Note: This could also be titled: The Bands Most Deserving of a Standalone Guitar Hero Game, however, I decided to go with the more realistic title. Also, Rockband > Guitar Hero.

So I was playing Rockband with my girlfriend last night and I started thinking about all the albums we could potentially see released for the game. There is a lot of music out there and there are plenty of bands who deserve a full album release in Rockband. These are my picks:

Dream Theater: Change of Seasons
Dream Theater belongs to a genre of music called progressive rock, or prog rock for short. Prog rock certainly doesn’t appeal to everyone but I think Dream Theater’s guitar heavy anthems are a perfect fit for Rockband. I choose Change of Seasons in particular because it is the first Dream Theater album I ever bought. I know it’s a controversial choice amongst Dream Theater fans who would probably rather see Images and Words or When Dream and Day Unite, however this is my list and I’d love to rock out to the Change of Seasons title track in Rockband:


The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Are You Experienced?
Honestly, if I worked for Harmonix or whoever it is that makes these decisions, this album would have been released long before Judas Priest’s. Jimi Hendrix is a guitar god, there is no disputing that and this disc contains some of his best work. It’s no competition for me, this is the Hendrix album I want to see on Rockband and I want to see it now! That rift from Manic Depression would make for a killer note chart:


Pink Floyd: The Wall
It’s always a tough choice for me, choosing between Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon and The Wall. However, when it comes to including one or the other in Rockband I have to go with The Wall . Including The Wall in its entirety would be epic beyond words. Sure, not every song from the album has a dedicated guitar, drum, bass and vocal track but I think songs like Vera/Bring the Boys Back Home would bring a whole new feeling to Rockband’s track list:


The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Heart Hearts Club Band
This is another one I had trouble choosing. You see, I absolutely love The Beatles and my two favorite albums are Sgt Pepper’s and Magical Mystery Tour. Even though I’d love to see both included in Rockband, I had to give the nod to Sgt. Pepper’s. Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds is one of the greatest songs ever written:


Bonus: The Grateful Dead: Box of Rain
I’m more than aware that Box of Rain isn’t an album but rather a song. However, given that The Grateful Dead track pack is already out and it contains a lot of the songs off of American Beauty (the album that contains Box of Rain) I doubt we will see the full album released in the game. This makes me sad because Box of Rain is my all time favorite song and it wasn’t included in the track pack. So I’m using my Cblog as a soap box. Box of Rain is an amazing song with the best vocal harmonies I’ve ever heard. Please please please Harmonix, if any of you working there have a soul, include this song in the next Grateful Dead track pack, I neeeeeeed to song along to this (and get scored on it):