Rock Band 3 Will Have Keyboard June 11, 2010

From the looks of the intial previews, Rock Band 3 is going to revolutionize the music gaming genre in a way not imagined.  A fifth instrument will be added to the game, a 25 key midi-keyboard, as well as two new updated Fender guitar controllers.  The game will also support a “pro” mode, offering the player musical notes instead of prompts, promoting the player to learn the actual way to play the song on an actual instrument.

Here’s a list of some of the songs confirmed for the game.

2000s
Combat Baby — Metric
Dead End Friends — Them Crooked Vultures
Get Free — The Vines
Lasso — Phoenix
Me Enamora — Juanes
Oh My God — Ida Maria
Portions of Foxes — Rilo Kiley
The Hardest Button to Button — The White Stripes

1990s
Been Caught Stealing — Jane’s Addiction
In the Meantime — Spacehog
Plush — Stone Temple Pilots
Walkin’ on the Sun — Smash Mouth

1980s
Crazy Train — Ozzy Osbourne
Here I Go Again — Whitesnake
I Love Rock and Roll — Joan Jett
Just Like Heaven — The Cure
Rainbow in the Dark — Dio
The Power of Love — Huey Lewis and the News
Sister Christian — Night Ranger

1960s-1970s
Bohemian Rhapsody — Queen
Break On Through — The Doors
Crosstown Traffic — Jimi Hendrix

I’m ashamed to admit I only know about eight songs on this list, but “The Power of Love” alone sold me on the game the second I saw it on the list.