Another Round of URL “Hacking” Finds Heart, More DLC
It’s been just over a month since a number of people went searching through the RockBand.com artist URL pages looking for future artist DLC. With the exception of EMF, all of the artists uncovered have arrived as Pro Guitar/Bass DLC, so don’t be surprised if Unbelievable appears in the Pro Guitar/Bass DLC announcement this Friday.
While this “hack” only works for artists that currently have no DLC, the latest round has uncovered only two gems so far (expect updates if more are found). While Heart has made a number of appearances in Guitar Hero titles, this find may signal the band’s first appearance in the Rock Band franchise. Here are the bands found thus far:
UPDATE: @HMXHenry confirmed over on the RockBand.com forums that Heart is indeed coming, although it will only be a single, rather than a pack.
[Thanks to Benji & Plutarch for the heads up!]
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Oh I hope this means we’re getting Crazy On You. It was one of my absolute favorite Guitar Hero 2 tracks.
Kyatt Reply:
July 7th, 2011 at 8:21 pm
Yes. I hope that it also has a pro chart – not that I play that, but I’m morbidly curious to see what it’d look like.
Ha. The links worked and then about 15 seconds later they throw 404′s. Harmonix SHUTTIN IT DOWN
Pood LeFache Reply:
July 6th, 2011 at 9:33 am
Heh, you’re right. The Frankie link worked and now it doesn’t. To this I say… RELAX
cbarrentos Reply:
July 6th, 2011 at 10:30 am
don’t do it
They could do a six pack of Heart easily… they’ve got a lot of good songs that would translate well.
Rockox Reply:
July 6th, 2011 at 9:41 am
Anything less than a sixer of Heart would be disappointing.
Pankrazzo Reply:
July 6th, 2011 at 10:01 am
True, but Poison got only a 3-pack, too, so I’m not getting my hopes up.
Rockox Reply:
July 6th, 2011 at 10:16 am
Good point.
Toad3000 Reply:
July 6th, 2011 at 12:31 pm
Ehh. Poison was a popular band in the 80′s, but only produced a handful of hits. (Not to mention they’re terrible, but I say that with love)
Heart, on the other hand, was a radio staple in the 70′s and 80′s and even had a hit or two in the 90′s. I would think they’d merit a 6-pack at the least.
But even if it’s just a couple of songs, I’m really excited to see this news. My fiancee and I were just discussing the lack of Heart in RB the other day, after seeing Heart open for Def Leppard in concert.
KEWB Reply:
July 6th, 2011 at 1:17 pm
Speaking of which, we really need more Def Lep too.
Dustinator Reply:
July 6th, 2011 at 3:32 pm
Yes, more Def Leppard is needed BADLY
samjjones Reply:
July 6th, 2011 at 5:28 pm
HMX obviously likes Heart, since Heart covers appeared in the early versions of GH.
I’m assuming there are/were licensing rate issues at play here. Heart might be asking for a lot.
If those have been resolved, and HMX has the pick of their catalog, well…that’s awesome.
If HMX has to settle on less popular tracks because “Barracuda” and “Magic Man” are too expensive…well, that would stink, but I’d rather have *some* of a band’s catalog than none of it.
I’m really fascinated by the DLC/licensing/business negotiation side of all this.
Has Chris R. always been in charge of DLC? Or is this a recent development? I think the HMX DLC strategy since leaving VIA has been excellent…and whoever is in charge of this deserves much love and respect.
Heart, Heart, HEART!!!!!!!!!!!! HELL YES!!!!! I’ve been wanting Heart since Rock band ever came out. Seein the consistantcy of past URL leaks, it looks like Heart is finally coming to Rock Band, thank the Rock gods, lol.
RELAX
Mark Reply:
July 8th, 2011 at 8:06 am
DON’T DO IT!
I hope that isn’t the only Frankie Goes To Hollywood song they make, Two Tribes or The Pleasuredome would be great too
Frankie is obviously just Relax (Don’t do it) but I’m praying for a Heart 3 pack: Barracuda, Crazy On You and These Dreams.
