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The Joypad: Mad Catz Ships the First-Ever Rock Band(TM) Bass Guitar
Tuesday, September 9, 2008 Mad Catz Ships the First-Ever Rock Band(TM) Bass Guitar Fender Precision Bass Guitar Kicks Off a Full Line of New Rock Band Products SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 8, 2008--Mad Catz Interactive, Inc. (AMEX/TSX: MCZ), a leading third-party interactive entertainment accessory provider, announced today that it has begun shipping its Fender(TM) Precision Bass guitar for the Xbox 360(TM), the initial offering under its license with Harmonix and MTV Games to produce an...   [read the full post]

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Rate Rock Band Releasing 1,000th Song: It’s Kelly Clarkson!?

Original at G4 TV external link    Fri, Nov 20

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MTV and Harmonix have been touting the insane-in-the-membrane number of downloadable tracks for their Rock Band games since the launch of Rock Band in 1974, and next week, a milestone will be reached: One-thousand songs will be available for the game. The historic thousandth game is … Ke...

Rate Sitar Hero, Hendrix and the 5th Beatle

Original at Wired external link    Fri, Nov 20

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By Gus Mastrapa MTV Games and Harmonix released the second major batch of downloadable content for The Beatles: Rock Band on Tuesday. Each one allows you to complete one of the albums that is partially represented on the disc already. Last month, they added the rest of the tracks from Abbey Road, and you’ll...

Rate Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers DLC Hits Rock Band Next Week

Original at Xbox 360 Game News, Previews, and Reviews from 1UP external link    Fri, Nov 20

By Dustin Quillen Coinciding with the release of the band's new Live Anthology album, six more live tracks from Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers are coming to Rock Band next week. Also on the way are singles from Kelly Clarkson, P!nk, and the Go-Go's. Individual tracks are priced at $1.99 (160 Microsoft poin...

Rate Rock Band DLC: Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Live

Original at Shacknews external link    Fri, Nov 20

Harmonix has announced that Rock Band will celebrate next week's release of Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers' new live anthology box set with a six-pack of live tracks arriving as downloadable content, with P!nk, Kelly Clarkson and the Go-Gos as support. Tom Petty & The Heartbreak...

Rate Rock Band Weekly Releases - week of 11/23/09

Original at Gaming Bits external link    Fri, Nov 20

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Next week, we have some great tracks coming out for Rock Band which include Kelly Clarkson, Go-Go's, P!nk, and Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers. A 6-pack will be coming out titled "Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Anthology Pack 01" which will feature tracks from the upcoming album The...

Rate The Beatles: Rock Band Trailer Greets Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band DLC

Original at Shacknews external link    Tue, Nov 17

With The Beatles: Rock Band set to receive the eight Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band tracks not included with the rhythm game this week as downloadable content, Harmonix has put together a medley trailer celebrating the whole psychedelic shebang. The album's eight remaining track...

Rate Opinion: Music Games Aren’t Dead, Just Waiting to Be RebornVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at Wired external link    Mon, Nov 16

By Chris Kohler Review: Rock Band for iPhone Looks Nice, Plays RoughHow Lego Rock Band Can Turn Kids On to Parents’ MusicThe Beatles Make the Leap to Rock BandCourtney Love Calls Guitar Hero 5’s Creepy Cobain ‘Vile’5 Rockin’ Tweaks in Guitar Hero 5Guitar Hero: Van Halen Free With Guitar Hero 5 Pre-Order

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Rate Instruments as games - games as instrumentsVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at hack a day external link    Fri, Nov 13

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By Mike Szczys On the other side of the coin, we have [Jordan's] project in which she creates midi controllers using Wii drums from Guitar Hero World Tour and Rock Band. The Guitar Hero drums are velocity sensitive, a feature she’s using in her setup. The MIDI data takes into account how hard the drums are st...

Rate Rock Band DLC: Walk Like an Egyptian with AFI

Original at Shacknews external link    Fri, Nov 13

While the entirety of Sgt. Pepper's one and only Lonely Hearts Club Band march out to The Beatles: Rock Band next Tuesday, developer Harmonix will be releasing six downloadable tunes for its regular Rock Band entries. The below tunes hit Xbox 360 and Wii on Tuesday, November 17, with a PlayS...

