10 songs from the last 5 years that need to be in Rock Band

A new Rock Band game is out this week (read our review of it here), and it’s the first one we’ve had in five years. Rock Band 3 came out in 2010, and the series’ immense downloadable content offerings stopped trickling out mid-2013 (then returned earlier this year). Rock Band 4 should bring with it another long, healthy round of DLC, and I’m eager to see what Harmonix does with their reinvigorated campaign.

The return of DLC also means people will once again incessantly request that their favorite songs make it into the game. After playing a ton of Rock Band 4, I have a few ideas of my own. In general, I’m hoping Harmonix uses the return of their best series to break genre molds as much as possible and add music people wouldn’t think would necessarily fit a Rock Band game. The songs I’m suggest don’t always fit the Rock Band mold, but that’s the point. If Rock Band’s going to reach new audiences, it’s going to have to use new music to do it.