Official Site URL “Hack” Hints at Poison, Live, A-Ha, more DLC?
The “old” URL hacking technique over at RockBand.com seems to have occurred again, this time with select industrious individuals dropping in the names of some well known artists and finding some interesting placeholders. Many have done this in the past, and the results don’t stay up for long, but this technique is fairly successful at uncovering future DLC offerings. It worked back in September of last year, uncovering Bob Marley, My Chemical Romance, and Doobie Brothers DLC, and again in March, with Foo Fighters, Fleetwood Mac, and more.
This time, this was what was uncovered, along with the link to the placeholder artist page at RockBand.com:
If you find any more, include them below in the comments, and be sure to stop back as I update this post!
[Thanks to "anonymous" for the tip!]
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Love Live. Some good songs
RockBandAide Reply:
May 31st, 2011 at 12:02 pm
Agreed. I always thought they were one of the underrated alternative bands from the 90s.
Bryan Reply:
May 31st, 2011 at 12:33 pm
“Lightning Crashes” and “I Alone” are obvious and necessary choices.
Cstrife2 Reply:
May 31st, 2011 at 12:41 pm
An 8 or 10 track pack from Live would be perfect
Dont forget Iris.
Doom-878 Reply:
May 31st, 2011 at 12:48 pm
All over you all over me!
Tim the Enchanter Reply:
May 31st, 2011 at 12:53 pm
White, Discussion is my personal fav
DragoonXD Reply:
May 31st, 2011 at 1:21 pm
Throwing Copper full album please.
Narducci19 Reply:
May 31st, 2011 at 8:37 pm
Second! One of the few cases I’d rather have the full album than a greatest hits packs, lots of great, great non-single songs on this album, White, Discussion included. Also would love to have Pillar of Davidson!
Nimmy Reply:
June 1st, 2011 at 1:25 am
I Alone + Lakini’s Juice + Dolphin’s Cry would be epic. I really hope it’s not just a rumour
Plutarch Reply:
May 31st, 2011 at 1:28 pm
“The Dolphin’s Cry” is another Live track I think would kick-ass.
Jason R. Reply:
May 31st, 2011 at 1:39 pm
Really I would only want “Selling the Drama.” The big question is if they release “I Alone,” does the drummer get to wander around aimlessly and not actually do his job like in the video?
Greg S. Reply:
May 31st, 2011 at 3:24 pm
I’ve been requesting them ever since the site went live with a request form. I have fond memories of beating the first Monkey Island game while my brother was blasting the Throwing Copper album… good times.
Il Pupazzo G Reply:
June 1st, 2011 at 2:31 am
Me too, it’s the only time I used that request from
Anything from them would be good. Hope Heaven is in. Oh, and a random choice from Throwing Copper would be good too
Drossvirex Reply:
June 3rd, 2011 at 12:22 pm
Yeah anything of Live of the first 4 albums. Most anything after is crap.
Throwing Copper is good, but I like Secret Samadhi more. ‘Freaks’ Would be epic.
Turning Japanese! I’ve been waiting for that for quite a while now, I hope it’s true.
Croq Reply:
June 1st, 2011 at 12:59 pm
I really think so.
So I’m guessing at least Take on Me, For What it’s Worth, Unbelievable, and Turning Japanese?
Oh my God, I have been wanting Puddle of Mudd on Rock Band FOR-EV-ER. Best possible scenario for me would be full album DLC of Come Clean, but really anything from that CD will do!
Jason2087 Reply:
May 31st, 2011 at 12:25 pm
So have I!!! I’ve requested pretty much EVERY Puddle of Mudd song in the request a song section from their first 2 albums. In all honesty I think it will Only be 1 song
“Blurry” but oh my god I would love atleast a 3 pack.
Krystof_Kage Reply:
May 31st, 2011 at 2:46 pm
Really hoping for Blurry, one of the few songs I was jealous Power Gig had.
I would buy stuff from all of these bands except Poison, so here’s hoping it’s true!
Buffalo Springfield! Could we finally be getting Neil? (“Mr. Soul,” “Broken Arrow,” “I Am A Child”…)
RickC Reply:
May 31st, 2011 at 12:33 pm
I have been requesting “Southern Man” ever since “Sweet Home Alabama (Live)” came out. Maybe this was as close as HMX could get?
Puddle of Mudd is pretty much the worst thing in the world, but I’m down for pretty much any of the rest of that.
RockBandAide Reply:
May 31st, 2011 at 11:59 am
Ouch. I like ‘em, although I did expected this comment.
Paul Reply:
May 31st, 2011 at 12:21 pm
If they give us “She Hates Me” as DLC – even if it’s the radio edit – all will be forgiven.
