Bands that should be included eventually.

[kiyo]

I represent the more "indie" crowd of music, and I would love to see that genre of music address a bit more.

Where is the Circa Survive? On letting Go is a fantastic albunm for Rockband, I'd suggest almost any song from it for the game.

What about some Minus the Bear? Specifically some of their older songs off Highly Refined Pirates and Menos el Oso (Absinthe after dinner and Pachua Sunrise anyone?)

The Go! Team would fit great, and her lyrics are fun and energizing (My pick would be Grip like a Vice, but that's just me. about 75% of the stuff on proof of youth would be great)

Architecture in Helsinki would be a great fit too (In particular the CD "In Case We Die", Do the Whirlwind could be great)

The Decemberists would be a great choice (Picareque and the Crane Wife)

Melee wouldn't be a bad choice either (Off their older CD though, Everyday Behavior, Mestizo's Love Song)

Spoon, the benchmark of modern-indie music (Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga is probably a better known CD, You got your cherry bomb being the best known song from it)

Voxtrot would be a great pick if you could get The Start of Something off their EP Saved by Wolves. It has a better style and is better to sing than some of their other music

Two Gallants are raising in popularity too, Despite What You've Been Told is a great song with good guitar work.

Tokyo Police Club! Not very well known but Cheer it On would be a great song to play on gutiar and sing

The sleeping are a great choice too, but do something less stereotypical, like fleet from Believe what we tell you.

Maybe some fall of troy? The guitar work is a lot of fun, and almost any song by them could be good. Manipulator has less screaming than the doppleganger CD, so it may be better to get a song from there.

And lastly, what about some Arctic Monkeys? They're one of the hottest indie bands over in the UK, and deserve at least a song.


That's all I've got, but I hope I opened up the doors to some lesser known music. Rockband has a lot of potential for more than just progressive rock that guitar hero seems to target.

[uglyteradon]

Honestly, I was going to nit-pick but I really can't complain with any of these suggestions. I would love to see more bands of music that I really enjoy but would also translate well into the game. While I don't really see The Decemberists in the game I shouldn't nay-say it. I would really just like to see the floodgates open on this genre as I would download every single pack!

Good to see similar music tastes here!

[kiyo]

Well the decemberists are a bit of a stretch, but they put in the Yeah Yeah Yeah's (which I was pumped about! maps is such a good song) so I don't see why not. Push the envelope a bit, and even with picaresque it would still have a rock feel to it

[uglyteradon]

I would love more Yeah Yeah Yeahs, honestly! Gold Lion would be an awesome song to include! That's why I wasn't going to criticize to much because with entries like The Decemberists would open it up for other great indie bands.

[kiyo]

I also wouldn't mind seeing some paulson (miami currents from all at once!), and maybe some thursday? (5 4 3 2 1)

[slimefoot]

CIRCA SURVIVE!
ABSOLUTELY!

they would be perfect

the decemberists would be great to
i personally think the island would be just amazing to play by them


and the fall of troy

i would be so happy if all of doppelganger was on there
that is a cd that would work beautifully


for a few other indie bands id say

Youinseries
Emery
The Mars Volta
Trophey Scars
Say Anything
Scary Kids Scaring Kids

[Scorp1313]

Don't Forget American Head Charge!

[kiyo]

ah yeah how can you forget them

We at least need a circa survive song though ):

[Klisk]

'X Japan'. The fact that they made the SAW IV OST, but haven't hit into any guitar games is a travesty. Granted, no one knows about them stateside, but they're one of the largest Japanese Rock/Metal bands in history, and definitely deserve a spot in Rock Band if only because they're literally a classic band.

[ilikemusic111]

what about the shins or cloud cult i think both of these bands would b great for rock band.

[kiyo]

what about the shins or cloud cult i think both of these bands would b great for rock band.

I thought about cloud cult, they are one of my more favorite bands, but i couldn't decide on a really good song for them, they don't have any really whimsical fun songs that you'd expect from the game (Your 8th birthday is a good example, it's a really sad song) My first choice was Take Your Medicine off The Meaning of 8 (my personal favorite song, but I dunno if the guitar work is strong enough to make it), but God is Good and Your 8th birthday would also be good choices. breakfast with my shadow, chandeliers and Washed Your Car from Aurora Borealis would be great choices too.

I would also LOVE to see some Tegan and Sara. Where's the "You wouldn't like me" off So Jealous and "The Con" off The Con. There are plenty of other amazing songs to put in a set for them too.

Common, show your support for indie music! We need to see more of it on the game :D

[theSurfbum1]

i would like to see the silversun pickups because that is one of the few indie bands i know and they fkn rock.

