Here Today... Gone To Hell!

Hey everybody,

It is my pleasure to announce an album next week for all three consoles - Guns N' Roses Chinese Democracy.

Next week?s Rock Band Music Store lineup will feature 13 songs from Chinese Democracy. With ?Shackler?s Revenge? from Chinese Democracy already featured on the Rock Band 2 soundtrack, the DLC album includes the following tracks:

Tracks:
Chinese Democracy
Better
Street of Dreams
If the World
There Was a Time
Catcher in the Rye
Scraped
Riad N' the Bedouins
Sorry
I.R.S.
Madagascar
This I Love
Prostitute

(All tracks are original master recordings)

The tracks will be available for purchase as an album or individual tracks for Xbox 360 and PLAYSTATION 3 system. The tracks will be available for purchase as individual tracks only for Wii.

Release Date:
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
(Xbox LIVE Marketplace for Xbox 360 and in-game Rock Band 2 Music Store for Wii)

Thursday, April 16, 2009
(PlayStation?Store)

Price:
$1.99 or 160 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360 per track
$2.00 or 200 Wii Points for Wii per track
$19.99 (1600 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360) for album

Locations:
Xbox LIVE Marketplace for the Xbox 360
PlayStation?Network
In-game Rock Band 2 Music Store for Wii

http://www.rockband.com/forums/showthread.php?p=2242734#post2242734

Awesome.

Thanks for finding that. :)





/jarmo

No problem!

I'll have to get Rock Band 2 now.

So do I, the "There Was A Time" solo; self-explanatory.

Now...what if you have Rock Band 1 (for Wii)...can you still purchase and use these tracks (even thought they are meant for RB2)?

very cool, since i can't afford it i'm just looking forward hearing the bass/guitar/drum/vocal-tracks on youtube for all the songs, i love listening to the ones from SR

like this one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhaKZgeQBfE  :smoking:

awesome! so cant wait.

This is sweet....been waiting for this since the album came out.  ;D

Awesome, time to dust of the PS3

YEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSS!

been waiting for this!!!!

 :beer:

Arrrggh... I wish one of my friends had this game  :rant:

I don't play it, but that's fucking cool! :)

I don't have Rock Band, and I don't have any of the systems the game is on (I have PS2, so early 2000's).  But fantastic news.  I'll try to convince my friends they should buy Rock Band 2.  Maybe one of them will bite.

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSS!

Oh man! I have been dying to bang my way through the drums on these tracks!!! I've been dying to fail misserably trying to stay with Axl on the vocal tracks! This just made my whole week, maybe even month and I just got back from Vegas.

!!!!!

Has Rock Band 2 been released for the PS3 in Europe yet?

yes


But I'm curious if I will be able to use my guitarhero "guitars" for Rockband 2 ???

Sweet !! I have a Wii.  Can't wait to play Better.

It works just fine, no problemo :D

Then it's rockin time :P

Will this be like GH: Metallica, or is it just for the CD songs ?

only CD songs ;)

excellent!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

can't wait for this.

right, i have a PS3 an i have Guitar Hero World Tour. will this be enough to play the songs or do i need Rock Band 2 (the disc)

I don't have the game myself, but since the songs/album is coming out for Rock Band I'm assuming you actually need the Rock Band 2 game.

So you basically buy the songs/album for the game and will be able to play them.





/jarmo

you need rock band to obtain the songs

cool thanx

this is great news. think ill go buy myself a copy of Rock Band 2  : ok:

But is Rock Band 1 compatible with these songs (or just RB 2)?

Guns N' Roses Brings 'Democracy' to 'Rock Band'

April 10, 2009

David J. Prince, N.Y.

Axl Rose may have spent 15 years fine tuning the 14 tracks on "Chinese Democracy," but it only took five months for the entire album to make its way into the "Rock Band" video game franchise.

"Chinese Democracy" will be released in its entirety into the Rock Band Music Store on April 14 and gamers will be able to download and play all 13 songs from the record, Harmonix and MTV Games announced Friday.  "Shackler's Revenge," the first track to emerge from the album, made its debut in the "Rock Band 2" release.

Gamers who use the XBox 360 and Playstation 3 gaming systems will be able to purchase the entire album and individual tracks, while Nintendo Wii players can only buy the tracks individually.

In an exclusive interview, Axl Rose told Billboard that the game's producers felt the album's multiple layers and tracks needed extra programming to sound and play correctly.  "They felt the record - based on the nature and complexity of the depth of instrumentation - deserved a bit more attention and some more involved elements than they've generally dealt with," he said.

Chinese Democracy was released in November 2008 and debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200. 

http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/guns-n-roses-brings-democracy-to-rock-band-1003961336.story

Yes, but you won't get Shacklers as it's a RB2 exclusive.

Can you play Rock Band 2 on PS3 using GH Instruments?

making the entire LP available to players might expose Axl?s long-in-the-works Chinese Democracy to a larger audience, ingraining itself into the skulls of users who might not have cared for ?Street of Dreams? at first listen. Plus, people seem to use the Rock Band and Guitar Hero series as a way to discover new music.

?Rock Band is the new MTV.?

http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/04/10/guns-n-roses-chinese-democracy-coming-to-rock-band-april-14th

Awesome News!!   ;D
Can't wait for Thursday  :)

Thanks for posting the info  ;)

Peace

MY BIRTHDAY!!  :beer:

awesome. its great having a hacked xbox account with 8000 Microsoft points  :hihi:

I'll do some awesome mixes with all this separated tracks.


So cool!

coolah dan coolio

Cool

I'll have to get my brother to DL these for me so I can play next time I go visit!!

This is Kick Ass news!!!!  I'm excited.. now i need to find someone to play this with!

The best news about this is,

the multi instrumental tracks that will come out of it,

just think about this i love vocal master track (without any of the guitars/harp etc)

or the Better vocal track ,
aweseome!!! :D

YEEEESSS!!!!! Best fucking news! Oh man, I am so happy right now. This literally made my day. This is nothing but win for GN'R and the best news to come from GN'R since the album released. Think about this. For those of us with the surround settups for our 360 or PS3, we will be hearing Chinese Democracy in full 5.1 sound. I really hope Axl considers releasing the album on an Audio DVD, or something along these lines, so we can all enjoy the music in full digital 5.1 sound.


But until it does, this is the best Chinese Democracy will ever sound. It will fully eclipse the cd release as anyone who has been playing Guitar Hero Metallica can attest (amazing). Goddamn this is so great. I actually doubted this was going to happen. This shows respect. Plain and simple ladies and gentleman. Fucking real respect for Chinese Democracy.

... some of us need to exchange our Xbox Live and psn usernames so we can hook up online and do this shit. I already made an Axl Rose rocker (And a Barack Obama) character in Rock Band 2.

xbox live - Buddha Prime
psn- Spacezilla (although I will be only playing this game on the 360, I love the ps3 way more. (Actually I really dig the fuck out of playing with my wii as often as possible too :) )

Im sensing a 3 day binger of rock band chinese democracy and a lot of alchohol coming! I cannot wait for this!!!  ;D

Fuckin Awesome!!!

Here is a little of the publicity in Brazilian media:

Guns N? Roses lan?a ?Chinese democracy? para o game ?Rock band?
Disco estar? dispon?vel para consoles Playstation 3, Xbox 360 e Wii.
Jogadores poder?o baixar o ?lbum a partir de ter?a-feira (14).

Do G1, em S?o Paulo
Tamanho da letra
A- A+
  Foto: Reuters/Reuters guns n' roses (Foto: Reuters/Reuters)J? que os Guns N? Roses n?o entram em turn? para promover o disco ?Chinese democracy? , os f?s acabom por se contentar em encontrar a banda dentro da pr?pria casa ? ou, pelo menos, no videogame. O grupo liderado por Axl Rose anunciou nesta sexta-feira (10) que o seu novo ?lbum, lan?ado no final de 2008, deve ser disponibilizado para download para a plataforma de videogame ?Rock band? na pr?xima ter?a-feira (14).