Chris Reply:
May 31st, 2011 at 1:39 pm
I mean, obviously I don’t care for Puddle of Mudd, but I have nothing against any band being in Rock Band. The more, and the more variety, the better! I’m sure the songs will be fun to play.
Not a big Live fan, either, but I’d love to have “I Alone,” hoping that makes it.
Sans Reply:
May 31st, 2011 at 2:25 pm
A smart hater. I like you.
KEWB Reply:
June 1st, 2011 at 12:58 am
I’m not a PoM fan either, but I would gladly take She Hates Me and Psycho.
Dustinator Reply:
May 31st, 2011 at 2:40 pm
I would LOVE it if “She Hates Me” was released. Along with that other one that goes, can you take it all away…..that song. Glad PoM is coming to RB
QuestionMark Reply:
May 31st, 2011 at 2:04 pm
Yeah, they’re absolutely horrible. That said, I’ve found that some of the heavy, RAWK-type bands that I dislike I actually enjoy drumming to a lot (Breaking Benjamin, for example).
And I’ll admit to enjoying “Psycho.” I hope it’s that and Blurry at the least.
Choz Reply:
June 1st, 2011 at 11:00 am
A few million hours of Rock Band as tought me that song I like to hear and songs I like to play are not exactly the same, either.
A-Ha??
Woo-hoo!!!
Plutarch Reply:
May 31st, 2011 at 1:33 pm
Take on MEEEEEE
Take MEEEE ONNNN
I’ll BEE GONNNNE
DA DA DA DOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Andre Reply:
May 31st, 2011 at 2:29 pm
Singing “Take On Me” while drunk = awesome.
Rockox Reply:
May 31st, 2011 at 2:32 pm
Haha! “In a day or two”, but yours is all you really need.
Old Fart Reply:
June 3rd, 2011 at 3:11 pm
Of course, all Take On Me reminds me of now is Family Guy.
Lois: Chris, where have you been?!
Chris: I don’t know!
This will give me a chance to emulate the hilarious lead singer of Live!
Dammit Dog, you ruined all the fun!
Live and Puddle of Mudd sounds great! As longs as they’re good songs of course…
I will probably buy “Take On Me”, “Unbelievable”, and “Turning Japanese”, assuming those are the songs.
HMX should put placeholders for a bunch of Muse and Metallica and Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin songs, just as a tease. Never release them. That would be really funny in a not funny at all kind of way.
T Reply:
May 31st, 2011 at 12:19 pm
Please do not give the “MOAR MUSE!” people any more fuel than they already have…
Softguitar Reply:
June 2nd, 2011 at 8:18 pm
Now you’ve done it. WE NEED MOAR MUSE.
Very nice. I’d pick up at least one song from each of these. Would love Buffalo Sprinfield’s “For What It’s Worth” and Puddle of Mudd’s “Blurry”.
A-Ha – please Take On Me!
Buffalo Springfield – please For What is Worth!
EMF – will be Unbelievable
Live – please Operation Spirit!
Poison – please Talk Dirt to me!
The Vapors – will be Turning Japanese
Puddle of Mudd… pass…
Sean Reply:
May 31st, 2011 at 1:47 pm
I’d rather have “Unskinny Bop” for Poison if we were to get one single. Hopefully it’s a 6 pack though, so that we can make everyone happy.
Fred Reply:
May 31st, 2011 at 2:01 pm
I think the Poison will be a pack of at least 3 songs. Would love a Greatest Hits edition though with like 8 to 12 songs. I expect Live to get some sort of pack as well, which would be awesome. As for A-Ha, will definitely be “Take On Me”. But I would love “The Sun Always Shines On TV” as a single as well.
Rockox Reply:
May 31st, 2011 at 2:34 pm
“Train of Thought” and “Hunting High and Low” would be awesome too.
Fred Reply:
May 31st, 2011 at 4:34 pm
Sounds like a good pack to me!
jfh2112 Reply:
June 2nd, 2011 at 5:37 pm
That’s the song I was trying to think of the other day! Thanks! Ideal for me, then, would be “Take On Me”, “The Sun Always Shines on TV”, and “Hunting High and Low”.
Kyle Reply:
June 1st, 2011 at 10:05 am
Operation Spirit on pro drums…think about it. Do we know which album artwork was up there?
Beeks Reply:
June 1st, 2011 at 4:45 pm
Make it a Mental Jewelry pack and do Operation Spirit (awesome drums), Pain Lies On the Riverside (that frigging bassline), and The Beauty Of Gray, and we’re talking.
oh my god. I have been wanting Live since my very first time playing RB1.