Rate Reviews Surfing - Band Hero (Wii)

Original at Daily Nintendo external link    Wed, Nov 11

By Mike Say what you want about the glut of music games like Guitar Hero or Rock Band—the genre is white hot and you know it. This is why Activision is striking continuously riding while the wave is at its zenith. One of the top publisher’s latest outings is Band Hero, which is actually a spin-off of [...] B...

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Rate EA and Activision Wii games - play times broken down

Original at Go Nintendo external link    Wed, Nov 4

By RawmeatCowboy EA’s Wii Games* Average total playing time per Nintendo Channel user, since the game’s launch Rock Band 2 - 45 hours, 30 minutes FIFA Soccer 09 All-Play - 34 hours, 21 minutes Rock Band - 31 hours, 47 minutes The Godfather: Blackhand Edition - 28 hours, 52 minutes Madden NFL 08 - 28 hours, 39 m...

Rate Rock Band iPhone & iPod Touch Review

Original at kernowgames (WordPress) external link    Wed, Nov 4

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By kernowgames For a start there is the Vocal mode which works in exactly the same way as Drums, Guitar or Bass. You simply tap coloured notes in time to the music. Its a shame there is no option to y’know actually sing which is possible and has been achieved in all other versions. Secondly the gameplay is very ni...

Rate Music DLC Round-Up -- Week Of Oct. 26

Original at G4 TV external link    Thu, Oct 29

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It's time once again for our weekly round-up of downloadable content for all of your favorite music games. Considering there will be at least a dozen or so people hosting Halloween parties this weekend, it’s no surprise that this week sees the release of a few dark metal tracks for Guitar He...

Rate Rock Band Micro Review: iPhone Joins the Band. [Review]

Original at Kotaku external link    Mon, Oct 26

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By matt cabral Loved Band in Your Hand: Four instruments-guitar, bass, drums, vocals, 20 tracks, world tour, quick play, multiplayer, and even a music store make the jump to Apple's slick portable. Despite the absence of plastic peripherals and avatars , Rock Band on iPhone, well...rocks!

Year 2009

 

Rate Altec Lansing Launches Speaker for Rock Band, Guitar Hero and DJ Hero

Original at Go Nintendo external link    Tue, Oct 20

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By RawmeatCowboy “Stage-Gig is the first speaker system designed from the ground up for use with Rock Band, Guitar Hero and DJ Hero,” explains Don Milks, senior manager of product management at Altec Lansing. “By amplifying the audio, Stage-Gig makes the games feel even more like you are playing in a live c...

Rate Patch: News: Harmonix releases Rock Band 2 update

Original at Eurogamer external link    Mon, Sep 28

Harmonix has released a significant patch for Rock Band 2, which adds and fixes a swathe of features. It's out now on Xbox 360 and is apparently in certification for PlayStation 3. The Network is currently in closed beta, but opens up in the coming weeks according lead designer Dan Teasdale o...

Rate Rock Band 2 updated on Xbox 360, PS3 patch coming soon

Original at Xbox 360 external link    Fri, Sep 25    4 related articles

By Karl B. Harmonix has just released a patch for Rock Band 2's Xbox 360 version that ...

Rate Rock Band 2 Patch Brings Wireless Mic Support

Original at Shacknews external link    Fri, Sep 25

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An update for the Xbox 360 edition of Rock Band 2 was released by Harmonix today, delivering the long promised support of the Xbox 360 Wireless Microphones that come bundled with Lips and were recently released for standalone purchase. The Xbox 360 incarnations of recent music games rele...

Rate Activision tells us why we should care about Guitar Hero 5, comments on The Beatles: Rock Band

Original at Go Nintendo external link    Sun, Sep 13

By RawmeatCowboy TR: That’s a great question and I’m glad you asked. Guitar Hero 5 and Band Hero are unique in that if you’re a hardcore consumer and you like unlimited access to music you’ve already purchased — we now have that. You can transfer over music that you’ve previously played from World Tour, Smash H...

