Pete_LeGrant June 12, 2009 Downloadable, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 70 views Comments Print This Post  Email This Post

Harmonix and MTV Games today announced that a four
pack of tracks from icon rock stars Spinal Tap, along with a three pack
from Evanescence, will be added to the Rock Band® Music Store of
downloadable content next week for the Xbox 360® video game and
entertainment system from Microsoft and PLAYSTATION®3 computer
entertainment system.
Three of the four Spinal Tap tracks (“Back
from the Dead,” Rock ‘n’ Roll Nightmare” and “Warmer Than Hell”) come
from the band’s new album Back From The Dead (The Label Industry
Records/A2M) also being released on June 16. The fourth track in the
new Rock Band package will be “Saucy Jack,” a song St. Hubbins wrote
about the life of Jack the Ripper, which was previously only available
on the band’s website. Back From The Dead features new versions of the
band’s classic hits and six newly recorded songs plus an hour-long DVD.
The DVD is a track-by-track video commentary by members David St.
Hubbins, Nigel Tufnel and Derek Smalls.

“Tap has always gone where the audience is,” said Smalls. “We hope this time the audience reciprocates. Whatever that means.”
Best
known as “England’s Loudest Heavy Metal Band,” Spinal Tap was forever
immortalized in the 1984 classic film “This Is Spinal Tap,” which the
group immediately labeled a “hatchet job” and “character
assassination.” Since that time, the film has been added to The Library
of Congress’ National Film Registry’s list of 25 American cinematic
works selected for historical preservation – called a ‘culturally
significant’ work. Besides their new album, Spinal Tap will be
reuniting for their ‘One Night Only World Tour’ when they play London’s
Wembley Arena on June 30.

Grammy Award-winning rockers
Evanescence also make their Rock Band debut next week with a three pack
of the band’s greatest hits. “Bring Me to Life,” from the band’s 2004
multi-platinum debut album, Fallen, “Call Me When You’re Sober” and
“Weight of the World,” from 2006’s The Open Door, will all be available
in the Rock Band Music Store beginning June 16.

Tracks:

Evanescence “Bring Me to Life”
Evanescence “Call Me When You’re Sober”
Evanescence “Weight of the World”
Spinal Tap “Back from the Dead”
Spinal Tap “Rock ‘n’ Roll Nightmare”
Spinal Tap “Saucy Jack”
Spinal Tap “Warmer Than Hell”
(All tracks are original master recordings)

These
tracks will be available for purchase as part of the “Spinal Tap Pack”
and the “Evanescence Pack” or as individual tracks for Xbox 360 and
PLAYSTATION 3 systems.

Price: $1.99 (160 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360) per track
$5.49 (440 Microsoft Points) for “Evanescence Pack”
$6.99(560 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360) for “Spinal Tap Pack”

** Dates for Rock Band game tracks are tentative and subject to change **

Release Date: Tuesday, June 16, 2009
(Xbox LIVE Marketplace for Xbox 360®)

Thursday,June 18, 2009
(PlayStation®Store)

See:

• Everything to know about the 591 songs featured in Rock Band