In its standard fashion, Harmonix, the minds behind the hit music game Rock Band 2 are announcing a new trackpack, which will feature Gorillaz, the animated band created by Blur frontman Damon Albarn. The songs will be up on XBOX Live Marketplace on August 11; on the PlayStation Network they will be released on August 13. Also included in the new track pack are legendary artists The Who, 60s phenomenon Janis Joplin, iconic musicians The Band, and the ever-melodic Jefferson Airplane.

While this proves to be excellent news for 360 and PS3 owners, the Wii does not come out empty handed in this event. In fact, on August 11^th, Harmonix will be releasing more songs on Wii Rock Band Music Store that have been available on the other systems for some time. The included artists will be Blink-182, Damone, The Fratellis (which is the most exciting for me out of this list), KISS, Lenny Kravitz, an additional track from Pat Benatar, Steve Miller Band, and Weezer. The even better news is that the Wii users will also receive the Gorillaz track-pack.

Harmonix is also keeping an eye out on the PSP by releasing two Iron Maiden tracks on the in-game store. Way to go, developers, surely fans of these artists appreciate it!

The pricing is as follows:

Gorillaz Pack 01:

The Band “Chest Fever (Live)”
Gorillaz “Clint Eastwood”
Gorillaz “Feel Good Inc.”
Gorillaz “Re-Hash”
Janis Joplin “Piece of My Heart”
Jefferson Airplane “White Rabbit”
The Who “Magic Bus (Live at Leeds)”

XBOX 360 – 440 Microsoft Points, 160 Microsoft Points each song

PlayStation 3 – $5.49 the entire pack; $1.99 each song

Wii – 200 Wii point which is $2.00 each song

PSP – $1.99 each song

Songs released on Wii in addition to Gorillaz Pack 01:

Blink-182 “Dammit”
Blink-182 “Down”
Blink-182 “Feeling This”
Blink-182 “The Rock Show”
Damone “Out Here All Night”
Fratellis “Creeping Up the Backstairs”
Fratellis “Flathead”
Fratellis “Henrietta”
KISS “100,000 Years (Live)”
KISS “Deuce (Live)”
KISS “Parasite (Live)”
Lenny Kravitz “Are You Gonna Go My Way”
Lenny Kravitz “Freedom Train”
Lenny Kravitz “Let Love Rule”
Lenny Kravitz “Mr Cab Driver”
Pat Benatar “Hit Me With Your Best Shot”
Steve Miller Band “Space Cowboy”
Steve Miller Band “Take The Money & Run”
Steve Miller Band “The Joker”
Thin Lizzy “The Boys Are Back in Town (Live)”
Thin Lizzy “Cowboy Song (Live)”
Thin Lizzy “Jailbreak (Live)”
Weezer “My Name is Jonas”
Weezer “Pork & Beans”
Weezer “Undone – The Sweater Song”

PSP songs:

Iron Maiden “The Number of the Beast”
Iron Maiden “The Trooper”

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