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The Customs Creators Collective has an interesting dichotomy. On one hand, we want to honor the players’ requests and release stuff like Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin. On the other, we’re not a multi-million dollar company — we’re just some people who like Rock Band, and we want to author songs that we like! Sometimes, these two halves line up naturally, like April 19’s Led Zeppelin 6-pack, and sometimes we make them line up.
This week’s release is one of the latter, including both songs that WE like and songs we know YOU’LL like. C3 author farottone, who authored all of this week’s songs, has this to say about the first half:

I wanted to write a short note about this week’s release personally. Me and my wife are huge DeGarmo-era Queensryche fans and so I did a lot, and I mean a lot, of Queensryche material. I’m going to release full albums and they’re gonna have rhythm versions and possibly other bells and whistles. Now, I know Queesryche are not that mainstream so every Friday that features Queensryche material I’ll also try to have something of a broader appeal from my old catalogue upgraded with new content, as in this week’s case. With that said, give these albums a shot, the music is really good, every album has a different feel, Tate is/was (time takes its toll) one of the 4-5 best voices ever in rock/metal history and the songs are done with the utmost care.
Credits for this album must be shared with xlxAvaricexlx, who did half of this album song’s guitar, bass and drums charts and did the Bridge regular version. Without him this album could not have been completed so fast, so thanks bud!

Pursuing our personal passions (and achieving awesome alliteration) is important to us, and we hope that you’ll come to love our favorite bands as much as we do. (And, of course, if you’re already a Queensrÿche fan, go nuts!) Without further walls of text, this week’s songs:
New! Queensrÿche – Promised Land full album (farottone)

• “I Am I”
• “Damaged”
• “Out of Mind”
• “Bridge”
• “Promised Land”
• “Dis Con Nec Ted”
• “Lady Jane”
• “My Global Mind”
• “One More Time”
• “Someone Else?”

New! Promised Land bonus releases (farottone)

• Queensrÿche – “I Am I/Damaged” (same as individual tracks but uninterrupted, as on the album)
• Queensrÿche – “Damaged (Rhythm Version)” (rhythm guitar on Keys)
• Queensrÿche – “Bridge (Rhythm Version)” (rhythm guitar on Keys)
• Queensrÿche – “Lady Jane (Rhythm Version)” (rhythm guitar on Bass)
• Queensrÿche – “One More Time (Rhythm Version)” (rhythm guitar on Keys)

From the Vault: Guns N’ Roses C01 4-pack (farottone)

• Guns N’ Roses – “It’s So Easy”
• Guns N’ Roses – “Mr. Brownstone”
• Guns N’ Roses – “Paradise City”
• Guns N’ Roses – “Sweet Child O’ Mine”

And check out the end of this article for the first two entries in our new Community Spotlight feature!

New! Queensrÿche – Promised Land w/ extras (farottone)

Additional authoring credits: xlxAvaricexlx

From the Vault: Guns N’ Roses 4-pack (farottone)

Additional authoring credits: bandolero1 (lower difficulties)

Additional authoring credits: bandolero1 (lower difficulties)

Additional authoring credits: Puppetz (drums), Finalizer (guitar/bass), bandolero1 (lower difficulties)

Additional authoring credits: Jdcow45 (guitar/bass), bandolero1 (lower difficulties)

Spotlight: Muse – “Stockholm Syndrome” (TheDeadPlayers)

What is the Community Spotlight? We don’t claim to hold a monopoly on all custom songs. C3 only hosts songs that have passed through our verification and release process, which leaves out literally hundreds of songs — even songs that might meet our standards. The Community Spotlight brings attention to non-C3 songs that we consider noteworthy, even ones that don’t yet have all instruments or difficulties. If you’re interested in downloading any of these songs, check out the community “Custom RB Songs” spreadsheet linked in our sidebar.

Spotlight: Daft Punk – “Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger” (TDP)