Hey everyone,
Time for the weekly roundup of DLC charts! Why yes, you are correct, this isn't the Rock Band forums, but while they're working on getting that back online there's no reason we can't get the roundup started in the meantime. This week we have yet another trio of three-packs from some pretty popular bands; Blink-182, KISS, and perennial favorites Weezer. There's also a single from female-fronted rockers Damone.
As usual if the charts you're looking for aren't up yet, be sure to check back, as I'll be adding them throughout the day as they go up on YouTube. Also as a side note, although I usually post my bass charts in HD format, that's not possible this week as my HD recorder got fried by a lightning storm on Sunday night. It will be back soon, though. It also seems the usual guitar chart poster, Nalopean, is missing in action today; hopefully he will either show up, or more solo players without breakneck speed will step up and upload some charts!
Anyhow, without further ado...
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Blink-182 "Down"
- Full band video (HD format) [Band Tier 1]
- Expert Guitar Chart [Guitar Tier 1]
- Expert Bass Chart [Bass Tier 1]
- Expert Drums Chart (HD format) [Drums Tier 3]
- Expert Vocals Chart [Vocals Tier 1]
Blink-182 "Feeling This"
- Full band video (HD format) [Band Tier 2]
- Expert Guitar Chart [Guitar Tier 1]
- Expert Bass Chart [Bass Tier 3]
- Expert Drums Chart (HD format) [Drums Tier 4]
- Expert Vocals Chart [Vocals Tier 3]
Blink-182 "The Rock Show"
- Full band video (HD format) [Band Tier 3]
- Expert Guitar Chart [Guitar Tier 3]
- Expert Bass Chart [Bass Tier 2]
- Expert Drums Chart (HD format) [Drums Tier 5]
- Expert Vocals Chart [Vocals Tier 2]
Damone "Out Here All Night"
- Full band video (HD format) [Band Tier 4]
- Expert Guitar Chart [Guitar Tier 4]
- Expert Bass Chart [Bass Tier 3]
- Expert Drums Chart (still uploading...) [Drums Tier 5]
- Expert Vocals Chart [Vocals Tier 2]
KISS "100,000 Years (Live)"
- Full band video (HD format) [Band Tier 4]
- Expert Guitar Chart [Guitar Tier 5]
- Expert Bass Chart [Bass Tier 4]
- Expert Drums Chart [Drums Tier 6]
- Expert Vocals Chart (still uploading...) [Vocals Tier 3]
KISS "Deuce (Live)"
- Full band video (HD format) [Band Tier 4]
- Expert Guitar Chart [Guitar Tier 5]
- Expert Bass Chart [Bass Tier 2]
- Expert Drums Chart (still uploading...) [Drums Tier 5]
- Expert Vocals Chart (still uploading...) [Vocals Tier 3]
KISS "Parasite (Live)"
- Full band video (HD format) [Band Tier 4]
- Expert Guitar Chart [Guitar Tier 5]
- Expert Bass Chart [Bass Tier 4]
- Expert Drums Chart (still uploading...) [Drums Tier 5]
- Expert Vocals Chart (still uploading...) [Vocals Tier 3]
Weezer "My Name Is Jonas"
- Full band video (HD format) [Band Tier 2]
- Expert Guitar Chart (still uploading...) [Guitar Tier 4]
- Expert Bass Chart [Bass Tier 1]
- Expert Drums Chart [Drums Tier 3]
- Expert Vocals Chart [Vocals Tier 2]
Weezer "Pork & Beans"
- Full band video (HD format) [Band Tier 0]
- Expert Guitar Chart [Guitar Tier 0]
- Expert Bass Chart [Bass Tier 0]
- Expert Drums Chart (still uploading...) [Drums Tier 0]
- Expert Vocals Chart [Vocals Tier 1]
Weezer "Undone (The Sweater Song)"
- Full band video (HD format) [Band Tier 1]
- Expert Guitar Chart (still uploading...) [Guitar Tier 0]
- Expert Bass Chart [Bass Tier 0]
- Expert Drums Chart (still uploading...) [Drums Tier 3]
- Expert Vocals Chart [Vocals Tier 2]
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Thanks to the following Youtubers for providing this week's charts: corporalgregg2 (full band charts), Nalopean (guitar charts), Jarr3tt88RB (Blink-182 drum charts), VD0G (100K Yrs drum chart), ChykraSH (MNIJ drum chart), SaikoSakura (Blink-182, Damone & Weezer vocal charts), and yours truly (bass charts). Also thanks to SaikoSakura for letting me hijack her blog in the meantime while the RockBand.com forums are down!
