Pearl Jam Bringing "Ten" to "Rock Band"

As if the reissue of Pearl Jam's Ten wasn't massive enough, the Seattle quintet revealed today that the 1991 album will be playable in its entirety on Rock Band 2. The Rock Band download package will be available March 24th, which happens to be the same day the reissue of Pearl Jam's debut album is released. "Just hearing the first few notes of 'Jeremy' or 'Alive' brings back all the raw emotion of this incredible, hugely important album," said Paul DeGooyer, Senior Vice President of Electronic Games and Music for MTV Networks. "We are honored to be working with Pearl Jam to deliver Ten as it is re-issued."

The album's "Alive" was previously playable as an in-game song on Rock Band 2. The announcement comes just hours after Guitar Hero and Metallica revealed they were hooking up for a new GH game. As for the Ten pack, we're already counting the days until we can inevitably score "Weak" while trying to emulate Eddie Vedder's high notes during the chorus of "Oceans."

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Brenda Lee | 1964

As the British Invasion reached its peak in 1964, Brenda Lee went from Nashville to London to record one of her hardest-rocking hits, her perky vocal backed by a stuttering, squalling guitar. That guitar was played by session musician Jimmy Page, yet to skyrocket to fame with first the Yardbirds and then Led Zeppelin. "She said to me, 'I've come here to make a record with the British sound,'" remembered producer Mickie Most. "She felt she wouldn't get the same sound in Nashville because they're only just catching up on the British beat group sound of about six months ago."

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