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[[File:GreenDayAtFoxTheaterOakland.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Fox Oakland Theatre|The Fox Theater in Oakland]] was recreated in ''Green Day: Rock Band'' as the venue where the 18 songs from ''[[21st Century Breakdown]]'' are played.|alt=Green Day performing live at The Fox Theater.]] |
[[File:GreenDayAtFoxTheaterOakland.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Fox Oakland Theatre|The Fox Theater in Oakland]] was recreated in ''Green Day: Rock Band'' as the venue where the 18 songs from ''[[21st Century Breakdown]]'' are played.|alt=Green Day performing live at The Fox Theater.]] |
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''[[Green Day: Rock Band]]'' is a 2010 [[music video game]] developed by [[Harmonix Music Systems]], published by [[MTV Games]] and distributed by [[Electronic Arts]]. The fifth major |
''[[Green Day: Rock Band]]'' is a 2010 [[music video game]] developed by [[Harmonix Music Systems]], published by [[MTV Games]] and distributed by [[Electronic Arts]]. The fifth major release in the ''[[Rock Band]]'' series, the game was released in June 2010 for the [[PlayStation 3]], [[Xbox 360]], and [[Wii]]. It allows one to six players to simulate the performance of songs by [[Green Day]] by providing the players with peripherals modeled after musical instruments. These include a [[guitar]] peripheral for [[lead guitar]] and [[bass guitar|bass]] gameplay, a [[drum kit]] peripheral, and up to three [[microphone]]s using the same [[vocal harmony]] technology as ''[[The Beatles: Rock Band]]''.<ref name="hmxpresser">{{cite press release | url = http://www.rockband.com/press/greenday-rockband-release | title = Green Day, MTV Games, Harmonix and Reprise / Warner Bros. Records Unleash ''Green Day: Rock Band'' on the World June 8, 2010 | publisher = [[Harmonix Music Systems]] | date = March 11, 2010 | accessdate = August 14, 2011 | archiveurl = http://www.webcitation.org/60wSLRmQM | archivedate = August 14, 2011 | deadurl = no}}</ref> |
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''Green Day: Rock Band'' includes 44 playable tracks consisting of 47 Green Day songs. An additional 6 songs are available for all three consoles as [[downloadable content]] and for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 as part of the special "Plus" edition of the game. With these downloadable songs, the complete albums of ''[[Dookie]]'', ''[[American Idiot]]'', and ''[[21st Century Breakdown]]'' can be played, along with additional songs from ''[[Insomniac (Green Day album)|Insomniac]]'', ''[[Nimrod (album)|Nimrod]]'', and ''[[Warning (Green Day album)|Warning]]''. The song selection was criticized by some reviewers who felt that many important Green Day songs, especially from ''Insomniac'', ''Nimrod'', and ''Warning'', were absent from the game. Others praised the inclusion of complete albums in the game and thought they were fun to play. |
''Green Day: Rock Band'' includes 44 playable tracks consisting of 47 Green Day songs. An additional 6 songs are available for all three consoles as [[downloadable content]] and for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 as part of the special "Plus" edition of the game. With these downloadable songs, the complete albums of ''[[Dookie]]'', ''[[American Idiot]]'', and ''[[21st Century Breakdown]]'' can be played, along with additional songs from ''[[Insomniac (Green Day album)|Insomniac]]'', ''[[Nimrod (album)|Nimrod]]'', and ''[[Warning (Green Day album)|Warning]]''. The song selection was criticized by some reviewers who felt that many important Green Day songs, especially from ''Insomniac'', ''Nimrod'', and ''Warning'', were absent from the game. Others praised the inclusion of complete albums in the game and thought they were fun to play. |
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Green Day: Rock Band is a 2010 music video game developed by Harmonix Music Systems, published by MTV Games and distributed by Electronic Arts. The fifth major release in the Rock Band series, the game was released in June 2010 for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Wii. It allows one to six players to simulate the performance of songs by Green Day by providing the players with peripherals modeled after musical instruments. These include a guitar peripheral for lead guitar and bass gameplay, a drum kit peripheral, and up to three microphones using the same vocal harmony technology as The Beatles: Rock Band.[1]
Green Day: Rock Band includes 44 playable tracks consisting of 47 Green Day songs. An additional 6 songs are available for all three consoles as downloadable content and for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 as part of the special "Plus" edition of the game. With these downloadable songs, the complete albums of Dookie, American Idiot, and 21st Century Breakdown can be played, along with additional songs from Insomniac, Nimrod, and Warning. The song selection was criticized by some reviewers who felt that many important Green Day songs, especially from Insomniac, Nimrod, and Warning, were absent from the game. Others praised the inclusion of complete albums in the game and thought they were fun to play.
