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Second Weezer Three-Pack Comes to Rock Band

Filed under: DLC News / Tags: weezer, artist-pack, alternative, 1990s, 2000s / 10 comments

Weezer and Rock Band are old friends by now: Weezer's hit "Buddy Holly" was one of the first songs we ever rolled out as DLC - We released it in February '08 and fans of smart and witty pop immediately rejoiced. They rejoiced some more when we did a three-pack of tunes from the band's then-new Red Album last summer.

That still leaves a batch of essential Weezer tracks that we hadn't gotten to yet, and we're glad to be plugging three of those holes this week. Leading the pack is "Undone - The Sweater Song," likely the first Weezer song you ever heard - at least it was the first hit single from the band's first album, which was produced by Cars mastermind Ric Ocasek. One landmark moment in the Weezer's career happened when they performed this song on the Conan O'Brien show in late '94: While they were playing one of Conan's other guests, Adam West - better known as Batman in the '60s TV series - grinned and waved at the band. "That was so surreal," frontman Rivers Cuomo remarked later. "I mean, Batman gave us the thumbs-up! I guess that there aren't many mysteries left now."

The same album's opening track, "My Name is Jonas," brings out Weezer's sometimes-overlooked heavy rock side. After all, they were known to cover Iron Maiden's "Run to the Hills" at some of their early shows.

Flashing ahead to last year, "Pork & Beans" was the first single from Weezer's Red Album and became an overnight sensation, thanks partly to a brilliant video that was circulated all over those wacky internets. The theme of the song - about being yourself and being happy with who you are - was well suited to such a vid. Loud and hyper-catchy in the best Weezer tradition, it makes a killer Rock Band track on its own.

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Narutotoastie4...

Please put this pack as DLC for the Wii. I love Weezer and it would be awesome for other fans that have Rock Band 2 for the Wii.

Friday, August 7, 2009

avalanchefan84...

Pinkerton is being reissued , better plug the massive gap you have there.

Friday, August 7, 2009

macinjosh...

How 'bout adding the 8 minute long "Only In Dreams"?

Thursday, August 6, 2009

sablanor...

its about time i see pork n beans here

Thursday, August 6, 2009

lilchilipepper...

YES

Saturday, August 1, 2009

Wooo25...

I finally get to play my favorite song Pork n' Beans.

Saturday, August 1, 2009

Thrasher9294...

Dope Nose would be awesome. But I'm glad that we finally got The Sweater Song. That song was always my personal favorite by them.

I can't wait to play that in a full band.

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Agentespio...

As awesome as the more recent songs that were listed in the comments below are, I believe the rest of the "holes" have to include more Pinkerton. "Tired of Sex" and "The Good Life" are PERFECTLY suited for Rock Band and extremely underrated to non-Weezer fans. Although, I would enjoy "Perfect Situation" and "Dope Nose" in the mix as well.

I love how we have 8 tracks from Weezer now! Hopefully we get at least one more track from them on RB3 or Lego Rock Band.

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Witticus...

Die-Guitar-Hero- is right, there are still tons of great Weezer songs left, along with his choices, we need Holiday, Keep Fishing and Dope Nose as songs for consideration in the Weezer 03 pack. But just so its known, this pack was fantastic I had no idea Undone had such a terrific guitar part despite being an easy song, and its great to be able to play My Name is Jonas with drums or sing. Keep rolling out the awesome DLC!

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Die-Guitar-Hero...

Well-written, Sir. An excellent addition to Rock Band. As far as I'm concerned we have three more holes left to plug: "Island in the Sun", "Perfect Situation", and "Hashpipe".

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

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