Pearl Jam Rock Band project due next year

By Tom Magrino, GameSpotPosted May 11, 2009 2:49 pm PT

MTV Games and Seattle grunge metal troupe open up voting fan-selected live edition of Harmonix's rhythm game.

When Pearl Jam reissued its seminal album Ten in March, MTV Games and Harmonix collaborated with the grunge rockers to offer a playable version through Rock Band. Now, MTV Games and Harmonix are teaming up with Pearl Jam once more on a "Pearl Jam Rock Band project" that will feature live cuts from the band's entire catalog. Platforms for the project were not revealed, though it is slated to arrive in 2010.

Pearl Jam

The exact nature of the Pearl Jam Rock Band project remains a mystery, with neither MTV Games nor Pearl Jam giving any indication as to whether the game will be a downloadable album, an AC/DC-style retail product, or a The Beatles: Rock Band spin-off. However, the publisher did promise to provide more details on the project next month, presumably around the time that the Electronic Entertainment Expo descends on Los Angeles on June 2.

Until then, Pearl Jam has invited its fan-club members to select their favorite live performances of more than 40 different catalog hits through the band's official Web site. By way of a Rhapsody playlist widget, fans can listen to hundreds of different live performances of individual songs, with the versions that are played the most times being selected as the best.

In June, the selection process will be opened up to everyone, with fans tasked with building their own favorite setlists from the previously selected top tracks for the Pearl Jam Rock Band project. However, MTV Games did not indicate how many tracks will be included with the final project, promising only to provide more details in the coming weeks.

A full list of songs currently in the running can be found below.

1/2 Full
Alive
Animal
Better Man
Black
Brain of J
Comatose
Corduroy
Do the Evolution
Down
Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town
Even Flow
Footsteps
Garden
Given to Fly
Go
I Am Mine
I Got ID
Inside Job
Insignificance
Jeremy
Last Exit
Life Wasted
Light Years
Love Boat Captain
Lukin
Man of the Hour
Marker in the Sand
Nothingman
Oceans
Present Tense
Rearviewmirror
Red Mosquito
Release
Satan's Bed
Severed Hand
Spin the Black Circle
State of Love and Trust
Wash
Whipping
Why Go
Wishlist
World Wide Suicide

140 Comments

  • APCTool88

    Posted Dec 10, 2009 2:51 pm PT

    ok i love pearl jam's music but come on! they've officially sold out

  • Dan21278

    Posted Nov 23, 2009 2:35 pm PT

    Why do guys hate Pearl Jam? Listen to their "Alive" then talk k?

  • Dan21278

    Posted Nov 23, 2009 2:34 pm PT

    I love pearl Jam and anything to do with Grunge music... But it would be awesome if Harmonix makes a Rock Band:Alice in Chains!!!!!!!! now that would be epic. =)

  • squidanator7

    Posted Nov 18, 2009 1:27 am PT

    YES!!! I LOVE PEARL JAM!!!!

  • shani_boy101

    Posted Oct 30, 2009 12:51 am PT

    why pearl jam? why not MUSE??? if Harmonix haven't been checking their forums lately (and i mean in the past 2 years) they might have missed the 1080+ page monster thread (biggest one on the RB forums) asking for Muse DLC. it's pretty obvious what the fans want. either give us heaps of Muse DLC or an entire game!

  • MetalAlchemist1

    Posted Oct 6, 2009 9:30 am PT

    I'll definetly be getting this, big Pearl Jam fan.

  • thesickt

    Posted Sep 10, 2009 11:14 pm PT

    pearl jam rocks!!

  • dmaul1114

    Posted Jul 28, 2009 6:35 pm PT

    PJ has been my favorite band since 1991 so I'm stoked for this for sure.

  • shawnyboy12

    Posted May 19, 2009 1:10 pm PT

    Can't wait for The Beatles.... but Pearl Jam? Why not just take the time and save money to get the rights or something for Led Zeppelin? That would be a huge it. I do like the live aspect of it though, but it would be better if that was added as an option.

  • Hey-Jude123 posted May 17, 2009 6:59 pm PT (does not meet display criteria. sign in to show)

    Hey-Jude123

    Posted May 17, 2009 6:59 pm PT (hide)

    what? rock band the beatles is good aready. now pearl jam? there not even that good. His voice sounds werid. sounds like someone who smoked a fuuuccck load of blacks (not people)

  • Lumpeh

    Posted May 14, 2009 12:22 pm PT

    I can understand Rock band: Beatles because they're so iconic, but Pearl Jam has like... 3 good songs, GH: Aerosmith flopped and Metallica is just a big, fat money grabber, they could have released those songs as DLC instead of having a whole game for it.. but then again this is the way our economy works, everyone milks everything until it runs dry.

  • Linkman0714 posted May 14, 2009 11:58 am PT (does not meet display criteria. sign in to show)

    Linkman0714

    Posted May 14, 2009 11:58 am PT (hide)

    Aerosmith ok, Metallica Definately, but pearl Jam? come on these guys arent even good enought to get their own game. harmonix needs to stop copying activision and just make more DLC. thats rock bands strongest point.

  • krelmmaster

    Posted May 13, 2009 10:23 am PT

    No Rats? Auto fail

  • ianbradley26

    Posted May 13, 2009 9:32 am PT

    Everyone should know about free music available at www.pandora.com (radio) and the Logitech Squeezebox. For some people now, it's probably the only music they listen to other than what is at their computer. CDs? I don't know anymore, I rarely buy CDs honestly, but I'm sure there are people who do.

  • missonrs

    Posted May 13, 2009 5:24 am PT

    we don't need this now. they should focus on making dlc and lowering dlc prices.

  • Zartan3000

    Posted May 12, 2009 3:07 pm PT

    Cool....I love Pearl Jam....Never bought a Rock Band title before but I'd seriously consider buying this one for PS3

  • NyGin07

    Posted May 12, 2009 12:35 pm PT

    wheres weezers blue album and pinkerton? wheres dookie and american idiot (jesus of suburbia on drums=epic)? wheres the rest of nirvanas nevermind? wheres led zep? white stripes anyone? they have time to put nickelodeon songs in the game and make a stupid extra pearl jam disc when it can just be dlc, but they cant put more good stuff in. lego rock band?!?!?!?!? wtf?!?!?

  • NyGin07

    Posted May 12, 2009 12:29 pm PT

    live only? how lame

  • gmagnus

    Posted May 12, 2009 12:17 pm PT

    It's cheaper than downloading them. As long as they are exportable, like the past ones, this is great. Unlike GH, the songs can still all be played through the original Rock Band disc. I think a lot of people here have no clue what they're talking about. A lot of you, like otanikun, are saying you would rather pay MORE. The only downside is there might be a few songs you don't want. Otanikun, they might be earning extra money from this, but WE'RE playing less. So far, the AC/DC one was the only track pack with a higher price per song than DLC, and that changed pretty fast.

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