Harmonix talks Rock Band song selection, more The Who DLC confirmed

by Dustin Burg { Aug 16th 2008 at 2:00PM }

There's an interesting interview over on IGN where the Harmonix crew sits down to chit-chat about the Rock Band 2 song selection process as well as the tactics and strategies that are involved. All of which tells us a lot about them and Rock Band. One being that Harmonix takes the Rock Band track selection process seriously. Two being that they're busy bees when it comes to securing and licensing band music. Third being that we can all but expect to see more The Who downloadable content in the near future. And that, friends, is what Martha Stewart would call a very, very good thing. Like we said, it's a good read, so make the jump and begin the traditional reading process.

[Thanks, Dark Caboose]

Tags: ea, harmonix, mtv-games, rock-band, rock-band-2

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Stephen @ Aug 16th 2008 2:23PM

More Who DLC, am i excited?
(you better)You Bet i am.

Tony @ Aug 16th 2008 2:26PM

I noticed this:

"IGN: Are the 20 free DLC tracks Harmonix plans going to feature any of the artists included in the RB2 disc or are these completely different artists?"

I had never actually heard about this before. Does anyone have more info on it?

Andrew @ Aug 16th 2008 3:06PM

There are going to be 20 free DLC songs available at realease, and that's pretty much all anyone knows.

Timur Tabi @ Aug 16th 2008 3:08PM

RB2 was supposed to come with 100 tracks, but they only had time to put 80 on the disc. So the remaining 20 will be a free update.

zourskittles @ Aug 16th 2008 3:19PM

shortly after rock band 2 releases there will be a 20 song pack for free. just a little extra. as far as i know, we dont know what they are though

zourskittles @ Aug 16th 2008 3:20PM

wow those other 2 replys didnt show when i posted mine, now i feel dumb. but there you go, 3 answers.

Tony @ Aug 16th 2008 3:33PM

Ha, thanks everyone :)

OTAM @ Aug 16th 2008 4:09PM

*sigh*

Well,we got that metal pack with Megadeth,so I guess it'll be another 70 packs of classic and 90's rock before we get anymore metal.

I mean,they gave us Screaming For Vengeance,so clearly we need 100 more songs from Rush and The Who to balance that out.

More Disturbed,more Iron Maiden,more Megadeth,Pantera,etc. I'm so sick of the 90's and classic rock they pump out week after week for months now.

GibGirl @ Aug 17th 2008 2:06PM

Oh no, you don't have enough metal music yet. Boo-hoo.

Notice that you can choose a goth attitude and a goth clothing style, but there's not a single track of goth music in the game?

I'm not feeling sorry for you.

Chance @ Aug 16th 2008 4:21PM

Nevermind please.

NvM @ Aug 16th 2008 5:22PM

Yeah, I'd like that too.
They talked about releasing that before RB1 cam out.

Tann @ Aug 16th 2008 5:20PM

id like nevermind:)

Dark Caboose @ Aug 16th 2008 5:22PM

I know Nevermind was promised before the game came out but i never went through. I am thinking there is going to a cold day in hell before we get it. But hey what do i know im typeing this on a comptuer in Disney Quest in Disney World.

Xoviet chiK @ Aug 16th 2008 6:46PM

lol @ Disney Quest.

Our school planned DQ Chicago for our eighth grade trip and everyone was really adamant about not participating. Closed down three months later, :P

I'd like to think that was our doing.

Xoviet chiK @ Aug 16th 2008 6:38PM

Metric Pack, please. Hustle Rose, Empty, and Dead Disco.

We need some fun songs with female vocalists, CrushCrushCrush can only carry us so far before we are forced to dredge into poor The Sounds covers and... Brass in Pocket. Also, more The Sounds please!

birdshake @ Aug 19th 2008 6:11AM

Metric would be amazing. However, I think Metric is a little to under the radar for them to put time into it.

I have to admit I'm getting tired of all this 80's rock. Very very tired.

mshimer5 @ Aug 17th 2008 6:54PM

Hell yeah Metric!!! I have been wanting some metric love for a long time. Also, how about some Sleater-Kinney. They want more female bands...there is two.

gayboyDS @ Aug 16th 2008 10:21PM

I LOVE playing Rock Band, but I know I look gay doing it!

LiQuidSnakex @ Aug 16th 2008 11:27PM

More Who? Meh. They should focus more on metal and punk (excluding pop-punk) for DLC.

Deezul @ Aug 16th 2008 11:53PM

Great the Harmonix has new content coming out, but what I got out of it was that they would never come out and say, "no, we're not going to get that" but came down to "Group XXX? We're working on that." I'm sure they could have said have asked, "Hey, how about Avril Lavigne or Mylie Cyrus?" and Harmonix wouldn't have flat out said, "No."