Time for the Dead Heads to celebrate.  The newest track pack for Rock Band has been released and not only does it feature the Grateful Dead, but it contains 6 songs instead of the usual 3.
The songs included in the pack are;
“China Cat Sunflower” (Master)
“Casey Jones” (Master)
“Sugar Magnolia” (Master)
“Truckin” (Master)
“Franklin’s Tower” (Master)
“I Need A Miracle” […]

Guitar Hero Aerosmith is now available for pre-order through the Red Octane website. Order soon and you can get a Guitar Hero keychain.
Pricing is $49.99 for the Wii and PS2 versions of the game, and $59.99 for the 360 and PS3 versions.
Pricing is for the game only. This game is not bundled with […]

 If you recall from a previous post, Jonathan Coulton performed ‘Still Alive’ on Rock Band with Leo Laporte, Merlin Mann, and Veronica Belmont.
This weeks broadcast of Leo Laporte’s This Week inTech(TWiT) features all the members of “The Band” as they were assembled last Friday.
Head on over to TWiT.tv to listen to the broadcast
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Jonathan Coulton performing […]

The latest track pack for Guitar Hero III is a No Doubt track pack.  It seems to be currently available only for the 360, but is expected to be available for the PS3 later on today.
The tracks on the pack are;
No Doubt - “Don’t Speak”
No Doubt - “Excuse Me Mr.”
No Doubt - “Sunday Morning”
Individual tracks […]

As first mentioned on their forum, Harmonix has released patches for a few songs for Rock Band.  The patches fix incorrect genres for most of the tracks, with one patch fixing vocals.
For the incorrect genre fixes, here are the titles with original release dates;
“Can’t Stand Losing You” 20-Nov
“Roxanne” 20-Nov
“Synchronicity II” 20-Nov
“Police Pack 01” 020-Nov
“Brass in […]

Last Friday, February 22nd, visitors to San Francisco’s Great American Music Hall were treated to a performance of ‘Still Alive’ played on Rock Band.
The performers were Jonathan Coulton(of course) on vocals, TWiT.TV’s Leo Laporte on bass, 43 Folders’ Merlin Mann on drums, and Mahalo Daily’s Veronica Belmont on guitar.
They played live on stage in front of 600 people and […]

Portal fans rejoice.
At this years Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, the Valve team announced that the song ‘Still Alive’ would be available as a download for Rock Band.
Valve held a party at Temple nightclub in San Francisco, with entertainment supplied by Jonathan Coulton.  At the end of his set, Coulton announced that he had just […]

From Holmen, Wisconsin, comes a story about why you should lock up your Guitar Hero if you’re going to prison, as well as some handy tips on how, should it be stolen, to recover it when you get out.
The unidentified victim in this case, who had just been released from prison, came home to discover that while he was gone his […]

Gamespot UK has posted an interview with Kai Huang, founder and President of Red Octane.
They met up with Huang in London at a gig for The Answer that was set up to promote the upcoming Guitar Hero games.
Gamespot and Huang discusssed the upcoming Guitar Hero Aerosmith, Guitar Hero IV, as well as various rumors - specifically that […]

The Amazon.com deal of the day is for Rock Band for the XBOX 360.
It is currently on sale for $34.95 US, a savings of $25.00(or 42%).
This is for the game only, no guitar, drums, or mic.
Edit: This sale price is now gone…
Related Links:
Rock Band (Game Only) at Amazon.com