History Radar / RockBand

** Those songs are DLC, but [[{{Disturbed}} Down With The Sickness]] is not (though there is some censorship in the former).

** RockBand is [[IronMaiden not]] [[{{Disturbed}} exactly]] [[GreenDay a]] [[SouthPark kiddy]] [[Music/{{Megadeth}} game.]] While fairly risque, some of the outfits fit in with the rock 'n' roll nature of the game.

** RockBand is [[IronMaiden not]] [[{{Disturbed}} exactly]] [[GreenDay a]] [[SouthPark kiddy]] [[{{Megadeth}} game.]] While fairly risque, some of the outfits fit in with the rock 'n' roll nature of the game.

*** Except for the kid's game, Lego Rock Band, which is rated for ages 10 and older. It still encourages singers to use the word "hell" and the phrase "willing to please" (in non-innocent context), and allows DLC featuring an evil overlord who makes a half-pony half-monkey monster ("using" "too many" monkeys and ruining the pony by his own admission). That said, quite a few fairly non-offensive songs aren't allowed in, such as Caprici Di Diablo which has no lyrics at all.

** Just the face that they have CannibalCorpse in their catalogue is getting a ton of shit past the radar.

** Also, Longview contains the line "And I smell like shit" a few times, with the "shit" being drawn out for a while. The game reads this as "And I smell like shiiiiiiiiiii..."

*** Although you still get the child abuse segment. You just don't get to sing it. Thank God for precussion notes.

* Not actually a song, but doesn't the achievement "Kickin' the Tentacles" in Lego Rock Band sound like something [[GroinAttack else]]? In a kid's game, too!
* "ZTO" by Devin Townsend, which at one point has the singer (taken over by Ziltoid) shout "Balls! Balls! BALLS!" [[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer Yes, it really is charted]].

** And why does the song "This Aint A Scene It's An Arms Race" By fall out boy has "God" censored, but not "Damn"?

** "This Aint A Scene It's An Arms Race" By fall out boy has "God" censored, but not "damn".

* And in a different vein, how family-friendly are songs like Megadeth's Good Mourning/Black Friday (about demonic possession) or Metallica's Ride the Lightning (about dying in the electric chair)?

*** Back to Down with the sickness: Although you still get the child abuse segment. You just don't get to sing it. YAY FOR CHILD ABUSE!

** And as of release on Rock Band 2, you [[strike:can]] are told to actually SING IT. I failed the song on Vocals because I was laughing too much.

** Also on Rock Band 3 is Break On Through, including the lyric "she get high", which is pretty tame, but high is often censored out on the radio.

* In Rock Band 3 (and Guitar Hero 6 for that matter), you've got "Been Caught Stealing". If you've wanted to sing about shoplifting, now's your chance. Bonus points if you stole the game [[hottip:*:TV Tropes does not condone the [[{{Futurama}} cooool crime of robbery]]

*** Except for the kid's game, Lego Rock Band, which is rated for ages 10 and older. It still encourages singers to use the word "hell" and the phrase "willing to please" (in non-innocent context), and allows DLC featuring an evil overlord who makes a half-pony half-monkey monster ("using" "too many" monkeys and ruining the pony by his own admission).

* Even more curious, IronMaiden's "2 Minutes to Midnight" is heavily censored in Guitar Hero 5, but not in Rock Band...

** And as of release on Rock Band 2, YOU CAN ACTUALLY SING IT. I failed the song on Vocals because I was laughing too much.

* Non-musical example: A lot of the outfits (especially the female ones) could be seen as GCPR, including male bondage gear, AbsoluteCleavage, and a strategically placed snake. How does ''that'' get in a T-rated game?

** Because it commonly goes under the radar because the song can be interpreted to be about female models.

** Because it commonly goes under the radar because the song can be determined to be about female models.

* There are actually well-listed rules for content of songs for Rock Band Network entries, which align pretty well with what HMX has officially put out, though rely on peer reviews to verify are acceptable.

** And in a different vein, how family-friendly are songs like Megadeth's Good Mourning/Black Friday (about demonic possession) or Metallica's Ride the Lightning (about dying in the electric chair)?
*** Those songs are DLC, but [[{{Disturbed}} Down With The Sickness]] is not (though there is some censorship in the former).
*** "This Aint A Scene It's An Arms Race" By fall out boy has "God" censored, but not "damn".
**** Back to Down with the sickness: Although you still get the child abuse segment. You just don't get to sing it. YAY FOR CHILD ABUSE!
** Forget all those. The PSP version makes you press buttons to [[TenaciousD Jack Black]] saying "Drop trou, and squeeze out a Cleveland steamer on my chest."
*** And as of release on Rock Band 2, YOU CAN ACTUALLY SING IT. I failed the song on Vocals because I was laughing too much.
** Even more curious, IronMaiden's "2 Minutes to Midnight" is heavily censored in Guitar Hero 5, but not in Rock Band...
*** Perhaps it being very much an anti-war song helps.
*** Or the fact it's optional in RB, not in GH5.
** Heck, Stupify by Disturbed actually leaves the swearing in [[SingingSimlish because you can't understand what they're saying anyway]]. It's rendered in the lyrics as random yelling.
** Songs that are "family friendly" as labeled on [[http://www.rockband.com/music/songs the online song list]] are the only songs you can play on Lego Rock Band. So tell me, how exactly is DuranDuran's "[[FetishFuel Girls On Film]]" family friendly?
** "[[TheBeatles The Beatles']]" "Girl" they actually charted "Tit" in the harmony vocals!
** ...[[CannibalCorpse HAMMER SMASHED FACE]], people! Sure, it may be DLC and have indecipherable, growled vocals, [[http://www.truemetal.org/metalwallpaper/images/tombofthemutilated.jpg but this is the original cover art]] (the game uses censored art). [[http://www.lyricsdomain.com/3/cannibal_corpse/hammer_smashed_face.html And here are the lyrics.]] In case you didn't know, they're about a psychopathic killer... With a hammer! :D
** In {{Green Day}} Rock Band, all the songs have 'swear' words, save for the words 'fuck' and 'shit'. Example: In 'Letterbomb', you get to sing 'Where have all the bastards gone?' at the beginning. Fun! Also, 'masturbation' in Longview, and so on.
*** Also, Longview contains the line "And I smell like shit" a few times, with the "shit" being drawn out for a while. The game reads this as "And I smell like shiiiiiiiiiii..."
** There are actually well-listed rules for content of songs for Rock Band Network entries, which align pretty well with what HMX has officially put out, though rely on peer reviews to verify are acceptable.

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