History Main / BigRockEnding

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSiakDGfSXo If I Don't get Video Games for Decemberween]] by Brainkrieg, a FakeBand in the HomestarRunner universe.

The RockBand video game series is the TropeNamer and has a special way of handling Big Rock Endings. When a Big Rock Ending comes up, players can play whatever they like and earn points, but they need to hit those notes at the end to actually get points. While most songs that have Big Rock Endings in RockBand do actually have a Big Rock Ending, there are a few important distinctions to make.

* Not every song that has a Big Rock Ending rendered in Rock Band has a Big Rock Ending. Take Music/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 Music/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=kzkXGIRaxcI I'm the One]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkJOZOOXJWk Somebody Get Me a Doctor]] (Music/VanHalen)

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDd-GXkMrJs Run To The Hills]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAxLR2_wSsc Powerslave]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J51LPlP-s9o Hallowed Be Thy Name]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0M6mOk6oR4 El Dorado]] (Music/IronMaiden)

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bF5gBT06FQ0 Rock and Roll]] (LedZeppelin)

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9a_-KlVzxs Now!]] ({{Scorpions}})

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* [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment Everything Else]] EverythingElse [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment off of the album Everything Else]] has four of them.

* [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment Everything Else by ]]EverythingElse [[DepartmentOfRedudancyDepartment off of the album Everything Else]] has four of them.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbImaMM3qT4 Let There Be Rock]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8iKgIOwV2c Whole Lotta Rosie]] (Music/{{ACDC}})
** AC/DC loves this trope, actually. Especially when playing live (speaking of which, in regards to the TropeNamer, in the ''AC/DC Live'' Track Pack, only "Thunderstruck" and "Moneytalks" do NOT have [=BRE=]s. All other '''16''' songs have them).

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* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eMQyX-zAhQ Welcome Home (Sanitarium)]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4rJUtJM3aM The Day That Never Comes]] ({{Metallica}})

* When played live, ''all three'' of "[[{{Motorhead}} Overkill]]'s endings become [=BREs=].

** AC/DC loves this trope, actually. Especially when playing live (speaking of which, in regards to the TropeNamer, in the ''AC/DC Live'' Track Pack, only "Thunderstruck" and "Moneytalks" did NOT have [=BRE=]s. All other '''16''' songs had them).

* 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=xA5HbqgCIUE Stay Away]] ({{Nirvana}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGiTPgvKktM Alive]] (PearlJam)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tn5OIo4FuPc Jesus Christ Pose]] ({{Soundgarden}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTsrfh436cg Spy]] (TheyMightBeGiants)

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OVGjXYW0BY Party Poison]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMUdfJoks30 Vampire Money]] by MyChemicalRomance

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBQV9HT5auQ It's Gonna Be a Long Night]] ({{Ween}})

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuDeBcpLITQ I Got You (I Feel Good)]] (JamesBrown)
* "Let's Go Crazy" ({{Prince}} and the Revolution)

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

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WS6-vI70oc0 Painkiller]] (JudasPriest)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVgSMuRsjNg Black Wind, Fire and Steel]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RD6TkI5waA0 Hail to England]] ({{Manowar}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com//watch?v=XkIZOWaIRWg No Bone Movies]] (OzzyOsbourne)

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VNUyjRRjxM Overkill]] ({{Motorhead}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDd-GXkMrJs Run To The Hills]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAxLR2_wSsc Powerslave]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J51LPlP-s9o Hallowed Be Thy Name]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0M6mOk6oR4 El Dorado]] (IronMaiden)
* [[http://www.playlist.com/searchbeta/tracks#slayer[= black magic/all/1=] Black Magic]] ({{Slayer}})
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p42AlwNXb4A Red Devil]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmerb0SthAE Damnation Game]] (Yngwie Malmsteen's Rising Force)

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7-EEGiABBU Aqualung]] (JethroTull)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7h4qT6OrdQ 21st Century Schizoid Man]] (KingCrimson)
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwXjnVICb3I Limelight]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h59mDlBSt7o Working Man]] ({{Rush}})

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbImaMM3qT4 Let There Be Rock]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8iKgIOwV2c Whole Lotta Rosie]] ([[Music/{{ACDC}} AC/DC]])

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

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzkXGIRaxcI I'm the One]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkJOZOOXJWk Somebody Get Me a Doctor]] (VanHalen)

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1f2eD9YjzfQ I Come Tumblin']] (Grand Funk Railroad)

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vy-QmgdUVTI Heartbreaker]] (PatBenatar)

* [[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.

* {{Pavement}}'s "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DF7wInjEGuc Elevate Me Later]]" ''seems'' to go into one about two minutes in, but then the band abruptly starts playing the main riff again for another 30 seconds and the song actually ends on a more subdued note.
* RageAgainstTheMachine's "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNzIKoAy2pk Killing In the Name]]" seems to go into one about four minutes in, before cutting back to the chorus and the outro.
* Guns and Roses' "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mN3hH8LG4Yw Paradise City]]" has a BigRockEnding... which is then followed by a good few more minutes of the song... [[DoubleSubverted which ends in another]] BigRockEnding.
* TheWho's "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZtRedcmTIQ Young Man Blues (Live At Leeds)]]" has about three or four {{Big Rock Ending}}s before its actual one, most of which are marked by Keith Moon's monster drum fills.
* IronMaiden's "El Dorado", mentioned above, not only has a BigRockEnding, it also has a Big Rock ''Beginning''.
* {{Weezer}}'s "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHQqqM5sr7g Undone - The Sweater Song]]" actually ends with a complete instrumental trainwreck, which only fits the trope in concept.

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

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSIRAF75sa0 Bodhisattva]] (SteelyDan)

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZCyOWLrRTE War Pigs]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qq5Ejw42Yog Never Say Die]] (BlackSabbath)

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbImaMM3qT4 Let There Be Rock]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8iKgIOwV2c Whole Lotta Rosie]] ([[{{ACDC}} AC/DC]])

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYttsMKXfRs The Conjuring]] ({{Megadeth}})

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VNUyjRRjxM Overkill]] ([=~Motörhead~=])

-->''Big endings. Lots of spitting, swearing, [[BreadEggsMilkSquick death]]... [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking eye contact]] and thumping''.
->'''[[AllDrummersAreAnimals Roger Taylor]]''' on how {{Queen}} ended their songs live