Nickelback Rock Band Release June 29th

(Cambridge, MA) – Harmonix and MTV Games today announced that Canadian rockers Nickelback will make their Rock Band debut next week in the Rock Band Music Store of downloadable content for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system and Wii™. With more than 400 artists, including Jimi Hendrix, [...]

HIM To Release Three Rock Band Tracks

(Burbank, CA) – On February 23rd, Finland’s hard-rock heroes HIM and Sire/Reprise teamed up with MTV Games and Harmonix to release a brand-new downloadable content of three HIM tracks, including their new single “Heartkiller,” for the Rock Band™ Music Store in connection with HIM being Xbox’s featured artist for the month of March. The other [...]

Green Day: Rock Band Unleashed On June 8th

(NEW YORK, NY) – Multi-platinum selling and Grammy® Award winning group Green Day, along with Harmonix, the leading developer of music-based games, MTV Games, a part of Viacom’s MTV Networks ( VIA, VIA.B), and Reprise / Warner Bros. Records today announced that Green Day: Rock Band™, the full standalone music video game experience that celebrates [...]

Green Day Brings Their Music Exclusively to Rock Band(R)

(NEW YORK, NY) – MTV Games’ Harmonix Music Systems, a part of Viacom’s MTV Networks (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), the leading developer of music-based games, announced an extraordinary partnership with Warner Bros. Records and Green Day today to bring the music of multi-platinum, Grammy(R) Award winning Green Day, exclusively to Rock Band (R). Green Day’s Billie [...]

LEGO® Rock Band® Snaps Together

(BURBANK, Calif.) – Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and TT Games are joining forces with the LEGO Group, Harmonix and MTV Games, a part of Viacom’s MTV Networks (NYSE:VIA)(NYSE:VIA.B), to merge two of the most popular videogame franchises with the creation of LEGO® Rock Band®. The unique family-friendly music experience is currently in development by TT [...]

MASTODON Track Featured in “Rock Band 2”

European Unholy Alliance Tour Chapter 3 Taps MASTODON BURBANK, Calif. – Heavy rock icons MASTODON are currently in the final stages of recording their highly-anticipated next album with producer Brendan O’Brien, the Atlanta quartet have additional plans that will carry them into 2009 before the new release sees the light of day. The phenomenally successful [...]

Rock Band™ Takes On New Wave With Devo And Duran Duran

Considered to be one of the most influential acts in pop music history, Devo originally formed in 1973 but didn’t find commercial success until the 80s with the help of their colorful music videos. Devo re-recorded exclusively for Rock Band, “Girl U Want” from their third studio album, the 1980 release, Freedom of Choice, and [...]