Please, please PLEASE be Crazy On You with pro guitar/bass. PLEAAAASE.
Oh, and both Sing Child and Magic Man would be sweet too. But fuck Barracuda.
Here’s a six pack I could get behind:
1. Crazy On You
2. Barracuda
3. These Dreams
4. Alone
5. Never
6. If Looks Could Kill
Croq Reply:
July 6th, 2011 at 10:35 am
Magic Man would be all kinds of awesome too!
stinger503 Reply:
July 6th, 2011 at 10:53 pm
Straight On and Heartless need to be in Rock Band
PADDYO Reply:
July 8th, 2011 at 5:15 am
NO, NO, NO, NO… !!!!!!!!!! Heart kicks butts, but…
1)Crazy on You
2)Magic Man
3)Barracuda
4)Straight On
5)Heartless
6)Even It Up
The Power of Love, go on, HMX, you know you want to.
They also said Collective Soul leaked:
http://www.rockband.com/forums/showthread.php?t=222031&page=2
Well, I think at least. Not sure what a “maintenance page” is exactly.
Chris Reply:
July 6th, 2011 at 2:02 pm
I can get behind some Collective Soul. Hopefully, if it happened, it would be more than just “Shine,” but “Shine” would make a lot of sense as a Pro Guitar track, as it’s a great tune for beginning guitarists to learn.
Bionic92 Reply:
July 6th, 2011 at 2:20 pm
Please be true. Please… please…
Jason2087 Reply:
July 6th, 2011 at 3:31 pm
Most everyone would want shine and December, but I for one would prefer “Heavy” as the one and only Collective Soul track if we only got 1
Star Man Reply:
July 7th, 2011 at 6:42 am
Energy would be good too
Bob Reply:
July 8th, 2011 at 8:08 am
WOOOOOO!!!! Personally, I would prefer Gel, but I’ll take any and every CS song I can get.
…seriously? No one guessed “Magic Man”?
Rockox Reply:
July 6th, 2011 at 10:34 am
It’ll prolly be a 3-pack with Magic Man, Barracuda and Crazy on You.
samjjones Reply:
July 6th, 2011 at 10:44 am
That trio makes the most commercial sense…but Heart could EASILY support a very rad 10 pack.
1. Crazy On You
2. Magic Man
3. Dreamboat Annie
4. Barracuda
5. Little Queen
6. What About Love
7. Never
8. These Dreams
9. Alone
10. (God help me)…All I Wanna Do Is Make Love To You (it WAS a huge hit)
These are all big-time singles/hits, and possibly their most “commercial” 10-pack.
RockBandAide Reply:
July 6th, 2011 at 11:42 am
A killer list, but I don’t think you need to qualify that last song. Even if people don’t like the original, they should still check out Halestorm’s cover, and tell me that wouldn’t be fun as hell to play in Rock Band at a party: http://grooveshark.com/s/All+I+Wanna+Do+Is+Make+Love+To+You/3F3FWX?src=5
Rockox Reply:
July 6th, 2011 at 12:15 pm
Lotsa good stuff on that Halestorm covers EP.
Irish Buddha Reply:
July 6th, 2011 at 6:12 pm
wow… I dig a little Halestorm, but I’ve never heard this. The cover EP does look pretty rockin. I’ll have to check it out.
NV_Mathemagician Reply:
July 6th, 2011 at 3:38 pm
You know you want #10.
samjjones Reply:
July 6th, 2011 at 5:13 pm
Tell you what. When we get that exact 10-pack, I will buy an Xbox gold subscription just so I can play online and sing it DIRECTLY TO YOU.
“We maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaade looooooooooooooooooove.”
NV_Mathemagician Reply:
July 6th, 2011 at 10:05 pm
Today I’m glad I own a PS3.
Hell yeah. Heart is great. And I hope they have the power of love AND Relax in stock. These two are perfect for our parties (at a karaoke bar).