Music selection
Green Day: Rock Band includes 47 songs by Green Day, spanning their career from 1994 to 2009. It is the first Rock Band game to feature a complete album in the game as shipped, with the entirety of Dookie (except for the hidden track "All By Myself"),[2] American Idiot, and 21st Century Breakdown playable.[3] The inclusion of the album American Idiot was a key part of the setlist, according to Harmonix's Chris Foster, due to the nature of the album (which is meant to be listened to as a whole), as well as the album's success and stage adaptation.[4] This led the team to also include 21st Century Breakdown, an album similar to American Idiot in that it is meant to be heard as a complete work.[4] Since Harmonix already released six songs from the album as downloadable content, they did not want to make those who had purchased the songs have to pay for them again in the full game, and designed the game to include those songs for players who previously downloaded them.[4] Once these two albums were selected, Harmonix's CEO Alex Rigopulos determined they needed to include the Dookie album, the major label debut of the band and one of the most requested albums by Rock Band fans, in order to complete the experience.[3]
Harmonix wanted to include songs from Green Day's first two albums, 39/Smooth and Kerplunk, but they were unable to get the proper multitrack recordings.[5] According to Tre Cool, Green Day's drummer, the master tapes for the first two albums exist but are in poor condition, and the process to digitize them would destroy them.[6] After deciding to make Green Day: Rock Band a "three-album game", Harmonix included additional hits from Insomniac, Nimrod, and Warning.[4]
Green Day: Rock Band was announced in December 2009 with a teaser trailer which revealed the inclusion of the song "American Idiot".[7] Another five songs (four playable tracks) were revealed at the 2010 Game Developers Conference: "Boulevard of Broken Dreams", "Brain Stew/Jaded" (a two-song medley), "Hitchin' a Ride", and "Wake Me Up When September Ends".[8] On March 29, Kotaku found that the retailer Play.com listed the albums Dookie and American Idiot as being playable in the game, although Harmonix did not confirm the rumor.[9] The full setlist was announced by Entertainment Weekly on April 9, 2010.[3] The game was released on June 8.[1]
Main setlist
For Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 owners, every song in Green Day: Rock Band can be exported for use within Rock Band, Rock Band 2 and Rock Band 3. The Wii version can only export songs into Rock Band 3.[10] Although Rock Band and Rock Band 2 do not support vocal harmonies, Rock Band 3 does and the exported Green Day tracks can be played with all vocal parts in that game.
The following songs are included in the game's setlist:[3]
Song title | Album | Venue and set | Year[a] | Vocal parts |
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"21st Century Breakdown" | 21st Century Breakdown | The Fox Theater – Oakland: Set 3 | 2009 | 3 |
"American Eulogy" | 21st Century Breakdown | The Fox Theater – Oakland: Set 2 | 2009 | 3 |
"American Idiot" | American Idiot | Milton Keynes: Set 2 | 2004 | 1 |
"Are We the Waiting/St. Jimmy"[b] | American Idiot | Milton Keynes: Set 4 | 2004 | 3 |
"Basket Case" | Dookie | The Warehouse: Set 2 | 1994 | 2 |
"Before the Lobotomy" | 21st Century Breakdown | The Fox Theater – Oakland: Set 2 | 2009 | 3 |
"Boulevard of Broken Dreams" | American Idiot | Milton Keynes: Set 1 | 2004 | 2 |
"Brain Stew/Jaded"[b] | Insomniac | Milton Keynes: Set 4 | 1995 | 2 |
"Burnout" | Dookie | The Warehouse: Set 3 | 1994 | 3 |
"Chump" | Dookie | The Warehouse: Set 3 | 1994 | 2 |
"Coming Clean" | Dookie | The Warehouse: Set 2 | 1994 | 1 |
"Emenius Sleepus" | Dookie | The Warehouse: Set 2 | 1994 | 2 |
"Extraordinary Girl" | American Idiot | Milton Keynes: Set 1 | 2004 | 2 |
"F.O.D." | Dookie | The Warehouse: Set 1 | 1994 | 2 |
"Geek Stink Breath" | Insomniac | Milton Keynes: Set 1 | 1995 | 2 |
"Give Me Novacaine/She's A Rebel"[b] | American Idiot | Milton Keynes: Set 3 | 2004 | 2 |
"Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)"[c] | Nimrod | Milton Keynes: Set 4 | 1997 | 1 |
"Having a Blast" | Dookie | The Warehouse: Set 1 | 1994 | 2 |
"Hitchin' a Ride" | Nimrod | Milton Keynes: Set 3 | 1997 | 2 |
"Holiday" | American Idiot | Milton Keynes: Set 3 | 2004 | 3 |
"Homecoming" | American Idiot | Milton Keynes: Set 4 | 2004 | 3 |
"Horseshoes and Handgrenades" | 21st Century Breakdown | The Fox Theater – Oakland: Set 3 | 2009 | 2 |
"In the End" | Dookie | The Warehouse: Set 3 | 1994 | 2 |