Rate Joystiq Podcast 108 - Red Link edition

Original at Joystiq external link    Fri, Sep 11

By Justin McElroy iTunes] Subscribe to the Joystiq Podcast in iTunes RSS] Add the Joystiq Podcast feed to your RSS aggregator For fans: Joystiq Podcast Facebook group The Do It Line!: 1-(877)-JOYSTIQContinue reading Joystiq Podcast 108 - Red Link edition

Rate Joystiq Podcast 105 - Wifearmed edition

Original at Joystiq external link    Fri, Aug 14

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By Justin McElroy Get the podcast: iTunes] Subscribe to the Joystiq Podcast in iTunes Zune] Subscribe to the Joystiq Podcast directly in the Zune Marketplace RSS] Add the Joystiq Podcast feed to your RSS aggregator MP3] Download the MP3 directly The Do It Line!: 1-(877)-JOYSTIQ

Rate More on Guitar Hero 5 song import, DLC support (Band Hero will do it, too)

Original at Joystiq external link    Mon, Aug 10

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By Randy Nelson Yes, Guitar Hero 5 is getting all modern-like and letting those who buy it -- and own other GH games -- access all those songs they already bought (on disc or in DLC form) without firing up another title. GH5 and the upcoming Band Hero will work with songs from the Guitar Hero World Tour and Guit...

Rate Rock Band Overdrive Guitar Pedal Review

Original at Fake Plastic Rock external link    Fri, Aug 7

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By Jeff Atwood I recently picked up a package deal that included the Mad Catz Rock Band Overdrive Pedal. This is as simple as it looks. It’s a freakin’ metal box with a switch that you plug into your Rock Band guitar (if you haven’t noticed, the port is on the side of every guitar). When you stomp on [...]

Rate The Bender Podcast - Ep 50 - Comic Books Copycats, Be in Rock Band, and Black Football

Original at GameGrep external link    Mon, Jul 27

A grand episode of The Bender. Was posted on Saturday, but didn't get to Grep until now (my bad!) In this episode we touch on the "Black College Football Xperience" video game and how it is possibly racist in title, a bunch of random comic book news, information, and other stuff mentioned (th...

Rate Dual Drum Kick Pedals for Rock Band and Guitar Hero

Original at Fake Plastic Rock external link    Sun, Mar 29    3 related articles

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By Jeff Atwood On the Rock Band side of the fence, I was surprised to discover that Harmonix now has an officially blessed dual drum kick pedal solution too! You can buy an add-on kick pedal for $24.99. The only place I could find the pedal for sale is at GameStop, as the Universal Rock Band Drum Pedal.

Rate Gaming Podcast 113: How Do You Say Gyro?Video included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at Game Stooge external link    Thu, Mar 12

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By Jonah Falcon 6,200 Reasons to buy iPhone/iTouch gamesMTV thinks Rock Band: The Beatles is worth $59.99 on the WiiWii Motion Plus delay rumorAssociated Press is reporting Circuit City officially doneKillzone 2 gets patched for multiplayerWii new play control lineup We’re also reviewing the downl...

Rate Patch: Guitar Hero Metallica to Support Lips Microphone

Original at TeamXbox external link    Mon, Mar 2

 CA Back in December, a Harmonix Spokesperson confirmed to TeamXbox.com that MTV Games and Harmonix were working on a patch to allow the Lips microphone to work with Rock Band 2, but today news of compatibility with the Lips mic came from the opposite band ...

Rate How to unlock all songs in Rock Band with a cheat code

Original at wonderhowto.com external link    Sat, Feb 14

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Cami, theburntmatches, shows us how to unlock all songs on Rock Band! It is a simple way to unlock all the songs in XBOX 360, PS3 or Wii Rock Band ... www.wonderhowto.com

Rate Opinion: The Conjuring Gold-star - Rock Band 2 Expert DrumsVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Sun, Dec 28

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By rss@youtube.com (someguy913) Gold-star of The Conjuring by Megadeth. To answer one of the most common questions (What pedal should I use without paying hundreds for a kick trigger?), for the money, I recommend the "Destroyer Pedal", which gives zero double-hits, it's metal, and it's great for using heel-toe with. (Be...

