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MMMMMMM M~ .M DMMM:M .MMMMMMD 8 D=+M MM~N Z :MMMMMZ7 .ZMMMMMM M $I M ,O ,, ?, M: 7: 8~ :. M Rock Band 2: In-Depth Guide (X360) Version: X.X Created 10.01.08 Author: drumboi88 (Brandon) Legal: This guide is for the sole use of GameFAQs, and them alone. Any other reproduction of this guide on any other site (unless otherwise noted) may be considered as plagiarism and taken down immediately. If you would like to use this guide, or any portion of it, or you would like to make a correction and/ or addition to this guide, please contact me: AIM: track4n6boi Y!: drum.boi88 XBL: slAndeh EMAIL: drum.boi88@yahoo.com ============================================================================== TABLE OF CONTENTS ============================================================================== ***NOTE: Use Search and type in the three letters with the brackets to jump to that section.*** 1.0 [INT] : Introduction / Why? 1.1 [VER] : Version History 2.0 [BAS] : Overview Basic 2.1 [VOC] : Vocal Basics 2.2 [GUI] : Guitar/Bass Basics 2.3 [DRU] : Drum Basics 2.4 [BND] : Band Basics 3.0 [TRC] : Tracks Overview 3.1 [WRK] : How Tracks Work 3.2 [DPT] : In-Depth Track Views 4.0 [WTM] : World Tour Mode Overview 4.1 [STL] : World Tour Setlists 4.2 [VUL] : Venue List 4.3 [ROT] : Rotating Setlists *MARATHON/LOCAL* 5.0 [CHL] : Tour Challenge Overview 5.1 [LST] : Tour Challenge List 6.0 [BOB] : Battle of the Bands Overview 7.0 [ACH] : Achievements 8.0 [Q&A] : Questions ============================================================================== INTRODUCTION / WHY? [INT] 1.0 ============================================================================== You may be asking, why make such a guide? This game is all about skill and practice to become better, you don't need to read a guide on all that. This is where many go wrong about guides for Guitar Hero or Rock Band. This guide's sole intention is not only to help you understand techniques you will use to gain more skill, but it will also reveal all of the hidden things in the game and list all the sets you will be playing in World Tour Mode, as well as show the different challenges there are in the Tour Challenge Mode. A list of achievements is also at the end of this guide for those looking in on the secret achievements and those who would like to know what achievements are available on the game. So there you have it, a useful guide for a game almost solely based on skill. ============================================================================== VERSION HISTORY [VER] 1.1 ============================================================================== v0.8 :: First official posted version. Includes almost all in-depth info. Missing the drum challenges and Gamerscore for the Bladder of Steel Award. ============================================================================== OVERVIEW BASICS [BAS] 2.0 ============================================================================== Rock Band is a game of timing and music adept. Other than the vocals, the gameplay is relatively the same. You will see a trackboard (for guitar and bass, it's called the fretboard) with four or five colors at the base (drummers will see four, and a fifth as a bar surrounding the four colors). When that colored note hits the bottom of the trackboard and lines up with it's respective color, you must strum or hit that note on your instrument. If blue comes down, hit blue, if red comes down, hit red, if yellow and green come down, hit yellow and green, and so on. For vocalists, the trick is to match your pitch with the pitch on screen. The words are not necessary, unless it's a "talkie part", in which you must say the words, because the game doesn't reconize you saying words when you run them all together. You must articulate your words during the talking. In all instruments, there is a unified "white" section (for vocals, it's gold). These white sections will give you overdrive (the meter below the different colors, and just above your multiplier score). If you can play the whole section perfectly, you will earn yourself one fourth of that meter. To release the overdrive, guitars and bassists will raise their instruments to point up, drummers will play a fill section ending with the crash cymbal, and vocalists will play during a gold "open" section. Drummers and strings can earn double the amount if they all play during a single section together. A small icon will appear in the center of the screen when these three instruments have a unified section, if all three complete it, they will automatically have enough to go into overdrive. If ust two complete it, they will still have enough to start overdrive, but those who missed it won't get any. ============================================================================== VOCAL TIPS [VOC] 2.1 ============================================================================== EASY --> EXPERT Vocalists and drummers have the hardest job within the band. They have to keep their stamina up in order to perform. When preparing to play (yes, I said preparing to play), make sure you do not drink any soda or drinks that can cause you to become more thirsty. Water and milk usually do the best job of keeping your air passage open and non-abrasive. Avoid clearing your throat, as that will cause the vocal chords (the things that make pitches) to cross and vibrate vigorously, drying them out. Once you've prepared either try a simple "Do-Re-Mi" excercise to get you in tune/pitched. At the start of every song, find a comfortable "middle ground", a place where you can feel comfortable to sing at, and it usually should fall directly in the middle of the trackline. It's best to know the songs prior to playing them as well, so feel free to go the extra mile with your band and download the songs to listen to in your free time. You may find you enjoy more songs. An optional part of playing as a vocalist is the percussive sections. You can either tap the mic with your hand or by hitting the green "A" button. It's easier to tap the "A" button because your hand won't go numb and turn red. The downside to hitting the "A" button would be if you are a person who likes to stand and sing their part, you will be carrying around an X-Box controller as well. Figure out the best solution that works for you and take drinks often or your throat will dry out. ============================================================================== GUITAR TIPS [GUI] 2.2 ============================================================================== EASY If you've never handled a guitar controller and this would be your first time picking one up, get prepared to be either hooked, or working to the wee hours of the morning attempting to learn this bad-ass piece of machinery. Most of this guide will be covered assuming you have the Rock Band original guitar, and not the Guitar Hero controllers. There are four parts to the guitar: the play frets (the colored notes at the top of the guitar), the solo frets (the colored notes at the base of the neck of the guitar), the strum bar (the bar just below the solo frets), and the whammy bar (the large metal bar sticking out of the base of the guitar). Each of these four are required to play the full Rock Band. The basics of playing the guitar is to hold the colored fret you need to play (either the play or the solo frets), and strum when the note crosses the base. If it is a long note (it will have a line dragged from the start), you must hold that fret for the entire duration. During overdrive sections, if you have a long note, you can wiggle the whammy bar in and out to gain more overdrive, or sustain your current running overdrive (if wiggled fast enough). Finally, the sections outlined in blue are the solo sections. You'll know it's a solo, because a percentage will appear above your trackboard and count up for every note you hit. You can use the solo frets to play this section, and if you do, you don't need to strum! This can be counter-intuitive though as some of the tougher songs require you to hit notes fast than your finger can press it down. MEDIUM Once you get going with a guitar, you will soon find it boring to play on easy. Don't fret! There are harder difficulties! Be prepared though, when you walk to the next difficulty, it might hurt for a while. The medium difficulty introduces the new button: the blue one. Nothing else changes too much, except that your pinky now has some work to do. Keep at it and get used to this new button. HARD --> EXPERT The hard difficulty will add a new button, and change how you play on the guitar forever. Once you master this button and the follow tricks, you won't want to leave hard or expert. With the orange button added on, a lot of the tracks you play will sound a lot better and you will have to learn a bit of hand positions. The basic hand positions are: Green Root: G-R-Y-B- Red Root: -R-Y-B-O Skip-per: G- -Y-B-O Skip-py: G-R- -B-O Skip-Bo: G-R-Y- -O Octave: G- - - -O These hand positions are found throughout the entire game, and are where the fingers will need to go if you want to hit the hammer on/pull off (HO/PO) sections. HO/POs are sections where you will strum the first note (the large one), and "fret" the rest (the smaller notes). These sections are relatively fast and seldom call for runs (running from one note to a note 3 or 4 away). Practice "running" up and down your fretboard in all positions (in Octave, go from top to bottom without skipping). Knowing how to get from one fret to the other fast enough will get you going through the expert solos. One last note: PRACTICE MODE WORKS. ============================================================================== DRUM BASICS [DRM] 2.3 ============================================================================== EASY --> EXPERT Drumming requires a lot of hand-eye coordination in order to achieve the ability