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Rock Band Wiikly: The Who, The Who, and more The Who

by David Hinkle { Mar 24th 2009 at 12:01PM }

Hey, guess what's available at the Rock Band store? Oh, you can read headlines. Well then, yeah, tons of The Who available to you this week, along with a handful of non-The Who tracks. There are 12 new tracks total, so let's get to it!

Tracks from The Who (200 Wii Points each)

"Amazing Journey" - The Who
"Behind Blue Eyes" - The Who
"Eminence Front" - The Who
"Going Mobile" - The Who
"Leaving Here" - The Who
"Real Good Looking Boy" - The Who
"Sea and Sand" - The Who
"Who Are You" - The Who

Individual tracks (200 Wii Points each)

"All I Want" - The Offspring
"The Kids Aren't Alright" - The Offspring
"Losing My Religion" - REM
"The Way That It Shows" - Richard Thompson

As usual, you can skip past the break to preview each track.

[All tracks are original master recordings]

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Overheard@E3: The Who said what?

by Alexander Sliwinski { Jul 17th 2008 at 12:30AM }

"We're a Who cover band, we're not nearly as good as all the others." -- The Who guitarist Pete Townshend.

The Who, the freakin' WHO, are on stage right now and this is the event of E3 2008. We probably won't be able to liveblog this while we're rockin' out, but check back later for pics of some industry folks off the clock. OK, we're missing the concert ... gotta run. Update: Check out our full gallery here.

Gallery: Joystiq @ The Who Rock Band concert

Joystiq live at Rock Band Bash 2008 ... with The Who

by Ross Miller { Jul 16th 2008 at 11:59PM }

We're live at the E3 2008 Rock Band bash. "Who" is the special guest band tonight? We have no clue yet, but we'll be updating the gallery with all the pics of the event we can publish, including some of the Joystiq crew making ~~fools~~ rock stars of themselves live on a Rock Band 2 stage. Update: We've decked out the gallery with pics from -- you guessed it -- The Who. Now we can try to enjoy ourselves a bit.

Gallery: Joystiq @ The Who Rock Band concert

The Who headlining Rock Band 2 party tonight

by Kevin Kelly { Jul 16th 2008 at 7:08PM }

Rumors have been flying left and right all day that The Who would be gracing the stage at the Rock Band party tonight. Well, we decided to visit the The Who's website to see if we could glean any clues. Yes, there's a huge clue right there in left hand news feed. "According to REUTERS, The Who are playing a private show at a historic theatre in Los Angeles this evening to help promote the "Rock Band" video game..."

It makes a lot of sense, because The Who's Rock Band content just dropped this week, so they should just change that to "according to our official website," but hey, The Who. Live in town to promote Rock Band 2. Now you're talkin' bout my generation. Rock on. Maybe Roger Daltrey isn't so bored by the game anymore. Or maybe all it takes to excite him is the smell of a paycheck.

We'll have a full report tonight, or tomorrow, depending on how coherent we are later. If we're lucky, it'll even have video and audio goodies in it.

Roger Daltrey 'bored' by Rock Band

by Kyle Orland { Jul 15th 2008 at 5:00PM }

"The Who recently licensed downloadable tracks for the video game Rock Band. Daltrey said he tried it and got bored quickly. He laments the way technology has shifted how people regularly interact with music, saying the scrapping of long-play records signaled the death of the music industry." (from CNN)

Roger Daltrey is 150 years old. (not from CNN; our estimate)

[Thanks Drake]

The Best of The Who available now!

by Xav de Matos { Jul 15th 2008 at 9:15AM }

If you feel like the E3 2008 news blitz is getting to you then maybe you just need to rock out for a little while. Thankfully, Harmonix has finally released 'The Best of The Who' compilation -- exclusively thrown together for Rock Band. Released as a replacement for the originally planned album 'Who's Next,' the compilation pack includes such classic tracks as "Baba O'Riley," "Who Are You" and "My Generation." Basically you should stop-drop and roll toward your console and download the album ASAP.

