RB3 Twitter Hints (Tears for Fears, Marilyn Manson, B-52s, Def Leppard, Foreigner)

[HeyRiles]

There's gonna be hints on Twitter today regarding what bands are on Rock Band 3, so I'll post them here. Then, you can guess what band you think it is! This is meant to be for fun, so don't assume anything as confirmed. Post your guesses!

BAND 1
Hint 1 - This band hails from England.
Hint 2 - This band has sold more than 22 million albums worldwide.
Hint 3 - The band formed in the 80s.
Hint 4 - They have 3 platinum albums, 1 of which went multi-platinum.
Hint 5 - This band (almost) played in the 1985 LiveAid concert and broke up in the early 90s but then got back together a decade later.
CONFIRMED - TEARS FOR FEARS - Everybody Wants to Rule the World

BAND 2
Hint 1 - This band and its frontman share the same name (stage name at least).
Hint 2 - This band has sold over 11 million albums in the US, 68 million albums worldwide, three of which are multi-platinum.
Hint 3 - This band often dresses in costumes on stage & has been the subject of some past controversy.
Hint 4 - This Florida industrial metal band is on VH1's list of the Top 100 Hard Rock Artists.
CONFIRMED - MARILYN MANSON - The Beautiful People

BAND 3
Hint 1 - This band is one of many that got its start in Athens, GA, and their first album sold more than 500,000 copies.
Hint 2 - John Lennon once said how important this band was to his late career
CONFIRMED - B-52s - Rock Lobster

BAND 4
Hint 1 - This band formed in the 70s in England.
Hint 2 - This band has sold more than 65 million albums worldwide, have 2 RIAA-certified diamond albums, and 19 of their singles broke the US Top 100 charts.
Hint 3 - They worked with legendary (and funny-named) producer Mutt Lange.
CONFIRMED - DEF LEPPARD - Foolin'

BAND 5
Hint 1 - This next one has an album coming out later this year. Their first album was released in the mid 90s.
Hint 2 - The band was formed in Ohio by one of the original touring members of Nine Inch Nails.
Hint 3 - The band's debut album, which contains one of their biggest hits, went Gold and was recorded in a small house outside Cleveland.
CONFIRMED - FILTER - Hey Man, Nice Shot

BAND 6
Hint 1 - These guys were founded in the 70s, by an English guitarist who previously recorded with Frampton and George Harrison.
Hint 2 - Their debut album, released in the 1970s, sold more than 4 million copies in the US alone, but their only No. 1 hit didn't come until 1985.
Hint 3 - They formed in NYC and their name was inspired by the fact that half of the original members were English and the other half were American.
Hint 4 - Their 1978 album Double Vision went a whopping 7x platinum.
CONFIRMED - FOREIGNER - Cold as Ice

[Renrock]

There's gonna be hints on Twitter today regarding what bands are on Rock Band 3, so I'll post them here. Then, you can guess what band you think it is! This is meant to be for fun, so don't assume anything as confirmed. Post your guesses!

Hint 1 - This band hails from England.

Oasis!

[ZosoBaron]

Hint 1 - This band hails from England.

In all likelihood, The Who.

Also, I pity Mr. Myers for having that name.

[folkeye]

Ummm... that so narrows it down. Hopefully somebody 'big'.

[bjyaritz]

Led Zeppelin!!!

[aggiesrul8]

Grand Funk Railroad???

[whofan]

There's gonna be hints on Twitter today regarding what bands are on Rock Band 3, so I'll post them here. Then, you can guess what band you think it is! This is meant to be for fun, so don't assume anything as confirmed. Post your guesses!

Hint 1 - This band hails from England.

Jeez, thanks for the really specific hint.... That lowers it down to... oh, I don't know, about a gazillion bands!

I'm going with The Beatles, just because I feel like being stupid right now.

[Copper Blue]

Def Leppard

[ZosoBaron]

Grand Funk Railroad???

You've gotta be kidding me.

It's obviously Daft Punk.

Def Leppard

Very funny.

[mobhit101]

Led Zeppelin! Pink Floyd?