to play. A helpful way to start on drums is to take the drum tutorial and learn to get a sense of rhythm. Once you've accomplished the tutorial, switch to the Drum Trainer and pick up your first couple of rhythms. If you have to, don't bump the tempo to anything higher than 120 BPM. This will get you learning some of the simple rhythms like 4-2 Snare Hits and triplet hi- hats. The most important thing is to lern rhythms, beats, and patterns. Make sure you train your foot to work nearly independantly from your hands can do off patterns between your hands and foot, but still keep it in time. The first couple of patterns will not involve your foot, but as you progress, you will add in the foot hits and learn to get different beat patterns from it. ============================================================================== BAND BASICS [BND] 2.4 ============================================================================== In order to maximize your score and create uneeded energy use, playing as a band can become pretty difficult and require some sort of leadership in order to progress during and between songs. Usually you want a singer or guitarist as your unclaimed leader. Have them direct usages of the overdrive and making sure no more than one person is saving any players who have failed out. If two people end up going for one person, you create a waste of Overdrive for the song because now someone is using their overdrive for no reason. During band play, you wll notice that instead of doubling your own individual multiplier as seen during solo play, you will multiply the whole bands score, depending on how many people are in overdrive. You can earn up to a x8 score, along with a nice achievement. Coordinating these kinds of things can be hard, and it's best to work them in with the drummer and singer. It's not possible, don't make it work, but use them when you need to (during sections with plenty of notes). Remember, it becomes a "band" multiplier when others play with you. ============================================================================== TRACK LIST OVERVIEW [TRC] 3.0 ============================================================================== The tracks available for Rock Band 2 are expandable, in the sense that the list of songs available will continue to grow with each expansion game and with each downloadable content that becomes available. Due to the high volume of songs released each week, tis guide will only serve it's purpose to show the original released songs for the game, which include the 55 songs available from Rock Band 1, the 84 songs available on Rock Band 2 (called disc songs), and the 20 songs that will be released as an expansion of Rock Band 2. After the section about how the tracks work, you can find a list of all these songs (with the inclusion of the 20 bonus songs when they are released) with it's related difficulties. The songs will be listed alphabetically by disc. ============================================================================== HOW TRACKS WORK [WRK] 3.1 ============================================================================== EXPORTING SONGS In order to export songs from the original Rock Band 1 disc to the Rock Band 2 disc, you will need: 1) A connection to the internet. 2) An X-Box LIVE account. 3) The original Rock Band (with updates). 4) $5 worth of Microsoft Points. First, start by putting in Rock Band 1 and letting it update. When it is fully updated, you will be able to go to the Options Menu and choose "Export Songs". Select that option, and it will remind you that you need over 1 GB of space available. Continue on, and it will bring up the purchase screen, asking if you would like to download the Transfer Key. Select yes, and allow it to download this small file. Once completed, the export will begin. It should only take about 5 to 10 minutes to fully complete. When it's finished, go back to your dashboard, select System and then Memory. Under "Games", you should find Rock Band. Select that and a list of each individual song will be in that list. If you do not want certain songs (Highway Star, Green Grass & High Tides, etc.), you may choose to delete them individually. If you choose so, know that you must repurchase a license key in order to transfer them again. So choose wisely if you really want it. When you load up Rock Band 2 the next time, you should find a seperate sorting to get all songs from Rock Band 1, which will be denoted as a "Download Song". ============== SCORING TRACKS ============== Tracks have two scoring methods: percentage of notes hit, and sequence of notes hit. For ever note you hit, you earn 25 points. After hitting 10 notes in a row, you will double every note you hit. After 20, you will get triple the score. After 30, it is quadruple. For bassists, 40 and 50 notes hit will give you bass groove and a 5x/6x multiplier. During solo tour, going into overdrive will double that number, and place it in the center sphere, while in Band Mode, overdrive will place a 2x/4x/6x/8x marker next to the score, to denote that every member is getting a score multiplier. Hitting more than one note at a time will add the points toether (or multiply by 2), and if you hit 3 notes at the same time, you will get triple for that chord. Held notes are worth 50 points per beat (a solid bar across the fretboard). This is also multiplied depending on your multiplier. ===== STARS ===== You score is directly related to your number of stars. Hitting 15% of the notes will score you one star. 35% will score you a second star. 50% of the notes will get you your third star. 75% of the notes will get you your 4th star, and hitting 100% will get you the 5th star. ============== GOING FOR GOLD ============== In order to hit 5 gold stars, you must be on expert. To figure out the score for it, take the score you achieve in order to earn 5 stars, and multiply it by 1.5. This means that it is still possible to earn 5 gold stars and miss 1 or 2 notes. 1.5x the score means that you must spend at least 50% of the song in overdrive (take half of the full score and add it on = double half the songs possible 100% score). =============== THE CROWD METER =============== Your value for a note streak has two values: a negative and a positive. The positive value is continuously replaced if you best it, and the highest value is displayed at the end of a song (XXX note streak). You negative value is never displayed as a number, but as a picture. On the left hand side, the crowd meter will display the bands current negative/positive value of note streaks. Each members value is displayed, and averaged out to get a value of the overall crowd meter. The values it takes from 100% (of the crowd meter) to fail out of a song are: 45 Notes (Easy) 40 Notes (Medium) 40 Notes (Hard) 35 Notes (Expert) For each note you miss, your icon will drop a respected value. Until your negative streak value is equivalent to your max value. Once a member has failed out of a song, the average value of all members breaks from where it is and steadily drops until it hits 0%. If, at this time, members of the band miss any notes, the value will significantly decline. Using overdrive will pull this value back up for a short period, but only if you are able to raise your icon up (ie, it won't work if you/the band is already at 100%). If your icon has already dropped to the lowest number (34/35), it will take the inverse of the list above (-1) to bring your icon back up. These numbers are: 34 Notes (Easy) 39 Notes (Medium) 39 Notes (Hard) 44 Notes (Expert) If you go into overdrive, depending on your multiplier is how much less notes you must hit in order to go back to 100%. If you are at a full 8x multiplier, you will have to hit only 25% of the notes listed above. The bassist will have the same amount, but for the respective 4x, 8x, 10x, 12x. ============ BAND SCORING ============ Scores made in solo tour are calculated by your score alone. Scores made in band world tour are calculated by adding the sum score of all members. For example: Bass: 25,000 on expert. Guitar: 50,000 on expert. Vocal: 10,000 on medium. Drums: 25,000 on hard. Band: 110,000 on medium. The band score will be then placed at the lowest difficulty, with a sum total of all members. Because overdrive effects all band members, each individual score will be slghtly higher than your own personal best (because you have up to 4 times as many chances to hit overdrive). ============= SOLO SECTIONS ============= Solos are seperate sections of songs in which all rules still apply, the only change is that you will gain extra points (under the star rules, these points ARE calculated in how much it is required to get 5 stars, which means, without overdrive, you MUST hit 100% of the solo). These extra points are not really extra to the song, but if you get lower than 100%, it will account for your streak and score. Big Rock Endings are NOT accounted for star count, which means, any points earned through this are considered as extra points. ============= VOCAL SCORING ============= For vocalists, measuring the amount of points and a streak are a lot different then how the rest of the band functions (which is also why you, the singer, does not participate in unison bonuses). A song is broken down into a number of phrases. These phrases are broken down into individual words (and seldom further, into individual syllables). For every length of a phrase you hit perfectly, you earn a multiplier (until you reach 4x). Each phrase has 4 types of ratings: 50% of the phrase = MESSY 75% of the phrase = GOOD 85% of the phrase = GREAT 95% of the phrase = EXCELLENT Note, that you do NOT need to hit a phrase perfectly. You MUST match a pitch in order to earn chunks of the meter. In order to earn a phrase, you must hit an excellent, nothing below it counts. ============= VOCAL FAILURE ============= Depending on the difficulty of the song, just