The latest out of theNYTimesis that this Monday MTV and Harmonix will announce that a Guns N’ Roses track called “Shackler’s Revenge” will make its official debut onRock Band 2. The track is from the perpetually delayed album, Chinese Democracy. The article then goes on to state that Chinese Democracy could come out this fall withDuke Nukem ForeverandWhen Pigs Fly.
Of all the songs that I wish could be inRock Band 2, I can’t say that I imagined a Chinese Democracy single was one of them. The Guns N’ Roses library is considerably vast. How about “November Rain” or “You Could be Mine?” There’s something special about those two songs specifically. It could be the Slash solo or the Terminator, but what do I know?
Another fine tidbit brought up from the article deals with another set of 80’s rockers, Rush. The band felt that the audience reception of music and rhythm gameswas so great, that they recorded an alternate version of “Working Man” for the originalRock Band. That song proved so popular that Rush is considering putting the single out on iTunes, as well as doing a doing a full album just forRock Band.
Anyway, feel free to speculate like crazy, because if a song from Chinese Democracy is going to hitRock Band 2, then anything will. I call for the Orgy rendition of “Blue Monday”, or even KMFDM’s “Hau Ruck.” Even better, how about the entire Jimmy Buffet library this time around?
