Rock Band Weekly: Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rush

43 Comments by Alexander Sliwinski Jul 3rd 2008 5:59PM
Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360

With tomorrow being the day the US became independent from France ... what, England, really? Anyway, Harmonix announced its tracks for next week's Rock Band DLC a day early. We've got a couple songs from the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Rush. "Working Man" was actually released as DLC before, but this version is a master and features an alternate solo.

Individual songs (160 MS points/ $2)

"Snow (Hey Oh)" - Red Hot Chili Peppers
"Tell Me Baby" - Red Hot Chili Peppers
"Closer to the Heart" - Rush
"Working Man" (Vault Edition) - Rush

Check out the videos for these songs after the break. The tracks will be available for download next Tuesday and Thursday for Xbox 360 and PS3, respectively.

Tags: red-hot-chili-peppers, rock-band, rock-band-weekly, rush

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Shagittarius: Jul 3rd 2008; 6:03PM

Will Ferrel is multi-talented.

Dear joystiq, get rid of the the dude scratchin his crotch advertisement. Im not going to buy whatever VD hes selling.

Neebs: Jul 3rd 2008; 6:04PM

RUSH MASTERS?

Goddammit, now I have to change these pants...

rlm2112: Jul 3rd 2008; 7:15PM

Seconded. Thank f***ing God they are releasing a Rush master track. Now release every Rush master track!

ApolloIV: Jul 3rd 2008; 9:03PM

Oh dear god YES!

GreyFox: Jul 4th 2008; 1:23AM

About fucking time with the RUSH masters those covers were complete crap.

ill trooper: Jul 4th 2008; 2:03AM

I really wish they'd put Rush's "The Spirit of Radio" or "Fly By Night" out for Rock Band, but at least these new releases are masters...

By the way, that 'Closer To The Heart' video with all the different decades of them performing that song is sick... Those guys must have sold their souls to the devil, because they're aging waaaay too well to be normal... or maybe it's the maple syrup?

CTC XBL-supapaypamawio PSN-ctclaw: Jul 3rd 2008; 6:11PM

I'll pick up Snow...as soon as my new rock band disc comes from EA. My 360 scratched circles in it:(

matt: Jul 3rd 2008; 6:55PM

i didnt know they did that for scratched disks. i thought the replacement plan was just for the instruments.
do i just go to the website to do that or do i have to call them up?

CTC XBL-supapaypamawio PSN-ctclaw: Jul 3rd 2008; 8:15PM

It's something EA does, it costs like $20. Somewhere on their website they have a thing about it.

Dragod: Jul 3rd 2008; 8:50PM

Just about every company does it, and the standard is $20... It's just not very well known ;)

I think there is something in the back of the manuals in the back of most games...

colin: Jul 3rd 2008; 9:02PM

I hate that I'm a bit late to offer this advice, but I've had my 360 scratch 2 discs (Rockband and DDR). I just took them to my local mom and pop disc shop and had them refinish the discs for me. It took about 3 minutes and cost me $1.09 USD each. They both worked like a charm after that. Then Rockband was stolen out of my car :(

Also, if you are in good with your local blockbuster/hollywood video/family video employees ... they've been known to do it for the free.

I would not recommend spending 30 bucks on the thing they have at gamestop.

McWeen: Jul 7th 2008; 8:51AM

My 360 scratched my Rock Band disc up and I called Microsoft and Harmonix back and forth until eventually I was sent to EA's number. I sent them my messed up copy and got a replacement for free besides the shipping cost.

Timett: Jul 3rd 2008; 6:23PM

WTF is a "Vault Edition"? I already paid for a cover version of Working Man... I'm upset if they are trying to charge me again for the same song but a Master Track this time.

Timett: Jul 3rd 2008; 6:25PM

Nevermind I actually read the rest of the post after making a comment. MY BAD. still upset though.

KEFIOX: Jul 3rd 2008; 11:17PM

This.

I don't want to have to pay for a song I already downloaded whether or not it's a master/alternate version/whatever. Absolutely ridiculous.

AwesomeTown: Jul 3rd 2008; 6:23PM

If that live Geddy Lee bass solo is in the Closer to the Heart download, I'm sold.

Deck: Jul 3rd 2008; 6:24PM

Snow, great song! RHCP for the win!

Stu L Tissimus: Jul 3rd 2008; 6:24PM

We require more RHCP. Stadium Arcadium was good and all but there's so many more songs to choose from.