[mck4y]

minus the bear is an amazing band, pachuca sunrise, fulfill the dream, the fix, drilling, might as well put all of menos el oso in the game. knights would also be a really fun song to play. i also second tfot and tegan and sara, voxtrot would also be pretty good (mothers daughters sisters wives).

[ilikemusic111]

I thought about cloud cult, they are one of my more favorite bands, but i couldn't decide on a really good song for them, they don't have any really whimsical fun songs that you'd expect from the game (Your 8th birthday is a good example, it's a really sad song) My first choice was Take Your Medicine off The Meaning of 8 (my personal favorite song, but I dunno if the guitar work is strong enough to make it), but God is Good and Your 8th birthday would also be good choices. breakfast with my shadow, chandeliers and Washed Your Car from Aurora Borealis would be great choices too.

I would also LOVE to see some Tegan and Sara. Where's the "You wouldn't like me" off So Jealous and "The Con" off The Con. There are plenty of other amazing songs to put in a set for them too.

Common, show your support for indie music! We need to see more of it on the game :D

theres always Please Remain calm, Brain Gateway, 2x2x2, Moving to Canada, maybe Pretty Voices, and u can't forget Chemicals Collide. I also think they could use Thanks and Alien Christ.

[thenumberchariot]

They definitely should put on Far-Less. I think if they put all of their new album it'd be AMAZING. Also The Number Twelve Looks Like You would be very fun.

[kiyo]

no offense, but I don't see the number 12 ever being put in. Reason being, the vocals are kind of obnoxious, the guitar is only mildly good, and the drums have a double base pedal. But I would love to see a song along those lines put in, maybe a fear before song?

Please remain calm would actually be a really good song though! Brain Gateway too. Chemicals collide is another one of my favorites, but I think it's just cause the intro is so bouncy. Going to Canada is most likely the one they'd put on, because the general public would like it more, but i think they should include others for us Cloud Cult enthusiasts. Advice from the Happy Hippopotamus is their worst CD imo.

My only gripe about silversun pickups is her voice is REALLY difficult, but I guess if they can put courtney love in there they can put anyone.

[d0sb1g0tes]

Uh...the lead singer of Silversun Pickups is Brian Aubert, a guy. :eek:

But yea, I would definitely support some SSPU as future DLC, especially Future Foe Scenarios.

[Baroo]

Van' Halen

Guns N Roses

Primus

Lynard Skynard

Korn

Just to name a few.

[kiyo]

Those artists don't really relate at all to my topic though, besides the title.

I never knew that guy was a guy though!!! I guess i can see of it, I just figured it was a girl though, haha.

[paigenalex]

rock band could do some international bands i think it would kick ass to add some of there songs especially Rush the song it kicks the ass

[ilikemusic111]

Advice from the Happy Hippopotamus is their worst CD imo.

i agree with that that was my least fav. one. they had only a few good songs and the rest didn't appeal to me that much.

[Meatball]

all of the ones in my sig

[masonmjames]

I represent the more "indie" crowd of music, and I would love to see that genre of music address a bit more.

Where is the Circa Survive? On letting Go is a fantastic albunm for Rockband, I'd suggest almost any song from it for the game.

What about some Minus the Bear? Specifically some of their older songs off Highly Refined Pirates and Menos el Oso (Absinthe after dinner and Pachua Sunrise anyone?)

The Go! Team would fit great, and her lyrics are fun and energizing (My pick would be Grip like a Vice, but that's just me. about 75% of the stuff on proof of youth would be great)

Architecture in Helsinki would be a great fit too (In particular the CD "In Case We Die", Do the Whirlwind could be great)

The Decemberists would be a great choice (Picareque and the Crane Wife)

Melee wouldn't be a bad choice either (Off their older CD though, Everyday Behavior, Mestizo's Love Song)

Spoon, the benchmark of modern-indie music (Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga is probably a better known CD, You got your cherry bomb being the best known song from it)

Voxtrot would be a great pick if you could get The Start of Something off their EP Saved by Wolves. It has a better style and is better to sing than some of their other music

Two Gallants are raising in popularity too, Despite What You've Been Told is a great song with good guitar work.

Tokyo Police Club! Not very well known but Cheer it On would be a great song to play on gutiar and sing

The sleeping are a great choice too, but do something less stereotypical, like fleet from Believe what we tell you.

Maybe some fall of troy? The guitar work is a lot of fun, and almost any song by them could be good. Manipulator has less screaming than the doppleganger CD, so it may be better to get a song from there.

And lastly, what about some Arctic Monkeys? They're one of the hottest indie bands over in the UK, and deserve at least a song.


That's all I've got, but I hope I opened up the doors to some lesser known music. Rockband has a lot of potential for more than just progressive rock that guitar hero seems to target.

