The financial part of me can't accept paying 20$ on a game that's already expensive, but the albums they offer are quite great, Rush than RHCP ... must ... resist ...

Shteve

I'm so buying it.
Gonna be fun with the friends.
Haven't played lately...

Dorphat the Insomniac

@thecrimsonalchemist2:

20 bucks is pretty steep. Wasn't The Pixies album 15 bucks? That sounds about right.

Handbanana37

@Eiger: Ditto.

DocRimbo

That's awful expensive for my taste. Might just pick up a song or two.

thecrimsonalchemist2

@PositivelyDan:

It shouldn't matter at all.

I'm more interested in anyone could think that RB is somehow stuck in the mid-90s.

niledeltadisco

RHCP is really one of the best general rock bands around, my all of my favorite songs of theirs have nothing to do with Blood Sugar Sex Magik. Why do they continue to pick the wierdest RHCP songs? Give it Away? Suck my Kiss? how about some Californication or By the Way plz?

icegoat

Can we please have some fucking Iron Maiden!!!!!!!

HagarFaloola

No other songs with it from other artists? I'm not a RHCP fan at all so this is a huge pass for me =/

Roufuss

@Barbara:
Does it matter when the songs were written/released, as long as they're awesome?

PositivelyDan

I love this album. I don't see how they'll manage to do the lyrics justice, especially songs like Sir Psycho Sexy.

HalenKnujunkle

mmmm...cant wait

HeyMykie

Sweet love of Jebus, I am getting this

Shane86

Ah, now I know why my friend is playing Rock Band 2 all weekend.

Shirtless?!? Guess I have to turn off the Xbox camera!

Ren_Gamespeek

Suck my Kiss and Under the Bridge for me.

I'm a winner. 3 weeks in a row

Eiger

I know my friend has been waiting for this album religiously, so I know he will be psyched. I know I will pick up a few tracks but I don't see myself getting the whole album. Which is what I love about Rock Band. They don't force me to buy the entire listing if I don't want to.

GKFinns

Now if only we could have all of their other albums as well...

AUAnonymous

@Ouren:

I don't know what you're talking about, but I like it.

Barbara

I love me my RHCP! ^_^

FLYBOY611

AMAZING!

Hyperlite

Can't wait to download this! One of my favourite albums ever!

AlbernMacGuyver

@Barbara: Nope.
Also, it will continue to slob Microsoft's knob.

Ouren

When will Rock Band evolve out of the mid 90's?

Barbara

Is "give it away" included if you don't have Rock Band 2?

Shane86

The only reason I won't be buying this day 1 is just because I only have 2000 points left, and want "Texas Flood" and "The Colour And The Shape" MORE, and don't want to risk being out of points if one of them is coming up the following week.

mxmarks

@Barbara:

Last week RB2 added Moving Pictures, an album released in 1981. Two weeks ago was Peace Sells from 1986. If anything, Harmonix has been criticized for their heavy use of pre-90's songs. I don't know where you get the idea that they are stuck in the mid-90's.

kable

This is 16 songs, big difference.

RosalbaAsterius

Rock Band... you got yourself a sale.

Daymonster

@icegoat:

I like the other songs, but I definitely want By The Way. That would be fun to play. Shoot, I'd play Fortune Faded, Charlie, Torture Me, Soul to Squeeze, and Otherside.

But then again, I love me some RHCP.

superfrogsavestokyo

If I were to purchase an album for Rock Band, it would be this one. But I am a cheap bastard and I feel $20 (or probably $25 CAD plus tax thanks to Microsoft's gouging) can be better spent buying either used games (just got Assassin's Creed for $15), or new (but digital) PC games from Steam.

I will be happy with just the CD and all-instrument tabulature book.

Fangeh

@splatternick: i c wut u did thar

vedicardi

Suck My Kiss? Whoa, if this continues, I'll have no need to re-pick up GH3!
Also, when are we getting some KISS albums?

splatternick

$20 for 16 tracks that would cost $28 if you buy seperatly = deal.

SatansBestBuddy

i doubt i'll grab the whole album. but i'll probably grab a couple of the tracks off it.

Desfunk

Probably one of my favorite albums ever. I am buying this and a whole bunch more of the DLC the day it comes out for the PS3.
Bah. I'm gonna have no money after that week. LBP and Rock Band 2.

Musika13

@PositivelyDan: @niledeltadisco: @kable:

Allow me to rephrase my question. When will Rock Band evolve out of archaic songs that used to be on heavy rotation before the present day?

Barbara

To everyone complaining about the price: it's a $12 discount. This is an amazing price.

