Boston – April 4, 2017 – This month’s Rock Band™ DLC kicks off with a Rock Band Rewind track from Rock Band 2 in “One Way or Another” by Blondie and the Hall & Oates hit, “You Make My Dreams”. These great songs will be available on both Xbox One and PlayStation®4 this Thursday for $1.99 per track:
- Blondie – “One Way or Another”
- Hall & Oates – “You Make My Dreams”
Rock Band Rewind continues to celebrate tracks from Rock Band’s past. This month, we are releasing three more popular tracks from the Rock Band 2 and Rock Band 3 soundtracks. They are:
- Avenged Sevenfold – “Beast and the Harlot” (First appeared on Rock Band 3)
- Blondie – “One Way or Another” (First appeared on Rock Band 2)
- Lynyrd Skynyrd – “Free Bird” (First appeared on Rock Band 3)
The full list of songs coming to the Rock Band 4 DLC Library this month is as follows:
- Avenged Sevenfold – “Beast and the Harlot”
- Blondie – “One Way or Another”
- Hall & Oates – “You Make My Dreams”
- Kaleo – “Glass House”
- Lynyrd Skynyrd – “Free Bird”
- New Order – “Bizarre Love Triangle”
- Oasis – “Champagne Supernova”
- The Pretty Reckless – “Heaven Knows”
Rock Band VR’s DLC Library makes its debut on April 12th with six great songs from Aerosmith. The following songs will be available for purchase in the Oculus Store for $2.99 per track:
- Aerosmith – “Angel”
- Aerosmith – “Crazy”
- Aerosmith – “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing”
- Aerosmith – “Janie’s Got A Gun”
- Aerosmith – “Livin’ On The Edge”
- Aerosmith – “Rag Doll”
Stay tuned to Rock Band’s Twitter and Facebook pages for additional news and information about Rock Band throughout the month.
DLC Gameplay Notes
Blondie’s “One Way or Another”, a hit song from the Rock Band 2 soundtrack, is now appearing as a downloadable single. “One Way or Another” was the final single released off the smash hit album Parallel Lines, and has been ranked as one of the greatest songs of all time. In Rock Band, the guitar has some tricky chord changes, and some quick hammer-ons. The drums have a good amount of variety, never staying with any pattern for very long. Finally, the bass travels the frets, slowly building up through the song to a tough outro.
“You Make My Dreams” is the fourth Hall & Oates hit to join the Rock Band DLC Library. Coming from Voices, the duo’s ninth album, “You Make My Dreams” reached #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1981, and has since been featured in many movies and TV shows. The bass holds down the groove throughout the song, giving some well-deserved limelight to the instrument. The harmonies are endless fun, as one would expect from Hall & Oates, featuring many high notes and runs.
About Rock Band
The latest entry into one of the best-selling and most beloved game franchises of all time, Rock Band Rivals adds two new online multiplayer modes, a dozen free songs, a new look and feel and a hilarious new campaign mode to Rock Band 4. The first Rock Band to be approached as a platform, Rock Band 4 has seen regular updates since its October 2015 launch, including the addition of several free, community-requested features like Practice mode and Setlists.
Rock Band VR, a completely new music simulation experience from Oculus and Harmonix, launched March 23 exclusively on Oculus Rift.
For more information on Rock Band and to stay up to date with the latest news and announcements, head over to the Rock Band blog or follow @RockBand on Twitter for updates.
