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Rock Band | 
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| From: MTV Games
Category: Video Games
List Price: $59.99
Buy Used: $19.50
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Avg. Customer Rating:  19 reviews
Sales Rank: 656
Format: Cd-rom
Platform: Xbox 360
ESRB: Teen
Media: Video Game
Edition: Game only
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 12 - 20 years
Operating System: XXX
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0.1 x 0
MPN: 15871
UPC: 014633158717
EAN: 0014633158717
ASIN: B000TT2D0M
Release Date: November 20, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | 45 tracks at launch plus full support for downloadable content delivers never-ending challenges. New content will be available every week. | | • | Mold a unique rocker avatar using Rock Band's character creator. Chose from gender, body shape, face, hair, clothes, tattoos and signature moves. Don't forget to pick your specialized rockin' instrument. | | • | Showcase a real drum solo with Rock Band's freestyle drum fill windows featured in each song. Break out your own rhythm and style as anything goes! | | • | Call out the crowd! Vocalists can bring the crowd to their feet during Rock Band's freestyle vocal fill windows. Ad-lib your own words or shout to the crowd to raise the rock intensity of the performance. | | • | Requires a drum, microphone, or guitar controller to play |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
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. 
For those about to rock! | 
Jam solo if that's your thing. View larger. | 
Or try multiplayer action. View larger. | 
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Or go Bonzo on the skins! View larger. | 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 polish 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 the 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. And with the promise of additional downloadable songs and albums you are sure to be rockin' for some time to come. A partial list of the initial song list includes: - (Don't Fear) The Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult (Master)
- Won't Get Fooled Again - The Who (Master)
- Suffragette City - David Bowie (Master)
- Paranoid - Black Sabbath (Cover)
- Blitzkrieg Bop - The Ramones (Master)
- Mississippi Queen - Mountain (Cover)
- Wanted Dead or Alive - Bon Jovi (Master)
- Tom Sawyer - Rush (Cover)
- In Bloom - Nirvana (Master)
- Vasoline - Stone Temple Pilots (Master)
- Say It Ain't So - Weezer (Master)
- Main Offender - The Hives (Master)
- Reptilla - The Strokes (Master)
- Go with the Flow - Queens of the Stone Age (Master)
- Learn to Fly - Foo Fighters (Master)
- Enter Sandman - Metallica (Master)
- Highway Star - Deep Purple (Master)
- Epic - Faith No More (Master)
- Are You Gonna Be My Girl - Jet (Master)
- Here It Goes Again - OK Go! (Master)
- Creep - Radiohead (Master)
- Gimme Shelter - The Rolling Stones (Master)
- Should I Stay or Should I Go - The Clash (Master)
- Cherub Rock - Smashing Pumpkins (Master)
- Sabotage - Beastie Boys (Master)
- The Hand That Feeds - Nine Inch Nails (Master)
- I Think I'm Paranoid - Garbage (Master)
- Wave of Mutilation - The Pixies (Master)
- Maps - Yeah Yeah Yeahs (Master)
- Celebrity Skin - Hole (Master)
- AND MANY MORE!
Product Description
Time to release your inner rock star! Dive into Rock Band's challenging and addicting game modes and rock out to your favorite tunes. Put together a band, play in it, and tour for fame and fortune- all while learning to master lead/bass guitar, drums and vocals. Major record labels and leading music publishers have signed on to provide unrivaled access to master recordings and legendary rock artists - from punk, metal and alternative to classic and southern rock - including many master recordings from legendary artists, including acts like Metallica, Bon Jovi, Stone Temple Pilots and the Ramones! Learn to play songs spanning all genres of rock and with access to new downloadable content, it's a new concert experience every time! Play together in your living room or across the world - Rock Band offers deep online functionality, allowing players to rock together whether they're in Rhode Island or Reykjavik. Band mates can fail out of a song for poor performance, but the band still plays on. Rescue your failing mate by busting out signature moves and blistering solos to wow the crowd with showmanship. Boost your bonus! Earn bonus points for your band during Rock Band's Unison Phrase opportunities if everyone plays perfectly. ESRB Rated T for Teen.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 14 more reviews...
 Best Music Game Out There! September 30, 2008
As a former avid fan of the Guitar Hero series, I was skeptical when my friends told me about Rock Band. I thought it would just be a rip off of GH. Rock Band is serious fun, especially for a group, and with all the downloadable content that's available and the ability to export the songs into Rock Band 2, this is the game to have!
Rock Band plays FOB Hammer September 16, 2008
This game is in constant use here on the FOB lots of fun for the players and spectaters. Great music...
