When I was younger I admitadely fell in love with everything CKY/Jackass much like pretty much every other teenager. With that love came an obsession with the Finnish rock band HIM, seeing as Bam Margera would edit a lot of their tracks over CKY clips.

Anyways, the reason this all matters is because it was just announced that HIM will be on Rock Band 2 this weekend making them available to play, well, just about anyone. Just hop on Rock Band 2 this Thursday, March 25th between 9PM – 11PM EST and add the gamertag HIM GwF.

I unfortunately don’t have Rock Band 2 but this announcement did make me check out their new CD Screamword: Love in Theory and Practice. It’s pretty sick.

Today we have learned of what will be coming with next week’s Rock Band Music Store update including tracks from both Alice in Chains and Breaking Benjamin. Below is the full list of tracks that will be available for Rock Band 2 on September 29th for the Wii and 360 and October 1st for the PS3:

·        Alice in Chains – “A Looking in View”
·        Alice in Chains – “Check My Brain”
·        Alice in Chains – “No Excuses”
·        Alice in Chains – “Rooster”
·        Alice in Chains – “Would?”
·        Breaking Benjamin – “I Will Not Bow”
·        Breaking Benjamin – “So Cold”
·        Breaking Benjamin – “The Diary of Jane”
·        Just Kait – “U Suck” *
·        Kula Shaker – “Hey Dude”
·        Kula Shaker – “Knight on the Town”

As for a price, well you’re looking at purchasing the whole thing as the Alice in Chains Pack 01 for $9.49/680 Microsoft points for the PS3 and 360 respectively or as single tracks for $1.99/160 Microsoft Points/200 Wii Points for the PS3/360/Wii respectively.

via destructoid

With the weekend here, Harmonix sent out the list of songs that we will be rocking out to in Rock Band next week. They will release two packs – one from the gnarly Warped Tour festival, and the other by the decidedly mellow Maroon 5.

Warped Tour Pack
A Day to Remember – "The Downfall of Us All"
Bad Religion – "21st Century Digital Boy"
Chiodos – "I didn’t Say I Was Powerful, I said I was a Wizard"
Escape the Fate – "The Flood"
Underoath – "Reinventing Your Exit"

Maroon 5 Pack
Maroon 5 – "Little of Your Time"
Maroon 5 – "Makes Me Wonder"
Maroon 5 – "Wake Up Call"

All the songs are original master recordings and will cost the usual $1.99 (160 MS points) apiece. The packs can be had for $8.49 (680 points) and $5.49 (440 points) for Warped Tour and Maroon 5, respectively.

Expect these to hit Xbox Live on Tuesday and PlayStation Network two days later.

In more music news, a whopping ten new tracks will be available for the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions of Rock Band and its sequel next week.

There are three songs from Franz Ferdinand, two from The Allman Brothers Band and a classic from Alien Ant Farm, among others.

• Franz Ferdinand – "Take Me Out"
• Franz Ferdinand – "Do You Want To"
• Franz Ferdinand – "Lucid Dreams"
• Alien Ant Farm – "Smooth Criminal"
• The Allman Brothers Band – "Blue Sky"
• The Allman Brothers Band – "Midnight Rider"
• The Distillers – "Drain the Blood"
• Luscious Jackson – "Naked Eye"
• Prong – "Idealistic Types"
• Prong – "The Banishment"

As expected, Xbox 360 owners can expect it on Tuesday, while PS3 owners will have to wait till Thursday. Individual songs cost 160 Microsoft points ($2); the Ferdinand songs will be available in a three-pack bundle offering a 50 cent savings in the grand scheme of things.

Alternative rockers Jane’s Addiction’s 1988 album “Nothing’s Shocking” is set to become next week’s Rock Band downloadable content.

The 10-track album will come with all songs except “Mountain Song”, which is already on the Rock Band 2 disc.

The album can be had for 1280 points ($16) or individual songs for 160 points ($2).

