October 10, 2008
Mötley Cre Album Dr. Feelgood Coming to Rock Band
Harmonix and MTV Games announced today Mötley Cre’s album Dr. Feelgood will
become the sixth album to join the Rock Band Music Store catalog of downloadable
content. The most successful album by the heavy metal band, Dr. Feelgood will be
available starting October 14, 2008, for the Xbox 360 and October 16, 2008, for
the PLAYSTATION 3.
Mötley Cre topped the charts for the first time with the release of Dr.
Feelgood in 1989 and has since sold more than 6 million copies in the US alone.
The band recently reissued the infamous album alongside seven other of its chart
topping albums. The Rock Band DLC album will include the following tracks:
- "Dr. Feelgood"
- "Slice of Your Pie"
- "Rattlesnake Shake"
- "Kickstart My Heart”
- "Without You"
- "Same Ol’ Situation (S.O.S.)"
- "Sticky Sweet"
- "She Goes Down”
- "Don’t Go Away Mad (Just Go Away)"
- "Time for Change"
Dr. Feelgood will be available for $15.99 (1280 Microsoft Points) for the
album, or $1.99 (160 Microsoft Points) per track. Purchasing the album will
provide the user with the ability to play through the entire album in Rock Band
2’s different modes, including Quickplay, where the album will be called out in
its own subheader, and Tour Challenges, where users will be prompted to play
through all of the tracks in a standalone setlist. These tracks join “Saints of
Los Angeles”, “Down at the Whisky” and “Face Down in the Dirt” previously
offered as DLC, to bring the total of Mötley Cre songs in the game to 13.
Dr. Feelgood joins the growing list of Rock Band 2 albums in the DLC music
catalog, which includes Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Blood Sugar Sex Magik, Rush’s
Moving Pictures, Megadeth’s Peace Sells… But Who’s Buying?, Pixies’ Doolittle,
Judas Priests’ Screaming For Vengeance and The Cars’ The Cars. With the addition
of the Mötley Cre album there are now more than 300 tracks available to date
via disc and download purchase (complete list of tracks at
http://www.rockband.com/music). Rock Band continues to fly off shelves and
satisfy music fans and gamers’ voracious appetite for rock with more than 21
million downloads since its launch on November 20, 2007. The Rock Band Music
Store allows players to preview and purchase downloadable individual music
tracks and packs from the vast selection of offerings available to date without
ever leaving the game as they build their own custom Rock Band library.
Rock Band and Rock Band 2 allow online play and features that expand the
boundaries of music gaming. Rock Band downloadable content is playable and
integrated into setlists in all game modes. In order to play downloadable
content for head-to-head matches or multiplayer online, all players must own the
same downloadable track. Downloadable content for Xbox 360 is available for
purchase via Xbox LIVE Marketplace for Xbox 360 using Microsoft Points and is
downloaded directly to the hard drive of Xbox 360. Downloadable content for the
PLAYSTATION 3 system’s version of Rock Band is available for purchase on the
PlayStation Store through the free PlayStation Network and is downloaded
directly to PLAYSTATION 3 system’s built in hard drive.
Rock Band 2 for Xbox 360 is now available nationwide and supports all
previously downloaded content. The groundbreaking music platform that forever
changed the face of music video games is committed to taking gaming to the next
level with the evolution of the franchise. Rock Band 2 will be available for
additional platforms later this year.
Rock Band and Rock Band 2 are rated "T" for Teen (lyrics, mild suggestive
themes) by the ESRB.
For more information on Rock Band2 and Harmonix Music Systems please visit
www.rockband.com and
www.harmonixmusic.com