Want to have a good time? play this. September 7, 2008
This game is an unexpected treasure, at least in my opinon. Im not big into video games at all, but this one is definately worth playing. heres why: there are alot of familiar songs that will bring a smile to your face as soon as you hear them, you can choose from a variety of roles to play (singer, guitarist, drummer), and lastly--its very easy to sit down with a few friends and play this game for hours and not even notice that the time flies by.
The entire set, including the game is a little bit pricy, but its worth it. This would also be great to have if you are having a small get-together to make things more exciting.
The concept seems a little cheesey, right? I know what youre thinking. "Im too old to play this updated version of a frisher price game"--BUT. you are wrong. Its easy to get lost in trying to do a good job when playing this, but dont take it too seriously..whenever i messed something up, i laughed at myself and continued to play. Even the avid video game player could have fun with this and also do well, if they are looking for something light hearted.
 Very fun game just wish they picked better tracks!! August 28, 2008
I Like the game alot, I like to do vocals and guitar but seriously there are only like 5 or so songs that are fun to play. Most of the prloaded songs really suck and even with XBL Downloadable there are like 90% Terrible and 10% Good . Not to mention you have to be signed into Xbox live to play the songs you payed to download.
Most addictive game ever August 9, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Since my Nintendo gamecube broke a couple years ago I've been sadly systemless, missing out on all the cool games coming out and feeling out of place when my friends talk about how awesome they are at Guitar Hero. I never really cared too much to tell the truth, but sometimes when I have nothing to do I just want to sit down and shoot some zombies or steal a car or something (in a video game, not real life mind you).
Then, on the fourth of July I went over to a friend's house and played Rock Band for the first time. Of course I'd played Guitar Hero before this but I always hated the guitar. It's too small and the buttons have too much space between them. But Rock Band was completely different. You don't have to go solo all the time, you can have an actual BAND complete with drums and vocals and, if you have an extra guitar controller, a bass. My friends and I played that game all night long, and when I went home I stopped by Wal-Mart and bought an X-Box 360 just so I could play Rock Band at home. I haven't stopped playing it since.
My rockers name is Andrew Lee, and my bands called Stupified, and we're right now on a world tour. I play lead guitar, while my brothers do drums and vocals. I'm learning how to play bass (the real thing) JUST because I loved this game so much and wanted to learn how to play the real thing. I've never played such a fun game before.
But there are a few things which I don't like. One, the drum set is VERY flimsy. First the drumsticks which came with the game broke, and then the foot peddle broke (we can still use it though; Thank God for duck tape), and then the flaps started falling off the pads. Although I love the game the drum set really disappointed me in how easily it started to fall apart (although in all fairness my brother does hit it pretty hard). Also the drums and guitar make a lot of noise so that if your not close to the speakers all you'll hear is a loud tapping sound as the drumsticks hit the drum pads. Fortunately Rock Band 2 will have these problems solved.
The song list was a hit and miss for me. Although I loved "Enter Sandman" by Metalica, "When You Were Young" by The Killers, and "Learning to Fly" by the Foo Fighters, "Creep" by Radiohead and "Maps" by (don't remember) nearly put me to sleep. It's pretty much hit and miss for the rest. Some songs I'll love, some I'll hate, but I guess that's what downloadable songs are for. Also, look for an old song from Southpark called "Timmy and the Lords of the Underworld." It's really funny because Timmy from the show is actually singing the song. TIMMY! TIMMY-TOM-TIMMY!
So Rock Band or Guitar Hero III? Well lets make this easy, Rock Band has drums and vocals, and Guitar Hero does not, which means that the only things Guitar Hero has to offer is its guitar controller and the song list. Although Guitar Hero does have a really great song list, any advantage it might have is negated by the fact that you can download new songs for Rock Band. You can do the same for Guitar Hero III, what I'm saying though is that they negate each other.
And I'd also go so far as to say Rock Band's guitar controller is way more comfortable and easier to use then Guitar Hero's. It's bigger for one thing, and the buttons are bigger and don't have any gaps between them, meaning you won't ever put your fingers in the gaps between buttons (guilty as charged). There are also fret buttons at the bottom of the neck for children or people with small hands. They can also be played without strumming during solos. So to me it's a no brainier; unless you've already invested in Guitar Hero guitar controllers then go Rock Band. Guitar Hero IV will have drums and vocals in October, but fortunately Rock Band II 2 will be out around that time with improvements to its drums set including three symbols which can be added on (kind of puts Guitar Hero IV's drum set to shame, seeing how it only has five pads and Rock Band 2 will have seven not including the foot peddle).
Guitar Hero is cheaper to buy, but Rock Band's set comes with a guitar, drums, and a microphone. To get that same value you'd have to buy two extra guitars for Guitar Hero, by which time you'd spend more money then if you'd just bought Rock Band. So go with Rock Band, and I promise you won't regret it.
ROCK ON!
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