The Best of The Who Rock Band Edition (1600 MS points / $20) -- All songs are also sold individually (160 MS Points / $2)

"Amazing Journey"
"Baba O'Riley"
"Behind Blue Eyes"
"Eminence Front"
"Going Mobile"
"Leaving Here"
"My Generation" (LIVE)
"Real Good Looking Boy"
"Sea & Sand"
"Summertime Blues" (LIVE)
"Who Are You"
"Young Man Blues" (LIVE)

Videos of the songs can be found after the break.

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Rock Band Weekly: Best of The Who

by Alexander Sliwinski { Jul 14th 2008 at 6:25PM }

Just to make sure, we checked with Harmonix to see if there was any other music sneaking into this week's Rock Band DLC, like what happened with Weezer and Doolittle. So, for this week, the much anticipated "best of" The Who will be available, replacing The Who's Who's Next album originally announced many, many moons ago.

The Best of The Who Rock Band Edition (1600 MS points / $20) -- All songs are also sold individually (160 MS Points / $2)

"Amazing Journey"
"Baba O'Riley"
"Behind Blue Eyes"
"Eminence Front"
"Going Mobile"
"Leaving Here"
"My Generation" (LIVE)
"Real Good Looking Boy"
"Sea & Sand"
"Summertime Blues" (LIVE)
"Who Are You"
"Young Man Blues" (LIVE)

Videos for the songs can be found after the break. The album and tracks will be available tomorrow, July 15, for both Xbox 360 and PS3.

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PLAYSTATION Store gets daily updates this week

by Andrew Yoon { Jul 14th 2008 at 12:10PM }

With E3 happening this week (stay tuned for live coverage!), the PLAYSTATION Store will be updated every day, with new content arriving from first and third parties. In addition to the requisite trailers and videos that will appear on the Store, PlayStation will be bringing it home with playable content. Watch out for Rock Band DLC, featuring The Who, the official release of the Super Stardust HD team pack, and a new PSN game, Elefunk.

Stay tuned for more info as it happens.

The Who Rock Band DLC tracklist unveiled

by Alan Tsang { Jul 1st 2008 at 8:00PM }

Buried in the recent announcement of Rock Band 2 was a note about the July 15th release of a 12-song compilation from The Who. Originally they were to release the Who's Next album but were unable to locate all the masters. Instead, they will put together a collection called The Best of The Who Rock Band Edition. The pricing will be $20 for all 12 songs while individual songs will be $2. Of course, every track will be presented in their master recordings. Tracklist is as follows:

"Amazing Journey"
"Baba O'Riley"
"Behind Blue Eyes"
"Eminence Front"
"Going Mobile"
"Leaving Here"
"My Generation" (Live at Leeds)
"Real Good Looking Boy"
"Sea & Sand"
"Summertime Blues" (Live at Leeds)
"Who Are You"
"Young Man Blues" (Live at Leeds)

[Via Joystiq]

The Best of The Who Rock Band tracklist revealed

by Xav de Matos { Jul 1st 2008 at 9:30AM }

Before giving us a chance to ponder what could make its way onto the replacement set list for Rock Band's The Who DLC comes an official press release from the official website for the classic band. Included in the compilation release are three original tracks from the originally scheduled, and subsequently canceled, Who's Next album as well as three Live recordings. While it may not include all your favorite Who tracks (Sup, Pinball Wizard?) it does have a wide assortment of awesomeness.

The Best of The Who Rock Band Edition (1600 MS points / $20) -- All songs are also sold individually (160 MS Points / $2)

"Amazing Journey"
"Baba O'Riley"
"Behind Blue Eyes"
"Eminence Front"
"Going Mobile"
"Leaving Here"
"My Generation" (LIVE)
"Real Good Looking Boy"
"Sea & Sand"
"Summertime Blues" (LIVE)
"Who Are You"
"Young Man Blues" (LIVE)

Videos of the songs can be found after the break thanks to Joystiq. The Best of The Who is expected the week of July 15.

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The Best of The Who Rock Band set list revealed

by Ross Miller { Jul 1st 2008 at 3:30AM }

We didn't have to wait long to find out what tracks would be replacing Who's Next album DLC in Rock Band. The Who Official Band Website has published a press release revealing the 12 song "Best of" collection, featuring 3 songs from Who's Next (Baba O'Riley, Going Mobile and Behind Blue Eyes). All the tracks are presented in their master recordings.

