Harmonix is a developer that has been working on music games since the early 2000s.  Titles like Frequency and Amplitude weren’t as widely known as most other PS2 titles, but they paved the way for Harmonix’s more successful later titles which include the original Guitar Hero I & II, Rock Band, and their upcoming The Beatles: Rock Band.

Rock Band Unplugged is Harmonix’s fray into the handheld gaming market.  The art style, graphics, and tunes are reminiscent of a full fledged Rock Band game, but the concern of most gamers were how the controls would work on the PSP.  Do music-based games only succeed if you have a plastic guitar in your hand, or could they possibly work with a more traditional control scheme?

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Let’s see.  Rock Band Unplugged is only a couple of weeks away from being released.  If past experiences with any music based game has taught me anything, it’s that we should be given the complete setlist for the game right…about…NOW!

2000s

AFI – “Miss Murder” *
All-American Rejects – “Move Along”
Audioslave – “Gasoline” *
Black Tide – “Show Me the Way” *
Freezepop – “Less Talk More Rokk” *
Jimmy Eat World – “The Middle”
The Killers – “Mr. Brightside”
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So it seems that Green Day is back and in full force. Not only is there new album “21st Century Breakdown” out now, they also had an SNL appearance just this past Saturday along with host Will Ferrell. Yup, it seems like these guys are  “coming around” again and it is a beautiful thing. Now there is a rumor that they there may be Green Day songs in the Playstation Portable game Rock Band Unplugged!
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