Pete_LeGrant July 2, 2009 Entertainment, PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360 1 views Comments Print This Post  Email This Post

I don’t know about you, but I like Green Day. Their drummer, Tre Cool, has some excellent chops and is a crisp player. See if you can match him on Rock Band.

Don’t forget to check out: Everything to know about the 591 songs featured in Rock Band.

I think there are far more than 591 now, but Nick’s analysis stills gives you a ton of fun facts.

Harmonix and MTV Games today announced that three exclusive tracks from
multi-platinum, Grammy Award-winners Green Day, as well as eight songs
from artists performing at the premiere of the RockStar Energy Drink
Mayhem Festival, 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, PLAYSTATION 3 computer
entertainment system and Wii system.

The Green Day tracks
available next week are the first in an exclusive partnership between
MTV Games’ Harmonix and Warner Music Group’s Green Day to bring the
band’s songs to the Rock Band platform as downloadable content. These
first songs, “21 Guns”, “Know Your Enemy” and “East Jesus Nowhere,” are
from the band’s latest album, 21st Century Breakdown.

Selling
nearly 50 million records worldwide, Green Day has won critical acclaim
and numerous accolades, including three Grammy Awards for Best
Alternative Album for Dookie, Best Rock Album for American Idiot and
Record of the Year for their smash hit “Boulevard of Broken Dreams.”
Green Day recently released their eighth studio album, 21st Century
Breakdown, on Warner Music Group’s Reprise Records. The album debuted
at No. 1 on the Billboard Top 200 chart, as well as on the Rock, Active
Rock and Alternative charts, fueled by the Alternative radio No. 1
single “Know Your Enemy.” 21st Century Breakdown, which Rolling Stone
has called “a rock opera in which the rock always comes first,” is also
a hit around the world, topping the charts in 24 countries, including
the United Kingdom, Canada and Japan.

Eight songs from artists
performing at the RockStar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival, including
Behemoth, Cannibal Corpse, Marilyn Manson and Slayer, will also be
available for download next week in the Rock Band Music Store. The
RockStar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival is a new summer touring metal and
rock festival in the United States during July and August, assembled by
Vans Warped Tour founder Kevin Lyman. Rock Band fans can also play
tracks by RockStar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival performers Killswitch
Engine and Bullet For My Valentine, previously released as downloadable
content.

Tracks:
Green Day “21 Guns”
Green Day “East Jesus Nowhere”
Green Day “Know Your Enemy”
Behemoth “Conquer All”
Black Dahlia Murder “What a Horrible Night to Have a Curse”
Cannibal Corpse “Hammer Smashed Face”
God Forbid “Empire of the Gun”
Job for a Cowboy “Embedded”
Marilyn Manson “Disposable Teens”
Slayer “Black Magic”
Whitechapel “This Is Exile”

(All tracks are original master recordings)

These
tracks will be available for purchase as part of the “Green Day Pack”
or “Mayhem Pack” or as individual tracks for Xbox 360 and PLAYSTATION 3
systems.

Release Date: Tuesday, July 7, 2009
(Wii and Xbox LIVE Marketplace for Xbox 360)
Thursday, July 9, 2009
(PlayStation Store)

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

Price: $1.99 (160 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360) per track
$5.49 (440 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360) for “Green Day Pack”
$13.49 (1,080) Microsoft Points for Xbox 360) for “Mayhem Pack”
$2.00 (200 Wii Points) per track

Locations: Xbox LIVE Marketplace for Xbox 360
PlayStation Net
In-game Rock Band 2 Music Store (Wii Points must be purchased through
the Wii Shop Channel)