Rock Band 5

Rock Band 5 Promotional Artwork

Rock Band 5 is a upcoming video game that is the sequel to the 2015 music rhythm game smasher, Rock Band 4. The game was developed mainly by Harmonix Music Studios, with the help of Rockstar Games, after both companies made a deal with each other to work on the game. Spotify, the company, served as the music liscence director for the game due to their connections with the music industry, making it easier to get songs for the game. Rock Band 5 contains a total of 63 on-disc songs. All previous peripherals are back again for the game, and the keyboard (introduced in Rock Band 3) is present in the game, after its absence in the previous installment of the franchise.

Development

According to Harmonix, thought for the next Rock Band game came around 2017. While Rock Band 4 was a hit seller, it was penned down by credits and fans alike as being the "weakest" Rock Band game in the series, this is probably due to the fact that Rock Band 4 is the only Rock Band game that Harmonix worked on independently, without a major backer to help them in the makings of the game.

To avoid making Rock Band 5 another weak entry in the series, Harmonix started seeking for a bigger video game developmer studio/publisher to buy them. Originally EA was gonna buy the indie studio like it did in 2007, but Harmonix backed down on their deal, due to what happened last time. One of the workers at Harmonix studios, who was friends with the head manager of Rockstar games back then asked him if his company would be interested in buying Harmonix for the planned Rock Band 5 game.

A few weeks later, Rockstar games made a deal with Harmonix to partially own the rights to the Rock Band franchise, only, but they wouldn't buy the indie studio itself. After the deal was made, the Rock Band 5 was green lit, and early production stages for the game started.

Gameplay

Rock Band 5 allows for 1–7 players, either locally or through online game services, to use various instrument controllers to accurately simulate the playing of music. In addition to supporting the four Basic instrument controllers from previous Rock Band games (lead guitar, bass guitar, drums and vocals), Rock Band 5 adds support for two additional microphones for singers to provide backup vocal harmonies (previously found in The Beatles: Rock Band and Green Day: Rock Band), an electric keyboard as a re-introduced instrument (or any MIDI-compatible keyboard). The game also works for MIDI compatible electronic drum kits as well.

Song List

Decade	Song title	Artist	Genre
2000s	"Young Folks"	Peter Bjorn and John	Indie Rock
2000s	"Stacy's Mom"	Fountains of Wayne	Pop Punk
1980s	"Girls, Girls, Girls"	Motley Crue	Glam Metal
1990s	"Loser"	Beck	Alternative Rock
2010s	"Torn To Pieces"	Pop Evil	Hard Rock
2010s	"Carry On"	Fun.	Indie Rock
2000s	"Perfect Day"	Hoku	Pop Rock
2010s	"The Walker"	Fitz and The Tantrums	Indie Pop
1990s	"She's So High"	Tal Bachman	Pop Rock
1960s	"All Day and All Of The Night"	The Kinks	Hard Rock
1970s	"I Can't Explain"	The Who	Power Pop
2010s	"Come With Me Now"	KONGOS	Indie Rock
1960s	"Five To One"	The Doors	Psychedelic Rock
2010s	"From The Pinnacle To The Pit"	Ghost B.C.	Doom Metal
2000s	"Chasing Cars"	Snow Patrol	Alternative Rock
1980s	"Voices Carry"	Til Tuesday	Pop Rock
2010s	"Stressed Out"	Twenty One Pilots	Alternative Hip Hop
2010s	"Gold On The Ceiling"	The Black Keys	Garage Rock
1980s	"I Can't Wait"	Stevie Nicks	Dance Rock
1980s	"Eyes Without A Face"	Billy Idol	New Wave
2000s	"Kids"	MGMT	Electronic Rock
2000s	"Papercut"	Linkin Park	Nu-Metal
2010s	"Radioactive"	Imagine Dragons	Electronic Rock
2000s	"Perfect"	Simple Plan	Pop Punk
2010s	"Battle Born"	Five Finger Death Punch	Heavy Metal
1980s	"Bastards of Young"	The Replacements	Alternative Rock
1970s	"If You Want Blood (You've Got It)"	AC/DC	Hard Rock
1970s	"Children of the Grave"	Black Sabbath	Metal
2010s	"Take Me To Church"	Take Me To Church	Indie Rock
2010s	" America's Sweetheart"	Elle King	Southern Rock
1980s	"Easy Lover"	Phillip Bailey	Pop Rock
2010s	"Going To Hell"	The Pretty Reckless	Heavy Metal
2010s	"Cool For The Summer"	Demi Lovato	Pop Rock
2000s	"Walking On A Dream"	Empire of the Sun	New Wave
1980s	"Sailing"	Christopher Cross	Yacht Rock
2010s	"Ain't It Fun"	Paramore	Pop Rock
2010s	"Pompeii"	Bastille	Indie Rock
1970s	"The Saxophone Song"	Kate Bush	Art Rock
1990s	"Until It Sleeps"	Metallica	Hard Rock
2010s	"Nuclear"	Mike Oldfield	Rock
1990s	"1979"	Smashing Pumpkins	Alternative Rock
1980s	"Stone Cold"	Rainbow	Hard Rock
1970s	"Another Girl, Another Planet"	The Only Ones	Punk Rock
1990s	"Better Man"	Pearl Jam	Grunge
2000s	"Untouched"	The Veronicas	Pop Rock
1980s	"I Wanna Rock"	Twisted Sister	Glam Metal
1990s	"Zombie"	The Cranberries	Alternative Rock
1990s	"Stop!"	Jane's Addiction	Alternative Metal
1980s	"Africa"	Toto	Soft Rock
1970s	"Blinded By The Light"	Mannfred Mann's Earth Band	Progressive Rock
1960s	"Have You Seen Her Face"	The Byrds	Folk Rock
1980s	"Broken Wings"	Mr. Mister	Pop Rock
2000s	"Painted By Numbers"	The Sounds	New Wave
1970s	"Cat's In The Cradle"	Harry Chapin	Folk Rock
1960s	"Ogdens Nut Gone Flake"	The Small Faces	Psychedelic
1980s	"Everywhere"	Fleetwood Mac	Soft Rock
2000s	"Bloodshed"	Amon Amarth	Melodic Death Metal
1960s	"Happy Together"	The Turtles	Pop Rock
1970s	"Changes"	David Bowie	Glam Rock
1990s	"I Don't Want To Miss A Thing"	Aerosmith	Pop Rock
1990s	"Iris"	Goo Goo Dolls	Alternative Rock
1990s	"Bitter Sweet Symphony"	The Verve	Alternative Rock
1970s	"Comfortably Numb"	Pink Floyd	Progressive Rock