Os usu?rios de Xbox 360 e Playstation 3 v?o poder baixas faixa a faixa do disco ou optar pelo download completo do ?lbum ? j? os donos do console Wii ter?o que se contentar com as m?sicas disponiblizadas uma a uma.

Esse ? o maior esfor?o por parte do Guns N? Roses at? o momento para promover seu primeiro ?lbum em mais de 15 anos. O v?deo gravado para a m?sica ?Better? ainda em 2008 n?o foi lan?ado, e Rose tem dado pouqu?ssimas entrevistas. ?Chinese democracy? foi lan?ado com um contrato de exclusividade de vendas para a rede de varejo Best Buy nos EUA, mas teve vendas abaixo do esperado.


About the tracks: Yes, if you want all the tracks, you must have the Rock Band 2 DISC.... When you have the game, you can access the Rock Band Store Online, and purchase the tracks or the entire album.


about playing Rock Band 2 with Guitar Hero?s guitar:  Here?s a list with all the compatible accessories ->  http://www.joystiq.com/Instrument-Compatibility-Matrix


Well, now i have to buy my Rock Band 2 game! I can?t wait to play TWAT on Expert mode!  :nervous: :nervous:

Plans have been made and set in stone for me to play through the album at least a couple times on Tuesday night. YES!

ten (from pearl jam) and now chinese democracy?  :o

thats it?s !! im buying rock band 2 !!! : ok:

Seriously whoever wants to play together this summer, let me know

I will get online at my brother's house and we can do this shit.

I can do a pretty damn good Axl

Watching 'Heavy: The Story of Metal' on VH1 Classics and in the corner they are advertising CD for RockBand 2...and if I'm not mistaken, it looks like they have some new graphic for the album cover (hard to see as it's so small on the screen, but it looks like a bright red abstract on black with the CD title in gold running along the side as it does on the album cover we all know).

Sweet!  That's certainly a good sign.

OH...and the ad states that CD is for BOTH Rock Band AND Rock Band 2.

Alright look. I will be playing RB 2 Chinese Democracy in its entirety starting at 9:30 p.m. (western time u.s.a.) online with my cousin. I can do either guitar or bass. My cousin can do any of these or drums. If any of you motherfuckers want to fill one of these other spots in the band and want to play around this time let me know. I am talking about the 360 version.

on the xbox 360 I am Buddha Prime

I am genuinely exciting as all hell. Fuck yea!

Just saw the commercial on VH1...I wasn't paying attention then I said "holy shit!"

The CD artwork is that fist picture, the red one. I can't find a picture right now but I'm sure you know what I mean..

here's the commercial http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCrzdXMcw9Q

pause at 0.10 for the cover

Nice, I taped Metal Mania last night in the hopes they may air the commercial.  Actually I didn't know it was an actual commercial, I thought a logo just appeared in the corner during a video or something.  I'm gonna have to check the tape to see if it aired.

So the album is advertised as a coming attraction to Rock Band on VH1 in the US?


Anybody seen it on any other channels?




/jarmo

Makes sense. VH1 is owned by MTV which owns Harmonix.

To clarify...I originally saw an ad in the bottom right hand corner (ala: a watermark advert) for CD RockBand during 'Heavy: The Story of Metal' on VH1 Classics (channel 168 in N.E. USA) YESTERDAY (Saturday, 4/11)...

...BUT...today (Sunday, 4/12)...I saw a full commercial on VH1 (channel 52) for CD RockBank that showed a better version of the 'new' album cover...looks like a red hand gripping the infamous dripping 'red star' CD logo that was seen with the mushroom cloud in the CD booklet...against a solid black background with 'Guns N' Roses: Chinese Democracy' written along the right side ala the actual album cover.

And AGAIN...the commercial claimed it was for RockBand OR RockBand 2...so it appears you could download it for either version of the game.

I watched Metal Mania taped from last night/early this morning on VH1 Classic, and they had a ad for it during a GNR video in the bottom right hand corner.  I think someone described it before.  They do it for bands who have stuff to promote (CD's, tour, etc.).  Haven't seen the commercial though.

Ah, of course!



How's VH1 over there these days? Who watches it I mean...

The same people who buy the games?


Over here our VH1 Europe is still more about classic rock/pop....

MTV2 is alternative rock....







/jarmo

so is it logical to think that 'if' chinese democracy gets 're -released'

it will have the new cover shown in this clip?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCrzdXMcw9Q

Regular old VH1 does not play any music.  Maybe at 4 in the morning when everyone is asleep.

VH1 Classic still plays the good stuff.

Unfortunately, I was unable to view any television this weekend, but I will keep my eyes peeled for that advertisement.

That's a crazy looking cover. 

VH1 is kind of shitty with all the lame reality tv programming.

So, is there any fans in here want to hook up online Tuesday night to play the fuck out of Chinese Democracy in its entirety? I guess at this point I really need someone who thinks they can handle the singing to join the online band. Again I am talking about the 360 version. If not then at least leave your xbox live username on here so we can rock at some other time.

Mine is: Buddha Prime

If you see me on there send me a message. I think it would be fun hooking up with members from HTGTH and play Chinese D in a band.

(http://www.artplusshanghai.com/images/stories/ShiLifeng/manipulation-37.jpg)

 
and What I just whipped up

(http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/6530/texta.jpg)


:beer:




'Interpretation of the Red Man Series'

A group of people intertwined and climbing, in a silent space of a crowded, emotive jump; their muscles born with lust and yearning. In a boundless universe, they are desperately searching for hope, unaware of the danger that surrounds them. They remain ignorant of their situation as they struggle upward."

Like the new cover, if that's what it is.....

(http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c341/Gavgnr/newcover2.jpg)

Good cover, I like it!!  : ok:

I had originally heard it was supposed to come out LAST week....

I've had points sitting in my account JUST for this purpose, so I'm glad to see the "delay" was only a week.  Maybe so they could ramp up promotion?  I don't know, but it certainly seems to be getting quite a bit of it....

Can't WAIT to play IRS and a couple of the other tunes tomorrow night!

I wonder if that's the cover of the new edition or just an alternative one used for the game.

Looks nice!




/jarmo

Riad is the hardest one, from what I can tell...

Odd enough, I didn't see how hard is the drums rated.

itchy fingers?

I'm hopin that's an alternate cover on the way.

Here you can see one person playing "better" in Rock Band.
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dw99zIN-8mk&feature=related

not rockband. plus this is from november.

Is that the user created note charts feature in Guitar Hero World tour (you can create your own song and note charts).

Anyway, I don't think drums will be very hard at all for Chinese D. Guitars and vocals, that shit will eat players up alive.

... I foresee some great times ahead (I am really giddy as fuck thinking about Chinese D in RB2).

You would think so ? I mean it's a great way to promote the new album cover one would think.

I like the new artwork. Its similar to the back cover which i loved.

I would love to see how it is to play Riad, scraped, and all the others lol

by the same artist Shi Lifeng I suppose.

http://www.soemo-fine-arts.com/artist?id=743
http://www.artnet.com/artist/424001303/shi-lifeng.html

Try to play Riad on drums.

Awesome!  :o

i'm diggin' this new cover / rock band thing - very cool! :smoking:

I'm curious. Will you be buying the full album at once or just a song here and there?

What songs are you gonna try first and why?




/jarmo

Riad's a song that I can't wait to play on any/all instruments!  :drool:
After Riad it's a toss up between Better, Prostitute, & TWAT
... but either way I'm definitely buying & playing all the songs  4 obvious reasons

I got it all worked out for Tuesday night. We will be playing through the album sequentially from Chinese Democracy all the way through Prostitue. Will be buying the full album OF COURSE. I think this will be the 6 or 7th time I have bought Chinese Democracy thank you very much.