UPRKDarkwolf Reply:
May 31st, 2011 at 6:31 pm
You and me both… I hope to see Iris and Lakini’s Juice as DLC… my two favorite Live songs.
taaaake oooon meeeee…
Also EMF- Unbelievable is an awesome song. I would definitley go for poison and a-ha, and puddle of mudd after seeing them last summer.
Wouldn’t mind Talk Dirty To Me with pro strings even though GH3 has it. Watching Rock of Love ruined Every Rose
I FOUND A NEW ONE:
Airbourne
Eric Reply:
May 31st, 2011 at 1:20 pm
We already have them
Grosi Reply:
May 31st, 2011 at 1:22 pm
No, we don’t. Check out this link: http://www.rockband.com/songs/artists/airbourne
RockBandAide Reply:
May 31st, 2011 at 1:48 pm
Released as DLC for the older titles in 2008, although it is one of the few songs that did not come forward into Rock Band 3. Still available on Xbox Live for the older titles: http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/games/offers/0ccf00e3-0000-4000-8000-000045410829
s0ckMonk3y Reply:
May 31st, 2011 at 3:11 pm
Actually, this song IS playable in RB3…played it last week, in fact
David Reply:
May 31st, 2011 at 4:45 pm
That’s weird; I distinctly remember reading that it was the other way around (taken off the Marketplace over a year ago, still playable in RB3), and I know they had to rerelease the Roadrunner Records pack with that song removed from it (which is why it’s listed so low when sorting DLC by best-selling).
Sam Reply:
May 31st, 2011 at 1:22 pm
http://www.rockband.com/songs/artists/Airbourne
I can’t see any songs listed on that artist page. So how does Rock Band already have them?
RockBandAide Reply:
May 31st, 2011 at 1:47 pm
Released in 2008. Still available for the older titles. Here’s the link: http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/games/offers/0ccf00e3-0000-4000-8000-000045410829
RockBandAide Reply:
May 31st, 2011 at 1:22 pm
“Running Wild” was released in August 2008 as DLC, but has since been pulled, so it makes sense that there may be a leftover placeholder for them.
Eric Reply:
May 31st, 2011 at 1:24 pm
We have a winner
Croq Reply:
May 31st, 2011 at 2:41 pm
I seriously miss this song. Was a lot of fun.
Croq Reply:
May 31st, 2011 at 2:45 pm
But I guess I don’t miss it enough to get off my fat butt and stick in the RB2 disk so I can play it …
Riles Reply:
May 31st, 2011 at 5:18 pm
Still playable in RB3, though
Croq Reply:
May 31st, 2011 at 6:34 pm
Wow, seriously? It’s not showing up in my list. Maybe I need to go into my DL history and re-download it.
Croq Reply:
June 9th, 2011 at 10:27 am
Re-downloaded and played it again, so all is good now!
Oh man, looks like we’ll be getting some more magic that was in GH80s.
GlassMoe Reply:
May 31st, 2011 at 1:44 pm
Speaking of which, was I the only one that was disappointed that “Radar Love” in RB3 wasn’t the 80′s version from GH80s? They’re both great songs, but I LOVE hair/glam/metal/rock/whatever from the 80′s.
Sean Reply:
May 31st, 2011 at 1:48 pm
I was actually happy that we got the original version. I love Golden Earring (yes, I actually like their material outside of “Radar Love” and “Twilight Zone”), and personally like the original version.
The White Lion version is alright, but I don’t think it would be as fun at all.
jfh2112 Reply:
June 2nd, 2011 at 5:40 pm
This is the correct answer.
I heard the White Lion version recently, and it’s OK, but it just doesn’t compare to the original, IMO. I’m much happier with Golden Earring.
“Twilight Zone” would be nice, though…
ManfredvonKarma Reply:
May 31st, 2011 at 1:53 pm
You’re not the only one. I absolutely love the White Lion version, and it probably would have been a bit more fun on guitar.
pancho Reply:
May 31st, 2011 at 1:53 pm
No, you weren’t the only one.
Now all we need is for Harmonix to release Extreme’s “Play With Me,” and I can exchange my GH: Smash Hits copy for a McChicken.
Rockox Reply:
May 31st, 2011 at 2:36 pm
Yep, the White Lion version is better. And “Play with Me”? TOO AWESOME.
CircaNow Reply:
May 31st, 2011 at 3:38 pm
“Play with Me” would be ridiculously awesome.
Whizzer Reply:
June 1st, 2011 at 12:48 am
It would probably have been more fun on guitar, and only from a gameplay point of view. It doesn’t have the passion I hear in the original. No build-up in the choruses, the drum solo is ruined.