Zefir

@HagarFaloola:

Unfortunately I've heard that it's incredibly difficult to seperate the Iron Maiden master tracks into the distinct guitars / drums / vocal sections... and Harmonix is done with covers, and I guess they can't get Maiden to get new versions just for the game, so we'll never see Iron Maiden.

A shame, because they were one of my favorite bands :(

Roufuss

@airdom: Not really. There is 16 songs, and when each song cost $1.99, it ends up getting you 6 songs free. I'm actaully shocked that this bundle isn't like $25.

I still can't believe there has been 3 albums released in a row. That 500 songs is getting closer and closer by the week. I mean we've gotten around 38 in just 3 weeks.

libregkd

20$ that really overpriced i think. especiall that its not my favorite music band. but come on....20$!im sure people are gonna grab it, but not me!

airdom

UNDER THE BRIDGE DOWNTOWN!!! IS WHERE I DREW SOME BLOOD

hell to the yes, Im getting this!!

kingme

@Barbara: Why would you even want that? Today's music is terrible prepackaged garbage.

I'm going to run out of money, the good songs are back on Rock Band. First Rush and now this. Great news.

kylo4

@Barbara: Hopefully never, because music today pretty much all sucks.

FilthyAssistant

Shirtless? That's nothing. How about socks only?

BossVersion1

@splatternick: Knowing Gene Simmons, I'm surprised we haven't got any KISS albums yet and only one extra track for DLC. Maybe there is something in the works.

BossVersion1

shirtless AND in your undies! thank you simpsons for forever making the iconic line in give it away change to ''what id like is id like to hug and kiss you''

unagiporn

@Eiger: Ditto ditto. RHCP are a good band, don't get me wrong. I can't justify buying the whole album for those two songs that I'll only play. Honestly, there are only a few bands that I would consider buying a full album for. I'd rather just purchase the couple of songs that I really like.

BossVersion1

Awesome. I'm a Huge Red Hot Chili Peppers fan and I love Blood, Sugar, Sex, Magik. I'm going to have to pick up rock band in the coming future. If they release The Uplift Mofo Party Plan I would just be in heaven.

Stevetrop

@HalenKnujunkle: Yeah unfortunately on the official forums they've confirmed that they have butchered it as expected.

BathTubNZ

@Barbara: Please go to the official forums and count how many threads there are complaining that most of the music is too new. Here is a hint, the most represented decade in the game..... '00s by a huge margin.

BathTubNZ

@Barbara:

90's are good years for rock/alternative music anyway.

GodKiller0

@SatansBestBuddy:

Doesn't that make 32$? :p

GodKiller0

@SatansBestBuddy: werd

CHU BOI

FUCK YES!

CHU BOI

Rock Band, you had me with Rush and lost me with The Chili Peppers. Here's hoping for more consistently good music and not stuff from bands that we already have 5-6 songs from...

LoseUrIllusion1

@Barbara: Not before we get Soundgarden's Badmotorfinger or Superunknown, I hope.

Kakolukia

I love RHCP but Californication or By the Way would be better albums. Especially Don't Forget Me" on bass and Emit Remmus on vocals. But Under the Bridge and the rest are def automatic buy for the vocals alone.

pisseddog

Not bad then I'll have to see if I want at least ten of the songs badly, if so I might as well buy the whole album.

BaronVonCrogs

@Barbara: Why would you want it to? The 90's ruled! Almost as much as the 80's.

Eschguy

@BossVersion1: Hopefully not that damn Disco album they made! "Rock and Roll All Night" would be sweet, but Master Track only. No crappy covers like GH3. We also really need some Pantera too!

splatternick

This is going to be the best dlc yet!

symbspider33

@Barbara:

Are you kidding me!?

There's a near endless list of "oldies" albums and artists that should get their place in the sun. I'm still waiting for anything by Styx or Three Dog Night, personally.

There's a place for ALL music in games like this, so its only a matter of time that everyone gets what they want.

The newer music they release seems like fringe-rock independent stuff that no one is really interested in.

I'd would venture to guess that an early era Green Day or Offspring album would sell more than the no-name 200X-era bands they shower us with week by week.

Albi4ever

This just justified my purchase of RB2.

Holy fucking win batman. I wanted more RHCP and would've settled for new stuff, but BSSM? YES.

HotFootMcCook

under the bridge? hell yeah

reaper208

Good for the RHCP fans, but I ain't getting nothing this week as far as DLC is concerned.

CommentatorHatman

Fuck yes.

