Rock Band News & Interviews

Blink-182, Weezer, KISS Kick off Summer Tours with Rock Band Three Packs
07/24/2009
Plus tracks from Kings of Leon, Rancid, Rise Against, Mötley Crue and more for Wii and songs from James Gang and Alien Ant Farm for Rock Band Unplugged!

Kings of Leon and Rancid Make Rock Band Debuts
07/17/2009
Plus tracks from No Doubt, Judas Priest, The Dead Weather and more for Wii and songs from The Grateful Dead and Thin Lizzy for Rock Band Unplugged!

Judas Priest, The Dead Weather, Big Dipper Offer Three Packs for Rock Band
07/10/2009
Plus tracks from The Pixies, Foreigner, The Killers and more for Wii and songs from Radiohead and Killswitch Engage for Rock Band Unplugged!

Rock Band Presents Three More Warped Tour Tracks, Foreigner Three Pack
06/26/2009
It feels like the first time for Foreigner, the second time for the Warped Tour

Pearl Jam Three Pack Comes to Rock Band
06/22/2009
Harmonix and MTV Games today announced that three tracks from alternative rock legends Pearl Jam will be added to the Rock Band Music Store of downloadable content next week for the Xbox 360 and PLAYSTATION 3

Rock Band Presents Five Warped Tour Tracks
06/19/2009
Maroon 5 three pack also added to Rock Band Music Store

Rock Band Turns it up to 11 with Spinal Tap
06/12/2009
Spinal Tap four pack and Evanescence three pack come to the Rock Band Music Store starting June 16

Green Day Bringing Their Music Exclusively to Rock Band
06/11/2009
First Green Day DLC Three Pack To Include 21 Guns, Know Your Enemy, East Jesus Nowhere From 21st Century Breakdown on July 7th

Rock Band Announces Iron Maiden Track Pack
05/29/2009
Iron Maiden master recordings made available as downloadable content for Rock Band Music Store for the first time

Rock Band DLC Alert Brings 6 Bonnaroo Artists
05/29/2009
Bonnaroo is a four-day annual festival in Tennessee

Ministry to Make its Rock Band Debut with Three Pack of Industrial Metal Rock
05/22/2009
The Zombies, The Cranberries Also Make First Rock Band Appearance

Pepsi and Rock Band Team Up To Make You Famous
05/21/2009
Summer Promotion to Offer Music Fans Thousands of Rock Band Tracks and Games

Rock Band Gets Alice Cooper and Taking Back Sunday
05/15/2009
The father of Shock Rock Alice Cooper makes his Rock Band debut; Taking Back Sunday adds three pack to the Rock Band Music Store

Rock Band DLC Alert Brings Steely Dan and More
05/08/2009
Social Distortion Rocks A Three Pack On To The Rock Band Music Store

Rock Band 2 Delivers Franz Ferdinand and More
05/01/2009
Decades of rock land on the Rock Band Music Store with tracks from Franz Ferdinand, The Allman Brothers Band, The Distillers and More

Rock Band DLC Alert- Guns N' Roses
04/10/2009
Guns N’ Roses Album Chinese Democracy Shreds Its Way On To Rock Band

Toby Keith Coming to the Rock Band Music Store
03/30/2009
Harmonix and MTV Games today announced that music superstar Toby Keith will make his Rock Band debut with the addition of six tracks to the Rock Band Music Store of downloadable content

Journey and Pat Benatar Lead Rock Band Weekly Lineup
03/27/2009
Plus music from rockers Glasvegas and Von Bondies

Rock Band Franchise Officially Surpasses $1 Billion Dollars
03/26/2009
Over 40 Million Paid Individual Songs Sold Via Download To Date On Rock Band Platform

Rock Band Cranks Up Ten! The Award Winning Debut Album from Pearl Jam
03/20/2009
Harmonix and MTV Games announced today that Ten, the 1991 album that introduced the world to Pearl Jam, will be released in its entirety for download in the Rock Band Music Store

