Euro Rock Band to get exclusive songs

By Robert Purchese Published 18 March, 2008

Blur, Oasis, Die Toten Hosen.

The European versions of Rock Band may feature exclusive regional songs.

Word comes from the Play.com Live event at the weekend, where keen-eyed attendees spotted a track list wielded by EA staff demonstrating the game.

According to ButtonBandits, UK rockers will get Beetlebum by Blur, Rock 'n' Roll Star by Oasis, Through the Monsoon by Tokyo Hotel and Hysteria by Muse.

Meanwhile, those of you in France will be offered Manu Chao by Les Wamaps, L'Aventurier by Indochine, and New Wave by Playmo.

Germans, on the other hand, will find themselves with Hier Kommt Alex by Eurogamer favourite Die Toten Hosen, Perfekte Welle by Juli, and Countdown to Insanity by H-Block X.

Eurogamer has contacted EA for comment.

The full, non-exclusive, track list on the sheets can be found below.

1960s

  • Rolling Stones "Gimme Shelter"

1970s

  • Aerosmith "Train Kept a Rollin"
  • The Who "Won't Get Fooled Again"
  • Boston "Foreplay/Long Time"
  • Mountain "Mississippi Queen"
  • The Police "Next To You"
  • David Bowie "Suffragette City"
  • Black Sabbath "Paranoid"
  • Blue Oyster Cult "Don't Fear The Reaper"
  • The Ramones "Blitzkreig Bop"
  • Deep Purple "Highway Star"
  • KISS "Detroit Rock City"
  • Molly Hatchet "Flirtin' With Disaster"
  • The Outlaws "Green Grass & High Tides"
  • Sweet "Ballroom Blitz"

1980s

  • Rush "Tom Sawyer"
  • Bon Jovi "Wanted Dead or Alive"
  • The Clash "Should I stay or Should I Go"
  • Faith No More "Epic"
  • Pixies "Wave of Mutilation"
  • R.E.M "Orange Crush"
  • Iron Maiden "Run To The Hills"

1990s

  • Foo Fighters "Learn To Fly"
  • Metallica "Enter Sandman"
  • Nirvana "In Bloom"
  • Stone Temple Pilots "Vasoline"
  • Weezer "Say It Aint So"
  • Smashing Punpkins "Cherub Rock"
  • Radiohead "Creep"
  • Beastie Boys "Sabotage"
  • Hole "Celebrity Skin"
  • Garbage "I Think I'm Paranoid"
  • Soundgarden "Black Hole Sun"

2000s

  • The Hives "Main Offender"
  • Queens Of The Stone Age "Go With the Flow"
  • The Strokes "Reptilia"
  • Jet "Are You Gonna Be My Girl"
  • OK Go "Here it Goes Again"
  • Nine Inch Nails "The hand That Feeds"
  • Yeah Yeah Yeahs "Maps"
  • Red Hot Chilli Peppers "Dani California"
  • Coheed & Cambria "Welcome Home"
  • Fallout Boy "Dead on Arrival"
  • The Killers "When You Were Young"
  • New Pornographers "Electric Version"

Unlockable Tracks

  • Anarchy "Blood Doll"
  • Bang Camaro "Pleasure (Pleasure)"
  • Crooked X "Nightmare"
  • Death of the Cool "Can't Let Go"
  • Flyleaf "I'm So Sick"
  • Freezepop "brainpower"
  • Honest Bob and The Factory-to-Dealer Incentives "I Get By"
  • The Acro-bats "Day Late, Dollar Short"
  • The Konks "29 Fingers"
  • The Mother Hips "Time We Had"
  • Timmy and the Lords of the Underworld "Timmy and the lords of the Underworld"
  • Tribe "Outside"
  • Vagiant "Seven"

European release details for Rock Band are yet to be announced, but it's expected in Q2.

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About Robert Purchese

Bertie is Eurogamer's Senior Staff Writer. When he's not hunting down news stories he's often found playing with his kids or gabbling about fantasy games and strange online worlds. @Clert on Twitter.

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Comments (25) Latest comment 4 years ago

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  • FortysixterUK #1 4 years ago

    Sounds promising, now all we need is for the game to be released and compatability with the guitar hero guitars !

