5/20 DLC - European Rock Band release + 9 exclusive tracks

**JCirri** · Joined: 04 Feb 2006 Posts: 4576

This week's DLC features 9 tracks that will be available on-disc for the European Rock Band. The European release is due out over the next several days in different countries (5/21 in Germany, 5/22 in France, and 5/23 in UK).

Beetlebum as made famous by Blur (cover)
Chart previews: Guitar (video by Npeaen), Bass (video by Nulien), Drums (video by ???), Vocals (video by ???)
Hier Kommt Alex by Die Toten Hosen
Chart previews: Guitar (video by Npeaen), Bass (video by Nulien), Drums (video by ???), Vocals (video by ???)
Countdown to Insanity by H-BlockX
Chart previews: Guitar (video by Npeaen), Bass (video by Nulien), Drums (video by ???), Vocals (video by ???)
Perfekte Welle by Juli
Chart previews: Guitar (video by Npeaen), Bass (video by Nulien), Drums (video by ???), Vocals (video by ???)
Manu Chao by Les Wampas
Chart previews: Guitar (video by Npeaen), Bass (video by Nulien), Drums (video by ???), Vocals (video by ???)
Hysteria by Muse
Chart previews: Guitar (video by Npeaen), Bass (video by Nulien), Drums (video by ???), Vocals (video by de1337ed)
Rock N Roll Star by Oasis
Chart previews: Guitar (video by Npeaen), Bass (video by Nulien), Drums (video by ???), Vocals (video by ???)
New Wave by Pleymo
Chart previews: Guitar (video by Npeaen), Bass (video by Nulien), Drums (video by ???), Vocals (video by ???)
Monsoon by Tokio Hotel
Chart previews: Guitar (video by Npeaen), Bass (video by Nulien), Drums (video by ???), Vocals (video by ???)

Each song costs $1.99 (160 Microsoft Points). Available now on Xbox LIVE® Marketplace, and Thursday, 5/22 on PLAYSTATION®Network.

Chart preview video links will be added as they become available. Enjoy!
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**Nulien** · Joined: 09 Nov 2006 Posts: 653 Location: Hamilton, ON

I'm in the process of recording and uploading my bass videos. Only Beetlebum is up so far. I'll add links here when it's all done, or if anyone's impatient, just go to my videos link in my sig to see what's done.

Edit: They're up now...

Beetlebum: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNYIHctLuaA
Countdown to Insanity: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yz4XsFqEtxU
Hier Kommt Alex: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZmF4SagDCQ
Hysteria: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUBufHl4RYI
Manu Chao: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3lRN6MDL1o
Monsoon: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKu0QGSnHsU
New Wave: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nxu823n70A0
Perfekte Welle: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tm0yh1hEAB4
Rock 'n' Roll Star: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEgu4ZtFusM
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**wursty420** · Joined: 12 Mar 2007 Posts: 404 Location: DeBary, FL

Hysteria is really fun, guitar and bass has alot of HoPos. i was 30 MSP short of another song

**Npeaen** · Joined: 17 Oct 2007 Posts: 569 Location: Monterey, CA

Working on my guitar videos, I'm on a MUCH slower internet connection this week, so the fact that there's nine songs makes the process that much slower(only three songs uploaded so far).

When I wake up in the morning, if there aren't already links to guitar videos, I'll update the post with mine.

hay look! Videos! (expert guitar)

Beetlebum- http://youtube.com/watch?v=NP_KAKWGDRQ
Countdown to Insanity- http://youtube.com/watch?v=BqD1A1qpHHs
Hier Kommt Alex- http://youtube.com/watch?v=UwlGVqrB9PI
Hysteria- http://youtube.com/watch?v=5EBY8iNgCmI
Manu Chao- http://youtube.com/watch?v=kXUaj-bNJcY
Monsoon- http://youtube.com/watch?v=4_gWHSFfDuM
New Wave- http://youtube.com/watch?v=NLXuxkG86Hs
Perfekte Welle- http://youtube.com/watch?v=wIbcqsdFja0
Rock 'n' Roll Star- http://youtube.com/watch?v=KpYndXsSTT0
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**IamSpartacus** · Joined: 15 Mar 2007 Posts: 381 Location: Long Island, NY

Corporalgregg put up a couple vids for the new songs. I'm not taking credit for these songs, just giving links.

