Harmonix you make me very, very, very sad right now.

I mean you go from The Beatles to Green Day....... Why there are so, so many better bands than freaking Green Day..... Hundreds of better bands.....

They already have songs in Rock Band.

It's getting harder and harder to argue for the superiority of Harmonix.

I'm taking a wait and see approach with this.  If the game is similar in quality to Beatles Rock Band, but with a different band band instead of the Beatles, it'll still be leagues better than stuff like Guitar Hero Van Halen and Guitar Hero Aerosmith, which features tons of music that really doesn't have much at all to do with those bands. 

And yeah, spinoffs like Lego Rock Band and these band specific Rock Band games don't jive with the platform approach that Rock Band 2 took, but I still think that Harmonix delivers a better product than Activision. 

This is the worst idea ever. The only thing worse would be like The Offspring Rock Band. Green Day has sounded almost exactly the same since 1993, this will be an incredibly boring game that will sell miserably.

I'm not really a fan of Green Day, but musical taste aside, this project is hard to justify artistically. Green Day just isn't as diverse or historically significant band as The Beatles. We all wondered what band, if any, could follow The Beatles, and I guess this announcement shows that Harmonix has no plans to one-up themselves. I'm sure it will be great for fans of Green Day, but there's nothing anyone could do to make me want this game, and that is the inherent problem with single-band music games.

The only band that could follow The Beatles would be Led Zeppelin.  Led Zeppelin: Rock Band would be EPIC.

Most definitely. 

But back to Green Day.  I just see these one band games as very silly.  The only audience that will buy them are fans of said band.  However, the vast majority of those fans do not play rock band, and of the ones that do, maybe half will pick up the game.

I for one do kind of like Green Day, and they have definitely changed since 1993.  They've really re-invented themselves in the last few years, which is no easy feat after being irrelevant for so long.  But will I buy this game?  Nahhhh.  Been there, done that.

Ok, their last 2 albums are (a little) different from all the others, though they are very much like each other. Really the only things that has changed are the lyrics and the tempo, everything else is basically four power chords played in secession.

On the other hand, that's a sweet Ultimate Warrior avatar. WHEN THE MOON TURNS BLOOD RED...

Aren't one band music games always a bad idea?

I am vastly more excited for this than The Beatles: Rock Band. The Beatles are over-rated (it's true), they are OK. I am not a big fan of them. Green Day, on the other hand, has always been one of my favorite bands and I am looking forward to playing all of their songs (if I get the game).

Besides, in the end it doesn't matter. All Rock Band games play the same, the only difference really is the songs (which is why Rock Band games should never even be eligible for Best Gameplay awards).

Fixed.

Green Day isn't any where as diverse as The Beatles and they already have music in RB2.

This is going to be just like one of the Activision band specific games. Uninspired because of the source material. Where as The Beatles are one of the most influential bands of all time and have a very diverse catalog of music.

True.  I was dissapointed with 21st Century as it just sounded like American Idiot Part 2.  Should have just done a double album.

Another oversight by Rock Band on this game is the fact the Green Day RARELY uses guitar solos.  Whats the fun in that?

Oh man, i can't wait to play power chords on expert!

/facepalm.

Don't get me wrong, I'm somewhat of a Green Day fan (not as much as back in the day) but they really don't deserve their own game. The Beatles is one thing, but Green Day? C'mon! As its been said before, their sound isn't as diverse as The Beatles and Green Day's sound only started to change with their album Warning, and even then it's not vastly different..

Maybe it's just been so long since i've worked at a hot topic, but are Green Day even still popular with the teenie boppers? I never understood why there was so much hype for them when American Idiot was released since the majority of these kids coulnd't even comprehend music when Dookie came out!

14 posts later, we can all breathe easy:

*continues waiting*

Well, at least I've heard of Green Day, so they can't be too obscure.

And the music genre continues to die.  If you look at the sales of both these series only 2 years ago, and then compare them to what they have now, the drop is ridiculous.  Really now, it's one thing to release a yearly installment of a game, but to release 3-5 different versions of what gameplay wise is the SAME DAMN GAME in a single year is just beyond stupid. 

You think someone at each company would have realized that all this milking was going to destroy each series.  Oh well, in about 5 years both series will be dead because of their stupidity.

Agree. It seems to be a race to see who can milk every last dollar out of the genre ASAP, without regard to what current actions are doing long term for the genre.

Let's face it, though, Activison would have done this anyway. However, the fact that EA/Viacom is as well is speeding up the process. Furthermore, hasn't it been said that Viacom has yet to make a dime of profit from the Rock Band franchise? If so, clearly they should be aware that the current "slash and burn" technique for milking is going to hinder them if they are looking at this like a long term investment.

I do feel for Viacom here, though. Their hands are tied because Activison has a track record for this, and they either "go with the flow" or let Activison milk the genre for themselves. That said though, if they aren't make a profit now, clearly they should be able to forecast that their situation with Rock Band is only going to grow worse with actions like these.
 

I doubt that, I bet one will survive, just it will have about the same relevance that DDR does today if not a little less (although more than the Tony Hawk games do).

You mean they went from playing bubblegum punk to playing bubblegum punk while wearing lots of eye liner? :P

Or they went from playing random punk pop, to putting together cohesive albums with a rock opera on tour.

I've already preordered the Mad Katz eye pencil kit.

GoNintendo reports that it won't have song export options on the Wii.

I can't tell if that's good or bad..

