Harmonix and MTV Games announced today 18 new tracks coming this week to the Rock Band Music Store catalogue of downloadable content for the Wii system, including seven tracks from 80s power rockers REO Speedwagon and Styx. This week’s music update also includes songs from All That Remains, The Clash, Devo, Hautewerk, The Ramones, and System of a Down.
Three of Styx’s biggest singles were recently re-recorded for Rock Band, including "Blue Collar Man (Long Nights)" and "Renegade" originally featured on the band’s eighth studio album Pieces of Eight (1978), plus "Too Much Time on My Hands" originally featured on the band’s 1981 concept album Paradise Theatre.
REO Speedwagon’s timeless classics "Ridin’ the Storm Out", originally featured on the band’s third album of the same name (1973), "Roll With the Changes", originally featured on the band’s seventh studio album, You can Tune a Piano but You Can’t Tuna Fish (1978) and "Take It on the Run", originally featured on the band’s 9-times platinum 1980 album Hi Infidelity will also debut in the Wii Rock Band Music Store this week.
"Can’t Stop Rockin’", the new collaborative song between Styx and REO Speedwagon, which the bands recorded together in anticipation of their upcoming Can’t Stop Rockin’ tour, which kicks off May 13, will also be available next week.
Hautewerk adds three tracks from their debut album Stop Start Again (2006) including "Stop Start Again", "Alone in My Head" and "I Know Where You Came From".
As previously announced, the tracks from Styx, REO Speedwagon and Hautewerk were released last week to owners of Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system.
This week’s Wii update also includes eight tracks from the Rock Band back catalogue starting with three songs from Massachusetts-based metalcore band All That Remains – "Two Weeks" and "Chiron" from 2008’s Overcome as well as "This Calling" from Fall of Ideals (2006).
Politically-charged hard rockers System of a Down add two tracks with "B.Y.O.B." from Mezmerize (2005) and title track "Toxicity" from the 2001 album. Two classic punk tracks are also on the way courtesy of The Clash’s "Complete Control" from the band’s self-titled 1977 debut album and The Ramones’ "Teenage Lobotomy" from Rocket to Russia (1977). Rounding out the content updated is Devo’s "Girl U Want", the first single from the band’s album Freedom of Choice (1980).