July 28, 2008

The Drum Day From Hell

If you thought the Endless Setlist’s 58 song set was tough, how about a 235 song set?

Tom Chick conducted a great interview with Sean Feica, a Rock Band drummer who played all 235 songs currently available for Rock Band in one marathon 26 and a half hour jam session.

On expert, of course. He called [...]

July 27, 2008

Comparing Fake Plastic to Real Guitars

I didn’t know anything about guitars until I picked up a fake plastic one. After owning almost every fake plastic guitar on the market — and a few trips to Guitar Center to pick up some essential fake plastic band equipment — I’ve begun to appreciate how beautiful real guitars truly are.

I thought it might [...]

July 26, 2008

How Popular Are Downloadable Songs?

There have been at least three new tracks each and every week since Rock Band’s original release in November of last year. Sometimes more. That means by now there are literally hundreds of downloadable tracks available now for Rock Band. 235, to be exact.

But which downloadable tracks are the most popular?

MTV and Harmonix don’t release [...]

July 25, 2008

Faith No More’s Mike Patton on Rock Band

Mike Patton, of the band Faith No More (and many others) was recently intervewed by the Onion’s A.V. Club, and he talked a bit about Rock Band:

AVC: Faith No More appeared in Rock Band. Do you have any kind of input on those kind of decisions when you’re picked for a game like that?
MP: [...]

July 24, 2008

Rush Plays… Rush

Here’s a short video of Rush playing their own song, Tom Sawyer, in Rock Band.

I was impressed that they made it to 31% on expert.

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