[Bansheeflyer]

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

[Bansheeflyer]

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

[beard216]

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

[Storm360]

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

[Bansheeflyer]

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.

[BlaqkAudio]

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. ” src=”/wp-content/uploads/invision_emoticons/default_SA_smile.gif” />

[Blakethebeast]

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…

[Distressed Ping]

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?

[Storm360]

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

[Farottone]

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.

[Mr Wally]

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

[MissingElements]

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.

[Distressed Ping]

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.

[Ixidor]

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

[Bansheeflyer]

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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