Rate Opinion: Drum Silencers for Rock Band 2 Drums

Original at Fake Plastic Rock external link    Tue, Dec 23

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By Jeff Atwood In Quieting your Rock Band Drums, I described a few ways you could reduce the terrible clickety-clack noise of the old Rock Band 1 drumset. Fortunately, with the Rock Band 2 wireless drum kit, noise is much less of a problem, as the drums come with a thin rubber layer on top this time around.

Rate How To: Rock Band 2-Float On Expert Drums After effects Test Part (1/4)Video included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Sat, Dec 20

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By rss@youtube.com (sk8er213freak) just a showing of how to use adobe after effects Author: sk8er213freak Keywords: rock band float on expert drums after effects test part of Added: December 20, 2008

Rate Rock Band 2 on Wii: Harmonix Responds, Details Game's Features

Original at Wired News external link    Mon, Dec 15

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By Chris Kohler As it turns out, Harmonix has quite a bit to say about Rock Band 2 on Wii. Regarding the impending and very late release of Rock Band 2 for Wii, Harmonix has issued a detailed statement in response to our... As it turns out, Harmonix has quite a bit to say about Rock Band 2on Wii. Yours, Harmonix

Rate Unused RB2 drum port to unlock hidden feature

Original at Joystiq external link    Thu, Dec 4

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By James Ransom-Wiley The guide continues, teasing that Harmonix "has not revealed the functionality for this input," which will "be announced at a later date, along with further details for double-kick functionality." So ... the port is for a second kick pedal, after all? Along with a ... what? Perhaps Harmonix is v...

Rate Podcast: Ripten Radio Presents: Ripcast Episode 7

Original at Ripten Video Game external link    Tue, Dec 2

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By Ripten Staff In the latter half of the show, the boys discuss the latest, hottest and steamiest news of the week, which includes the announcements of Assassin’s Creed 2 and the Witcher for home consoles, as well as downloadable content for Little Big Planet, Grand Theft Auto 4, and Fallout 3.

Rate Patch: Guitar Hero World Tour drum kit and guitar now supported by Rock ...

Original at Destructoid external link    Mon, Nov 24

To make good on the words of encouragement, Harmonix released a patch today for the PlayStation 3 version of Rock Band 2 which fixes a slew of things, including adding support for the Guitar Hero World Tour drum and guitar peripherals. ...

Rate Patch: Guitar Hero Drums Now Work in Rock Band 2 PS3

Original at Shacknews external link    Mon, Nov 24

The cross-game instrument compatibility fulfills Sony's earlier promise, with Microsoft having made a similar vow for the Xbox 360. The Xbox 360 instruments for Rock Band 2 and Guitar Hero World Tour were cross-compatible upon release.

Rate How To: Rock Pedal Tension AdjustmentVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at livevideo external link    Fri, Nov 21

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This video teaches Rock Pedal users how to adjust the tension. Rock Pedal is a Rock Band drum pedal replacement that is stronger than the ... www.livevideo.com

Rate How To: Kroeger: Rock bands dwindling because of band games - Guitar Hero ...

Original at VideoGamer.com external link    Thu, Nov 20

I have learned to play drums because of Rock Band. I have two friends that have started to learn guitar because of Guitar Hero. Also, Nickelback, learn how to play your own instruments before you complain about other people not learning ...

Rate Game Review: Guitar Hero: World Tour vs. Rock Band 2

Original at bombmatt (WordPress) external link    Wed, Oct 29

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By BOMB Matt Gameplay We'll start with the Guitar Hero microphone. Or is it the Rock Band microphone? The Logitech microphone? They are all the same thing. Really... they are all made by Logitech, have the same specs, and the same form factor. No difference between them at all. The drums... Rock Band 2 - Buy It

Rate Patch: Rock Band 2 Wii in Late December

Original at DigitalBattle external link    Tue, Oct 28

By Rajiv Ashrafi Related Posts. Rock Band 2 Wii Supports World Tour’s Controllers, All Rock Band DLC. Developer Harmonix has confirmed that the Wii release of Rock Band 2 will be compatible with the Wi… Rock Band PS3 Gets Guitar Hero Support, PAX Patch ...

