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2 for 3 today

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Has anybody been keeping track of when they try? Early/late in the day/hour?

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So umm... how are people liking this week's DLC?

I'm pleased as punch with both Deuce and Parasite -- two of my alltime favorite KISS songs. Ace's guitar work on Parasite is a blast to play, if maddening at times. Loving the drums on everything. HOWEVER "100,000 Years" is a disappointment, as they went with an alternate vocal melody for the verses that's inferior to the regular version. The drums, WHOA, that's a challenge and a half. I play on Hard and I was still sweating blood from my anus afterwards.

Great to play "My Name is Jonas" and "Undone" from Weezer, two great songs. No big challenges but a lot of fun to play in a full band. We also enjoyed "Rock Show" from Blink-182, although I'm not the biggest fan.

I'd like to see some more Kiss DLC down the line, maybe some full albums? Love Gun, Destroyer, Rock and Roll Over, Creatures of the Night, the Peter Criss solo LP... *sighs*

I also enjoy adult movies.

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The new DLC was good...

Weezer is too easy to gold star as usual, with "Jonas" being the exception.

Blink rules as always, and is hard as shit since it's so fast. I think we played "Feeling This" 3 times in a row. I would hate to see expert drums from Travis Barker though!

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I'm thinking anyone who gets a winner at this point should immediately cash it in right off the "You Win" screen before the powers that be decide later that it was really a loser.

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Nah, I don't really see that happening.

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This blows...The coding has to be off on the site. I had 7 in a row winners before yesterday, and now 8 losers in a row. It's a shit algorithm.

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My theory...

The marketing wizards behind the promotion thought we'd be saving up our caps to wager big points int he flip cam, Harrah's, and console prizes.

"Hey look, each customer will drink 20 bottles, wager 20 points, and we only have to give away a prize a week!" For example, 100,000 players at 20 caps makes 2 million Pepsis and only a handful of prizes!"

Nope. Instead they may have sold 2 million Pepsis, but generated 2 million requests for DLC.


We didn't play (one cap=one prize) the way they planned (many caps=chance at 1 prize). Just a theory (with theoretical numbers).

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yay! just went 2/2 after going 0/2 a few days ago. Now I have 11 waiting to be redeemed for tracks so they better add more stuff soon.

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I've been doing that since the beginning of the promotion. Of course, thanks to pinata's spreadsheet, I went into every winning code knowing exactly what song I wanted to redeem, so I didn't have to bank codes for later.

It sucks that some of you are having your winning codes disappear.

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Just in case everyone waits to hear the weekly DLC news through this thread, I will be away during the normal time so I won't be updating for it. Just in case it's assumed I'll be there within seconds as usual. I don't want people waiting to find out. Hope the Pantera rumor turns out true.

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pretty sure HMXSean shot down the Pantera rumors on RB Forums this week.

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Yeah, but that doesn't mean it isn't true ;) I don't even hope it for me, but for everyone that showed great interest in the rumor.

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I'm not a big Pantera fan, but they have a couple songs I'd pick up.

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Good morning,

We're at the time of week again - DLC ANNOUNCEMENT TIME! I am very pleased to reveal next week's awesomosity. What do we have? let's take a look. Break out your tiny mock Stonehenge because we are bringing you Spinal Tap's Back From the Dead on 360, PS3 and Wii. Wii also is catching up with Foo Fighters and Black Sabbath. We also haven't forgotten PSP with some Jane's Addiction and Styx. Next week kicks ass.


Rock Band DLC Additions for Xbox 360 and PLAYSTATION 3 Systems and Wii Console

The 11 songs that comprised the film’s original soundtrack were recently re-imagined and newly interpreted by the band for its latest CD Back From The Dead. The end result is that England’s Loudest Heavy Metal Band, Spinal Tap, has never sounded better. Back From The Dead also features six brand new songs including “Back from the Dead,” “Rock ‘n’ Roll Nightmare” and “Warmer Than Hell” which are already available in the Rock Band Music Store and an hour-long DVD featuring band commentary. This is Spinal Tap is now available on Blu-Ray from MGM Home Entertainment.


