Lego Rock Band update

In more immediate Rock Band news, there have been a few updates with Lego Rock Band. They've announced a few additional brick rockers to add to Iggy Pop.

They've got David Bowie doing "Let's Dance."



There's also Lego Queen doing "We Will Rock You" and "We Are The Champions."



And finally, there's Lego Blur doing "Song 2."



All very cool, but it begs the question: You want to throw any more Americans in there to level the playing field?

Shirtless Iggy Pop present in 'Lego Rock Band'

There's a certain amount of rock 'n' roll sacrilege that occurs when making games like Rock Band or Guitar Hero. In earlier games, there are terrible covers of Rush songs. More wrong, perhaps, are the use of a deceased rock star's likeness in a game, as Guitar Hero has done with Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Cash, and Kurt Cobain (of course, one could make the exact same arguments for Rock Band in the case of George Harrison and John Lennon despite the involvement of The Beatles and their families in the game's development).

However, one of the most delightful and heartwarming examples of rock stars in video games was brought to light today for the upcoming game, Lego Rock Band. Making his video game (and Lego) debut is Iggy Pop. According to Jeux Video, he'll be in the game singing his song "The Passenger." And boy, does he look good.


I know it's silly, but I can't wait for this game. In other Rock Band news, expect a review of Beatles Rock Band soon.