As always, hope this helps you make an informed decision for your DLC purchases!
Today was quite a productive day in Rock Band 2. I got 4 new solo Vox FC's, and 8 new dual Vox + Bass FC's with S1ckH4nds.
This is by far my favorite song from The Fratellis pack, and one of my favorite songs in the game. I highly recommend The Fratellis pack if you haven't picked it up already. The video was made by request after Dual FC'ing "Creeping Up the Backstairs" with S1ckH4nds. This was my first, and only solo FC of the song. It's a devil horned tier 6 song so it was no easy feat!
This is one of my favorite songs from Rock Band 1 so I'm happy to have it on RB2. The video was my first for Team Cena and the first time I've ever FC'd the song. I FC'd it on my second run. It surprised me because I remember this song being much, much harder. I guess this means I've improved a lot over the last few months. At this time my "Highway Star" score is ranked 19th on ScoreHero. Not so bad huh?
Ah No Doubt, how I love and hate you. You are the soundtrack of my youth, but the burden of my headaches in Rock Band. Gwen's voice is not difficult, but her range and chart can change drastically at any given point. Spiderwebs remains fairly consistent but I would constantly hit a "Strong" in various places. After half a dozen tries to FC for my 100th, I gave up. After FC'ing "Creepin' Up the Backstairs" and "Highway Star" I felt that today was the to FC it. After 5 tries, and 4 breaks (I know, slacker) I finally FC'd it. I'm currently half way through with FC'ing all the No Doubt songs. Take that Gwen! :D
"Almost Easy" is a Tier 5 song from the Rock Band 2 disc. In my Platinum Endless Setlist 2 I got a 95% on the song. The song wasn't in my queue but it was calling my name. I fired it up, and within my first run I FC'd it! My score is terrible because my first activation was on 2 instead of 2/sk1, and I completely missed my second activation on 2. I was forced to go on 4 so that hurt my score. I'll go back to it at some point and re-FC the song with a better score. Now that I have handle on it, it's very easy.
"Ex-Girlfriend" is a good example of Gwen's unusual vocal range. Half of this song is charted with talkies, and the spoken parts vary in range and speed. Despite this I've become comfortable with the song. The first time S1ckH4nds and I FC'd this song we had a terrible score. We're SnS we cannot allow that! After pathing, and re-pathing we were finally able to squeeze out 476,259 points. Unfortunately we were unable to Gold Star the song, so we'll have to tackle this another day.
Nothing difficult for vox, but bass has a few rough spots. In the end we were able to beat the top score by 83,467 points on ScoreHero.
S1ckH4nds enjoys Blondie, but I'm personally not a fan. He steered away from the FC queue and challenged me. I had never FC'd this song solo so I had to learn it. After a few shaky runs we were able to call this one FC #72. Now I have to toss this in my solo Vox FC queue.
As I said before, this is far my favorite song from The Fratellis pack. S1ckH4nds and I cannot recommend The Fratellis pack enough. This song is quite difficult for both of us so it took some time and patience. After our first dual FC, S1ckH4nds recorded the video that is linked above. We managed to squeeze out 148 points more points from our first FC run! This is currently the highest recorded bass+vox score on ScoreHero on any platform and in any Rock Band game. :D
Do you see a trend yet? I'm currently working on the No Doubt pack so you'll see even more FC's from them. "Don't Speak" is very easy for both bass and vox. Pathing became difficult since the bass has many dead spots. Our first couple of runs put us at 2nd place globally so we repathed. After several tries we both got tired of the song and stuck with our new 1st place score of 607,244.