Tracks available on Xbox 360 and Wii (Aug. 4) and PLAYSTATION 3 system (Aug. 6):

Spinal Tap “(Funky) Sex Farm”
Spinal Tap “(Listen to the) Flower People (Reggae Stylee)”
Spinal Tap “America”
Spinal Tap “Big Bottom”
Spinal Tap “Cups and Cakes”
Spinal Tap “Gimme Some Money”
Spinal Tap “Heavy Duty”
Spinal Tap “Hell Hole”
Spinal Tap “Rock ‘n’ Roll Creation”
Spinal Tap “Stonehenge”
Spinal Tap “Tonight I’m Gonna Rock You Tonight”

(All tracks are original master recordings from Back From The Dead recording sessions.)

These tracks will be available for purchase as part of the “Spinal Tap’s TAP TEN” or as individual tracks on Xbox 360 and PLAYSTATION 3 systems.

Price:
$1.99 USD, £.99 UK, €1.49 EU (160 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360) per track
$17.99 (1440 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360) for “Spinal Tap’s TAP TEN”
$2.00 USD, (200 Wii Points) per track

Wii Back-Catalog Additions
Additionally, tracks from Black Sabbath and Foo Fighters will be available Aug. 4 in the Wii Rock Band Music Store. These tracks come from the catalog of Rock Band music already released to owners of Xbox 360 and PLAYSTATION 3 system. With the addition of these tracks, there are now more than 450 tracks in the Wii Rock Band Music Store.

Additional tracks available for Wii (Aug. 4):

Black Sabbath “N.I.B.” *
Black Sabbath “Sweet Leaf” *
Black Sabbath “War Pigs” *
Foo Fighters “Doll”
Foo Fighters “Enough Space”
Foo Fighters “February Stars”
Foo Fighters “Hey, Johnny Park!”
Foo Fighters “Monkey Wrench”
Foo Fighters “My Hero”
Foo Fighters “My Poor Brain”
Foo Fighters “New Way Home”
Foo Fighters “See You”
Foo Fighters “Up in Arms”
Foo Fighters “Walking After You”
Foo Fighters “Wind Up”

(* Denotes cover version)

Price:
$2.00 USD, (200 Wii Points) per track

Rock Band Unplugged Tracks for PSP®System
Rock Band Unplugged fans will enjoy the addition of Jane’s Addiction’s “Had a Dad” and Styx’s “Renegade” to the 25 tracks already available via the Rock Band Unplugged in-game music store for the PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system.

Tracks available for Rock Band Unplugged (Aug. 6):

Jane’s Addiction “Had a Dad”
Styx “Renegade”

Price:
$1.99, £.99 UK, €1.49 EU per track on the PSP system

** Dates for Rock Band game tracks are tentative and subject to change. **


I haven't heard these new versions, but I do wish that the originals were the versions used instead of remakes. Are they really different from the original soundtrack?

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Yuck... we just got ST, personally, i didnt think we needed any more for awhile...

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Holy shit! "Classic" Tap! :banana:

I'm not in love with the re-records on these, but still...

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Mad Dawg - how different are they from the originals?

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<- Never seen Spinal Tap.

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Well, a few things. Sex Farm is turned into a funk song, which is kind of clever, but not the real deal (they did rerecord that "straight" for the iTunes exclusive version). Same thing with Listen to the Flower People, except it's Reggae.

Otherwise, there are times where the backing vocals on these sound pretty cartoony, which kind of defeats the purpose of Tap. Most ended up pretty good, though, and I'm in the camp of "these are better than not having any."

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I agree with the :banana:

I'm guessing the original masters were gone, which is why we never got any original Tap.

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Oh yeah, I'm sure. And it doesn't really bother me. Hell Hole, Tonight..., Big Bottom, etc...it is gonna be awesome. :D

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I'll probably pick up three of those - Classic Spinal Tap>New Spinal Tap, which I didn't buy any of.

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Awesome and congrats! If you've been playing on an RB1 kit, you're gonna be pretty happy. And the RB2 strat smokes the RB1, too.

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Sweet! I've got a friend who's been wanting to get into RB for cheap so looks like he's getting all my old now.