Rock Band: Green Day... *rolls eyes*

One of the most depressing games stories of this year, for me at least, has to be the upcoming release of Green Day: Rock Band.

Developed by Harmonix and published by MTV games, this is the latest in the line of rhythm games designed to make you feel like you are a mediocre band.

Don’t get me wrong, Green Day started out pretty good then per American Idiot turned into an overly political disgrace.

The game itself features tracks from a wide variety of the band’s albums ranging from Dookie to the newest release 21^st Century Breakdown, including the obvious American Idiot which saw Green Day rocket out of obscurity and into the mainstream eye.

The track listing makes quite interesting reading, a lot of the songs on this game people who started liking Green Day only after American Idiot won’t very probably wont feel as strongly towards as they do the more recent offerings, some of the tracks may be totally new to the new Green Day audience.

Below is the game’s confirmed track list:

Dookie: Basket Case, 01 Dookie 07 Burnout, 01 Dookie 01 Chump, 01 Dookie 3 Coming Clean,01 Dookie 11  Emenius Sleepus, 01 Dookie 12 F.O.D. 01 Dookie 14  Having a Blast, 01 Dookie 02 In The End, 01 Dookie 13 Longview, 01 Dookie 04 Pulling Teeth, 01 Dookie 06 Sassafrass Roots, 01 Dookie 09 She 01 Dookie 08  Welcome to Paradise, 01 Dookie 05 When I Come Around 01 Dookie 10 

Insomniac: Brain Stew/Jaded, GGGeek Stink Breath02 Insomniac 12 

Nimrod: Good Riddance (Time of Your Life), 03 Nimrod 03 Hitchin' a Ride,03 Nimrod 02  Nice Guys Finish Last 03 Nimrod 04 

Warning: Minority, Warning 04 Warning 02 

American Idiot: American Idiot,05 American Idiot 01  Are We the Waiting/St. Jimmy, 05 American Idiot 05 Boulevard of Broken Dreams, 05 American Idiot 04 Extraordinary Girl, 05 American Idiot 09 Give Me Novacaine/She's A Rebel, 05 American Idiot 07 Holiday,05 American Idiot 03  Homecoming 05 American Idiot 12  Jesus of Suburbia, 05 American Idiot 02 Letterbomb05 American Idiot 10 , Wake Me Up When September Ends, 05 American Idiot 11 Whatsername05 American Idiot 13 

21^st Century Breakdown: 21st Century Breakdown, 06 21st Century Breakdown 02 American Eulogy, 06 21st Century Breakdown 11 Breakdown Before the Lobotomy, 06 21st Century Breakdown 03 Horseshoes and Handgrenades, L06 21st Century Breakdown 09 ast Night on Earth, M06 21st Century Breakdown 04 urder City, 06 21st Century Breakdown 06 Peacemaker, 06 21st Century Breakdown 05 Restless Heart Syndrome,, See the Light 06 21st Century Breakdown 12 , Song of the Century, 06 21st Century Breakdown 01 The Static Age, 06 21st Century Breakdown 10 ¿Viva La Gloria? (Little Girl)

While I agree that Green Day have had some good tracks I wouldn’t say that this warrants them having a game made of said tracks and the ones that gave them their fame in the mainstream audience.

If you ask me, this game is just an excuse to make money more than giving the fans something they really want, other bands deserve to have this happen for them so much more than Green Day do, such as Alkaline Trio, HIM, The Used, cKy and Reuben. All those games would be so a big improvement on Green Day.

Green Day: Cash Cow… I mean Rock Band will be released on the 8^th of this month (June)

Expect a lot of teenage girls in tight jeans in the queues.