  • BM #2 4 years ago

    That's nice dear, now GIVE US A RELEASE DATE

  • Lynchman #3 4 years ago

    So will these be downloadable for us across the pond too?

  • Garulon #4 4 years ago

    Fucking 'ell EA, it didn't take Sir Walter Raleigh this long to bring shit from the Mericas. Sort it out or shoot some lawyers or SOMETHING!

  • Drebbin #5 4 years ago

    Hasn’t this already been out in the US since Christmas?

    Why is it taking so long for Europe to get this? Surely if games like Halo, Mass Effect etc can have a similar release dates, they can sort this out too?

    As BM said “Give us a release date!!!!”

  • JonFE #6 4 years ago

    "European release details as well as retail price(s) for Rock Band are yet to be announced, but it's expected in Q2."

    Fixed.

    /much more worried about price

  • XdarXideX #7 4 years ago

    Not only that they've been having weekly DLC since release. I guess that means the XBL multiplayer will be region locked.

    About the price... it's listed as £69.99 where I work (currently) but I'd expect it to be nearer £89.99 on release.
    Edited by XdarXideX at 18/03/08 @ 09:24

  • Toothball #8 4 years ago

    I get mocked by Americans for not being able to buy this game. You'd think it was made by Sony at this rate.

  • JonFE #9 4 years ago

    XdarXideX, do you happen to know what's supposed to be included in that £69.99? The complete bundle goes for $169.99 in the USA and I was hoping for a similar price in Euro - yeah, right, like that could ever happen...

  • McBradders #10 4 years ago

    Just give me the fucking game already >:(

  • Tricky #11 4 years ago

    Funnily enough, those were all songs that were found listed when someone hacked one of the recent DLC packs. Should mean that the US gets them too, but who knows?

    Seriously looking forward to Beetlebum and Hysteria though - good tunes to play there methinks.

  • optimusprym8 #12 4 years ago

    release date, price and GHIII guitar compatibility please (360) - I've just moved to a new flat with a bigger lounge just for this game!

  • Frosty840 #13 4 years ago

    I don't care!
    Just make them release the game!

  • Beek4257 #14 4 years ago

    Strange. I thought Tokyo Hotel was German.

  • brooza #15 4 years ago

    Meh, this game has been delayed that much it's gotten to the point where I don't really care about this any more. A bunch of songs by depressing britpop bands won't do much to sway my opinion.

  • Wendelius #16 4 years ago

    Oooh... I think I might import mine from France or Germany then. Like the sound of those songs better. :)

    Realistically though, I hope those songs are included by default in each country but that they will be offered to other Europeans as (cheap please!) DLC.

    Wendelius

  • riz23 #17 4 years ago

    Yes I think you'll find Tokyo Hotel is for the Gerbils as opposed to Cliff-Pissers

  • ruttyboy #18 4 years ago

    @seamonsterneil

    What a cunt.


    EDIT: Erm, your American 'friend', not you.
    Edited by ruttyboy at 18/03/08 @ 13:20

  • Eraysor #19 4 years ago

    My local game store is currently selling a US PS3 import box set for a rather hilarious £174.99. And it hasn't sold for the last few weeks.

  • OmagnusPrime #20 4 years ago

    I like how we're getting screwed on the release date, we'll most likely get screwed on price, but yet we'll still all go out and buy it. It's ridiculous because here is a game a lot of people want, but just can't get hold of. It's bullshit and them some, and the longer it goes on the more pissed off I get. If it does turn out that they try and rip us off I might be inclined to say fuck 'em.

  • deaner #21 4 years ago

    So all the unlockabel tracks are pap? Ace.

  • RobotRocker #22 4 years ago

    If you cannot comprehend the sheer awesome that is Bang Camaro. You don't get to call the Bonus tracks pap.

    /Seriously. Get the album. It is awesome.

  • Tricky #23 4 years ago

    And not just Bang Camaro. The Flyleaf, Tribe, Acro-Brats and The Mother Hips tracks are all great as far as I'm concerned

  • Hobber #24 4 years ago

    Hmm... Exclusive songs for UK, France and Germany... what about the rest of Europe? Song exclusivity sucks, and I really hope all songs will be available across Europe. I want some Die Toten Hosen too, dammit, and I don't wanna be left out because I'm Norwegian.

  • Stu #25 4 years ago

    29th May is listed on Amazon and HMV...