After several slow songs S1ckH4nds asked "Can we play something short and fun?" I replied with "How about Push It?" S1ckH4nds was surprisingly happy with my selection. I love Static-X but this song is not fun as I expected it to be. We FC'd it in our first run and kept the score of 394,397.
Monsoon has been a guilty pleasure of mine for several years. I've listened to this song in German and English far too many times then I'd like to admit. When I suggested it to S1ckH4nds, I was surprised to see that he was also a fan. In our first run we dual FC'd the song, but played it several times to re-path with the bass chords. We replayed it for over 30 mins before we got sick of it and settled on 627,842.
Revisited Rock Band 1 for the second time with "Go With the Flow." ScoreHero's vox path was incorrect so we had to make a few revisions of our own.
O hai thar blog. It's been a long time since I've seen you. Much has happened since my last post several months ago. I continue to assist Smeeguel in hosting Rock Band Nights at The Village Pourhouse (VPH) in NYC along with Joel. I've met many Harmonix employees, made some amazing friends, and met my wonderful boyfriend S1ckH4nds at VPH.
Rock Band Tournament in Atlantic City. Several bands within the VPH competed against each other and some of the nation's best players. In the end Smeeguel, Joel, Luca, and Chris Daou of The Gurnkillers won the $10,000 grand prize. I'm sure most of us don't want to Atlantic City for a long time.
In May I applied for the PMS Clan. Pandora's Mighty Soldiers (PMS Clan) is the world's largest multi-platform online female gaming group on Xbox, PC and PlayStation platforms. Within a few months I became a full member, and now I am currently the Community Manager for the Guitar Hero/Rock Band Division. If I couldn't be any more busy with Rock Band, think again. As of July 18, 2009 I am now a sponsored member of Cena's Corner Team Cena Pro Division as a multi-instrumentalist. Needless to say, I have my hands full! It's quite surreal.
I promise to update this blog on a daily basis with any thoughts, rants, or FC's that occur in Rock Band 2. As of this time I have 111 Solo Vox FC's, 15 Bass FC's, 1 Drum FC, and 1 Guitar FC. In addition to solo FC's I have 77 Dual Vox + Bass FC's with S1ckH4nds.
Be sure to also check out my friend, and PMS Clan recruit Deadlystingnyc on her daily RB2 Vox FC Odyssey. Will Deadlystingnyc be able to keep up with one FC a day for a year? I certainly hope so!
Have you mastered the solo to Pleasure (Pleasure)? Are you secretly Entangled with Honest Bob? Fueled with excessive amounts of Brainpower? Or are you more of the spunky, rebellious type? If you're a fan of Harmonix bands you may soon see them in your hometown. Members from Bang Camaro, That Handsome Devil, Honest Bob, The Libyans, Vagiant, and Freezepop will take a break from making games and taking the stage. Check below for a full list of tour dates and locations.
Can't make it to a show, then we'll bring the show to you. Within the next two weeks RockGamer will attend the Vagiant and Bang Camaro shows. We'll be sure to bring back plenty of sexy footage for you.
If you're a fan of The Main Drag be sure to subscribe to their mailing list. They're currently working on a tour schedule so stay tuned!
