Overlooked?

[Tuljmyrskyt]

Where's The Cure? Or Bauhaus? Or Siouxsie & the Banshees? Pretty sure I'd praise the gods if Echo & the Bunnymen or Joy Division were included.

The closest thing I've seen to this genre was Flock of Seagull's "I Ran" in Guitar Hero 80's and... well... no, that wasn't very close at all. :(

Has this genre been overlooked?


Let me hear what you guys think. Has there been a specific genre that you feel has been overlooked by the Rock Band / Guitar Hero franchises?


(P.S. Oh, and Suffragette City is awful. Bowie has such better songs, I have no idea why they'd pick this.)



- Heikki

[DoctorSpaghetti]

REAL punk. None of this Greenday, Rancid, faux, corporate rock. Bands like Dead Kennedys (though I hear that they did Police Truck or something on rock the 80's), Minor Threat, Black Flag, etc. While not particularly a fan of it anymore, I do still think it would be fun to play.

Dead Kennedys - MTV Get Off the Air would be priceless, but somehow I doubt that will happen. MTV is a serious business zone, amirite?

[Tuljmyrskyt]

It was nice to see Dead Kennedys' "Holiday in Cambodia" and the Sex Pistols' "Anarchy in the UK" on GH3, even if both of those songs were astonishingly-boring to play.

Seeing as how Rock Band is being published by MTV Games, I don't think DK's "MTV Get off the Air" would even make it past the drawing board, haha. Would've been fun to play, though ;)

[xenopherus]

(P.S. Oh, and Suffragette City is awful. Bowie has such better songs, I have no idea why they'd pick this.)


I absolutely agree (thought I was the only one who thought this)! What a cool person you are!

I'd love to see all those bands mentioned. Plus these ones as well (for DLC):

Ultravox
Thomas Dolby
Sisters Of Mercy
Depeche Mode
Bryan Ferry/Roxy Music
The Church
Talk Talk
Erasure
Billy Idol
Suzanne Vega (that's right!!)
Robert Hazard
Icehouse
Dead Milkmen
The Anti-Nowhere League
Skinny Puppy
The Psychedelic Furs
and GWAR!!!

... Oh, yeah! Duh, and The Smiths of course!

[WingsOfSteel]

Real prog, not this pop prog like Carry On Wayward Son, or Rush's radio hits (awesome though they are)

I want my 10-minute+ epics. :(

[Desensitized]

REAL punk. None of this Greenday, Rancid, faux, corporate rock.
Sigh. Just cause you don't like it, doesn't mean it's fake.

Green Day started as an independent band that got signed to a major like everybody's precious Nirvana. They didn't make their sound more pop at all, either. In fact, they got darker. Green Day is a pop-punk band like The Ramones. I bet you didn't know The Ramones were trying to get top ten hits, huh? In fact their fifth album was on the charts! GASP. In fact, so was Television, Iggy Pop and The Buzzcocks.

Rancid is exactly the same, if you didn't know that Matt Freeman was broke when Operation Ivy broke up and Tim Armstrong formed a band with him to keep going. It had nothing to do with 'corporations'.

Toto is a corporate rock band. Green Day and Rancid are not.

[Tuljmyrskyt]

...
Sisters Of Mercy
Depeche Mode
Bryan Ferry/Roxy Music
...
and GWAR!!!



Wow, I totally forgot about Sisters of Mercy! I'd love to see to see some of these alternative rock legends make their way onto Rock Band, or at least DLC.

Also, I'm shocked, SHOCKED, that Gwar hasn't been in Rock Band or the previous Guitar Hero games. Their theatric, over-the-top performances would be a perfect fit for the vibe that these games seem to be striving for.

[dodgyknees]

wow, kudos my friend.

In support of your thread. I've backed it up with my personal choice for each band together with video for the uninitiated. Although anything would be great. Fantastic bands. Completely forgot them on my choices.

The Cure - In Between Days
Siouxsie - Hong Kong Garden
Echo and the Bunnymen - The Killing Moon
Joy Division - Transmission

and seeing as you got me thinking along these lines...

Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime



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[GrayInvisible]

Glad to see someone who is interested in this kind of music. My interests run more on the New Wave line, but I can enjoy some Post Punk.

[dodgyknees]

heard echo and the bunnymen today and just had to bring this thread back to life

[darien87]

With all the great bands mentioned here, I can't believe no one mentioned IMO one of the greatest bands of the 80's..................

MISSING PERSONS!!!!!!!!!!

Mental Hopscotch would be awesome to play on the drums!!!