Official Discussion: DLC Week of 11/20: 6 Singles Spanning 6 Decades!

[Der_Lex]

Hey gang!

Harmonix is excited to celebrate the five year anniversary of the Rock Band franchise with the release of six singles from legendary artists, spanning six decades of music history!

A live version of The Band’s “The Weight,” originally released as a single in 1968, will be available starting on November 20th. The track is joined by The Allman Brothers Band’s instrumental, “Jessica,” which comes off the group’s 1973 album, Brothers and Sisters. New Wave post-punk band Modern English make their Rock Band debut with “I Melt With You,” from 1982’s After the Snow. From 1994’s The Downward Spiral, Nine Inch Nail’s popular “Closer” will also be available. Finally, Crossfade’s “Cold,” from the band’s 2004 self-titled record, and Dragonforce’s “Cry Thunder” from this year’s The Power Within, round out this exciting and eclectic collection of singles!

Available on Xbox 360, Wii and PlayStation®3 system (November 20th, 2012):

* The Band – “The Weight (live)” O X

* The Allman Brothers Band – “Jessica” O X

* Modern English – “I Melt With You” O

* Nine Inch Nails – “Closer” O

* Crossfade – “Cold”

* Dragonforce – “Cry Thunder” O

(These tracks will be available in Europe on PlayStation®3 system November 21st)

Price:

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

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

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.

** 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.

Happy 5th anniversary, everyone! Hope you remembered to bring flowers, or Drake'll pout all week!

[hmxhenry]

“St. Elmo’s Fire (Man in Motion)” took #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in September of 1985. This classic rock hit burns onto the Rock Band Network this week, accompanied by its contemporary twin “Tim Tebow’s Fire”. Buy them on Xbox 360 today!

Xbox 360 RBN Releases for Thursday, 11/15/2012:

Alternative

Icon & the Black Roses – “Black Rose” (80 MSP)

Classic Rock

John Parr – “St. Elmo’s Fire (Man in Motion)” (160 MSP)

Metal

The Dillinger Escape Plan – “Gold Teeth on a Bum” (160 MSP
The Dillinger Escape Plan – “Gold Teeth on a Bum (2x Bass Pedal)” (160 MSP)
The Minotaur Project – “Rampage of Kronos (2x Bass Pedal)” (80 MSP)

Rock

John Parr – “Tim Tebow’s Fire” (160 MSP)
Taproot – “No Surrender” (160 MSP)


PS3 RBN Releases for Tuesday, 11/20/2012 (North America) and 11/21/2012 (Europe):

Vangough – “Drained” ($0.99), Prog
X-Y – “Superficial” ($1.99), Rock
Chaotrope – “Entropy/Extropy” ($0.99), Metal
Mystakin – “The Consequences” ($0.99), Prog
Toby Turner – “I Can Swing My Sword (ft. Terabrite)” ($0.99), Novelty

And RBN stuff!

And an update!

Here's the latest from the DLC Production team:

* The live version of "The Weight" is credited in our files as coming from the 1972 album Rock of Ages

* Our version of "Jessica" clocks in at 7:08, putting this in album version territory lengthwise

* "Closer" is pretty much identical to the radio edit. It's the album length version with a slightly longer intro, but with the obvious fudge bombs blanked out.

I'll post an update if any additional info comes in.

[bandaddy]

not muse = no tattoo on ass, whew!

YAY for Jessica. Great variety pack.

Plus St. Elmo's Fire and Tim Tebow's fire, lol, on the RBN.

[TheStuddz]

Okay, well this is interesting.

We finally get "The Weight"! Yessssssss! Very happy about it.

"Jessica" by the Allman Brothers? Cool! I like that song!

OMG, "I Melt With You"! I was just thinking, like this past week, that I'd love to have that in RB! And here it is!

The other three, I could live without.

[FairwoodStudios]

Wow, first post nailed the concept at least.

[firedoom666]

Jessica is awesome getting that

have to listen to the rest to see if I want them

[CanuckGamer]

Good choices. Although I'm not familiar with Crossfade.

[MrPerson]

"The Allman Brothers Band – “Jessica” O X"
Yes. YES. YEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!

[jibjqrkl]

ehhhhh

yeah

prob gonna pass

[Lowlander2]

THE WEIGHT

JESSICA

BOTH PRO

CLOSER

THREE SINGLES I'VE NEVER HEARD BEFORE

Greatness.