The Best of The Who Rock Band Edition (1600 MS points / $20) -- All songs are also sold individually (160 MS Points / $2)

"Amazing Journey"
"Baba O'Riley"
"Behind Blue Eyes"
"Eminence Front"
"Going Mobile"
"Leaving Here"
"My Generation" (LIVE)
"Real Good Looking Boy"
"Sea & Sand"
"Summertime Blues" (LIVE)
"Who Are You"
"Young Man Blues" (LIVE)

Videos of the songs can be found after the break. The Best of The Who is expected the week of July 15.

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July 15th, Rock Band gets The Who DLC

by Dustin Burg { Jun 30th 2008 at 11:30AM }

You've been waiting for it, you've been demanding it and you've been whining for it for the past year. Rock Band downloadable content from The Who will officially be making its way into the Rock Band DLC library on Tuesday, July 15th. Woo-Who!

Confirmation of The Who DLC comes from the official press release announcing Rock Band 2, where they mention that twelve songs from The Who including "My Generation" and "Who Are You" will release to the XBLM for $1.99 a track (160 MS points) or as a bundled download for $19.99 (1600 MS points). Note though that The Who DLC will NOT be the entire Who's Next album but will instead be a compilation of twelve tracks. The reason being that (as rumored) they had troubles locating the master recordings of certain songs. No matter though, we're getting twelve tracks from The Who, so be happy!

[Thanks, HazyCloud]

AP: The Who coming July 15 to Rock Band

by Alexander Sliwinski { Jun 30th 2008 at 9:27AM }

Buried on the 11th paragraph on a story about Rock Band 2, The Associated Press reports this morning that 12 tracks from The Who "ranging from 'My Generation' to 'Who Are You' will release for Rock Band on July 15." Neither of those tracks are from the long-awaited album Who's Next, but at least this is something, right?

Harmonix CEO Alex Rigopulos confirms the rumors that Who's Next's release has been delayed due to missing master tracks. He said The Who's Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey helped get a best-of soundtrack together of what could be found. The songs will be $2 a piece or sold as a pack for $20. We've sent a request to Harmonix for more information and we'll update as soon as we finish putting this brick in the wall ... oops, wrong band.

[Thanks lv99squall]

Ultimate Band is less Disney, more Disnasty

by Alisha Karabinus { Jun 16th 2008 at 11:45AM }

Any White Stripes fan -- nay, any music fan at all -- can only look at this trailer for Disney's Ultimate Band and weep, perhaps while pounding a sharp-edged rock into the side of their skull. It's not the idea of yet another music game that will probably do the same things as all the other music games (including using Rock Band's instruments). It's the absolutely abhorrent quality of the included covers that has us writhing on the floor in pain and shame. That's got us wondering if all the music will be covers, since we know of several other songs and artists on tap for the title (and more who are rumored).

Ultimate Band was initially announced as being the peripheral-free answer to Rock Band and Guitar Hero, but now that rumored versions for the Xbox 360 and PS3 have been announced, word is that there will also be a version with instruments that will retail for $170.

Drag yourself past the break to see the list known artists and songs.

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Missing masters may be behind Who's Next DLC delay

by Kyle Orland { Jun 6th 2008 at 10:45AM }

Fans of The Who (Who? That's what I wanna know!) were understandably confused when the first full downloadable album for Rock Band was announced as Judas Priest's Screaming for Vengeance and not the long-promised Who's Next. Now a Rock Band forum poster thinks he may have stumbled across a a potential reason for the delay: missing master tapes.

In a February 2008 interview with thewho.com, ~~band~~ ~~frontman~~ guitarist Pete Townsend admitted the album "is no longer a complete set of masters. An entire side has been stolen from our vaults at some point." Since the master for Won't Get Fooled Again is already in the core game, the missing half is probably side 1 of the album, which includes classics like Baba O'Riley and Bargain. "These things happen," Townsend said by way of explanation.

Of course, there's nothing to say these tracks couldn't be replaced with cover versions in an eventual download pack, but this would seem to go against the spirit of the full album download program, at the very least. We've asked Harmonix for a comment on this story and will let you know if and when they respond.