Honest Bob
http://honestbob.net/
May 24 - Cantab Lounge, Cambridge @ 11pm
The Libyans
http://www.myspace.com/thelibyansarecoming
Apr 4 - Cambridge Elks Basement, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Apr 26 - Cambridge, Massachusetts
Bang Camaro Tour Dates
http://bangcamaro.com/
Feb 28 - Gillette Stadium, Patriot Place - Foxboro, Massachusetts with That Handsome Devil. Click for ticket info
Mar 13 - Santos Party House - 18+ - New York, New York Click for ticket info
Mar 21 - Beauty Bar, Sparks Party - Austin, Texas
Mar 25 - The Masquerade - ALL AGES! - Atlanta, GA
Mar 28 - Castaways - 18+ - Ithaca, New York
Mar 29 - Mohawk Place - ALL AGES! - Buffalo, New York
Mar 31 - The Dame - Lexington, Kentucky
April 1 - Beachland Ballroom - Clevelan, Ohio
Apr 2 - The Small Planet w/ Electric Six - East Lansing, Michigan
Apr 3 - The Intersection w/ Electric Six - Grand Rapids, Michigan
Apr 4 - Rhino's w/ Electric Six - ALL AGES SHOW!! - Bloomington, Indiana
Apr 6 - Double Door w/ Electric Six - Chicago, Illinois
Apr 7 - First Avenue w/ Electric Six - Minneapolis, Minnesota
Apr 8 - The Aquarium w/ Electric Six - Fargo, North Dakota
Apr 9 - Vaudeville Mews w/ Electric Six, ALL AGES!! - Des Moines, Iowa
Apr 10 - The Waiting Room w/ Electric Six, ALL AGES!! - Omaha, Nebraska
Apr 11 - The Blue Note w/ Electric Six, ALL AGES!! - Columbia, Missouri
Apr 13 - The Record Bar w/ The Electric Six - Kansas City, Missouri
Apr 14 - The Opolis w/ Electric Six, ALL AGES!! - Norman, Oklahoma
Apr 15 - Emo's Alternative Lounging (Outside venue) w/ Electric Six, ALL AGES!! - Austin, Texas
Apr 16 - The Boiler Room w/ Electric Six - McAllen, Texas
UPDATE: New show dates announced for Cleveland, Austin, Buffalo, Ithaca, and Lexington!
Vagiant
http://www.vagiantboston.com/
Calender & Event details
Mar 5 - Philadelphia, PA
Mar 6 - Baltimore, MD
Mar 7 - Private Birthday Show, Vienna, VA
Mar 8 - Pittsburgh, PA
Mar 10 - Cleveland, OH
Mar 11 - Rochester, NY
Mar 12 - Syracuse, NY
Mar 13 - Northampton, MA
Mar 14 - Worcester, MA
Mar 20 - Boston, MA @ Church Bar
Apr 11 - Brookline, MA @ The Coolidge Theater
Freezepop
http://www.freezepop.net/
Southeast tour!
Feb 19 - Orlando, FL, at AKA Lounge, 68 E. Pine St. With Zombies! Organize!!, I KILL PXLS & Videoboy. Doors at 9, we're on midnight-ish. $12, 18+.
Feb 20 - Miami, Fl, at the Vagabond, 30 NE 14th St. With the WVUM DJs and resident DJs Mike Deuce, Ray Milian, Lolo, Just Dandy, Carmel Ophir, Chris Graham, UVS, and Danny Ashe. Doors at 10, we're on around midnight. $10, 18+.
Feb 21 - West Palm Beach, FL, at Respectable Street, 518 Clematis Street. With Zombies! Organize! and TV Kills Kids. Doors at 8, we're on around 11. $14, 18+.
Feb 22 - Jacksonville, FL, at Club TSI, 333 E. Bay Street. With Cpt EO. Doors at 9. $10, all ages.
Feb 23 - Savannah, GA, at the Wormhole Bar, 2307 Bull Street between 39th and 40th. With Pink Kodiak. Doors at 6, we're on around 9. $10 in advance, $12 day of show, 21+
Feb 24 - Houston, TX at The Jet Lounge, 1515 Pease St. Presented by HaVoK. Doors at 8, we're on around 11:30. $10 in advance, $12 at the door. All ages!
Feb 26 - Austin, TX at Elysium, 705 Red River. Doors at 9:30. $10 in advance, $12 at the door. 21+.
Feb 28 - San Antonio, TX at the Warhol, 1011 Avenue B. With Bizarre Musik Machine. Doors at 7, we're on around 11. $10, All ages!
Midwest tour!
Apr 4 - Tekkoshocon Anime Convention, Pittsburgh, PA. At the David L. Lawrence Convention Center/Westin Hotel, 1000 Ft. Duquesne Blvd. More details TBA. $45 for 3-day pass, all ages!
Apr 6 - Toledo, OH, at Frankie's, 308 Main St. With Sinker. Doors at 8. $10 in advance, $12 day of show, All ages.
