British Invasion Redux

Harmonix/MTV's ambitious The Beatles: Rock Band releases to the wild on September 9, 2009 (number nine...number nine...). Finally, fans of the fab four will have the chance to play 45 classic Beatles songs with fake plastic instruments. On September 9th, you will be able to rock with classic early bubblegum Beatles pop, or you can whip out the hallucinogens (not recommended kids!) and strum bar away to the drug induced jams of the Beatles later years. It will be interesting to see how this game does in terms of sales numbers when compared to the other Rock Band and Guitar Hero games. Granted, The Beatles are arguably the world's most popular band, but this is an entirely different demographic. Will the game appeal only to current Beatles fans or will the release of the game spawn a whole new generation of fans? Either way, the game should prove to be another feather in Harmonix's cap. Let us hope it does well so we can all enjoy further band specific releases. The Bee Gees: Rock Band anyone?