New Downloadable Content (DLC) is released weekly.
XBox 360 - Tuesday 5:00 AM EST
PS3 - Thursday evenings 5:00 PM
More detailed information of all available and upcoming DLC is available in the next post of this thread.
*All information about upcoming DLC must include a source URL.*
*This includes the official listing from rockband.com*
Rock Band 2's New Features
- Full backwards compatibility with all RB1 DLC
- Ability to export from RB1($5 - 55 songs. No Enter Sandman, Run to the Hills, or Paranoid)
- Online Band World Tour
- Challenge Mode (dynamically created sets based on various criteria)
- Custom Setlists
- Any character can play on any instrument
- No-Fail Mode (for completely novice players)
- Drum Trainer (78 exercises)
- "Battle of the Bands" Daily Leaderboard Challenges
AC/DC - Let There Be Rock
AFI - Girl’s Gone Grey
Alanis Morissette - You Oughta Know
Alice in Chains - Man in the Box
Allman Brothers - Ramblin’ Man
Avenged Sevenfold - Almost Easy
Bad Company - Shooting Star
Beastie Boys - So Whatcha Want
Beck - E-Pro
Bikini Kill - Rebel Girl
Billy Idol - White Wedding Pt. I
Blondie - One Way or Another
Bob Dylan - Tangled Up in Blue
Bon Jovi - Livin’ on a Prayer
Cheap Trick - Hello There
Devo - Uncontrollable Urge
Dinosaur Jr. - Feel the Pain
Disturbed - Down with the Sickness
Dream Theater - Panic Attack
Duran Duran - Hungry Like the Wolf
Elvis Costello - Pump It Up
Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way
Foo Fighters - Everlong
Guns N’ Roses - Shackler’s Revenge
Interpol - PDA
Jane’s Addiction - Mountain Song
Jethro Tull - Aqualung
Jimmy Eat World - The Middle
Joan Jett - Bad Reputation
Journey - Anyway You Want It
Judas Priest - Painkiller
Kansas - Carry On Wayward Son
L7 - Pretend We’re Dead
Lacuna Coil - Our Truth
Linkin Park - One Step Closer
Lit - My Own Worst Enemy
Lush - De-Luxe
Mastodon - Colony of Birchmen
Megadeth - Peace Sells
Metallica - Battery
Mighty Mighty Bosstones - Where’d You Go
Modest Mouse - Float On
Motorhead - Ace of Spades
Nirvana - Drain You
Norman Greenbaum - Spirit in the Sky
Panic at the Disco - Nine in the Afternoon
Paramore - That’s What You Get
Pearl Jam - Alive
Presidents of the USA - Lump
Rage Against the Machine - Testify
Ratt - Round & Round
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Give it Away
Rise Against - Give it All
Rush - The Trees
Silversun Pickups - Lazy Eye
Smashing Pumpkins - Today
Social Distortion - I Was Wrong
Sonic Youth - Teenage Riot
Soundgarden - Spoonman
Squeeze - Cool for Cats
Steely Dan - Bodhitsattva
Steve Miller Band - Rock’n Me
Survivor - Eye of the Tiger
System of a Down - Chop Suey
Talking Heads - Psycho Killer
Tenacious D - Master Exploder
Testament - Souls of Black
The Donnas - New Kid in School
The Go-Go’s - We Got the Beat
The Grateful Dead - Alabama Getaway
The Guess Who - American Woman
The Muffs - Kids in America
The Offspring - Come Out & Play (Keep ‘em Separated)
The Replacements - Alex Chilton
The Who - Pinball Wizard
Bonus Songs
Abnormality - Visions
Anarchy Club - Get Clean
Bang Camaro - Night Lies
Breaking Wheel - Shoulder to the Plow
The Libyans - Neighborhood
The Main Drag - A Jagged Gorgeous Winter
Speck - Conventional Lover
The Sterns - Supreme Girl
That Handsome Devil - Rob the Prez-O-Dent
Rock Band 2 Release Dates
Everything in stores, except for Wii
Nintendo Wii
Full Bundle - Dec. - $199.99
Game Only - Dec. - $49.99
Rock Band 2 Instruments
Guitar
- Wireless is now standard
- Auto-calibration through a microphone/light sensor combo
- Less "mushy" strumbar
- Less clicky fret buttons
Drums
- Wireless is now standard
- Pressure-sensitive pads
- Metal-reinforced bass pedal
- Pedal is now attached to the stand so it won't fall off when moving
- 1/8" ports on the back of the kit allow for the addition of high hat controller, as well as three optional cymbals
ION Drums $299.99
- Real electronic kit rigged up for Rock Band
- Can be used as a true electronic kit with the addition of a drum brain (not included)
Accessories
- Mad Catz cymbal add-ons ($30) Used to add cymbals to the standard RB2 drumkit. These will not change anything in the game.
