Quote Originally Posted by hmxhenry View Post
Exclusivity came up because we've recently seen a lot of bands formerly considered exclusives (Ozzy, Soundgarden, Def Leppard) popping up as DLC. So exclusivity isn't a permanent thing, which doesn't necessarily address GNR, but hopefully gives a bit more context for DLC in general.

As for specifics, we're not able to comment on what issues may be present with certain bands, as I'm sure you can imagine that labels / management / bands wouldn't be too thrilled if they were to found out that we were airing their dirty laundry in public. But it is safe to say that bands involved in more public drama, be it break ups, line up changes, notorious falling outs, label jumping, legal battles, etc. are going to pose more licensing challenges than bands that are together, happy and committed to one label.
Right, I can imagine bands and labels would not like their dirty laundry out in the open for the world to see.

Keeping it as general as possible (not mentioning a specific band), is it possible to get access to bands that had their own game?

I would imagine that bands that had the "own game" treatment might either be under a longer exclusive contract or might just demand an extra premium ("<insert game company> gave us our own game, we need equal treatment or more money to license to you guys")