Apr 7 - Lansing, MI at Mac's Bar, 2700 e. michigan ave. Early show! Doors at 5, we're on around 8. $8 in advance, $10 day of show. All ages.
Apr 18 - Philadelphia, PA at North Star Bar, 2639 Poplar Street. Doors at 9, we're on around midnight. $10 in advance, $13 day of show. 21+.
Original post by SaikoSakura for RockGamer
Last month we were lucky enough to witness the first Rock Band Wedding Proposal during our Almost Famous Tuesday. Ryan (MephistoJak) and Laura (Sophrosyne) met while playing Rock Band online, and then got engaged after he sang a heartwarming rendition of “You Got It” on stage. Yours truly was there to photograph the event. Since then Ryan and Laura have received super star attention from their many fans as well as from Harmonix themselves!
King Diamond, frontman of the influential Danish heavy metal band “Mercyful Fate” will appear as a playable character in Guitar Hero: Metallica. His trademark microphone handle made of a femur bone and a tibia bone will accompany him on stage. Fans will also have the opportunity to play (and falsetto) with King Diamond during performances of “Evil.” The song was re-recorded exclusively for Guitar Hero Metallica by four of the five original band members. Time will tell if Melissa’s skeleton will be an unlockable microphone. I’ll personally keep my fingers crossed.
Having united forces with rock ‘n’ roll legends Metallica for encore performances and recordings throughout the years, GRAMMY® Award-nominated heavy metal vocalist and Mercyful Fate frontman King Diamond will take to the cyber-stage with Metallica this spring in Guitar Hero® Metallica®.Fans, stagehands and groupies alike will have the opportunity to shred and drum with or wail as the digital King Diamond during performances of “Evil.” The song, which originally was recorded in 1983 and is one of the Mercyful Fate songs that comprise Metallica’s “Mercyful Fate” medley, was re-recorded by four of the five original band members for Guitar Hero Metallica. The recording session was overseen by guitarist Hank Shermann in the band’s native Denmark; after which King Diamond laid down his vocals in Dallas, Texas, and mixed the song with J.T. Longoria.
“It’s been absolutely amazing to be a part of this Guitar Hero experience. It was quite a trip to re-record the song ‘Evil’ almost 25 years after the original recording took place. The end result with four out of the five original musicians turned out so much better than I would ever have hoped for,” said King Diamond. “Seeing my animated character take form was totally eerie in a very good way. It’s so strange to see yourself animated in such perfect detail - cross bone microphone, Eye necklace and all. This game looks and sounds METAL all the way. HORNS UP!!!”
Original post by SaikoSakura for RockGamer
Earlier this week RockGamer reported the PSP exclusive, Rock Band Unplugged. So what exactly is Rock Band Unplugged? Many details have surfaced about this new portable game and we have them all for you, courtesy of Primotech.
Last year Gamespot featured the PSP Rock Band game as an April Fool’s joke. The joke is now long gone, with Harmonix having the last laugh. Rock Band Unplugged is in development with Backbone Entertainment (Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix, 1942: Joint Strike.)
Gameplay will be similar to previous Rock Band titles. There will not be a peripheral attachment such as Activision’s Guitar Hero: On Tour for the Nintendo DS. Controls will be similar to the PSP title DJ Max Portable (4 Button mode.) Notes are assigned to the ‘Left,’ ‘Up,’ ‘Triangle,’ and ‘Circle’ buttons. Players can switch between guitar, drums, bass, and “vocals” which use the L and R shoulder buttons.
Like Amplitude and its predecessor FreQuency, Rock Band Unplugged tracks will be broken down into “phrases.” Play a phrase perfectly to earn a multiplier boost and a prompt to switch to a different instrument. The player can choose to switch instruments at anytime, but switching prematurely will cause him to lose his multiplier. Just like in Rock Band, Overdrive will multiple your points and avoid failing a track.As reported by Primotech, the game will include music from Blink 182, Boston, AFI, Kansas, Lit, and The Police. DLC will be made available through the PlayStation Network and can be accessed through the game’s built-in music store. Unfortunately Rock Band Unplugged will not feature Ad-hoc or Online support like the PS2 title Amplitude. No PSP multiplayer? Blasphemy!