- Mad Catz premium microphone ($50) Wired mic with built-in controller functionality. With this, the vocalist will no longer need to have a controller handy as well.
- PDP Rock Band Stage Kit. Provides synchronized lighting and fog effects for every song released.
Currently Available DLC (alpha by band): Full Albums
*Check the individual song sections for videos and difficulty tiering*
Spoiler:
Cars, The - The Cars
Foo Fighters - The Colour & The Shape
Judas Priest - Screaming for Vengeance
Megadeth - Peace Sells, But Who's Buying?
Mötley Crüe - Dr. Feelgood
No Doubt - The Singles (1992-2003)
Pixies, The - Doolittle
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Rush - Moving Pictures
Packs
*Check the individual song sections for videos and difficulty tiering*
Spoiler:
(Arguably) Punk Pack 02 (Clash, The - Complete Control, Police, The - Truth Hits Everybody, Ramones, The - Teenage Lobotomy)
All That Remains Pack 01 (Chiron, This Calling, Two Weeks)
Black Sabbath Pack 01 (N.I.B., Sweet leaf, War Pigs)
Boston Pack 01 (Hitch a Ride, More than a Feeling, Peace of Mind, Rock and Roll Band, Smokin', Something About You)
Century Media Girls of Metal Pack 01 (In This Moment - Forever, Lacuna Coil - Closer, Lacuna Coil - Swamped)
Classic Rock Pack 01 (Blondie - Call Me, Lynyrd Skynyrd - Simple Man, Police, The - Message in a Bottle)
Crue Fest Pack 01 (Mötley Crüe - Down at the Whisky, Papa Roach - Time Is Running Out, Trapt - Who's Going Home With You Tonight)
Crue Fest Pack 02 (Buck Cherry - Rescue Me, Mötley Crüe - Face Down in the Dirt, Sixx:A.M. - Life Is Beautiful)
David Bowie Pack 01 (Heroes, Moonage Daydream, Queen Bitch)
Dead Kennedys Pack 01 (California Über Alles, Holiday in Cambodia, Police Truck)
Disturbed Park 01 (Indestructable, Inside the Fire, Perfect Insanity)
Earache Thrash Pack 01 (At the Gates - Blinded by Fear, Evile - Thrasher, Haunted, The - D.O.A.)
