E3 '07: Metallica, album downloads to rock Rock Band

By Staff, GameSpotPosted Jul 11, 2007 2:37 pm PT

Upcoming rhythm game to offer full-length albums, starting with The Who's Who's Next?; Song count now at 16 with Rush, Bon Jovi, and Stone Temple Pilots jumping on bandwagon; "Enter Sandman" also to be featured in the game.

SANTA MONICA, Calif.--The Battle of the Bands is officially on. Yesterday, the Neversoft-developed Guitar Hero III revealed the python-enthused former Guns N' Roses fretter Slash would rock on a variety of unlockable guitars. Today, original Guitar Hero developer Harmonix fired back with the announcement that it will offer not just hit singles for gamers to play, but entire full-length albums from multiple labels.

The first band to receive the digital conversion will be classic British rockers The Who. Gamers will be able to form a virtual cover band playing guitar, hitting the drums, and singing along to the band's widely acclaimed 1971 album Who's Next. The album should hit soon after the game's release this fall, with new content planned on a weekly basis. For those a bit rusty on their classic rock, the full track list for the album follows:

The Who's Who's Next:

"Baba O' Riley"
"Bargain"
"Love Ain't for Keepin'"
"My Wife (Entwistle)"
"The Song Is Over"
"Getting in Tune"
"Going Movile"
"Behind Blue Eyes"
"Won't Get Fooled Again"

Harmonix also announced the first 15 songs from the retail edition of Rock Band. A glance at the list reveals a wide array of rock subgenres and decades represented, from David Bowie and Black Sabbath to The Hives and The Strokes.

Piling on the announcements, Harmonix also revealed that Steven Van Zandt had signed on to chief Rock Band's music advisory board. In addition to appearing in the HBO gangster drama The Sopranos, Van Zandt is a member of Bruce Springsteen backing band E Street Band. Van Zandt also hosts the weekly syndicated radio show Little Steven's Underground Garage, which showcases up-and-coming sub-genre rock bands, and is a program director for the Sirius Satellite Radio network.

But wait, there's more. Hoping to toll the bell on its competition, Harmonix revealed the Grammy-winning "Enter Sandman" from Metallica's 1991 Black album will be included in Rock Band's initial lineup shipping with the game. Announced at the end of EA's press conference, Kathy Vrabeck also made mention that a "substantial" number of songs from Metallica's catalog are slated to appear in the game.

The first 16 songs from Rock Band are listed below, with the new songs in bold:

Artist - Song (asterisk indicates a cover version of a song):

The Who - "Won't Get Fooled Again"
Mountain - "Mississippi Queen"*
David Bowie - "Suffragette City"
Black Sabbath - "Paranoid"*
Blue Oyster Cult - "Don't Fear the Reaper"
The Ramones - "Rockaway Beach"
Rush - "Tom Sawyer"*
 Bon Jovi - "Wanted Dead or Alive"
 Nirvana - "In Bloom"
Stone Temple Pilots - "Vasoline"
Weezer - "Say It Ain't So"
Foo Fighters - "Learn to Fly"
The Hives - "Main Offender"
The Strokes - "Reptilia"
 Queens of the Stone Age - "Go With the Flow"
 Metallica - "Enter Sandman"

228 Comments

  • DecardL7

    Posted Nov 21, 2007 10:22 am PT

    Harvester of Sorrow anyone? ...AJFA has the best guitar parts of all the albums (It is the best album..)

    Thing That Should Not Be! Puppets! Disposable Heroes! Anything off Puppets..

  • 8bit16bitsowhat

    Posted Oct 26, 2007 12:32 pm PT

    they should have 'for whom the bells toll' instead of 'sandman' or 'where ever i may roam'. i wonder if this guitar would be compatible for GH3. hope so, not sure which on to get. i like the set list for GH3 better but love the idea of all instruments

  • Raven4d8

    Posted Oct 19, 2007 5:32 am PT

    i think this game will need to have every single MetallicA song avaiable to us to download.... up until the black album after that they kinda fell off.... but Im still excited about guitar hero having ONE in it... probably not only one of MetallicA's best songs of all time but one of the greatest songs ever. And yes this game should include the likes of Master of Puppets, fade to black, blackend I love the intro to that song amazing!!! Seek and Destroy!!!!!!!!!!! there are way to many.... creeping death... fight fire with fire, bell tolls, welcome home i could go on and on but you get the picture...

