• More Than 1,000 Songs Available For Rock Band

    Posted by Mike Yawney on November 25th, 2009 No comments

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    The Rock Band platform has just reached a milestone. Harmonix and MTV Games have issued a joint press release stating more than 1,000 songs are now available for download.

    “The library of great songs available to players on the Rock Band platform is vast and continues to grow,” said Paul DeGooyer, Senior Vice President of Electronic Games and Music at MTV Networks Music Group. “This milestone reflects a tremendous amount of hard work from the world-class teams at Harmonix, MTV Games and at our artist, management, label and publishing partners.”

    More than 390 bands are now featured in Rock Band. Here’s a quick breakdown for those who like to crunch numbers:


    Songs by DECADE

    Songs from the 60s – 15
    Songs from the 70s – 146
    Songs from the 80s – 183
    Songs from the 90s – 186
    Songs from the 00s – 470

    Songs by GENRE

    Rock – 194
    Alternative – 162
    Metal – 130
    Classic Rock – 116
    Pop Rock – 111
    Punk – 58
    Grunge – 49
    Country – 31
    Numetal – 27
    Indie rock – 26
    Prog – 25
    Emo – 16
    Glam – 12
    New Wave – 12
    Blues – 10
    Other – 9
    Southern rock – 9
    Funk – 3

    Number of Family-Friendly songs – 413

    You can get a full list of all the available songs here.

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