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Motley Crue Single Selling Bigger on “Rock Band” Than iTunes

5/27/08, 10:35 am EST

Perhaps proving that both Rock Band and Guitar Hero as capable of selling music as an iTunes or Amazon, sales of Mötley Crüe’s new single “Saints of Los Angeles” have sold five times more copies for Rock Band as it did on iTunes after a month. But sales of “Saints of Los Angeles” aren’t just an aberration: Sales of Black Tide’s “Shockwave” boast similar stats, with Rock Band’s sales trumping iTunes by ten times. “We do research on every artist we have, and the research said that the people who bought Mötley Crüe music and tickets play Rock Band and video games … (so) it was our inclination to go there,” Tenth Street CEO Allen Kovac says. Of course, Rock Band downloads are only available in the game — songs cannot be transferred to portable MP3 players.

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Denis Leary | 5/27/2008, 5:54 pm EST

“The bands you would want to die, never would. You could put Motley Crue in a room with two tons of crack, they’ll come out a half an hour later, ‘Rock on, man!’

Oh My God, I can’t believe it. They’re STILL ALIVE!”

Greg | 5/28/2008, 1:43 am EST

Has anyone considered that there are just fewer songs available for Rock Band and people have less to choose from?

Holly | 5/28/2008, 2:21 pm EST

I Love Motley Crue.
Glad They Are Coming Back!

Joe Branch | 6/3/2008, 12:33 am EST

I’ve been a big fan of the Crue for a long time. They always looked cooler than anyone else in the early versions of the band. The last few times i saw them live, Vince neil couldn’t sing for $hit! Still, they rock and i still throw up the “Devil Horns” when I hear them!

anthony sabbath | 6/5/2008, 9:11 pm EST

Crue rocks man I saw them live in 83 i was 28 then

Christy Crue | 7/3/2009, 12:18 pm EST

YOU CAN NEVER EVER COUNT MOTLEY CRUE OUT. They never went away..they just went on hiatus…AND when they came back in 2004-05 they kicked ass and they are still kicking major ass.
Still leaving a “nice lttle scar” on the music industry as Nikki likes to say..
MOTLEY CRUE = ROCK GODS
MOTLEY CRUE = ROCK ICONS
MOTLEY CRUE = LEGENDARY ROCK BAND

THERE IS NO OTHER. Period.
Christy Crue in ATLANTA

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