Foo Fighters Pack 01 (DOA, Times Like These, This Is A Call)
Going Country Pack 01 (Brad Paisley - Mud on the Tires, Brooks & Dunn - Hillbilly Deluxe, Dierks Bentley - Free and Easy (Down the Road I Go), Dixie Chicks - Sin Wagon, Miranda Lambert - Gunpowder & Lead)
Grateful Dead Pack 01 (Casey Jones, China Cat Sunflower, Franklin's Tower, I Need a Miracle, Sugar Magnolia, Truckin')
Harmonix Pack 01 (Bang Camaro - Rock Rebellion, Count Zero - Shake, Freezepop - Sprode)
Jimmy Buffett Pack 01 (Cheeseburger in Paradise, Margaritaville, Volcano)
Killers Pack 01 (Mr. Brightside, Smile Like You Mean It, Spaceman)
Lenny Kravitz Pack 01 (Are You Gonna Go My Way, Freedom Train, Let Love Rule, Mr. Cab Driver)
Locksley Pack 01 (All Over Me, Don't Make Me Wait, She Does…)
Metallica Pack 01 (…And Justice for All, Blackened, Ride the Lightning)
Mission of Burma Pack 01 (Mica, That's How I Escaped My Certain Fate, That's When I Reach for My Revolver)
MTV2 Pack 01 (Material, The - Moving to Seattle, Myriad, The - A Clean Shot, Them Terribles - Bullets & Guns)
Nine Inch Nails Pack 01 (Burn, Capital G, Last)
Nine Inch Nails Pack 02 (March of the Pigs, The Collector, The Perfect Drug)
Nirvana Pack 02 (Breed, Lounge Act, On a Plain, Polly, Something in the Way, Stay Away, Territorial Pissings)
Oasis Pack 01 (Don't Look Back in Anger, Live Forever, Wonderwall)
Offspring Pack 01 (Gone Away, Pretty Fly (for a White Guy), Self Esteem)
PAX Pack 01 (Darkest of the Hillside Thickets, The - Shhh…, Jonathon Coulton - Skullcrusher Mountain, MC Frontalot - Livin' at the Corner of Dude & Catastrophe)
Police Pack 01 (Can't Stand Losing You, Roxanne, Synchronicity II)
Presidents of the United States of America Pack 01 (Dune Buggy, Feather Pluck'n, Ladybug)
Punk Pack 01 (Buzzcocks, The - Ever Fallen in Love, Clash, The - I Fought the Law, Ramones, The - Rockaway Beach)
Queens of the Stone Age Pack 01 (3's & 7's, Little Sister, Sick, Sick, Sick)
Roadrunner 6 Pack (Airborne - Runnin' Wild, DevilDriver - Clouds Over California, Dream Theater - Constant Motion, Killswitch Engage - My Curse, Machine Head - Aeshetics of Hate, Megadeth - Sleepwalker)
Rock Band Live 2008 Tour Pack 01 (Cab, The - One of THOSE Nights, Dashboard Confessional - Hands Down, Panic! At the Disco - She's a Handsome Woman, Plain White T's - Natural Disaster)
Rockin' the Holidays 2008 Pack (Barenaked Ladies - Hanukkah Blessings, Billy Squier - Christmas is the Time to Say I Love You, Pretenders, The - Blue Christmas)
Roy Orbison Pack 01 (Claudette, In Dreams, Mean Woman Blues, Oh, Pretty Woman, Ooby Dooby, You Got It)
Scene Pack 01 (Angels & Airwaves - It Hurts, Fall Out Boy - This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race, Yeah Yeah Yeah's - Date With the Night)
Siouxsie & The Banshees Pack 01 (Hong Kong Garden, Kiss Them for Me, The Killing Jar)
Weezer Pack 01 (Dreamin', The Greatest Man That Ever Lived, Troublemaker)
Who Pack 01 (Baba O'Riley, Behind Blue Eyes, Eminence Front, Going Mobile, Leaving Here, My Generation (Live at Leeds), Real Good Looking Boy, Sea & Sand, Summertime Blues (Live at Leeds), Who Are You?, Young Man Blues (Live at Leeds))
Yngwie Malmsteen Pack 01 (Caprici di Diablo, Damnation Game, Red Devil)
18 - Red Hot Chili Peppers
15 - Foo Fighters
14 - Pixies, The
13 - Mötley Crüe
13 - No Doubt
5 Most Represented Genres
Spoiler:
72 - Alternative
62 - Rock
60 - Metal
52 - Pop Rock
29 - Classic Rock
Shagrath
11-10-08 10:10 AM
Band Lineups
In order to not crud up the thread too much with "My band is *blah*" posts, you can PM them or email them to me.
Also, don't forget about DVDTalk Rocks! It's a gamertag I made specifically for RB/RB2 players. You can go into the Friends of Friends and find people to play with at any time.
