“Rock Band 2″: Let The Incessant Hyping Begin

imsorryiwouldjustratherracecartsdrivenbycartooncharacters.jpgThe $200 price tag and the irresistible lure of Dr. Mario have so far prevented me from getting into Rock Band, but the first volume has proven to be quite popular–and rumors of which bands will have music featured in part two have already started to swirl. A press release for the completely unrelated game Age Of Conan mentioned Swedish act Turbonegro as being “featured in Rock Band 2“; Bad Religion’s Brett Gurewitz Twittered about tweaking Bad Religion’s “Sorrow” for the forthcoming game; and a couple of obituaries for Bo Diddley have claimed that his guitar will be “featured in the impending video game.” Get ready, pseudo-rockers! [1UP]

 
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Squeeze the Day for 1/31
The band played with tourmate Bo Diddley and all-girl Canadian Punk band, The Dishrags. Check out a clip of the ’Rags below, as well as The Clash's "Hateful," which — like a bazillion other Rock songs — borrows Bo Diddley's trademark beat.
'Knuckleheads’ tells succinct history of rock
The band also gets revamped to become the Knuckleheads ... For some reason, it only happens to certain people," Curcione said. The songs of rock royalty, including Bill Haley and the Comets, Bo Diddley, Fats Domino, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Elvis ...



 
  1. Handsome Pete  |   Posted on Jun 13th, 2008

    I’m pretty sure Turbonegro are from Norway.

    That said. It’s nice to find others as addicted to Dr. Mario as myself.

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