Also, I think there should be a movie starring Chad Smith but they should market is as a Will Ferrell movie to see if they can fool the entire world.

Extra Cheese: Jul 3rd 2008; 6:34PM

If RHCP ever goes belly-up, Chad Smith has a promising career as a Will Ferrell stunt double.

ChooChooCharlie: Jul 3rd 2008; 6:48PM

2 things:

1. Brilliant Chad Smith / Will Ferrell switcheroo idea.

2. I love your username.

That is all.

ApolloIV: Jul 3rd 2008; 11:04PM

Three words

Under the Bridge

klitorisaurus: Jul 4th 2008; 1:16AM

God, Under the Bridge is soooo over played. I love that song but if it's the only one from Blood Sugar Sex I'll go crazy. That entire album is fanf*ckingtastic! I'd venture a guess and say that it would receive more downloads than Pixies and Judas Priest albums combined. And clearly, RHCP is not adverse to having their music in a game.

Hala Madrid!! (Madrileno hasta la muerte!): Jul 3rd 2008; 6:44PM

HOLY SHIT IS THAT WILL FERRELL!?!

ronald.raygun: Jul 3rd 2008; 6:52PM

oh yes it is!

Double J: Jul 3rd 2008; 7:03PM

Flea always looks like he never knows what the fuck is going on.

Obie: Jul 3rd 2008; 8:10PM

What's wrong McFly? CHICKEN??

RoboChamp: Jul 3rd 2008; 7:16PM

Will Ferrel needs to stop being employed.

Thief: Jul 3rd 2008; 7:33PM

Thank god, I thought I was the only one who thought Chad looked freakishly like Will Ferrel... but this picture captures it at best!

frogprince: Jul 3rd 2008; 7:37PM

Yes, we can finally stop playing Dani California.

Chase: Jul 3rd 2008; 7:48PM

Hopefully, Under the Bridge is in the next batch.

Ridgecity: Jul 3rd 2008; 7:53PM

the first time I saw Will Ferrell on SNL, I said " Oh my god! RHCP on SNL!" so I just MEGO since they my favorite band, then I just saw that they never came up on stage and saw he was just another guy.... OSINTOT... specially since they both are FLK...

klitorisaurus: Jul 4th 2008; 1:19AM

MEGO? OSINTOT? FLK? WTF?

FSK405K: Jul 3rd 2008; 7:59PM

Damnit, I just bought the Working Man cover like 3 days ago.

Von Dozier: Jul 3rd 2008; 8:05PM

Good to see I wasted points on the cover Working Man.

Also sucks to see that the RHCP songs are new :( how about something from Uplift Mofo, or BSSM?

Truckondo: Jul 3rd 2008; 8:18PM

it would be cool if they just replaced the cover of Working Man with the new master track. That way everyone could re-download it. Rush master tracks! There is a god!

ToRo: Jul 3rd 2008; 8:38PM

Jesus! Neil Peart's drums look sick!

Good thing I didn't buy working man before. Now I get the master track! yay!

gaph2000: Jul 3rd 2008; 11:07PM

I know people are going to hate me for saying this... But I kinda hoped that Snow would be in GHIV along with Under The Bridge. (I know that there's still a chance...)

jacob: Jul 4th 2008; 1:41AM

they should have put readymade as one of the dlc's for the chili peppers... or anything from bssm.

iNZoW: Jul 4th 2008; 3:18AM

am i the only one who is in love with RHCP - turn is again? and think it should be in GH:WT ?

The song is amazing, along with all the songs in their latest album :/

Desert Eagle: Jul 4th 2008; 1:26PM

Finally, Rush master tracks and more RHCP! This is a pretty awesome week in my opinion. I might pick up all the tracks later on.

Now release Rush's Red Barchetta! And make sure it's a master track!

JohnHeist: Jul 4th 2008; 7:53PM

GREAT songs, all of them this week! Shit.
I might have to get all 4.

wazmo: Jul 5th 2008; 1:05AM

hey my RHCP smily picture was put up on the official rock band dlc news post (go look at it!!!) :) RHCP and Rush are EXCELLENT and im going to get all 4 of these tracks but im still waiting for some Bon Jovi!

Domingoakasunday: Jul 8th 2008; 8:46PM

I was a big fan of harmonix before, but releasing a master track after a cover and making us pay full price for each is really messed up. That's a big thumbs down from me.

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