Rock Band 2 Wii DLC
03/17/2009
Rock Band Gives Wii Owners Live Recordings From The Who

James Brown Hits Rock Band
03/13/2009
Rock Band “Gets the Funk Out” with music from Average White Band, Earth, Wind & Fire and James Brown

Texas Flood Hits Rock Band
02/27/2009
Rock Band adds the electric sound of Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble with the full Texas Flood album

Rock Band Gets a Second Dose of Country Plus a 3-Pack From Jimmy Eat World
02/20/2009
“Alt Country 01” 5-pack features a signature mix of alternative country sounds from bluegrass and rockabilly to honky-tonk rock

White Zombie and Turbonegro Coming to Rock Band Music Store
02/13/2009
Rock Band adds punk and some serious heavy metal to the Rock Band Music Store

Rock Band Expands Indie Rock Selection with a 3-Pack from The Fratellis
02/06/2009
Harmonix and MTV Games announced today that Scottish alternative rock band The Fratellis will make its Rock Band debut with the addition of three tracks to the Rock Band Music Store catalog of downloadable content

RB2 DLC Thin Lizzy, Pat Benetar, The Pretenders
01/30/2009
MTV Games announced today the addition of seven new tracks to the Rock Band Music Store

RB2 DLC Grateful Dead
01/26/2009
Rock Band Excites Dead Heads With Another 6 Pack

Harmonix Announces Steve Miller DLC for Rock Band
01/16/2009
Tracks from Godsmack, Belly, Ghost Hounds, Mute Math and Rob Zombie also added

Lenny Kravitz Tracks Available via Rock Band Music Store
01/09/2009
Harmonix bands Megasus and Honest Bob and the Factory-to-Dealer Incentives also added

Rock Band Delivers Roy Orbison to the Rock Band Music Store
01/02/2009
Grammy Award-winning Roy Orbison was a singer, songwriter and performer whose distinctive sound scored him an astounding nine Top 10 hits in four years in the early 1960s

Rock Band Celebrates 500 Song Milestone As It Adds No Doubt's: 'The Singles 1992-2003' Pack to the Rock Band Music Catalog
12/08/2008
Rock Band goes Country with addition of 5-Pack that Includes Brad Paisley, Brooks & Dunn, Dixie Chicks and more

Rock Band Celebrates 500 Song Milestone
12/06/2008
MTV Games, today announced the rock-pop pioneers of No Doubt will bring 13 tracks to the Rock Band music catalog

Rock Band Brings The Killers DLC to the Music Store
11/21/2008
MTV Games and Harmonix add brand new music from The Killers, classics from Soundgarden and more to the Rock Band downloadable Music Store catalog

Rock Band Announces New DLC: 3-Packs
11/14/2008
Harmonix and MTV Games announced today a monster line up of tracks including three 3-packs that will be added to the Rock Band® Music Store

Rock Band Announces New DLC: Foo Fighters Album
11/07/2008
Rock Band brings Foo Fighters album The Colour and the Shape to the Rock Band Music Catalog of Downloadable Content

Rock Band Announces New DLC: Presidents of the United States of America
10/31/2008
20 Free DLC Tracks for Rock Band 2 Owners Available Starting November 4th

Rock Band Brings Nirvana DLC to the Music Catalog
10/17/2008
This week’s mammoth lineup features seven master recordings from legendary, alternative grunge band, Nirvana

Mötley Crue Album Dr. Feelgood Coming to Rock Band
10/10/2008
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

Rock Band Adds the Offspring 3-Pack
10/03/2008
George Thorogood and The Destroyers and More Added to its Extensive Download Music Store Catalog

AC/DC Comes Exclusively To Rock Band
09/30/2008
AC/DC comes exclusively to Rock Band beginning this November for the worldwide release of AC/DC LIVE: Rock Band Track Pack

Rock Band Disc Export Title Update Goes Live
09/04/2008
Title Update Allows Owners of the Original Rock Band Disc to Export 55 Tracks From the Game for Play with Upcoming Rock Band 2