Oh I know there are a couple hard drum songs on CD, just meant overall. Can't wait!

We're buying the whole album and playing straight through, then probably going back to re-do some favorites.

That sounds awesome.  ;D







/jarmo

I have PS3 so i gotta wait till Thursday to get it  :(

I will buy the entire album, and will play all tracks till i cant move my fingers eheh

It's gonna be. I'm so fuckin pumped up for this. I'm we'll replay most of the album. I can't see too many songs being skipped. I'm not the biggest fan of SR or CitR and one of my friends doesn't like Sorry all that much. Other then that, I bet the songs will get multiple run thrus for most of the evening.

(OH! And another thing! I've set it up to get out of work THREE HOURS EARLY tomorrow just to start playing this!)

Right there with you buddy. I'll be a little bummed Tuesday. But I have a question, I've never tried to download a song (or anything else for that matter) right at release. Is it going to be available tonight at 12:00am(Tuesday morning) for XBox users and Wednesday/Thursday at 12:00am on PS3 or does it appear some point during the day or something?

Also,

I am REALLY curious to see what a song like "This I Love" will play like. There is obviously a great solo in the song, but is it mostly going to consist of a lot of standing around for non-vocal RB players?



I AM SOOOOOOOO excited for this!!!!!!!!!!

ill be getting the whole album and will be playing This I Love first... i have to play Robins solo first  :drool:

My buddy says that he's played many keyboard/piano heavy tunes on Rock Band 2 and they always just route the piano or keyboard parts to the guitars

exactly. like Mr.Crawley on guitar hero.

Sucks to be me without a new gen videogame.

All I'm gonna try is to play it here (I work with a game magazine) or to wait to see if the PSP version of Rock Band will allow to download the songs aswell. :(

I wish I had a Gamestation or a Gamebox.

I need to make some friends who have these items.

So none of you with the piece of crap 360 want to give their gamertags so we from the board can hook up online and play huh? What the fuck people?

I have a PS3 and my buddy's the one with the 360. I know his name is "thrillzman" but I think there's a number on it too. I'll try to let you know after I get over there tomorrow

Saw the CD/Rockband ad on VH1 today during some fabulous life of....


Just as excited as when I saw promos for the album on tv

Me too, I wont be getting it if it doesnt...

Hey All,

It was my birthday yesterday so this came at a convenient time for me and especially my girlfriend considering I didn't really want anything and she had little idea as to what to get me.  So I'm planning on buying the whole album and having fun with it Tuesday night and all day Wednesday.  Probably get Pearl Jam's Ten as well.  Pretty good couple of weeks if you like to pretend how to play instruments.

Very curious as to how they charted This I Love; kind of a boring song if you're not the singer (even the guitar solo I can't imagine being that hard).

Cheers,

Andrew

Piano notetracking until the solo.

Back to piano after the guitar cuts out.

Sounds like alot of fun. I never really caught onto the newer gaming consoles, hope everybody will enjoy it, and hopefully it gives a new medium for music fans to hear the album and get more interest in the new music overall.

??? and what do you review? DS and psp? why they dont give you a console?

i have a ps3 and a 360 but i am really not into rock band or games like this, i hope everyone has a great time playing Chinese D.  :peace:

Album sales...

I just got my Rock Band 2!!!!  on the last page of the booklet it has a bonus downloadable tracks code for 20 tracks,  guess what tracks Im getting!!!?

Uhh, it doesn't work that way.  The 20 songs you get for free with the game, are all pre-selected songs, almost all of them are bands unheard by many people.  In other words, the songs are crap, you can't pick them yourself.

When I buy it for Ps3 it's gonna be a constant thing, numb fingers :P

Alright, I have fixed (using 2 butterknives and ducktape) my kick pedal which snapped on me onetime. I tested it and it works great! I am ready to go stupid crazy with CD. I don't think it will actually be available until 2 in the morning west time u.s.a. so that sucks. If it was midnight I would stay up. Instead I think I will just go to work a little late (and still buzzed I am sure).

... oh my, this will be the second day long remembered in the history of CD.

Getting Rock Band 2 for the PS3 the coming weekend. Can't wait to play CD!!   : ok:

I surf the biggest Norwegian and international gaming-sites, but still haven't seen any promotion for this   :-\

It's mainly newsfeed like this:  http://www.gamespot.com/news/blogs/sidebar/909182374/26843218/rock-band-reloads-guns-n-roses.html

Since they're doing promotion for it on VH1, I would asume that they would have some promotion on the gamesites.

I ain't on xbox live, can I give my friend my hard drive to download cd? Will it work on my offline console? Can't wait to play citr...

Im pretty sure that would work

It's available in the store NOW! woohoo!

Downloading, and gonna play the album from start to finish :D

have fun  8)

Cool...Let us know how it plays!

Damn! I have to wait until this weekend to play it!   >:(

Have a good one! Looking forward to your "review"   : ok:

Watch:

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/elilasol-streaming-rock-band

Thanks to bucketheader.

Nice!!  Thanx!   : ok:

Please guys, post some YouTube videos! :D

I work for the brazilian version of PC Magazine. We have here also (and yet) the games magazine EGM and we are in the same building. I don't do game reviews, I just own a PSP.

All i play is expert drums on rock band so i knew the songs wasnt going to be to hard...But Prostitute is the shit

Riad N the Bedouins hardest on drums...something else i found funny was only 1 star difficulty for This I Love on vocals

Wow, TIL vocals should be impossible lol

Great fun! Love it already :D

The speech part on Madagascar is gone though. At least you can hear the solo more clearly.

I'd like for you to give me credit for the link as elilasol is my friend on Rock Band and hooked me up with the link as i'm not playing it until Saturday and wanted to know the tab.

Thanks.

Done.

Maybe.

I'm not sure how the DRM works with Rock band 2 songs.  If it's just keyed to your profile, and not your machine, you'll be fine...provided you sign into YOUR profile, with YOUR HD plugged into HIS mahine.

The problem is that some stuff off of Xbox live (specifically the xbox live arcade titles) are keyed to both your profile and your machine.  As long as your online...doesn't matter, it picks up the DRM off your profile.  But when you're OFFLINE, the "backup" check is to your local machine...which means if you use your HD at a buddy's house, and he's not online...you can't get to any of your Live arcade games.  People have had a BITCH of a time when having their RROD boxes replaced...MS sometimes forgets to migrate the DRM content of your profile to the new machine.

Basically, it's a crapshoot.

Maybe lug your console over too, just to be sure?  Hook up to his AV and net hookups, download, and be sure it all works when you get home?

cheers pilfirk, you are a gent:)

This is so exciting!!!!


Someone who has downloaded, please give a ranking of Most Fun Song to Least (as if there one that isn't)

Nope. Rock Band rarely re-charts keyboards for guitar. Guitar player on TIL plays nothing until the power chords on the second chorus.

The band animations during the keyboard-only portions are kind of funny - singer & guitarists kind of standing in a circle talking to each other.

What time does the PSN release this?

Thursday

Fuck that's shit.  Oh well I went out and bought the set up last night so I need to practice up anyway before it gets here.

MY 'bet' is that TWAT and IRS is the touhest on guitar, riad and prostitue on drums.  :P

http://rockbandou.blog17.fc2.com/blog-entry-300.html

Track by track listing of difficulty levels.



/jarmo

Wowwy, Rhiad is really really hard!  :o

you do that jemin.... and my damn xbox account only has 300 points  :rofl:  :rant:

I've been singing and drumming through the whole album (minus Shackler's as I only have Rock Band 1) this evening!

Toughest on drums: If the world and Riad and the bedouins. I've played through all other songs on Hard, but these two only on Easy so far.
Singing: Played through all of them on Hard.

