[UPDATE] Rock Band going Green?

  • Posted June 9th, 2009 at 04:35 EDT by Adam Dolge
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The popular punk-rock band Green Day may get some Rock Band treatment, according to a comment from front-man Billy Joe during a radio interview this morning. During the interview on KROQ 106.7 FM, an audience member asked when Green Day would appear on Rock Band. Joe simply replied: “Uh, yeah, we’re doing a whole Green Day Rock Band… uh.”

While the less-than descriptive comment could mean anything from a full game to downloadable content, the idea of a Rock Band with Green Day content is not unrealistic. We’ve already seen Aerosmith and Metallica Guitar Hero games, and Pearl Jam’s 10 album on Rock Band; plus, later this year we’ll see The Beatles: Rock Band.

While there’s no official announcement about Green Day: Rock Band, it would make sense that one of the biggest American bands would join its brothers in music rhythm game royalty, especially with its latest release of "21st Century Breakdown," a world tour, a musical, and its continued pursuit of world domination.

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UPDATE: We contacted Harmonix COO Mike Dornbrook for information on a potential Green Day: Rock Band, and received the following.

"We're always working on a bunch of possibilities," said Dornbrook. "No comment on Green Day."

It appears that we'll have to wait a bit longer for official confirmation.

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  1. disposableheroV | disposableheroV

    • 9:49pm BST - June 8th, 2009

    Well now, this would be awesome.

  2. subwaydesign

    • 9:50pm BST - June 8th, 2009

    meh, they were so stoned that they probably understood the following insted of the actual question

    "mahaji cocococo fulomba reWAAAAAAAAAAAA?"

    and they came out with the first answer they could think of

    hahaha i love green day

  3. Conradvo1 | I_Like_Pie_13

    • 9:52pm BST - June 8th, 2009

    Man, I would love this to be true! Green Day is one of my favorite bands. Bring on the game!

  4. lordAlucard | Sympozium_666

    • 9:53pm BST - June 8th, 2009

    Green Day suck gimme RHAPSODY !!!

  5. SPIDER | SpiderMedical

    • 9:53pm BST - June 8th, 2009

    meh...

     

    would rather have a paramore rock band

     

     

  6. Kamahl | Kamahl_rg

    • 10:10pm BST - June 8th, 2009

    if they do release DLC for Rock Band (its not a full game obviously) i hope its their old stuff cause i completely HATE their new music.

  7. TheDopplerEffect

    • 10:25pm BST - June 8th, 2009

    meh who wants Green Day,  we want Rock Band: The Jonas Brothers..............(Sarcasim)

  8. Sonan | Sonan

    • 10:36pm BST - June 8th, 2009

    I don't think anyway can sing as badly and nasally as Billy Joe. Definite pass.

  9. Triple Dk | TripleDk

    • 10:42pm BST - June 8th, 2009

    I would rather have a Offspring version :P

    But to me it seems like his answer was something coming out of a cloud. Like he doesn't even know what Rock Band is, and then he got confused "Yeah, our rock band is called Green Day". That is what he meant in my opinion, lol

    But I do think that either 21st Century Breakdown or American Idiot is coming to Rock Band.

  10. Funeralfog | blksabbath

    • 10:52pm BST - June 8th, 2009

    since when did punk rock turn into pop little girls listen to? oh YEAH green day!

  11. Babiloo | XavierHarkonnen

    • 10:55pm BST - June 8th, 2009

    i miss the green day of old (before american idiot)

  12. cowman285 | cowman285

    • 11:14pm BST - June 8th, 2009

    why dont they make a nirvana rock band? they should make that before green day blah!!!

  13. vipergts2207 | D-Smitty

    • 11:41pm BST - June 8th, 2009

    His comment sounds like sarcasm to me.

  14. rogerse63

    • 12:16am BST - June 9th, 2009

    @12...thats what i was thinking too

  15. Ixion | MagicManGSC

    • 12:16am BST - June 9th, 2009

    Yeah, it does sound like sarcasm.

    I think Green Day is great, but I doubt Harmonix would want to do a whole game based on a punk band. There isn't much variety in the guitar playing.

  16. FloodOne | FloodOne

    • 12:23am BST - June 9th, 2009

    @9- You hit it right on the nose.

     

    We'll see if Green Day gets some DLC. That would be cool, but at the end of the day, no one band deserves their own music game.

     

    No, not even the Beatles.

  17. kudoshinchi | kudoshinchi

    • 12:40am BST - June 9th, 2009

    OMG green day on rock band buy it first day

  18. psmgamer | Demonhunter84

    • 1:08am BST - June 9th, 2009

    More likely Billie Joe misunderstood the question asked but maybe he hinted that Greenday DLC is headed toward Rockband 2 this year? Probaby he thought the person asked if Greenday was a "Rockband"? No punk band deserves their own game even The Beatles don't deserve their own game(I am not a fan of Beatles and have nothing against them) but I think that The Beatles are one  of those bands that fans will go out and buy their game just because its the only place to find Beatles songs that you can play only on their game. Same can be said about Metallica Guitar Hero.I expect American Idiot or 21st Century Breakdown to appear on Rockband as a download of the whole album similar to Pearl Jam's Ten album appeared. Would be cool to get the bands older work like Dookie even Warning, Insomiac, Nomrod, or the bands way older stuff like Kerplunk or 39 Smooth.

  19. J1gs4w | d3v1ldr1v3r

    • 1:56am BST - June 9th, 2009

    So we go from having pretty good spinoffs and music talent in those games to getting talentless America hating/bashing overly stoned idiots.  Pass.

  20. Ixion | MagicManGSC

    • 2:52am BST - June 9th, 2009

    lol talentless? They're not one of those bands that has a couple hits and falls off and just relies on sex appeal. They've been big for over 15 years now, for a reason. They know how to make enjoyable music.

  21. alkalinesi

    • 6:43am BST - June 9th, 2009

     i just got done saying this to my bro. green day is todays aerosmith u2 and possibly the rolling stones. dont care what you guys say. green day has been putting out hot singles and chart toppers for 15 years.  and their new cd is brilliant. bring on green day!!! 

  22. infinityWOLF | infinityWOLF

    • 6:45am BST - June 9th, 2009

    I think Green Day should be in Rock Band, it will seal them as the sell out band they are.

  23. alkalinesi

    • 11:36am BST - June 9th, 2009

     @22 its called progession. if you knew anything about music, you would know that good bands evolve. theyre almost 40, you still want them singing about jerkin off?

  24. A-HAAA

    • 12:52pm BST - June 9th, 2009

    wow greeb day thats better than all the other band games

  25. VaeVictus

    • 2:00pm BST - June 9th, 2009

    Playing Green Day songs on Rock Band easy mode would be more difficult than actually playing a Green Day song on a real guitar.

    How about some bands with talent?

  26. TheStatic

    • 8:53pm BST - June 9th, 2009

    ah come on give me Slipknot. would be hard on drums but what do i care

  27. Darkstorn | Bronze_Panda

    • 3:09am BST - June 10th, 2009

    Oh god no...

    this is terrible news. They could be making an awesome prog rock version of Rock Band with everything from Jethro Tull to Queenryche, but noooooooooooo, they have to go 'mainstream'...

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