like everyone else, a certain amount of poor scores will drop your icon. Sometimes, it may seem like it is dropping faster than the rest of the band, this is due to the fact that you're "misses" are longer than everyone else's. A "MESSY" will account for one whole miss. Miss the following amounts in each difficulty and you will fail out: 5 MESSY (Easy) 4 MESSY (Medium) 4 MESSY (Hard) 3 MESSY (Expert) A "GOOD" is still worth a miss, but it takes 3 times as many "GOOD"s to fail out of a song, making it worth the following to fail out: 15 GOOD (Easy) 12 GOOD (Medium) 12 GOOD (Hard) 9 GOOD (Expert) A "GREAT" is still a miss for phrases, but it will not ruin your crowd meter, although it won't help it either. Hitting ONLY "GREAT"s will maintain you at the starting position (75%). Finally, "EXCELLENT" is a hit, and will only bring the meter up. If you are in overdrive, raising your meter from near death is pretty simple and straightforward. It takes only 1 EXCELLENT to bring it straight to 100%, 2 "GREAT"s to bring it to 100%, and 4 "GOOD"s to do the same. A "MESSY" will not bring your score down unless you make 2 in a row, making it still possible to fail out as a singer. ==================== VOCALIZED PERCUSSION ==================== The final bit of vocalists is the percussive sections. Percussive sections are technically considered "bonus" sections, but they do almost absolutely nothing to a score, especially on Band Mode. If your singer is complaining about bruising or aching hands, please tell them to stop as doing these sections are 100% optional. These sections are rated just as a solo, and every hit is worth 25 points. Period. There are NO multipliers, so don't bother using your overdrive during these sections. Plus, your crowd meter won't change! If you miss a note, they don't CARE! At the end, if 0% of the notes are hit, the game assumes you are on idle, and will call the solo "IDLE". Yes, singers need a break from now and then. ============================================================================== IN-DEPTH TRACK VIEW [DPT] 3.3 ============================================================================== Here is the list of all available songs from ROCK BAND 1. They are sorted by song name, and listed with the level of difficulty on each instrument. X = 1 level of difficulty. Empty slots = no level of dfficulty. Y = 6 level of difficulty. * = As Made Famous By =========== ROCK BAND 1 =========== ______________________________________________________________________________ | Track Name | Artist | BAND |GUITAR| DRUM |VOCALS| BASS | |----------------------|------------------|------|------|------|------|------| | 29 Fingers | The Konks | |X | |X |XX | | Are You Gonna Be M...| Jet |XXX |XXX |XXXX |XXX |XXX | | Ballroom Blitz | Sweet* |XXX |XXXX |XXXXX |XX |XXXX | | Black Hole Sun | Soundgarden |X |XXX |XXX |X |XXX | | Blitzkrieg Bop | Ramones |X | |XXX | | | | Blood Doll | Anarchy Club |X |XX |X |XXX | | | Brainpower | Freezepop |XXX |XXXX |XXXX |XX |XXXX | | Can't Let Go | Death of Cool |XXXX |XXXXX |XXX |YYYYY |XX | | Celebrity Skin | Hole |X |XX |X |X |XX | | Cherub Rock | Smashing Pumpkins|XXXXX |XXXXX |YYYYY |XX |XXXXX | | Creep | Radiohead | |XX | | |XX | | Dani California | Red Hot Chili ...|XXXX |XXX |XXX |X |XXX | | Day Late, Dollar S...| Acro-Brats |XX |X |XXX |XXXX |XX | | Dead on Arrival | Fall Out Boy |XXX |XXXX |XXXXX |XX |XXXX | | Detroit Rock City | Kiss |XXXX |XX |XXXXX |XXX |XX | | (Don't Fear) The R...| Blue Oyster Cult |XXXX |XXX |XXXXX | |XXXX | | Electric Version | The New Pornog...|XXXX |XX |XXXX |XXX |XX | | Epic | Faith No More |XX |XXX |XX |X |XXX | | Flirtin' With Disa...| Molly Hatchet |YYYYY |XXXXX |YYYYY |XXX |XXXXX | | Foreplay/Long Time | Boston |XXXXX |XXXXX |YYYYY |XXXXX |XXXXX | | Gimme Shelter | Rolling Stones |X |XXX |X |XXXX |XX | | Go with the Flow | Queens of the ...|XXXX |XX |XXXXX | |X | | Green Grass & High...| The Outlaws* |XXXXX |YYYYY |XXXXX |XXX |YYYYY | | Here it Goes Again | OK Go | | |XX | | | | Highway Star | Deep Purple |XXXXX |XXXXX |YYYYY |XXXX |XXXXX | | I Get By | Honest Bob and...|XXXX |XXX |XXXX |XXXXX | | | I Think I'm Paranoid | Garbage | |X | | | | | I'm So Sick | Flyleaf |X |XX |XX |XXXXX |X | | In Bloom | Nirvana | | | | | | | Learn to Fly | Foo Fighters |XX |XX |XXX | |X | | Main Offender | The Hives |XX |XXX |XX |XX |XXX | | Maps | The Yeah-Yeah-...|X | |XX | | | | Mississippi Queen | Mountain* | | |X |XXXX | | | Next to You | The Police |XXXXX |XXXX |YYYYY |XXX |XXXX | | Nightmare | Crooked X |XX |XXX |XX |XX |XXX | | Orange Crush | R.E.M. |XX |X |XXX |X | | | Outside | Tribe |XXXX |XXX |YYYYY |XXX | | | Pleasure (Pleasure) | Bang Camaro |XXX |YYYYY |XX | |X | | Reptilia | The Strokes |XXXX |XXX |XX |XXX |XXX | | Sabotage | The Beastie Boys |X |X |XXX |X |X | | Say It Ain't So | Weezer | |X | | |X | | Seven | Vagiant |X |X |X |XXXX |XX | | Should I Stay or S...| The Clash | | |XXX |X |XX | | Suffragette City | David Bowie |XX |XXX |XX |XXXX |XXX | | Te Hand The Feeds | Nine Inch Nails |XX |X |XXX |XX |X | | Time We Had | The Mother Hips |X | |XXX |X | | | Timmy and the Lord...| Timmy and the ...|XXXX |XXXXX |XXXXX |YYYYY |XX | | Tom Sawyer | Rush* |XXXXX |XXXXX |YYYYY |XXXX |XXXXX | | Train Kept a Rollin' | Aerosmith* |XXX |XXXXX |XXXXX |XXXX |XXXXX | | Vasoline | Stone Temple P...|XXXX |XXXX |XXXX |X |XXXX | | Wanted Dead or Alive | Bon Jovi |XX |XXXX | |XX |XXXX | | Wave of Mutilation | Pixies | |X |X |XX | | | Welcome Home | Coheed and Cam...|XXX |XXXXX |XXXX |XXXX |XXXXX | | When You Were Young | The Killers |X |XX |XXXX |XX |XX | | Won't Get Fooled A...| The Who |YYYYY |XXXX |YYYYY |XXXX |XXXXX | |______________________|__________________|______|______|______|______|______| You can only earn these songs by importing them from the original Rock Band 1 game disc. Once imported, they become available to play on Rock Band 2, and unlock several hidden challenges throughout the game. They also offer 55 songs immediately available when "Random Song" is chosen or when you are able to create a setlist. =========== ROCK BAND 2 =========== The following list is the songs directly available on Rock Band 2, all 84 songs. When the bonus 20 songs are released, this list will update with them included. The same keys are used in this list as the previous list. ______________________________________________________________________________ | Track Name | Artist | BAND |GUITAR| DRUM |VOCALS| BASS | |----------------------|------------------|------|------|------|------|------| | A Jagged Gorgeous ...| Main Drag |XX |XX |XXXX |XX |XX | | Ace of Spades ('08) | Motor Head |XXXXX |XXXXX |YYYYY |XXX |YYYYY | | Alabama Getaway | Grateful Dead |XXXX |XXXXX |XXXX |XXXXX |X | | Alex Chilton | The Replacements |XXX |XXX |XXXX |XX |XXXX | | Alive | Pearl Jam |XXX |XXX |XXX |XXX |XXX | | Almost Easy | Avenged Sevenfold|YYYYY |XXXXX |XXXXX |XXXXX |XXXXX | | American Woman | Guess Who |XX |X |XXXX |XXX |X | | Any Way You Want It | Journey |XXXX |XXXXX |XXX |XXXXX |XXXX | | Aqualung | Jethro Tull |XXXXX |XXX |XXXXX |XXXX |XXXXX | | Bad Reputation | Joan Jett |XXXX |XX |XXXXX |XXXX |XX | | Battery | Metallica |YYYYY |YYYYY |YYYYY |XXXX |YYYYY | | Bodisattva | Steely Dan |YYYYY |YYYYY |XXXXX |X |YYYYY | | Carry On Wayward Son | Kansas |XXXXX |XXXXX |X |YYYYY |YYYYY | | Chop Suey | System of the ...|XXXXX |XXXXX |XXXX |YYYYY |YYYYY | | Colony of Birchman | Mastadon |YYYYY |YYYYY |YYYYY |YYYYY |XXXXX | | Come Out and Play ...| Offspring |XXX |XXXX |XXX |XXXXX | | | Conventional Lover | Speck |XX |XX |XX |XX |XX | | Cool for Cats | Squeeze |X | |X | |XXX | | De-Luxe | Lush |XX |XXX |XXX |XX | | | Down with the Sick...| Disturbed |XXXXX |XXXX |XXXX |YYYYY |XXXXX | | Drain You | Nirvana | |X |XX |X |X | | E-Pro | Beck | |X |XX |XX | | | Everlong | Foo Fighter |XXXXX |XXXX |YYYYY |XX |XXX | | Eye of the Tiger | Survivor | | | |XX | | | Feel the Pain | Dinosaur Jr. |X |XX |XX |X |XXXX | | Float On | Modest Mouse | | | |X | | | Get Clean | Anarchy Club |YYYYY |YYYYY |XXXX |XXXXX |XXXXX | | Girls Not Grey | AFI |XXX |XXX |XXX |XXX |XXXX | | Give it All | Rise Against |XXXXX |XXXX |YYYYY |XXXX |XXXX | | Give it Away | Red Hot Chili ...|XX |XX |X |XXXXX |XXXX | | Go Your Own Way | Fleetwood Mac |XXX |XX |X |XXX |XXX | | Hello There | Cheap Trick |X |X |X | |XXX | | Hungry Like the Wolf | Duran Duran | | | | |X | | I Was Wrong | Social Distortion| |X | | |XX | | Kids in America | The Muffs |XXX |XX |XXXXX | |XX | | Lazy Eye | Silversun Pickups|XXX |XXXXX |XX | |X | | Let There Be Rock | AC/DC |XXXXX |XXXXX |XX |XXXX |X | | Livin' On a Prayer | Bon Jovi |XX |XXX | |XXXX |XXXX | | Lump | The Presidents...|XX |X |XXXXX | |XXXX | | Man in the Box | Alice in Chains |X |X |X | | | | Master Exploder | Tenacious D |XXXXX |YYYYY |XXXXX |YYYYY |X | | Mountain Song | Jane's Addiction |XXX |X |XXXX |XXXX |XXXX | | My Own Worst Enemy | Lit | | | | | | | New Kid in School | The Donna's |X |X | |XXXXX |X | | Night Lies | Bang Camaro |XXXX |XXXX |XXX |XX |XXXX | | Nine in the Aftern...| Panic at the D...| |X | |XX |X | | One Step Closer | Linkin Park |X | |XXX |XXXX | | | One Way or Another | Blondie |XX |XXX |XX |XXX |XXX | | Our Truth | Lacuna Coil |XXXX |X |XXXX |XXXXX |XXXXX | | Painkiller | Judas Priest |YYYYY |YYYYY |YYYYY |YYYYY |YYYYY | | Panic Attack | Dream Theater |YYYYY |YYYYY |YYYYY |XXXXX |YYYYY | | PDA | Interpol | |XXX |XXX |XXX |XX | | Peace Sells | Mega Deth |YYYYY |YYYYY |YYYYY |XX |YYYYY | | Pinball Wizard | The Who |XXXX |XXXX |XXXXX |XXX |XXX | | Pretend We're Dead | L7 | | |X | |X | | Psycho Killer | Talking Heads |XX |XX | |YYYYY |XXX | | Pump it Up | Elvis Costello |X |XX |XXX |X |X | | Ramblin' Man | The Allman Bro...|YYYYY |YYYYY |XXXXX |YYYYY |YYYYY | | Rebel Girl | The Bikini Kill | | | |X |X | | Rob the Prez-O-Dent | That Handsome ...|XXXXX |XXXX |XXXXX |XXXX |XXXXX | | Rock'n Me | Steve Miller B...