I love it!  : ok:

I played Chinese Democracy, ITW, and Sorry in the morning before work. I told my cousin I would wait 'till tonight but I couldn't help it. It is so goddamn cool! Its crazy after all these years playing Guitar Hero and Rock Band, and finally, finally have all these new GN'R songs to Rock out with. I love it. There I said it. I love it. I am a man, and I don't care.

Because a man's got to do, what a man's got to do....

You all would love it. LOVE IT! Good job Harmonix!

It will be interesting to see if the RB release will have any effect on sales....   :)

Look what happened to Dragonforce (a rather unknown band) once their song became a hit amongst gamers on Guitar Hero:

"The Guitar Hero effect is real. DragonForce saw digital sales of Through the Fire rise from fewer than 2,000 weekly to a high of 37,825 the week ending Dec. 30, a week when many who got the game as a holiday gift were playing it. (Only one GH III song sold more, Guns N' Roses' Welcome to the Jungle at 38,330.)"

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/gaming/2008-02-14-guitar-hero-effect_N.htm

Since many of the songs on CD has "hit-potential" and seems rather difficult to master on the hardest settings, I guess all things are possible!

Fingers crossed!   : ok:

And the more times people play them, the more theyll like them.

Even I appreciate them more now (if that was possible)!  :hihi:

Found a review from some video game site (for those of you wondering which song to pick up).

http://www.examiner.com/x-6947-Portland-Video-Game-Examiner~y2009m4d14-Rock-Band-DLC-review-for-April-14th (http://www.examiner.com/x-6947-Portland-Video-Game-Examiner~y2009m4d14-Rock-Band-DLC-review-for-April-14th)



Chinese Democracy

    * The guitar maintains the industrial sound that Shackler?s Revenge has. It?s a pretty tough song overall with a ton of slides and trills of varying speed. The solo that kicks in to end the song is quite rugged too.
    * Fun on drums but nothing too out of the ordinary. Some offbeat kicks and a few rolls here and there. The end tosses out some more intense kick pedal.
    * Bass is definitely not the focus of the song. While the song does move up and down the board a bit, it?s not going to be the reason you get this song..
    * Vocally it?s not the hardest thing you?ve ever heard, but Axl does have a unique voice that can be hard to emulate, especially if you have issues hitting higher notes.


Better

    * This song?s guitar sounds really great. It?s got some fun sections and solos. There?s also one finger melting section about two thirds of the way through that made my brain freeze up with confusion.
    * Call me crazy, but I could have sworn I was listening to a Linkin Park track when the drum entered. The fun intro gives way to a somewhat repetitive song with a few fun kick/roll sections.
    * Bass is again not too exciting. It speeds up around solo time but doesn?t really bring much to the table.
    * Typical Axl craziness. There?s lots of weird notes and pitch shifting in this one. Not very easy at all.


Street of Dreams

    * Much lower key than the first two songs on guitar. It?s appropriate and fits the song though. For solo lovers, it still brings a fun one without being overly difficult.
    * Apart from one nasty roll in the middle of the song, it?s a pretty slow and straightforward journey. Takes a while for the drum to kick in and has another gap in the middle of the song.
    * Bass has a few nice hammer-ons. This is the most interesting song on bass so far.
    * This ballad is going to test you in all directions. Axl goes high, low and then takes a rocket ship to outer space. It reminds me a lot of their older stuff, which is really good.


If The World

    * A really laid back song on guitar. It?s got a real nice sound to it and feels really smooth. It?s a great mix of speed and sound.
    * This song is just tricky on drums all over the place. Because of the sound of the song, it doesn?t seem too intense but the combinations of rolls and kicks will have you moving around a lot.
    * The bass is appropriately funky for the song but there are a lot of gaps where you won?t be playing much.
    * Much easier than Street of Dreams on vocals. Axl goes high but he stays there for the most part.


There Was a Time

    * Holy cow at that ending. Here?s another smooth song that doesn?t crank it up until the very end. There were 2 good solos. The first was a bit passive but that second one comes screaming at you about halfway through.. All of the songs on this CD are really long too as a bonus.
    * This song is really about the guitar, so the drums were fair. Somewhat repetitive but just enough in the roll department to keep it interesting.
    * Some quick strumming sections for bass keep things interesting here.
    * Another rough one in the vocal department. Axl can still sing like no other.


Catcher in the Rye

    * Another 6 minute song here. There are some awkward chord changes in this one but it?s pretty fun on the whole with a couple cool solos.
    * Drumming-wise this song is par for the course, or should I say CD. There?s just enough switching around the kit to make it interesting but nothing that will get you flying out of your seat.
    * This song is a bit weaker on bass than the others. Any of these song with an extended solo has the bass taking a major back seat.
    * A bit tamer on vocals than the others.


Scraped

    * A shorter burst of energy over the last few slower songs. Two quick solos that will challenge as well as a heavy riff.
    * This song has a pretty unique Red-Yellow-Red-Blue roll that can be found throughout most of it. Definitely the most interesting drum song so far.
    * Here?s a more intense bass line that keeps switching things up.
    * This song is tiered toward the lower end (2 out of 6) for vocals because it?s a bit more constant on pitch. Like any song, it?s going to be more difficult if you?re not familiar with it, which I figure most are not as familiar with the new Guns N? Roses stuff as their older CDs.


Riad N? the Bedouins

    * What an incredibly weird song on guitar. Some of the sounds coming out of the guitar sound metallic. The guitar is absolutely blistering during the solos and in some isolated areas outside of the solos.
    * As the CD moves on, the drumming is getting more and more intense. The intro is nasty and I?m sure will catch many off guard. There?s a lot of off beat kicks in this song too, which seems to be a staple for the CD.
    * Bass has a lot of quick hammer-ons and slides. Even during the guitar solos, the bass part is difficult and not repetitive. A worthy challenge for bassists.
    * Vocally this song pushes Street of Dreams. A lot of pitch changes and a very wide range.


Sorry

    * The guitar is really tame for most of the song but has a few random hammer-on sections. The solo is less intense than most of the other songs, but still difficult.
    * The speed of the song makes it extremely easy on drums til the ending fill. Even then, it?s a long song for such a short payoff.
    * Let?s just put it this way for Bass; you won?t have reached the max multiplier for note streak until over 2 minutes into the song. Very uninteresting for the bassists. Axl?s sorry too apparently.
    * Doesn?t have the same punch as the other songs as far as vocals go. It?s pretty straightforward.


I.R.S.

    * Another crazy song with some unintelligible solos. Usually I have an idea of what I need to do on songs, but some of the notes are just getting by me right now.
    * It?s a long song, and that usually means a problem for drummers, but the pace of the song is good. It?s not too fast to cause a heart attack but not so slow you fall asleep. I.R.S. mixes it up just right for difficulty and fun.
    * The bass on this song sounds great but isn?t too riveting to play. There are a few fun sections but it?s a lot of waiting around while the other instruments have fun.
    * Vocally it?s in the middle as far as the CD goes. The pitch changes aren?t as drastic as some, but certainly harder than Sorry.


Madagascar

    * Definitely the easiest song on guitar thus far. No solos in it, which is a first but the middle section could have been charted as one. As far as ballads go, this one isn?t as good as Street of Dreams.
    * Drums are fairly basic. It looks a lot like the other drum patterns on the CD which doesn?t surprise me. Occasional fun rolls but still repetitive on the whole.
    * Bass is another complete miss. Lots of sustained notes and the odd hammer-on make up a majority of the song.
    * Lyrically the song is meant to be moving but it?s not as breathtaking to sing as most of the other songs. It?s in the first tier as are the rest of the songs on the CD. It seems we might have reached the peak as far as singing goes.


