DLC for 9/20
A while back, we had heard of a rumor about this week possibly seeing the announcement of tracks being released from the long-anticipated live Pearl Jam project, due to next week’s release of Pearl Jam’s 20th anniversary documentary film and soundtrack. While new music is often, but not always, released day and date of the release outside the game, Pearl Jam fans are keeping their fingers crossed for a big reveal for next week. Let’s find out if we got our hopes up or not…
- Nirvana – Heart-Shaped Box *
- Nirvana – Rape Me
- Nirvana – All Apologies
- Nirvana – You Know You’re Right
Pro-Upgrades for exiting songs:
- Nirvana – Smells Like Teen Spirit
- Nirvana – Breed
- Nirvana – Polly
- Nirvana – Territorial Pissings
- Nirvana – Lounge Act
- Nirvana – Stay Away
- Nirvana – On a Plain
- Nirvana – Something in the Way
- Nirvana – Lithium (Live)
- Nirvana – Come As You Are (Live)
* Denotes Pro-Guitar/Bass chart availability for $.99.
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Yes, more pro upgrades!
These aren’t the hardest songs to play on a real guitar, but they are great for someone who is learning. “Hi Rocksmith, it’s nice you have 2 Nirvana songs on real guitar, but we have 11.”
*slow clap*
I was expecting PJ this week, but Nirvana is almost as good. And that’s pro guitar upgrades for all of Nevermind, right? Well played, HMX. Well played indeed…
Conriocht13 Reply:
September 16th, 2011 at 9:11 am
Almost all of Nevermind. In Bloom and Drain You were on-disc (RB1 and RB2 respectively), and HMX have stated on-disc songs can’t get pro-strings upgrades due to some sort of technical limitation. Which is sad, because it would have been awesome to have a full album in the game with pro-strings, so would have been great for them to find a work-around for this release.
XiXora Reply:
September 16th, 2011 at 9:35 am
How annoying that In Bloom isn’t or wont be available for pro upgrade.
Oh well. I’ll grab a couple anyway
Hopefully “technical limitations” wont be why all this content wont port over to the next console generation! I think I’ll be prodding MS more for that though.
T Reply:
September 16th, 2011 at 10:15 am
You realize the same limitations exist on both consoles right? This isn’t some sort of MS driven money grab.
XiXora Reply:
September 16th, 2011 at 11:10 am
I am fully aware of where the limitation is.
Still a valid point imo though. Nothing stopping MS or Sony (or Nintendo) from being money grabbers and limiting DLC porting.
Conriocht13 Reply:
September 16th, 2011 at 12:01 pm
My guess is that the “technical limitation” has to do with updating files that aren’t in the RB store. Since I’m not an employee of HMX, I don’t know for sure, but I think the issue is on their end, not Microsoft, Sony, or Nintendo. I don’t expect them to point fingers or go into details, but it would be nice to know if this is something they’re working on trying to get around, or if that’s just the way things are (there are SOOOOO many on-disc songs that would be be awesome on pro-strings, but don’t really *need* an RB3 version).
MaximusDM Reply:
September 16th, 2011 at 3:10 pm
Well hell, modders have figured it out. There are like 20 custom pro upgraded songs out there. Some of them being disc songs.
Whizzer Reply:
September 19th, 2011 at 5:22 pm
@MaximusMD
They don’t have to think of licensing, other than uploading to YouTube. Harmonix can’t risk that, obviously.
Since it’s technically possible, there must be a problem in ascertaining ownership of the content in question.
Bront Reply:
September 16th, 2011 at 6:16 pm
FYI, the specific technical limitation is that they can’t list them in the store. They have no way to sell them to you.
Paul Reply:
September 17th, 2011 at 12:49 am
Exactly. The RB1 songs rip from the disc, which obviously can’t be upgraded. The RB2 songs download as one massive 2GB file, and I don’t think any of the consoles would be thrilled about updating one song out of the export and requiring the users to download the entire thing again.
As far as I know, there is no way to do “if-then” downloads on the stores – as in, “if you paid for the RB1 export code, then you can download a new version of In Bloom” – on any of the three consoles. And I doubt that whoever has the rights to Nirvana’s catalog would be thrilled about throwing the songs up as free for everyone.
Well, I can’t say I’m dissatisfied with THIS collection of grunge.
Wrong Grunge Band!
RockBandAide Reply:
September 16th, 2011 at 9:33 am
Never seen the words “Wrong Grunge Band” related to Nirvana ever.
LoopyChew Reply:
September 16th, 2011 at 11:09 am
“Wrong Grunge Band?” Is that Harmonix’s newest title release?
xXG effortXx Reply:
September 16th, 2011 at 12:34 pm
to be honest, im not too stoked abhout it either, but what is the ‘right’ grunge band? is there one?
Wow, Rape Me?!? Really? Never thought I’d be playing that one in RB.
Color me pleasantly surprised!
Pood LeFache Reply:
September 16th, 2011 at 9:39 am
It seems the lyrical censoring has backed off a smidge since Harmonix shed their overlords. Not complaining!
