Rock Band - Impressions...

Kissrox · Post by **Kissrox** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 1:11 pm

I've been putting off getting GH III becauue I already have two guitars, but they have a KISS plate for the GH III guitar. That is a must have for me...lol.

webdanzer · Post by **webdanzer** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 11:38 am

Jimmy Buffett this week, with Margaritaville, Cheeseburger in Paradise, and Volcano. New masters done for the game, as supposedly Buffett is a big fan.

Not sure how great these will be instrumentally or anything, but GREAT for recognition and sing-along purposes. I think overall, Rock Band still needs a few more releases like that. I mean, by myself I enjoy drumming to songs in foreign languages and all (Euro pack), but when I play with friends/family they want to sing/play songs they know.

GameSeven · Post by **GameSeven** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 7:00 pm

webdanzer wrote:Jimmy Buffett this week, with Margaritaville, Cheeseburger in Paradise, and Volcano. New masters done for the game, as supposedly Buffett is a big fan.

Not sure how great these will be instrumentally or anything, but GREAT for recognition and sing-along purposes. I think overall, Rock Band still needs a few more releases like that. I mean, by myself I enjoy drumming to songs in foreign languages and all (Euro pack), but when I play with friends/family they want to sing/play songs they know.

Yes, while I'm not the biggest Buffett fan, I think you'd be hard-pressed to come up with a more iconic three than those. Nice to see them drop them all at once. I'll probably pick these up as my first RB DLC in a while for the reason you mentioned.

Gurantsu · Post by **Gurantsu** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 12:13 am

I'm a definite Parrothead, so the Buffett pack is a must buy. Time to put on the Hawaiian shirt and get all boozed up on some drink with a little umbrella in it!

webdanzer · Post by **webdanzer** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 2:02 pm

Apparently the 'Volcano' lyrics were tweaked a bit:

Don't want to land no San Diego.
Don't want to land in no Buzzards Bay.
I wanna be a couch potato
and play Rock Band everyday

Naples39 · Post by **Naples39** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 2:25 pm

webdanzer wrote:Apparently the 'Volcano' lyrics were tweaked a bit:

Don't want to land no San Diego.
Don't want to land in no Buzzards Bay.
I wanna be a couch potato
and play Rock Band everyday

Indeed they were changed (at about 3:00 of video). Song looks fun enough to play and sure to be a popular choice for singing--looking like this pack is a buy for me.

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Also, cheeseburgers in paradise is noticeably spruced up with electric guitar and extra flourishes.
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JackB1 · Post by **JackB1** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 5:55 pm

webdanzer wrote:Jimmy Buffett this week, with Margaritaville, Cheeseburger in Paradise, and Volcano.

yawn.

webdanzer · Post by **webdanzer** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 9:40 pm

JackB1 wrote: yawn.

Thanks for taking the time out of your busy schedule to post that incredibly in-depth response! You've given us much to ponder! In return for your kindness in deigning to comment, at the very next daybreak I promise to lobby my local congressperson to enact legislation to prevent animals who may have at one time or another been the object of wagering from being sold once or many times to person or persons in or out of the country say in Mexico or Canada where they are then sold for food, which, of course, is far greater a crime than if they, say, worked on a farm before their doom, but ultimately all citizens of this united states when they have matured enough to reach the same conclusion as you, Jack, need to put an end to crazy Canadians with boltguns ruthlessly slaughtering veterans of triple stakes races. Our very way of life depends upon it!

webdanzer · Post by **webdanzer** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 9:43 pm

There apparently is a code out there that gives you two of the three Disturbed tracks for free:

Courtesy of Avis from the Xbox 360 Rock Band forum at GameFAQs:

" Go to http://disturbed1.com/xbox
Enter 1lfa89 and click submit.
Enter the code you receive on Live for the songs."

I'm actually pretty impressed with how they spruced up the Buffett songs for rock band. Mostly pretty simple, still, but fun to play with varied patterns, at least on drums.

btmmayor · Post by **btmmayor** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 10:30 pm

webdanzer wrote:There apparently is a code out there that gives you two of the three Disturbed tracks for free:

Courtesy of Avis from the Xbox 360 Rock Band forum at GameFAQs:

" Go to http://disturbed1.com/xbox
Enter 1lfa89 and click submit.
Enter the code you receive on Live for the songs."

I guess I got in too late as I wasn't able to get it to work. Thanks for the heads up though Web.

Post by **ScoopBrady** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 10:31 pm

webdanzer wrote:There apparently is a code out there that gives you two of the three Disturbed tracks for free:

Courtesy of Avis from the Xbox 360 Rock Band forum at GameFAQs:

" Go to http://disturbed1.com/xbox
Enter 1lfa89 and click submit.
Enter the code you receive on Live for the songs."

I'm actually pretty impressed with how they spruced up the Buffett songs for rock band. Mostly pretty simple, still, but fun to play with varied patterns, at least on drums.

Now you post this. I already bought the Disturbed pack. It was only $3 though so it's not the end of the world. Besides, the album was free.

Buffet's just not my cup of tea. Though I admit that Volcano looks fun to play on guitar.

webdanzer · Post by **webdanzer** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 10:50 pm

btmmayor wrote: I guess I got in too late as I wasn't able to get it to work. Thanks for the heads up though Web.

Ah, drat. Sorry, I should have posted it sooner.

