nicksmith March 31, 2009 Downloadable, Wii 59 views Comments Print This Post  Email This Post

It was recently announced that the Rock Band franchise is a $1 billion dollar entity. That can probably be chalked up to having an amazing catalog of over 600 songs that we recently broke down. Rock Band has been delivering weekly additions to the catalog with the Nintendo Wii playing catch up after getting a late start to the DLC game. It remains to be seen if it will become a $2 billion dollar property when The Beatles: Rock Band comes out later this year.

This week’s new music lineup features Pearl Jam’s debut album “Ten” and also includes new wave band Devo, punk band Fall Out Boy and, the rap infused metal-edged stylings of Faith No More. Pearl Jam’s re-released album has been getting the red carpet treatment and now Wii fans can join in on the festivities.

Ten, the 1991 album that introduced the world to Pearl Jam, will be released in its entirety for download in the Wii Rock Band Music Store this week including popular hit “Jeremy” and hidden track “Master/Slave”. With the song “Alive” from Ten already featured on the Rock Band 2 soundtrack, the Rock Band Music Store will feature the other eleven tracks from the album. The Pearl Jam tracks were released to owners of Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and PLAYSTATION 3 computer entertainment system last week.

This week’s content update to the Wii Rock Band Music Store also includes music from new wave group Devo with the track “Through Being Cool” from the 2008 album Devo Rock Band Re-Records. In addition, Rock Band will also deliver more from Faith No More with “We Care A Lot” featured on Introduce Yourself (1987) and Fall Out Boy’s “I Don’t Care” from the band’s 2008 album Folie á Deux.

All tracks come from the back catalogue of Rock Band music already released to owners of Xbox 360 and PLAYSTATION 3 system. Wii fans can expect a rollout of previously released downloadable Rock Band content until the entire back catalog of more than 600 songs is available.

Release Date: Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Tracks: Pearl Jam “Once”
Pearl Jam “Even Flow”
Pearl Jam “Why Go”
Pearl Jam “Black”
Pearl Jam “Jeremy”
Pearl Jam “Oceans”
Pearl Jam “Porch”
Pearl Jam “Garden”
Pearl Jam “Deep”
Pearl Jam “Release”
Pearl Jam “Master/Slave”
Devo “Through Being Cool”
Faith No More “We Care A Lot”
Fall Out Boy “I Don’t Care”

(All tracks are original master recordings)

Price: $2.00 (200 Wii Points) per track

Location: In-game Rock Band 2 Music Store (Wii Points must be purchased through the Wii Shop Channel)