New York Times confirms "Shackler's Revenge"/MTV/GNR reveal on Monday!

[Queenie]

From the New York Times Service

"A decade and a half after releasing its previous album, Guns N’ Roses plans to put out a new song in September — on the video game “Rock Band 2.” MTV expects to announce on Monday that the sequel to its popular “Rock Band” game will include “Shackler’s Revenge,” a track from the Guns N’ Roses album that has been in the works for more than a decade, said people familiar with the deal who spoke on condition of anonymity because the arrangement has yet to be announced.

The inclusion of the song on a game suggests that the Guns N’ Roses album “Chinese Democracy” will come out this fall, after years of delays. Axl Rose, who has selected replacements for the other original members, has said that the album is finished, but a release date has not been announced.

MTV and Universal Music Group, Guns N’ Roses’ label, declined to comment on the deal.

Guns N’ Roses’ plan to reintroduce its music to the public in a video game underscores how important to the music business games have become — especially “Rock Band” and Activision’s “Guitar Hero” series, which allow gamers to play along with songs on instrument-shaped plastic controllers. “Rock Band 2” will also include songs from marquee acts like AC/DC and Rush; the game may also feature music by Elvis Costello and Bob Dylan, according to a track listing leaked online. Activision recently released a version of “Guitar Hero” dedicated to Aerosmith, and a game based on Metallica is due next year."

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/14/arts/music/14guns.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

Credit goes to bigbri from GNRevolution

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Well, I knew it was real. Apparently, at E3 the setlist will be revealed, and MTV and GN'R are supposed to announce the confirmation tommorrow. I'm fucking psyched.

  says "i told you guys" 

[glass]

From the New York Times Service

"A decade and a half after releasing its previous album, Guns N’ Roses plans to put out a new song in September — on the video game “Rock Band 2.” MTV expects to announce on Monday that the sequel to its popular “Rock Band” game will include “Shackler’s Revenge,” a track from the Guns N’ Roses album that has been in the works for more than a decade, said people familiar with the deal who spoke on condition of anonymity because the arrangement has yet to be announced.

The inclusion of the song on a game suggests that the Guns N’ Roses album “Chinese Democracy” will come out this fall, after years of delays. Axl Rose, who has selected replacements for the other original members, has said that the album is finished, but a release date has not been announced.

MTV and Universal Music Group, Guns N’ Roses’ label, declined to comment on the deal.

Guns N’ Roses’ plan to reintroduce its music to the public in a video game underscores how important to the music business games have become — especially “Rock Band” and Activision’s “Guitar Hero” series, which allow gamers to play along with songs on instrument-shaped plastic controllers. “Rock Band 2” will also include songs from marquee acts like AC/DC and Rush; the game may also feature music by Elvis Costello and Bob Dylan, according to a track listing leaked online. Activision recently released a version of “Guitar Hero” dedicated to Aerosmith, and a game based on Metallica is due next year."

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/14/arts/music/14guns.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

Credit goes to bigbri from GNRevolution

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Well, I knew it was real. Apparently, at E3 the setlist will be revealed, and MTV and GN'R are supposed to announce the confirmation tommorrow. I'm fucking psyched.

  says "i told you guys" 

[Queenie]

it's finally happening. finally

p.s.

Mysteron confirms:

The NY Times story is correct.

An announcement is planned for Monday for Rock Band 2 and Shackler's Revenge will be in the game.

[Streetchild]

you can follow it live:
http://e3.gamespot.com/live.html?tag=event_nav;live

[Queenie]

http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/888/888781p1.html

July 14, 2008 - Last year, Rock Band was the only music game that enabled users to play as a full-fledged band. Things are different this year with Konami's Rock Revolution and, more dauntingly, Guitar Hero World Tour. Ultimately, no amount of features or new equipment is going to matter. The real winner will be whichever game has the best track list. Harmonix and MTV must be fully aware of this fact, because today, the two released the full 84-song set list. Judging by the impressive list, Konami and Activision have reason to worry. This is easily the greatest assemblage of music in a game to date.

The big jaw-to-the-floor announcement is that Guns N' Roses is set to debut a new song from the long-awaited album Chinese Democracy. It's not just that Rock Band 2 has GNR -- it has new GNR and effectively announces the imminent arrival of the band's oft-delayed album. Guns N' Roses' "Shackler's Revenge" is just the tip of the iceberg for a track list that features far more greats (Bob effin' Dylan!) than stinkers (Linkin effin' Park?!).