|XXX |XXXXX |X |XXX |XXX | | Round and Round | Ratt |XXX |XXXX |XX |XXXX | | | Shackler's Revenge | Guns n'Roses |XXXX |XXXXX |XX |XX |XXXX | | Shooting Star | Bad Company |XX |XXX |X |XX | | | Shoulder to the Plow | Breaking Wheel |YYYYY |YYYYY |YYYYY |X |YYYYY | | So What'cha Want | Beastie Boys | | |X |XX | | | Souls of Black | Testament |YYYYY |YYYYY |XXXXX |XXXXX |YYYYY | | Spirit in the Sky | Norman Greenbaum |X |XX |X | | | | Spoonman | Soundgarden |XXXXX |XXXXX |XXXXX |YYYYY |XXXXX | | Tangled up in Blue | Bob Dylan |XXX |XXX | |YYYYY |XX | | Teen Age Riot | Sonic Youth |XXXX |XXXXX |YYYYY |X |XXX | | Testify | Rage Against t...|XXXX |XXXX |XXXX |XXXX |XXXXX | | That's What You Get | Paramore |X | |X |XXXX | | | The Middle | Jimmy Eat World |XX |XXX |XXX |XXX |XX | | The Trees (Vault E...| The Who |XXXXX |XXXXX |YYYYY |YYYYY |XXXXX | | Today | Smashing Pumpkins|X | |XX |X |XX | | Uncontrollable Urge | Devo |XXXX |XXXX |XXXX |YYYYY |XXXXX | | Visions | Abnormality |YYYYY |YYYYY |YYYYY |X |YYYYY | | We Got the Beat | Go-Go's |X | |XX | |XX | | Welcome to the Nei...| Libyans |X |XX |XXX |XXX |XX | | Where'd You Go? | The Mighty Mig...|XXX |XXXX |XX |X |XXXX | | White Wedding (Par...| Billy Idol |XX |X |X |XXXXX |XXX | | You Oughta Know | Alanis Morisette |XXXX |XX |XXX |XXXXX |XXXXX | |______________________|__________________|______|______|______|______|______| ============================================================================== WORLD TOUR OVERVIEW [WTO] 4.0 ============================================================================== Now for the meat and potatoes of this FAQ. Here is the bulk of the FAQ, and most likely why you came. The list of venues and challenges. If you ever played Rock Band 1, you will have most likely figured out the mechanics behind World Tour Mode and Solo Tour Mode. Since Solo Tour Mode has been excised completely, World Tour Mode has taken on a different sort of progression. Each venue still comes stocked with it's setlists and such, but nearing the end, venues will become harder to open, and there will be wider selections during each tier. ============================================================================== WORLD TOUR SETLISTS [STL] 4.1 ============================================================================== The way I have written this section of the guide is in two ways, as there are somewhat of two different sets in this Mode. The first are what I call "Required Setlists". These are the setlists that are placed because they meet the tiers criteria of being IN that tier. The second are what I call "Rotating Setlists". These are setlists that move only based on where your "Hometown" is located for your band. You will NOT find these setlists in the same tier for every band. Thus, these setlists are listed in the next section, and listed under the home city they can be found in (as the fall under a specified city.) If you have noticed a discreption between the following setlists and tier that they are located (as in, you find a MARATHON [GENRE] in a specific tier, and not according to it's locale), please contact me and let me know. Credit will be given! As a final note, if you are connected to XBox LIVE and have recently accessed the Battle of the Bands Mode at any time during a single session, some venues and cities will appear with a trophy icon. These represent the locations that a "Battle of the Band" can be accessed. You may choose to play them from World Tour Mode if you like, but you cannot choose to play any of the Tour Challenges. These must be accessed from that menu option. With that being said, on with the sets. TIER 1 (HOMETOWN) VENUE 1: >Eye of the Tiger >My Own Worst Enemy >Pretend We're Dead >Float On !Simple Mystery Setlist !Make a Setlist VENUE 2: >Hungry Like the Wolf >Drain You >PDA *BATTLE OF THE VANS >Random Random Today !Simple Mystery Setlist !Make a Setlist VENUE 3: !Mystery Setlist !Make a Setlist (ROTATE) TIER 2 (VAN LOCATIONS) VENUE 1: >So What'cha Want >Cool for Cats >Today !Simple Mystery Setlist !Make a Setlist VENUE 2: >Feel the Pain >Welcome to the Neighborhood >White Wedding (Part 1) !Simple Mystery Setlist !Make a Setlist (LOCAL ARTIST) VENUE 3: !Mystery Setlist !Make a Setlist *AUDIO TEAM FAVORITES >E-Pro So What'cha Want One Step Closer Supreme Girl Shoulder to the Plow VENUE 4: >I Was Wrong >Rebel Girl >Man in the Box !Simple Mystery Setlist !Make a Setlist VENUE 5: >That's What You Get >We Got the Beat >Pump it Up *BUS OR BUST! COMPETITION >Random Random Livin' On A Prayer !Simple Mystery Setlist !Make a Setlist (LOCAL ARTIST) VENUE 6: !Mystery Setlist !Make a Setlist *Ernie Ball Showcase >We Got the Beat The Middle Where'd You Go? Pinball Wizard Let There Be Rock (ROTATE) TIER 3 (BUS LOCATIONS) VENUE 1: >E-Pro >Nine in the Afternoon >Hello There !Simple Mystery Setlist !Make a Setlist VENUE 2: >Spirit in the Sky >New Kid in School >One Step Closer !Simple Mystery Setlist !Make a Setlist (LOCAL ARTIST) VENUE 3: !Mystery Setlist !Make a Setlist (ROTATE) VENUE 4: >Lump >De-Luxe >One Way or Another !Mystery Setlist !Make a Setlist VENUE 5: >Girls Not Grey >Come Out and Play (Keep 'Em Seperated) *MERCH SEARCH SHOWCASE >Random Random Alive !Mystery Setlist !Make a Setlist (LOCAL ARTIST) VENUE 6: !Challenging Mystery Setlist *ZILDJIAN SHOWCASE >Hungry like the Wolf One Way or Another Girls not Grey One Step Closer Everlong *MTV SHOWCASE >Nine in the Afternoon That's What You Get Girls not Grey Down with the Sickness Almost Easy (ROTATE) TIER 4 (MERCH GIRL LOCATIONS) VENUE 1: >Psycho Killer >Conventional Lover >Livin' on a Prayer !Mystery Setlist !Make a Setlist VENUE 2: >Kids in America >Lazy Eye !Mystery Setlist !Make a Setlist (LOCAL ARTIST) VENUE 3: !Mystery Setlist !Make a Setlist *CODE TEAM FAVORITES >Spoonman De-Luxe Tangled up in Blue Teenage Riot Night Lies (ROTATE) VENUE 4: >Give it Away >American Woman >Go Your Own Way !Mystery Setlist !Make a Setlist VENUE 5: >Where'd You Go? >Rock n'Me Baby !Mystery Setlist !Make a Setlist (LOCAL) VENUE 6: !Challenging Mystery Setlist !Make a Setlist (ROTATE) VENUE 7: >Shooting Star >The Middle >A Jagged Gorgeous Winter !Mystery Setlist !Make a Setlist VENUE 8: >Mountain Song >Alex Chilton !Mystery Setlist !Make a Setlist (LOCAL ARTIST) VENUE 9: *NO PAIN, NO PLANE CHALLENGE >Random Random Pinball Wizard !Mystery Setlist !Make a Setlist (ROTATE) (ROTATE) TIER 5 (JET LOCATIONS) VENUE 1: >Tangled Up In Blue >You Oughta Know !Challenging Mystery Setlist !Make a Setlist VENUE 2: >Uncontrollable Urge !Challenging Mystery Setlist !Make a Setlist VENUE 3: *RAWK-AID FUNDRAISER >Choice Random Choice !Mystery Setlist !Make a Setlist (ROTATE) VENUE 4: >Supreme Girl >Any Way You Want It !Challenging Mystery Setlist !Make a Setlist VENUE 5: >Aqualung !Challenging Mystery Setlist !Make a Setlist *ELECTRO-HARMONIX SHOWCASE >Today Feel the Pain PDA Teen Age Riot VENUE 6: !Make a Setlist Marathon !Mystery Setlist !Make a Setlist (ROTATE) VENUE 7: >Round and Round >Testify !Challenging Mystery Setlist !Make a Setlist VENUE 8: >Bad Reputation *ROADIE ROCKATHON >Random Random Random Let There be Rock !Challenging Mystery Setlist !Make a Setlist (ROTATE) VENUE 9: !Mystery Setlist !Make a Setlist (ROTATE) (ROTATE) TIER 6 (ROADIE LOCATIONS) VENUE 1: >Let There be Rock >Everlong !Challenging Mystery Setlist !Make a Setlist VENUE 2: >Give it All !Challenging Mystery Setlist !Make a Setlist *SHURE SHOWCASE >White Wedding (Part 1) Round and Round Carry on Wayward Son Spoonman VENUE 3: !Mystery Setlist !Make a Setlist *FEMMES FATALES SHOWCASE >Pretend We're Dead Rebel Girl We Got the Beat De-Luxe One Way or Another Kids in America VENUE 4: >Alive >Alabama Getaway !Challenging Mystery Setlist !Make a Setlist VENUE 5: >Night Lies !Challenging Mystery Setlist !Make a Setlist *FENDER SHOWCASE >Hello There That's What You Get Pump it Up The Trees (Vault Edition) VENUE 6: *RAWK-AID FESTIVAL !Mystery Setlist !Make a Setlist (ROTATE) VENUE 7: >Pinball Wizard >Teen Age Riot !Challenging Mystery Setlist !Make a Setlist VENUE 8: >Down with the Sickness *NAAM (NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF AUDIO MASTERS) CONVENTION >Random Random Random Everlong !Challenging Mystery Setlist !Make a Setlist *PEARL SHOWCASE >New Kid in School Give it Away Down with the Sickness Livin' on a Prayer VENUE 9: !Mystery Setlist !Make a Setlist *QA FAVORITES >Aqualung Master Exploder Psycho Killer Chop Suey Get Clean TIER 7 (AUDIO GUY LOCATIONS) VENUE 1: >The Trees (Vault Edition) >Master Exploder !Challenging Mystery Setlist !Make a Setlist VENUE 2: >Carry on Wayward Son !Challenging Mystery Setlist !Make a Setlist (ROTATE) VENUE 3: !Mystery Setlist !Make a Setlist (ROTATE) VENUE 4: >Our Truth >Shackler's Revenge !Challenging Mystery Setlist !Make a Setlist VENUE 5: >Chop Suey !Challenging Mystery Setlist !Make a Setlist *LUDWIG SHOWCASE >Hello There Lazy Eye Random VENUE 6: *GLOBAL PROMOTION SHOWCASE >Random Random Random Random Carry on Wayward Son !Mystery Setlist !Make a Setlist *DESIGNER FAVORITES >Cool for Cats Pinball Wizard Pump it Up Everlong Conventional Lover TIER 8 (WORLD PROMOTER LOCATIONS) ISTANBUL - ABAZAN ARENA >Almost Easy >Should to the Plow *GUITAR LEGEND >Bodhisattva Battery Panic Attack Visions Painkiller *70S MARATHON >Hello There Rockin Me Uncontrollable Urge Let there be Rock Carry on Wayward Son The Trees (Vault Edition) Aqualung MOSCOW - DYNAMITE PALACE >Souls of Black >Battery *DRUM LEGEND >Battery Shoulder to the Plow Visions Painkiller Panic Attack *60S MARATHON >Spirit in the Sky Pinball Wizard TOKYO - GORILLA DOME >Ramblin' Man >Panic Attack *80S MARATHON >Livin' On a Prayer Round and Round Bad Reputation Any Way You Want It Teen Age Riot Ace of Spades ('08) SYDNEY - BENNELONG OPERA HOUSE >Get Clean >Colony of Birchman *BASS LEGEND >Chop Suey Souls of Black Battery Visions
          Panic Attack
      *PRODUCTION FAVORITES
         >Man in the Box
          Float On
          Testify
          PDA