Gouki4u

@Handbanana37:
The Pixies album was 18.99, the most expensive pack is Best of the Who, which was also 19.99.

foxhound417

@Handbanana37: Well, it is 16 tracks, and they average a healthy 4 minutes plus in length. Normally, 16 tracks on their own would cost 32 bucks, so it's not that bad if you want the full album. Given the work that Harmonix puts into authoring the note charts for all the instruments, the syncing up of animation, etc. for each track, it actually seems fair.

I'm not a huge Chili Peppers fan, so I'll be passing on the full album. But if I was a fan, I doubt I'd feel ripped off.

MrBungo

@superfrogsavestokyo: all those songs are great and I love the older, deeper RHCP but this was the album that made them big. Plus this was back when more of their songs were upbeat. It's very rare that they do songs like that anymore. I'm sure if this one sells well, we'll get more RHCP.

jp182

@AUAnonymous: AGREED COMPLETELY

jp182

@Albi4ever: well i think they give us no-name 200x bands because they are cheaper to get and if more people buy those band's albums after they play their songs in RB, then it provides MTV Games with more credibility. It's purely a good business decision.

We still get plenty of 80's and 90's songs so I'm cool with everything thus far. I'd appreciate alittle Morris Day and the Time but I know that would be asking alot.

jp182

In a goddamned heartbeat I'm picking it up. This and Texas Flood are my most anticipated DLC (that I'm aware of).

Strangelove

I will definitely get Under the Bridge, Suck My Kiss and Breaking the Girl. And YYZ, since I still didn't pick that up.

thefais

This is a must buy for me,
at least i'll get under the bridge
...i'd like to see some californication though :/ but i guess they'll put that out eventually too ;P

sbsoccerman13

UNDER THE BRIDGE

Mit

@LoseUrIllusion1: Yes, because clearly the only GOOD bands are the ones that YOU like, and Harmonix should only release albums that suit you, personally, every week.

engagequadlaser

Yeah, okay, I haven't picked up any of your full albums except Doolittle, but you got me this time, Harmonix. There's not a song on that list that won't be fun.

tk.

Wonder what "Sir Psycho Sexy" will be like with the censorship. I may hold off until I get some feedback on how they handle the lyrics.

CFStang

I'm moving in an new flat next week and will probably without internet access for a week or two - and exactly then this gem gets released. This makes me a sad and a happy panda at the same time...

Al Bino

When's Jane's Addiction?

cio

@BossVersion1:

i got me a fresh pair of tubesocks the other day :)

Another acceptable outfit is pants made of stuffed animals.

harlock_JDS

I'm sold on Under the Bridge. I'll have to Youtube the other songs to get a better grasp. So far, the only large DLC packs I've picked up are the Grateful Dead, the Who, and Rush.

Anarchist_Gamer

I Could Have Lied is my favorite RHCP song. Want.

serotoninzero

I see 3 songs on that album worth getting.

thndrx

@Barbara:

I'll take 90s music that's somewhat proven any day over Cold Play or here.

SeedyROM

I have downloadeed the only 2 songs from red hot chili peppers that were in rock band without even knowing a thing about them, I wonder if I will get this ones?!
btw the answer: HELL YEAH!

HELLSRIDER

Nice, 3 weeks in a row of full album releases. Keep it up!

NealMagoostus

Um, where's "Give It Away"? There are 17 songs on BSSM. Whoever upthread said the songs would be $28 separately has it wrong - it'd be $34 a la carte vs. $20 all together.

RossPatroclus

because the last decade to have a good rock movement was the 90's with alternative. post 2000 it just been succession of pre alt pop rock that that is generically commercial and whore by the studios for the lack of a solid musical zeitgeist. it ended up as "emo rock" and that's not even really really emo rock because it has not real roots of emocore. it's just paint me up with mommy's make up and i gonna pretend to be some kind of hard core musician, and then totally pussy it out where it matters, the music. it's just the equivalent of the hair bands, and glam rock making an alternative charge away from the establishment(musical status quo). except there is no current musical status quo and they are like children flailing against imaginary "establishments". hence the "emo" status. they Are the status quo unfortunately, and the studio bought them up and whore them out. So, in this massive failure of a musical generation even truly skilled bands, or those that have the potential to be great are lost in the shuffle. Then there this game that comes out that hails the greatness of rock and they want to bring out the most meaning and loved songs. A majority of the songs would obviously come from the most current generation of musical taste. That was the 90's. Few post 2k is herald as the voice of a generation. Pre 90's is understandably considered out of the demographic, but they have really tried to being a lot of more classic songs considering they underestimated the demographic range for their game.

SachiMalkoth