Joining GNR and Dylan are such surprises as Tenacious D, Pearl Jam, Beck, Talking Heads, and The Replacements. The list isn't so focused on spreading across decades as it is spanning genres. There's a lot more heavy metal this time around and the music from the '60s is better focused (and lacking the horror that is Green Tides and High Grass). Perhaps the only head scratcher is the inclusion of Norman Greenbaum's "Spirit in the Sky," which most will recognize as an overused sports anthem.

Ah, but as great as this list may be, you love your old RB1 tracks and just don't want to give them up. Fear not. All downloadable content will work with Rock Band 2 and gamers can export tracks from Rock Band 1 to RB2. That's right -- from day one you can bring all RB1 tracks into RB2 to compliment your DLC as long as you own a PS3 or an Xbox 360 with a hard drive.

And there's more. Harmonix actually wanted to toss in 100 tracks total for the disk, but couldn't get them all in one time to ship for Xbox 360 by September. So this fall, MTV is releasing an additional 20 downloadable master tracks... for free. By year's end this will mean RB fans will have access to more than 500 songs.

That is the sound of Activision gulping.

Check out the full list of tracks. Note that all tracks on RB2 are master recordings. There are 75 tracks from famous artists, plus nine bonus tracks from various bands that feature members of Harmonix.

Master Tracks
# Artists Song Title Decade
1. AC/DC Let There Be Rock 1970s
2. AFI Girl's Gone Grey 2000s
3. Alanis Morissette You Oughta Know 1990s
4. Alice in Chains Man in the Box 1990s
5. Allman Brothers Ramblin' Man 1970s
6. Avenged Sevenfold Almost Easy 2000s
7. Bad Company Shooting Star 1970s
8. Beastie Boys So Whatcha Want 1990s
9. Beck E-Pro 2000s
10. Bikini Kill Rebel Girl 1990s
11. Billy Idol White Wedding Pt. I 1980s
12. Blondie One Way or Another 1970s
13. Bob Dylan Tangled Up in Blue 1970s
14. Bon Jovi Livin' on a Prayer 1980s
15. Cheap Trick Hello There 1970s
16. Devo Uncontrollable Urge 1980s
17. Dinosaur Jr. Feel the Pain 1990s
18. Disturbed Down with the Sickness 2000s
19. Dream Theater Panic Attack 2000s
20. Duran Duran Hungry Like the Wolf 1980s
21. Elvis Costello Pump It Up 1970s
22. Fleetwood Mac Go Your Own Way 1970s
23. Foo Fighters Everlong 1990s
24. Guns N' Roses Shackler's Revenge 2000s
25. Interpol PDA 2000s
26. Jane's Addiction Mountain Song 1980s
27. Jethro Tull Aqualung 1970s
28. Jimmy Eat World The Middle 2000s
29. Joan Jett Bad Reputation 1980s
30. Journey Anyway You Want It 1970s
31. Judas Priest Painkiller 1990s
32. Kansas Carry On Wayward Son 1970s
33. L7 Pretend We're Dead 1990s
34. Lacuna Coil Our Truth 2000s
35. Linkin Park One Step Closer 2000s
36. Lit My Own Worst Enemy 1990s
37. Lush De-Luxe 1990s
38. Mastodon Colony of Birchmen 2000s
39. Megadeth Peace Sells 1980s
40. Metallica Battery 1980s
41. Mighty Mighty Bosstones Where'd You Go 1990s
42. Modest Mouse Float On 2000s
43. Motorhead Ace of Spades 1980s
44. Nirvana Drain You 1990s
45. Norman Greenbaum Spirit in the Sky 1960s
46. Panic at the Disco Nine in the Afternoon 2000s
47. Paramore That's What You Get 2000s
48. Pearl Jam Alive 1990s
49. Presidents of the USA Lump 1990s
50. Rage Against the Machine Testify 1990s
51. Ratt Round & Round 1980s
52. Red Hot Chili Peppers Give it Away 1990s
53. Rise Against Give it All 2000s
54. Rush The Trees 1970s
55. Silversun Pickups Lazy Eye 2000s
56. Smashing Pumpkins Today 1990s
57. Social Distortion I Was Wrong 1990s
58. Sonic Youth Teenage Riot 1980s
59. Soundgarden Spoonman 1990s
60. Squeeze Cool for Cats 1970s
61. Steely Dan Bodhitsattya 1970s
62. Steve Miller Band Rock'n Me 1970s
63. Survivor Eye of the Tiger 1980s
64. System of a Down Chop Suey 2000s
65. Talking Heads Psycho Killer 1970s
66. Tenacious D Master Exploder 2000s
67. Testament Souls of Black 1990s
68. The Donnas New Kid in School 2000s
69. The Go-Go's We Got the Beat 1980s
70. The Grateful Dead Alabama Getaway 1980s
71. The Guess Who American Woman 1970s
72. The Muffs Kids in America 1990s
73. The Offspring Come Out & Play (Keep 'em Separated) 1990s
74. The Replacements Alex Chilton 1980s
75. The Who Pinball Wizard 1960s
Bonus Tracks
76. Abnormality Visions 2000s
77. Anarchy Club Get Clean 2000s
78. Bang Camaro Night Lies 2000s
79. Breaking Wheel Shoulder to the Plow 2000s
80. The Libyans Neighborhood 2000s
81. The Main Drag A Jagged Gorgeous Winter 2000s
82. Speck Conventional Lover 2000s
83. The Sterns Supreme Girl 2000s
84. That Handsome Devil Rob the Prez-O-Dent 2000s