   TIJUANA - GASOLINA
      >Rob the Prez-O-Dent
      >Peace Sells
      *90S MARATHON
         >Drain You
          Man in the Box
          Today
          Lump
          De-Luxe
          Kids in America
          Come out and Play (Keep 'Em Seperated)
          Alive

   RIO DE JANEIRO - THE ROCKACABANA
      >Spoonman
      >Visions
      !Mystery Setlist Marathon
      *VOCAL LEGEND
         >Master Exploder
          Painkiller
          Spoonman
          Chop Suey
          Tangled up in Blue

   REYKJAVIK - KLAURAGDALSHOLL
      >Ace of Spades ('08)
      >Bodhisattva
      !Make a Setlist Marathon
      *METAL MARATHON
         >Ace of Spades ('08)
          Peace Sells
          Colony of Birchman
          Souls of Black
          Battery
          Painkiller

   SHANGHAI - SHENG LI STADIUM
      >Painkiller
      *ROLLING STONES ROCK IMMORTAL CHALLENGE
         >Livin' on a Prayer
          Pinball Wizard
          Any Way You Want It
          Let there be Rock
          Everlong
          Carry on Wayward Son
          Battery
          Painkiller
      *THE ENDLESS SETLIST 2
         >ALL 84 SONGS ON DISC

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VENUE LIST [VUL]                                                           4.3

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The following list is the names of venue that were listed above (not in the
same order). Along with each venue will be a list of the NAME of the Rotating
Setlists, NOT the actual playlist. If you want the names of the songs in these
setlists, please skip to the next section, "Rotating Setlists".

SEATTLE
   JIMMY ASTRO'S
   GAS WORKS TAVERN. . . . . . . (LOCAL ARTISTS - SEATTLE)
   THE SEALTH THEATER. . . . . . (MARATHON - GRUNGE)

SF
   ALICE'S FREE LOVE CAFE
   THE QUARTER HOLE. . . . . . . (LOCAL ARTISTS - SF)
   BAY CITY THEATER. . . . . . . (MARATHON - CLASSIC)

LA
   EL OCHO
   THE SNAKE PIT . . . . . . . . (LOCAL ARTISTS - LA)
   WILSHIRE FORUM. . . . . . . . (MARATHON - WEST COAST)

AUSTIN
   SWEATY'S BBQ
   THE BISON ROOM
   ECHO HANGAR . . . . . . . . . (MARATHON - INDIE ROCK)

CHICAGO
   THE RAILS
   THE SALT HOUSE. . . . . . . . (LOCAL ARTISTS - CHICAGO)
   PALACE HOTEL BALLROOM

NYC
   HEEBIE JEEBIE'S
   RAMP ARTS . . . . . . . . . . (LOCAL ARTISTS - NYC)
   EMPIRE SQUARE GARDENS . . . . (MARATHON - EAST COAST)

BOSTON
   CHARLES PUB
   THE ESTABLISHMENT . . . . . . (LOCAL ARTISTS - BOSTON)
   HANCOCK THEATER . . . . . . . (MARATHON - HARMONIX)(MARATHON - ALTERNATIVE)

MONTREAL
   CHEAP SHOT RECORDS
   CHRONOS CLUB. . . . . . . . . (LOCAL ARTISTS - MONTREAL)
   LE MAISON SCRAMME . . . . . . (MARATHON - 21ST)

DUBLIN
   504 CYPRESS
   SULLIVAN SQUARE
   THE MANOR . . . . . . . . . . (MARATHON - DISPLACED ARTISTS)

LONDON
   THE UNDERGROUND
   SAVILLE ROW . . . . . . . . . (LOCAL ARTISTS - LONDON)
   PENFOLD DOME. . . . . . . . . (MARATHON - PUNK)(MARATHON - UK)

MADRID
   CATEDRAL 22
   TEATRO FANTASMA
   CIRCO DE MUSICA . . . . . . . (MARATHON - POP ROCK)

PARIS
   BIBLIOTHEQUE MORTE
   ROCHE DE PLANETE
   LA SALLE DE BAL ROYALE

ROME
   IL BLUE DIVE
   DISCOTECA DE LUCE
   IL GRANDE TEATRO DELLA ROCCIA

AMSTERDAM
   DE MAGISCHE TUIN
   ORION LOUNGE
   RANSTAD THEATER

STOCKHOLM
   STOCKHOLM SYNTHDROME
   MJOLNIR LODGE
   SWEDISPHERE THEATER

BERLIN
   THE WALL
   KLUB WEISBROT . . . . . . . . (MARATHON - DW SHOWCASE)
   DAS KRAPFENTHEATER. . . . . . (MARATHON - ROCK)

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ROTATING SETLISTS [ROT]                                                    4.3

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The following is the list of the songs for eac setlist. Careful, some lists
can become fairly long.

