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Weezer, Pixies Hit Rock Band Next Week

Even if you don’t see eye to eye with Rivers Cuomo on the merits of Vipassana meditation you can still take his spot fronting for Weezer. Three new tracks from their eponymous new album will hit Rock Band via Xbox Live (June 24) and PlayStation Network (June 26) next week: “Dreamin,’” “The Greatest Man That Ever Lived,” and “Troublemaker.” Keeping the alt-rock DLC theme going, gamers will also get a chance to download the entire Pixies album, Doolittle. Sounds like solid proof that there is a large contingency of gamers over 30 jamming on plastic instruments in living rooms across America.

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Mötley Crüe Single Selling Better When Listeners Can Factor In Irony

According to Reuters, Mötley Crüe’s single “Saints of Los Angeles” is selling better as a Rock Band download than the run-of-the-mill iPod variety at a clip of five to one. What a fucking shocker! We can’t believe no one wants to add “Saints” to their playlist favorites when they can try and play it on Rock Band and take turns trying to look deader than Mick Mars while still playing lead guitar. And yes, “deader” is a word… starting now.

[ars technica]

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Rock Band Rolls Out Sonic Youth, Blondie, The Clash

Harmonix announced three new tracks available for download this Thursday. And none of the bands are trying to sell a new album! Fork over 160 Microsoft points or $1.99 for the PlayStation Network. Sonic Youth’s “Kool Thing,” “Train in Vain” by The Clash, and Blondie’s “Telephone.”

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Disturbed Drops Some Free Metal On Rock Band

Pre-order Indestructible, the new album from Disturbed, on BestBuy.com and you’ll get a redemption code for two tracks from the album, “Inside the Fire” and “Perfect Insanity,” through Xbox Live to play on Rock Band. Mötley Crüe pulled a similar stunt when they dropped their newest single on Rock Band to try and create some buzz. It kind of raises the question, how many people actually buy CDs anymore? If you need a reason to go old school and purchase a hard copy of your music, David Draiman and the guys in the band rolled through Kuwait (pic above) to give the soldiers some support last March. Order up some magnetic lip piercings to go with your new tracks and get down with the sickness.

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