Then we’d have the power of love twice, once by frankie and once by Huey Lewis & the news. Go for it HMX!!!
Please, dear God, let the Heart rumor be true, and *please* let it be at least a 3-pack of songs, if not a 6-pack… Can’t wait to see what title(s) we get, if true that is.
All I want from Heart is barracuda and crazy on you… but I would just love Relax
Don’t forget about love for ‘two tribes’ !!!!!!!!
Choz Reply:
July 8th, 2011 at 3:45 am
amen!like frankie ‘ad one song, eh!
Cool. Frankie Goes to Hollywood. 1st day purchase for me. Hopefully this Friday it gets announced!! Don’t know Heart other than the “barracuda” song people have been saying. I’ll get that song for sure if it comes out
I like some of their 70s stuff, but Heart’s self-titled album from 1985 has always been my favourite, and I’d much rather get DLC from that album. But I’m probably in the minority here.
Croq Reply:
July 6th, 2011 at 11:20 am
Or they could just go crazy and release this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Essential_Heart
I know, would never happen… I just hope HMX releases several songs.
Toad3000 Reply:
July 6th, 2011 at 12:36 pm
Oh my god, their self-titled album was one of the few cassette tapes (heh) we had in my house when I was a kid, that album got played to death and I would gladly buy the entire thing if it were to somehow make it to RB. I think a mix of 70′s and 80′s Heart is most likely (and probably with a new song to promote their new album). Let me take a stab at this:
Crazy on You
Barracuda
Never
These Dreams
Alone
WTF (song off the new album, I think the only new track they played live)
And…it’s official. A 6-pack isn’t enough. I know it’s a long shot, but I’d love to see How Can I Refuse in there.
With Heart, you can’t forget these songs that aren’t mentioned yet:
Straight On
Dog & Butterfly
BARRACUUUDAAAAAAAAAA! pro guitar, make it happen harmonix
Finally. It took long enough for heart to show up. And id bet the Frankie Track, if it’s only 1 song is “Relax” and if it’s 2 songs, “Relax” and “Two Tribes”
I just want “Crazy on You” but a Heart pack would be awesome too.
Hey, that’s Mike Inez in the pic, ain’t it? Damn that guy’s awesome.
I hope the Frankie Goes to Hollywood song isn’t just Relax. This would be our only chance of getting Two Tribes and then we will have 4 (5 if you count the Kids in America cover) songs from the greatest soundtrack ever, GTA Vice City Wave 103.
FoXR Reply:
July 7th, 2011 at 8:11 pm
This guy
Crazy on You
Barracuda
on pro guitar please make it happening HMX!!!
FgtH holy …
Dreamed about but never ever believed Frankie coming to RB. Been on concerts back in the mid 80′s.
Please HMX not only a single but a 3 pack would make my day.
Two tribes
Welcome to the plaesure dome
Warriors of the wasteland
And another 3 pack in summer
Relax
War
Rage hard
samjjones Reply:
July 6th, 2011 at 5:15 pm
The Rock Band forum would blow up if they released a “Frankie Goes to Hollywood” pack without “Relax” in it.
Michael Reply:
July 7th, 2011 at 2:24 am
True, but i think Relax will not be so much fun to play. Don’t get me wrong i love it but it is very repetitive and not much fun except for singing.
Rockox Reply:
July 7th, 2011 at 9:10 am
That didn’t stop us from getting “Edge of Seventeen.”
I know this will not help at all, but starting today, I’m gonna keep requesting Crazy on You everyday. That’s how much I want the song in RB!
Crazy on You or Barracuda.
Also come on you know what Frankie’s going to release!
Croq Reply:
July 6th, 2011 at 1:56 pm
Why not both Heart tracks you’ve listed (and several others too)?
FoxForever Reply:
July 6th, 2011 at 2:51 pm
Those are the two I want the most from Heart. I didn’t exactly point that out.
