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Well, they would.

Sony's announced that the next SingStar package will be rock-themed, with 30 more licensed tracks from the likes of The Killers, Bloc Party, Nirvana and Blur.

It's called "SingStar Rocks!" As is tradition, it'll feature all the correct music videos in the background as you sing along, trying to match your drink-slurred output to the music. It'll be released on PS2 this spring.

Apparently there are "more acts to be confirmed", but Sony's released a preliminary line-up of bands and songs to consider, listed below.

One thing that this week's announcement doesn't make clear is whether Rocks! will include any new features. Following the success of the original SingStar, subsequent editions changed the dynamic and tweaked certain elements, but that iterative technology approach seemed to die away with the most recent addition, SingStar '80s.

Not that we're complaining too much. There'll always be room for new SingStar if the pricing's reasonable. Here's the current listing for Rocks:

Maximo Park - Apply Some Pressure
Hole - Celebrity Skin
Stereophonics - Dakota
The Killers - Somebody Told Me
Snow Patrol - Run
Bloc Party - Banquet
Franz Ferdinand - Do You Want To?
Kasabian - Club Foot
Razorlight - Somewhere Else
Jet - Are You Gonna Be My Girl?
Rolling Stones - Paint It Black
Nirvana - Come As You Are
The Subways - Rock 'n' Roll Queen
Bowling For Soup - 1985
The Bravery - An Honest Mistake
Blur - Song 2

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Wobbler #1 6 years ago

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YEAH!!!
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Syneisha #2 6 years ago

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That is one hell of an impressive line up. Song 2 is bound to be a cracking laugh as everyone tries to emulate the video
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MrChuckles #3 6 years ago

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I thought, yeah, a chance to sing proper rock songs, pity most of it is mainstream wannabe rock rubbish. (Snow Patrol, Stereophonics etc...)

Still, Paint it Black, Come as you are (Not Teen spirit???), and Song 2 should rock + Celebrity Skin for the ladies...

I guess i want a game with System Of A Down on it...
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Dirtie #4 6 years ago

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A couple of good songs, but still a rather weak lineup - Guitar Hero beats it hands down.

Edited by 1 at 03/02/06 @ 10:20
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Carlo #5 6 years ago

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Jet - Are you gonna be my girl...

ROFL... Can't wait!
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jack_klugman #6 6 years ago

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Fucking. Kasabian.
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OllyJ #7 6 years ago

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no Cannibal Corpse!
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tonynibbles #8 6 years ago

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SERIOUSLYER AWESOMER!
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Fozzie_bear #9 6 years ago

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\o/

I'm so excited a little bit of wee just came out!
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Pac #10 6 years ago

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I don't know why people are complaining at least it's rock - sort of.

It's hardly going to be full of Metallica and Napalm Death tracks is it?
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MrChuckles #11 6 years ago

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Pac, why not?

If they call it rock, it should be rock, not shitty indie bands.

Otherwise call it Singstar 'Light Rock'! or Singstar 'Indie Rock'!

My opinion is that it 'should' have Metallica etc. Guitar hero did a pretty good job of a rock list (although Franz Ferdinand crept in) and that is doing rather well.

tbh, a proper rock list would probably sell better in the US than most of these bands anyway .

Mind you there are supposed to be 30 tracks in total, so still a chance to redeem itself.
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OnlyMe #12 6 years ago

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Once Singstar Progressive comes out and we'll be able to sing along to Pain of Salvation, Dream Theater, Opeth (although I don't like them), early Genesis, Yes, A.C.T, King Crimson, Neal Morse, Spock's Beard, The Flower Kings, Pink Floyd, Magic Pie, The Beatles - only then I'll be interested.

'course, the difficulty level will probably be too high for most people to play the game with much success.
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Crube #13 6 years ago

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Surely should be called Singstar - indie

or singstar mock rock...

90% of that line up is not rock
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stx #14 6 years ago

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Meh. Singstar Student Disco.

I don't really see anything particularly rocking, and the Stereophonies are probably the furthest thing from rock imaginable.
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MrChuckles #15 6 years ago

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stx, praise be, someone else has the same view as me.

Stereophonics = Blandest, most lifeless band ever...

Saw them at Reading once, easily the worst band of the whole festival.
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spidermanalf #16 6 years ago

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Still going to be a laugh at the Xmas party getting wasted and getting back to my Indie roots with all my mates, and as you say, at least someone is going to fly across the room Song 2 styleeeee!
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Crube #17 6 years ago

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Has anyone actually said that it is...?

there are many different genres of rock, it's just that most of these bands seem to straddle the line between indie and rock, (with a leaning towards indie IMO)
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Tomo #18 6 years ago

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Hehe. +1 frod.
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Fozzie_bear #19 6 years ago

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Every time a new singstar tracklist is released there's a whole load of comments from people who've missed the point...

It's supposed to be fun. It's supposed to have songs which most people know and can join in with. It's a party game.
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MrChuckles #20 6 years ago

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frod: how can a genre of music be classed as 'louder' exactly, surely music is as loud as you play it?

Fozzie: There are many games that have music that pander to people that like pop, that like dance, that like R&B, and when one that comes out to pander to the rock fans, we rightly get a bit peeved when it doesn't have many decent rock songs in it. Most of my mates are into rock and have often said it'd be cool to have a karaoke game based on rock tracks, but i know for a fact they'd only sing 3 or 4 of the songs of this set.

As i said above though, it'll probably do better than a true rock Karaoke, which is just because it does pander to the masses and not the rock crowd.
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space_ace #21 6 years ago

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woo hoo! \o/
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Markusdragon #22 6 years ago

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Rocks? More like indies.
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jlaakso #23 6 years ago

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A "metal" Singstar could be fun, though. Then again, you can always go to heavy karaoke.
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space_ace #24 6 years ago

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some people still don't understand that everything in this life is brit-pop. eh.

hey where is pulp?!
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reality_cheque #25 6 years ago

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Stereophonics remind me of Rod Stewart. Which is not a good thing.

Singstar: Goth would be funny as hell for my uni reunions. Singstar: EBM would be the ultimate, but would only sell about 3 copies.
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LFMartins #26 6 years ago

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Whats next,Singstar Techno ? You need to do all the eletronic effects with your mouth.Or maybe a Singstar Monty Python.Every Sperm Is Sacred would Kick ass.
But Song 2 is awesome.
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Rambaldi #27 6 years ago

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These games are great..but too few tracks!!
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stx #28 6 years ago

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I don't know anyone that knows more than 2 or so of those tracks and would be able to sing along to them. And if it's aimed at students, why release it at the time of year when they don't have any free time or disposable income?

I'd prefer to see Singstar Raps as I thought the rap-o-meter was fairly innovative in 80s, and I'd like to see it used on more than 2 tracks.

Singstar Techno would be good though. There's not 2 Unlimited in everyone's life.
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smelly #29 6 years ago

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I don't know anyone that knows more than 2 or so of those tracks

SACHRALIDGE!

(if i knew how to spell it).
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Planet #30 6 years ago

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I guess some people expected some kind of Singstar: Death Metal here...
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smelly #31 6 years ago

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LOL! Yeah, that'd been ace! 3 seconds songs!
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Bitkari #32 6 years ago

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canny, very canny.

me smells an increasing player base...
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DB2k #33 6 years ago

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bit of a gip.. I've expet many mroe songs than that
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reflux #34 6 years ago

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Bah. Bring on the Singstar Growl Karaoke!
*kisses the goat*
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reality_cheque #35 6 years ago

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"There's not 2 Unlimited in everyone's life."

Agreed
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