Destructoid is gaming news, community, videos, and sometimes love. Take the tour or jump in with Facebook:

 



Hey there, Europeans! How are things going? If I were to guess, I'd say you might be feeling a bit left out, what with all of this Rock Band talk that's been going on. In the United States, the game hit shelves last November; Canadians, after a slight delay, have been playing it since early in the new year.

So here's some good news: yes, you're still going to have to wait a few more months for the game's release (we're hearing May), but be patient. The folks over at Button Bandits had a chance to play the European version at this year's Play.com Live, and were able to get their hands on a final track listing. Surprise! There are 10 more tracks than US and Canadian discs!

They are: Blur's "Beettlebum" (English); Tokio Hotel's "Through the Monsoon" (English); Muse's "Hysteria" (English); Les Wamaps' "Manu Chao" (French); Indochine's "L'Aventurier" (French); Playmo's "New Wave" (French); Die Toten Hosen's "Hier Kommt Alex" (German); Juli's "Perfekte Welle" (German); and H-Block X's "Countdown to Insanity" (German). 

While some of these tracks might go right our silly American heads, there's still quite a bit to be jealous of here. Muse's "Hysteria", for instance, has always struck me as what would be a pretty kick-ass song in Rock Band, and I'm crossing my fingers it comes to the US via downloadable content. If not, hey — enjoy your exclusive songs. Jerks.


Continue: More Xbox 360 stories





prev next

27 comments | showing # 1 to 27

Dexter345's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/17/2008 15:28
Dexter345
Oh damn, I was gonna say the same thing about Hysteria. I want it, but maybe not as much as Europeans want the actual game.

I had forgotten that they don't even have the thing yet. Poor guys. No Rock Band, no Brawl, they're getting the shaft like America did back in the '90s.
MaxVest's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/17/2008 15:28
MaxVest
At least Muse is willing to offer songs through DLC. Come on, Knights of Cydonia! Or anything off BH&R, really.
glenno's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/17/2008 15:37
glenno
I think you meant Pleymo...
Anyhow, besides the Blur and Muse tracks, I doubt this makes up for such a long delay in the release.
Horatio Caine's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/17/2008 15:48
Horatio Caine
They could make up for it by making Radiohead's In Rainbows album as a DLC. You can name the price for these tracks also. I'm willing to spend 0 quid.
Fadakar's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/17/2008 15:53
Fadakar
Oh man I was hoping we would get a Muse album for DLC, like Nevermind from Nirvana. I guess this one song shows it may only be a few songs. Map of the Problematique, Supermassive Black Hole, Exo-Politics, and Thoughts of Dying Athiest would rock.

And after playing GH3, Die Toten Hosen's Hier Kommt Alex is an awesome song, only other foreign song I'd want that's also in GH3 is Mauvais Garçon by NAAST.
Anus Mcphanus's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/17/2008 16:02
Anus Mcphanus
I actually saw that song list at play.com live but I thought they were coming out as dlc in the us and just forgot about it. Although I love both muse and blur (tokio hotel ain't bad either) I would rather have the game out sooner and not have these songs on it.....they weren't even playable at play.com live!
Crackhippo's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/17/2008 16:05
Crackhippo
Ya, Hysteria better come to North America...I don't really see why it wouldn't.
maxx77's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/17/2008 16:12
maxx77
If Hysteria doesn't make it to our shores, you Europeans can go F yourselves. I will have no pity for you ever again for any other game delay.

"We have to wait until 2020 for Smash Bros Super Brawl Melee, suck." "Remember when you got Hysteria and we didn't?" "Oh, right, I guess we can't complain about anything." "You're damn right you can't."
Drunken Haze's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/17/2008 16:17
Drunken Haze
Adding a few extra songs (even fucking awesome muse songs) dont make up for the delay. But then i suppose they really shouldnt have released it so early in america with the faulty guitars and problems they had, that release was just to be somewhere near GH3. Atleast i can understand why they have had to delay, unlkike with YOU Smash bros.
galagabug 's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/17/2008 16:17
galagabug
i have high hopes for the PAL release leading to some quality DLC here in the states. just the thought of a blur song pack makes me all kinds of happy.
Joseph Leray's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/17/2008 16:28
Joseph Leray
Manu Chao and Indochine are both pretty good.
mistic's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/17/2008 16:31
mistic
Blur's "Beattlebum" (English); => not too bad
Tokio Hotel's "Through the Monsoon" (English); > I think it'll be great fun to play!
Muse's "Hysteria" (English); = meh
Les Wamaps' "Manu Chao" (French); won't play it :p
Die Toten Hosen's "Hier Kommt Alex" (German);
H-Block X's "Countdown to Insanity" (German). => german rock cerially rocks!
Eschatos's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/17/2008 16:34
Eschatos
I need the Wii version already.
The Young Scot's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/17/2008 16:44
The Young Scot
How the shit am I supposed to sing along to German/French songs?

Je n'y crois pas à ces conneries!
lollifier's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/17/2008 16:50
lollifier
i am guessing they are gonna be songs which you dont have to necessarily play through in career mode
how the hell am i going to sing the german stuff?
GuitarAtomik's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/17/2008 17:26
GuitarAtomik
Oh man. I hope they release most of those as DLC over here once it comes out over there. Just call it the European pack or something.
mistermatthew's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/17/2008 17:49
mistermatthew
Muse and Blur?! These better be coming out for North America!

