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Valentine's Day Edition: Jason Kendall’s True Rock’n’Romance Confessions

You’re the frontman of a happening rock band, the opposite sex goes wild when you play, all the temptations are there for the taking….but all you really want is your old girlfriend back. Read full post »

Filed under: 52 Weeks to Rock / Tags: hmxmusoman, be-a-rockstar / 2 comments

White Zombie And Turbonegro DLC

by Brett Milano / February 17

Two classic tracks from White Zombie and one wild track from Turbonegro hit DLC this week. Read full post »

Filed under: DLC News / Tags: white-zombie, turbonegro, metal, punk, 1990s, 2000s / 37 comments

Beer For Your Horses (And Metal For Yo' Mama): Toby Keith, Black Tide, Bullet For My Valentine And The Shins

by Brett Milano / April 7

This week we at Rock Band have just one important question to ask: “Who’s Your Daddy?" Or to put it more specifically: What other game would give you a six-pack of Toby Keith hits, and release dark metal and alternative pop gems on the same day? Read full post »

Filed under: DLC News / Tags: toby-keith, bullet-for-my-valentine, black-tide, the-shins, country, indie-rock, metal, 1990s, 2000s, artist-pack / 51 comments

Before The Flood: Bassist Tommy Shannon Remembers Stevie Ray Vaughan

by Brett Milano / March 17

You walk into a small club one night, and see a gawky teenager playing some of the hottest blues guitar you’ve ever heard. You decide on the spot that you need to get yourself into that kid’s band…You do, and you start making musical history. Read full post »

Filed under: Interviews / Tags: tommy-shannon, stevie-ray-vaughan, audio-interview, blues / 5 comments

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 »

Filed under: Rock Band on the Road / Tags: hmxjohnd, hmxhenry, hmxsean, sundance, video / 24 comments

Dee Art Process

by Fish McGill / March 11

Mr. John Dee has developed an unlikely, inspired approach to creating art for Rock Band. Read full post »

Filed under: Sketchbook / Tags: john-dee, rock-band-art / 2 comments

Getting Signed: How To Get Your Demo Past The Intern

by Christine Jandreau / March 2

In my year as a record label intern, I listened to hundreds of demo CDs of bands from all over the world. Six years later, I can only remember a handful of them. Read full post »

Filed under: 52 Weeks to Rock / Tags: hmxcj, promoting-your-band, recording-your-band / 8 comments

HMX Desks - Attack Of The Tiny Zombies

by Christine Jandreau / April 1

Harmonix is full of awesome people with eclectic personalities. Sometimes those personalities literally spill out onto their workspace. Read full post »

Filed under: Behind the Scenes / 6 comments

Inside South By Southwest

by Brett Milano / March 24

You go to the South by Southwest conference in Austin, TX for a number of reasons—to see bands; do business, see more bands, make contacts, see more bands, and eat more barbeque than you can handle. Read full post »

Filed under: 52 Weeks to Rock / Tags: hmxmusoman, playing-live / 1 comment

Journey, Pat Benatar And SpongeBob DLC

by Brett Milano / March 31

Something old, something new and….something SpongeBob? Sure enough, it’s one of our amazingly diverse DLC packs this week—half classic rock, half brand-new rock, with a surprise third half thrown in. Read full post »

Filed under: DLC News / Tags: journey, pat-benatar, glasvegas, von-bondies, spongebob-squarepants, alternative, classic-rock, other, 1970s, 1980s, 2000s / 81 comments

Mixing On Mardi Gras With Mutemath

by Brett Milano / March 6

They’re a New Orleans band, and they’re in the studio on Mardi Gras: That should tell you all you need to know about Mutemath’s work ethic. Read full post »

Filed under: Interviews / Tags: mute-math, audio-interview, paul-meany, alternative / 6 comments

Nancy Is A Punk Rocker: The Hellion’s Tour Diaries, Part 1

by The Hellion / March 30

I recently came back from my first tour with my band VAGIANT and the very badass boys of Razors in the Night. Read full post »

Filed under: 52 Weeks to Rock / Tags: hmxhellion, playing-live / 17 comments

REM, Offspring, And Richard Thompson DLC

by Brett Milano / March 10

We got punk, we got cult-hero folk-rock, and we got one of the biggest alternative hits ever. Just another incredibly diverse DLC week here at Rock Band. Read full post »

Filed under: DLC News / Tags: the-offspring, richard-thompson, rem, punk, rock, alternative, 1990s / 28 comments

Rock Band Gives Up The Funk (And Then Some)

by Brett Milano / March 17

You thought we already had every kind of music you loved in Rock Band? Not quite: We’re the first to admit we’ve been a little funk-impaired in the past, and we’ve remedied that with a killer three-pack this week. Read full post »

Filed under: DLC News / Tags: papa-roach, against-me, new-pornographers, earth-wind-and-fire, average-white-band, james-brown, indie-rock, funk, alternative, punk, 1970s, 1990s, 2000s, pack / 50 comments

Rock Band Microphones Designed By Reiko Murakami

by Christine Jandreau / March 25

As any Rock Band singer knows, picking your microphone is crucial. It helps define your character. Read full post »

Filed under: Sketchbook / Tags: reiko-murakami, rock-band-art, instruments / 10 comments

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 »

Filed under: Rock Band on the Road / Tags: hmxjohnd, hmxalex, hmxveng, hmxhenry, glasvegas, von-bondies, video, sxsw / 1 comment

Tales From The Management Zone

by Brett Milano / March 9

So you think you know what it takes to manage a band? Then think of what you’d do in each of these situations. . . Read full post »

Filed under: 52 Weeks to Rock / Tags: hmxmusoman, promoting-your-band / 3 comments

Tales Of Extreme Fandom #1 - Meet Contest Winners Plastallica

by Brett Milano / April 3

Not everyone can win a car by playing Rock Band...these guys did. Read full post »

Filed under: Tales of Extreme Fandom / Tags: plastallica, sonic-youth, red-hot-chili-peppers, silversun-pickups, contest, soundgarden / 7 comments

Ten Out Of Ten: Revisiting Pearl Jam's Classic Debut

by Brett Milano / March 24

When an album has moved as many people as Pearl Jam’s Ten, it’s near-impossible to tell the whole story. Read full post »

Filed under: DLC News / Tags: pearl-jam, full-album-pack, 1990s, grunge / 89 comments

Texas Flood Hits Rock Band

by Brett Milano / March 3

Stevie Ray Vaughan’s classic debut is full-album DLC. Read full post »

Filed under: DLC News / Tags: stevie-ray-vaughan, 1980s, blues, full-album-pack, no-doubt, 2000s, pop-rock / 34 comments

That's The Way That He Goes: A Talk With Richard Thompson

by Brett Milano / March 10

You mean you’ve never heard of Richard Thompson? Then prepare to meet one of rock’s ultimate cult heroes, and a man who regularly tops polls as one of the greatest guitarists alive. Read full post »

Filed under: Interviews / Tags: richard-thompson, audio-interview, rock / 8 comments

The Commute From Hell

by Brett Milano / March 16

You’re a hot Boston band with a national buzz, you’ve been on the road and the big hometown gig is coming up. Everything’s going your way—except that your van just broke down. Read full post »

Filed under: 52 Weeks to Rock / Tags: hmxmusoman, playing-live / 5 comments

52 Weeks Summer School

by Fish McGill / July 20

52 Weeks is off this week for summer vacation chillaxing on the beach, sipping on mojitos out of a big jug while being fanned by a team of cheer leaders and record executives. Read full post »

Filed under: 52 Weeks to Rock / 2 comments

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