The promised Green Day downloadable content for Rock Band is set to arrive next week, along with a roaring selection of tracks from artists on the metallicious Mayhem Tour.

Green Day Pack
• Green Day - "21 Guns"
• Green Day - "East Jesus Nowhere"
• Green Day - "Know Your Enemy"
Mayhem Pack
• Behemoth - "Conquer All"
• Black Dahlia Murder - "What a Horrible Night to Have a Curse"
• Cannibal Corpse - "Hammer Smashed Face"
• God Forbid - "Empire of the Gun"
• Job for a Cowboy - "Embedded"
• Marilyn Manson - "Disposable Teens"
• Slayer - "Black Magic"
• Whitechapel - "This Is Exile"

The tracks hit Xbox 360 and Wii on July 7 then PlayStation 3 on July 9, priced at $2 a pop (160 Microsoft Points, 200 Wii Points). 360 and PS3 rockers can also snag the whole Green Day Pack for $5.49 (440 MS Points) or Mayhem Pack for $13.49 (1,080 Points).

Next week's batch of Rock Band downloadable content has been announced through developer Harmonix's "Community Zine," with the following due next week:

Foreigner Three Pack
• "Blue Morning Blue Day"
• "Feels Like the First Time"
• "Headknocker"
Vans Warped Tour Three Pack
• Dear and the Headlights - "Sweet Talk"... Read more

Three more downloadable Pearl Jam tunes for Rock Band and Rock Band 2 will hit this week alongside the previously announced DLC, developer Harmonix has revealed.

Pearl Jam "Ten" Bonus Pack
• "Brother"
• "Alive (Live: Drop in the Park)"
• "State of Love & Trust (Live: Drop in the Park)

The three tunes were originally offered as an incentive to buy the physical re-release of Pearl Jam's "Ten" the week it hit stores--the same week that saw the bulk of the "Ten" album released as downloadable content for Rock Band and Rock Band 2.

Per usual, each song will sell individually for 160 Microsoft Points ($2), with the entire three-pack also available in a 440 Microsoft Point ($5.50) bundle. The tracks hit Xbox 360 on Tuesday, June 23, with the PlayStation 3 release following on Thursday, June 25.

Friday brings Rock Band downloadable content news of a pack featuring arists from the bodaciously gnarly Warped Tour festival, as well as tracks by the mellow Maroon 5.

Warped Tour Pack
• A Day to Remember - "The Downfall of Us All"
• Bad Religion - "21st Century Digital Boy"
• Chiodos - "I didn't Say I Was Powerful, I said I was a Wizard"
• Escape the Fate - "The Flood"
• Underoath - "Reinventing Your Exit"
Maroon 5 Pack
• Maroon 5 - "Little of Your Time"
• Maroon 5 - "Makes Me Wonder"
• Maroon 5 - "Wake Up Call"

All from original master recordings, the tracks will be available at $1.99 (160 Microsoft Points) a pop. The Maroon 5 Pack can also be bought complete for $5.49 (440 MS Points), while the whole Warped Tour Pack will run you a tidy $8.49 (680 MS Points).

Xbox Live Marketplace will be rocking to the sound of these tracks on Tuesday June 23, while the PlayStation Network will have to wait until Thursday June 25.

Continuing the long-running Friday tradition, Rock Band series developer Harmonix pulled back the curtain on the next batch of downloadable content for the franchise.

The following tunes hit Xbox 360 on Tuesday June 16 and PS3 on Thursday June 18:

Spinal Tap Pack
• Spinal Tap - "Back from the Dead"
• Spinal Tap - "Rock 'n' Roll Nightmare"
• Spinal Tap - "Saucy Jack"
• Spinal Tap - "Warmer Than Hell"
Evanescence Pack
• Evanescence - "Bring Me to Life"
• Evanescence - "Call Me When You're Sober"
• Evanescence - "Weight of the World"

Per usual, each Rock Band and Rock Band 2-compatible track will be sold individually for 160 Microsoft Points ($2), with a four-track Spinal Tap bundle going for 560 MS Points ($7) and the entire Evanescence Pack available for 440 MS Points ($5.50).

Developer Harmonix today announced a deal that will see American pop-punk act Green Day appear exclusively in the Rock Band series of multi-instrument music games.

Three tracks--"21 Guns," "Know Your Enemy," "East Jesus Nowhere"--will be released as downloadable content on July 7, with word that "additional Green Day songs and projects will be announced at a later date." The band is perhaps best known for "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)," a song immortalized in numerous graduation ceremonies, countless video montages, and the Seinfeld series finale special.