LOCAL ARTIST LISTS:
   SEATTLE -
      Rebel Girl
      Float On
      Drain You
      Man in the Box
      Lump

   SF -
      New Kid in School
      Girl's Not Grey
      Rock'n Me
      Any Way you Want It
      Alabama Getaway

   LA -
      One Step Closer
      Give it Away
      Kids in America
      Lazy Eye
      Come out and Play (Keep 'Em Seperated)
      Mountain Song
      Testify

   CHICAGO -
      Hello There
      Today
      Eye of the Tiger
      Give it All
      Down with the Sickness

   NYC -
      So What'cha Want
      PDA
      One Way or Another
      Psycho Killer

   BOSTON -
      Spirit in the Sky
      Feel the Pain
      Where'd You Go?

   MONTREAL -
      American Woman
      You Oughta Know
      The Trees (Vault Edition)

   LONDON -
      Hungry Like the Wolf
      Cool for Cats
      Pump it Up
      White Wedding (Part 1)
      De-Luxe
      Shooting Star
      Go Your Own Way

MARATHON LISTS:
   GRUNGE -
      Pretend We're Dead
      Drain You
      Man in the Box
      Alive
      Spoonman

   CLASSIC ROCK -
      Shooting Star
      American Woman
      Go Your Own Way
      Tangled up in Blue
      Pinball Wizard
      Rock'n Me
      Any Way You Want It

   WEST COAST -
      Shackler's Revenge
      Chop Suey
      Everlong
      Peace Sells
      Souls of Black
      Battery

   INDIE ROCK -
      Float On
      PDA
      Lazy Eye

   EAST COAST -
      Where'd You Go?
      Alex Chilton
      Bad Reputation
      Teen Age Riot
      Give it All
      Ramblin' Man
      Colony of Birchman
      Bodhisattva

   HARMONIX -
      Welcome to the Neighborhood
      Conventional Lover
      A Jagged Gorgeous Winter
      Supreme Girl
      Night Lies
      Get Clean
      Rob the Prez-O-Dent
      Should to the Plow
      Visions

   ALTERNATIVE -
      De-Luxe
      Give it Away
      Testify
      Teen Age Riot
      Everlong

   21ST -
      The Middle
      Girls Not Grey
      Lazy Eye
      Our Truth
      Chop Suey
      Give it All
      Colony of Birchman

   DISPLACED ARTISTS -
      The Middle
      Livin' on a Prayer
      Alex Chilton
      Uncontrollable Urge
      Let There be Rock

   PUNK -
      I Was Wrong
      Rebel Girl
      Come out and Play (Keep 'Em Seperated)
      Bad Reputation
      Give it All

   UK -
      Aqualung
      Pinball Wizard
      Ace of Spades ('08)
      Panic Attack
      Painkiller

   POP ROCK -
      My Own Worst Enemy
      Hungry Like the Wolf
      We got the Beat
      Lump
      The Middle
      One Way or Another
      Kids in America

   DW SHOWCASE -
      Go Your Own Way
      Mountain Song
      Any Way You Want It
      Uncontrollable Urge

   ROCK -
      White Wedding (Part 1)
      Livin' on a Prayer
      Alex Chilton
      Any Way You Want It
      Shackler's Revenge
      Let There be Rock
      Master Exploder

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TOUR CHALLENGE OVERVIEW [CHL]                                              5.0

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This is a new mode that Harmonix added. It was almost as a make up for not
having a solo career, and to add a bit more playtime. This mode is almost like
playing World Tour, except there are no locations, and you play only certain
setlists, and some of them require you to have a certain number of members in
it, or a certain instrument.

You first start with the original setlists: BAND, GUITAR, DRUMS, and VOCALS
(sorry bassists, everything was too easy to include a Tier 0 Challenge).
Everytime you complete a setlist, more open up, and eventually you unlock the
next tier.

The cool thing about this mode, is more setlists can be added and changed
depending on what songs are available to you. If you imported the Rock Band 1
songs in, you will see Rock Band setlists. Having more than 3 songs of a
single artist will produce a setlist as well.

In this section of the guide, I will break down the tiers by challenge. Since
many challenges will be available depending on what is available, I will only
include these types of challenges:

CORE Challenges (Challenges that are readily set)
RB1 Challenges (Challenges that are produced through RB1 Import)
INFINITE Challenges (Challenges that include all of a specific song)

I will NOT include the following Challenges (due to DLC):

ARTIST Challenges (Produced if you have 4+ songs by one artist)
ALBUM Challenges (Produced if you have 4+ songs on one album)

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TOUR CHALLENGE LIST [TCL]                                                  5.1

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TOUR CHALLENGES BEGIN AT TIER 0, NOT TIER 1. THIS IS DUE TO THE BASS LEVEL OF
DIFFICULTY BEING NEARLY 1 STEP BELOW THAT OF THE GUITAR. ANY CHALLENGE WITH
INFINITE PRIOR TO THE NAME IS THE COLLECTION OF ALL THE SONGS AVAILABLE ON
THE HDD. THIS WILL UPDATE AS YOU ADD SONGS
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TIER 0 (LOCAL UPSTART) [6]:
   BAND WARM-UPS (2 Players REQ'D)
      Eye of the Tiger
      Hungry Like the Wolf
      Float On

   FENDER WARM-UPS (Guitar REQ'D)
      Float On
      Today
      New Kid in School

   DRUM WARM-UPS (Drum REQ'D)
      Rebel Girl
      Float On
      Livin' on a Prayer

   VOCAL WARM-UPS (Singer REQ'D)
      Hello There
      Lump
      Hungry Like the Wolf

   WARM-UP MARATHON PART 1
      Eye of the Tiger
      My Own Worst Enemy
      I Was Wrong
      So What'cha Want
      E-Pro
      Hungry Like the Wolf

   WARM-UP MARATHON PART 2
      Pretend We're Dead
      Rebel Girl
      Nine in the Afternoon
      Float On
      Drain You
      PDA

TIER 1 (UNDERGROUND FAVORITES) [10]:
   BAND APPRENTICE (2 Players REQ'D)
      Hello There
      Today
      We Got the Beat
      Pump it Up

   GUITAR APPRENTICE (Guitar REQ'D)
      Hello There
      American Woman
      The Man in the Box
      Spirit in the Sky

   DRUM APPRENTICE (Drum REQ'D)
      Tangled up in Blue
      Give it Away
      Go Your Own Way
      Drain

   VOCAL APPRENTICE (Singer REQ'D)
      Kids in America
      Man in the Box
      We Got the Beat
      Drain You

   BASS APPRENTICE (Bass REQ'D)
      Round and Round
      Hungry Like the Wolf
      Pump it Up
      We Got the Beat

   APPRENTICE MARATHON PART 1
      Man in the Box
      Cool for Cats
      Hello There
      Today
      That's What You Get
      Spirit in the Sky

   APPRENTICE MARATHON PART 2
      We Got the Beat
      New Kid in School
      Feel the Pain
      Pump it Up
      One Step Closer
      Welcome to the Neighborhood

   ROCK BAND WARM-UPS
      Say it Ain't So
      In Bloom
      I Think I'm Paranoid
      Mississippi Queen
      Here it Goes Again
      Wave of Mutilation
      Should I Stay or Should I Go
      Maps
      Gimme Shelter

   GRUNGE
      Drain You
      Pretend We're Dead
      Man in the Box
      Alive
      Spoonman

   FEMMES FATALES CHALLENGE PART 1(Singer REQ'D)
      Pretend We're Dead
      We Got the Beat
      Rebel Girl
      De-Luxe
      One Way or Another

TIER 2 (OPENING ACT) [15]
   SOLID BAND (2 Players REQ'D)
      One Step Closer
      White Wedding (Part 1)
      Psycho Killer
      Lump

