Warping Rock Band Further

With the Warped Tour about to get fully underway for this summer, it would make sense for the good people at Harmonix to do something for this tour. By either having an event at some of the locations or at least give some good tracks to be added to the ever growing collection of songs in their database. At least it makes sense to me.

Well looks like that was part of their plan, the DLC at least. Today, they announced five eight tracks that should be available for our gaming pleasure just at the start of the tour itself. That's the 23rd and 24th 25th of this month for those of you that do not follow these thing. For XBox and PS3 respectively. Here is said list.

  • A Day to Remember - The Downfall of Us All
  • Bad Religion - 21st Century Digital Boy
  • Chiodos - I didn't Say I Was Powerful, I said I was a Wizard
  • Escape the Fate - The Flood
  • Underoath - Reinventing Your Exit
  • Maroon 5 - Little of Your Time
  • Maroon 5 - Makes Me Wonder
  • Maroon 5 - Wake Up Call

I do want to point out, because it is kind of my thing, that I think Harmonix is working their people way too hard. Below is the official release (Unmolested) about this and it would seem that their counting skills are fading a bit due to over working. With all the new content and new games coming out from them, I guess it is easy to say 5 tracks when really there are 8 and that 23 + 2 = 24. You guys work too hard over there.

ROCK BAND PRESENTS FIVE WARPED TOUR TRACKS

Cambridge, Mass. – June 19, 2009 - Harmonix and MTV Games today announced that five tracks from artists performing on this year's international Warped Tour will be added to the Rock Band® Music Store of downloadable content next week for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system.

The Warped Tour is an annual international music and extreme sports festival that began in 1994. The bulk of this summer's Warped Tour dates are between the end of June and the end of August. The tour features a diverse line-up of bands, as well as pro-skating and BMX exhibitions, and now part of that line-up is available to music lovers and gamers who own Rock Band. Master recordings from A Day to Remember, Bad Religion, Chiodos, Escape the Fate and Underoath will be available June 23, in the Rock Band Music Store.

Additionally this week, Rock Band is bringing a three pack of hits from American rockers Maroon 5 to the Music Store. Maroon 5 has sold almost 15 million albums worldwide and won a Grammy Award in 2005 for Best New Artist.

Tracks:

  • A Day to Remember - The Downfall of Us All
  • Bad Religion - 21st Century Digital Boy
  • Chiodos - I didn't Say I Was Powerful, I said I was a Wizard
  • Escape the Fate - The Flood
  • Underoath - Reinventing Your Exit
  • Maroon 5 - Little of Your Time
  • Maroon 5 - Makes Me Wonder
  • Maroon 5 - Wake Up Call

(All tracks are original master recordings)

These tracks will be available for purchase as part of the "Warped Tour Pack" or "Maroon 5 Pack" or as individual tracks for Xbox 360 and PLAYSTATION 3 systems.

Release Date:
Tuesday, June 23, 2009 (Xbox LIVE Marketplace for Xbox 360)
Thursday, June 24, 2009 (PlayStation®Store)
** Dates for Rock Band game tracks are tentative and subject to change **

Price:
$1.99 (160 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360) per track
$5.49 (440 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360) for "Maroon 5 Pack"
$8.49 (680 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360) for "Warped Tour Pack"