The songs are absolutely killer on expert drums with all the double pedal hits.

webdanzer · Post by **webdanzer** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 10:53 pm

ScoopBrady wrote:It was only $3 though so it's not the end of the world.

Oh, that reminds me: all of the McDonalds sponsored DLC that were a dollar on and off over the past few weeks are now a dollar again. I don't know how long it will last, but I grabbed Shockwave for 80 points today.

webdanzer · Post by **webdanzer** » Fri Jun 06, 2008 12:37 am

Hate to triple post, but EA support for rockband is now enforcing the 60 day limit on warranty replacement.

With such crappy equipment, they really need to keep it open longer than that. Do a RROD deal or something...

Nozzleman_216 · Post by **Nozzleman_216** » Sat Jun 07, 2008 11:38 pm

webdanzer wrote:Hate to triple post, but EA support for rockband is now enforcing the 60 day limit on warranty replacement. With such crappy equipment, they really need to keep it open longer than that. Do a RROD deal or something...

Gives me that much more incentive to buy Guitar Hero 4 and all of its equipment (DRUMS)

I have had great luck with ALL of my guitars from GH.

JackB1 · Post by **JackB1** » Sat Jun 07, 2008 11:41 pm

just grabbed the Cars album on Marketplace. Good stuff!

Diablo25 · Post by **Diablo25** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 1:07 am

JackB1 wrote:just grabbed the Cars album on Marketplace. Good stuff!

I agree. I got the first day out and I am enjoying it big time. While playing "Moving In Stereo" I couldn't help thinking about Phoebe Cates in Fast Times At Ridgemont High

10spro · Post by **10spro** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 1:50 am

Big 'Cars' fan, bought the album too. Love "My Best Friends' Girl".

JackB1 · Post by **JackB1** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 3:17 pm

Diablo25 wrote: While playing "Moving In Stereo" I couldn't help thinking about Phoebe Cates in Fast Times At Ridgemont High

how true! good times

vader29 · Post by **vader29** » Thu Jul 03, 2008 6:50 pm

Songs announced for Tuesday July 8th, all masters:

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Snow (Hey Oh)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Tell Me Baby
Rush - Closer to the Heart
Rush - Working Man (alternate-take master)

All tracks are $1.99 (160 Microsoft Points)

All buys for me, glad I held out and didn't purchase the Working Man cover that was released earlier.

webdanzer · Post by **webdanzer** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 9:53 am

vader29 wrote:Songs announced for Tuesday July 8th, all masters:

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Snow (Hey Oh)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Tell Me Baby
Rush - Closer to the Heart
Rush - Working Man (alternate-take master)

All tracks are $1.99 (160 Microsoft Points)

All buys for me, glad I held out and didn't purchase the Working Man cover that was released earlier.

Very good week!!! I did buy the Working Man cover, and I'm going to buy the master too! Funny that I'd purchase two copies of a song before any of a couple of dozen songs that I don't have!

I thought the Weezer pack was goofy fun too, but I hadn't bought much else recently.

The Who next week though!!!

webdanzer · Post by **webdanzer** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 10:01 am

So, where is everyone at in their Rock Band careers? Have you finished? Are you stuck?

Right now, I'm pretty much mainly just a drummer, except when I'm playing with others and we all switch around. I'm through expert career mode up to that damn Fall Out Boy song. I've finished all of the others on that tier, but I've failed DOA so many times now that I've pretty much stopped trying to beat it, maybe giving it a halfhearted try once a week or so, but mostly focusing on DLC and improving my scores elsewhere.

Man, I hate that song.

LOVE the game still, though!

JackB1 · Post by **JackB1** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 10:08 am

webdanzer wrote:So, where is everyone at in their Rock Band careers? Have you finished? Are you stuck?

Right now, I'm pretty much mainly just a drummer, except when I'm playing with others and we all switch around. I'm through expert career mode up to that damn Fall Out Boy song. I've finished all of the others on that tier, but I've failed DOA so many times now that I've pretty much stopped trying to beat it, maybe giving it a halfhearted try once a week or so, but mostly focusing on DLC and improving my scores elsewhere.

Man, I hate that song.

LOVE the game still, though!

I have played as a drummer 95% of the time and am thinking of putting the rest of the equipment on Ebay.

I love the game, but haven't played much lately due to other games grabbing my time, but I really want to get back into it. I have the Cars album to try and also all these great recent DLC's.

webdanzer · Post by **webdanzer** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 10:30 am

I don't know if this makes me one of those swept up in the casual game craze, but 15 minutes of Rock Band can sweep away the stress of a day and put a bigger smile on my face more quickly than any other game I've played ever, and so far it has amazing staying power too.

Wii games are good for that 15 minute smile too, but for me, they don't have nearly the same longevity.

Brando70 · Post by **Brando70** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 11:10 am

I haven't played in about two months, mostly because of The Show, playing GH III, and having a kid. But it's also because I got stuck on the Hard difficulty. I cannot get past "Enter Sandman" on guitar -- having to stretch to hit the blue and orange buttons on the main riff is really hard for me. And I am woefully stuck on "Vasoline" on the Hard drum tour. I have played it over and over again and failed, and in practice mode I lose it when I get to 90% speed. I just can't get my foot to play the bass pedal on the right beats.

I did finish the Medium drum tour and got at least four stars on everything except for a couple of the crazy songs like "Won't Get Fooled Again."

I am going to pick up the two new Rush tracks and will also definitely be getting a lot if not all of those Who songs.