Rock Band 2 News

We mentioned earlier this month that Norwegian band Turbonegro looked like they would be included in Rock Band 2 after an unrelated press release mentioned their inclusion.
The Norwegian site Dagbladet soon caught up with Turbonegro band manager Rune Grønn to look into this a little further.
According to Grønn “it is not yet 100 percent confirmed” [...]

Funcom, the makers of the game ‘Age of Conan’ have let it slip that Norwegian band Turbonegro will appear in Rock Band 2.
This newest Rock Band 2 information comes from a press release from Funcom announcing the soundtrack for ‘Age of Conan’.
Describing Turbonegro in the press release, Funcom mentions that Turbonegro appear in “the game Rock [...]

Gaming site Next-Gen sat down with Rob Kay, design director for Harmonix, and he hinted at some plans for the upcoming Rock Band 2.
When asked whether or not the current Rock Band’s DLC content “make it harder to justify new retail versions”, Kay responded in a way that suggests that the DLC’s you’ve already purchased [...]

Kotaku has a post that says we should expect Rock Band 2 to be released later this year, likely in November.
They say that the information from their “retail buddies” indicates that various databases around the nation are showing a November 2008 release date.
The article also touches on the Bo-Diddley Jupiter guitar for Rock Band 2 we [...]

Joel Selvin, of the San Franciso Chronicle, recently wrote an article regarding the passing of the legendary Rhythm and Blues musician Bo Diddley.
Joel mentions that Rock Band 2 will have the “Billy-Bo” Jupiter guitar, pictured above, which is a signature guitar model from Gretsch that was designed by Bo Diddley.
“He recently joined with Billy Gibbons [...]

Following up on the Rock Band survey we mentioned last month, we’ve got these concept art box shots for you!
Harmonix is conducting more market research it would seem, and these product shots are the latest to come out.
The newest survey asked the following questions;

Indicate which of the two covers below would attract you more if [...]

Brett Gurewitz, guitarist for the rock band Bad Religion has posted on his Twitter account indicating that they are in the midst of mixing “Sorrow” for Rock Band 2.
This makes us wonder as Console Hero reported earlier this month that ‘Sorrow’ would be a part of Guitar Hero 4.  Bad Religion’s singer Greg Graffin let it slip [...]

There has been an online survey making the rounds lately that indicate we may be hearing more from Harmonix about Rock Band 2.
The first question in the survey comes right out and asks people taking the survey if they would be interested in “purchasing Rock Band 2″.  Seems straight forward enough.
Questions included in the survey [...]

The June issue of Guitar World Magazine has an interview with guitar legend Joe Satriani.
In the article, Satriani tells GWM that “Satch Boogie” and “Surfing With the Alien” will appear in upcoming installments or updates of Rock Band and Guitar Hero.
Satriani didn’t say which track would be in which game, nor whether they would be a part [...]

Harmonix talk about Rock Band in an upcoming Issue of Newsweek, and they hint at developments and features for Rock Band 2. 
Newsweek spoke with Harmonix founders Eran Egozy (left) and Alex Rigopulos who mentioned a few ideas that they would like to see in a Rock Band sequel.  They didn’t actually say much in the [...]