The other day "When I Come Around" was on the radio and I noted to my brother that while I still liked it and thought it was a catchy song, it just didn't do it for me like it did when I was 13.  Back then Dookie was one of my favourite albums and I just identified with it (which is funny because listening the lyrics now I really had no reason to identify with them then or any time).  These days it's one of the few CDs in my collection that sounds dated.

This just shows that when Beatle Rock Band was announced and we all thought that Rock Band was rising about Activision's bullshit and that THIS game was an exception because of the significance of the act involved, that we were wrong.  Rock Band was just doing the same stuff, they just managed to pull of starting their band focused games with the biggest band in the land.

The fad is DONE.  It's all a bunch of product.  They're all corporate.  It'll implode within a year.

lol music games.

At least Wii Music was paid for only once.

The same could be said of the Beatles.

That said, this is just retarded.

I'm getting the feeling that DDR and Rockband are going to be spending a lot of time together on store shelves in the next few years.....

I still think that the DDR pads should be integrated into DJ Hero. DJ really only exist at clubs, so having a stripper or go-go girl on the DDR Pad makes sense.

"sparkly balls sparkly balls, i like sparkly balls!"

Well, you COULD say it but you'd be wrong.

Only if you've never ventured outside the mainstream in music. Well, that's not even true because The Doors>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>The Beatles.

The Beatles are the Halo of the music industry.

Seriously?  I don't listen to the Beatles much as they're too poppy for me, but they're far more innovative, diverse, and complicated than the Doors.  And I LOVE The Doors.

The only reason ANYBODY thinks the Beatles were innovative is because they were lucky enough to be THE BAND at the birth of mass media. The Beatles consistently played music that was five years behind it's conception because all they did was function as chameleons, and bring previously non-mainstream music to the mainstream, where it was devoured because ZOMG IT'S THE BEATLES. They didn't do anything new, they just adapted already-existing music into a digestible form.

Diversity is meh to me because establishing a unique sonic signature is more important to me than having boring music that spans a few different aspects of a genre. Same goes for complexity, but calling the Beatles "complicated" is laughable.

I have never understood what people see in The Beatles and I never will. The music is simplistic and boring, the harmonization is basic and lacking in quality, and Ringo is as terrible an asset to The Beatles as Lars Ulrich is to Metallica.

On the one hand, Green Day wrote and sang one of my favorite all-time songs: "The Time of Your Life."

On the other hand, "I WALK A LONELY ROAD, THE ONLY ROAD THAT I HAVE EVER KNOWN..."

Rock Band Featuring Mario And Company

Put a guitar in Mario's gloved hands and remix Mario music in ways I've not heard before, and maybe, MAYBE, I'll show some interest in one of these music games.

Yes, Ringo is average, but Lars, while annoying, is a fantastic drummer.  Do you play any instruments?

Sorry, but these types of things bug me (everybody has small things that bug them, and this is one for me); the songs title is "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)". I agree that it's a great song though and easily my favorite Green Day song.

Doesn't the AC/DC only RB game count?

Well, Harmonix has referred to that as a Track Pack, so I don't count it as a separate title.

Was it the full retail $50 when it was released?

I seem to recall it starting at either 30 or 40 so the track pack term may be right.

Green Day didn't write Good Riddance, Billy Joe Armstrong did...when he was in another band (and quitting said band). It's really not even a "Green Day" song, since he's the only one who takes part in it (besides a cello/violin player, IIRC). Oh, and it sucks, too. Also...Blvd. of Broken Dreams is a rip-off (musically and the flow of the lyrics) of Tracy Chapman's "For My Lover" (listen to it on YouTube right here).

You are in the tiny minority if you don't like a great song like Good Riddance. Not only did critics love it, but so do consumers (and the song was not about some other band, it was about a ex-girlfriend). I don't get your hate for Green Day.

Ok, that song is good and that song alone totally warrants buying a $60 game for! SORRY!

You're right, it's about a girl (don't know where I got my bad info), but I'm not in any type of "tiny minority." You're confusing "tiny minority" with "people who don't listen to 3-chord (G-C-D...that's pretty much it) pop songs from top 40 stations." I never said I hate Green Day, I enjoy quite a bit of their music, but their music is incredibly simple, repetitive, and doesn't deserve their own game. I know, I know, I don't have to buy it - that's true, but it still sucks, because Harmonix could be making a real game again, instead of wasting time on this crap. This is what happens when your studio is owned by MTV.

Sure, I'd rather see The Decemberists: Rock Band, but then I'd need to get a plastic mandolin, cello, and pirate ship.

Rockband ain't done until you need an accordion.

I've never heard of The Decemberists and I would buy that just for the chance to play songs with a Mandolin on a Pirate Ship.

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I WOULD ALMOST BUY THOSE.

Then not because i would break my pledge.

*continues waiting*

My Beatles can beat up your Green Day.

Thats a pretty big stretch.  Sure, its similar, but definitely not a rip.  If you look close enough, you can do that with most songs since they're all working with the same ingredients.  Now Green Day's Hitchin a Ride was definitely from the Stray Cats, but that was sampled w/ permission.

Good find though, I wouldn't have thought Chapman and Green Day would have anything remotely similar.

Dude, it's not (much of) a stretch, it's the same 4 chords. The difference is Chapman doesn't have a bass playing along so it sounds a little different.

Yeah but there are thousands of songs that use the same chord progressions, both verse and chorus, along with the same beat.  Its just accepted.  Everyone borrows, no one can be completely original.