Regardless of your opinion of Green Day’s music, I think it’s safe to say that their songs (especially, say, Dookie-era stuff) would be pretty damn fun to play in Rock Band. Personally, I’m a huge fan, and the growing chatter regarding their appearance in the game (or perhaps even a standalone Green Day title) has now reached fever pitch.
Yesterday, fresh off of their coming-out party at E3, Harmonix brought out The Beatles: Rock Band at MTV HQ in Times Square, New York. MTV employees were able to sing, harmonize, and play along with such classics as “Day Tripper” and “I Saw Her Standing There.” During the demo, MTV Multiplayer’s Russ Frushtick interviewed debonair Harmonix PR man John Drake, and asked specifically about the possibility of Green Day making its way to Rock Band. Hit the jump to find out what happened next!
Note: Due to MTV restrictions, the video is only viewable by users in the United States, so here’s a transcript of the interview for you international residents:
Drake: Yeah, we have -- we have some really great artists that we’re working with on a lot of fronts for Rock Band in the future, and we’re going to be talking more about that coming soon.
Frushtick: So nothing to say about Green Day: Rock Band?
Drake: No, but Green Day’s really, really great! Wouldn’t you love to see Green Day in Rock Band?
Frushtick: I would love to see--
Drake: I would also love to see Green Day in Rock Band! Hopefully we’ll have some official news soon.
Oh, John, you sly dog, you. Here’s hoping that the phrase “Green Day in Rock Band” merely means Green Day DLC (or even something in the vein of AC/DC Live: Rock Band Track Pack) and not a full game, because, well, let’s leave the franchise whoring to Activision, shall we?
For more John Drake goodness (he’s not a “pudgeasaurus,” kids -- how dare you!), check out Nick Chester’s behind-the-scenes video interview with him from E3. And if you want to read more about The Beatles: Rock Band, I’ll have some impressions coming up soon.
Contest:
7:40 PM on 06.10.2009
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They just don't have any soul to there music. I don't mean soul as the genre but soul as in that thing you can't describe but you know it's there and you respect it.
Green Day haven't been good for a decade. Please don't make this game... my sister will want it.
I think you have to have some respect for a band that can remain near the top for this long though, Dookie was over 15 years ago. And they're still touring. Granted I wouldn't go to a concert, but respect.
No homo.
*bows*
Well, ok, that only applies to guitar. Bass would probably be straight up boring, but that applies to 80% of songs on the game already. Drums would be pretty good, and singing would be fun enough I guess. Its nice to know the words to a song already (like em or not, Green Day get in your head).