I agree with all bands mentioned in this thread, especially Cloud Cult. They already started bringing the indie in, let's see some more. How about Spoon? They'd be great across the board. I Turn my Camera on, funky bass, drum, and guitar... Some full-on vocals too.

BUT, Tokyo Police Club is well known over here, (New York). I generally see them as a newer version of The Strokes.

[ilikemusic111]

i'd also like to see some Okkervil River i really like that band, any1 else heard of em and like em?

[Indie]

Pedro The Lion
Idlewild
TwoThirtyEight
The Vines
Flickerstick
The Annuals
Rilo Kiley

[BevoTheWarrior]

Tiger Army
Flogging Molly
The Distillers
Authority Zero
Dropkick Murphys

I'm not sure if they fall into your "Indie" category but for all intents and purposes they are indie (as in, on independent labels). Just thought I'd throw in my two cents.

[mhoryna]

Drive By Truckers
Beck
Modest Mouse
Lucero
Jack Johnson
Bob Dylan
...And You Know Us By The Trail Of Dead

[PatRush2112]

Im gonna have to say:
Rush
DreamTheater
Porcupine Tree
Primus
Aerosmith
YES
The Police
The Who

just to name a few

[kiyo]

Those aren't really aren't on the topic here, indie bands only.

Modest mouse, trail of dead would be great, and just about all of Indie's list would be amazing too.

Look at all the support we have for this! Add more indie bands please HMX :D

[PacoL250]

Considering the sheer amount of indie that has become more mainstream thanks to the whole "EA Trax" marketing that EA has done (and now I think it's not as intrusive as "EA Trax"), I wouldn't be surprised EA could help Harmonix pull this off.

Not to mention the fact that MTV is involved...

My personal favorites: The Mars Volta and Tokyo Police Club.

[kiyo]

I didn't even think of the mars volta, that would be awesome

[thenumberchariot]

I didn't even think of the mars volta, that would be awesome

VERY awesome, lol. Cassandra Gemini anyone? :p

[kiyo]

cassandra gemini would definately be awesome, so would pretty much any other songs.

I can't think of some other bands that would be good though

[kiyo]

What about some Iron & Wine? It could be great, especially like boy with a coin

[mind_in_rewind]

Great list. I would love some Minus the Bear. "Absinthe Party At the Fly Honey Warehouse" would rule.

I've said it before, but "Y Control" by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs would rock.

Modest Mouse
The Flaming Lips
Pixies
Earlimart
Fugazi
Pinback
BRMC
Interpol
Cake
The Fratellis
Against Me!
The White Stripes
The Comas
Cold War Kids
The Bravery
Viva Voce
Arcade Fire
Spoon
Ima Robot
Editors
Southern Culture on the Skids
Cracker
The Replacements
The Smiths
New Order/Joy Division
The Jesus and Mary Chain
Neutral Milk Hotel
Stellastarr*
Grandaddy
Old 97s
Pennywise
Jawbreaker
Guided by Voices
Jimmy Eat World
Franz Ferdinand
G. Love & Special Sauce
Fountains of Wayne
DFA1979
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Brand New
Good Riddance

[CalmApple]

Sonic Youth

The Icarus Line

[Karl Hungus]

I think Spoon is the only one of these that would work. They're a true rock band.
A nice 3 pack would be ...

Take A Walk
I Turn My Camera On
Finer Feelings

[4AM]

CAKE

And more fun crazy stuff like Epic and Ballroom Blitz.

[Charron]

Uh...the lead singer of Silversun Pickups is Brian Aubert, a guy. :eek:

Heh. I made the same mistake with the guy from Thunderbirds Are Now!. I already mentioned most of my suggestions here (http://community.rockband.com/vbforum/showthread.php?t=8029), but I'll repeat Clap Your Hands Say Yeah; Dirty On Purpose; Modest Mouse; ¡Forward, Russia!; Polaris (the Adventures of Pete & Pete house band); The Apples In Stereo; and as much as many people hate them there are Death Cab For Cutie songs that could fit.

[kiyo]

We really should create a condensed list of indie music that HMX should consider, with my list and mind in rewind we can have a pretty extensive list of things they should add.

[jrg1316]

Three songs I wish they would add:

You've Got Another Thing Coming - Judas Priest
Baba O'Reilly - The Who
Over the Hills and Far Away - Led Zepplin

[RampagingAcorn]

Dropkick Murphys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Street4ums.com]

this is Rock Band I mean yes it is pretty vague on description, yet I think the majority would like to see songs from rock bands that are more popular. Not dissin' the Indie Category, but if I am rocking out on the drums, that song by the Yeah yeah yeahs isn't the song I am looking for next.

