Motley Crue First Band Ever To Release New Single Via RockBand

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Artist:
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Mötley Crüe
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Saints of Los Angeles
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Saints Of Los Angeles

So what's another way the music industry is gonna bounce back in the Digital Age? Releasing tracks via gaming consoles like XBox and PLAYSTATION 3.Motley Crue will be the first ever band to release a new single from an upcoming album via the Rock Band video game (available for both XBox and PLAYSTATION 3.) The title-track "Saints of Los Angeles" can be downloaded for $0.99 starting today, April 15th, via Xbox Live Marketplace and on April 17th via the PLAYSTATION®Store. After purchase the track will be downloaded directly to the Xbox 360 and PLAYSTATION 3 hard drive.

80 tracks are available for Rock Band, the game you have to win by playing a 56 song set.Motley Crue's new album, also called Saints of Los Angeles, is the band's first full-length of new material in eight years and the follow-up to 2000's New Tattoo. It hits stands July 8th, 2008.Is this the future of music? Hearing new music via gaming consoles?

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TynansAnger says I don't know if any band who was relevant after 1989 would have to resort to Rock Band for publicity, but new media is new media.

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Jo says It's a gimmick-type promotion, and I guess 'Motley Crue' and 'gimmick' go perfectly together in one sentence....?

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K7 says I don't care how they get it out as long as I get to hear it!!!

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John Madden says My initial thought was "that's a pretty stoopid idea" but that was quickly replaced with "Damn, why couldn't they have done it for 'Guitar Hero 3' (one of my current obsessions) too?" I know, I know. I'll surrender my MOG account on my way out.

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Charley Rogulewski says sadly, my rockband console downstairs is begging for some Motley Crue. I am such a sucker for gimmicks. i really am

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contrabandwidth says Total gimmick. It will sell pretty well I imagine, since it's still a novelty, but when classic songs are available, those are the ones that will do the best. Nobody wants to jam out to a song they've never heard before. They want "Good Times, Bad Times" or whatever you were playing air guitar to on your bed.

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Scotch says I agree with Jo that "Motley Crue" and "gimmick" go hand in hand. Hell, they use umlauts in their name... However, as gimmicks go, this is as good as any. I'm sure MC fans will enjoy it.

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GarageRock says ...and tomorrow everyone else will get it for free on BitTorrent :-)

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