Aerosmith exclusive to Guitar Hero, Rock Band DLC denied

by Dustin Burg { Apr 29th 2008 at 2:30PM }

Rock Band fanboys who never plan on ever going back to the Guitar Hero days yet fully support Steven Tyler and his band will be shedding a tear today. Shedding a tear because it was just revealed that Aerosmith struck a deal with the Guitar Hero franchise allowing them exclusive use of their music, meaning no Aero love for Harmonix or Rock Band. Which isn't all that surprising seeing that Activision has been treating Aerosmith like royalty lately, with plans of releasing a special Guitar Hero: Aerosmith edition later this June and licensing their likeness, names and music. All said, Rock Band owners can still experience a bit of Aerosmith with the game's "Train Kept A Rollin" track which was licensed prior to the band's agreement with Activision. It'll be the only Aerosmith Rock Band sees for a long, long while.

[Via Joystiq]

Tags: activision, aerosmith, ea, gh-aero, guitar-hero, guitar-hero-aerosmith, harmonix, mtv-games, neversoft, rock-band

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

qbix @ Apr 29th 2008 2:35PM

Although the idea of exclusivity as a trend is not encouraging, I won't miss Aerosmith. They can keep it. I'll be over here enjoying an entire Pixies album (in June).

mike k. @ Apr 29th 2008 2:42PM

Yeah.. well half dead rockers will die like the dinasours. Music industry needs to wake up and see Rock Band and guitar hero has platforms for their music and not just an extra revenue stream that they can afford to bandy about with exclusives. In the end the smart people will realize they should put their stuff out on as many systems as they can, because they hit the most people that way, thus making them more money in the end, than any exclusive deal could garner them.

Tony @ Apr 29th 2008 2:46PM

I don't know, the big labels have barely been able to figure out how to handle MP3s... Stuff like Rock Band will always continue to be foreign and scary to them.

That said, there's a lot of Aerosmith songs I like, but so few I'd even consider buying. If any. Still I wouldn't like to see this happen on a regular basis. The potential for that is pretty scary... but considering the next GH is so focused on the group, this seems far more of an exception than a new rule.

Gemini Ace @ Apr 29th 2008 2:54PM

Now if we can get all the other shitty 70's rock to be exclusive to GH then all will be right with the world.

JakubK666 (Ninja Defence Force) @ Apr 29th 2008 5:07PM

That is offcourse before all RB fanboys would start crying about how GH3 gets exlcusive Led Zeppelin and AC/DC.

Don't diss the 70's!

Gemini Ace @ Apr 29th 2008 9:55PM

Led Zeppelin I want in Rock Band. GH can have AC/DC.

Kizzle @ Apr 29th 2008 3:06PM

Who gives a damn? Rock Band has already released enough DLC to fill an entire sequel while GH is still futzing around with once-in-a-while overpriced track packs and exclusivity clauses for bands no one gives a shit about.

It's over. Rock Band has taken the throne.

emirabal @ Apr 29th 2008 3:16PM

I could care less

Grimm @ Apr 29th 2008 3:35PM

OMG I might die...oh wait no I don't give a fuck. Let's see would I rather play new music or 20 year old music I've heard 5 million times? That's a fuckin question...*laughs and pisses all over activision*

dunnypop @ Apr 29th 2008 3:43PM

I wonder how well GH: Aerosmith will do?
I hope it's a big flop.
Granted Aerosmith are Rock Legends... but do they have a big enough fan (around the ages of 12 - 35) that will be dishing out the money to buy this?

I sure won't.

and the DLC on Rock Band is killing me. I think I spent about $40 so far.

Mark @ Apr 29th 2008 3:52PM

There are one or two songs that might have been good to play like "Sweet Emotion" and I'm sure "Love in an Elevator" would have brought all the amateur vocalists that grew up in the 80s out of the woodwork. But I'm not shedding any tears for the 90s and 2000s songs.

Mikemyerz666 @ Apr 29th 2008 5:28PM

fuckin gay! i like both franchises don't get me wrong, but i think they both share songs already, why not just allow both companies a chance to put them in their game, if guitar hero ends up puttin out Crazy, but not Amazing, then allow rock band to put it out, seeing as activision takes it sweet ass time putting out DLC for it's games, rock band pretty much guarantees us a money shot of songs, good ones.

Jared @ Apr 29th 2008 6:37PM

HA! Aerosmith don't even write any of their songs anymore.

They probably didn't even have to give their permission for the actual USE of the songs unless they were pre-Get a Grip.

Aerosmith may as well be Britney Spears. They're no longer musicians, just performers.