Official Discussion Thread: DLC Week of 2/28 - Huey Lewis & the News 3 Pack!

[Der_Lex]

Hey gang,

With nearly 20 top-ten singles under their belt, San Francisco-based rock & rollers Huey Lewis and the News’ remarkable career has spanned more than 30 years. The band made their Rock Band debut with “The Power of Love” on the Rock Band 3 disc, and now three more of the group’s hits are headed to the Music Store on February 28th.

“Do You Believe in Love,” from 1982’s Picture This, and the band’s first top ten hit, kicks off the three pack. “The Heart of Rock & Roll” and “I Want a New Drug” – both from their platinum-selling third record, 1983’s Sports – round out this collection of chart-topping hits. All songs will feature support for keyboards, with a Pro Guitar and Pro Bass upgrade available for “I Want a New Drug.”

Available on Xbox 360, Wii™ and PlayStation®3 system (February 28th, 2012):

* Huey Lewis and the News – “Do You Believe in Love” O
* Huey Lewis and the News – “The Heart of Rock & Roll” O
* Huey Lewis and the News – “I Want a New Drug” X O

(These tracks will be available in Europe on PlayStation®3 system February 29th)

Tracks marked with “O” feature support for keyboards; tracks marked with “X” will offer Pro Guitar and Pro Bass expansions for $0.99 per song.

Price:

$5.49, £2.49 UK, €3.99 EU (440 Microsoft Points, 550 Wii Points™) for “Huey Lewis and the News Pack 01”

$1.99 USD, £.99 UK, €1.49 EU (160 Microsoft Points, 200 Wii Points™) per song

$0.99 USD (100 Wii Points™/80 Microsoft Points), £0.59 UK, €0.79 EU per song for eligible Pro Guitar/Pro Bass upgrade

** Dates for Rock Band game tracks are tentative and subject to change. **

For all DLC song credits, including album and genre info as well as difficulty ratings, you can check out the Songs page.

And for awesome background information on this content, including recording details, album of origin, and release details you can head on over to the Rock Band 'Zine for brand new articles!

Here are the Rock Band Network songs that hit on Thursday, 2/23/2012:

Latin

Leche de Tigre - "Desconocido" (80 MSP)

Metal

Anarchy Club - "Built to Grind" (160 MSP)
Forbidden - "Omega Wave" (160 MSP)
Strikken - "Ashes" (80 MSP)
Strikken - "Ashes (2x Bass Pedal)" (80 MSP)

Pop/Dance/Electronic

EA - "Calling to Dance" (160 MSP)

Pop-Rock

Maríafer - "Por Nada" (80 MSP)

Punk

The Duel - "What Do You Do When the Money Runs Out" (160 MSP)
Spassm - "Ghost of Fallen Pluto (Instrumental)" (80 MSP)

Reggae/Ska

MC Lars feat. MC Bat Commander and Suburban Legends - "This Gigantic Robot Kills" (160 MSP)

Rock

Jerry Naylor - "Not Fade Away" (160 MSP)
Valor & Vengeance - "Over & Over" (160 MSP)


And here are the PS3 RBN Releases for Tuesday, 2/28/2012 (North America) and Wednesday, 2/29/2012 (Europe):

Otep - "Fists Fall" ($1.99) - Metal
Psychostick - "BEER!!" ($1.99) - Metal
dB soundworks - "Can 'o Salt (Remix)" ($0.99) - Pop/Dance/Electronic
Rishloo - "Diamond Eyes" ($0.99) - Prog
Drugstore Fanatics - "Bullet" ($0.99) - Alternative

Good news, everyone!

[dog037]

No Heart and Soul, but good picks. At least it's finally here.

[Cipher_Peon]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
They don't have Hip To Be Square ;_;

[jeronemitchell]

Pretty decent shot on "I Want A New Drug" and "The Heart Of Rock and Roll"... I'll need to listen to "Do You believe In Love".

I'm also planning on giving a listen to the Leche de Tigre and Reggae/Ska RBN tracks...

[dog037]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
They don't have Hip To Be Square ;_;

That's a good thing.

[MagicMurderBag7]

Yay! Heart of Rock and Roll!

[Mr7r3v]

Ugh Heart of Rock & Roll. Good job ruining the pack. Will not buy now.

[SeymourDuncan17]

No Hip To Be Square? No Back In Time?

I knew looking too forward to this pack was a mistake.

But still buying hard.

[generalbane]

Nice choices. Sad not to see Heart and Soul Stil will download whole thing though. Thx again HMX!

[Edwardoo]

Now I really lost hope for good DLC, damn, Megadeth was ok but, oh my, December was last month that was good for DLC, why didnt you released Back In Time! Power of Love from Back to the Future is already on RB3, so you should release Back In Time too! DAMN YOUUU, but still you are great harmonix