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Your 20 free Rock Band songs are coming probably maybe soon, just not right now
5:02 PM on 11.05.2008, Nick Chester 17 comments

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If you're wondering where the hell those 20 free Rock Band 2 tracks that were supposed to be released on November 4, wonder no longer. They're coming. Just not, you know, right now.

According to a post by Harmonix's Sean Baptiste on the official Rock Band forums, codes were going out (via email) last night, slowly but surely. That was yesterday, and today is today. And today the story is a bit different. 

"We have hit an unexpected delay with getting the content online with Microsoft and are working diligently with them to get that resolved," he writes on the forums. "We have suspended sending out the token codes until the content becomes available. Sending out the codes before the content is live will just result in more confusion. We hope to have this resolved in the next 24 hours and apologize profusely for the delay."

Oh, Microsoft! These bizarre, behind-the-scenes certification delays never get old. We're always on the edge of our seats. As for the codes going out to PlayStation 3 owners, Baptiste says they're working with Sony, and should have more information soon.

Interestingly enough, "issue 6" of Harmonix/MTV's community email "zine" that I received two days ago actually said the songs would be available "early next week." My guess is that was written last week, but maybe it's more relevant than I first thought.

My suggestion: Stop whining. Make a setlist with your favorite 20 songs and play it until your ears bleed. Patience is a virtue. But so is whining on the Internet, so do what you want. I'm going to go play Gears of War 2.


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Citizen Erased's Avatar
Citizen Erased at 11/05/2008 17:47
The game's not even out here for another couple of weeks...so fuck it.
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kaz at 11/05/2008 17:47
I went through iTunes and listened to what I could find, I think i'll be keeping 6 or 7 of the 20. You can't beat the price, but even at free there is some stuff I can't listen to.
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nanowerx at 11/05/2008 17:48
...because songs you never heard before are all bad. Grow up.
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Suff0cat at 11/05/2008 18:13
The whining about never hearing of any of the songs completely boggles my mind.

EVERY band and song that you have EVER liked, was at some point, something you had never heard.


Also, Harmonix should have made sure the tracks were good to go before they ever announced a date. I want Prequel to the Sequel dammit!
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Rational Animal at 11/05/2008 18:36
What if you've heard the songs and you still think they suck? Are we allowed to whine then?
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Endstiem at 11/05/2008 19:09
X-JAPAN!!!!
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BurnPianoBurn at 11/05/2008 21:32
I love how people say these songs suck. First, I challenge you to actually play drums and sing on the Underoath Track. Cause if you're in true fashion as a musician you'd understand that bands like Tickle Me Pink, Underoath, and Beneath the Buried and Me, are extremely talented bands that don't get the credit they deserve. All I've heard is "I want classic rock or some mainstream band that is oversaturated", give me a break, go play guitar hero or play though the songs already on the game because thats pretty much what you bought in the first place. Its nice that Harmonix are actually giving some of these well deserved artists a chance in the limelight. I know I'll be tearing up Underoath like hell once I get this "free" track pack. Thanks again harmonix. To the haters, pick up a real instrument before you judge artists.
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maxhavoc2000 at 11/05/2008 21:48
What's wrong with wanting stuff we love instead of stuff we've never heard of before? I hate when people say, well if they suck why don't you try and play a real instrument. When someone says a band sucks, they are saying they suck of the people that can play an instrument.
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BluDesign at 11/05/2008 22:17
@burnpiano

If it were just a matter of singing a song or something that's one thing. I enjoy playing the songs I enjoy in Rock Band because they're songs I know and enjoy.

Am I going to snub the free songs? No, there might be something in there I might genuinely like. But I don't like that there's nothing in there I know. That irks me. There ain't a frickin' bone that's been thrown to me on that setlist. Nothing.

I've HEARD of X-Japan. As in name recognition.

I welcome independent/lesser known artists into the game, but independent bands do not sell copies of the game like mainstream stuff does. Technically that pretty much validates why they're all lesser known bands but still, it wouldn't have killed them to stick SOMETHING in there that people widely know.
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Usedtabe at 11/05/2008 23:27
Why do people keep saying 20 "free" tracks?!?!?! These are not free tracks. These are the rest of the tracks that were supposed to be on the disc but did not make it in time. You have already paid for these tracks. So don't console yourselves with the "oh well, they're free", because they aren't.
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nukka jdav at 11/06/2008 00:29
DEBAAAAAAATE
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Rational Animal at 11/06/2008 06:56
@BurnPianoBurn:

In-game difficulty says nothing of the quality of the music itself. For instance, "Through the Fire and Flames" is insanely hard in GH3, but that doesn't mean it deserves a Grammy and your undying affection.

Also, the whole "you should play a real instrument before you judge" line of thinking is flawed on so many levels that I don't even know where to start. Do you think it's a prerequisite that you direct a major motion picture before you can judge the quality of a film?
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whormongr at 11/06/2008 08:48
is that pick of EZO?
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ARCHAENON at 11/06/2008 13:18
Of all the pictures. Is that really the only picture they could use for X-Japan? D:
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Knives at 11/06/2008 15:07
I got the code like 20 mins ago, I hope they get them next week, if only to have more things to play
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