"Green Day not only rock hard, but are also epic storytellers," said Van Toffler, president of Harmonix owner MTV. "Their message and their music have been the voice and sound of this generation."

The extent of those additional Green Day "projects" is unknown, though Harmonix has previously released an AC/DC-specific edition of Rock Band, with the company currently prepping The Beatles: Rock Band for its September 9 release and... Read more

As previously promised, British heavy metallers Iron Maiden are set to come to Rock Band as next week's downloadable content release, offering a whopping twelve tracks.

1. Aces High (Live)
2. 2 Minutes to Midnight
3. The Trooper
4. Wasted Years
5. The Number of the Beast... Read more

Rock Band celebrates Friday by announcing the Bonnaroo Pack downloadable content, which celebrates June's Bonnaroo Music Festival with tracks from several performers.

• Ben Harper and Relentless7 - Shimmer & Shine
• Coheed and Cambria - A Favor House Atlantic
• Coheed and Cambria - The Running Free
• Phish - Wilson (live)
• Shooter Jennings - Steady at the Wheel
• TV on the Radio - Wolf Like Me

Fun Fact: "Wolf Like Me" hails from TV on the Radio's 2006 album "Return to Cookie Mountain," which always reminds Chris of how he genuinely adores baked goods.

The original master tracks arrive June 2 on Xbox 360 then June 4 for PlayStation 3, at $2 apiece (160 Microsoft Points) or $10 (800 Points) for the complete Bonnaroo Pack.

Are you ready to run to the hills, for real this time? Developer Harmonix just sent out the latest issue of its Rock Band Community Zine, revealing that the multi-instrument music game series will receive a sizable dollop of downloadable Iron Maiden tunes soon.

The best part is that, finally, you can replace the "Run to the Hills" cover (from the first Rock Band) and the downloadable "Number of the Beast" cover with the originals.

1. Aces High (Live)
2. 2 Minutes to Midnight
3. The Trooper
4. Wasted Years
5. The Number of the Beast... Read more

Continuing its regular weekly celebration of Friday, developer Harmonix has announced the next batch of downloadable tracks coming to Rock Band and Rock Band 2:

Ministry Pack 01
• Ministry - "Cuz U R Next"
• Ministry - "LiesLiesLies"
• Ministry - "The Great Satan"
• The Zombies - "She's Not There"... Read more

Next week's batch of downloadable tunes for Rock Band and Rock Band 2 were today revealed by developer Harmonix as part of its latest "community zine" mailing.

Alice Cooper 6-Pack
• Poison
• Vengeance Is Mine
• School's Out (Live)
• I'm Eighteen (Live)
• Under My Wheels (Live)
• Billion Dollar Babies (Live)

Taking Back Sunday 3-Pack
• Liar (It Takes One To Know One)... Read more

A whopping ten new downloadable tracks will be available for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 owners of Rock Band and Rock Band 2 next week, Harmonix has revealed.

Slated to hit Xbox 360 on Tuesday, May 5 and PlayStation 3 on Thursday, May 7, the tunes will be available for 160 Microsoft Points ($2) a pop, with a Franz Ferdinand three-pack bundle offering a slight savings at 440 Microsoft Points ($5.50).

• Franz Ferdinand - "Take Me Out"
• Franz Ferdinand - "Do You Want To"
• Franz Ferdinand - "Lucid Dreams"
• Alien Ant Farm - "Smooth Criminal"
• The Allman Brothers Band - "Blue Sky"... Read more

Developer Harmonix has announced that alt-rockers Jane's Addiction's 1988 album Nothing's Shocking will be coming to Rock Band as downloadable content next week.

The 10-track DLC album lacks "Mountain Song," already on the Rock Band 2 disc.

PS3 and Xbox 360 players can get their fix in a 1280 MS Points ($16) bundle or separately for 160 MSP ($2), while Wii owners will have to score each track by itself.

• "Up the Beach"
• "Ocean Size"
• "Had a Dad"... Read more

In its usual celebration of Friday, developer Harmonix today unveiled the next round of Rock Band downloadable content coming to PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

The following tunes will hit the Xbox Live Marketplace on Tuesday, April 21, with a PlayStation Store debut on Thursday, April 23. Each is a master track recording that'll sell individually at 160 MS Points ($2), with the Styx songs being "recent re-records".

REO Speedwagon / Styx Tour '09 Pack - 880 Microsoft Points ($11)
• REO Speedwagon - "Riding the Storm Out"
• REO Speedwagon - "Roll with the Changes"
• REO Speedwagon - "Take It on the Run"... Read more

Developer Harmonix has detailed next week's wodge of downloadable content for the Rock Band series: the bulk of Guns N' Roses Chinese Democracy album.

