It’s been a long time coming, but at last, one of classic rock’s greatest bands, The Who, will be making its way to Rock Band. Harmonix had long ago named the band’s seminal 1971 record Who’s Next as planned full-album DLC for Rock Band, but we’ve seen neither hide nor hair of songs like “Bargain” and “Baba O’Riley” (for the last time, people, it isn’t called “Teenage Wasteland”).
Now, alongside the official announcement of Rock Band 2, we’ve got confirmation from Harmonix CEO Alex Rigopolous that a bunch of Who tracks will soon be appearing in the Rock Band Music Store -- and that they’ve had some difficulty in procuring what they originally promised:
Their music really comes alive when you’re playing it ... We were trying to release ‘Who’s Next’ in its entirety, but we were unable to locate all the masters. So in the face of that, Pete (Townshend) and Roger (Daltrey) helped curate this best-of soundtrack of everything we were able to find.
On Tuesday, July 15th, Harmonix will deliver a grand total of twelve songs by The Who. Since it’s a Tuesday, the songs will presumably only hit Xbox Live Marketplace that day, and will probably come to the PlayStation Store two days later -- although there’s no affirmation of that in the Yahoo! News article in which this story was first broken. As for the songs themselves, only two have been revealed so far, and they’re great ones: “My Generation” and “Who Are You.”
The songs will go for $1.99 apiece, while the twelve-pack of master tracks will sell for $19.99. It may not be all of Who’s Next, but I’m sure that whatever it is, it’s going to rock. After all, the band’s only remaining founding members helped pick the tracks. Are you already opening your wallet, like I am?
[Via Yahoo! News]
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Maybe if they actually sold the game here in the dark areas of Europe!
I'm not familiar with this band. Whooooooooo are they, who who, who who?
SECOND BASE!
Who?
That's correct.
I am shamed, I had no idea it wasn't titled teenage wasteland. Oh well, I really hope that song is among the DLC.
Sold!
As long as we get I Can See For Miles, I'll be happy.
I'm buying it
Nice! Just in time for when my best friend returns from vacation.
Whos on first, Whats on second?
Whos on first, Whats on second?
I think National Lampoon Radio Show did a take-off on that old Abbot & Costello bit using band names awhile back ("Who comes on first" "Yes", "No, Yes is the opening act", etc)
Good times good times and good music
Sounds fantabulous. Maybe I'll get to play it one day.
MS throwing money around again, nabbing the early launch of rb2. Whatever that means; I'm still going to get shafted :(
At least Sony doesn't mind saving money instead of pulling money from other departments to buy useless time of launch exclusivity
Nah, I'm not a big fan of the Who.
Pinball Wizard or GTFO
behind blue eyes would be so fun on guitar
I remember reading a while ago why the album Who's Next was taking so long to head to rockband, and it was because they discovered some of the masters were stolen. And they couldn't exactly get the band together to re-record anything.
As a Rockband Drummer, I'm very excited for this.
Old music is old.
Old music may well be old, but it wipes the floor with 90% of the crap out there now. Won't Get Fooled Again and 5.15 FTMFW!
Old music is better than the new shit.