New Rock Band DLC Brings Locksley
08/29/2008
Rock Band Brings Locksley Tracks To Downloadable Music Store Catalogue

Rock Band Fans Can be Modern Day Warriors with Complete Rush Album Moving Pictures
08/21/2008
Harmonix and MTV Games announced today the addition of the fourth complete album to the Rock Band Music Store catalog of downloadable content

Radiate Your Sets With TAC's Illuminated Drumsticks
08/07/2008
Illuminated Drumsticks In Red or Blue Now Available to Light the Way For Rock Band and Guitar Hero World Tour Drum Sets

Rock Band Teams with Crue Fest Adding New Tracks to Download Catalog
08/01/2008
SOAD Goes “B.Y.O.B.” With Two New Tracks At Music Store

Rock Band Continues to Debut New Singles in Download Catalog
07/25/2008
Testament Dig Into Their Catalog For Rock Band

Rock Band Adds Killer Nine Inch Nails Tracks to Download Catalog
07/18/2008
Shinedown “Junkies For Fame” Exclusive To Rock Band

Harmonix, MTV Games And Ea To Ship Rock Band To Seven Additional Countries This Year
07/14/2008
Award-Winning Music Game Coming To Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Sweden, Belgium, Netherlands, and Luxembourg

Rock Band Download Catalog Progressing with Two New Rush Tracks
07/07/2008
Chili Peppers Season The Catalog With “Snow ((Hey Oh))”

Rock Band Takes Fans And Gamers On An Amazing Journey
07/01/2008
Special Edition DLC Includes Three Songs from The Who’s Classic Concert Album “Live at Leeds,” The First Live Recordings Featured in ROCK BAND™

Rock Band Adds Special Cruefest Pack to Catalog of Downloadable Content
06/30/2008
Also available is a free track from Vesuvius, featured in the upcoming Rainn Wilson comedy, The Rocker

Rock Band Takes Over This Summer's Hottest Tours!!
06/30/2008
MTV Games have turned up the heat on this summer’s concert season by putting Rock Band™ on the road

Sony Computer Entertainment America Supports AST Dew Tour for Its Fourth Year
06/19/2008
PlayStation(R) Continues to Support and Engage the Action Sports Community

The Offspring, Avenged Sevenfold, and Crooked X Coming to Rock Band
06/13/2008
Rock Band adds new music from The Offspring and riff-driven tracks from Avenged Sevenfold and Crooked X to catalog of downloadable content

Rock Band Adds Influential Pixies Album Doolittle to Downloadable Music Catalog
06/13/2008
Rock Band Music Store Hits DLC Benchmark With More Than 200 Songs and 12 Million Downloads

Rock Band Goes to Japan
06/02/2008
Harmonix and MTV to Partner with Q Entertainment for Rock Band: Japan

Parrotheads Rejoice as Jimmy Buffett Re-Records Classic Tracks for Rock Band
05/30/2008
New music from Chicago metallers Disturbed also added to Rock Band catalog of downloadable content

Harmonix & MTV Announce Release Schedule for First Wave of Downloadable Content For Rock Band
05/22/2008
MTV Games today announced a stellar first line-up of weekly downloadable content

Harmonix & MTV Announce Release Schedule for First Wave of Downloadable Content For Rock Band
05/22/2008
MTV Games today announced a stellar first line-up of weekly downloadable content

New Rock Band DLC Features The Cars Classic 1978  Self-Titled  Album!!!
05/21/2008
Rock Band Lets The Good Times Roll With The Cars’ Classic 1978 Self-Titled Debut Album

Rock Bandt Defends The Faith By Adding Judas Priest
04/18/2008
MTV Games announced today the first complete album to be added to the Rock Band downloadable content catalog

MOTLEY CRUE First Band Ever To Release Brand new Single In Rock Band
04/15/2008
"Saints of Los Angeles" from upcoming Mötley Crue album available through Rock Band beginning April 15

MTV Games' Rock Band and MTV2 Hit the Road with Seether and Flyleaf
04/07/2008
Rock Band and MTV2 Present One of the Hottest Rock Tours This Spring