This I Love

    * A two minute intro precludes you from playing. Most of the song for a guitarist will be the solo, and a great sounding solo at that.
    * It?s over 3 minutes before the drummer gets to do anything with their hands. Even once you get going, it?s not much at all.
    * Advantage bass! You only have to wait about 45 seconds to play. Granted, it?s a bunch of sustains.
    * Likely, if you?re buying this song and you aren?t buying the whole CD, you?ll be buying it to sing. That?s really the main redeeming factor of this song. It?s another ballad with decent range.


Prostitute

    * The CD wraps up on a slightly more upbeat note. The guitar is more fun than the previous two ballads but isn?t anything special outside of the solo. At the end, it appears you?re actually playing piano.
    * The drums are quite tricky throughout with constant rolls being mixed in with the offbeat kicks.
    * Unfortunately for bassists, you are not redeemed here at the end either. Another series of sustained notes for you.
    * A good song to end the CD with as far as vocals go. It?s got some good range and pitch changes.
       

Final Say:

I was quite pleased with the entire CD musically.  I have to say, despite my trepidation, that this CD is worth a buy on the whole.  Most of the songs are good all around even if they don't have the classic Guns N' Roses feel.  The CD was geared toward two instruments; Guitar and Vocals.  If you play either of those as your primary instrument, you really owe it to yourself to pick up this whole CD.  If you're looking to play Bass solo, you might be a bit choosier.  Street of Dreams, There Was a Time, Scraped, and Riad N' the Bedouins are going to be your best looks.  Drumming, the CD is pretty straightforward but there are also a few great tracks for you too.  Chinese Democracy, Street of Dreams, Riad N' the Bedouins, Sorry and Prostitute are going to be your songs of choice.

 

Best overall songs:  Street of Dreams, Riad N' the Bedouins and Scraped.

We had an absolute riot playing through the whole album yesterday. I can't believe how hard to is to get 5 stars on more of the songs!

I, too, played through the entire album last night on guitar.  Bringing the guitar parts forward really makes you appreciate them THAT much more.  It was a LOT of fun.  Can't wait to do drums and bass.  That'll be next, but probably not til next week.

My wife and I teamed up last night (she sang, I played guitar) to do about 5 or 6 songs.  Managed to break into the top 20 on the CD challenge, which is neat considering we weren't a "full band".  She's LOVING channeling her "inner Axl".

I think this, along with the release of Ten a couple weeks ago, had seriously reinvigorated RB and RB2.  I'm spending more time with it than I have in months.

Another list of the songs: http://pksage.com/rockbandsongs.php

;)



/jarmo

Riad n' the Bedouins got 91% @ User rating.  ;D

Also check out http://www.rbdlc.com (http://www.rbdlc.com)

There's reviews and ratings for each song.

and a score breakdown to each song.

I had a blast last night playing the album with the family.  I originally bought Rock Band 2 just for Shacklers and the hopes the full monty would eventually be released, it really has re-engaged me to the album.  Fun Fun.

Riad and Scraped are a blast to play.

Man I can't wait to play this. 

I was thinking today while practicing up.... How cool would it be if they release the re-recorded version of Appetite for RB.

I need to pick up the entire Rock Band set eventually - JUST to play CD!

Money is kinda tight these days, though - so it might be a while.

I got lucky, I just picked up RB 1 Special Edition which includes drums, guitar, mic and game for $60.

Any bod that can hit in the 90s on hard or above on this has my utmost respect.

especially the guitar and vocal.

I haven't seen the drums, how are they?

I've been playing with my son since yesterday, and we're having a blast.  He's playing guitar on hard and hitting right about 90%, and I'm doing vocals on easy.  Definitely gives you an appreciation for some of the notes Axl hits.  I'll work my ways up to medium soon :)

well im pissed....here it is the 16th and it still isnt available to download on ps3??? wtf???? i need to start rocking NOW!!!! anyone know whats up?

The PSN updates in the afternoon I think.

nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! i wanted to start drinking as soon as i woke up(8am) and rock like an animal. i stayed up till midnight thinking it would download immediately at 12:01am.....grrrr...............

I stayed up as well hoping that by chance it would be there but then my isp went out anyway!!!

I'm with you guys. I stayed up until 1:30am Pacific Time to see if they would update it, and woke this morning at check right before I left the house 8:30am and still no CD. I will be pissed if it's not up by the time I get off work. I made special plans enviting friends over to play, and it would suck if it wasn't available.

The only problem with you doing this, is you will not get to play Shackler's revenge because that song is exclusive to the disk of Rock Band 2 and not available for a separate download. The song is a blast to play as well... maybe you should have asked or done some research not to sound like an arrogant dick. I just couldn't personally deal with having even one less song to play off CD. My apologizes to be the deliverer of bad news.

So just to clarify, you actually are only downloading 13 songs when you download CD.

wtf??? its 130pm and its still not downloaded at ps store. this is ridiculous. anyone have any idea what it will be available on the ps3? im dying here!

They can alway just buy the RB 2 game.  Which still makes it cheaper then buying th RB 2 bundle.

Yeah, also RB2 has a better overall song selection than 1 IMO

at 2pm est chinese democracy is available for download on the psn. download started....beers tanked....green on and game on!

I did the research and I got the best deal.  I saved over $70 this way.  I already knew that Shacklers was only on the RB 2 disc.  I just got a bonus by getting all the songs on RB 1 as well and I can have my friends over to have a band jam.  So no bad news here.


That's the plan.  RB 1 disc alone was 50 I think and I found the whole set for 60 plus 60 more for RB 2 brings my total to 120.

Same here!  Fucking sweet!!!!!!!!!

YEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSS! I will be going home early from work. I don't think I feel well all of the sudden.

green on... I like the way you think circus boy.

My recommendation to the dude with RB1 is sell it soon after playing it. Then pay the 5 dollars to have all the songs on the disc be downloaded onto the hardrive. Then use the money made off 1 and buy RB2 even if it is a used copy, so the amount lost is negligible. All the RB1 songs will then be available on 2. I have what seems like 200 songs (I have downloaded lots of songs before the king was just released).

I already have the export key.  Just waiting til next week to get RB2.  I wouldn't get shit out of the resell for RB1 so I'll just keep it.  Be lucky to get $5 at gamestop or shit like that.  Like I said I'm, already ahead of whoever paid for the RB2 bundle and/or paid for the original RB1 bundle since I saved $120-130 on what I would have paid for the RB2 bundle or even $70 on the marked down RB1 bundle.  I'm happy!!

Question for those who have Rock Band 2 and the entire album...


Do you guys can  turn down the volume of the instruments? For example, if you want only the track "drums", make Vocals: 0, Guitars: 0, Bass: 0 .

That would be cool. If someone have some charity, maybe we can have all the tracks that way.

I've seen it done before!

Someone help Ulises out.

That would be cool, I don't know what's the deal with the volume on Rock Band 2, in Guitar Hero you can only configure the guitar volume, the band volume and the crowd volume. If Rock Band have the same system, maybe the guy who only have guitar can contribute with the track "guitar" but the guy with bass can contribute with "bass" track and the same with "vocals" and "drums". I mean, maybe you don't have the option to turn down all the tracks in the song but if x have guitar, y have drums, z have vocals and b have bass maybe x can turn down all the volume except "guitar", y could do the same with drums, z could do the same with vocals and b could do the same with bass. It's a good plan, it just requires some patience...

That's what they did for Shackler's many a moon ago.  That isolated Axl vocal is pure magic.

In Rock Band you can sort of isolate each instrument, including vocals. By turning down the volume on "background music" you'll bring the volume of all instruments down to a minimum (not complete silence) except the one you're playing.

It's almost as good as the Shackler tracks we've heard already.

For guitar I recommend TWAT, Catcher and Prostitute especially, there's some really cool licks in there.

