AC/DC Live: Rock Band Comments by Kieron Gillen

Is this for real? They're not even the studio versions - I want Bon songs sung by Bon!
The pricing is getting out of hand and I hope people vote with their wallets on this one.

The score is harsh. It's a standalone disc because of some licensing restriction that AC/DC is only sold thru Walmart in the US, and naturally they've just sold the exact same package in Europe for simplicity.

@Tweakmonkey
I might not understand what you mean, but my dad bought every AC/DC album at Virgin Megastores in New York about 2 weeks ago!??

Or you mean just the game??

@Tweakmonkey

AC/DC refuse to sell any of their tracks online or as singles. The only Deal Harmonix could get was to get an album and release it on Disc (With an export code that downloads the songs on the harddrive for RB1 and RB2). Since Live At Donnington was the closest they could get to a "Greatest Hits" collection they went for that as the Band wouldnt go for a collection with songs mixed from the albums. Thems the breaks of working with the worlds largest Rock Bands. Demands, demands, demands....

JUST PLAYIN IT FOR THE MUSIC IS ENOUGH.JUST TURN IT UP LOUD SO YOUR EARS BLEED.HEAVY ROCK HOW IT SHOULD BE DONE,NEW BANDS THESE DAYS SUCK.

^^^

What about Airbourne then?

@shotgun44 and RobotRocker

I got mixed up about the Walmart thing as it was only their latest album Black Ice that is exclusive along with this track pack which is also exclusive.

I think the live versions are great.

This is entirely AC/DC's fault. Harmonix have said they want to do DLC, but AC/DC have their heads so far up their own arses that they insisted on a separate physical album. Here's what Angus Young said about iTunes, and the same stance I'm sure applies to the Rock Band store:

“We don’t make singles, we make albums,” said Young. “Way back in the Seventies, we drew these figures on the back of an envelope for our record company. We showed them how much they earned from us if we sold one million singles and how much they earned if we sold one million albums. The difference was staggering . . . If we were on iTunes, we know a certain percentage of people would only download two or three songs from the album - and we don’t think that represents us musically.”

In other words, AC/DC are money-grabbing shills who don't give a crap what the punter wants. Harmonix had to hastily construct a standalone game to go with this physical product that didn't undermine Rock Band itself. It's all very stupid because it should have just been a DLC album, but what with AC/DC wanting the game alongside their new album on Wal Mart's shelves, and their anti-single track purchasing stance, it wasn't going to happen.

Personally I think Harmonix should have told them to go f*ck themselves. Tossers.

I don't get Angus' insistence on albums: They are not some prog rock/metal outfit making theme albums like Ayreon or Pink Floyd. Even Floyd made "A Collection of Great Dance Songs" which ripped songs out of their original context.

Bah, everything the made except "Dirty Deeds..." sucks anyway.

Fitting score that reflects the quality of the band. Most boring rock ever!

/hopes for an Ayreon/Pink Floyd/Dream Theater/Porcupine Tree/Agalloch/Paradise Lost GH edition. :P

I'd say KISS next, but I don't think EA can afford them. Gene Simmons would probably want 90% of the sales, as well as the rights to sell Rock Band KISS t-shirts, coffee cups, condoms, nose-hair trimmers etc etc.

airbourne r crap lol

NO

The AC/DC of the 1970's were one of the very best rock bands of their era. TNT,High Voltage, Highway to Hell, Dirty Deeds, and Let There Be Rock ... incredibly good stuff,

Since Bon Scott's death (and what a Rock'n'roll way to go) in 1980, they've been pumping out crap. Which makes this game a fitting tribute to the modern AC/DC stuff.

Anyone who claims AC/DC are one of the most boring bands in rock have obviously never seen them live, or have any inkling about rock history.

P.S. They should do a Vanden Plas release, or a Fate's Warning: Awaken the Guardian release.