Chris Reply:
July 6th, 2011 at 3:19 pm
“Also come on you know what Frankie’s going to release!”
Ew.
Croq Reply:
July 6th, 2011 at 5:42 pm
Ew right back at you for giving me that mental picture… Thanks a lot!
FoxForever Reply:
July 6th, 2011 at 5:53 pm
Good one. Didn’t even notice that double joke there.
Harmonix has been a serial wallet
killer lately! Happy to pay for all the awesome tracks though!
samjjones Reply:
July 6th, 2011 at 2:14 pm
It might have been a tough pill for HMX to swallow…licensing primarily “hits” instead of songs which they thought would be better suited to actual gameplay…but sales talk, and the people want the HITS…regardless of how easy they are to play.
HMX has really been focusing on artists’ “hits” lately, and that’s why the forums have been raving about the DLC lately. And since the forums are the most cynical and plugged-in of the RB community…if we jaded bastards are applauding the recent DLC, you can bet that the unwashed masses are lapping it up, too.
Ospero Reply:
July 7th, 2011 at 11:10 am
Just out of curiosity: do you regard that as good or bad? It’s difficult to tell from your post. I for one prefer it that way – when I see an announcement for, say, Puddle of Mudd, I sure hope that Blurry and/or She Hates Me will be among the releases (and so they were). As long as HMX manage to sneak an obscure-but-good track into the packs every now and then, of course – I wouldn’t want Rock Band to fall victim to Nothing But Hits syndrome…
samjjones Reply:
July 7th, 2011 at 6:34 pm
Ospero – not only do I think its a “good” thing, I think its the only viable way that the RB platform can survive in this market.
Soundgarden is on the 19th so what could be DLC on the 12th?
samjjones Reply:
July 6th, 2011 at 2:15 pm
Men At Work 01
1. Down Under
2. Who Can It Be Now
3. Overkill
samjjones Reply:
July 6th, 2011 at 2:18 pm
Disregard. Just read wikipedia on Men At Work. Wasn’t aware that former band members have recently been making death threats against Colin Hay.
Good luck with that licensing discussion, HMX!
James Reply:
July 6th, 2011 at 3:22 pm
Bugger.
And I would’ve bought the hell out of that, too.
NV_Mathemagician Reply:
July 6th, 2011 at 3:41 pm
There may also be serious legal issues with Down Under also.
Ospero Reply:
July 7th, 2011 at 11:08 am
No, those issues have been settled by what I can tell from the Wikipedia article. And if Hay has been performing under the Men at Work name, licensing may be tricky, but I wouldn’t call it out of the question.
Denyz Reply:
July 6th, 2011 at 4:25 pm
Here here!
Greatest FGTH song ever: Cover version of Born to Run; blows the Boss into the weeds. Would never happen but…
I think I’ve found a link for Prince.
Croq Reply:
July 6th, 2011 at 2:59 pm
How did you type the prince symbol?
Thedave Reply:
July 6th, 2011 at 4:00 pm
Hasn’t Prince been one of the most out spoken artists against things like rhythm games? Seriously doubt Prince tracks will ever happen!
Croq Reply:
July 6th, 2011 at 5:45 pm
That’s true, but given the Pro Guitar/Bass availability for RB3, many have hoped that his (and other outspoken opponents) music might finally show up.
Nothing at all to base that on, a LOT of wishful thinking.
If we get some of those bands, I’d be all over it, but I’m not holding my breath that it’ll happen.
FoxForever Reply:
July 7th, 2011 at 6:25 pm
Now all we need is “real” pro drums (as in an actual drum set that can be played). Drum sets vary though depending on the band…so I dunno how that’ll work.
Who actually finds these “hacks” anyway? Are they people who just plug away looking for different artists, or is Harmonix leaking information, like many have speculated?
