At the four-month mark, Rock Band has sold six million songs. Amazing. It was also announced that a new update will premiere a Music Store accessible from within the game. It will allow players to “view, purchase, and sort all downloadable songs tracks by Artist, Song Title, Genre, Albums, Pack” and “view album art, listen to song previews, as well as check out detailed information about a song, such as difficulty for each instrument.” The update will also include some other game features that have been requested by the community. Press release and latest Master Track List available after the break.

Rock Band™ Master Track List
There are over 125 Rock Band tracks available to date via disc or download purchase as of Thursday, March 20th, 2008. Songs marked with an asterisk (*) are covers. All other songs are Master recordings.

1960s
On Rock Band Disc
Gimme Shelter – The Rolling Stones

Downloadable Content
Fortunate Son* – Creedence Clearwater Revival
Last Train to Clarksville* - The Monkees
China Cat Sunflower – Grateful Dead

1970s
On Rock Band Disc
Train Kept A-Rollin’* - Aerosmith
Paranoid* – Black Sabbath
(Don’t Fear) The Reaper – Blue Oyster Cult
Foreplay/Longtime – Boston
Suffragette City – David Bowie
Highway Star – Deep Purple
Detroit Rock City – Kiss
Flirtin’ with Distaster – Molly Hatchet
Mississippi Queen* – Mountain
Blitzkrieg Bop – Ramones
Ballroom Blitz* – Sweet
Green Grass and High Tides* – The Outlaws
Won’t Get Fooled Again – The Who

Downloadable Content
Sweet Leaf* – Black Sabbath
War Pigs* – Black Sabbath
Ever Fallen in Love* – Buzzcocks
Heroes* – David Bowie
Queen Bitch* - David Bowie
Working Man* - Rush
Action* - Sweet
Bang a Gong – T. Rex
My Sharona* – The Knack
Cherry Bomb* - The Runaways
Moonage Daydream – David Bowie
Casey Jones – Grateful Dead
Franklin’s Tower – Grateful Dead
I Need a Miracle – Grateful Dead
Sugar Magnolia – Grateful Dead
Truckin’ – Grateful Dead
Calling Dr. Love – KISS
Gimme Three Steps –Lynyrd Skynyrd
Rockaway Beach – Ramones
Teenage Labotomy – Ramones
Complete Control – The Clash
I Fought the Law – The Clash
Can’t Stand Losing You – The Police
Roxanne – The Police
Truth Hits Everybody – The Police

1980s
On Rock Band Disc
Wanted Dead or Alive - Bon Jovi
Epic – Faith No More
Run to the Hills* – Iron Maiden
Wave of Mutilation – Pixies
Orange Crush – R.E.M.
Tom Sawyer* - Rush
Should I Stay or Should I Go – The Clash
Next to You – The Police
Outside - Tribe

Downloadable Content
Juke Box Hero* - Foreigner
The Number of the Beast* - Iron Maiden
Brass in Pocket* - Pretenders
Limelight* - Rush
We Care a Lot – Faith No More
…And Justice for All – Metallica
Blackened – Metallica
Ride the Lighting – Metallica
Roam – The B-52s
Synchronicity II – The Police

1990s
On Rock Band Disc
Sabotage – Beastie Boys
I Think I’m Paranoid – Garbage
Celebrity Skin – Hole
Enter Sandman – Metallica
In Bloom – Nirvana
Creep – Radiohead
Cherub Rock – Smashing Pumpkins
Black Hole Sun – Soundgarden
Vasoline – Stone Temple Pilots
Say It Ain’t So – Weezer

Downloadable Content
Hard to Handle* – Black Crowes
All the Small Things – Blink 182
March of the Pigs – Nine Inch Nails
The Perfect Drug – Nine Inch Nails
Don’t Look Back in Anger – Oasis
Live Forever – Oasis
Wonderwall – Oasis
My Iron Lung – Radiohead
Siva – Smashing Pumpkins
Interstate Love Song – Stone Temple Pilots
Sex Type Thing – Stone Temple Pilots
Buddy Holly – Weezer
El Scorcho – Weezer

