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What would you most like to see more of as game tracks or DLC
Heavy and extreme metal
22%
Punk and indie rock
11%
Classic rock hits
28%
Songs with female singers
2%
Older (late 60s & early 70s) music
5%
Brand new stuff
10%
All the above
23%
Total votes: 279

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July 22, 2008 MORE NINE INCH NAILS DLC! NEW SHINEDOWN DLC!

We were mighty pleased to learn a few months ago that Trent Reznor has Rock Band set up in his home studio, and that he plays the game (with Weezer songs, no less!) to help loosen up musicians who come to play on Nine Inch Nails records. For more details on that, check our interview with drummer Brian Viglione, who moonlighted from his gig with the Dresden Dolls to play last year on NiN’s instrumental opus, Ghosts I-IV.

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July 18, 2008 TheHellion’s Guide to Rock, Part 2: Finding Bandmates

Our author with VAGIANT’s drummer and resident troublemaker LoWreck.
Welcome, dear readers, to another installment of TheHellion’s Guide to Starting a Band. Forgive the lateness of this latest edition – I’ve been super busy with band stuff (read: sighing a lot, occasionally writing a chord name on a piece of paper, and watching season 2 of Golden Girls on repeat.) If you’ve read my first installment, then you’ve hopefully been able to decide which instrument you should play. If not, perhaps you should consider learning trombone and joining a ska band, or taking up (shudder) keyboard.



Assuming you’ve found your calling, let’s move forward with the next step in the process: how to find bandmates. At this juncture, I should explain a bit about what it will be like to have bandmates. Bandmates are not like friends – do not live under the delusion that by having a band, you will now have new best buddies with whom you can hang out casually and watch season 2 of Golden Girls. Your bandmates will be more like family members... family members that you will sometimes need to kick in the shins when they won’t stop futzing with their pedal boards while you’re trying to coordinate tour plans...

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