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First batch in July. Exclusive.

Harmonix has signed exclusive rights to reproduce Green Day songs in Rock Band.

The first batch of punk rock arrives 7th July and contains "21 Guns", "Know Your Enemy" and "East Jesus Nowhere" from new album 21st Century Breakdown. Additional packs will be revealed further down the line.

Green Day shot to fame with album Dookie in 1994, pumping out punk pop toe-tappers like "Basket Case". A decade later, a darker-eyed and more political Green Day resurged with album American Idiot.

Various critical opinions on 21st Century Breakdown can be found on Metacritic, which averages scores at 74 per cent.

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Eraysor #1 3 years ago

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Meh!

Also, I lol at music reviews.
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RexRunti #2 3 years ago

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Just give me the whole Dookie album and I'll be happy.
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Toothball #3 3 years ago

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I was expecting them to release Basket Case as that the only Dookie song that ever gets played on the radio. I'd much rather have some Welcome to Paradise. I'll probably take whatever they release though.

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Burkey123 #4 3 years ago

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Love Green Day. Pity I don't own Rock Band
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andywilkie35 #5 3 years ago

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This is good news. I was wondering why bands like Green Day haven't been signed to Rock Band or GH.
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toythatkills #6 3 years ago

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It'd be good news if they hadn't announced such thoroughly average songs to be released.

A massive "meh."
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andywilkie35 #7 3 years ago

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I say good news because it means that there's a good chance albums like Dookie will eventually arrive on Rock Band
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covfan #8 3 years ago

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Just add The Wildhearts, it's not hard guys!
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Eraysor #9 3 years ago

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Just add The Wildhearts, it's not hard guys!

+1 bajillion points. I would pay many times the usual price just for one of their songs.
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rhubarbandcustard #10 3 years ago

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Love rock music and Rock Band but Green Day wind me up something rotten.

Absolutely dreadful band.
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LazyDan #11 3 years ago

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Can't stand Green Day. Radio 1 absolutely bum them though so I get to listen to their dull droney crap at least 4 times a day.

Weren't Green Day one of those bands who bitched about these games not being the real thing and a waste of time and hence refusing to support them? Or am I thinking of someone else?
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toythatkills #12 3 years ago

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Nickelback?
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Evolution #13 3 years ago

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For people who can't get enough power chords.
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covfan #14 3 years ago

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Very likely lazydan.
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LazyDan #15 3 years ago

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Ahhhh yeah it was Nickelback that had a proper bitch about it, wasn't it. I'm sure Green Day have as well though...

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RedSparrows #16 3 years ago

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I find Greenday completely meh. You're welcome.
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linksdad #17 3 years ago

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One of the most tedious annoying bands out. I will definately be excercising my right NOT to buy
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airjoca #18 3 years ago

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I want Pink Floyd and U2. Pretty please.
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Zamn10210 #19 3 years ago

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To hell with the moaners, I'm delighted. Green Day were one of the big bands I was waiting on to make it to RB/GH.
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Ryze #20 3 years ago

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Oooooh!
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KillerMonkey #21 3 years ago

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How exciting! Playing nothing but powerchords for 3 minutes straight..
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clockworkzombie #22 3 years ago

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I saw Green Day at a festival once, before I went I thought I might become a fan that was cured very quickly. Piss poor performance.

The highlight however was them asking if any fans in the audience could play guitar a dude was hauled on stage and asked how long he had been playing guitar.

One week was the response, anyway they gave him a guitar and asked him to play some specific song, well he was better than the band member and was running over the stage making high jumps whilst playing and not missing a beat he was having a ball.

Meanwhile the band were looking around at each other like a party of role-players do when they decide one one of them is going to be murdered for some transgression.

So they stopped him and informed us he was going to perform a stage dive and two of them threw him into the crowd.
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Antwandemarco #23 3 years ago

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Hot steaming shit over here, come and get your shite! For the low price of 200 gamerpoints!

Edited by 1 at 13/06/09 @ 17:55
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kangarootoo #24 3 years ago

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"Meanwhile the band were looking around at each other like a party of role-players do when they decide one one of them is going to be murdered for some transgression."

That made me chuckle, and I'm not sure why. Obscure, to say the least
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