Well Rocksmith fans, we are finally here. It’s time for Rage Against The Machine to make their Rocksmith 2014 debut, and it seems like it was most definitely worth the wait. You’ve already been introduced to the trio as Audioslave but now here they are in the original incarnation, ladies and gentleman Rage Against The Machine!
Ubisoft delivers us not five, not six, but SEVEN songs from the politically charged, rap-metal band this week. A wide variety of songs ranging from their self-titled, their chart topping follow up Evil Empire, and finally their cover album, Renegades.
Bassists will delight in the never ending grooves of Tim Commerford, Guitarists will finally figure out what Tom Morello is playing under all those amazing pedals, and who knows, someone might actually plug in the microphone to take on Zack de la Rocha’s rapid fire delivery, or attempt the haunting vocals of Maynard James Keenan (Know Your Enemy). That’s one step closer to Tool right?
Rage Against the Machine Song Pack (I-II) – $15.99 / Steam
- Rage Against The Machine “Bombtrack” – [XBL] / Steam
- Rage Against The Machine “Bulls On Parade” – Eb Standard – [XBL] / Steam
- Rage Against The Machine “Down Rodeo” – [XBL] / Steam
- Rage Against The Machine “Killing In The Name” – Drop D – [XBL] / Steam
- Rage Against The Machine “Know Your Enemy” – (No Rhythm) – [XBL] / Steam
- Rage Against The Machine “Renegades Of Funk” – Drop D – [XBL] / Steam
- Rage Against The Machine “Wake Up” – Drop D – [XBL] / Steam
Was this RATM pack worth the wait? Is this a day one buy? Or are you saving your money for Jimi Hendrix next week?
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PSN US Update: Sorry SCEA…
Due to a production error, the song “Know Your Enemy” by Rage Against the Machine ($2.99), the 4-song Rage Against the Machine Song Pack I ($9.99), and the 7-song Rage Against the Machine Song Pack I-II ($15.99) will be delayed on PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4.
Due 12/9: Six RATM singles and RATM Pack II
Expected 12/23: RATM “Know Your Enemy” single, RATM Pack I, and RATM Pack I-IIWe regret the error and we thank you for your patience.
Fucking Sony and their PSN mishaps. They’re long overdue for some kind of overhaul over there between the perpetual errors and consistent outages. All that PS+ profit must be lining Shu’s office walls or something.
Anyway, I’ll get around to this when Sony fixes their shit. I find it interesting that there were so many outlandishly outspoken people when Ted Nugent hit Rocksmith, yet nary a whimper with the coming of Rage Against the Machine… really highlights the demographic for the game, or at least the ones willing to leave comments on a website.
The biggest difference is that Ted is STILL an outspoken idiot. A lot of people these days probably don’t care about the politics in Rage songs because they’re done and over.
WHAT!!??? Guess I was expecting too much. Guerilla Radio would have been the #1 track for me. In fact, from most comments that seems to be the one song most sorely missed here. Love Mic Check and Sleep Now in the Fire too. I’m guessing it would have been too difficult to deal with the profanity in Guerilla Radio on RS.
Hey Elliot, just a heads up. You may not even need to do a Best DLC for December poll. Based on the comments it seems like the only real competition this month will be between RATM and Hendrix. Probably the only bands to trump Hendrix or Rage would be on one of what I call the Big 5. (Van Halen, AC/DC, Metallica, GNR, and the mighty Zep) Pretty sure that isn’t going to happen.
Then again, if they get SRV on here, my vote is casted.
If Rock Band can deal with the profanity in Guerilla Radio, RS definitely can.
As for the poll, don’t forget that Hendrix is the last DLC of 2014 so it would be Bon Jovi vs. RATM vs. Hendrix anyway.
Agh, I still can’t find the 7 song pack on steam. Only 4 individual songs.
Check now 🙂
Still not here for Xbox one
I’m really surprised that there’s nothing from The Battle of Los Angeles, but in all honesty, thinking about the three likely candidates (Guerilla Radio, Sleep Now in the Fire, Testify) there’s pretty much one guitar riff repeated through the chorus, maybe a little weird stuff during the verses, and that’s about it. Maybe they wouldn’t have fit in very well in Rocksmith. Not a huge fan of RATM, but I’ll likely pick up Killing in the Name (or camp on Twitter and try to nab a Steam code).
I will be Raging “With” the Machine today!!!!!! Thank you all that were involved getting them to us, the fans!!!
I would like to see RATM versus Florence and the machine given that RATM is clearly against the machine
Nice!!
Machine head would kill them both. Maybe.
Smh, punished again for being a playstation owner
Still waiting for Bon Jovi and Bullet for my Valentine
best DLC since Audioslave!
😀
Ok then, Due to a production error, I will learn those songs from youtube and not buy them. Well done Ubi you just save me 16$!
Sorry. These missing tracks will be available in two weeks. We had a problem with one of the tracks, and in trying to fix the problem, it wound up having a ripple effect. But it’s solvable.
As for learning songs from YouTube…did you think you had to choose one or the other? Lots of guitarists use lots of tools to learn new material and improve. We figure RS2014 is probably one of many tools in most people’s lives.
Getting them All
& playing them All TODAY !!!!
Probably only 3 must haves and a maybe in there for me, so will probably just get the singles I want.
Could easily have another 5 pack of tracks I’d want before the rest.
Looks good to me :+1:
Great to get a double hit/twin pack from a much requested band.
Great, buying them all! Yes there are other songs I would have liked but I’m not unhappy with anything here. And i thought we were getting a six pack, but seven? Wow!
Wake Up? I love Rage but that one always reminded me too heavily of Zepplin’s “Kashmir”. Would’ve much preferred Freedom or Calm.
My only complaint is the lack of Guerilla Radio and Sleep Now In The Fire. Nonetheless this is a day one purchase.
As soon as toymachine told me on twitter that only 3 out of 7 songs were AORB picks I was almost certain that there would be no songs from The Battle of Los Angeles. That said, it’s still a very good pack!
Wow…
I’m really surprised that we’re not seeing any tracks off of the battle of los angeles. I would gladly swap out some of those tracks for “Testify” and “Guerilla Radio”.
Oh, I can’t play this til 12/23 at best. Great, I’m just going to walk away and act like DLC didnt come out this week. son of a
Pretty easy decision from where I’m sitting. 7 songs from Rage for just under 16 dollars, yes please thank you very muchly.
This is the Rocksmith DLC Power that I truly craved for, now I finally have it. This is how it feels when I get my #1 DLC pick. 😀
Was hoping for testify and guerilla warfare instead of down rodeo and wake up, but i am happy with the pack overall.
what a dick move to pull apart bulls on parade out of the first pack, i will probably buy just bulls on parade, killing in the name and bombtrack.
the first pack is all songs off their self-titled album. bulls on parade was on evil empire… therefore pack 2.
Exactly. Seemed a logical way to do it.
Take the Power Back and Freedom will be sorely missed.
YES!
I thought RATM used open tunings on some songs.