Next week's Rock Band DLC offerings have been revealed -- seven tracks off of Nirvana's legendary album, Nevermind. They are:
"Breed," "Lounge Act," "On a Plain," "Polly," "Something in the Way," "Stay Away," and Territorial Pissings"
The pack can be purchased for $10.99 (880 MS Points) or for $1.99 (160 MS Points) per track. They'll be available on Xbox LIVE Marketplace next Tuesday, and PlayStation Network the following Tuesday.
Personally, I'm happy to see these tracks finally making their way to Rock Band, but I'm concerned. The lack of some of the albums "hit singles" is suspicious, particularly the lack of "Smells Like Teen Spirit," "Come As You Are," and "Lithium." In fact, save for those tracks, we'd have a complete album.
So where are they? Who knows. One could speculate that maybe the folks behind another music game came in and signed a fat blank check out in Courtney Love's name to secure the rights. Or maybe Harmonix/MTV feel like they need to hold on to something for the inevitable retail follow up to Rock Band 2.
Whatever the case, Nirvana fans should be happy to be able to play most of the album. I certainly am.
Contest:
1:21 PM on 10.17.2008 | 
I want fun, cheesy pop-punk songs! Enough of this grunge business.
Also, Sharpless, no. We were talking about that recently. It's been messed up for days and it makes me cry.
As for the formatting, I haven't had a problem with it, I think it looks much nicer, imo.
It's been like this for the past week now. It's annoying as hell and I want it to end.
The promise of "Nevermind" as DLC was one of the major contributing factors to my purchase, as was "Who's next". I call bullshit on only releasing a few songs from these albums when they were announced over a year ago. HMX has had plenty of time to fill in the blanks, locate master recordings or recorde covers or something. Yes. I would even take covered to fill in the blanks just to have full albums.
Releasing a pack from "Nevermind" without Smells like Teen Spirit is like banging the hottest girl on the planet and right before you blow your load, just pulling out putting your pants on and leaving.
BULLSHIT!
/rant
It's been forever since I heard the full album so I'll have to go give it a listen and see if I want lounge act or terr pissings
But honestly, enough tom-foolering, needs moar Ramones.