[kiyo]

Ultimately, what you like to jam to is music you enjoy, despite a few songs that might have bad guitar/drum lines. And that's more or less what we're asking -- music we can enjoy and play with friends.

That's why it's perfect for downloadable content -- I would never claim that everyone would be into circa survive or the yeah yeah yeahs, or they make the quintessential Rock Band song, but they are entirely optional to have and there for those who enjoy them to just make their Rock Band experience that much better.

[sawyer7as]

CIRCA SURVIVE!
ABSOLUTELY!

they would be perfect

the decemberists would be great to
i personally think the island would be just amazing to play by them


and the fall of troy

i would be so happy if all of doppelganger was on there
that is a cd that would work beautifully


for a few other indie bands id say

Youinseries
Emery
The Mars Volta
Trophey Scars
Say Anything
Scary Kids Scaring Kids

No to mars volta on the following grounds:
Does it hurt when “glossolalia coats your skin?” Where can I find a nice new pair of “unkempt nourishment plows?” What are “castrating kisses stalactite stems?” I certainly don’t know, and neither do the members of Mars Volta who wrote these lyrics.

With their most recent album, this band version of that smart@$$ kid in school who wouldn’t shut up in class furnishes us with 16-minute epics of squealing bullsh!t. After a few years of fooling 15-year old stoners with their endless prog jams and lyrics written by randomly picking words from the answers to yesterday’s New York Times crossword puzzle, someone finally caught on to their charade and literally peed on them:

Article from cracked or possibly double viking.
Another note when they said someone literally peed on them, you acn look the vid for that up. During some live show.

[Scarlet_Fire]

The Eagles
Stevie Ray Vaughn
BB King
Clapton/Cream
Pantera
New Riders of the Purple Sage
War
Parliament Funkadelic

and whats wrong with nonesensical lyrics, just listen to china cat sunflower by the grateful dead.

[ilikemusic111]

how bout the Islands. anyone like that band?

[Trix R 4 Trey]

i would like to see so many bands that arnt in there
Anberlin
Blindside
Chevelle
Disciple
Emery, or Escape the fate
Hawthorne Heights (maybe)
jeremy camp, journey
Kansas, Kutless, Kids in the way
Lost prophets
Paramore, Pillar, P.O.D.
Queen
Red, Red jumpsuit apparatus, Relient K
SKILLET, Scary kids scaring Kids, Staind, Switchfoot, Story of the year
Thousand Foot Krutch, Three days grace, Trust*Company
The Used, U2
anything from these bands would be amazing

[kiyo]

Anberlin and Scary Kids would be awesome, as long as it's a song off their first album (the first track is amazing!)

They're all good bands though, good suggestions!

[Karl Hungus]

Zeppelin, Hendrix, Floyd and the Doors are absolutely MANDATORY.

Then I'd like to see Neil Young (Crazy Horse era please), Zappa, Janis, Iggy Pop, Sex Pistols, etc, etc...

The Beatles will never happen and it's probably for the best. Some things are still sacred.

[wolfmandd73]

Tristania. They have Two main singers and a back-up singer. I would like to see that Shadowman, Cure, December Elegy, & World of Glass gets into the game as DLC. Check them out, I think they are great!

[lowe0]

Local H. Watch the game sell out in Chicagoland overnight - we H fans are crazy.

[kiyo]

Is Local H. a band?

[ZeroTheHero]

Although it's an instrumental, I'd love to see Shadowy Men from a Shadowy Planet's theme to "Kid's in the Hall". It'd be awesome to play. Please forgive the video, it's the only one I could track down that had a copy of the song.

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[kiyo]

That would actually be really cool!

[baital]

Lucero
more Pixies!
Sleater-Kinney
the Decemberists
Modest Mouse
Iron & Wine
+/-
Calexico
Firewater
Imperial Teen ("The Beginning"!)
The National
Neko Case (for those of us desperate for more female vocal tracks)
PJ Harvey (Ditto)

I'd also love to see an Indie Boston song pack with Ad Frank, Baby Ray, Quick Fix (Something ridiculous off Animal Love!), and "Mother is a Carpegian" by Reverend Glasseye.

[baital]

Although it's an instrumental, I'd love to see Shadowy Men from a Shadowy Planet's theme to "Kid's in the Hall". It'd be awesome to play.

Yes. Please. Ditto. I adore SMOASP.

[charlie-b]

Definitely Sonic Youth something off Goo or Dirty would be great.
Pretty Girls Make Graves: This Is Our Emergency would be a great song.
Be Your Own Pet
The New York Dolls
Devo
Blondie
Iggy Pop: Lust For Life or any Stooges
Motorhead
TV On The Radio
I also agree with Mars Volta, Joy Division, I'm A Robot
The list can go on and on........