Official Discussion Thread: DLC Week of 3/12 - Three Days Grace 3 Pack

[hmxhenry]

Hey gang,

Award-winning Canadian alternative rock group Three Days Grace makes their debut in Rock Band on March 13th with a three-pack of their biggest hits!

“Three Days Grace Pack 01” kicks off with the band’s debut single, “I Hate Everything About You,” from their 2003 self-titled record. The pack is rounded out by “The Good Life,” the second single off the band’s Life Starts Now from 2009, and its smash hit “Pain” from 2006’s One-X.

A Pro Guitar/Bass upgrade will be available for “Pain” for those looking to dive deeper into the music using Rock Band 3’s innovative notated guitar and bass mode with the Fender™ Mustang™ PRO-Guitar™ by Mad Catz®, or the Rock Band 3 Squier® by Fender Stratocaster® Guitar Controller.

Available on Xbox 360, Wii™ and PlayStation®3 system (March 13th, 2012):

* Three Days Grace – “I Hate Everything About You”
* Three Days Grace – “The Good Life”
* Three Days Grace – “Pain” O X

(These tracks will be available in Europe on PlayStation®3 system March 14th)

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 “Three Days Grace 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. **

To discuss this DLC please visit the official discussion thread in the Rock Band forum.

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!

Xbox 360 RBN Releases for Thursday, 3/8/2012

Indie Rock

• Giraffes? Giraffes! – “I am S/H(im)e[r] as You am S/H(im)e[r] as You are Me and We am I and I are All Our Together” (80 MSP)
• Mind the Gap – “Twitter Twatter” (80 MSP)

Metal

• A Lie to Live By – “We Actually Do This Thing Where We Drop the First String” (80 MSP)
• Alestorm – “Back Through Time” (160 MSP)
• Anarchy Club – “Rise and Shine” (80 MSP)
• Brutal Assault – “No War” (160 MSP)
• Claire St. Link – “The Panic Range” (80 MSP)
• Devin Townsend – “Color Your World” (160 MSP)
• Devin Townsend – “Color Your World (2x Bass Pedal)” (160 MSP)
• Devin Townsend – “The Greys” (160 MSP)
• Engel – “Sense the Fire” (160 MSP)
• Forbidden – “Omega Wave (2x Bass Pedal)” (160 MSP)
• Gnostic – “Visceral” (160 MSP)
• Gnostic – “Visceral (2x Bass Pedal)” (160 MSP)
• Lucy Seven – “Liberation” (160 MSP)
• Strikken – “Forever in Lies” (80 MSP)
• The Faceless – “XenoChrist (2x Bass Pedal)” (160 MSP)

Pop-Rock

• Dance for the Dying – “Kitty Fight Song” (80 MSP)

Punk

• Left Spine Down – “Welcome to the Future” (80 MSP)

R&B/Soul/Funk

• Rachel Lynn Sebastian and DJ Jounce – “I Gotchu Babe” (160 MSP)

Rock

• Roman Klun – “Stairs on the Hill” (160 MSP)
• Rosemary’s Garden – “The Jack” (160 MSP)

PS3 RBN Releases for Tuesday, 3/13/2012 (North America) and Wednesday, 3/14/2012 (Europe)

• Pythia – “Heartless” ($1.99) – Metal
• Quartered – “Eternity Below” ($0.99) – Rock
• Jaron and the Long Road to Love – “Pray For You” ($1.99) – Country
• Big Kenny – “Happy People” ($0.99) – Country
• Kylie D. Hart – “Leave Me Be” ($0.99) – Country

Discuss!

[Chertenstein]

Nothing for me, thanks for still putting out DLC though.

[Pointblank41]

Glad to see Pain got the upgrade instead of I Hate Everything About You... don't need another Rocksmith/Rock Band Pro repeat.

Getting the pack and the upgrade!

[Cipher_Peon]

Gasp! I am in shock

EDIT: My first impressions!

Well, this is my first leaked first impressions, so this is gonna be weird!
Oh well, it's cool.

ANYWAY HERE GOES....

Three Days Grace Pack 01 First Impressions

We start the pack with... A song I already know! What a twist of fate!
A Good Life starts with a pretty cool guitar riff and some pretty nice vocals. I dig the lyrics and the harmonies work really well to add to the song.
Which is nice, because I like hamonies and this song nails it. There's not much I can say because I've listened to this song extensively, so I can't really give a first impression on it.
It's good, has nice guitar and harmonies. Which makes it a buy.

Next up is the very meanily named I Hate Everything About You. Uncool, man. Love is where it's at.
The tone of the song starts off very different as compared to A Good Life. The vocals are a bit more raspy and the instruments are softer to give the vocals and lyrics stand out more.
It's pretty fun so far and I like the way the guitar is soft and still sets the mood really well. And the chorus... wow. The pauses between the chorus are really cool and sound pretty dang awesome.
The guitar, even though still pretty simple, seems very enjoyable and cool. I do wish there were more blantant "strong" parts to give the song more contrast and make both the soft and strong stand out even more.
Juxtaposition, ya know
The lyrics aren't earth shattering, but the vocals seem like a lot of fun like the guitar. Again. Hopefully this is a pattern that Pain is going to follow too :3

Lastly it's... PAIN!
Wait wait... I THINK I KNOW THIS SONG! Or at least, the intro sounds VERY VERY familiar. Yes, I know this siong. Wow. AND THE VOCALS ARE AWESOME! Damn, his voice just works so well in this song.
The harmonies so far aren't that great, as they don't really complemate each other well. But the drums sound really fun and the vocals are just too damn fun. The guitar, unlike the last two songs, isn't really noticable, but it's not bad.
Oh snap. I don't know what they're doing, but that vocal sound effect worked AMAZING! AND THE INSTRUMENT BREAK WORKED FANTASTIC AS A FOLLOW UP! WOW! It felt like such a double wammy, and worked incredibly well. Definitely seals the deal into me buying the pack.

I didn't have much to say this week BUT...
Overall this week was really good! Wow! A lot better than I expected it to be
So I guess the Rock Band DLC continues being awesome lately. Seriously, guys. It's been in constant beast mode since December.

This week in terms of songs:
Pain
I Hate Everything About You
The Good Life

...
WOW! HOW COULD THAT HAPPEN?!? The song I knew and enjoyed beforehand was outstaged by THE REST OF THE PACK! Wow, that's some... real... damn... Nice work Harmonix<3

[BuLLet_87]

3DG <3

But I miss the songs: "Animal I have become" and "Riot"

[RM-225]

Congratulations to Three Days Grace for making it to Rock Band.

[FDA ALKA]

great i like this band

[generalbane]

Pass, again. Good for them though!

[Kemiroch]

Nothing for me, thanks for still putting out DLC though.

You took the words right out of my keyboard.

[Tomserv0]

Glad to see Pain got the upgrade instead of I Hate Everything About You... don't need another Rocksmith/Rock Band Pro repeat.

Getting the pack and the upgrade!

+1