Rate Guitar Hero World Tour Unboxing Pictures

Original at Wired News external link    Sun, Oct 26

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By Ken Denmead It was worth the wait.  The set is really, really nice - incredibly good build quality.  I think it's safe to say that they've learned a lot from the previous iterations of the GH and RB franchises, and put together a durable set of instruments.  The new guitar feels so solid, and looks smokin'!...

Rate TD Gaming Podcast 90: Riddled With Fragmented PatchesVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at Game Stooge external link    Wed, Oct 1

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By Derrick Schommer This week’s Gaming Podcast, we’re doing a review of Rock Band 2 and it’s drum kit. We are also digging into some juicy news on: Fable II launches with no on-line co-op mode EA slapped with class action law suit over Spore DRM Warhammer Online hits 500K subscribers Sony PS3, not the most popula...

Rate Podcast: 10 Retro Songs With Geek CredVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at Wired News external link    Mon, Sep 15

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By Brad Moon Devo: "Girl U Want".  'Cause it's on Rock Band and started this whole post.  A performance video with the band in their trademark Flower Pot hats (sorry- "energy domes"), silver suits, stilted robotic movements and not one, but two keytars...  And it's on the TankGirl soundtrack.

Rate How To: DIY Rock Band Accessibility Modification

Original at switchgaming (Blogspot) external link    Wed, Jun 4

By OneSwitch.org.uk Kinetic.com have posted a DIY modification guide for Rock Band for people who can't use their legs on the drum set kick stand. Instead, the mod adds a button to the drum stick to replace the need to use ones legs on the kick stand. ...

Rate How To Import Rock Band: An Australian Guide - Kotaku Australia

Original at Kotaku Australia external link    Sun, May 18

How To Import Rock Band: An Australian Guide  Australia - May 18, 2008 According to the article, you can pick up the Rock Band bundle, including a second guitar, for $440. As a bonus, the article includes info on how to fix the ...

Rate Podcast: Xbox 360 Fancast 061 -- The Height of Idiocy

Original at Xbox 360 Fanboy external link    Mon, Mar 24

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By Richard Mitchell The 360 Fancast keeps on truckin' with a brand new episode. This week, we talk Sonic Unleashed, Castle Crasher, Bad Company -- and the bad XBLM strategy that accompanies it -- as well as the Rock Band store and Halo 3 DLC news. Oh, and we also tell the story of one man's quest to get his broken Rock...

Rate Rock Band Songs Get Patched [Harmonix]

Original at Kotaku external link    Tue, Feb 26

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By Michael McWhertor What a glorious console age we've entered, when individual tracks from Rock Band get their own patched releases. It's all for the best, though, as they're merely minor fixes that aren't treating game killing bugs, just addressing incorrect meta information. In the case of "Limelight", t...

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Rate Podcast: Xbox 360 Fancast 048 -- Holidazzle

Original at Xbox 360 Fanboy external link    Tue, Dec 25

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By Richard Mitchell Hosts: Richard Mitchell (SenseiRAM), Dustin Burg (SuperDunners), Alexander Sliwinski (Sli Xander) Break Fanmail: Dustin / Alex hostilities, video game careers, and the emergence of the casi-hardsRead | Permalink | Email this | Comments

Rate Rock Band PS3 Patch Adds Guitar Hero III Controller Support

Original at Shacknews external link    Thu, Dec 6

Activision expressly prohibits the use of this Guitar Hero controller with any other game." An update to the PlayStation 3 version of Harmonix's Rock Band will arrive later today, granting compatibility with the wireless Les Paul controller bundled in the PS3 version of Guitar Hero III...

Rate How To: Rock Band drums on your PC. Why?

Original at Xbox 360 Fanboy external link    Fri, Nov 23

By Richard Mitchell An intrepid blogger at dxprog.com has discovered how to use the Rock Band drum kit with a Windows PC. The whole process seems pretty simple, and has been made even simpler thanks to an installer program (use at your own risk) created by ...

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