Greetings Rocksmith 2014 fans, and welcome to the final speculation post of March! Not straying too far from this week’s DLC (decade wise) it’s looking like Matchbox Twenty will be the latest new addition to the Rocksmith catalog.
Today we have received three hints regarding next week’s DLC:
clue #1: so, Flyleaf was so sick… these guys are not…
— Paul Cross (@crossieRS) March 21, 2014
At first we thought it was this:
Which would have been fine, but then @SquirellyNinja chimed in…
The location of Assassin’s Creed Unity is also the editing location of the self-described world’s first litblog
— Christopher Woo (@squirrellyninja) March 21, 2014
Great, I have to research what a LitBlog is? Luckily, wildeye from r/rocksmith found something I couldn’t.
Andrew Gallix is the editor of 3:AM Magazine and the founder of the world’s first literary blog. He teaches at the Sorbonne University and writes for a variety of publications including the TLS, theGuardian and Dazed & Confused. He is Anglo-French and divides his time between London and Paris.
Source
So the magazine is called 3 AM… What’s a band related to 3 AM? Or wait, maybe it’s a song!
@CoreyOlechnowic Something to do with “The White Room”, forever and ever. (I’m not going to say if someone has it until lots of people do!)
— Paul Cross (@crossieRS) March 21, 2014
I can assure you that this clue isn’t about Cream or Eric Clapton, it’s just Paul pointing us towards an album entitled The White Room.
Which means that the first clue must point towards this!
What should the other three songs be?
Are you excited for the post-grunge stylings of Matchbox Twenty? Or are you still trying to forget about Rob Thomas? Let us know!
Matchbox Twenty Pack:
3 AM
How Far We’ve Come
Push
Unwell
She’s So Mean
Capo is required.
First time we got 100 comments in a TRR article. Can’t tell if that’s good or bad.
So tired of the same famous “guitar band favorites”. MB20 is the first band I’ve been interested in all RS2014. I’ve bought a bunch of DLCs just because they’re there and it’s pretty cheap.
I really, really, REALLY hope “How far we’ve come” is on there. “Crutch” is a one of MB20 best gutar songs. Check it out if you haven’t.
I wish “Bright Lights” would be a part of the pack, although i’m more interested in that track for the vocals. I learned that song over a year ago and love it.
to all the emo kids that think a day to remember is metal get a clue and go somewhere else and to the old fogies who still play video games you’ll never get pink floyd or zeppelin wanna know why cause they own their music and there not giving up to a video game so keep playing your air guitar on a stairway to hell 😈
or, y’know, just play what you like and ignore people who don’t think you “get” music. that works for most professional musicians as well as hobbyists.
I’m really not a big Matchbox 20 fan, but I do remember being really pissed Jaded and 3AM weren’t in their Rock Band pack. I don’t like those songs enough to pay $3 a piece for ’em though.
Once again, i’m glad for the people who like that band… but :
That’s one more pop-honey-mainstream-easyinyourears band.
i’d really some bands less commercial, less mainstream… some music for people who like music you don’t have to listen on radio when you are doing your weekly shopping at the supermarket.
let me guess your the only person in the world that wants to play minor threat in a video game and call matchbox 20 quote mainstream well buddy all music is mainstream and if you want to play that unknown stuff just put your finger on the 1 and 3 frets and go nuts with chords and you won’t have to spend a nickle
I fucking love Minor Threat, but I imagine their guitar parts would be pretty boring. However, I’m a bit confused by your assertion that all music is mainstream. Care to elaborate?
I’d prefer Collective Soul over Matchbox Twenty but I don’t have any say in the matter.
Maybe we’ll be lucky and get some Collective Soul later! 😀
I’ve been trying to learn December off and on for a few years…
Why not just get Our lady Peace they are sort of like this band except touched by the hand of originality.
They seem really tough to license, not sure on specifics but I think RBN tried to go after them a bunch of times unsuccessfully .
i would love to get naveed but like the other person said there not giving up their license when a band owns their songs and their not desperate for money there not giving them up
Won’t be getting it but for those who do enjoy!
:/
This is becoming insulting. I understand reasons behind not getting big name stuff such as AC/DC, Floyd, Metallica, Zeppelin etc but I feel like most of the DLC has been pretty generic. Personally I’m hanging out for Sabbath but I don’t see it happening.
I’m in the same boat. Sabbath would make my world. I don’t know much about licensing and all, but at least Metallica and AC/DC have shown willingness to work with music games in the past. Perhaps someday they’ll come to Rocksmith. I mean, really learning the songs is better than button mashing, right? haha
Who? Never heard of them. Like last weeks. I checked them out on youtube, I don’t get it, it sounds pretty vapid and standard to me, but that’s just my opinion, I don’t expect everyone to agree of course. Do you have to be american to know these bands or something? I’m pleased that some people are happy, but that’s 3 weeks in a row with only one song (that Heart one was ok) for me. I can’t like it all, but I hope there’s something a bit more universally known soon. There are so many already in the game that deserve a full pack, like Alice cooper, Bowie, Nirvana, Chili peppers, Living Colour, Satriani (I love a challenge)…yes I know this isn’t a request page, just pointing out the awesome bands they have, that have no DLC packs. i wonder why? They clearly have some arrangement in place.