For vocals, be sure to use the fail safe or practice mode, so it doesn't flunk out.

Obviously, if someone wants to contribute do it in easy mode so there won't be mistakes.


Please, could someone  do me that favor? Is not necessary to make the four tracks of the fourteen songs in a day but it would be cool if someone can help...

Okay I have reread this at least 4 times now. I know I am a little under the influence but, still...

What are you saying, I am not being a dick, or trying o be a dick, I really don't get what you are saying or asking for. Explain.

Is not a big deal.

The thing is find someone who can record (or extract) the sound of the instruments so we can have the multitracks...

Hi all is it ok if I add your xbox 360 gamertags? also anyone else wants to add me my gamertag is GIBBO187

I can do guitar or vocals.

cheers.

all gametagged volunteers for HTGTH rock bands, queue on here.  : ok:


http://www.heretodaygonetohell.com/board/index.php?topic=56521.msg1178956#msg1178956

blew out my voice and got sick from singing album start to finish.....that range is just ridiculous. i will never sing most of those songs ever again unless i want to get out of going to work.

I had to sing most of it a key down but since you get the points anyway, I did pretty well

I got sick after singing too! Coincidence?  ??? :nervous:

yes

I don't wanna hear anyone complaining about Axl getting sick at the end of that tour ;)  Now you know how intense he sings  : ok:  :hihi:

what song was easier and what song was most difficult to sing/to play for you?

Just judging by the album, Id say CD would be the easiest or maybe Sorry

Prostitute would have to be the hardest I would imagine.

From the rankings, "This I Love" is the easiest and Riad is the hardest.

I had a riot playing drums on Riad and Scraped last night.

It's awesome getting to play the songs... though I've only played the guitar parts so far.  I have the drums and intend to try to that... I also want to attempt to sing... whenever I sing anything (not just GNR) I try to emulate Axl's voice, so I'm curious to see if Rock Band thinks I'm any good at it !

My advice is if you want to do well in Rock Band, do not try to emulate Axl for a couple of reasons.  First, attempting to emulate any singer in this game will automatically give you a lower score; it doesn't care if your screech matches Axl's, all that matters is that your pitch is the same.  Often when someone attempts to emulate another singer they stop singing how they naturally would and this can affect pitch.  If you've ever listened to Axl live you'll notice that even he can have problems singing in his style and from time to time results in pitch issues.  The second reason you're not going to score well is that for whatever reason, Rock Band has a hard time discerning vocals if you add a rasp like Axl.  Whenever I sing with a rasp in this game I'll notice the little arrow that identifies my pitch will flicker, as any raspy vocal has a harder time registering.  I don't know why this happens and is kind of annoying and disappointing.  I wonder if the mic that comes with Rock Band has anything to do with that.  If anyone has had this problem and found a way to resolve it I'd appreciate it.

Of course it's just a video game and having fun is more important.  But don't feel too bad if you're wailing away like Axl and you're not getting the scores you'd hope.

Cheers,

Andrew

OMG singing Axl Is impossible!!  Get ready to blow your voice out!! :hihi:

Official tiers are

RB2                                   FB   G   D   V   B            RB1                                  FB   G   D   V   B
Chinese Democracy           4   5   2   3   1            Chinese Democracy           7   8   3   6   3
Better                           3   4   2   5   0            Better                           6   7   3   9   2
Street of Dreams           3   3   3   6   1            Street of Dreams           5   6   4   9   3
If the World                   2   3   3   2   1            If the World                   4   6   5   6   3
There Was a Time           4   6   3   5   2            There Was a Time           7   9   5   9   5
Catcher in the Rye           4   4   3   4   2            Catcher in the Rye           6   6   5   8   4
Scraped                           4   4   3   2   3            Scraped                           7   8   4   6   5
Riad N' the Bedouins        5   5   4   5   5            Riad N' the Bedouins       8   8   6   9   8
Sorry                           1   3   3   1   0            Sorry                           3   6   5   4   2
I.R.S.                           4   5   3   3   1            I.R.S.                           7   9   4   7   3
Madagascar                   2   3   3   1   0            Madagascar                   4   6   4   4   2
This I Love                   0   2   0   1   0            This I Love                   2   4   1   3   1
Prostitute                           4   4   4   1   0            Prostitute                   7   7   6   4   2

to those in the know, how did CD do on Rock Band so far? are there any rankings or some other indicator of how its doing?

i hope its starting to generate some interest.

I checked yesterday, and I believe it was up to #230 (of 530 something) of all-time most downloaded.

This list consists of both albums and songs, and since an whole album costs more, I think it's doing really well.

As far as I remember, the most popular songs are Chinese, Better, If The World and This I Love (my memory might not serve me right on those though).

reading gamers comments online almost convinced me that riad, twat, scraped were the most popular but... You never can rely on those opinions   
on the net :hihi:

Actually, Riad and TWAT was among the top downloaded GN'R tunes. I checked once more.

as rockband dlc?

or were you talking about i tune etc?

Rock Band dlc

ok so sometimes net forums can reflect the reality.  ;D

Here's the list as of today:


Couldn't find Madagascar for some reason.

228. Chinese Democracy (album)
354. Chinese Democracy
393. Better
461. Street Of Dreams
472. Riad N' the Bedouins
473. There Was A Time
478. This I Love
495. If The World
498. Scraped
504. I.R.S.
505. Prostitute
517. Catcher In The Rye
519. Sorry

cheers spirit.

thank you very much for the info, Spirit. i would really appreciate it if you could update us on this on a weekly basis.

they rank albums and songs together on the same list? really confusing, i gotta say.

if people give the album a chance they can only be impressed by how phenomenol the guitar work is and of course axl's singing is in a league of its own.

I love how more people are giving Riad it's credits. It's a kick ass song and it was really unfair how people judged it by a couple of shit ass bootlegs from 2002.

Hell, I remember people saying it sounded like techno (and it's one of the most straight foward rock songs in the album)!

:yes: see what gamers are saying
http://www.rbdlc.com/songview.php?songname=Riad%20N'%20the%20Bedouins

Its nearly 4am on sunday morning, iv drank way to many Flamin Sambukas an Jack Daniels an im jumpin all over my fuckin living room playin GNR on RockBand!!!! I jus wanna say "I love this Fuckin band, i cant wait for another tour an im Fuckin Lovin playin CD on RockBand" ah fuckin men

Cool stuff mate, thanks!

I wish it will be played live this time.

Question for those who now more about these games then me;

Is it at all possible that the album could come out for Guitar Hero World Tour as well?

I'm guessing no. Axl pretty much hates Activision  :hihi:

Aren't GH and RB owned by the same parent company...?

Rock Band is MTV Games/Harmonix

Guitar Hero: WT is Activision/Neversoft


Guitar Hero 1 & 2 was made by Harmonix though.

When Guitar Hero 3 came out (first GH game by Activison), I understand it they hadn't got the proper permissions to use Welcome To The Jungle. At least not with Slash fronting the game as a guitarist under the GN'R name.

I want to see a Rock Band game with all the GNR's Discography.

I agree, It's So Easy would be a blast!!

Is there any kind of figures for this somewhere?

Is there any kind of sales figures for Chinese Democracy on Rock band somewhere?

Update on the download chart.

208. Chinese Democracy (album)
308. Chinese Democracy
380. Better
428. There Was a Time
449. Street Of Dreams
468. Riad N' The Bedouins
469. This I Love
493. If The World
502. Scraped
503. Madagascar
514. Prostitute
515. I.R.S.
516. Sorry
517. Catcher In The Rye

There are a total of 542 songs/albums on the list.

