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‘Rock Band’ adds Stevie Ray album, plans for SXSW
Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble’s legendary “Texas Flood” album is coming to “Rock Band” and the publisher of the game will be hosting a South by Southwest music showcase.
All 10 songs from “Texas Flood” will be available Tuesday on the Live Marketplace for Xbox 360 and Thursday on the PlayStation Network for the PlayStation 3. No release date has been set for the Nintendo Wii version of the game.
The songs will cost $1.99 each or $15.99 for the complete album.
MTV Games, the publisher of “Rock Band” also announced Thursday an official South by Southwest showcase, March 18 at Vice on Sixth Street. MTV Games will also host a Rock Band Lounge March 19 to March 21 behind the Marriott/Residence Inn.
“Texas Flood” joins other downloadable albums on the Rock Band Store including Foo Fighters’ “The Colour and the Shape,” Rush’s “Moving Pictures” and The Pixies’ “Doolittle.”
Edited to add: The Wii console will also get the songs Tuesday. Each will cost 200 Wii points ($2 each).
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By Famous Painter
February 28, 2009 11:31 AM | Link to this
I'm totally with you, Scott. Or you could cut out the middle man a save a few bucks by buying the record and playing air guitar. Kinda equally ridiculous, but at a fraction of the cost. Here's an idea for another talentless game. You could call it famous painter. You have an easel, beret and a pallette and the objective is to paint a masterpiece, but instead of the paint you select and put on the canvas, the computer puts the correct paint from a famous painter on the canvas and ignores your actions. You see, you pretend to paint a masterpiece but the computer does it for you. Or you could call it talentless painter. Or talentless rock band, like Oasis. Like a champagne Supanover...
By Damn, Unzicker
February 27, 2009 5:36 PM | Link to this
Geesh, Unzicker, let me play my damn game...
By Omar Gallaga
February 27, 2009 4:01 PM | Link to this
Scott: Awful. I don't have that kind of time. But "Rock Band" is a lot of fun. You should try it.
brntorange: You might be waiting a little while on the Jimi Hendrix front. I think they're pretty tied up with "Guitar Hero."
By Scott Unzicker
February 27, 2009 3:37 PM | Link to this
Here's an idea: TAKE THE TIME, ENERGY, DISCIPLINE, AND DETERMINATION TO LEARN TO PLAY A REAL INSTRUMENT! How does THAT sound??
By brntorange
February 27, 2009 2:37 PM | Link to this
Hotdamn! bout time. Now if we could get some Hendrix and ZZ Top!!!