If I had to make a rock band game (which I imagine a lot) I would use the above list of songs. These are not necessarily games that I love hearing as much as they are within the probability of rock music choices for games. I pretended to be a deciding committee for the latest rock game. I used the following rules to make the choices.
- Songs with distinct guitar, bass, vocals and drums
- Some new radio hits that attract a wide audience
- Some classic 90's rock to attract old school rockers
- Unfamiliar rock bands to act as filler
- Fun party rock songs (Cake, No Doubt, PUSA, Avril Lavigne, REM)
- Some Mainstream Christian rock
- Some hipster choices to attract music files
- Nothing older than 1990's
- One rock band that is popular and new to the rock game genre (Chevelle)
- Grinding rock songs that would be tricky to master (Muse, Anberlin, Rage Against The Machine)
- Rock band fodder that is popular with these games (Paramore, Stone Temple Pilots, Hives)
I call the game Rockcast. The angle is that you own the last TV music station that actually plays music videos. The station, Rockcast TV, is dying from low funds. The only solution is to start a huge benefit concert to save the music. In order to afford this concert you need to play music videos perfectly to raise money. Each level in the story campaign is like an episode of a rock music show. The VJ introduces the songs and you get to play them in any order. The better you play them the more funding you get for the benefit concert. You can use the funding to buy equipment and props for the final concert. The last stage of story mode is a huge concert based on all your efforts. Each song in story mode is like a music video (instead of a live performance). You will see stock footage, band members jamming and TV effects like you were watching MTV. Between each episode is a funny cutscene commercial that pokes fun at the music and pop culture industry.
Here are the Different Levels:
Gunthers Rock Show Ep 1:
Garbage- Stupid Girl
Radiohead- My Iron Lung
Stone Temple Pilots- Creep
PUSA- Mach 5
Smashing Pumpkins- Tonight Tonight
Korn- Blind
The Unicorn Power Hour Ep 1
Neon Trees- Text Me in the Morning
Thousand Foot Krutch- Born this Way
Aerosmith- Pink
Motion City Soundtrack- Everything is Alright
House of Heroes- Touch this Light
Sugarcult- Bouncin' Off the Walls
Metal and Fire Ep 1
Skillet- Not Gonna Die
Seether- Broken (Feat Amy Lee)
Linkin Park- Easier to Run
The Hives- Try it Again
Coheed and Cambria- The Suffering
Wolf Mother- Vagabond
The Top 6 Ep. 1
Bea Miller- Fire and Gold
Weezer- Back to the Shack
Hellogoodbye- Finding Something to Do
Mutemath- Odd Soul
Mumford and Sons- Wolf
New Politics- Harlem
Gunther's Rock Show Ep. 2
The Urge- Jump Right In
Rocket From The Crypt- On the Ropes
311- Down
MXPX- Chick Magnet
Mansun- Wide Open Space
The Cranberries- Zombie
The Unicorn Power Hour Ep. 2
Switchfoot- Meant to Live
Five Iron Frenzy- Battle Dancing Unicorns
Lifehouse- Between the Raindrops
The Starting Line- Best of Me
Foals- What Went Down
Anberlin- Self Starter
Metal and Fire Ep. 2
Emery- The less you say
Silverchair- Israel's Son
Alice in Chains- I Stay Away
Chevelle- Send the Pain Below
10 Years- Wasteland
Project 86- Fall Goliath Fall
The Top 6 Ep 2
Red- Faceless
Ludo- Love Me Dead
Jack White- Lazaretto
The XX- Crystalised
Thompson Square- Everything I shouldn't be thinking of
Silversun Pickups- Kissing Families
Gunther's Rock Show Ep. 3
Three Days Grace- Never Too Late
Breaking Benjamin- Failure
REM- Everybody Hurts
Blur- Coffee and TV
Collective Soul- Where the River Flows
Live- Lakini's Juice
The Unicorn Power Hour Ep. 3
Veruca Salt- Volcano Girls
Paramore- Hallelujah
Flyleaf- Set me on Fire
Dance Hall Crashers- Lost Again
Avril Lavigne- Sk8r Boi
Sheryl Crow- Everyday is a Winding Road
Metal and Fire Ep. 3
Idlewild- A Modern Way of Letting Go
Chevelle- Vitamin R
Chevelle- The Red
POD- Rock the Party
The Vines- Winning Days
Chevelle- Face to the Floor
The Top 6 Ep. 3
British Sea Power- Waving Flag
Beck- The New Pollution
Muse- Dead Inside
Nada Surf- Popular
Liam Lynch- United States of Whatever
Maximo Park- Apply Some Pressure
The Final Countdown
Jimmy Eat World- Just for Tonight
Chevelle- Take out the Gunman
No Doubt- It's My Life
Rage Against The Machine- People of the Sun
Cake- Comfort Eagle
Fireflight- Stronger than You Think
Save The Music Concert
(Choose 6 songs)
I also want to introduce a new mode where a fifth player can edit and create the music video while the guitarist, drummer, singer and bassist are playing the song. They can add scenes, effects and camera angles to the song. They wouldn't be part of the competition, but they could just entertain everyone who is watching.
Finally, I want a full music video editor where the player can create a music video from scratch. They pick the backdrops, the characters, the actions, the lights and the scenes. The player could potentially make a video where a large bunny is jumping in a rusty shed, while Veruca Salt plays their song. These songs can be uploaded online and you can see what the community has made.
Content:
The game will kind of stray away from creating your own rock star and creating your own instrument because the focus is on you as the savior of the music video industry. Various rock star types will play in each video. When you play certain specialty notes you can activate Creative Control. Not only does this give you a score multiplier, but also gives the music video a filter effect.
Facts:
5 Player Parties
Compatible with Rockband, Guitar Hero and 3rd Party equipment
Online Multiplayer
Make your own music video and share it
Save The Music story mode
Over 70 tracks
DLC Packs
More 90's Pack
Nirvana- Polly (Live in London)
Soundgarden- Fell on Black Days
Soundgarden- Pretty Noose
Pearl Jam- Still Alive
Foo Fighters- Big Me
Oasis- Champagne Supernova
No Doubt- Snakes
Rebellious Youth Pack
Paramore- Brick By Boring Brick
This Providence- My Beautiful Rescue
October Fall- Caught in the Rain
Plain White T's- Hate (I Really Don't Like You)
Cute is What We Aim For- The Curse of Curves
Mayday Parade- Jamie All Over
The Academy Is- About A Girl
Grinder Pack
Demon Hunter- Collapsing
Chariot- The One
Haste The Day- Wheneverything Falls
Devil Wears Prada- First Sight
Underoath- A Boy Brushed Red Living In Black and White
Thursday- War All the Time
Other Light
O.C. Supertones- Welcome Home
Jars of Clay- Flood
DC Talk- Jesus Freak
Superchick- Barlow Girl
Relient K- Be My Escape
Disciple- Dear X, You Don't Own Me
Kutless- Your Touch
Encore Mix
Muse- Supremacy
Anberlin- Paper Thin Hymn
Rage Against The Machine- Ghost of Tom Joad
P.O.D.- Eyez
Chevelle- The Clincher
Chevelle- Well Enough Alone
311- Come Original
Weezer- Gone Fishin
Jimmy Eat Future- Futures
Motion City Soundtrack- True Romance
The Vines- Outtathaway
Breaking Benjamin- So Cold
Emery- Studying Politics