Rock Band Downloadable Content Goes Six Times Platinum
03/20/2008
6 million songs in Rock Band purchased in just over 3 months

Rock Ban Drum Kits Ship to U.S. and Canadian Retail Stores
02/20/2008
Harmonix announced today that individual drum peripherals for Rock Band have now started shipping

The Academy Awards Honors Call of Duty 4, Bioshock, and The Orange Box
02/08/2008
The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences Inducts Mike Morhaime Into Hall of Fame and Bestows Lifetime Achievement Award on Ken Kutaragi

Standalone Rock Band Instruments Coming to U.S. Retail Stores
01/24/2008
Music Fans and Gamers Prepare to Expand the Band, Rock the World

Rock Band Downloadable Content Goes "Double Platinum"
01/18/2008
Music fans/gamers burn up Xbox LIVE Marketplace and PLAYSTATION NETWORK downloading chart-busting hits from Metallica, Foreigner, Weezer & more

Rock Band is Available Nationwide Today!
11/20/2007
Rock Band is an all-new platform for music fans and gamers to interact with music like never before.

Harmonix and MTV Games Award-Winning Rock Band Goes Gold
11/05/2007
Groundbreaking Music Video Game Has Gone Into Final Production

MTV Games and Harmonix Unveil Set List for Rock Band
10/29/2007
Electronic Arts, announced today the final song list for its highly anticipated music videogame Rock Band

Harmonix, MTV Games And Electronic Arts Blend Rock Fantasy And Reality With Rockband.Com
10/25/2007
Harmonix revealed today details for the ROCKBAND.com social community

E for All: Sets The Stage For Rock Band Mobile Tour
10/16/2007
Fans Face-Off for the Opportunity to Rock on MTV at This Week’s Inaugural Video Game Event

EA Rings in the Holiday with Blockbuster Line-Up
10/08/2007
EA Titles Hit North American Retail Outlets with Unique Pre-order Programs That Are Sure to Stuff Stockings and Bring Joy to Gamers of All Ages

Rock BandT Coming to a City Near You MTV Games, Harmonix and Electronic Arts Kickoff Nationwide Tour
09/06/2007
Fans Play for Opportunity to Rock On-Air in MTV’s “Battle of the Bands

Grateful Dead Join Super Group Line-up Coming to Rock Band
09/05/2007
Harmonix and MTV Games Partner with Rhino Entertainment to bring 18 Classic Grateful Dead Master Recordings to the Rock Band Videogame Platform

GZ Interview: Those About to Rock, We Salute You: Harmonix’s Sean Baptiste talks Rock Band
09/04/2007
“If you think that you’re playing a video game when you’re playing Rock Band, we didn’t do our job right.”

MTV Games, Harmonix and EA Bringing Rock Band to Europe
08/22/2007
Rolling Stones, Radiohead, Nine Inch Nails and More Deepen the Catalog of On-Disc

Steven Van Zandt to Chair Upcoming Videogame Rock Band's Music Advisory Board
07/11/2007
Celebrity Advisory Board to Select Hundreds of Artists, Albums and Songs for

Rock Band First Ever Videogame to Offer Digitally-Distributed Game Levels Based on Full-Length Albums
07/11/2007
Developer Will Publish New Downloadable Content Every Week After Game’s Release

Metallica Lets Fans Dig Deeper with Rock Band
07/11/2007
Harmonix, MTV Games and the Superstar Band Bring Multiple Tracks to Rock Band Videogame

Detailed Game Information for Rock Band
07/05/2007
The Ultimate Interactive Music Game Experience

Fender to Equip Rock Band – The Upcoming Music Videogame
05/08/2007
Rock Band to Exclusively Feature Guitar Peripheral Modeled After Iconic Fender Stratocaster and In-Game Fender Branded Guitars, Basses and Amps

Harmonix, MTV: Music Television And EA Announce Rock Band
04/02/2007
At a press conference earlier today, EA and Harmonix revealed more information on their upcoming rock game, Rock Band