"Jesus of Suburbia" | American Idiot | Milton Keynes: Set 3 | 2004 | 3 |
"Last Night on Earth" | 21st Century Breakdown | The Fox Theater – Oakland: Set 1 | 2009 | 2 |
"Letterbomb" | American Idiot | Milton Keynes: Set 3 | 2004 | 2 |
"Longview" | Dookie | The Warehouse: Set 3 | 1994 | 2 |
"Minority" | Warning | Milton Keynes: Set 2 | 2000 | 3 |
"Murder City" | 21st Century Breakdown | The Fox Theater – Oakland: Set 2 | 2009 | 2 |
"Nice Guys Finish Last" | Nimrod | Milton Keynes: Set 2 | 1997 | 2 |
"Peacemaker" | 21st Century Breakdown | The Fox Theater – Oakland: Set 3 | 2009 | 3 |
"Pulling Teeth" | Dookie | The Warehouse: Set 1 | 1994 | 2 |
"Restless Heart Syndrome" | 21st Century Breakdown | The Fox Theater – Oakland: Set 1 | 2009 | 3 |
"Sassafras Roots" | Dookie | The Warehouse: Set 2 | 1994 | 2 |
"See the Light" | 21st Century Breakdown | The Fox Theater – Oakland: Set 2 | 2009 | 2 |
"She" | Dookie | The Warehouse: Set 1 | 1994 | 2 |
"Song of the Century"[d] | 21st Century Breakdown | The Fox Theater – Oakland: Set 1 | 2009 | 1 |
"The Static Age" | 21st Century Breakdown | The Fox Theater – Oakland: Set 3 | 2009 | 3 |
"¿Viva La Gloria? (Little Girl)" | 21st Century Breakdown | The Fox Theater – Oakland: Set 1 | 2009 | 3 |
"Wake Me Up When September Ends" | American Idiot | Milton Keynes: Set 1 | 2004 | 1 |
"Warning" | Warning | Milton Keynes: Set 1 | 2000 | 2 |
"Welcome to Paradise" | Dookie | The Warehouse: Set 2 | 1994 | 3 |
"Whatsername" | American Idiot | Milton Keynes: Set 2 | 2004 | 3 |
"When I Come Around" | Dookie | The Warehouse: Set 1 | 1994 | 2 |
Downloadable songs
In addition to the on-disc setlist, Green Day: Rock Band supports six Green Day songs previously released as downloadable content for the Rock Band platform.[1] These songs, when played in Green Day: Rock Band, contain custom character animations, unlockables, and support the game's vocal harmonies.[4][11] The special "Plus" edition of the game available for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 also includes a coupon to download these songs.[1][12] As a result of how downloadable songs are incorporated into the game, there are no plans for further downloadable content.[11] However, additional Green Day songs from the band's pre-Dookie albums may become available for the main Rock Band series upon careful digitization of the band's old master tapes.[6]
Song title | Album | Venue and set | Year[a] | Vocal parts |
Release date | DLC Pack |
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"21 Guns" | 21st Century Breakdown | The Fox Theater – Oakland: DLC | 2009 | 3 | Template:Dtsa | Green Day 01 |
"Christian's Inferno" | 21st Century Breakdown | The Fox Theater – Oakland: DLC | 2009 | 2 | Template:Dtsa | Green Day 02 |
"East Jesus Nowhere" | 21st Century Breakdown | The Fox Theater – Oakland: DLC | 2009 | 3 | Template:Dtsa | Green Day 01 |
"Know Your Enemy" | 21st Century Breakdown | The Fox Theater – Oakland: DLC | 2009 | 3 | Template:Dtsa | Green Day 01 |
"Last of the American Girls" | 21st Century Breakdown | The Fox Theater – Oakland: DLC | 2009 | 3 | Template:Dtsa | Green Day 02 |
"¡Viva La Gloria!" | 21st Century Breakdown | The Fox Theater – Oakland: DLC | 2009 | 2 | Template:Dtsa | Green Day 02 |
Reception
Jack DeVries, who reviewed Green Day: Rock Band for IGN, enjoyed having complete albums in the game, but was disappointed by the low number of songs in the game, especially from the albums between Dookie and American Idiot, saying that "Nearly all of Green Day's albums went platinum and I'd like a much larger representation from all of them."[13] Ars Technica's Ben Kuchera praised the selection of songs, saying they "fit with the gameplay of Rock Band very well", but he criticized the editing of song lyrics, calling it "a bummer" to hear versions of the songs which are similar to radio edits.[14] Some reviewers, such as GamePro's Mitch Dyer, were disappointed by the focus on Green Day's newer songs.[15] Several reviewers were critical of the setlist, feeling that the songs weren't fun to play[16] or were too easy.[17] Others praised the songs chosen, saying that songs such as "F.O.D." provide the game with musical variety,[15] and that they are, according to DeVries, "just damn fun to play no matter what instrument you choose".[13]
Notes
References
- ^ a b c d "Green Day, MTV Games, Harmonix and Reprise / Warner Bros. Records Unleash Green Day: Rock Band on the World June 8, 2010" (Press release). Harmonix Music Systems. March 11, 2010. Archived from the original on August 14, 2011. Retrieved August 14, 2011.
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