Xbox 360 By Username
Spoiler:
abrg923 - Meat Kurtains
AsmodeusVice - Mudbut and the Trots
cartman - Fingerprint Mafia
ChrisEdge - XRZ
chuckd21 - All That Chaz
chuckd21 - Zagnut!
clintilona - Fearless Undead Machines
CKMorpheus - The Marabre Daisies
devilshalo - Cold Sore
dtcarson - Diumvirate
DVDChris - Even More Cowbell
edstein - Girls on Trampolines
Ghym - Night Crawler
glasschicken - Brannigan's Rough Rangers
glasschicken - Electro-Gonorrhea
glasschicken - High On Boat Paint
HotThang - Trashy Lingerie
Kijdhefgi - Intense Flavor
Kijdhefgi - Emerald Frosion
Liver&Onions - Reverse Cowgirl
Mad Dawg - Outhouse Flowers
mdc3000 - The Killer Newts
Michael Corvin - Chaotic Euphoria
pinata242 - Cardinal Sin
porieux - Drugs for School
REL77 - Lost & Found
Shagrath - Chaos Theory (solo band)
Shagrath - Emerald Frosion (full band)
shumway - Supercilious Hurricane
Suprmallet - H+
Tarantino - The Moustache Rides
Tarantino - The Whet Bandits
The Bus - Friday Let Me Down
TheDude - Lawyers, guns, and money
xmiyux - Blueberry Eyedrop & The TofuFan
xmiyux - Father Retribution
By Band Name
Spoiler:
All That Chaz - chuckd21
Blueberry Eyedrop & The TofuFan - xmiyux
Brannigan's Rough Rangers - glasschicken
Cardinal Sin - pinata242
Chaos Theory - Shagrath
Chaotic Euphoria - Michael Corvin
Cold Sore - devilshalo
Diumvirate - dtcarson
Drugs for School - porieux
Electro-Gonorrhea - glasschicken
Emerald Frosion - Shagrath/Kijdhefgi
Even More Cowbell - DVDChris
Father Retribution - xmiyux
Fearless Undead Machines - clintilona
Fingerprint Mafia - cartman
Girls on Trampolines - edstein
H+ - Suprmallet
High on Boat Paint - glasschicken
Friday Let Me Down - The Bus
Lawyers, guns, and money - TheDude
Lost & Found - REL77
Meat Kurtains - abrg923
Mudbut and the Trots - AsmodeusVice
Night Crawler - Ghym
Outhouse Flowers - Mad Dawg
Reverse Cowgirl - Liver&Onions
Supercilious Hurricane - shmway
The Killer Newts - mdc3000
The Macabre Daisies - CKMorpheus
The Moustache Rides - Tarantino
The Whet Bandits - Tarantino
Trashy Lingerie - HotThang
XRZ - ChrisEdge
Zagnut! - chuckd21
So my buddy decided to stage dive into my drums. Where can I pick up a new set? I see DDD has them but they are backordered. I can't find another place that sells anything but the ion at the moment, and none of my local stores have the drums either.
chuckd21
11-10-08 12:53 PM
Originally Posted by flair
(Post 9063034)
So my buddy decided to stage dive into my drums. Where can I pick up a new set? I see DDD has them but they are backordered. I can't find another place that sells anything but the ion at the moment, and none of my local stores have the drums either.
Says backordered and that it ships in 2-3 days. Probably not, though...
Get an Ion out of it.
Copper Blue
11-10-08 01:15 PM
I’ve just started playing RB1 using my GH3 LP Guitar. I find the overall charts much easier than GH, but for some reason my scores aren’t up where I want them. I seem to be dropping notes, even during long strings of the same note when I should normally be able to do an easy up/down strum. Do I need to do anything special to my GH3 LP in order to effectively play in RB1?
pinata242
11-10-08 01:18 PM
Have you calibrated your video and audio settings?
Do you notice when you miss a note or are you surprised at "breaking your combo"?
Says that one works on all GH and RB games on the PS3.
steebo777
11-10-08 01:50 PM
I'm retarded and forgot about Google, sorry :)
One question I didn't find searching is can I use a Bluetooth headset as a microphone instead of the one that comes with the RB2 set?
Copper Blue
11-10-08 01:55 PM
Originally Posted by pinata242
(Post 9063129)
Have you calibrated your video and audio settings?
Do you notice when you miss a note or are you surprised at "breaking your combo"?