• "Up the Beach"
• "Ocean Size"
• "Had a Dad"
• "Ted, Just Admit It…"
• "Standing in the Shower… Thinking"
• "Summertime Rolls"
• "Idiots Rule"
• "Jane Says"
• "Thank You Boys"
• "Pig’s in Zen"

If you’re looking to snag a few games but dont’ want to pay retail price, head over to Amazon’s Gold Box as they have apparently devoted an entire day of deals to just games.

So far Warriors Orochi 2, Rock Band 2, Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and Buzz! Master Quiz have been thrown in the Gold Box and quickly snatched up. However, there are still 3 more time slots that Amazon has left to reveal with just clues to what they might be:

Any idea what they might be? If you just can’t stand the suspense, Shaun White’s Snowboarding for the Wii is up as the Deal of the Day with a discounted price of $29.98.

It was recently announced that the Microsoft manufactured wireless microphone that shipped with Lips will now get some love from both Rock Band 2 and Guitar Hero: Metallica.

This comes as news that Metallica will support the microphones out of the box and a patch due out this summer for Rock Band 2 that will add said support.

Seems like a perfect time to release a song list for Lips, huh? Microsoft did just that:

Available April 3:
Wish You Were Here – Incubus
Sugar, We’re Goin Down – Fall Out Boy
Bad Moon Rising – Creedence Clearwater Revival

Available April 10:
Ne-Yo Song Pack – Closer, So Sick, and Hate That I Love You by Rihanna feat. Ne-Yo
Coldplay Song Pack – Speed Of Sound, The Scientist, and In My Place
Looking Out My Back Door – Creedence Clearwater Revival
Closer – Ne-Yo
So Sick – Ne-Yo

Available April 17:
Creedence Clearwater Revival Song Pack – Looking Out My Back Door, Bad Moon Rising and Who’ll Stop the Rain
Kryptonite – 3 Doors Down
All My Life – K-Ci & Jo Jo
Sing – Travis

Available April 27:
Love Today – Mika
Ocean Avenue – Yellowcard
Linger – The Cranberries

Read (Kotaku)

Keeping to its tradition, Harmonix has revealed the next batch of downloadable content for Rock Band and its sequel.

Next week will see the release of the “Get the Funk Out” track pack which will offer the three following funk music: “Pick Up the Pieces” by Average White Band, “Shining Star” by Earth Wind & Fire and “Get Up” by James Brown.

They will also release the following tracks:

• Against Me! – "Thrash Unreal"
• The New Pornographers – "All the Things That Go to Make Heaven and Earth"
• The New Pornographers – "Use It"
• Papa Roach – "Last Resort"
• Papa Roach – "Lifeline"

The above music will debut on March 17 on Xbox Live, followed by a PS3 release two days later. The track pack will cost 440 Microsoft points ($5.50), and each track can be bought for 160 points ($2).

Word has recently gotten out about 4 new Rock Band tracks set to hit Xbox Live and the PSN next week

This time we have offerings from The Offspring, R.E.M. and Richard Thompson:

The Offspring “All I Want”
The Offspring “The Kids Aren’t Alright”
R.E.M. “Losing My Religion”
Richard Thompson “The Way That It Shows”

These 4 tracks will be available as DLC for both Rock Band and Rock Band 2 on March 10th for $1.99 or 160 Microsoft Points each.

Read (Kotaku)

Harmonix has revealed that Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble’s “Texas Flood” album isn’t the only Rock Band downloadable content coming next week – we will also be treated to “New” by No Doubt.

The song was one of the two tracks missing from the band’s compilation album “The Singles 1992-2003″ that was released for Rock Band. It will sell for 160 Microsoft points ($2).

As a reminder, the “Texas Flood” album will cost 1280 Microsoft points ($16); individual tracks can be bought for 160 Microsoft points ($2).

The DLC will be available on Xbox Live starting March 3; PS3 users will have to wait two more days.