MattyT Reply:
September 16th, 2011 at 11:34 am
This. My best friend pretty much called this the week of the “I’m With the Chili Peppers” Pack, citing that “Cockblocking” isn’t censored in “The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie”. He was like, maybe we’ll get “Rape Me” soon. I was skeptical. Then, “Boom!” Rape Me.
RickC Reply:
September 16th, 2011 at 12:45 pm
If HMX are going to get more risque with lyrics, I want “Chocolate Salty Balls” from South Park! Sweet little keys solo in it, too.
Sans Reply:
September 17th, 2011 at 2:41 am
HMX, make this happen.
But since Isaac Hayes quit South Park, the chances are slim to none.
BathTub Reply:
September 16th, 2011 at 3:01 pm
Yet Dyke is still a bad word.
Pood LeFache Reply:
September 16th, 2011 at 3:32 pm
There are a lot of cases in which dyke is used as a slur, so I imagine that’s why it remains excluded.
FoxForever Reply:
September 17th, 2011 at 2:15 am
Ho was another one.
Haha, the post makes the DLC sound so anti-climactic. Nirvana’s cool, but I am curious as to what’s going on with that Pearl Jam stuff.
Vulcanjedi42 Reply:
September 16th, 2011 at 9:34 am
Our biggest pro week other than maybe Queen is an anticlimax? I dunno, man.
Plutarch Reply:
September 16th, 2011 at 9:41 am
I don’t personally think it’s an anticlimax, I just meant that the post was like “Is this what Pearl Jam fans were waiting for?!” and then it wasn’t.
Paul Reply:
September 17th, 2011 at 12:50 am
Hey, some of us don’t have the pro guitars.
In my case, it’s mostly due to lack of money for it (which is also the reason why I haven’t bought DLC in about six months), but there isn’t much reason for me to get excited about pro upgrades.
Another option: if you were expecting a ton of Pearl Jam live tracks and got four Nirvana songs…not really the same thing, is it?
This is such a wonderful birthday present to me, HMX, thank you! :p My only minor complaint is the lack of love for Bleach; would have been nice to see more songs off that album, or pro-strings for one of the three we already have. Still, a great pack, I couldn’t be happier to see You Know You’re Right included. Looks like I’m gonna be 18 dollars poorer next week!
UHhhh…..YES!
Didn’t expect this but will be playing Rockband again after a couple of subpar weeks. I’m also very surprised to see Rape me in Rockband.
Not a fan, but I have several friends who will be very excited by this…
Shame for them that neither I nor the other guy that hosts RB parties will be buying them!
samjjones Reply:
September 16th, 2011 at 10:27 am
Put out the tip jar at your next outing, and let your buddies buy them for you!
Outstanding four-pack! I was always wondering if we’d ever get stuff from In Utero, and this is pretty much my answer. Very much considering getting the entire pack.
Awesome ! Because I’m really greedy, I’d have liked pro updates for All Apologies and Rape Me, but that’s already great DLC.
SubPrime Reply:
September 16th, 2011 at 2:16 pm
Ditto.
It feels a little weird to complain about this, but on one hand they give us Pro upgrades for every song possible while on the other they give us new songs where only one in four gets the Pro upgrade.
Honestly, I think they should have done this right by not only giving us pro tabs for all the new stuff as well, but by giving is RB3 versions of In Bloom and Drain You so we could get Pro upgrades for them too!
I’m kidding. Well, kind of, b/c I would have bought it if they did. =D
PJ has bundles Rock Band DLC with their products before. I wouldn’t be shocked if we see this included with the PJ20 BluRay
Toad3000 Reply:
September 16th, 2011 at 8:47 pm
That would be a strange cross-promotion, don’t you think?
Sans Reply:
September 17th, 2011 at 3:44 am
We would have heard something about that by now. How long did we know about the Backspacer promo?
That’s a lot of Pro upgrades…XD
But yeah, I dont own a protar, so most of this weeks DLC doesn’t apply, but I am satisfied with the pack so it’s all cool, I’d love to be a protarist right now :3
I’m interested in how a couple of these songs will be tiered. I imagine Breed will be quite the challenge on Pro guitar.
Suck me sideways. This is an effing awesome announcement. So glad In Utero is FINALLY coming to Rock Band!!!
Welp, that’s the rest of Nirvana for me! Been waiting for “All Apologies” and “Rape Me” for a while. Heart Shaped Box, another GH2 song gone!
I don’t like grunge, but I can see this is a big deal for grunge fans. So happy tuesday for them.
I got all of Nevermind at discount, but I think I can afford all of these upgrades. Will have to check if I like these other Nirvana tracks.
Great pack and happy to finally get songs from In Utero. And Rape Me is a huge surprise considering content, I don’t think there’s a reason why Nine Inch Nails’s “Closer” can’t be in the game if this is. buying all.
You Know You’re Right = day 1 purchase. Rape Me and All apologies are possibilities too.
MUCH better than Pearl Jam IMO. Buying all 4 easy.
Just re-read the announcement and realized that the pro guitar/bass upgrades are going to be available TODAY, no need to wait till Tuesday!!!
