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Motley Crue to debut new single on Rock Band first

by: Chuck - posted: 4/14/2008 6:37:00 PM
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It was really just a matter of time before a band debuted an upcoming single on Rock Band, I just never thought it would be Mötley Crüe.  Starting tomorrow you'll be able to download their new single "Saints of Los Angeles" for 80 MS Points on Xbox Live (PS3 owners can download it on Thursday for $.99).  It's a pretty bold move for the band and while this news would have been more significant when the band was bigger (i.e. the late 1980's) it's still interesting to see them debuting a new song in a video game.  This of course isn't the first time an artist debuted a new song in a video game as Green Day debuted "American Idiot" in Madden 2005.
ROCK BAND Media Alert

MÖTLEY CRÜE FIRST BAND EVER TO RELEASE BRAND NEW SINGLE IN ROCK BAND

“SAINTS OF LOS ANGELES” FROM UPCOMING MÖTLEY CRÜE ALBUM AVAILABLE THROUGH ROCK BAND BEGINNING APRIL 15

Two of rock & roll’s biggest powerhouses—mega-platinum recording artists MÖTLEY CRÜE and revolutionary music video game ROCK BAND—are joining forces to make history. Harmonix and MTV Games announced today that Mötley Crüe will be the first group to release a brand-new song as a playable track in the innovative ROCK BAND game. The highly anticipated new track, “Saints of Los Angeles,” released on Mötley Records, will be available for download for $0.99 beginning on April 15th via Xbox Live Marketplace (80 Microsoft Points) and on April 17th via the PLAYSTATION®Store.

Release date: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 (Xbox LIVE® Marketplace)
Thursday, April 17, 2008 (PLAYSTATION®Store)

Track:
Mötley Crüe “Saints of Los Angeles”

***(this track utilizes the original master recording)***

Price: $0.99 (80 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360®) per track for a limited time


Locations: Xbox LIVE® Marketplace for Xbox 360 and PLAYSTATION®Store

** Dates for Rock Band game tracks are tentative and subject to change **

With the addition of this track to the Rock Band library, there are now more than 80 tracks available for download in addition to the 58 tracks in the original game. In three months since its release, gamers have purchased more than 6 million downloadable songs for Rock Band since its launch on November 20, 2007.

Downloadable content for the Xbox 360 will be available via Xbox LIVE® Marketplace using Microsoft Points and is downloaded directly to the Xbox 360 hard drive. Downloadable content for the PLAYSTATION 3 system’s version of Rock Band will be available on the PLAYSTATION®Store through the free PLAYSTATION®Network and is downloaded directly to PLAYSTATION 3 system's built in hard drive.

Rock Band is rated “T” for Teen (lyrics, mild suggestive themes) by the ESRB.