Downloadable music is hot, and that trend is extending to MTV’s Rock Band video game, as the company today announced it will release a whole host of downloadable music tracks before the end of 2007. Among them: Metallica, The Police, Queens of the Stone Age, David Bowie, Ramones and The Clash.
MTV will make the music downloads for Rock Band available on the PS3 and Xbox 360 every week once the game ships on Nov. 20. In fact, starting Nov. 20, rock music fans can download three-song packs from Metallica, The Police and Queens of the Stone Age will be available for $5.49 per pack or $1.99 per track (440 and 160 Microsoft Points, respectively). Individual tracks from Foreigner, Wolfmother and The Runaways, among others, will be available for $1.99 per track (160 Microsoft Points). A preliminary downloadable-music track list is below.
Week of November 20, 2007:
- “Ride the Lightning” — Metallica
- “Blackened” – Metallica
- “And Justice for All” — Metallica
- “Can’t Stand Losing You” — The Police
- “Synchronicity II” — The Police
- “Roxanne” — The Police
- “3’s and 7’s” — Queens of the Stone Age
- “Little Sister” — Queens of the Stone Age
- “Sick Sick Sick” — Queens of the Stone Age
- “Fortunate Son” as made famous by Creedence Clearwater Revival
- “Juke Box Hero” as made famous by Foreigner
- “Bang a Gong (Get It On)” as made famous by T-Rex
- “My Sharona” as made famous by The Knack
- “Cherry Bomb” as made famous by The Runaways
- “Joker & The Thief”- Wolfmother
Week of November 27:
- “Moonage Daydream” — David Bowie
- “Heroes” as made famous by David Bowie
- “Queen Bitch” as made famous by David Bowie
Week of December 4:
- “N.I.B.” as made famous by Black Sabbath
- “Sweet Leaf” as made famous by Black Sabbath
- “War Pigs” as made famous by Black Sabbath
Week of December 11:
- “Rockaway Beach” — Ramones
- “I Fought the Law” — The Clash
- “Ever Fallen In Love” as made famous by Buzzcocks
Week of December 18:
- “My Iron Lung” — Radiohead
- “Buddy Holly” — Weezer
- “Brass in Pocket” as made famous by Pretenders