As expected, thirteen of the album's fourteen tracks will be available for download, as the remaining tune--"Shackler's Revenge--is already on the Rock Band 2 game disc.

PS3 and Xbox 360 players can get them in a 1600 MS Points ($20) bundle or separately for 160 MSP ($2). Sorry Wii owners, you'll have to purchase each song individually.

• "Chinese Democracy"
• "Better"
• "Street of Dreams" ... Read more

In addition to the Toby Keith Six Pack revealed previously, next week will see songs by The Shins, Black Tide and Bullet For My Valentine as Rock Band downloadable content.

• Black Tide - "Warriors of Time"
• Bullet For My Valentine - "Waking the Demon"
• The Shins - "New Slang"

• Toby Keith 6-pack
  • "How Do You Like Me Now"
  • "Beer for My Horses"
  • "I Love This Bar"
  • "She's a Hottie"
  • "Should've Been a Cowboy"
  • "Who's Your Daddy?"

The tracks hit Xbox 360 on Tuesday April 7, and PS3 on Thursday April 9, at 160 MS Points ($2) a pop. You can swill the whole Toby Keith 6-pack for 800 MS Points ($10).

In an unusual move, developer Harmonix has already revealed a bit of the Rock Band downloadable content coming next week, even though this week's fantastic wave--including classic anthems "Don't Stop Believin'" and "Heartbreaker"--has yet to arrive.

Anyways, next week will bring these Toby Keith country classics to virtual rockers:

• "Beer for My Horses"
• "I Love This Bar"
• "She's a Hottie"
• "Should've Been a Cowboy"
• "Who's Your Daddy?"
• "How Do You Like Me Now"

The tracks hit Xbox 360 on Tuesday April 7, and PS3 on Thursday April 9. They'll be sold together in an 800 MS Point ($10) bundle, and separately for 160 MS Points ($2) a pop.

For those left nonplussed by Toby Keith, don't fret. Harmonix noted that the Keith tunes are only a "sneak preview" of what's coming next week, with more details due Friday.

Journey's power ballad "Don't Stop Believing" is the highlight of this week's Rock Band downloadable content releases but let's not overlook Pat Benatar's "Heartbreaker."

Harmonix also offer some of that 'happening' music young whippersnappers are always listening to on their pocket telephones, and SpongeBob SquarePants for the truly young.

The hit parade:

• Journey - "Don't Stop Believing'"
• Pat Benatar - Heartbreaker
• Glasvegas - "Geraldine"
• Von Bondies - "C'Mon C'Mon"

• SpongeBob SquarePants Pack 01
  • SpongeBob SquarePants - "I Can't Keep My Eyes Off of You"
  • SpongeBob SquarePants - "The Best Day Ever"
  • SpongeBob SquarePants - "Where's Gary?"

Journey, Benatar, Glasvegas and Von Blondies tracks are each $1.99--160 Microsoft points--while the musical offerings of Sir SquarePants are $.99--80 MS Points--apiece. The songs hit Xbox 360 on Tuesday March 31 and PlayStation 3 on Thursday April 2.

Journey's jukebox classic and dive bar anthem "Don't Stop Believin'" is joining the catalog of downloadable Rock Band tunes, developer Harmonix revealed tonight.

The oft-requested song is coming soon, possibly in next week's batch of DLC, which hits Xbox 360 on Tuesday, March 31 and PS3 the following Thursday, April 2. The track will presumably carry the traditional Rock Band DLC pricing of 160 Microsoft Points ($2).

For those unfamiliar, the ballad is an inspirational tale of a small town girl living in a lonely world, a city boy born and raised in South Detroit, a singer in a smokey room, smells of wine and cheap perfume, gambling addiction, and the power of belief.

Way back in December, Harmonix revealed that the entirety of Pearl Jam's "Ten" would be released in Rock Band form on March 24. Well, March 24 is next Tuesday.

The 11 remaining tracks of "Ten"--the missing song, "Alive," is already on the Rock Band 2 disc--will sell in a 1440 MS Point ($18) bundle and individually for 160 MS Points ($2). The content hits Xbox 360 on March 24, and PlayStation 3 on March 26.

And if that's not enough Pearl Jam for you, Best Buy is offering PS3 and Xbox 360 owners three other downloadable tracks--"Brother," "Alive (Live)" and "State of Love & Trust (Live)"--in exchange for a purchase of the physical re-release of Ten.

But if you don't want to drop that kind of dough for three extra Rock Band songs, don't worry. Best Buy did this sort of thing with Disturbed, and those tracks ended up being released as regular old Rock Band track downloads later on.

As for "Ten," the downloadable Rock Band release of the album packs... Read more