Gimme Gimme Gimme!
nanowerx's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/17/2008 20:44
nanowerx
Do want Blur!! Beetlebum is an awesome song. However Song 2 would be fucking perfect for Rock Band. Plus it is a well known song in America
Projectexodus's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/17/2008 20:54
Projectexodus
I hope that the German and French stuff will stay in their respective regions. And by that I definetly hope that Tokio Hotel stays in Germany (Because after all, its a German band, not English)!
Though I wouldnt mind singing to Rammstein :P

More UK and Irish stuff!
I want to see Pink Floyd, The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Dire Straits, Big Country, U2, Wishbone Ash, Radiohead, Queen, The Police, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, The Beatles, Eric Clapton, Def Leppard and Deep Purple!

If European countries gets their own unique songs, could we Norwegians get Turbonegro's "Fuck the world"?
Some Kaizers Orchestra, Dimmu Borgir, Madrugada, Dance With a Stranger, El Caco and A-HA stuff would be cool as well! :)
skullivan's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/17/2008 23:39
skullivan
"Muse's "Hysteria"

YES! Hysteria was one of the songs on that giant list that was found on the game disc. Since the songs were listed without artists though, no one knew if it was Muse's Hysteria or Def Leppard's.

Now they just need to get on with releasing it already. Hopefully it'll be sooner rather than later and maybe they'll even do a Muse pack (or two?). Apocalypse Please, Thoughts of a Dying Atheist, Plug In Baby, Hyper Music, Exo-politics, damn, I could go on and on.
Cubilone's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/18/2008 00:35
Cubilone
Come on people freaking out about this. Why can't us get a little more out of our game as a sorry for the delay? Yes I'm looking at maxx77's general direction.
lvl54spacemonkey's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/18/2008 04:48
lvl54spacemonkey
Beetlebum and Hier Kommt Alex makes this awesome news. Also I kinda knew there was exclusive euro tracks before this. And the may release date may be quite accurate.
maxx77's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/18/2008 08:18
maxx77
@Cubilone: I'm fine with that, just as long as we get access to those songs (or just that one song in particular as far as I'm concerned) too. I'd be willing to pay for it, not saying we should all get those songs for free.
superhobo's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/18/2008 10:50
superhobo
Hysteria is the business!
Let's just hope we some more Muse (citzen erased!) on dlc and some feeder!
BlackSunEmpire's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/19/2008 02:21
BlackSunEmpire
Hysteria looks kick ass,

As a side note, I saw an interview with Matthew Bellamy when they played the Big Day Out 2007 (lead vocals) and as always, he was saying what a beautiful place he had come to. Then he comes out with 'I think I thought it was beautiful last time I was here too, but some guy was handing out free drugs backstage, so I dont really remember'.

Now thats fucking Rock and Roll
psycho terror2's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/20/2008 17:12
psycho terror2
ROFL!

i didn't even notice this game hadn't come out, such is my total lack of desire to play it.
sushi111's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/20/2008 21:13
sushi111
Im getting bored with Muse, but Hysteria is a good song. When this comes out as DLC Ill check it out for sure.
prev next

Comment with Facebook





Click connect and comment instantly!

Comment with Dtoid





New? SIGN UP - it takes 5 seconds

Comments policy

Destructoid is an open discussion community. You don't need to "audition" to post a comment - just speak your mind. We respect differing opinions on the site, so have at it. Be smart, funny, insightful, clueless, or cute -- but back it up with substance. Keep your cool, keep it fun. We only ask that you act respectfully and above all: don't be a troll and ruin it for everyone else. Don't bring down gamers or we'll, you know, gently shoot you in the face and stuff you into a flaming mailbox. Each comment is your opportuntity to make this community awesomer. Is that even a word?

Avoiding the banhammer only requires common sense: spamming, trolling, racism, NSFW stuff, and other forms of sucking will not be tolerated. If anyone is griefing please report abuse. Be good. Don't suck!

 

   Got news?   tips@destructoid.com   |   Dtoid Twitter

New Videos

more videos


Reviews & Previews
BioShock 2 review
Dante's Inferno review
Chime review
Hustle Kings review
iPhone Review Round-up: January review
more reviews
Dawn of War II Chaos Rising
Metro 2033
A trip to the racetracks Days of Thunder Arcade
Double the pleasure, double the fun with Darwinia+
Wizarding world in plastic Lego Harry Potter Years 1-4
more previews


- The Dtoid Army is 56737 strong -

Showing Cblogs with 3+ faps   show all

Call for entries: the Areas of my Expertise

New to Dtoid? Read the survival guide


 Originals
Jim Sterling: How Aliens are blatantly better than Predators





















More Destructoid Originals




We are Destructoid   tips@destructoid.com
Nick Chester
Editor-in-Chief
Niero
Founder, Big Boss
Jim Sterling
Reviews Editor
Hamza Aziz
Community Manager
Dale North
News Editor
Rey Gutierrez
Destructoid Video EIC
Anthony Burch
Features Editor
Brad Nicholson
Managing Editor
Tom Fronczak Colette Bennett
Ashley Davis Ben Perlee
Conrad
Zimmerman
Chad Concelmo
Jonathan Holmes Jonathan Ross
Brad Rice Jordan Devore
Will Maddock Matthew Razak
Josh Tolentino
Joseph Leray
Topher Cantler Samit Sarkar
     
  Adam Dork
Daniel Lingen
Hollie Bennett
Joe Burling
Mikey Turvey






 
 
  get involved

register or login
post a blog
post a forum
enter a contest
contribute a news tip
suggest a feature
be a guest editor
support

new member's guide
login assistance
tech support
report abuse
email our editors
read our dev blog
nuclear crisis?
keep in touch

RSS feed
Twitter
Facebook
Myspace
Flickr
Game nights
Meetup+play online
seriously

about Destructoid
advertising
terms of use
privacy policy
jobs at MM
buy our crap
our network

Tomopop
Japanator
Despingation?




Destructoid is an independently-run publication forged by our love of video games and the gaming community's need of accountable enthusiast press
living the dream since March 16, 2006