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Rock Band: Band in a Box (Xbox 360) | 
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| From: Electronic Arts
Category: Video Games
List Price: £129.99
Buy New: £99.98
You Save: £30.01 (23%)
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Avg. Customer Rating:  54 reviews
Sales Rank: 20
Platform: Xbox 360
Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Media: Accessory
Shipping Weight (lbs): 19.8
Dimensions (in): 29.5 x 15.2 x 11.4
EAN: 5050053597977
ASIN: B0017J6RY6
Release Date: May 23, 2008 (In 7 Days)
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Not yet released
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Amazon.co.uk
Tap into your Rock & Roll fantasy as you pick your axe, form a band and tour for fame and fortune, all while sticking the rock credo of learning your instrument as you go in Rock Band. 
For those about to rock! | 
Jam solo if that's your thing. View larger. | 
Or try multiplayer action. View larger. | 
Step to the mic. View larger. | 
Or go Bonzo on the skins! View larger. | Developed by Harmonix, creators of the blockbuster Guitar Hero franchise, Rock Band is an all-new platform for gamers ready to take on the challenges of the Rock & Roll lifestyle. Instruments available to players are guitar, bass, drums or vocals as they hit the road as either an aspiring superstar solo act, or for the first time in game genre history take on the true collaborative and challenging nature of music as they form a band and jam together in multiplayer action from home or around the world. Either way players will need to master their stage presence through the various game modes and polish their rock chops via the unrivalled Rock Band song list if they hope to make it out of the garage, into the clubs and finally on to the main stage. * Rock Band Special Edition for Xbox 360 includes: guitar, mic, drum kit peripherals plus software.
Extensive Game Modes.
Rock Band delivers four music games in one - challenging rockers to master lead guitar, bass guitar, drums and vocals through the five separate game modes. - Tutorial Mode: Master the basics! No need for experience. Pick your weapon of choice and ascend from beginner to rock god.
- Practice Mode: Perfect your tune! Breakdown any part of any song at your preferred speed before hitting the main stage.
- Quickplay Mode: Instant fix of fun! Jump into any unlocked song for some quick jam time either on your own or with other players.
- Solo Tour Mode: Take it on the road! Pack up your instrument of choice and set out on the open road for a fun and challenging single player career.
- Band World Tour Mode: Conquer the world! The journey to rock stardom takes you from small town bars to world-renowned venues. Earn fame and fortune along the way to secure rock star necessities.
A Song List That Goes to Eleven!
Built on unprecedented deals with top record labels and music publishers, the mix of re-mastered originals and covers that make up the epic Rock Band song list puts players in the shoes of legendary artists from day one. And with the promise of additional downloadable songs and albums you are sure to be rockin' for some time to come. In addition to the 45 tracks listed below, Rock Band will also feature 13 songs ranging from a variety of established bands to up-and-coming independent artists that can be unlocked as you play through the game. Track list includes: - Rolling Stones "Gimme Shelter"
- Aerosmith "Train Kept a Rollin'"
- The Who "Won't Get Fooled Again"
- Boston "Foreplay/Long Time"
- Mountain "Mississippi Queen"
- The Police "Next to You"
- David Bowie "Suffragette City"
- Black Sabbath "Paranoid"
- Blue Oyster Cult "Don't Fear the Reaper"
- The Ramones "Blitzkrieg Bop"
- Deep Purple "Highway Star"
- KISS "Detroit Rock City"
- Molly Hatchet "Flirtin' With Disaster"
- The Outlaws "Green Grass & High Tides"
- Sweet "Ballroom Blitz"
- Rush "Tom Sawyer"
- Bon Jovi "Wanted Dead or Alive"
- The Clash "Should I Stay or Should I Go"
- Faith No More "Epic"
- R.E.M. "Orange Crush"
- Iron Maiden "Run to the Hills"*
- Foo Fighters "Learn to Fly"
- Metallica "Enter Sandman"
- Nirvana "In Bloom"
- Stone Temple Pilots "Vasoline"
- Weezer "Say It Ain't So"
- Smashing Pumpkins "Cherub Rock"
- Radiohead "Creep"
- Beastie Boys "Sabotage"
- Hole "Celebrity Skin"
- Garbage "I Think I'm Paranoid"
- Soundgarden "Black Hole Sun"
- The Hives "Main Offender"
- Queens of the Stone Age "Go With the Flow"
- The Strokes "Reptilia"
- Jet "Are You Gonna Be My Girl"
- OK Go "Here It Goes Again"
- Nine Inch Nails "The Hand That Feeds"
- Pixies "Wave of Mutilation"
- Yeah Yeah Yeahs "Maps"
- Red Hot Chili Peppers "Dani California"
- Coheed & Cambria "Welcome Home"
- Fallout Boy "Dead on Arrival"
- The Killers "When You Were Young"
- New Pornographers "Electric Version"
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| Customer Reviews: Read 49 more reviews...
 Too much May 15, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Great product that I desperately want. But there's no way I'm spending that much money. This is my first review and I'm writing in the hope Amazon will pass this on to the manufacturer. Drop the price (60 seems reasonable) and I'll buy.
Buy from the States, as other posters have pointed out, it's half the price there
 GAME COMES WITH IT May 15, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I emailed amazon saying:
I am planning on Buying Rock Band: Band in a Box (Xbox 360), and on the item discription it says:
* Rock Band Special Edition for Xbox 360 includes: guitar, mic, drum kit peripherals plus software.
But everyone keeps saying you have to buy the game seperately for a extra Â40 making the total Â140. Can you confirm if the game comes with the periphels or if I will have to order it seperately.
Thanks,Leigh.
And they emailed me back saying:
Dear Customer
Thank you for contacting Amazon.co.uk with your enquiry. After looking into your enquiry I found that software is included with this item "Rock Band: Band in a Box (Xbox 360)".
We hope that this information is helpful.
So you get the game and the peripherals for 100.
Wait for Guitar Hero 4! May 15, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I agree that EA are ripping us off in Europe. Not including the game is probably the stupidest move possible.
Wait for Guitar Hero 4 because it is going to have drums and singing in addition to guitar and bass.... so Guitar Hero is copying Rock Band? Yes, but it will probably be better, cheaper (especially if you already have a Guitar Hero 3 guitar or two), and the build quality of the instruments will be better (the Rock Band peripherals have been widely slated for their bad build quality and malfunction rate).
Software IS included May 13, 2008
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is one of the best games ever to have been launched on ANY console. PLaying as part of a band with other players, be they your friends or people over the world, nothing like this has ever been accomplished before to this degree of sheer fun and slickness. Oh and buy the way, software IS included!
 stop the moaning May 13, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
why the heck are people moaning, if you was to by the instruments seperate, the drums alone would be worth at least 40-50 pounds, and everyone knows the guitars are at least 40+ pounds then there is the microphone would be 10-15 pounds at least. in america they pay 60 dollors for games and we pay 40-50 pounds so we allways end up paying more, its not just this game thats more expensive here.
i must admit that the original price of 180 pounds was too steep, but i always said all along that if the price was 130-140 id buy it, even guitar hero is expensive and nobody moaned about that, nearly 80 pounds that cost me on release with delivery so for another 60 pounds i can have a set of drums and a microphone, that seems fine by me.
i for one am buying it, and im looking forward to jamming with my mates, amazon expect my order soon.
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