   SOLID GUITAR (Guitar REQ'D)
      Go Your Own Way
      Shooting Star
      Alive
      The Middle

   SOLID DRUM (Drum REQ'D)





   SOLID KARAOKE (Singer REQ'D)
      Shooting Star
      Float On
      E-Pro
      Everlong

   ERNIE BALL (Bass REQ'D)
      Shooting Star
      PDA
      Go Your Own Way
      Cool for Cats

   SOLID MARATHON PART 1
      White Wedding (Part 1)
      Psycho Killer
      Lump
      Conventional Lover
      De-Luxe
      Shooting Star

   SOLID MARATHON PART 2
      Give it Away
      The Middle
      Amercan Woman
      Livin' on a Prayer
      One Way or Another
      A Jagged Gorgeous Winter

   ROCK BAND SOLID SONGS
      Sabotage
      Blitzkrieg Bop
      Celebrity Skin
      When You Were Young
      Black Hole Sun
      Learn to Fly
      Orange Crush
      Main Offender
      The Hand that Feeds

   BREAKOUT HARMONIX BANDS
      Welcome to the Neighborhood
      Conventional Lover
      A Jagged Gorgeous Winter

   ROCK
      Eye of the Tiger
      The Middle
      Livin' On a Prayer
      Shackler's Revenge
      Everlong

   ALTERNATIVE
      Today
      PDA
      Testify
      Teen Age Riot

   90S HITS
      My Own Worst Enemy
      I Was Wrong
      Feel the Pain
      De-Luxe

   INFINITE ROCK
   INFINITE ALTERNATIVE
   INFINITE 90S HITS

TIER 3 (CHART TOPPERS) [13]
   BAND BOOSTERS (2 Players REQ'D)
      Shooting Star
      The Middle
      Go Your Own Way
      Livin' on a Prayer

   GUITAR SOLOS (Guitar REQ'D)
      Aqualung
      Come out and Play (Keep 'Em Seperated)
      Any Way you Want It
      Round and Round

   ??? (Drum REQ'D)
      
      
      
      

   SHURE VOCAL (Singer REQ'D)
      Eye of the Tiger
      One Way or Another
      The Middle
      Alive

   BASS GROOVES (Bass REQ'D)
      One Way or Another
      Psycho Killer
      Pinball Wizard
      Alex Chilton

   MODERATE MARATHON PART 1
      Go Your Own Way
      Kids in America
      Girls Not Grey
      Lazy Eye
      Come out and Play (Keep 'Em Seperated)
      Mountan Song

   MODERATE MARATHON PART 2
      Where'd You Go?
      Alex Chilton
      Rock'n Me
      Tangled up in Blue
      Alive
      Round and Round

   ROCK BAND SKILLED SONGS
      Epic
      Suffragette City
      Ballroom Blitz
      Dead on Arrival
      Train Kept a Rollin'

   GUITAR AND VOCALS (Guitar + Singer REQ'D)
      Lump
      E-Pro
      Cool for Cats
      Pump it Up
      Bad Reputation
      Let there be Rock

   POP ROCK
      My Own Worst Enemy
      Hungry like the Wolf
      One Way or Another
      Kids in America

   60S HITS
      Spirit in the Sky
      Pinball Wizard

   INFINITE POP ROCK
   INFINITE 60S HITS

TIER 4 (HEADLINER) [17]
   CHALLENGING BAND (2 Players REQ'D)
      Kids in America
      Come out and Play (Keep 'Em Seperated)
      Alive
      Pinball Wizard

   CHALLENGING RIFFS (Guitar REQ'D)
      Let there be Rock
      Alabama Getaway
      Carry on Wayward Son
      Rock'n Me

   MORE CHALLENGING RIFFS (Guitar REQ'D)
      Give it All
      Everlong
      Pinball Wizard
      Lazy Eye

   ??? (Drum REQ'D)
      
      
      
      

   CHALLENGING CHORUSES (Singer REQ'D)
      Pinball Wizard
      Bad Reputation
      Round and Round
      Livin' on a Prayer

   CHALLENGING BASSLINES (Bass REQ'D)
      Where'd you Go?
      Any Way You Want It
      Lump
      Livin' on a Prayer

   CHALLENGING MARATHON PART 1
      You Oughta Know
      Alabama Getaway
      Testify
      Supreme Girl
      Pinball Wizard
      Our Truth

   CHALLENGING MARATHON PART 2
      Uncontrollable Urge
      Bad Reputation
      Night Lies
      Any Way You Want It
      Teen Age Riot
      Shackler's Revenge

   ROCK BAND CHALLENGING SONGS
      Are You Gonna Be My Girl?
      Welcome Home
      Go With the Flow
      Dani California

   ROCK BAND BLISTERING SONGS
      (Don't Fear) The Reaper
      Electric Version
      Vasoline
      Detroit Rock City

   ROCK BAND BONUS SONGS
      I'm So Sick
      Time We Had
      Nightmare
      Timmy and the Lords of the Underworld

   ROCK BAND HARMONIX SONGS
      29 Fingers
      Seven
      Blood Doll
      Day Late, Dollar Short
      Pleasure (Pleasure)
      Brainpower
      Can't Let Go
      I Get By
      Outside

   TOURING HARMONIX BANDS
      Supreme Girl
      Night Lies
      Rob the Prez-O-Dent

   PROG
      Aqualung
      The Trees (Vault Edition)
      Panic Attack

   00S HITS
      Nine in the Afternoon
      New Kid in School
      Girls not Grey
      Chop Suey

   INFINITE PROG
   INFINITE 00S HITS

TIER 5 (LEGENDARY ACTS) [17]
   BAND NIGHTMARES (2 Players REQ'D)
      Any Way You Want It
      Let There be Rock
      The Trees (Vault Edition)
      Carry on Wayward Son
      Everlong

   MORE BAND NIGHTMARES (2 Players REQ'D)
      Testfy
      Aqualung
      Down with the Sickness
      Master Exploder
      Ramblin' Man

   FRETBOARD NIGHTMARES (Guitar REQ'D)
      Ace of Spades ('08)
      Spoonman
      Master Exploder
      Colony of Birchman
      Peace Sells

   DRUM NIGHTMARES (Drum REQ'D)
      
      
      
      

   VOCAL NIGHTMARES (Singer REQ'D)
      Aqualung
      Come out and Play (Keep 'em Seperated)
      White Wedding (Part 1)
      You Oughta Know
      Any Way You Want It

   BASS NIGHTMARES (Bass REQ'D)
      Give it All
      Testify
      Aqualung
      You Oughta Know
      The Trees (Vault Edition)

   NIGHTMARE MARATHON PART 1
      Let There be Rock
      The Trees (Vault Edition)
      Aqualung
      Down with the Sickness
      Chop Suey
      Everlong

   NIGHTMARE MARATHON PART 2
      Master Exploder
      Give it All
      Carry on Wayward Son
      Rob the Prez-O-Dent
      Spoonman
      Ace of Spades ('08)

   ROCK BAND NIGHTMARE SONGS
      Next to You
      Cherub Rock
      Tom Sawyer
      Green Grass and High Tides

   FEMME FATALE CHALLENGE PART 2 (Snger REQ'D)
      You Oughta Know
      That's What You Get
      New Kid in School
      Bad Reputation
      Our Truth

   TALKY CHALLENGE (Singer REQ'D)
      Give it Away
      So What'cha Want
      Testify

   CLASSIC ROCK
      American Woman
      Rock'n Me
      Go Your Own Way
      Any Way You Want It
      Pinball Wizard

   NU-METAL
      One Step Closer
      Chop Suey
      Our Truth
      Down with the Sickness

   70S HITS
      Psycho Killer
      Uncontrollable Urge
      Let There Be Rock
      Ramblin' Man

   INFINITE CLASSIC ROCK
   INFINITE NU-METAL
   INFINITE 70S HITS

TIER 6 (THE IMPOSSIBLE CHALLENGES) [13]
   THE FINAL BAND CHALLENGE (2 Players REQ'D)
      Spoonman
      Ace of Spades ('08)
      Peace Sells
      Battery
      Painkiller

   THE IMPOSSIBLE GUITAR CHALLENGE (Guitar REQ'D)
      Souls of Black
      Ramblin' Man
      Bodhisattva
      Battery
      Painkiller

   THE IMPOSSIBLE DRUMS CHALLENGE (Drum REQ'D)
      
      
      
      
      

   THE IMPOSSIBLE VOCALS CHALLENGE (Singer REQ'D)
      Uncontrollable Urge
      Psycho Killer
      Spoonman
      Chop Suey
      Tangled up in Blue

   THE IMPOSSIBLE BASS CHALLENGE (Bass REQ'D)
      Bodhisattva
      Ace of Spades ('08)
      Peace Sells
      Battery
      Panic Attack

