It seems like it has been awhile since we’ve given stuff away here on the site, so thanks to Harmonix, we’ve recently fallen in to a nice little cache of DLC codes for the Xbox 360 from the past year that we want to help give out. We’ll try to giveaway a different DLC pack each Friday until our stash runs out. First up is the Billy Joel Piano Challenge pack from last March. The songs included are…

• I Go to Extremes
• Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway)
• My Life
• Prelude/Angry Young Man *
• Scenes from an Italian Restaurant
• She’s Always a Woman

If this is something that you want to try and win, entry is simple. All you have to do is post a comment below that includes your favorite Rock Band song that has a keys/piano chart. Standard rules apply: one entry per household only, Xbox 360 only, codes are redeemable worldwide (as far as I know). Please include a valid email address (or Twitter account if you don’t want to take off your tin foil hat) with each entry so we can contact the winners.

We’ll let this run through the weekend so everyone has a chance to enter and randomly choose a winner sometime on Monday afternoon (Central time). And since we ALSO have a number of 160 MSP codes, we’ll even randomly give out a “consolation gift” to one entrant, as well!

Good luck!

Well, it’s been a few weeks since we had DLC from one of the sets of artists announced in the livestream from December. If I was a betting man, I would put my money on either Bush or Huey Lewis & the News DLC for next week. Lets see if my bet paid off…

• Sum 41 – Fat Lip *
• Sum 41 – Still Waiting
• Tears for Fears – Head Over Heels

* Denotes Pro-Guitar/Bass chart availability for $.99.

[Official announcement]

Unless otherwise noted, all songs are $1.99.

• Aiden – Hysteria
• Bumblefoot – Turn Around
• Dance for the Dying – El Monstro *
• Ill Niño – Against the Wall
• Quartered – Africa (RB3 version)

* Denotes $.99 track pricing.

ROCK BAND NETWORK PS3 1/31 PLAYLIST

[Official announcement]

Unless otherwise noted, all songs are 160 MSP ($1.99). Songs not linked below were not updated on RockBand.com at time of publishing.

• Askari Nari – Generic Techno Song *
• Atheist – Second to Sun
• Dance for the Dying – Thug Love *
• Deadlock – The Brave / Agony Applause (RB3 version)
• Edge – Flesh and Blood *
• Halcyon Way – Building the Towers *
• The Motion Sick – Grace Kelly *
• Powerman 5000 – Super Villain
• Powerman 5000 – Time Bomb
• Quartered – Half Cab *
• SuperSeed – Play Around

* Denotes 80 MSP ($.99) track pricing.

ROCK BAND NETWORK XBOX 360 1/26 PLAYLIST

[Official announcement]

I must admit, I was quite surprised by the DLC we got this week. I was almost certain that the huge 12-pack released in mid 2010 would have been it for the band, but I’m glad I was wrong. In honor of the Creedence Clearwater Revival 3-pack released this week, I thought I would once again pull one of the tracks from their massive 12 pack (we have already featured Bad Moon Rising). It was a tough choice, but I’ve decided to feature I Heard It Through the Grapevine as this week’s Thursday Throwback pick.

Those of you who love your southern rock will love this band. Despite the fact that they originally hailed from California, they are still held in high esteem as pioneering purveyors of the southern rock genre, considering they have sold over 26 million records in the US alone. Noted by Rolling Stone magazine as the 82nd “Greatest Artist of All Time,” they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993, officially cementing their iconic status.

I nearly passed on choosing this tune, until I noticed the running time. The song clocks in at approximately ten minutes and twelve seconds, which makes it longer than some of the other southern rock epic Rock Band tracks Green Grass and High Tides (9:44) and Free Bird (9:34)! The 4-tier guitar is certainly the best out of the instruments, with a mini-solo at around the 3-minute mark, and a gigantic second solo, which lasts for the whole second half the song! The 4-tier bass will keep you on your toes too, as the chart very rarely sits still, and includes quite a bit of variation. The 4-tier drums are great to play on both normal and Pro modes, with a healthy mix of nearly everything throughout the song. The 3-tier vocals is classic CCR John Fogerty vocals, which nearly everyone can sing along to.

Here’s your full band walkthrough:

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Here is this week’s lone Pro-Guitar/Bass chart for yesterday’s Creedence Clearwater Revival DLC from the always awesome thenewnoelisoncruz. Definitely check out and subscribe to his YouTube channel!

Creedence Clearwater Revival – Have You Ever Seen the Rain?