Dustinator Reply:
July 6th, 2011 at 3:39 pm
These actual people are my “heroes.” Keep chugging away and looking for those artists!!
samjjones Reply:
July 6th, 2011 at 5:17 pm
Its actually pretty easy to write a script to read a bunch of band names out of a list, and then launch the URLs and see if anything is there.
I mean, if somebody were dispositioned to do such a thing.
Personally, I think HMX enjoys toying with us, and am looking forward to some red herrings.
gladiatory2k Reply:
July 6th, 2011 at 6:16 pm
I have wondered about that. Isn’t this like the 3rd straight month we had a “leak” of information on upcoming tracks? Remember how they announced the RB3 setlist?
Manufactured or no, I like having an idea of knowing what is coming on the weeks my paycheck can absorb the cost. helps me plan better.
Can’t wait to see the “URL HACK” for August/Septmeber.
LoL
Barracuda is coming!
FINALLY!!! Please let it be a six pack of Heart’s greatest hits!
Mixed feelings. Maybe Heart will be a large pack but since we haven’t gotten any recently I’m hesitant to get my hopes up. I really really want Heart but I’m going to be heartbroken if Crazy On You or Magic Man are missing, and there’s a good chance one will be if it’s not a very big pack.
samjjones Reply:
July 6th, 2011 at 5:23 pm
HMX has done a fair job of “going back to the well” for artists with deep catalogs.
For example, Pat Benetar had “Heartbreaker” come out as a single, and then a year or whatever later, we got another 6 pack.
The Marley 02 pack, the “Queen Enhanced” pack, Foo Fighters Nth pack, all are good examples.
The sad reality is that the 4-6 song per week schedule kinda limits what they can do, but that has always been a bottleneck. I had hoped that more “big” artists would go the RBN route…since it gives them pretty much complete control over how to distribute over the network, but that has not come to fruition. I’m guessing they either can’t be bothered with the technical work needed to put their stuff on RBN, or they cut a better deal with HMX directly to do the work for them…instead of only getting 30% or whatever their cut of a RBN sale is.
Beckett Reply:
July 7th, 2011 at 11:08 am
As a PS3 user, I thank the FSM every day that more big artists haven’t got to RBN.
Toad3000 Reply:
July 7th, 2011 at 1:36 pm
Seconded. Hopefully His Noodly Appendage will continue pointing them down the righteous path of traditional DLC.
FoXR Reply:
July 7th, 2011 at 8:14 pm
As a Wii user… just imagine
Ospero Reply:
July 7th, 2011 at 11:04 am
“We haven’t had any recently”? What, is May 31st ancient history already? (That was the Ozzy 8-pack, for the record.)
Beckett Reply:
July 7th, 2011 at 11:07 am
Man that was 5 weeks ago, what have they done for me RECENTLY?
. I see your point, I actually forgot the Ozzy pack was that recently. Gives me hope for a large enough Heart pack to accommodate everyone’s wishes 
.
never heard of Heart before, but Frankie… has me excited, as much as I’d like Power of Love, it’ll be Relax as HMX don’t seem to do the ballads very often.
Is anyone else ridiculously thrilled with the increase in corny pop one-hit wonders lately? Because I am.
Rockox Reply:
July 7th, 2011 at 9:13 am
Right here.
Can we find some Rush next time we hack?
Hello Heatless from heart huge song fn rocks too woo HEART been waiting for awhile
Re: Heart. I’d buy their 70′s stuff like Barracuda and Magic Man but skip anything they did in the 80′s. Somewhere along the way, they went from good to awful.
I’m gonna be pissed as hell if Frankie gets more than one track released while a-ha only got one. Need more a-ha
oh my god heart yessssss
HMXHenry just confirmed Heart….its only a single in a few weeks…sigh
http://www.rockband.com/forums/showthread.php?t=222074&p=4440945&viewfull=1#post4440945
Oh man Only 1 song? That sucks! I’ll bet everyone her whatever it’s “barracuda” it’s the only song we know for sure the master is available. Magic man was in Rock Revolution as a cover
Only one song? D: Hope it’s Crazy On You.