVGQWNyE4) and Karnivool (http://youtube.com/watch?v=Oqhl4ZmKN7c)

[Rock_Starman]

Good Canadian representation: The Tea Party,Our Lady Peace,I Mother Earth,Moist,Finger Eleven,Big Sugar,The Guess Who,Trooper,April Wine,Neil Young and Rush

NOT: Avril,Sum 41,Alexisonfire,Bryan Adams,Simple Plan,Billy Talent,Protest the Hero,Silverstien,Three Days Grace (they're not actually bad just overplayed and I'm sick of them),Hinder,Arcade Fire,Sam Roberts,Thornley,The Trews,Hot Hot Heat and Loverboy

Maybe: Nickelback,Theory of a Deadman,Bedouin Soundclash,Gob,Default and Great Big Sea

[beknot]

I think thats a great idea, some of those bands would fit in very well with rock band.

[BlackHole]

Fighting Dreamers by FLOW

[m2nello]

Canada Sam Roberts
Scandanavia The Rasmus
Japan UVerworld or beat crusaders

[Brennen]

Good Canadian representation: The Tea Party,Our Lady Peace,I Mother Earth,Moist,Finger Eleven,Big Sugar,The Guess Who,Trooper,April Wine,Neil Young and Rush

NOT: Avril,Sum 41,Alexisonfire,Bryan Adams,Simple Plan,Billy Talent,Protest the Hero,Silverstien,Three Days Grace (they're not actually bad just overplayed and I'm sick of them),Hinder,Arcade Fire,Sam Roberts,Thornley,The Trews,Hot Hot Heat and Loverboy

Maybe: Nickelback,Theory of a Deadman,Bedouin Soundclash,Gob,Default and Great Big Sea

I agree with The Tea Party, Our Lady Peace, Finger Eleven, The Guess Who, Neil Young and Rush... I don't really listen to any of those other bands that you said were "good representation"

I don't understand how you could dislike Protest the Hero and Billy Talent. Or how you could say that Avril, Sum41, Alexisonfire, Bryan Adams, Silverstein, Three Days Grace and Hinder are not a good representation of Canadian music (those are probably some of the most popular and successful Canadian musicians). Although I don't like Simple Plan or Sam Roberts, I can still respect them as musicians...

and I completely didn't know Gob was Canadian. Wow rock on!!!

[Merlinz]

Our Lady Peace would be a great challenge for those who will play the bass... Starseed, Clumsy, Superman's dead, Where are you, Naveed, One man army, Angel/Losing/Sleep...

Even some Moist would be great.

[Daesania]

Dont forget MUSE!

[Brennen]

Yeah Muse Rocks! And why wouldn't they include The Beatles or Pink Floyd?

[tmanrocks]

I think the game should look at good bands from other countries other than just the US. I'm from Canada and we have great bands like: Protest the Hero, Billy Talent, Rush, Choke, Silverstein, The Fully Down, Sum41, Our Lady Peace, Alexisonfire, High Five Drive and Moneen... and then there are bands from the UK like: DragonForce, The Beatles, Queen, The Darkness, Coldplay, U2... oh ya and Jet from Australia. I don't know of many Asian bands but I'm sure there are several good ones. Has anyone here heard of Protest the hero, Choke, The Fully Down or High Five Drive? Can anyone think of other good Non-American bands that should be in the game?

I didnt know silverstein was canadian but thats awesome

I WANT CANADIAN BANDS NOW XD

As for the UK bands you mentioned... dragonforce I dont think would work in rock band

The drummers arms would fall off

The guitarist would fail in a few seconds because rock bands guitar note hitting window is too small to play that many notes per second :(

[Nymbus2008]

Lunatica from Switzerland http://www.myspace.com/lunaticametal
Krypteria from Germany http://www.myspace.com/krypteria


2 good non-american not really known metal bands :)

[MasterShake]

More Die Toten Hosen, some Oomph!, Eisbrecher, MegaHerz, Rammstein, The Pillows, etc...

[PAs_Imconfused]

Def Leppard would be great for this game.

Same with AC/DC and Weezer. Queen too.

[battle_axe_of_doom]

^ weezer is an american band (and they suck)

king crimson alone are better than most of the bands mentioned in this thread

[StarwindX9]

I love to see non American music pop up in games like these. I love protest the hero, I am not sure if anyone can handle those kind of vocals and the guitar and drum parts would be intense but I would take them on.

As far a good Asian bands there are plenty
Janne Da Arc
Asian Kung-Fu Generation
The Pillows
L~arc en ciel
Hyde
Ellegarden
Maximum the Hormone
Plastic Tree
Glay
Luna Sea
X Japan

Take your pick

[PAs_Imconfused]

^ weezer is an american band (and they suck)

king crimson alone are better than most of the bands mentioned in this thread

Sorry, I assumed they weren't american because they are on the European Invasion set list on GH3....

[battle_axe_of_doom]

lol yeah its ok. sonic youth are american too, as are pearl jam. goes to show how "greatly" organized the gh3 songlist was :rolleyes:

[jtznonpoint311]

lacuna coil would be good; they're from italy.

as far as bands from canada, i think that protest the hero, bedouin soundclash(awesome reggae rock band), finger eleven, thornley and 3 days grace are good choices.

a really good uk band is skindred, which fuses metal, punk and reggae with some rap. they have some crazy vocals though. they're new song on the radio (Rat Race) is a perfect example of that.

[arpantz]

^ weezer is an american band (and they suck)

king crimson alone are better than most of the bands mentioned in this thread

Well said. My favorite band is King Crimson and there are a lot of songs that would go great in Rock Band. Whether you like guitar, bass or drums, you'll find some pretty fun challenges there!

[arpantz]

I love to see non American music pop up in games like these. I love protest the hero, I am not sure if anyone can handle those kind of vocals and the guitar and drum parts would be intense but I would take them on.

As far a good Asian bands there are plenty
Janne Da Arc
Asian Kung-Fu Generation
The Pillows
L~arc en ciel
Hyde
Ellegarden
Maximum the Hormone
Plastic Tree
Glay
Luna Sea
X Japan

Take your pick

Janne Da Arc definitely! Although with so many good songs, it'd be pretty hard to only settle for a few of theirs!