There is no doubt that Rock Band has been huge success in game, hardware and DLC sales. Several fans in the Rock Band community have requested EA to construct a double bass pedal. Double Bass Pedals are especially affective where speed is needed on the bass drum (i.e. Metal, Rock.) Being a fan of Rock Band, and Metal I thought to give this one a try.
It's exceptionally simple to "construct" a double bass pedal for Rock Band. All you need is a headphone Y-adapter from Radio Shack, and an extra drum pedal. A drum pedal can be obtained by borrowing a friend's pedal, or by purchasing a new drum set (not recommended.) To construct the double bass pedal simply connect the headphone Y-adapter into the drum kit and bass pedals. Double check your connections and make sure everything clicks into place.
Here is a photo of my Rock Band double bass pedal:
Double bass pedals should help in bass heavy songs (i.e. Metallica, NIN, Iron Maiden, etc.) If I were a dummer in real life I'm sure I would have had better results. This double bass pedal setup requires you to alternate both feet quickly. The Rock Band pedal is designed to work in singles. This means open and closed circuits with no in-between middle contact. If one pedal is pressed down, Rock Band will not register the second pedal. In order for this to be effective one foot would have to be completely lifted off the pedal before the other is pressed. This requires speed, and precision, none of which I have.
Based on my drumming "style" (and lack of practice) this was far too dificult. I also felt the need to press harder on the pedal then usual. Perhaps this was caused by my frustration in effectiveness. Until Harmonix/EA releases a double bass pedal, this is your best option. Though I was disappointed with my results, I've seen excellent results from others using this method. For now I will continue to practice my single bass pedal technique.
[17 Dec 2006 | Sunday] Loco Roco Christmas Demo
Current mood: 
bouncy
Category: Games
Merry Christmas to all! Here's how you can download it:
Download the North American version hereDownload the Japanese version here
Download the European version here
Download the hexed demo for v2.80 and v3.00 from PSP117 here.
Christmas demo requires PSP Firmware Version 3.02
There is also a LocoRoco Holiday - Music Track to download.
TPN Brokeback Christmas
Current mood: 
happy
Category: Games
Alexis got a deck of Adult Swim cards. Then I beat her in a game of Spit.
I got the last number in the White Elephant. In the end I decided to open the unwanted "Brokeback Mountain" gift Hector brought. If it weren't for people saying Brokeback Mountain I don't think I would have had the Pirates of the Caribbean DVD. Then again, I could have stolen it from another TPN member since I was last. I know it would have made Crissy happy.
I bought cookies from the bakery. They were yummy. :)
My gift was Sega Genesis Collection for PS2. I wrapped it in my custom Space Invaders wrapping paper. Alexis happily won it. I saved her some Wii points with the collection. hahaha
After the meetup we tried to go to No idea, but it was crowded. After running out of options the eight of us decided to part. We were in the park at Union Square 14th st. They had this really cool holiday light display. If you step into it the square, the holiday shapes would respond to your body movement. In box the shapes would repel, in other they attract to you. It was fun running around the box and chasing the lights. There was another box that made a ring of red around your body. It was so cool!
Crissy, Ant, and I went to Starbucks, had some yummy drinks and then hit the L train at 14th.
Ok now for the official TPN Wrap up. Phantasy Star Universe came in and the intro music is driving me mad in the background. I'm going to try it for a few minutes. Enjoy the wrap up!
[04 Dec 2006 | Monday]
The Japanese Super Safe Wii Safety Manual
Current mood: 
good
Category: Games
Dig the pretty peekchures!
The Japanese Super Safe Wii Safety Manual
From hitting your friend in the face to throwing your Wii away with burnable trash, Nintendo Co., Ltd. has you covered. The Japanese safety manual is extensive to say the least. Sometimes are good to know (like the Sensor Bar doesn't like Christmas trees and the Wii-mote can interfere with pacemakers as previously posted), and other things seem out of left field. I mean, do people really need to be told not to pour orange soda on their Wii console?
