Tap into your Rock & Roll fantasy as you pick your axe, form a band and tour for fame and fortune, all while sticking the rock credo of learning your instrument as you go in Rock Band.
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Developed by Harmonix, creators of the blockbuster Guitar Hero franchise, Rock Band is an all-new platform for gamers ready to take on the challenges of the Rock & Roll lifestyle. Instruments available to players are guitar, bass, drums or vocals as they hit the road as either an aspiring superstar solo act, or for the first time in game genre history take on the true collaborative and challenging nature of music as they form a band and jam together in multiplayer action from home or around the world. Either way players will need to master their stage presence through the various game modes and poli sh their rock chops via the unrivaled Rock Band song list if they hope to make it out of the garage, into the clubs and finally on to the main stage.
Extensive Game Modes.Rock Band delivers four music games in one – challenging rockers to master lead guitar, bass guitar, drums and vocals through the five separate game modes.
- Tutorial Mode: Master the basics! No need for experience. Pick your weapon of choice and ascend from beginner to rock god.
- Practice Mode: Perfect your tune! Breakdown any part of any song at your preferred speed before hitting the main stage.
- Quickplay Mode: Instant fix of fun! Jump into any unlocked song for some quick jam time either on your own or with other players.
- Solo Tour Mode: Take it on the road! Pack up your instrument of choice and set out on the open road for a fun and challenging single player career.
- Band World Tour Mode: Conquer t he world! The journey to rock stardom takes you from small town bars to world-renowned venues. Earn fame and fortune along the way to secure rock star necessities.
A Song List That Goes to Eleven!
Built on unprecedented deals with top record labels and music publishers, the mix of remastered originals and covers that make up the epic Rock Band song list puts players in the shoes of legendary artists from day one. In addition to the 45 tracks listed below, Rock Band will also feature 13 songs ranging from a variety of established bands to up-and-coming independent artists that can be unlocked as you play through the game. Track list includes:
- Rolling Stones “Gimme Shelter”
- 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 “Blitzkrieg Bop”
- Deep Purple “Highway Star”
- KISS “Detroit Rock City”
- Molly Hatchet “Flirtin’ With Disaster”
- The Outlaws “Green Grass & High Tides”
- Sweet “Ballroom Blitz”
- Rush “Tom Sawyer”
- Bon Jovi “Wanted Dead or Alive”
- The Clash “Should I Stay or Should I Go”
- Faith No More “Epic”
- R.E.M. “Orange Crush”
- Iron Maiden “Run to the Hills”*
- Foo Fighters “Learn to Fly”
- Metallica “Enter Sandman”
- Nirvana “In Bloom”
- Stone Temple Pilots “Vasoline”
- Weezer “Say It Ain’t So”
- Smashing Pumpkins “Cherub Rock”
- Radiohead “Creep”
- Beastie Boys “Sabotage”
- Hole “Celebrity Skin”
- Garbage “I Think I’m Paranoid”
- Soundgarden “Black Hole Sun”
- 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”
- Pixies “Wave of Mutilation”
- Yeah Yeah Yeahs “Maps”
- Red Hot Chili Peppers “Dani California”
- Coheed & Cambria “Welcome Home”
- Fallout Boy “Dead on Arrival”
- The Killers “When You Were Young”
- New Pornographers “Electric Version”
User Ratings and Reviews
3 Stars I may be biased since I played Guitar hero first
As the title states I may be biased since I played Guitar Hero III first, but this game feels less intuitive then Guitar Hero. Although this game has some gem songs that Guitar Hero III doesn’t have, I feel that Guitar Hero III has the superior soundtrack. As I type this I’m getting ready to sell Rock Band 1 and the instruments in favor of Guitar Hero World Tour.
4 Stars Addicting and Fun but missing features
Okay, NOW I get the hype behind this game. It’s great fun and can be quite addictive. The Wii and PS2 versions are missing features that are standard on the 360 and PS3 versions. But it’s still a great game.
3 Stars Fair
My son is not interested in this game yet. Once we purchase the drums he may be more interested in in it.
2 Stars Fun Game
First, it’s not really a ‘game’- it’s just musical instruments for people who don’t play musical instruments. That said, I dig it a lot. So for the most part, does the family; we each have our own instrument( Microphone, Drums and Guitar- I rock out the drums.) This is probably the only Wii “game” that I play regularly because again, it’s not really a game. Still, as fun as it is, I get the sense from reading reviews of Rockband II, Rockband for other systems (i.e. XBOX, and PS3), or Guitar Hero (any) that this version for the Wii was rather skimpy on alot of aspects. And truthfully, the game is pretty repetitive and not very…optionable, i.e. you just play notes. It would have been interesting to ‘progress’ in the tour mode- like choose and create characters, clothing, etc. The songs are also somewhat limited, and for Wii Rockband, you can’t download like XBX and PS3, only buy TrackPacks, which is a downer. The level of difficulty is good though and it offers different playability once you get through a song with a good handle on it. Still I like it alot, and so does the fam, making it more than likely that I will look into GuitarHero or RB2 in the future. If I’d have had the choice now, I would have gone for RB2. But with no music background whatsoever, RB has piqued my interest.
5 Stars Fun for everyone, better than Twister!
I picked this up with the Wii Beatles release and am so happy to have my kids learning the songs I grew up with! The drums are great, the guitar is better than regular Wii issue. My wife and I held off on electronic games, nintendo, Xbox, all the others because there is no action like the Wii where you stand, jump, and reall move around. Skeptical at fiirst when thei (Wii) arrived, but totally sold now! Don’t wait another day, get one NOW!
