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Grateful Dead Comes to Rock Band Video Game

by Evan Shamoon on September 6, 2007 at 11:17 AM



Now that we live in a world dominated by licensing divisions, nothing is ever freaking sacred. So it's no surprise that MTV and EA will be joining forces with Rhino Entertainment to bring the Grateful Dead to the upcoming megahit video game, 'Rock Band.' The game is essentially a four-person, multiplayer version of the karaoke-esque 'Guitar Hero' that incorporates all the traditional instruments in a typical rock band.

It looks like 18 master recordings will be resurrected from the Dead's back-catalog, and will be made available as digitally distributed files some time after Rock Band's release this holiday season. Among the songs available will be the classic Dead tracks "Truckin'," "Uncle John's Band," "Touch of Grey," "Sugar Magnolia," and "Casey Jones."

Seriously, though, we're excited. There's a big difference between licensing songs to Toyota to hawk its newest SUV, and licensing them to a capable game developer like Harmonix (creators of the superb 'Guitar Hero' and 'Karaoke Revolution' games), which will ultimately allow millions of people to get closer to their favorite music.

(We think.)

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Tags: EA, Grateful Dead, GratefulDead, Harmonix, Music, Music Games, MusicGames, Rock Band, RockBand, Xbox 360, Xbox360

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