Again, it's worth noting that this isn't from a list showing the most downloaded last week or month. It's showing rating based on all-time most downloaded. Therefore I expect furthermore climbing, considering the album has been available only three weeks.

thank you very much for the update, Spirit.

im surprised to see Chinese Democracy the song doing better than Better.

it's the title track, first single, got higher in the charts, was played more on the radio, can't say i'm all that surprised

also it's a rocking fucking song  :smoking:

so is Better. i personally rank Better a lot higher than CD, hence the surprise.

anyways, as long as new fans hopefully find the album through Rock Band, its all great.

Yeah we're movin' on up


MOOOOOOVIN' ON UP!

I thought This I Love would be lower than it is.  Surprising ! : ok:

Does anybody know if there was a significant bump in Album sales due to this?  Do the DLC album sales count toward total album sales?  Just curious...

I'm not sure what the sales were before Rock Band but I read they only sold 1,300 copies in the week ending 4/26.  So if those figures are accurate, I couldn't imagine that sales were bumped up.  And I'm pretty sure DLC album sales don't count toward the total.

ditto.  :yes: and the other dlc are already well known old standards, right?

thanks for the update.

of course both are rocking, but the title song is more "known" and it is in fact the title track , if i knew nothing about the songs on CD and would only get to listen to one i'd probably take the title track.. hence no surprise ;) + the other stuff i named  :P


awesome song'ah

Yeah, these sales don't count towards Soundscan totals.

Also, I can't believe Catcher is the least downloaded from the album. That would be the first one I'd go for.

na you'd go for the whole album, which is the most popular option. that's why.

Are you guys mastering the tracks yet?




/jarmo

^that reminds me!

does anyone of you gamers have the skillz to do videos like this for all the songs?
ttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhaKZgeQBfE&feature=related

would be too fucking cool!

I got 100% on ITF vocals on Hard so I was pretty proud of that!

I got 99-100% on all the songs on medium.

I can nail Catcher and Better on Hard though...

It's pretty difficult to try emulate Axl's voice, and stay in the same ocatve's, at least for me  ;)

I finally got around to buying this on my pal's PS3.

SO MUCH FUN!  ;D

Too bad they took out the Madagascar quotes.

Just heard TIL without the guitar solo and drums and it is fucking amazing


I've replaced my CD version with this.

You should replace all the tracks then with just Axl acapella.

nah its a piano/orchestra version with axl singing

I just never liked the TIL guitar solo..... I think it is one of those songs that doesn't need a solo.

The rest of the solos on CD are good, some better than others especially Bucket but TIL....... I always stop it when it gets to the solo.Now I can enjoy the entire thing.

I like the song better with the guitar and drums.  That worked well enough for me.  In that version you do get to hear the orchestration and music that you really can't hear in the original version, so in that way it's an interesting and enjoyable listen.  But given the choice, I'd take the original.

Update on the chart.

210. Chinese Democracy (album)
298. Chinese Democracy
371. Better
438. There Was A Time
478. Street Of Dreams
491. Riad N' The Bedouins
492. This I Love
514. Madagascar
515. If The World
517. Sorry
531. Scraped
532. I.R.S.
540. Prostitute
541. Catcher In The Rye

562 songs in total.

The Rock Band for PSP leaked and I'm disapointed because there's no GNR there. Well, maybe DLC...

are there things like psp drums guitar and bass for psp?

Well, not plastic instruments. You use the arrows and the triangle and circle to play it and L and R to change the instruments (yes, even the vocals). Its still cool to play it on PSP and, different from the Guitar Hero on DS, Rock Band Unplugged has a built-in store to buy downloadable tracks.

PSP>DS
yet PS3> PSP  :P

seriously i bet cd songs will eventually be available on psp.

thanks for the update, Spirit.

so the album dropped a bit but Better and Chinese Democracy went up this week.

my brother has a enough microsoft points left to buy 3 songs from this

which 3 are the best, most fun to play?

I was thinking CD,Shackler's and TWAT

what do u think those who have played it?

Shacklers is already there (if he has Rock Band 2.. if not, he can't buy it).

IMHO, it's Riad (the hardest song), TWAT and IRS.

He has never heard the album though, So I was wanting to pick 3 that I know he'd love so maybe he'll buy the entire album


so I was thinking TWAT, CD...... don't really want IRS or Riad........

How is "Sorry" on the game?

Kinda boring...

how about Better?

depends on the users taste and part but
generally speaking, better would be the first pick in such a case.


This might help
http://www.rbdlc.com/showartist.php?artist=Guns%20N'%20Roses

Better is probably my least Favorite song on CD next to IRS......... So I don't really want it.

any further updates, Spirit?

Where do you find this chart at?

^^^
It's not a chart per se, but a ranking under "popularity" in the download section of the xbox menu.

As of today:

203. Chinese Democracy (album)
291. Chinese Democracy
361. Better
454. There Was A Time
475. Riad N' The Bedouins
495. Street Of Dreams
508. This I Love
517. If The World
520. Sorry
528. Madagascar
539. Scraped
543. I.R.S.
552. Prostitute
560. Catcher In The Rye

588 in total.

Ooooohhh that's why.  I'm on PS3.

I think IRS and Scraped could be doing better. Both awesome songs to play and to listen to.

But I'm just glad Riad is doing as good as the others. :D

the popularity among ps3 and wii users might be quite different, then.

thank you very much for the update, Spirit.

I'm not quite sure if the ranking is specific to all downloads around the world.. Could someone in the US (or any other country) check if these figures check out?

I was thinking these figures might concerne Norway (my home country) only.

Does anyone know if Chinese Democracy is coming to Rock Band: Unplugged on the PSP?

^ I'd love to. But, as far as I know, still no word on DLC of entire albums previously released to the console version.

Where can I find CD for PS3, I only see the DL option for Xbox ?

My friend and I had to buy a download card for PS3 and put in the code.

It's on the PSN store.  Or through the Rock Band store on the actual game itself.

What do these numbers mean exactly. How many times they have been downloaded? How many times these songs have been played in a certain period of time? Are these a ranking?

Goddamn I love Chinese Democracy. The whole fucking thing.

i'd guess that "203. Chinese Democracy (album)" stands for the album is the 203rd most popular downloadable content :P and so on, i could be wrong but it seems likely?

Okay just bought RB2 for PS3, and just dl-ed the whole album. I feel like its november 22nd again, cand wait to play it  :beer:

a buddy of mine and I played the through the album constantly when it was first available. I moved and now live about an hour from him so we haven't had the chance to mess with it in a while but I'd love to. It was a riot.

Rock Band Unplugged Tracks for PSP

Tracks available for Rock Band Unplugged (Sept. 3)

Franz Ferdinand ? ?Lucid Dreams?
Guns N? Roses ? ?Riad N? The Bedouins?

Price
$1.99 per track


http://www.gamefocus.ca/?nav=new&nid=6673 (http://www.gamefocus.ca/?nav=new&nid=6673)




/jarmo

wow, this is incredible news!! This deserves a separete topic IMHO!!!

sorry for the double post, but I have never played any of these games, and I was told that ''Rock Band Unplugged'' has all tracks in their original ''electric'' form.

I imagined this news could have meant that we will see an acoustic version of Riad, but after what i was told, i think this is not the case.

So by "unplugged" do they mean that the game is for your portable PSP rather than the normal PlayStation?  Kind of misleading.

It clearly says PSP.....




/jarmo

Yes, I realize that.  What I'm trying to say is that using the term "unplugged" can be misleading when you are talking about music.  Initial thought is acoustic, so it is possible that people would buy this thinking they are getting different versions. 

Well it's the name of the game....

If the tracks were unplugged I'm sure it would be noted.




/jarmo

Yeah, its merely the rock band game for the PSP.  That is still cool news though.

The unplugged part of the Rock Band name is just a little play on the kind of system.  You know handheld, not plugged into power source.  PS3/X-Box/Wii, plugged into power source.

C'Mon Guns N' Roses...

Closed ASS !!!

Thankz Info  //

 :beer:

What???? 

