Rock Band Wii DLC Alert- Grateful Dead and More

May 18, 2009

FRANZ FERDINAND, GRATEFUL DEAD,
THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND AMONG NEW ROCK TRACKS TO HIT THE Wii ROCK BAND MUSIC
STORE

Harmonix and MTV Games today
announced an onslaught of rock coming this week to the Rock Band® Music Store
catalogue of downloadable content for Wii system, with 25 new tracks, including
six songs from the eclectic and legendary Grateful Dead. This week’s music
update also includes songs from The Knack, Coheed & Cambria, the B-52s,
Buzzcocks, The Runaways, T-Rex, At the Gates, Evile and The Haunted. Wii Rock
Band 2 owners will also gain access to tracks recently released to other gaming
consoles, including Franz Ferdinand, The Allman Brothers Band, The Distillers,
Prong, Luscious Jackson and Alien Ant Farm.

Wii fans can expect a rollout of
previously released downloadable Rock Band content until the entire back
catalogue of more than 670 songs is available.

Release Date:       
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
  



 

** Dates for Rock Band game tracks are tentative and
subject to change *
*


Tracks:      

Franz
Ferdinand                                    


“Take Me Out”


          Franz
Ferdinand                                    


“Do You Want To”


          Franz
Ferdinand                                    


“Lucid Dreams”


          Alien Ant
Farm                                     


“Smooth Criminal”


          The Allman
Brothers Band                      


“Blue Sky”


          The Allman
Brothers Band                      


“Midnight Rider”


          The
Distillers                                        


“Drain the Blood”


          Luscious
Jackson                                  


“Naked Eye”


         
Prong                                                 


“Idealistic Types”


         
Prong                                                 


“The Banishment”


          The
Knack                                           


“My Sharona”*


          Coheed &
Cambria                                


Ten
Speed (Of God’s Blood & Burial)"*


          The
B-52s                                           


“Roam”


          Buzzcocks                                           

“Ever Fallen in Love”*


          The
Runaways                                      


“Cherry Bomb”*


         
T-Rex                                                 


“Bang a Gong”*


          Grateful
Dead                                      


“Casey Jones”


          Grateful
Dead                                      


“China Cat Sunflower”


          Grateful
Dead                                      


“Franklin’s Tower”


          Grateful
Dead                                      


“I Need A Miracle”


          Grateful
Dead                                      


“Sugar Magnolia”


          Grateful
Dead                                      


“Truckin’”


          At the
Gates                                        


“Blinded by Fear”


          Evile                                                   

“Thraser”


          The
Haunted                                        


“D.O.A.”

   
    

 

(*Denotes a cover track)

  

Price:                   
$2.00
(200 Wii Points) per
track

                               


Location:                  


In-game

Rock Band 2

Music Store

(Wii Points must be purchased through the

Wii™ Shop Channel)

                ** Dates for Rock Band game tracks
are tentative and subject to change **


 

Location: In-game Rock Band 2 Music
Store (Wii Points must be purchased through the Wii™ Shop Channel)

** Dates for Rock Band game tracks
are tentative and subject to change **

San Francisco-based Grateful Dead,
one of the defining classic rock outfits of the late 60s, delivers six songs,
including “China Cat Sunflower” from 1969’s Aoxomoxoa, “Two Weeks” from 1970’s
Workingman’s Dead, “Truckin’” from 1970’s classic American Beauty, “Sugar
Magnolia” from 1972’s Europe ’72, “Franklin’s Tower” from 1975’s Blues for Allah
and “I Need a Miracle” from 1978’s Shakedown Street.

Scottish band Franz Ferdinand will
release three tracks to the Wii Rock Band Music Store this week, including the
band’s signature song “Take Me Out,” from their self-titled 2004 album; “Do You
Want To” from You Could Have It So Much Better (2005) and “Lucid Dreams,”
featured on the album Tonight: Franz Ferdinand (2009).

This week’s content update features
southern rock from The Allman Brothers Band with “Midnight Rider,” featured on
1970’s Idlewild South, and “Blue Sky,” featured on the band’s 1972 classic album
Eat a Peach. The Allman Brothers Band made its Rock Band debut with “Ramblin’
Man” on the Rock Band 2 soundtrack.

New York City metal band Prong will
add “The Banishment” and “Idealistic Types” to the Rock Band Music Store. Both
tracks are featured on Prong’s latest album, Power of the Damager (2007). In
addition, Wii Rock Band fans will gain access to The Distillers’ “Drain the
Blood,” from Coral Fang (2003), “Smooth Criminal” from Alien Ant Farm’s
ANThology (2001) and Luscious Jackson’s “Naked Eye” from Fever In Fever Out
(1996).

Rock Band 2 is available now for
Xbox 360, PLAYSTATION 3 and Playstation®2 systems and the Wii System. The Xbox
360, PLAYSTATION 3 system and Wii versions support downloadable content.

Downloadable content for Wii is
purchased via the in-game Rock Band Music Store using Wii Points purchased
through the Wii Shop Channel and can be downloaded to the memory of the Wii or
to an SD card for additional storage. The tracks stream directly from the SD
card for seamless play.

To view a complete list of the more
than 670 tracks available in the Rock Band music back catalog please visit
www.rockband.com/music
With the addition of these tracks there are now 175 tracks in the Wii Rock Band
Music Store.

Rock Band continues to satisfy music
fans’ and gamers’ voracious appetite for rock with more than 40 million paid
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 are rated "T" for Teen (lyrics, suggestive themes) by the ESRB.

For more information on Rock Band2
and Harmonix Music Systems please visit
www.rockband.com  and
www.harmonixmusic.com