Rock Band 2 hits Xbox 360 for a short exclusive window in September and then broadens with a holiday release on PS3, PS2, and Wii. It's unknown if any cross-game functionality will exists for PS2 or Wii versions

[Bill Bailey]

It's a little scary that they didn't announce the release date for Chinese Democracy along with this. I hope this doesn't end up being another one-off release like "Oh My God" was.

The name of the song and the fact that it's a Buckethead solo track with Axl added in worries me quite a bit. It sounds like a goofy Buckethead title for sure. I just hope it doesn't sound like one of Buckethead's signature five minute Eddie Van Halen rip-offs with goofy noises added in and is an actual SONG instead.

There's actually quite a few songs I'm looking forward to playing on this game:

18. Disturbed Down with the Sickness 2000s
26. Jane's Addiction Mountain Song 1980s
28. Jimmy Eat World The Middle 2000s
30. Journey Anyway You Want It 1970s
31. Judas Priest Painkiller 1990s
32. Kansas Carry On Wayward Son 1970s
35. Linkin Park One Step Closer 2000s
39. Megadeth Peace Sells 1980s
40. Metallica Battery 1980s
43. Motorhead Ace of Spades 1980s
44. Nirvana Drain You 1990s
48. Pearl Jam Alive 1990s
49. Presidents of the USA Lump 1990s
51. Ratt Round & Round 1980s
52. Red Hot Chili Peppers Give it Away 1990s
56. Smashing Pumpkins Today 1990s
59. Soundgarden Spoonman 1990s
64. System of a Down Chop Suey 2000s
69. The Go-Go's We Got the Beat 1980s
72. The Muffs Kids in America 1990s
73. The Offspring Come Out & Play (Keep 'em Separated) 1990s
74. The Replacements Alex Chilton 1980s

[Queenie]

It's a little scary that they didn't announce the release date for Chinese Democracy along with this. I hope this doesn't end up being another one-off release like "Oh My God" was.

The name of the song and the fact that it's a Buckethead solo track with Axl added in worries me quite a bit. It sounds like a goofy Buckethead title for sure. I just hope it doesn't sound like one of Buckethead's signature five minute Eddie Van Halen rip-offs with goofy noises added in and is an actual SONG instead.

There's actually quite a few songs I'm looking forward to playing on this game:

listen, goofy, "shackler's revenge" is on rb2. "shackler's revenge" is on the chinese democracy album. "shackler's revenge" is the first new single off the album. "shackler's revenge" is a serious gnr song like TWAT and mystery track 2 are.  isn't just added in, he puts on another great singing performance like he does with TWAT. so take your worries and stick em' 

[Streetchild]

It's a little scary that they didn't announce the release date for Chinese Democracy along with this.

Could still happen. Maybe they're waiting for after the presentation.
You never know with GNR. Someone might find the update button on their website.

[Queenie]

Could still happen. Maybe they're waiting for after the presentation.
You never know with GNR. Someone might find the update button on their website.

you can stick it too 

[shayluh]

i'm happy for you queenie.

i just hope axl doesn't dissapoint you... again.

[Bill Bailey]

Could still happen. Maybe they're waiting for after the presentation.
You never know with GNR. Someone might find the update button on their website.

It could always "still happen". That's the bummer. I'm just not getting my hopes up until I've heard the song and read an official press release for the album. We've been burned way too many times.

[Streetchild]

It could always "still happen". That's the bummer. I'm just not getting my hopes up until I've heard the song and read an official press release for the album. We've been burned way too many times.

I'm probably the last person on this forum you have to warn for that .
Like the whole NewGNR saga, I don't expect anything. I won't be bummed out if nothing happens and if actually something happens, it's even better cause I didn't expect it.

[Streetchild]

The part where they announce Shackler's Revenge:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3tS5RYVv2Y

Funny how he used the word "soon" .

[SixxAMEN]

The part where they announce Shackler's Revenge:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3tS5RYVv2Y

Funny how he used the word "soon" .

[BITCH™]

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