Looks like we'll have Riad from the CD @ Rock Band Unplugged, for PSP. Just that, nothing more or nothing less =)

Oh, fucking great. My favorite song in the only videogame I have and I can't buy the song because the Rock Band Store don't work here in Brazil. Fucking Sony/Harmonix.....

Anyways, the song seems pretty hard to play in the regular mode (you have to play ALL the instruments, changing it all the time). At least in the expert mode.

Oh cool. I have a PSP and I never use it. Rockband Unplugged is the only thing I've seen in ages that would make me want to play it again. If they release the whole album for PSP, I'll be getting the game and the album asap.

There's tons of cool new games to PSP like Gran Turismo, Soul Calibur and Tekken...


Anyways, if they are releasing just Riad on RBU, I don't think they would release the whole album. And it's very interesting to release only this song - maybe because of the nice response it had on Rock Band 2...

Do they release full albums in RB Unplugged?

Maybe this is just a test to see how popular the song is....




/jarmo

No, they never did it. In fact, RB Unplugged DLC are always a couple of tracks a week.

Oh right. So it makes sense it's just one song then.

Hopefully they'll release more GN'R tracks in the future.



/jarmo

i thought of you when i saw the news.  :yes: such an interesting pick innit?

I have a feeling that's what it might be.  This song and scraped I believe were the most popular off the album for Rock Band because of the charts for the guitar.

In Riad's case, not only guitar - it's the harder Chinese song overall. Drums, bass and vocals are also fucking hard.

It is, but also frustrating as hell to me, as I can't buy it. :(

im still waiting for the U.K release for the Wii...........its been postponed about 4 times and saying im fucked off is a big understatement.
ive loaded my Wii with 2400 points ready and waiting...............but i guess playing the waiting game is the story of my life   >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:(

Why not?

a small GNR mention in a guitar hero vs rockband article.

"On the ?Rock Band? front, MTV-owned Harmonix and its partner Electronic Arts haven?t announced ?Rock Band 3″ yet. Instead, they?ve been focusing on ?The Beatles: Rock Band,? which releases Wednesday. That game, which is made up entirely of Beatles songs and tells the story of their career, is more of a standalone title. It brings a number of new features to the genre, such as the addition of three-part vocal harmonies, but you won?t be able to export its songs for play in ?Rock Band 2.? It also won?t feature support for other ?Rock Band? tracks you might have downloaded. This no doubt has something to do with the legal agreement MTV signed to get Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and the widows of George Harrison and John Lennon to agree to let their likenesses be used in the game. (You could see why Paul McCartney might not want to see the Fab Four playing Guns N? Roses? ?Shackler?s Revenge,? for example.)"

http://gamewit.blogs.pressdemocrat.com/10532/latest-round-of-guitar-hero-vs-rock-band/

Sorry to bump an old-ish thread, but I've just got an xbox 360 arcade with 256(?) memory card.

How much memory do I need to d/load the album?

Probably something bigger than that.  Most songs on Rock Band are anywhere from 25 - 50 mb (some higher).  So if there's 13 songs to download (not including Shackler's), you'll probably be a little short if downloading the whole album.  And don't forget some of your memory card will be eaten up with saved data from the game.  I'd err on getting at least a 1 gb memory card to ensure you get the full album.

Good luck, and having had it for six months, definitely worth the download.  It's a lot of fun, and it's cool to hear the different instruments pronounced when playing.

Cheers,

Andrew

just got an email from play.com saying my order has been dispatched at last  :peace:
looks like europe has finally got the wii version :headbanger:

There's an iPhone/iPod Touch version of Rock Band coming up. So far, there's 20 tracks (no GNR), but I'm already praying to have Riad or any other track from CD as DLC. :peace:

If you want, some day I can invite you to play RB2 in my new apartment... (there are some beers on the refrigerator!  :beer: )

Man, I was trying RIAD on Expert mode some days ago (guitar only - Nintendo Wii)... almost impossible!  :o


Nice to chat with you in a topic again! P.C. miss you!

Hugs!
 :peace:

I too was waiting for the wii version but got sick of the delays and always fancied getting a 360 anyway.

Good news about euro wii release, but apparantly the DLC is way behind. No CD yet from what I've seen

its not arrived yet but if i find that theres no CD for download then my Wii might be picking a window  >:(

Ok so after buying an xbox, rock band & guitar, Microsoft store points and lastly a hard drive I have d'loaded CD!

And OH FUCKING YES......THE MAN FROM DEL MONTE....HE SAY "OOOOHHHHHH FUCKING YES" :hihi:

(yes, I know I'm a bit late for the party!)

How accurate are the sing along lyrics on the video game?

100% as far as I know

No F-word.

Yeah, that's true. And no 'masturbation' as far as I can remember.

At least they didn't replace it with "celebration."

Why not?? That's kinda what it is right?

 :hihi:

Ha, thanks man, where are you living now in SP?

I'll buy a PS3 before the end of the year and I'll definately buy Rock Band 2. With Chinese and now a Queen pack, I can't miss that.

The problem is I barely have time to play Rock Band on PSP... :P

I don't really think so.

Hahahaha, Voodoo.

I think it was the smartest decision you've made about P.C

Anyway, i still think PS3's price here in Brazil it's really in a high level. It's really expensive to buy ONE game, and PS3 isn't cheated or cracked yet.

Dear G n' R community,
Please help, after many trials and tribulations I now own RB2 on the WII.
I don't really get chance to play the game but bought it specifically for Democracy.
I have 2000 points, and have purchased TWAT and Prostitute.
Where can I get to play these songs, they don't appear in
my quickplay song list.
My local  tour song list

Do i need to create an online band and online tour to play the album?

Also, i bought a 2gb memory card but noticed when downloading the 2 songs I would not
have enough blocks free - are blocks the memory on the memory card? There is nothing else
on the memory card.

Please help.

Too bad i still don't have internet on my ps3

and this was my first post wooo! : ok:

Damn.. i should have bought a Xbox 360 instead of a PS3. Its much more easier to get the songs on your game

How so? It's the exact same price and same files.

I've never had a problem.  Whats so hard about it?

something to do with the internet connection, i guess? as he said his ps3 wasn't connected in his first post.

Well then he would have even more trouble with the 360 since you would have to get an internet connection and then pay for the online service for the xbox.

So Rock Band has a new feature where artists can upload their own tracks called Rock Band Network.  Would be cool to get this passed along to the GNR crew to see if we can get some old/classic GNR on Rock Band.  Wouldn't mind seeing the re-recorded Appetite.  Here's a link with more info:

http://creators.rockband.com/

I still hope for a full GNR-game on Guitar Hero! Cool graphics and much more enjoyable than Rock band :drool:

I would LOVE it if all of CD came out for Guitar Hero, I love the drumming on GH much better than RB2 and I'm holding out hope that it happens some time.

That's for unsigned bands, there's a lot of copyright issues to deal with.

BTW, I finally bought the album for RB2 this weekend. Only had time to play Riad and Better (my favorites), but I plan to have it all done by the weekend. :)

It's not only for unsigned bands.  There are already a few "big" name bands that have songs uploaded to the network such as 3 inches of Blood, Steve Vai, Billy Idol, Presidents of the USA, Snoop Dogg, In this Moment, Jonathan coultan, David Bowie, Evanescence, All That Remains, Ministry, Evile, and Flight of the Conchords.

So again I hope this info gets passed along to those that could make this happen.

I know, i know..zombie thread.

But harmonix, the creators of rock band, announced today that the license for chinese democracy has just about ended, and the ability to purchase it for use in rock band 2, 3, or 4 will end by the end of january, 2016.

http://forums.harmonixmusic.com/discussion/comment/5241639/#Comment_5241639

If you already own it, no worries: you will continue to be able to download it, and play it, in the various versions of the game.