Rock Band: Seven downloadable music packs revealed

November 9, 2007

More face-melting goodness will be arriving in the next few months, as OXM reveals part of the downloadable content expected to complement Harmonix‘s Rock Band (PS3, PS2, Xbox 360). Picks include three additional tracks from the Police, and three to six from Metallica. For the punk rock fans, there will also be Buzzcocks’ cover song “Ever Fallen in Love” and “Rockaway Beach” by the Ramones. The complete downloadable pack lists can be viewed over in the full article.

When Harmonix‘s Rock Band launches this November 20 for the Sony PS3, Sony PS2, and Microsoft Xbox 360, it looks like there’s going to be far more than its pre-packaged collection of 58 tracks. The most recent issue of the Official Xbox Magazine (OXM) indicates that over the next few months, Rock Band will be picking a steady stream of downloadable songs, available to its ports on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

There are reportedly seven packs in total. Keep note that this is not yet a complete list (the Metallica tracks are still TBA), and that pricing details are yet to be revealed. Here’s what will be available for download soon:

The Police pack:
Roxanne
Synchronicity II
Can’t Stand Losing You

Queens of the Stone Age pack:
Sick Sick Sick
3s and 7s
Little Sister

Metallica pack:
Three or six as yet undetermined tracks

Black Sabbath pack
N.I.B.
Sweet Leaf
War Pigs
David Bowie Pack (some masters, some covers)
Moonage Daydream
Heroes
Queen Bitch

Punk pack
Buzzcocks, “Ever Fallen in Love”
The Clash, “I Fought the Law”
The Ramones, “Rockaway Beach”

Single tracks
Credence Clearwater Revival, “Fortunate Son”
Foreigner, “Juke Box Hero”
The Knack, “My Sharona”
The Runaways, “Cherry Bomb”
T-Rex, “Bang a Gong”
Wolfmother, “Joker and the Thief”
The Pretenders, “Brass in a Pocket”
Radiohead, “My Iron Lung”
Weezer, “Buddy Holly”