Rock Band DLC Removal List (Updated 5/7/18)

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  • #394252
    Bansheeflyer
    Moderator

      Hey all,

      As I’m sure you all know, there has been a significant amount of DLC that has been removed. Not surprising considering the incredible amount of songs that have been released over four core games and several spin-offs that require re-licensing. If you’re like me and don’t read the Harmonix forums, you might go to the store and think, “Huh. Could’ve sworn that was in the store a month ago.” Chances are, it was.

      There’s actually an official forum post by Harmonix staff explaining DLC re-licensing info here. I do however feel it should be regurgitated on the C3 forums.

      Any songs announced as being removed will be posted at the bottom of this list up until the date of removal!

      List of removed songs:

      Ace Frehley

      • Outer Space

      Alien Ant Farm

      • Smooth Criminal

      BAP

      • Verdamp Lang Her

      Caesars

      • Jerk It Out

      Crooked X

      • Gone
      • Rock ‘n’ Roll Dream

      Die Toten Housen

      • Hier Kommt Alex

      Dinosaur Jr.

      • Pick Me Up
      • The Wagon

      Electric Six

      • Dance Epidemic
      • Gay Bar
      • I Don’t Like You

      Eric Cartman

      • Poker Face

      Fleetwood Mac

      • Don’t Stop
      • Dreams
      • Gold Dust Woman
      • Landslide
      • Rihannon
      • World Turning

      Guns N Roses

      • Chinese Democracy
      • Scraped

      H-BlockX

      • Countdown to Insanity

      Hawkwind

      • Master of the Universe

      I Mother Earth

      • Levitate

      James Brown

      • Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine – Pt 1

      Joan Jett & The Blackhearts

      • Fake Friends

      Journey

      • Don’t Stop Believing

      Just Kait

      • U Suck

      KMFDM

      • Sturm & Drang

      Les Wampas

      • Manu Chao

      Lights Resolve

      • Dreaming of Love

      Little Fish

      • Am I Crazy

      Locksley

      • All Over Again
      • Don’t Make Me Wait
      • She Does

      Morningwood

      • Best of Me
      • Sugarbaby

      Naked Brothers Band

      • Body I Occupy
      • I Don’t Want to Go to School

      Nazreth

      • Hair of the Dog

      Night Ranger

      • You’re Gonna Hear From Me

      Picture Me Broken

      • Dearest (I’m So Sorry)

      Red Hot Chili Peppers

      • Apache Rose Peacock
      • Blood Sugar Sex Magik
      • Breaking the Girl
      • By the Way
      • Californiacation
      • Funky Monks
      • Give it Away
      • I Could Have Lied
      • If You Have to Ask
      • Look Around
      • Mellowship Slinky in B Major
      • Monarchy of Roses
      • My Lovely Man
      • Naked in the Rain
      • Otherside
      • Parallel Universe
      • Scar Tissue
      • Snow (Hey Oh)
      • Sir Psycho Sexy
      • Suck My Kiss
      • Tell Me Baby
      • The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie
      • The Greeting Song
      • The Power of Equality
      • The Righteous and The Wicked
      • They’re Red Hot
      • Under the Bridge

      Scars on Broadway

      • They Say

      Silverchair

      • Straight Lines

      Silversun Pickups

      • Panic Switch
      • Sort Of

      Spinal Tap

      • (Funky) Sex Farm
      • (Listen to The) Flower People (Reggae Style)
      • America
      • Back From the Dead
      • Big Bottom
      • Cups and Cakes
      • Gimme Some Money
      • Heavy Duty
      • Hell Hole
      • Rock ‘n’ Roll Creation
      • Rock ‘n’ Roll Nightmare
      • Saucy Jack
      • Stonehenge
      • Tonight I’m Gonna Rock You Tonight
      • Warmer Than Hell

      Stevie Nicks

      • Edge of Seventeen
      • Stand Back

      Styx

      • Blue Collar Man (Long Night)
      • Renegade
      • Too Much Time on My Hands

      Superchick

      • Stand In the Rain

      Sweet Billy Pilgrim

      • Future Perfect Tense

      System of a Down

      • B.Y.O.B.
      • Toxicity

      T. Rex

      • Bang a Gong

      The Beatles

      • A Day In the Life
      • All You Need Is Love
      • Because
      • Being For the Benefit of Mr. Kite!
      • Carry That Weight
      • Fixing a Hole
      • Girl
      • Golden Slumbers
      • Her Majesty
      • In My Life
      • Lovely Rita
      • Maxwell’s Silver Hammer
      • Mean Mr. Mustard
      • Michelle
      • Norwegian Wood (The Bird Has Flown)
      • Nowhere Man
      • Oh! Darling
      • Polythene Pam
      • Run For Your Life
      • Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)
      • She Came In Through the Bathroom Window
      • She’s Leaving Home
      • Sun King
      • The End
      • The Word
      • Think For Yourself
      • Wait
      • What Goes On
      • When I’m Sixty Four
      • Within You Without You
      • You Never Give Me Your Money
      • You Won’t See Me

      The Janitors

      • Get Your Rock On

      The Material

      • Moving to Seattle

      Them Terribles

      • Bullets & Guns

      Tokio Hotel

      • Monsoon
      • Ready, Set, Go!

      Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

      • A Woman In Love (It’s Not Me) (Live)
      • Century City (Live)
      • Jammin’ Me (Live)
      • Nightwatchman (Live)
      • The Waiting (Live)

      Toto

      • Rosanna

      Tutankamon

      • Starting to Appreciate

      Veer Union

      • Seasons

      Vesuvius

      • Promised Land

      Wir Sind Helen

      • Nur Ein Wort

      List of removed packs:

      Electric Six Pack 01
      Fleetwood Mac/Stevie Nicks Pack 01
      Get the Funk Out Pack 01
      Green Day Rock Band Export
      I’m With the Chili Peppers Pack
      LEGO Rock Band Export
      Locksley Pack 01
      LP Chinese Democracy Pack 01
      MTV2 Pack 01
      Red Hot Chili Peppers – Blood Sugar Sex Magik Album Pack
      REO Speedwagon/Styx Tour ’09 Pack
      Rock Band Export
      Rock Band 2 Export
      Rock Band 2 20 Free DLC Pack

      Rock Band Network Catalog
      Spinal Tap Pack 01
      Spinal Tap’s Tap Ten Pack
      Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Live Anthology Pack 02

      List of DLC to be removed:

       

       

       

      This contains any DLC announced for removal prior to the removal date. This removal date is set by Harmonix, however first-party companies (Microsoft, Sony, Nintendo) reserve the right to remove before the set date. It’s always better to download these songs sooner rather than later.

      I’ll keep this updated as often as I can, though I won’t be checking the Harmonix post every day. So if you’re worried about the next DLC drop, check their forum as they’ll obviously report it first. Otherwise, it’ll be here.

      Thanks,
      Bansheeflyer

      #473809
      Bansheeflyer
      Moderator

        To start I’ll post the first update consisting of Red Hot Chili Peppers songs, including the famous “Californiacation”. Get them while they’re still here!

         

        Update 8/19 – To Be Removed On Or Before 9/16:

         

        List of to be removed songs:

         

        Red Hot Chili Peppers

        • By the Way
        • Californiacation
        • Look Around
        • Monarchy of Roses
        • Otherside
        • Parallel Universe
        • Scar Tissue
        • The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie

        List of to be removed packs:

         

        I’m With the Chili Peppers Pack

        #473814
        beard216
        Participant

          This is great info seeing how I still buy DLC to this date.

          #473823

          Nice thread

           

          Considering this is in the RB4 subforum, it may be worth mentioning those beatles songs are actually for TBRB and aren’t playable in other games

          #473825
          Bansheeflyer
          Moderator

            Nice thread

             

            Considering this is in the RB4 subforum, it may be worth mentioning those beatles songs are actually for TBRB and aren’t playable in other games

             

            Figured it didn’t really matter since they weren’t available anymore anyway but yeah, probably worth mentioning anyway.

             

            With that in mind I think I remember seeing that “Hier Kommt Alex” was unplayable in RB3 and Blitz because of licensing issues but it is playable for RB1 and 2 if you bought it prior to removal or if you own the Rock Band EU Export.

            #473852
            BlaqkAudio
            Participant

              Great list! Didn’t realize so many have been delisted. I’m so glad I own most of these already.

               

              May I suggest color coding or putting asterisks on songs that you can still get through other means — such as tracks packs or codes? Quickly looking through that list, I see that Masters of the Universe, Levitate and Hair of the Dog are currently still available to get via the Metal Track Pack exports. Under the Bridge and other soon-to-be delisted songs by RHCP can still be obtained through some codes that were part of the Pro Guitar bundle. I was lucky to find a code for like $4 on ebay today.

               

              Thas way anybody who looks at the list can’t be disappointed in thinking their favorite song is gone forever and there’s still a chance if they act quickly. <img decoding=” src=”/wp-content/uploads/invision_emoticons/default_SA_smile.gif” />

              #473866

              Why the hell did Harmonix take down two songs from ‘Chinese Democracy’ and leave the rest up? Why not just take the whole album down at once? I was hoping to save money on buying the whole album, but now I can’t. Bloody hell…

              #473869

              I have a question.

              Most of the songs mentioned I own, about 95% of them. I won’t name them all.

              For instance Jerk it out, RHCP album, dearest I’m so sorry etc. I didn’t download for RB4, as I’ve only recently picked up a copy of the game.

              My question is: Is it possible to download delisted songs that I own after they have been removed from the store?

              #473872

              On 360 yeah, on X1 Harmonix haven’t sorted out entitlements for delisted content yet

              #473873
              Farottone
              Keymaster

                Why the hell did Harmonix take down two songs from ‘Chinese Democracy’ and leave the rest up? Why not just take the whole album down at once? I was hoping to save money on buying the whole album, but now I can’t. Bloody hell…

                 

                I think you don’t have a proper grasp of how licensing rights work.

                #473887

                I’m getting RB4 on Saturday, so making sure I re-download all these again before they’re gone! Thanks for the heads up!

                #473902
                MissingElements
                Participant

                  I’m mad. There’s so many songs I wanted but never got the chance to get before I got into the Rock Band franchise. Like, I never got the SOAD songs, or the RB2 Export Pack. It’s ridiculous, I really hope by some miracle, all of this will come back to the Rock Band store so I can once again have the opportunity to get it.

                  #473908

                  On 360 yeah, on X1 Harmonix haven’t sorted out entitlements for delisted content yet

                  Thanks for the response. I couldn’t find any information on this.

                  #474110

                  Those this means that if these are not official DLC anymore, they could be ported as customs in a future?

                  #474112
                  Bansheeflyer
                  Moderator

                    No. They were at one point official Harmonix DLC and many still have those songs on their Xbox before they were removed from the store. They are still technically Harmonix properties and making customs of those would be against forum rules.

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