… but can you do this?

Cetan Clawson can, and “White Heat” will be available for RBN the day the store launches.

Our good friend Tommy Wall at RockBandAide recently scored a gut-busting, yet enlightening interview Mike Vasquez and Mike Woods of Damone.

As we announced earlier this month, RockGamer Studios is authoring tracks from Damone’s 2008 album Roll the Dice. Keep an eye out for “Serial Killer”, “Conquer Me” and “Roll the Dice”. All of these going to available soon via RBN.

[Editor's Note: As of publishing, "Roll the Dice" is available for playtesting on the RBN Creators Club]

RBA’s Damone interview is full of favorites: favorite song, favorite overseas venue to play, favorite way to avoid being screwed over by record companies, you get the gist.

Check out the full interview for the story behind the band name, embarrassing predicaments in a Japanese Restaurant and Damone’s very own PSA announcement.

Here are a few highlights from the RBA/Damone interview:

Continue reading RockBandAide’s Interview with Damone: Real Rock, No Filler

RockGamer Studios is excited to debut its preview video for “India,” a 3 minutes and 53 second extravaganza by screamo punk band Circus Circus, courtesy of CI Records.

Continue reading RockGamer Studios Takes a Visit to India with Circus Circus

Earlier this month, we posted a preview video for Ballyhoo!’s catchy tune “Cali Girl,” which many of you will definitely pick up for RBN. Now, we are proud to bring you another Ballyhoo! track, fan favorite “Paper Dolls.”

Continue reading Ballyhoo!’s Back Again with “Paper Dolls”

Flight to Athena, who proclaim themselves “one of the hardest promoting bands in San Diego,” are exploring yet another avenue to get their music out to the world: the Rock Band Network.

Continue reading Flight to Athena: A New Addiction for RBN

Valentine’s Day is right around the corner, so call up The One That Got Away, and rock your way back into his (or her) heart by singing The Gufs’ “Beautiful Disaster.”

Back in October, we announced that veterans of the Wisconsin music scene, The Gufs, were working with RockGamer Studios to bring their music to RBN.

Now, we are excited to announce that the single “Beautiful Disaster” from their 2006 album A Different Sea, has been submitted to RBN for playtesting, and should find its way to the Marketplace in the near future.

Here’s a preview clip to whet your appetite.

Continue reading “Today is a good day” to check out The Gufs’ “Beautiful Disaster”

Back in September, we announced that we were incredibly excited to work with Amberian Dawn on two of their hit tracks, “River of Tuoni” and “He Sleeps in a Grove”.

The RBN preview clips for “River of Tuoni”, the title track from their debut album, and “He Sleeps in a Grove” from their second album, The Clouds of Northland Thunder, have each eclipsed the 2,000 view mark! The “River of Tuoni” preview alone has gathered 3,780 as of today and has only been up for a few months. If our forums and preview comments are any measure of Amberian Dawn’s future in RBN, then their popularity is undisputed. Excited RGS and RBN fans have already vowed to buy their tracks when RBN launches.

As a response to your overwhelming support for Amberian Dawn’s tracks, we are ecstatic to announce that they have signed on to publish 5 more songs with RockGamer Studios. Amberian Dawn’s new tracks on RBN will be “Valkyries”, “Lullaby”, “The Curse”, “Fate of the Maiden” and “Evil Inside Me”, all from their original album River of Tuoni.

Continue reading Amberian Dawn listens to fan response, announces five more RBN tracks

Ballyhoo!’s “Cali Girl” is a song best played around a bonfire in July, or around a fireplace in February…heck Rock Band fans will want to play this song anytime, anywhere. Grab some friends and a few beers (or sodas for you under 21s) and jam out to Ballyhoo!’s feel good reggae-rock tune about a girl who’s “going to California.” “Cali Girl” starts off in true reggae style, but the catchy chorus smacks of punk rock. By the time the second chorus rolls around, everyone in the room will be singing it.

Lead singer Howi Spangler’s vocals are never overly challenging, while the bass charts fall right in the pocket. Both bass and guitar will be entertaining for all levels of players. For Rock Band players who have not played or listened to reggae, ska, or jazz lately, the laid back groove may trip you up.

Here’s a Rock Band Network preview of “Cali Girl”:

Continue reading Ballyhoo’s “Cali Girl”: A Little Bit Reggae, A Little Bit Punk, A Lot of Fun

Singers, it’s time to practice those vocal gymnastics! Drummers…steel yourselves!

RockGamer Studios is proud to present a sneak peek at Children of Nova’s “The Complexity of Light”.

Continue reading “Complexity of Light” Hits the High Note

BOSTON-BRED ROCKERS DAMONE SIGN WITH ROCKGAMER STUDIOS TO “ROLL THE DICE” ON ROCK BAND NETWORK

Damone has selected three tracks from their self-published album Roll the Dice (2008) to be featured on RBN.

Featuring Noelle LeBlanc (vocals/guitar), Mike Woods (guitar), Vazquez (bass), and Dustin Hengst (drums), the group has gained attention for its eclectic, power-pop influenced sound.

Continue reading Damone Conquers RBN with “Killer” New Tracks