Harmonix and MTV Games today announced an onslaught of rock coming this week to the Rock Band Music Store catalogue of downloadable content for Wii system, with 25 new tracks, including six songs from the eclectic and legendary Grateful Dead. This week’s music update also includes songs from The Knack, Coheed & Cambria, the B-52s, Buzzcocks, The Runaways, T-Rex, At the Gates, Evile and The Haunted. Wii Rock Band 2 owners will also gain access to tracks recently released to other gaming consoles, including Franz Ferdinand, The Allman Brothers Band, The Distillers, Prong, Luscious Jackson and Alien Ant Farm.

Wii fans can expect a rollout of previously released downloadable /Rock Band/ content until the entire back catalogue of more than 670 songs is available.

The tracks will be available tomarrow, Tuesday, May 19, 2009

The list of tracks:

Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out
Franz Ferdinand - Do You Want To
Franz Ferdinand  - Lucid Dreams
Alien Ant Farm - Smooth Criminal
The Allman Brothers Band - Blue Sky
The Allman Brothers Band - Midnight Rider
The Distillers - Drain the Blood
Luscious Jackson - Naked Eye
Prong  - Idealistic Types
Prong  - The Banishment
The Knack - My Sharona
Coheed & Cambria - Ten Speed (Of God’s Blood & Burial)
The B-52s - Roam
Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen in Love
The Runaways - Cherry Bomb
T-Rex - Bang a Gong
Grateful Dead - Casey Jones
Grateful Dead - China Cat Sunflower
Grateful Dead  - Franklin’s Tower
Grateful Dead  - I Need A Miracle
Grateful Dead - Sugar Magnolia
Grateful Dead - Truckin’
At the Gates - Blinded by Fear
Evile - Thraser
The Haunted - D.O.A.

Downloadable content for Wii is purchased via the in-game */Rock Band /Music Store *using Wii Points purchased through the Wii Shop Channel and can be downloaded to the memory of the Wii or to an SD card for additional storage. The tracks stream directly from the SD card for seamless play.

To view a complete list of the more than 670 tracks available in the */Rock Band/* music back catalog please visit www.rockband.com/music. With the addition of these tracks there are now 175 tracks in the Wii Rock Band Music Store.

Rock Band continues to satisfy music fans’ and gamers voracious appetite for rock with more than 40 million paid downloads since its launch on November 20, 2007.  The /*Rock Band*/ *Music Store* allows players to preview and purchase downloadable individual music tracks and packs from the vast selection of offerings available to date without ever leaving the game as they build their own custom Rock Band library.

Rock Band and Rock Band 2 are rated "T" for Teen (lyrics, suggestive themes) by the ESRB.