Rock Band 3 Zone

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Do you know bands that have had some DLC or been in Guitar Hero or RB before, but haven’t released one of their huge hits for a game?  That is a good place to look for bands that might be in Rock Band 3.  For instance, Queen had a huge pack released as DLC, but arguably their biggest hit, “Bohemian Rhapsody” was excluded. While many people argue it’s just because the track would not translate well into gameplay, looking at it from a marketing standpoint will tell you that there would be no better way to promote Rock Band 3’s new vocal harmonies feature than to include one of the most well known harmony parts in the history of rock music in the game.

Though not many details are known, through looking at clues and trends left by Harmonix and other parties, it is quite easy to speculate and feel as though you aren’t very far off from the possible truth. There are many new features that were brought to the forefront with The Beatles: Rock Band and Lego Rock Band that would fit very nicely into the formula of Rock Band 3. The question is, which of those features would make the transition and which ones would be left on the cutting room floor?

A Billboard magazine cover story on STP leaked a nice little nugget of information:

In addition to licensing STP music for the upcoming "Rock Band 3" and "Guitar Hero 6," Dufine says that she’s targeting synchs for programs like "True Blood," "Gossip Girl" and "Vampire Diaries."

What Stone Temple Pilot song would you like to see in Rock Band 3?

As far as songs that will be included on the Rock Band 3 disc, speculators need not look any further than bands that were recently released as DLC. With popular artists like Lady Gaga, Carrie Underwood, Foo Fighters, Megadeth, White Stripes, Alice in Chains, and Tom Petty making appearances as Rock Band DLC, it only seems logical that some of their as-of-yet excluded tracks be released on disc.

Also worth mentioning would be the several bands that claimed that they would be featured in upcoming Rock Band games, like U2 and The Who. Even though they claimed they would each be receiving their own Rock Band title devoted to their band (like The Beatles and Green Day before them), it is entirely possible that Harmonix will opt to simply motion capture the members of each band for Rock Band 3 in order to fulfill their wishes.

Do you have some guesses on bands that will have tracks in RockBand3?

While hardly any details are available at this time in regards to Rock Band 3, speculation is running rampant. From bands that will appear on disc to any new features that look to be present, the music video game communities are speculating about as much as they ever had.

There are a few educated guesses that are fairly well-accepted. The first, and probably most-obvious guess, is that Rock Band 2 will export its tracks much in the way that the original Rock Band and Lego Rock Band did. Ever since Harmonix was unable to export “Enter Sandman”, “Paranoid” and “Run to the Hills” from the original Rock Band disc, it seems as though they’ve learned their lesson. Lego Rock Band was fully exportable, as will be Green Day: Rock Band. Harmonix representatives even took small jabs as Activision and their apparent inability to export full discs at one point.

The other widely-accepted idea about Rock Band 3 is that Rock Band Network will be carried over to the new title in the series. With so much work put into it and so much hype surrounding it, it would be a terrible falter to exclude it in the updated title. Rock Band Network will key for Harmonix in moving forward with the Rock Band series.

What do think Harmonix will introduce for new features?