**ROCK BAND MEDIA
ALERT**
ROCK
BAND® GETS A SECOND
DOSE OF COUNTRY
Cambridge, Mass. - February 20, 2009
- Harmonix and MTV Games today announced
the debut of five alternative country acts to the Rock Band® Music Store catalog of downloadable content
including artists Neko Case, Steve Earle, Lucinda Williams, Drive-By Truckers
and Old 97’s. Rock Band fans
will also get a 3-pack from alternative rock band Jimmy Eat World.
“Alt Country 01”
5-pack features a
signature mix of alternative country sounds from
bluegrass and rockabilly to
honky-tonk rock. The 5-pack includes
“People Got A Lotta
Nerve” from Neko Case’s soon-to-be released
album Middle Cyclone (March 3, 2009), “Can’t Let Go” by
Grammy winning singer/songwriter Lucinda Williams from
her album Car Wheels On A Gravel
Road (1998) and Steve Earl’s “Satellite Radio” from his
album Washington Square
Serenade (2007). The 5-pack also
features “Three Dimes Down” from
southern rock band Drive-By Truckers featured on the Brighter Than Creation’s
Dark (2008) album
and the
Old 97’s live recording
“Timebomb” from the band’s Alive & Wired (2005) album.
Release Date: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 (Xbox LIVE
Marketplace for Xbox 360®)
Thursday, February 26, 2009 (PlayStation®Store)
Tracks:
Neko Case - ”People Got A Lotta
Nerve”
Steve Earle - “S..atellite
Radio”
Lucinda Williams - “Can’t Let
Go”
Old 97’s - “Timebomb
(live)”
Jimmy Eat World -
“Futures”
immy Eat World - “Lucky Denver
Mint”
Jimmy Eat World - "Sweetness“
..
(All tracks are
original master recordings)
Price: $1.99 (160 Microsoft
Points for Xbox 360) per track$8.49 (680 Microsoft Points for Xbox
360) for Alt Country Pack 01 $5.49 (440 Microsoft Points for Xbox
360) for Jimmy Eat World Pack 01
Locations: Xbox
LIVE Marketplace for the Xbox 360
PlayStation®Network
Music Videos:
Click on the track below to view the
song’s corresponding music video. Videos can be embedded on your
website.
Jimmy Eat
World “Sweetness“ <http://www.mtv.com/videos/..jimmy-eat-world/309873/..sweetness.jhtml>
Jimmy Eat
World “Lucky Denver
Mint” <http://www.mtv.com/videos/..jimmy-eat-world/308905/lucky-..denver-mint.jhtml>
Website
Links:
For more information, please
visit:
Rock Band
Website <http://www.rockband.com/music..>
Drive By Truckers
Website <http://www.drivebytruckers...com/index.html>
Lucinda Williams
Website <http://www.lucindawilliams...com/>
Neko Case
Website <http://www.nekocase.com/>
Steve Earle
Website <http://www.steveearle.com/>
Old 97's
Website <http://www.old97s.com/>
Jimmy Eat World
Website <http://clarity.jimmyeatworld...com/>
Rock
Band 2
is available for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment
system from
Microsoft, PLAYSTATION®3 and PlayStation®2 computer
entertainment
systems and Wii™ home videogame console from Nintendo.
There are now more than 560 tracks
available to date via disc and download purchase (complete list of tracks
at www.rockband.com/music <http://www.rockband.com/music..> ). Rock Band
continues to satisfy music fans’
and gamers' voracious appetite for
rock with more than 36 million paid
downloads since its launch on
November 20, 2007. The Rock Band Music Store
allows players to preview and
purchase downloadable individual music
tracks and packs from the vast
selection of offerings available to date
without ever leaving the game as
they build their own custom
Rock
Band
library.
Rock Band and Rock Band 2 are
rated "T" for Teen (lyrics, suggestive themes) by the ESRB.
For more information on Rock Band 2 and Harmonix Music Systems please
visit www.rockband.com
<http://www.rockband.com> and
www.harmonixmusic.com <http://www.harmonixmusic.com> .