I have not done any calibration, short of identifying my TV as a RPTV. I take it I need to find the calibration function on the game?
And yes, It feels like I'm cruising along and I'm surprised when my steak suddenly ends. I'll hit maybe 8-10 notes in a row and then my count will start over for no apparent reason.
sauce07
11-10-08 01:57 PM
Shagrath - Can you add me to the PS3 list (or 2 pack). Band Name = Titties 'n' Beer
pinata242
11-10-08 02:10 PM
Originally Posted by sauce07
(Post 9063252)
Shagrath - Can you add me to the PS3 list (or 2 pack). Band Name = Titties 'n' Beer
You better PM or email him.
pinata242
11-10-08 02:13 PM
Originally Posted by Copper Blue
(Post 9063246)
I have not done any calibration, short of identifying my TV as a RPTV. I take it I need to find the calibration function on the game?
And yes, It feels like I'm cruising along during and I'm surprised when my steak suddenly ends. I'll hit maybe 8-10 notes in a row and then my count will start over for no apparent reason.
Yeah, there's a manual calibration function as well. The calibration can get pretty tricky since the audio, video, and game are all disjoint from one another and you need to synch the first two up with the third so your actions are in synch with the game.
This video explains it really well:
pinata242
11-11-08 09:18 AM
So I find myself at a crossroads accentuated by the release of the Foo Fighters album today and next week's Track Pack Vol 2.
Basically of the 20 songs on the Track Pack:
5 already owned
10 on my "Want" list
5 I am indifferent about but wouldn't mind having.
Assuming I can buy this for $30, download the 20-song pack with the code, play for a few achievements while I try to unload it for $10-$20, I will do fine on a $/song cost.
So, the question is looking forward to Track Pack Vol 3. I'm assuming that either Monkey Wrench or My Hero will be part of that pack. I'm assuming that Jane Says from Nothing's Shocking will be part of that pack. I'm assuming Dammit (which I haven't bought yet) will be part of that pack. And so on...
Vol 1 came out merely 4 months ago for the PS2/Wii. If Vol 3 comes out in 4-6 months from now, can I wait on purchasing songs that I feel will be hits to get a package discount? I mean, there's no risk of those songs disappearing from the marketplace or the prices going up from 160 points, so what's the rush, really?
Or is that just dumb and I should buy what I want when I want even though I'm already looking at rebuying 25% of the disc they're about to release?
Opinions?
thelwig14
11-11-08 09:26 AM
Anyone buy the whole Foo album? Thoughts on it? Npaean's videos aren't up and I am leaning towards getting the whole thing.
Shagrath
11-11-08 09:39 AM
Originally Posted by thelwig14
(Post 9065126)
Anyone buy the whole Foo album? Thoughts on it? Npaean's videos aren't up and I am leaning towards getting the whole thing.
I was thinking about it, but quite a few of the early tracks on the album are in the sub-3 minute range, which is a little short for my tastes. Looks like his vids are up, so I'll update the DLC post in a little bit.
thelwig14
11-11-08 09:45 AM
Originally Posted by Shagrath
(Post 9065156)
I was thinking about it, but quite a few of the early tracks on the album are in the sub-3 minute range, which is a little short for my tastes. Looks like his vids are up, so I'll update the DLC post in a little bit.
Agreed with the sub 3 comment, but because I buy pretty much 90% of the DLC it is good to have a mix of non 5-10 minute epic songs.
UncleGramps
11-11-08 09:50 AM
I bought the whole thing but only had time to play the first 5 tracks before leaving for work. I guess it depends on how much you like the songs to begin with, but I had a lot of fun with the Expert drum charts. Thankfully they're all ranked easier than Everlong, which still kicks my ass on Expert.
Shagrath
11-11-08 09:53 AM
I had never listened to the whole album before, but was excited because I really enjoyed the singles (Everlong, My Hero, Monkey Wrench), and a lot of the album is considerably more mellow than those tracks. I don't think it's necessarily a bad thing, but it definitely wasn't what I expected going in. I'll probably only end up picking up Monkey Wrench and My Hero unless something really stands out chartwise.