Hysteria Bass Expert XBL match
Hysteria Guitar Expert XBL match
Rock and Roll Star Guitar Expert
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**Windblow** · Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 11:41 am Post subject:

YES!! Finally we have Muse on Rock Band

Just so Sean Baptiste know, I commented once on a random YT video he posted, that whenever Muse were announced as DLC I would sell my house to buy a 360 + RB

Well, I did it, as soon as I heard Hysteria was gonna be out in May. And while I still haven't fully recovered from the finnancial shock, the day has arrived when it will no longer matter

Download complete, sorry for the stupid rant, I'm out to rock!!!!
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**PeridotWeapon** · Joined: 30 Jun 2007 Posts: 1072 Location: Pittsfield, MA

A lot of these "feel" like songs included with the game, if that makes any sense. For the most part, the on-disc 3s and 4s are a lot tamer on Guitar than some of the things that you can download in the same category. (And if you want to argue Creep's difficulty, I counter with Date With The Night.) There are exceptions to that, too, so it's probably a pointless observation.

For a Tier 1, Beetlebum feels like a bit of a chore to play. It's not HARD, so to speak, but it's screaming "new player Pull Off tutorial," with a lot of quick O-B-RY transitions. Makes it difficult to fall into the melody of the song.

Ma Chop ... er, Manu Chao has some double strum spots (or rapid-fire single strums), but everything other than maybe Hier Kommt Alex and Hysteria (both rated as 7s) will be Full Combo and Forget for the veterans.

Me, I like the sound of a lot of what I'm hearing, definitely adds some diversity to the selection, and I'm bound and determined to try to sing Perfekte Welle before the day's out.

That should be a train wreck.

**Wes-BasSMaNiac07** · Joined: 15 Nov 2007 Posts: 924 Location: Atlanta; Georgia

Hier Kommt Alex is a download for me.

=D
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**saxuallyAPeasing** · Joined: 28 May 2007 Posts: 2975

I'm actually excited for Hysteria, I can't wait to download it! Hier Hommt Alex will be great as well, but that'll be all I download this week. I'll save the Oasis song for a slow week.
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**Sully** · Joined: 12 Nov 2006 Posts: 4570 Location: Tampa, FL

Man, these songs do absolutely nothing for me. I don't particularly like any of them and the charts seem pretty easy/boring. I'll probably get the Oasis song to keep my "one song per week" streak alive for the third week, but I'm a little bummed that I don't really like any of these songs.

I bought all the DLC up until a few weeks ago and I'm glad I gave that silly ritual up. I see no reason to have songs I don' like jst to get a score into the leaderboards, especially when sightreads yield FCs. I've got a ton of microsoft points sitting in my account burning a hole in my pocket- hopefully there'll be some DLC that I can get excited about eventually.

**GesterX** · Joined: 24 Dec 2007 Posts: 1242 Location: Birmingham, UK

We've been waiting 6 months, we're getting charged almost twice as much but DAM! I am excited for Friday. The exclusives aren't up to much. Muse is great. Oasis is okay. The rest are meh but they're on the disc so can't complain

**buttfaceninja** · Joined: 26 Aug 2006 Posts: 1567 Location: Springfield OH

I only downloaded Hysteria so far but damn is it fun on every instrument. Drums arent particularly hard but the verse beat gave me some trouble, but not enough to sightread 5* it. Also the bass for this song ranks higher in difficulty than guitar for a good reason. That opening bass riff you hear at the begging you play almost throughout the entire song, and wears you down fast.

Overall a fun song and very recommended, plus I dont know how someone could not like Muse.
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**ChaosChanneler** · Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 1:14 pm Post subject:

I got Hysteria, Heir Komit Alex, and Rock and Roll Star. There all great songs, and they have some fun charts. Waiting for someone to put up the guitar vids of the others so I know what they look like, but otherwise probably wont be getting anymore songs for this week.
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**raunch99** · Joined: 08 Aug 2006 Posts: 712 Location: Chicago

Couldn't resist downloading this one and taking a couple runs before work. Almost FC'd it, but choked right at the end.

Hysteria - Expert Bass
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**qirex** · Joined: 01 Nov 2007 Posts: 1057

After a first run-through on the drums -- I have to say -The pleymo song is the most fun, followed by R&R*. (in my opinion)

(This post doesn't feel complete unless I make some sort of Limp Croissant reference.. so there you have it.)

EDIT:

HOLY SHIT -

I was just playing through Beetlebum, trying to get some squeezes in, and a fucking bird flew through my living room, right by my head, and out the window.
I learned 2 things from this:
1) I break combo when birds fly at me
2) I need to replace those window screens
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