  • Gorge-a-Maniac

    Posted Sep 25, 2007 8:48 pm PT

    No idea why they chose sandman... Put in FtB or Puppets. That'd give a more challenging and exciting song to play along with.

  • SkaterDeano

    Posted Sep 24, 2007 1:42 pm PT

    omgwtfbbq111 ur forgetting only the best metallica song of all time
    FADE TO BLACK
    and sanatarium but fade to black is MY FAVORITE SONG and that solo gives me the chills
    call me crazy but you dont undrestand how great that song is
    ive never been so grateful to play metallica on gh
    but if you can truly download whole albums (for a reasonable price) im not sure which ill pick
    i know fade to black was made for guitar hero just listen to it

  • darth-revan

    Posted Sep 23, 2007 12:27 am PT

    Lostboy, you don't need anyone else to play it. You can pick just one instrument and play, go online with others and play or just play that instrument by yourself.

  • Raykuza

    Posted Sep 18, 2007 12:29 pm PT

    I cant say I'm psyched for any of this. Enter Sandman will be nice. As for GH3 vs Rock Band: first game to announce a Jimi Hendrix song wins my monies. Nuff said.

  • Odin00

    Posted Sep 9, 2007 6:01 am PT

    The Who's entire 'Who's Next' album? Oh man, that's awesome!

  • Lostboy1224

    Posted Sep 7, 2007 7:02 pm PT

    Do you have to have four live people to actually play Rock Band? Because I would love to use the guitar but I don't want to sing or anything else. If you need four people then this game might be in a little bit of trouble, because not everyone wants to sing in stead of playing the guitar or drums. Not sure.......

  • Foffity

    Posted Sep 7, 2007 3:52 am PT

    If they put MCR on, millions of gamers the world over will lose their hearing due to stabbing needles into their own ears. Metallica, QOTSA, Rush and BOC ftw.

  • Monkeymaninia

    Posted Sep 6, 2007 4:45 pm PT

    MCR sucks alone with the used and fall out boy

  • MCRFan2708

    Posted Aug 28, 2007 6:43 pm PT

    What about My Chemical Romance and their songs such as House of Wolves and Welcome to the Black Parade. And how about some AC/DC, The Used, and Fall Out Boy

  • braker117

    Posted Aug 26, 2007 5:08 am PT

    I hope they can do a decent cover of Tom Sawyer.

  • monkeyman98

    Posted Aug 25, 2007 9:57 am PT

    actually metallica will have a song on gh3, its gonna be One which in my opinon is a better song than enter sandman,the guitar in one is just beastly. either way im happy to see some metallica

  • BonziBoce

    Posted Aug 4, 2007 12:19 am PT

    This game is gunna suck BIG TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • PiNwOrM

    Posted Aug 2, 2007 3:47 pm PT

    I get only GH3 or Rock Band when they come out, and I was originally going with GH3, but after seeing the 22 or so songs GH3 has so far, I HATE some of the songs, can not STAND them. Dislike most of the others, and there's TWO I do like.. Such a dissappointment after GH2's soundtrack.. Anywho, I love nearly EVERY song on this lift so far. Looks like I know which game I'll be getting.

  • Drakier

    Posted Aug 1, 2007 2:10 am PT

    The Strokes! Can't wait to play You Only Live Once!

  • OMGWTFBBQ111

    Posted Jul 31, 2007 10:53 pm PT

    Quote:
    Kathy Vrabeck also made mention that a "substantial" number of songs from Metallica's catalog are slated to appear in the game. ----------------------
    My god, they better have:

    - Dyers Eve
    - Blackened
    - Battery
    - Leper Messiah
    - Whiplash
    - Disposable Heros
    - ...And Justice for All
    - Master of Puppets
    - Ride the Lightning
    - Fight Fire with Fire

    *drool*

  • majin_vegeta300

    Posted Jul 27, 2007 8:16 am PT

    Rock Band FTW

  • Juunana

    Posted Jul 26, 2007 8:19 am PT

    Is that...a Queens of the Stone Age song that I see?!?

    I'm so getting this.

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