GDC09: 'Rock Band' was almost 'Metal Lords'
by JC Fletcher { 22 minutes ago }
This comes as something of a shock to us, but Harmonix actually considered names for
Rock Band other than the perfect, obvious
Rock Band. Senior designer Dan Teasdale
unveiled a series of rejected alternate titles for the music game at a GDC session.
The titles included winners like the aforementioned
Metal Lords and
Power Chords, and some that
probably would have affected sales in the negative:
Big Band Blowout, I Want To Be A Rockstar! One that, according to Teasdale, was rejected as something that would "never sell":
Rock Band: World Tour. Actually, that one deserves its own line.
Rock Band: World Tour.