The Killers for Rock Band today

By Robert Purchese Published 25 November, 2008

Plus Lamb of God, Yngwie Malmsteen.

Harmonix and MTV have bolstered the Rock Band library of music on Xbox Live.

Added today are three tracks by The Killers: "Mr. Brightside", "Smile Like You Mean It" and "Spaceman". These cost 440 Microsoft Points (GBP 3.74 / EUR 5.28) as a pack, or 160 Microsoft Points (GBP 1.36 / EUR 1.92) individually.

There's also music from Yngwie Malmsteen's Rising Force, which we've never heard of. "Caprici di Diablo", "Damnation Game", and "Red Devil" are the tracks on offer, which, again, can be bought as a three-strong pack or individually.

Finally, there's "Laid to Rest" by Lamb of God, which is a brilliant name for a band. No we've never heard this song before, but you can for 160 Points.

Incidentally, there were also supposed to be Soundgarden tracks "Jesus Christ Pose" and "Pretty Nose" up today, but Major Nelson's blog claims these haven't shown up.

All Rock Band DLC will work in Rock Band 2 and vice versa, remember.

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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.

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Comments (28) Latest comment 3 years ago

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  • themagicaltaz #1 3 years ago

    Cool Yngwie rocks, allthough I do wonder about the vocals on those tracks as usually there aren't many...

  • Kelesis #2 3 years ago

    "Laid to Rest" was in Gh2 as well. So someone at EG must have heard it, right? Nice to see some Yngwie coming. That pack coluld be a rough one.
    Edited by 1 at 25/11/08 @ 11:16

  • LazyDan #3 3 years ago

    KILLERS! Wahoo - bit gutted that Rock Band gets Spaceman while GH:WT gets Human, but Spaceman's still one of the better songs off the album. Might even grow to like it more yet.

    More importantly...


    OPPEEENN UP MY EAAAGGERRR EYESS.... CAUSE I'M MR BRIGHTTTSIDEEEEE

    I need Rock Band in my life more than ever.

  • DFawkes #4 3 years ago

    More songs not as good as Jessies Girl. Though the same can be said of all songs ever.

  • Joppers #5 3 years ago

    Caprici di Diablo is going to be really tough! It's full on Yngwie solo action from the new album!

    In fact all three of those tracks are from the new album!
    Edited by 1 at 25/11/08 @ 11:21

  • kangarootoo #6 3 years ago

    Ok LoG song I guess, but if you are going to put one of their tracks in a guitar game, Redneck is really the only choice.

    <a href="http://uk.y outube.com/watch?v=cQYPn_en6OU
    ">http://uk.y outube.com/watch?v=cQYPn_en6OU
    </a>

    skip to 30s in for the start of the proper song.

    Edit: now I think on it, Redneck also has some of the best metal drumming you will find anywhere :)
    Edited by 1 at 25/11/08 @ 11:31

  • Zomoniac #7 3 years ago

    now I think on it, Redneck also has some of the best metal drumming you will find anywhere :)

    And how do you propose to emulate 'the best metal drumming' on a single pedal with no rebound?

  • Rowlsten #8 3 years ago

    Was looking forward to more Soundgarden :( Insta-purchase.

  • kangarootoo #9 3 years ago

    @Zomoniac

    NO idea. I simply demand the best, nothing less will do. I leave it to others to find the solutions.

    :)

  • kangarootoo #10 3 years ago

    More seriously though, RB needs to find a solution that allows players to enjoy fast double pedal songs. Even just playing with one foot and having the game looking after the other is a step (no pun intended) in the right direction (though not ideal).

    Maybe the kit should support a second pedal input? As for the lack of rebound, the posh RB2 kit should have a better pedal surely? Hmmm, maybe it will support dual pedals?

  • kangarootoo #11 3 years ago

    Long ago, when I first started drumming, I had one of these.

    [link url=http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/491/yamahadd50pro 2cf0.jpg
    ]http://im g100.imageshack.us/img100/491/y...[/link]

    The strange square thing shown bottom right is one of the pedals. You had a basic switchy thing for both hi-hat control and kick drum. I made a wooden holder for the kick drum switch that allowed me to attach a proper drum pedal. The beater would hit the switch when you stomped the pedal. It worked a treat.

    Anyway, where am I heading with this? Not really sure. I just figure that there is space out there for a mod that takes the sensor out of the existing RB kick pedal and hangs it within a device that can be attached to a proper kick pedal AND provide decent rebound (which my contraption admittedly didn't really do).

  • Ace_McCloud #12 3 years ago

    Got Rock Band 2 yesterday! Hooray!!

    Drums - no.
    Proper mic - no.
    Joy joy feelings - OH YES!