I’m guessing you are from the UK, where MB20 were never very popular. Their first album was certified diamond in the US and multi-platinum in Australia, Canada, and NZ. That means it sold well over 10 million copies. Their next few albums were multi-platinum. They may be generic-sounding, and I’m not really a fan, but it’s also not really accurate to say they are unknown.
i confirm, 39 millions albums sold in the entire world..
that seems pretty incredible for me, as here in France, it seems almost unknown.
and for once, it’s a good thing we ignore that band… really not my taste.
Matchbox 20 u rippa!
I love this band.. I would like to see plenty of 90s rock. seems to be some haters on here over DLC.. everyone has different taste sorry guys but deal with it.. I think Rocksmith is doing a good job of providing various groups/eras/genres and so on, keep it up. My fav DLC thus far is anything Nirvana, offspring, oasis, smashing pumpkins <3 goo goo dolls would be really cool too.. just sayin…
Let me guess to all the middle age men who still play video games and everyone else goingthrough a midlife crisis who are bashing a very talented band check their record sales don’t take my word
you all want more dead 70s hippy garbage and the rest want my sissy mary emo garbage who think their metal and don’t even know what distortion is
yes i bashed the hellout of that emo crap and now i’m defending real music since i haven’t seen any on this game in months
reading these comments remind me why society is dumb
1 out of 10 praised a day i wish not to remember and 6 out of 10 are bashing one of the mid 90s early 00s best bands oh that’s cause its not classic crap the requests for bands is amazing you people have no idea how obtaining a license to use a song it costs $$$ lots of it
typo 10 out of 10 praised
Really? Go back and look at that story, bud. Quite a few people were unhappy with the ADTR pack.
Reading your comments remind me of how dumb society is… And it’s a painful reminder. You didn’t use any punctuation and your opinion consists of sentance fragments and run ons. That makes it very hard to understand what point you’re trying to make. By the way, there are three forms of there (their, they’re).
Their = possesive,
They’re = contraction of THEY ARE (the one you should have used)
There = a noun, typically reffering to a place
Its understandable to make mistakes from time to time but you’re (YOU ARE not YOUR) dumb as dog shit.
OMG that is funny.
Music sales have no bearing on how good a band is, unless you think that Justin Bieber is more talented than the many great bands that go less recognized….
I mostly agree. I think that music sales generally don’t mean anything because like you said, all these stupid pop stars would thus be making the best music. However, when you have less mainstream bands consistently pulling down Gold/Platinum albums for 30+ years *cough, cough, Rush, cough*, I think then it tells you something.
Good Charlotte is the greatest punk band ever!
Nah we just dont want more entry level garbage aimed at the lowest common denominator
I can’t remember any matchbox 20 songs. If I heard it I’d probably remember it, but they were always a completely forgettable radio garbage band.
I think it’s going to be The Cure.
read a tweet a artist not disc that would rule out the cure since they have a 5 pack of dlc
I didn’t even know that.
But I still don’t see how it’s matchbox 20.
It seems like they are really reaching here.
The actual statement is pertaining to artists “not on the 2014 disc” therefore The Cure could theoretically happen, but we haven’t seen a repeat artist pack as of yet.
It’s 2014. Who the hell is listening to Matchbox 20?
Yes, because no one is listening to Def Leppard, Hendrix, Metallica, the Beatles, or ACDC anymore either. You are correct in suggesting that music and bands should be a limited time interest only.
I listen to music from all time periods, from 1920’s jazz to 80’s hardcore punk to 90’s third-wave ska to whatever. Matchbox 20, to me, does not seem like a band that holds up after its radio heyday. There are tons of other bad 90s bands that sound just the same that I haven’t heard in years, and I never hear Matchbox 20 anymore either. I’ve certainly never heard them compared to any of the bands you’ve just mentioned.
People that can’t stand the crap music that mostly comes out these days. I mean, Five Finger Death Punch is one of the most famous Metal bands right now, and they’re terrible. I’d rather listen to the classics and the bands I grew up on in the 90s. A lot of the rock definitely had a pop twinge to it, but it least it was good.
Yup. And there’s nothing wrong with a pop twinge–it plays well on guitar and it’s appealing to many. As cool as it would be to see an older band like Iced Earth or Acid Bath or something, I’d also be pumped to see a more recent pop metal band like Torche, that would have fun riffs and get some exposure for a slightly smaller band.
Not sure if Rocksmith can handle the Torche sludge tunings…
I’m right with you on Acid Bath though, where is my Dax Riggs?
On the other hand, I’m not sure Rocksmith can handle the Dax Riggs satanist lyrics, as awesome as that would be….
Not all of Acid Bath’s songs have blatant Satanic or violent imagery
people not over 40 who play video games 😀
Haha I’m 25….
Its been slim pickings lately. No thank you Rocksmith
Awesome! Personally, I’m very excited for this pack. I know that not everyone is (clearly), but keep it up Rocksmith! The variety between packs is quite good.
I’d love:
1) Real World
2) Push
3) 3 AM
4) Disease
5) Bent
No matter what they are, I’m pretty sure I’ll buy this first thing Tuesday. I’ll be pretty sad if “Real World” doesn’t make the cut though.
My guess would be…
3 AM
Unwell
Real World
She’s So Mean
If You’re Gone