Wonder if some of those GH contracts are just now expiring… we seem to be getting a good amount of bands/songs from GH3 just recently with Dragonforce, Santana, and now Poison. If this is the case, then maybe those contracts are about 3 years in length.
So that would have made these bands eligable for other franchises around the end of 2010, so you figure a few months for licensing/authoring/testing/submission which brings us to about now
David Reply:
May 31st, 2011 at 4:46 pm
We’ve gotten hundreds of Guitar Hero songs going as far back as Rock Band 1.
andy Reply:
May 31st, 2011 at 10:00 pm
this is true, but Santana and Brett Michaels had avatars available in GH3 while Dragonforce had a song featured in the game as well as DLC for the game
David Reply:
May 31st, 2011 at 11:04 pm
Tom Morello, Kurt Cobain, Hayley Williams, Sting, Jimi Hendrix, Travis Barker, Ozzy Osbourne, Johnny Cash, and No Doubt had avatars in Guitar Hero games, then later had songs in Rock Band.
Imdaboss Reply:
June 1st, 2011 at 3:50 pm
But they mostly likely did not sign an exclusive contract with GH.
pancho Reply:
June 2nd, 2011 at 1:29 pm
And Courtney Love (Cobain’s former wife) and No Doubt filed lawsuits for the butchering of the Artists’ avatars in the game.
Jon Bon Jovi declined the use of his avatar for the game. Smart man, he is.
Still, it was lulz-worthy to see Ozzy sing “La Bamba.”
I think the Poison will be a pack of at least 3 songs. Would love a Greatest Hits edition though with like 8 to 12 songs. I expect Live to get some sort of pack as well, which would be awesome. As for A-Ha, will definitely be “Take On Me”. But I would love “The Sun Always Shines On TV” as a single as well.
Wow, this is some great stuff. I was just thinking a few days ago, while watching VH1′s Greatest One Hit Wonders of the 90s how awesome that stupid EMF song would be. And “Take On Me” has been sorely needed since we got the keyboards.
I really enjoy Live. I’ll hope for at least a 3-pack, if not 6:
I Alone
Dolphin’s Cry
Lakini’s Juice
Lightning Crashes
All Over Me
Selling the Drama
Yeah, they’re all hits. So sue me.
Oh, and Buffalo Springfield! “For What It’s Worth” will be a great addition.
tinykoko Reply:
June 1st, 2011 at 12:00 am
i watched that special too and said the same thing haha. but i totally agree on those Live songs
As the person who found March stuff (initially), I can tell you that url hacks have only worked for artists with pro guitar parts so Peter Frampton did not produce a result and every artist found in March had at least 1 pro guitar chart. So while not confirmed, it is likely these artists have pro charts.
The only Puddle of Mudd song I like is ‘Away From Me’ but I assume Blurry would be the song to make it in the game.
As much as I hate to admit it, I’m really excited about the possibility of Blurry. Ace Combat 5 mangg
I’m already dreading the inevitable playthrough of ‘Every Rose has its Thorns.’
Milesrose Reply:
May 31st, 2011 at 4:51 pm
Oh gawd, me too. And I’m the singer *cringes*
Hopefully this means we’ll be getting a sweet 80s pack! but I’m still fine with just Take On Me. I’ve wanted that song in Rock Band ever since the keyboard was announced.
Harold Camping just predicted that a Muse 10 pack will be released on June 6th, and then the world will end a few minutes later!
Would actually be kinda hilarious if the A-Ha song was not “Take On Me”. That’s one of the three or four songs that I’ve been pinging on “Request a Song” for 3 or 4 years now. “Working For The Weekend” appears to have worked, too
My wife is going to freak when they get Poison in this thing. I think a 4 or 6 pack would suffice.
I really want Wrathchild, Rock Band needs some early Iron Maiden. Their whole first album would be awesome.
Can’t say I know a whole lot of any of these bands, but some names of songs I read sound familiar. I’ll give them a listen, in due time. Which might not be until they actually hit the game as DLC.
Great news about Poison. I hope it’s a big pack. MOAR HAIR METAL!
Talk Dirty to Me, Unskinny Bop, Nothin’ but a Good Time, I Want Action, Look What the Cat Dragged In, You Momma Don’t Dance, Fallen Angel, Ride the Wind, Something to Believe In, and Every Rose Has It’s Thorn(for the mainstream crowd)
They need a huge pack. Been dying for Poison for awhile now. Talk Dirty to Me, Unskinny Bop, and Nothin’ But a Good Time were some of the most fun songs I played in Guitar Hero.
If this method still works I want to try “ABBA”.