    Speaking of which, when are the new instruments coming out?

    ...and how and why do you have to unlock all the fucking songs now? What's the point of that in a multiplayer game. Dicks.

  • spadge #13 3 years ago

    Ace, go to modify game and enter the unlock (google it) all songs option.

  • Ace_McCloud #14 3 years ago

    Yeah, discovered that, unfortunately you have to do that everytime you turn on the game! Stupid.


    Anyway, just been online to buy that Killers pack... £30 later, the selection of songs is just too good!:(

  • kangarootoo #15 3 years ago

    "...and how and why do you have to unlock all the fucking songs now? What's the point of that in a multiplayer game. Dicks."

    Totally agree, but I would extend the comment to single player too. RB and GH need to 'get with the program' on that particular issue. It is a hangover from some sense of a retro story driven single player progression model (which both games still insist on doffing their cap to), when really most people don't give a rats ass about that sort of thing. They just to play the tunes they like. Where is the fun in playing tunes you don't like, just to get the tunes you DO like?

    I actually read a review the other (not a very good one, and not on this site) that suggested that the lack of single player unlock structure meant there was "little point in playing the game single player". I'm sure they didn't really mean that, because if they had I would have to assume they were very stupid.

    "What about the simple fun or playing?" would have been my question, possible with a "dumbass" suffix. Unlocking progress has its place, but rarely are music games that place. CERTAINLY not music games with extensible catalogues.

  • gblegend #16 3 years ago

    Get Soundgarden sorted asap, Jesus Christ Pose fucking rocks
    Edited by 1 at 25/11/08 @ 13:04

  • Ace_McCloud #17 3 years ago

    Just spent the last hour singing with my headset on and strumming with my guitar. AMAZING! Smile Like You Mean It, I doth my cap to you Killers - that must be fun to play in real life... should really spend more time with the real guitar... oh well!

    The unlocking thing is especially stupid seeing as it wasn't the case in RB1... can you imagine Singstar or Lips having the same feature? Retarded.

  • Toothball #18 3 years ago

    It doesn't take too long to unlock most of Rock Band 2. My band and I toured most of the world on launch day. There's a few songs that haven't come up so far, but with between songs from the first and downloads we're far from running out of tracks to play. Don't think I've even played everything I've downloaded actually.

  • DemonCleaner #19 3 years ago

    It's "Pretty Noose" not "Pretty Nose" - Bloody hell EG!

  • optimusprym8 #20 3 years ago

    [link url=http://uk.y outube.com/watch?v=aS_IYe5JTZ4
    ]http://uk.y outube.com/watch?v=aS_IYe5JTZ4
    [/link]

    ^^ everything that is wrong with guitarists, far too much widdling and wanking solos.

  • Joppers #21 3 years ago

    @optimusprym8

    Are you kidding me .... Yngwie Malmsteen is a legend!!
    I shall be downloading the Perpetual Flame track pack for some solo madness :)

  • dsf #22 3 years ago

    Damn it, if you're going to release some LoG, why a song that was in an earlier game? Sigh.

  • Erinan #23 3 years ago

    Drums chart on Mr Brightside seems to be quite different (hint: horrible) from the album version: http://www .youtube.com/watch?v=5CXQURwuovg

    :/

  • kangarootoo #24 3 years ago

    @optimusprym8

    That is a tutorial video ffs, of course it is full of technical stuff. Building technical ability is absolutely mandatory if you want to be able to express each and every idea that enters your head, whatever style you prefer.

  • kangarootoo #25 3 years ago

    @Erinan

    Christ, I agree. At first I thought it was the same line but brought up in the mix (as they do with many of their tracks), but as it got further in it was clearly a different arrangement. Roughly the same, but not quite. And some of the key moments (moving into the chorus) were just missing all their punch :(

  • Pinewood_Groves #26 3 years ago

    Never heard "Laid to Rest"?

    Something of a mistake for a games website, surely!

  • MrChuckles #27 3 years ago

    'Yngwie Malmsteen' is hilarious. I went to see him play twice with a mate who was far too addicted to listening to him. Needless to say his music is a cacophony of thousands of extremely fast notes played one after another. Technically brilliant, but somewhere along teh line he forgot to make it nice to listen to.

    Oh, and he played a guitar using the roof of the club and with his teeth... All in all, impressive...

    These days i have another friend who swears by 'Lamb Of God', too much shouting for me i'm afraid, give me System of A Down or Deftones any day...

  • Joppers #28 3 years ago

    Downloaded the Yngwie Malmsteen track pack last night, and it is fooking difficult, and I'm only playing on Hard.

    Need to improve my skills me thinks!