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Rock Band’s Community Zine is live, hitting email boxes international today. We’ve gotten a slew of emails to say that the little promotional zine is live and packed with interesting Rock Band tidbits.
In this inaugural issue comes news that the Rush: Moving Pictures full album download is coming to Rock Band on Aug. 26. The pack will include the original version of Tom Sawyer, Red Barchett, YYZ, the original Limelight, The Camera Eye, Witch Hunt and Vital Signs.
The zine also includes links to a backstage interview with Rush, a vid of Rush playing their own song in Rock Band on the Colbert Report and another of NAS playing Rock Band on the Report.
Finally you’ve got links to the Harmonix Developers’ blog and a designer’s Twitter.
Perhaps Neil Peart feels handicapped by a drum set with only five pieces or perhaps Alex Lifeson simply demands strings on his guitars. It’s certainly not the smooth vocals stylings of Geddy Lee that cause prog rockers Rush to fail one third of the way through their own “Tom Sawyer” on Rock Band. Perhaps it’s the “Expert” difficulty? The performance, which really should have included Lee on vocals and bass, for ultimate accuracy, was taped prior to the band’s appearance on The Colbert Report for posterity (and future embarrassment).
The video is after the jump!
Xbox.com let slip abnormally early the upcoming downloadable content for Harmonix’s Rock Band, giving us a look at the rest of January’s add-on tracks. First up are a trio of tracks from Oasis, “Don’t Look Back in Anger,” “Live Forever,” and “Wonderwall.” They’ll be available the week of January 22nd to Rock Band owners, bringing familial strife and Manchester pop-rock to fans. Gotta start working on my Liam!
For the following week, Harmonix brings us the “Progressive Pack”, featuring “Siva” by Smashing Pumpkins, “Working Man” as made famous by Rush, and “Ten Speed (Of God’s Blood and Burial)” as made famous by Coheed and Cambria.
The overworked web staff at Xbox.com has since pulled the listings (someone goofed), but those who demand screenshot proof can find it right here.
Rock Band January Song Track Releases [Xbox.com - Image Credit]
