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Harmonix On The Road At QVC

by John Drake / August 17

The Harmonix team took The Beatles: Rock Band to QVC's studios in West Chester, PA to do three LIVE shows demoing the game. We got very little sleep. Read full post »

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Featured Video Of The Week #3: Hot Chocolate Party

by John Drake / June 30

Hot Chocolate Party "More Than A Feeling" Read full post »

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Featured Video Of The Week #2: Heart Pumps Liquid Betrayal

by John Drake / June 23

"More Than a Feeling" as performed by Heart Pumps Liquid Betrayal Read full post »

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Featured Video Of The Week #1: Hope's P!nk Sweater

by John Drake / June 8

Check out the winning video from the E3 sweepstakes "Limelight (original)" as performed by Hope's P!nk Sweater from Denton, Texas. Read full post »

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Harmonix Pepsi Videos

by John Drake / May 21

Create a music video and enter for a chance to win a moon man! Read full post »

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Rock Band At SXSW- Day One (Showcase At VICE)

by John Drake / March 20

HMXVeng, HMXaleX, HMXHenry and HMXJohnD crash land into Austin, Texas for our Showcase, featuring Cut Off Your Hands, Glasvegas, Peter Bjorn and John and the Von Bondies...as well as a lot of Rock Band...with extra Sweet Pete Degrazio! Read full post »

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Community Team At 2009 Sundance

by John Drake / March 13

HMXSean, HMXHenry, HMXJohnD and Sweet Pete Degrazio from MTV take over Park City, Utah for our Rock Band Lounge at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival! Read full post »

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Rock Band Community Team At NAMM

by John Drake / January 23

HMXaleX and HMXJohnD continue on to sunny Anaheim, California, where they're met by HMXVeng (Eric) and fellow HMXers Cheryl, Pope, Pardo, Julie and Jason Kendall. Read full post »

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Rock Band Community Team At CES In Las Vegas

by John Drake / January 20

HMXaleX and HMXJohnD head out to Las Vegas for the annual Consumer Electronics Showcase. Read full post »

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HMX On The Road LA (EPIC UPDATE)

by John Drake / September 13, 2008

Hope you're all doing well and shacking with antici....pation for Rock Band 2 to drop officially in just an hour and a half. I'm astounded and excited that all of the hard work we've done and all the feedback you guys have provided is finally being churned out on a real gods-honest videogame. ROCK! Read full post »

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What Are You Guys Still Wondering About?

by John Drake / September 13, 2008

Hey everyone: Finished writing my epic blog update, and realized maybe you guys would want to ask a few followup questions with regards to Rock Band 2. So I figured I'd make a blog post here. Read full post »

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HMX On The Road Seattle

by John Drake / September 1, 2008

We've been wailing at PAX (penny arcade expo) pretty much round the clock since Thursday. Some pretty amazing stuff ("Sex Generals" Penny Arcade guys playing on stage, a band of storm troopers at our booth, a great panel featuring HMXers, this weeks DLC announcement and much more), but mostly just a LOT of Rock Band 2 playing. Like...A LOT. Read full post »

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HMX On The Road- Leipzig Update #2

by John Drake / August 24, 2008

Live from Leipzig, en route to Munich, here’s my second and final missive from Germany, as I’m moments from boarding a flight back to JFK. Upcoming week in NYC should be great, including an awesome DLC night at Angels and Kings on Wednesday Evening (which is just a few blocks away from where I stay with friends when I’m in town…I’m quite the imposer). Read full post »

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