Rock Band

I wrote an email to the makers of the video game, Rock Band!:

I am very disappointed in the song choices for Rock Band.
I would appreciate a new game with much better songs.
More Journey, Styx, Foreigner, 38 Special, Kansas, Van Halen, AC/DC...
Now THIS would be a game that would be fun to sing along to.
Right now, the songs are NO FUN to sing along to.
My two cents worth.
I'm just a 41 year old mother of three who wants to ROCK!
Kari Simonson



Today they wrote back to me:

Hello Kari,

Sorry for the delay in getting back to you. We have been super busy
with the recent launch of Rock Band and have been answering a high
volume of e-mail following the holiday season.

Thanks for writing in with some band recommendations for Rock Band.
When putting together the track listing we tried to provide as much
variety as possible, but unfortunately we'd never be able to include
everyone's favorites. I think we did a pretty good job maintaining both
diversity and quality in the selection, with tracks ranging from Classic
Rock, to Metal, to Country tinged rock, to Pop Rock, to Alternative, to
old school Punk.

I agree that it would be pretty awesome to have some Van Halen or AC/DC
in the game (Foreigner's Juke Box Hero is one of my favorite tracks in
the game by the way) and we'd love to have the opportunity to work with
them in the future.

If you would like, you can post your own suggestions using the song
request feature on the rockband.com community website. Here is the
link: http://www.rockband.com/request_song

We are also making new songs available every week as downloadable
content for the PS3 and Xbox360, so be sure to keep checking in to see
if your favorite bands make the Rock Band line up.

Keep on rocking!
-Aaron

Aaron Trites
Community Development
Harmonix Music Systems, Inc.
RockBand.com

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