2000s
On Rock Band Disc
Blood Doll – Anarchy Club
Pleasure (Pleasure) – Bang Camaro
Welcome Home – Coheed and Cambria
Nightmare – Crooked X
Can’t Let Go - Death of the Cool
Dead on Arrival – Fall Out Boy
I’m So Sick – Flyleaf
Learn to Fly – Foo Fighters
Brainpower – Freeze Pop
I Get By – Honest Bob and the Factory-to-Dealer Incentives
Are You Gonna Be My Girl – Jet
The Hand That Feeds – Nine Inch Nails
Here it Goes Again – OK Go
Go with the Flow – Queens of the Stone Age
Dani California – Red Hot Chili Peppers
Day Late, Dollar Short – The Acro-Brats
Main Offender – The Hives
When You Were Young – The Killers
29 Fingers – The Konks
The Mother Hips – Time We Had
Electric Version – The New Pornographers
Reptilia – The Strokes
Timmy and the Lords of the Underworld - Timmy and the Lords of the Underworld
Seven – Vagiant
Maps – Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Downloadable Content
Attack – 30 Seconds to Mars
The Kill – 30 Seconds to Mars
Dirty Little Secret – All-American Rejects
Move Along – All-American Rejects
Ten Speed (of God’s Blood and Burial)* - Coheed and Cambria
Song With a Mission* – The Sounds
Shockwave – Black Tide
Why Do You Love Me- Garbage
The Collector – Nine Inch Nails
“Crushcrushcrush”- Paramore
3’s & 7’s – Queens of the Stone Age
Little Sister – Queens of the Stone Age
Sick, Sick, Sick – Queens of the Stone Age
Beethoven’s C*** - Serj Tankian
Die, All Right! – The Hives
Joker & The Thief – Wolfmother
Blinded By Fear – At the Gates
Rock Rebellion – Bang Camaro
Shake – Count Zero
Thrasher – Evile
Sprode – Freezepop
D.O.A. – The Haunted

Rock BandTM Downloadable Content Goes “Six Times Platinum”
6 MILLION SONGS IN ROCK BAND PURCHASED IN JUST OVER 3 MONTHS
BRAND NEW IN-GAME MUSIC STORE FEATURED IN ROCK BAND™
SOFTWARE UPDATE HITS THIS WEEK
Cambridge, MA - March 20, 2008 – Red hot music video game Rock Band continues to fly off shelves and satisfy music fans and gamers voracious appetite for rock as more than 6 million game levels based on songs have been purchased since its launch on November 20, 2007. With an impressive weekly stream of downloadable content since launch and an unmatched offering of over 70 songs available for purchase to date, Rock Band has gone six times platinum featuring a diverse selection of artists ranging from classic rock to up and coming, emerging acts.

“Thank you to the music lovers who have helped Rock Band reach an incredible milestone of over 6 million purchased downloads at such an early stage,” stated by Paul DeGooyer, SVP DVD, Gaming and Audio, MTV. “The success of Rock Band downloadable content to date firmly reinforces our vision and its potential as a platform for music discovery. By empowering players with the ability to customize their Rock Band library with a rapidly growing selection of rock artists and songs on a weekly basis and adding great new features such as the in-game music store, we are thrilled to give fans more ways to enhance and enjoy their Rock Band experience.”

As an ever evolving platform for players to experience music like never before, Harmonix and MTV Games also announced the release of a software update this week which features the new in-game Rock Band Music Store. This innovative new feature allows Rock Band players to preview and purchase downloadable individual music tracks and packs from the vast selection of offerings available to date without ever leaving the game as they build their own custom Rock Band library. The Rock Band Music Store has a user-friendly interface to streamline and enhance the music shopping experience and will be available via a free download through the Xbox LIVE® and PLAYSTATION®Network this week. Accessible from the main menu, the Music Store now lets you view, purchase, and sort all downloadable songs tracks by Artist, Song Title, Genre, Albums, Pack, and more! You can also view album art, listen to song previews, as well as check out detailed information about a song, such as difficulty for each instrument.

Also included in the Rock Band software update are additional game features that address many of the popular requests by the gaming community. Access to Xbox LIVE or the PLAYSTATION Network is required to download the Rock Band feature update. Users will be prompted to accept the Music Store software update automatically when starting Rock Band while connected to Xbox LIVE or PLAYSTATION Network.

Rock Band™ allows online play and possesses features that expand the boundaries of music gaming. Rock Band™ downloadable content is playable and integrated into setlists in all game modes including: Solo Tour, Band World Tour, head-to-head competition either locally or online, and from any Quickplay mode. In order to play downloadable content for head-to-head matches or multiplayer online, all players must own the same downloadable track. Downloadable content for the Xbox 360® is available for purchase via Xbox LIVE® Marketplace for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft using Microsoft Points and is downloaded directly to the Xbox 360 hard drive. Downloadable content for the PLAYSTATION 3 system’s version of Rock Band is available for purchase on the PLAYSTATION®Store through the free PLAYSTATION®Network and is downloaded directly to PLAYSTATION 3 system’s built in hard drive.

On top of the over combined 125 Rock Band tracks available to date via disc or download purchase, fans can continue to expect more music available for download every week through 2008 through a variety of song packs, albums and individual tracks with suggested retail pricing varying from $.99 to $2.99 per track (The equivalent of 80 to 240 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360), with the vast majority selling for $1.99 (160 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360). For a complete list of Rock Band songs available for purchase to date, please go to http://www.rockband.com/dlc.

Rock Band was the number one selling game in the months of January and February by revenue according to NPD.

Rock Band is rated “T” for Teen (lyrics, mild suggestive themes) by the ESRB.

EA is the exclusive distribution and marketing partner for Rock Band, managing distribution for the game.

For more information on Rock Band and Harmonix Music Systems please visit www.rockband.com and www.harmonixmusic.com.

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