“Let’s find out if we got our hopes up or not…”
It’s the Rock Band online community. When HAVEN’T they gotten their hopes up (unrealistically or not).
Sweet, definitely getting the 4 pack and cherry picking the pro upgrades.
Can’t wait until Tuesday to buy these, but for how much I played GHII, it’s still going to be weird to play Heart Shaped Box without the extended solo…
DLC has been bleeding me dry lately. I don’t even care, this is crazy awesome. WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
ZzZzz…ZzZzz
xXG effortXx Reply:
September 16th, 2011 at 12:32 pm
“Like”
idk if i like this… will pick up ‘heart shaped box’ though. still waiting for some stunning dlc
Nirvana are definitely not my favorite grunge band, but they’re decent. Gonna get everything but “Rape Me”. I despise that song sooooooo much.
Kal_el_0724 Reply:
September 16th, 2011 at 2:05 pm
Just out of curiosity, why do you despise “Rape Me”?
SubPrime Reply:
September 16th, 2011 at 2:17 pm
Yeah, I’m curious about that as well. I really like that song.
Did anyone else start to think why they hadn’t released any legacy pro upgrades recently… Then see this and think “….oh..” I’ll be all over heart shaped box the minute it becomes available!
And with ‘HHeart Shaped Box’ that finishes off all the Nirvana songs I could ever ask for.
Nice to see pro charts for Nevermind as alot of these are pretty good entry level guitar parts.
http://www.rockband.com/forums/showthread.php?t=224361&p=4499914&viewfull=1#post4499914
HMXHenry said no Pearl Jam DLC, so you dumass fucks can stop expecting it to happen
RockBandAide Reply:
September 16th, 2011 at 1:39 pm
Classy.
T Reply:
September 16th, 2011 at 2:15 pm
“Dumbass”.
Shmoo Reply:
September 16th, 2011 at 3:41 pm
Tweeze, you’re a complete dick. Also, thanks for the heads up.
Wow, I’m gutted. After seeing the list and listening to my old Pearl Jam CDs every morning for the last few weeks I was pretty darn excited.
Awesome week! I’m really excited for this, though I would have preferred Pennyroyal Tea (fav Nirvana song) to You Know You’re Right (which makes me think of Hole’s Unplugged performance, lmao).
Kal_el_0724 Reply:
September 16th, 2011 at 2:13 pm
Maybe there will be one more pack of Nirvana eventually.
Dumb
Pennyroyal Tea
The Man Who Sold the World (MTV Unplugged)
And maybe some other random song off of Unplugged or their rarities like Lake of Fire, Sliver, or Aneurysm.
SubPrime Reply:
September 16th, 2011 at 2:20 pm
Lake of Fire and The Man Who Sold the World would be a little tougher because those are covers.
I’d definitely love a Dive, Sliver, and Aneurysm pack though.
Kal_el_0724 Reply:
September 16th, 2011 at 2:28 pm
True. And I think there was some sort of speculation around when we got the Unplugged version of Come As You Are that we would not see anymore songs from that album.
Without any of them though, I’m positive this is the last we will see from Nirvana. I couldn’t be any happier with the songs that we have gotten over the years though!
SubPrime Reply:
September 16th, 2011 at 2:32 pm
I always thought they did that because of issues with the masters for both Come As You Are and Lithium.
It would be a little sad if this is the last we see from Nirvana, but sometimes you gotta move on. There are still plenty of bands that I’d like to see DLC for.
QuestionMark Reply:
September 17th, 2011 at 8:42 am
I desperately want “Verse Chorus Verse.” Give me that along with Penny Royal Tea and maybe The Man Who Sold the World, though I’d prefer the original.
Probably going to grab the pro upgrade for “Smells Like Teen Spirit”. Will eventually get around to buying “Heart Shaped Box” but I need more MS points.
Excellent, definitely picking all these up.
You know, I always thought that the DLC version of Teen Spirit was live, and hadn’t picked it up. weird.
And everyone told me rape me wouldn’t be in Rock Band because it’s vulgure
Shmoo Reply:
September 16th, 2011 at 3:58 pm
Those people were wrong and poor spellers.
For those who are unaware (which seems to be everyone), this week is the 20th anniversary of Nevermind. The album is also being re-released in deluxe editions remastered and with out-takes. Hence this track pack being out this week was kinda predictable.
So happy it wasn’t pj
Awesome!!! I’m getting it all!
It is great that Harmonix continues to pro upgrade old dlc as well!
Time to get more Microsoft points for next week.
You know you’re right! Awesome!!
But it sucks it doesn’t have pro guitar, especially since they are updating almost every Nirvana song with it… but not those new songs, thats stupid
I’m glad they got a bit of In Utero. It’s been a long time waiting. If all of you haven’t already, please go “like” Rock Band 3 on Facebook so we can find out the upcoming artists early.
Thank you very much for adding the song previews for already-released songs that are geting pro upgrades.
RockBandAide Reply:
September 21st, 2011 at 12:28 pm
You’re welcome.