History Main / BigRockEnding

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evrs_9tUmDE& Where The Rain Grows]] ({{Helloween}})

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzkXGIRaxcI I'm the One]] (VanHalen)

** AC/DC loves this trope, actually. Especially when playing live.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRYNYb30nxU I Believe in a Thing Called Love]] (The Darkness)

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WFLUhSym80 Highway Star]] (DeepPurple)

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZCyOWLrRTE War Pigs]] (BlackSabbath)

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VKCLohLM48 Warriors of Time]] (Black Tide)

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqYrO03RyUs Stand Up And Shout]] (RonnieJamesDio)

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbImaMM3qT4 Let There Be Rock]] ([[{{ACDC}} AC/DC]])

* "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VNUyjRRjxM Overkill]]" by [=~Motörhead~=] has ''three'' [=BREs=] in succession. The cover by {{Metallica}} eliminates one of them.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDd-GXkMrJs Run To The Hills]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAxLR2_wSsc Powerslave]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J51LPlP-s9o Hallowed Be Thy Name]] (IronMaiden)

There are many ways to end a song. Perhaps you just play the final note and end it there. Perhaps your guitarist or saxophonist holds a note and the song fades out as that note plays. Or maybe your band just keeps playing and the song slowly fades out as they continue their rhythm. A BigRockEnding is for when none of these options will do. Instead, the band drops the tempo and starts jamming out in a flurry of musical awesomeness, usually ending with a final note or riff to let everyone know it is over. Frequent features of the Big Rock Ending include the guitarist or saxophonist seeming to improvise, the drummer doing a roll on the cymbals and/or the toms, and if it's a metal song (especially PowerMetal), the singer might also [[MetalScream scream at a high pitch until the end]].

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eMQyX-zAhQ Welcome Home (Sanitarium)]] ({{Metallica}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDd-GXkMrJs Run To The Hills]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAxLR2_wSsc Powerslave]], and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J51LPlP-s9o Hallowed Be Thy Name]] (IronMaiden)

** That's only for the alternate take that is featured in ''RockBand 3''. The released version ends normally.

* Not every song that has a Big Rock Ending rendered in Rock Band has a Big Rock Ending. Take SmashingPumpkins' "Cherub Rock", for example. The game charts it as a Big Rock Ending, yet because the tempo doesn't change and the drum beat and guitar riff are consistent, it isn't an actual Big Rock Ending. Some songs also have Big Rock Endings added on when put in Rock Band, either because they are live versions or because the original songs ended with a fade-out while the band was still playing, so Harmonix added a Big Rock Ending, rather than having the song abruptly end. L7's "Pretend We're Dead" is another example.
* Just because a song doesn't have a Big Rock Ending in Rock Band doesn't mean it doesn't actually have a Big Rock Ending. Take JethroTull's "Aqualung" as an example; it has all of the components of a Big Rock Ending yet isn't charted as such. Is also the case with many other songs in this page that feature in Rock Band.

* Not every song that has a Big Rock Ending rendered in Rock Band has a Big Rock Ending. Take SmashingPumpkins' "Cherub Rock", for example. The game charts it as a Big Rock Ending, yet because the tempo doesn't change and the drum beat and guitar riff are consistent, it isn't an actual Big Rock Ending. Some songs also have Big Rock Endings added on when put in Rock Band, either because they are live versions or because the original songs ended with a fade-out while the band was still playing, so Harmonix added a Big Rock Ending, rather than having the song abruptly end.
* Just because a song doesn't have a Big Rock Ending in Rock Band doesn't mean it doesn't actually have a Big Rock Ending. Take JethroTull's "Aqualung" as an example; it has all of the components of a Big Rock Ending yet isn't charted as such.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jzdup5KY7-g Ending]] from Desert Sessions 7 which is [[QueensOfTheStoneAge Josh Homme]] and friends jamming. The entire song is a Big Rock Ending.

* TheWho's "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZtRedcmTIQ Young Man Blues (Live At Leeds)]]" has about three or four BigRockEndings before its actual one, most of which are marked by Keith Moon's monster drum fills.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZtRedcmTIQ Young Man Blues (Live At Leeds)]] (TheWho)

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tn5OIo4FuPc Jesus Christ Pose]] (Soundgarden)

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