   THE IMPOSSIBLE MARATHON PART 1
      Almost Easy
      Ramblin' Man
      Get Clean
      Peace Sells
      Colony of Birchman
      Souls of Black

   THE IMPOSSIBLE MARATHON PART 2
      Bodhisattva
      Shoulder to the Plow
      Battery
      Visions
      Panic Attack
      Painkiller

   ROCK BAND IMPOSSIBLE CHALLENGE
      Highway Star
      Foreplay/Longtime
      Flirtin' with Disaster
      Won't Get Fooled Again

   THE IMPOSSIBLE HARMONIX BANDS CHALLENGE
      Get Clean
      Shoulder to the Plow
      Visions

   METAL
      Almost Easy
      Colony of Birchman
      Ace of Spades ('08)
      Peace Sells
      Souls of Black

   80S HITS
      Alex Chilton
      White Wedding (Part 1)
      Mountain Song
      Round and Round

   INFINITE METAL
   INFINITE 80S HITS

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BATTLE OF THE BANDS OVERVIEW [BOB]                                         6.0

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Battle of the bands is a new mode offered in Rock Band 2. In this mode, you
can play solo or with up to 4 people as a band. The point of the mode is to
get as many bands to play a set of songs and show who does the best. It's like
a seperate leaderboard that involves specific sets of songs. There are sets of
rules involved in each set, depending on the songs, as well as special
allowances to alter the way a set runs, and each set is also comparing certain
points made. Here is a short list of examples from each:

LIMITATIONS:
   Must have 2 players.
   Must have a drummer.
   Must be solo.

ALLOWANCES:
   'No Fail'
   'No Challenge'

WINNING:
   Highest Streak
   Highest Stars

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SETTING UP A BATTLE
===================

When playing a set, prior to starting it, a special box will appear with four
tabs to let you know about the battle. The first tab is a quick overview of
the set itself, which lists the name of the Battle, a description of it, as
well as the Limitations, Allowances, and how to win. If a limitation is listed
in red, it means you do not meet the listed limitation. All Battles can be
played if you have all four players on.

The second tab is for a list of songs in the Battle. Most Battles can be
expected of three songs, but some can get to six. One requirement for the set
is that all players must have all the songs in the set. Some sets include DLC
while some include RB1 tracks. If even one player does not have a song listed
in the set, the set is unavailable to the band.

The third and fourth tabs are roughly the same thing. The third tab lists any
of your friends (XBL) bands, and the score they have made if they have tried
the set. The fourth tab will list ALL scores that have been posted for this
set by rank. If you hit the A button (the green fret/drum), you will be able
to scroll down the list of people/songs.

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PLAYING A BATTLE
================

When you start the set, you will notice several changes. While the battle is
loading, it will show your opponent, which will change based on how many times
you have entered into the Battle. The first time you enter, your opponent will
usually be a Harmonix created band "Can't Beat this Score", and maintains one
of the lowest scores for the set. The second time you perform the set, your
opponent will be the band directly in front of your highest score. If you have
any friends who have posted a score on the Battle, your opponent will be the
next score up on your friends list.

During the battle, you'll notice two different counters: the first being at
the top. If you are a Tug of War enthusiast, you'll recognize this and know
what it means. For each song (that's rated by number of stars), your opponent
will appear on the left, and you on the right. When you are winning, the
slider will be at you and your icon will be glowing. The second counter is to
the right at the top and replaces your score. It is a star counter, for each
song you can attain a total of 7 stars (it's impossible, but that is the
highest count, which is a perfect score with a double score multiplier). The
most a typical band can reach is really 6.25 stars (thats a gold star with a
little bit more). This counter counts the total stars you have earned in the
set so far (meaning, at the second song you will start with how much you made
in the first). The bottom part is the other bands high score at the end of the
song. During streak battles, your highest streak will display, and you will
not see the tug of war slider at the top.

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ACHIEVEMENTS [ACH]                                                         7.0

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TOUR ACHIEVEMENTS
=================
   Got Wheels (20G)
      Won a Van in World Tour

   Open Road (20G)
      Won a Bus in World Tour

   Jet Setter (20G)
      Won a Jet in World Tour

   Worldwide Sensation (25G)
      Gained access to every venue in the world

   Rock Immortal Inductee (20G)
      Joined the Rolling Stone Rock Immortals list

   Vinyl Artist (20G)
      Finish the Endless Setlist 2 in World Tour on Medium

   Gold Artist (30G)
      Finish the Endless Setlist 2 in World Tour on Hard

   Platinum Artist (50G)
      Finish the Endless Setlist 2 in World Tour on Expert

   Bladder of Steel Award (??G)
      Finish the Endless Setlist 2 in World Tour without pausing

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EXTRA TOUR ACHIEVEMENTS
=======================
   West Coast Performer (10G)
      Played a set on the West Coast of North America

   Heartland Performer (10G)
      Played a set in Middle America

   East Coast Performer (10G)
      Played a set on the East Coast of North America

   Western Europe Performer (10G)
      Played a set in Western Europe

   God Save the Band (10G)
      Played a set in the United Kingdom

   Eastern Europe Performer (10G)
      Played a set in Eastern Europe

   You're Hired!
      Hired a staff member

   You Killed the Radio Star
      Made a music video in World Tour

   Solid Gold, Baby!
      Gold starred a song

   One Mllion Fans
      Reached 1 million fans in World Tour

   Road Dog
      Played in every venue in the world

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FLAWLESS ACHIEVEMENTS
=====================
   Flawless Fretwork (25G)
      Scored 100% notes hit as a guitarist on Expert

   Flawless Groove (25G)
      Scored 100% notes hit, upstrums only, as a bassist on Expert

   Flawless Drumming (25G)
      Scored 100% notes hit as a drummer on Expert

   Flawless Singing (25G)
      Scored 100% rating as a singer on Expert

   Flawless Guitar Solo (20G)
      100% on a guitar solo on Expert, using on the solo buttons

======================
CHALLENGE ACHIEVEMENTS
======================
   Along for the Ride (10G)
      Beat an instrument-specific challenge whle playing another instrument

   Challenge Novice (10G)
      Completed 25 challenges on Medium
      Completed 10 challenges on Hard
      Completed 5 Challenges on Expert

   Challenge Master (15G)
      Completed 25 challenges on Hard
      Completed 10 challenges on Expert

   Challenge Savant (25G)
      Completed 25 challenges on Expert

   The Final Countdown (15G)
      Unlocked an Impossible Challenge

   Buy a Real Instrument Already! (35G)
      Beat an "Impossible" Challenge with all players on Expert Difficulty

   Lord of the Strings (25G)
      Beat the Impossible Guitar Challenge

   Groove Assassin (25G)
      Beat the Impossible Bass Challenge

   Virtuoso (25G)
      Beat the Impossible Vocal Challenge

   AN-I-MAL! (25G)
      Beat the Impossible Drum Challenge

   Stage Igniters (25G)
      Beat the Impossible Band Challenge

======================
FULL BAND ACHIEVEMENTS
======================
   Band Savior (20G)
      Be a savior three times during a single song

   The Bachman-Turner Award (25G)
      Maintained deployed Overdrive for 90 seconds

   Overdrive Overdose (25G)
      Achieved an 8X Band Multiplier

   Million Point Club (25G)
      Earned more than 1,000,000 points in a single song

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DRUM TRAINER ACHIEVEMENTS
=========================
   Beat It! (10G)
      Completed all beats at 60 BPM
      Completed half of the beats at 140 BPM

   The Beat Goes On (20G)
      Completed all the beats at 100 BPM
      Completed half the beats at 180 BPM

   Fill Me In (10G)
      Completed all the fills at 60 BPM
      Complated half the fills at 140 BPM

   Fill Legend (20G)
      Completed all the fills at 100 BPM
      Completed half the fills at 180 BPM

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EXTRA ACHIEVEMENTS
==================
   Hello Cleveland! (20G)
      Deployed Vocal Overdrive 4 times in a single song

   The San Dimas 4th Annual Award (15G)
      Competed n a Battle of the Bands event

   Needs more Umlauts! (10G)
      Made a band logo

   Victory! (15G)
      Defeated a player in Score Duel
      Defeated a player in Tug of War

   Comeback Kid (15G)
      Defeated the last player that defeated you over Xbox LIVE in Score Duel
      Defeated the last player that defeated you over Xbox LIVE in Tug of War

   Clothes to the Edge (20G)
      Bought over $100,000 worth of items from the Rock Shop

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QUESTIONS [Q&A]                                                            8.0

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No Questions...



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SPECIAL THANKS GO TO
...Harmonix for inventing Guitar Hero and keeping to it.

...MTV for supporting the music industry and spreading the enjoyment.

...my friends for mostly keeping up with my ability to kick ass.

...my boyfriend for sticking through my expert playing.

...Xbox LIVE players for being overall a good crowd to play with.

...my roommates for living with no TV while I wrote this thing.