Croq Reply:
June 1st, 2011 at 9:10 am
I’d enjoy some Abba. Might not be all that fun on the various instruments, but would be awesome for singing along!!!
Henry Baron Reply:
June 1st, 2011 at 1:03 pm
Or Maybe Genesis Or Some More Yes
Croq Reply:
June 1st, 2011 at 1:30 pm
Totally agree with both of those.
FoxForever Reply:
June 2nd, 2011 at 2:27 pm
I’m good for both too.
^ Well the links don’t work anymore so I presume it no longer works.
Surely HMX is doing this intentionally and then fixing the “problem” once all the bands have been found out.
Surely this isn’t a coincidence.
Adam Reply:
June 1st, 2011 at 8:33 am
I’d say the first time might’ve been an honest-to-God mistake. But the subsequent times, when they know people have used the method to find these out? Unless they think “People won’t try it again…right?”
johnnyboyblade@hotmail.com Reply:
June 1st, 2011 at 9:04 pm
lol
I can just imagine it.
HMX: Surely our fans aren’t THAT desperate to know future upcoming artists that they would actually go to the trouble of checking whether that URL tactic works every day…
*Next Day*
HMX: GOD DAMMIT NOT AGAIN!
Who was this anonymous person? My money’s on Ryan Giggs.
Tim the Enchanter Reply:
June 1st, 2011 at 12:00 pm
That’s quite a random name to pull out. He’s probably got some free time now. There isn’t a better way to spend it than uncovering DLC tracks.
Matt Reply:
June 1st, 2011 at 1:58 pm
I think this was a super injunction joke
flame95 Reply:
June 3rd, 2011 at 8:12 am
Somebody did get it.
flame95 Reply:
June 3rd, 2011 at 8:11 am
Somebody didn’t get it,
Bleh, I only care about A-Ha out of these.
A-Ha – Take on Me
Poison – Every Rose Has Its Thorns
and/or
Poison – Talk Dirty to Me
The Vapors – Turning Japanese
…please?
Yes, Airbourne(AKA AC/DC’s worst genetics cloned) has had songs before, but it’s interesting that now that all the links have died, the link to THEIR page has died as well
I just tried a couple place holder addresses of bands and got a server maintenance message
I’m a huge Live fan, I hope its not just a single track. A 6 pack would be really cool.
Something like:
Operation Spirit (Mental Jewelry)
Good Pain (Mental Jewelry)
Lightning Crashes (Throwing Copper)
White Discussion (Throwing Copper)
The Dolphins Cry (Live)
Run Away (Live)
with an extra song (I Alone) if you buy the whole pack…..JK
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Link for Puddle of Mudd is down, but as a drummer, I’d love to see Blurry.
Truth be told, I don’t know any of their songs other than Blurry.
But I think these hacks do more harm than good, at least for Harmonix by spoiling their secrets weeks in advance. :I
Tim the Enchanter Reply:
June 2nd, 2011 at 7:37 am
I kind of agree. I was excited at the beginning of the week of having no idea whats in store for the month of June after knowing basically everything in May from the beginning.
Oh well, I guess if I really didn’t want to get spoiled, I wouldn’t come to this site so I secretly want to know whats (potentially) coming. I just have a picky sense of what I like so it sucks if there is nothing to look forward to for a few weeks. Lucky for me this time around, I like the rumored stuff. Yayy!
Live? Sweet. But the song I’d love most of all from them is a (relatively) obscure one: “Stage”, from Throwing Copper.
Pure rockin’ awesomeness.
Kyle Reply:
June 9th, 2011 at 9:26 am
I wanna rock in the city tonight!
EMF, really? Unbelievable is such a terrible song. What kind of tool would buy that?
RockBandAide Reply:
June 2nd, 2011 at 9:41 am
This again? OK, fine…
Music is subjective. No two people share the exact same musical tastes. Some people hate a particular artist/song, while others love it. “One man’s trash is another man’s treasure.”
Please remember that other people may enjoy the song and they probably don’t appreciate being called a tool.
Rockox Reply:
June 2nd, 2011 at 10:08 am
This tool might.
take on me,
unbelievable,
turning japanese,
she hates me,
unskinny bop,
every rose has it’s thorn,
talk dirty to me,
would be a very epic month for me if these came to light.
being in the uk, i have to say that i’ve never heard of the band called “live”. but a lot of you folks seem to be fans, so, well, they must be awsome!
But this week we get bruno mars. They’re going for voriety, definitely. Will I be buying any of it? Afraid not. We’ll just have to wait until next friday’s announcement.
Live’s “Pillar of Davidson” where two vocalists can sing the separate parts at the end would be epic.