Hello Rocksmith fans!
Hope everyone is enjoying last month’s drop and has bought their new 88 key MIDI capable piano.
Today an YouTube Short (and Facebook post) revealed some new artists being planned for what we assume is the next few content drops for Rocksmith+
.@rocksmithplus teasing their next song drop pic.twitter.com/ludwviz4FT
— DreamTheatersmith+ 🤯 🎸 🎹 🤘🏻 (@TheRiffRepeater) November 7, 2023
Artists from the previous Rocksmith 2014 library include:
- Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers
- Deftones
- Green Day (Pack I, II, III, IV)
- Coldplay (plus Singles)
- Joy Division
- Roxette
- The White Stripes (Which came to RS+)
- Jack White (The single on RS2014 On Disc that’s on RS+ now)
New comers include:
- Fort Minor (Mike Shinoda from Linkin Park)
- Meshuggah
- Lupe Fiasco
- Ace Frehley (Guitarist from KISS)
Expectations
Since there are previous artists, it stands to reason they most likely relicensed previous content for RS+ using that information we can sort of guess what we may end up seeing in the update
Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers
One would expect American Girl (We have the cover in RS+ already) and they’re showing the album artwork in the preview
If we end up with the full pack can we also get Good Enough from the Rocksmith (2011) import
Deftones
With only one pack in 2014 it could be possible it’s been relicensed for RS+ but the preview is showing the album art from their self-titled 2003 album, so our guess are probably more popular songs from it like Minerva and Bloody Cape.
Green Day
Given the first pack is being delisted (November 17th, 2023) I’m going to make a bold call and say at the very least the X-Kid , Pack I, and the American Idiot songs are going to be included. I will be shocked if they just got everything (18 songs).
The video preview showed both Dookie and American Idiot.
Coldplay
Given that we only have Clocks currently and Piano is sort of a big deal, I’m going to say we get everything. The video preview shows album art from Ghost Stories, Parachutes, Viva La Vida, X&Y. and Mylo Xyloto so at the very least except Paradise, Shiver, Yellow, Viva La Vida, Fix You, A Sky Full of Stars, and maybe even Violet Hill.
Joy Division
It’s time to get the studio cuts
Roxette
We only had three songs, I’d expect them to return. I would like to see this though…
Greatest Hits album art, could mean anything…
The White Stripes/Jack White
We have everything from RS1 and RS2014 in RS+ it could literally be anything
Lazaretto shown in the trailer
White Blood Cells as well
Fort Minor
Safe assumption
Meshuggah
The album art is showing it’s a track from Immutable
So no Bleed? We will have to wait and see
Lupe Fiasco
I’m just going to call it, the WMG logo is even right there lol.
Off Food and Liqour
Off The Cool
Ace Frehley
The album art is showing it’s going to be one of these two
Are you excited for these bands to join Rocksmith+ or were you already enjoying it and this is just icing on the cake? Which band will be the most fun on Piano? (spoiler: Joy Division). Let us know!
Meshuggahhhhhhh!!!!!
For RS14, we were missing Tom Petty’s “Running Down a Dream” as one of his bigger hits. Not that it would be all that difficult to play, but that would be a nice addition.
Of course a better move would be to include his live version of “While My Guitar Gently Weeps.” Curious, for those familiar with the song should that be credited to Tom, or Tom, Steve, and Jeff, etc or …hmm…just the Purple Symbol?
Good to see you are still around! I am also hoping for “Running Down a Dream”