This week four songs were released for Rock Band. Three of them were released for $1.99 a track. They are Afterlife and Critical Acclaim by Avenged Sevenfold, and Hammerhead by The Offspring. The fourth track, Rock ‘n’ Roll Dream by Crooked X was 99 cents. As usual I played the songs with the guitar while on my bike. I play on medium so your opinion my vary depending on what difficulty you play on. All three of the $1.99 tracks sounded like they would be hard to play on the drums or sing. I may have to try that out later on. Anyway here is what I think of each song:
Avenged Sevenfold – Afterlife: This song was actually hard for me. It was not impossible, but I had trouble when I played it the first time. That made it very fun, and I will play it more often because of that fact. I was looking forward to some Avenged Sevenfold on here, and I finally got my wish. The solo was fun, but not too hard. Most of the song went from picking to chords which helped break the monotony. This was a great way to start off the pack.
Avenged Sevenfold – Critical Acclaim: This song was a lot harder sounding than it really was. This was easier than Afterlife, but still a challenge. This song had two solos. The first was a breeze to play. The second one took you through the scales, and provided a little more challenge. Both of these songs were fun to play.
The Offspring – Hammerhead: This is their new single. I will admit that when I saw The Offspring on the site and did not know the song I was disappointed. I was hoping for something from one of the old albums. This song was actually very good though. It reminded me of the old stuff. Maybe these guys are making a comeback. This song was very chord heavy and had no solo. Neither of these things should have come as a surprise. For some reason I was challenged by this song as well. I just was not hitting the chords when I should have been. I still scored a 98%, but it was harder than it should have been. Maybe it was the fact that it was before six in the morning. This is the third song in a row that seemed as though it would be murder to play the drums or to sing.
Crooked X – Rock ‘n’ Roll Dream: I had never heard this song before so I looked it up on Youtube. The drummer looks like he is twelve. They do play some good music though. I heard these guys compared to Metallica, and after hearing the song I can say that they are no Metallica. They sound like a Disney version of a Rock Band. I got 100% on the song on the first run through. It only had 313 notes so it was fairly easy. It had two solos that were very easy although the second one was slightly harder. This was my least favorite of the four songs. It was good though, and for 99 cents how could you go wrong?
That is all for this week. Next week I will have the task of playing through all 18 songs on the Pixies album Doolittle.
2 Comments
June 17, 2008 at 9:53 am
Crooked X’s oldest member is 19. How awesome will they be when they finally are all older?
June 17, 2008 at 4:23 pm
They remind me a lot of Black Tide who I found because of Rock Band as well. They are so young that the sky is the limit.