History Awesome / RockBand

*** Bassists will also often quote Music/{{Rush}}'s songs, especially "YYZ" (which has a bassline that's arguably harder than the guitar part) and "Red Barchetta" (which gives the bassist a couple short solos.) And now there is their new song "Caravan" which has lots of chords and two marked solos.

* How exactly does Harmonix ring in 2012? By releasing the song [[Music/{{Rush}} 2112]] playable in it's entirety, [[TakeThat unlike their]] [[VideoGame/GuitarHero competitors]] (though said competitors had a [=MOA=] of their own in the form of an original narration from the members of Rush right on the disc). The breakdown of "2112" is also pretty awesome; you can play individual sections if you want, but instead of the original seven parts, it's broken into three, and so costs as much as three songs, not seven.

** [=RB3=]'s tracklist includes [[Film/BackToTheFuture The Power of Love]].

** For vocals, you have pretty much anything by Music/{{Queen}}, but especially "I Want It All," "Somebody to Love" and [=RB3=]'s "Bohemian Rhapsody." Other excellent vocals songs include Music/IronMaiden's "Fear of the Dark," Music/PearlJam's "Jeremy," (from ''Music/{{Ten|PearlJamAlbum}}''), Music/{{Journey}}'s "Don't Stop Believin'" (duh) and, courtesy of RBN, Music/StanBush's "The Touch." [=RB3=] added a lot of excellent vox songs to the mix, like Whitesnake's "Here I Go Again" and Music/{{Dio}}'s "Rainbow in the Dark." Basically, if you like singing, there is a LOT of good stuff in Rock Band.

*** And [[Music/TheCure Just Like Heaven]]. And [[Music/RonnieJamesDio Rainbow in the Dark]]. And [[Music/OzzyOsbourne Crazy Train]]. And [[Music/{{Queen}} Bohemian Rhapsody]]. And a whole lot more.

*** And [[Music/TheCure Just Like Heaven]]. And [[Music/RonnieJamesDio Rainbow in the Dark]]. And [[Music/OzzyOsbourne Crazy Train]]. And [[Music/{{Queen}} Bohemian Rhapsody]]. And [[HolyShitQuotient a whole lot more]].

** For vocals, you have pretty much anything by Queen, but especially "I Want It All," "Somebody to Love" and [=RB3=]'s "Bohemian Rhapsody." Other excellent vocals songs include Iron Maiden's "Fear of the Dark," Pearl Jam's "Jeremy," (from ''{{Music/Ten}}''), Journey's "Don't Stop Believin'" (duh) and, courtesy of RBN, Stan Bush's "The Touch." [=RB3=] added a lot of excellent vox songs to the mix, like Whitesnake's "Here I Go Again" and Dio's "Rainbow in the Dark." Basically, if you like singing, there is a LOT of good stuff in Rock Band.

** Just the fact that Harmonix has soldiered on, and still is, with DLC support for the series even long after the music game genre's death and return to the market (plus the fact that ''Music/JustDance'' pretty much monopolizes the genre now) is an impressive feat in and of itself.

* Microsoft and Sony took on the unenviable task of taking ''thousands'' of [=DLC=] items and supporting the transfer of them over to the next generation of consoles, something that had never been done at anywhere near this scale, and executed with minimal problems. Another moment of awesome for Harmonix as well, who not only orchestrated this, but took the opportunity to add vocal harmonies and fill lanes to many hundreds of existing songs that used to lack it, at no additional charge.

** You can do songs by [[WesternAnimation/SouthPark Timmy]]. TIMMY!!! And [[VideoGame/{{Portal}} GLaDOS]]. Actually, add these to CrowningMomentOfFunny too.

** This pales in comparison Rock Band's predecessor, ''Guitar Hero'', where, after defeating Bark at the Moon's blistering last solo, the lights dim, the chanting begins, and your avatar [[PillarOfLight ascends into the air in a Pillar of ROCK]].
** Guitar Hero II and III were pretty good as well--in the former, after you beat Free Bird, you're abducted by a neon-lit UFO, which flies into distant space leaving a constellation that reads, "LIVE AND LET ROCK", and in the latter, you defeat Satan (aka Lou) in a rock-off to a metal version of The Devil Went Down to Georgia featuring no less than 26 guitar solos, causing him to be sucked into a chasm of swirling souls; your band escapes Hell on ''flying motorcycles with bat wings''. And just when you thought you were done, you see a loading screen appear that reads "Good Luck". The credits begin to roll, a note highway appears, and Through the Fire and Flames, by Music/Dragonforce, begins to play.

*** Bassists will also often quote {{Rush}}'s songs, especially "YYZ" (which has a bassline that's arguably harder than the guitar part) and "Red Barchetta" (which gives the bassist a couple short solos.) And now there is their new song "Caravan" which has lots of chords and two marked solos.

* ''[[BuiltWithLego LEGO]] VideoGame/RockBand'': Lego Iggy Pop? Good. Lego Music/DavidBowie? Cool. Lego [[{{Queen}} Freddie Mercury]]? ''Awesome''.

** Its also pretty funny if you outfit your singer with the male/female split-down-the-middle suit/dress.

* ''[[BuiltWithLego LEGO]] RockBand'': Lego Iggy Pop? Good. Lego Music/DavidBowie? Cool. Lego [[{{Queen}} Freddie Mercury]]? ''Awesome''.

* In ''RockBand'', whenever you beat a Solo Tour or get into the Hall of Fame, you and your band get your own crowning moment of awesome in a giant fireworks show. This is made all the more sweet if you just beat the likes of Green Grass and High Tides or Run to the Hills on Expert. Especially Run to the Hills -- "The only way to light up a stage is with a big-ass gong!"

** It was all MTV, really, not Harmonix (which, though an impressive feat without a doubt, is not that awesome). That said, look at the staff listing of Harmonix on their Wiki entry. If you recognize even one name from that listing (and no doubt you will), you'll understand how significant and amazing this staff is. If there's such a thing as a Crowning Recruitment of Awesome, this is it.

*** And [[Music/TheCure Just Like Heaven]]. And [[RonnieJamesDio Rainbow in the Dark]]. And [[Music/OzzyOsbourne Crazy Train]]. And [[{{Queen}} Bohemian Rhapsody]]. And [[HolyShitQuotient a whole lot more]].

* [[DoublePlay Playing an instrument while singing.]] [[DifficultButAwesome Really difficult, but also rewarding like few things in video gaming]]. No wonder even the loading screens suggest trying! (Hint: get a mic stand first, although you can use the headsets on 360 and PS3.)

** ''Lego Rock Band'' has the Film/{{Ghostbusters}} theme. That is all.

*** The Rock Power Challenges in that game take ThePowerOfRock to an all new level, which includes destroying a building, chasing away ghosts (While playing the Ghostbusters theme of course), and using it to defeat a octopus.