[LEGO] Brickton Manor

Brickton Manor:

Girls & Boys (Good Charlotte)

Purchased Music Video Director (40,000 studs)

Check Yes Juliet (We the Kings)
Garden (Pearl Jam)

Rock Power Challenge #2 Shock Band: Ghostbusters (Ray Parker Jr)

All Are Bored:
Grace (Supergrass)
Girls & Boys (Good Charlotte)

Purchased Speedboat (100,000 studs)

Unlocked Sea Legs

Going Mobile (The Who)
The Feeling (Kutless)
(Don't Fear) The Reaper (Blue Oyster Cult)

Unlocked Twinkle, Twinkle

The Time is Wrong (Tickle Me Pink)
This is a Call (Foo Fighters)

Crystal Mine:
Dig (Incubus)

Mine Over Matter:
Dig (Incubus)
Check Yes Juliet (We the Kings)

[LEGO] Rebuilding TBA

TBA have reinvented ourselves as Legos and have acquired a Camper Van.

We're headed to LEGO City Station for three gigs.

Grace (Supergrass)

Unlocked: New to the Scene

Ride a White Swan (T-Rex)

Unlocked: Local Legend

Inspiration!

We Will Rock You (Queen) (Live from Wembrick Stadium played as Brian May and Freddie Mercury)

Free Fallin' (Tom Petty)
Nightmare (Crooked X)
29 Fingers (The Konks)


Bill Ditt Construction Co.

Swing, Swing (All American Rejects)

Unlocked: Roadie Revolution

Acquired: Three free roadies

Summer of '69 (Bryan Adams)

Rock Power Challenge #1 Wreck 'n' Roll: Tick Tick Boom (The Hives)

Unlocked: Rock the House Down

Hot Connections: Crocodile Rock (Elton John)

Unlocked: Pencil Pusher

Manager Hired

Acquired: Parrot

Spent our first 50,000 studs on a:
Minibus

Spent 20,000 studs to hire a Street Team Boss
Spent 20,000 studs to hire an Intern

Dreaming of You (The Coral)
Ashes to Fire (Ghosthounds)

e Unlocked: Flawless Fretwork (for 100% on the song)

I Get By (Honest Bob and the Factory-to-Dealer Incentives)

[Rock Band iPod App] e- Solo Tour

I just got back from a five night world tour. Here's where and what I played:

Boston:
Simple Man (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
Hanging on the Telephone (Blondie)
Attack (30 Seconds to Mars)
Mystery Song: Sabotage (Beastie Boys)

Unlocked:
Make Some Noise (Complete all events in Boston)
Got Wheels (Unlock New York)
Speedy Fingers (Hit 150 notes in a row on guitar)
Zero to Hero (Make a comeback from a low crowd meter)

New York:
All the Small Things (Blink-182)
Bad to the Bone (George Thorogood and The Destroyers)
We Got The Beat (Go-Go's)
Mystery Song: Ladybug (Presidents of the United States of America)

Unlocked:
Open Road (Unlock Seattle)

Seattle:
Take the Money and Run (Steve Miller Band)
Hymn 43 (Jethro Tull)
Move Along (All-American Rejects)
Mystery Song: Lazy Eye (Silversun Pickups)

Unlocked:
Jet Setter (Unlock Paris)
Still Kicking (Complete 15 events in the Solo Tour)
1000 Fans (Reach a total of 1000 fans)

Paris:
Learn to Fly (Foo Fighters)
Bad Reputation (Joan Jett)
Give It All (Rise Against)
Mystery Song: Debaser (Pixies)

Unlocked:
Worldwide Sensation (Unlock all cities)

Moscow:
Ace of Spades '08 (Motorhead)
Everlong (Foo Fighters)
Cherub Rock (Smashing Pumpkins)
Mystery Song: Girl's Not Grey (AFI)

Unlocked:
Road Dog (Complete all cities)
Strumaestro (Hit 150 notes in a row on bass)

Statistics from the tour:
Favorite instrument: Lead Guitar
Obsession Level: Nicely dedicated
Solo Tour Completion: 100%
World Tour Fans: 2018
Average Difficulty: Medium
Longest Note Streak: Bass: 235 Guitar: 275
Highest Score: 67890 Lazy Eye - Silversun Pickups (Lead Guitar)

Gone Away?

We played another eight songs in quickplay tonight on Rock Band 2. The Music Store feature is great online and we already have close to 100 downloaded songs in addition to Rock Band 1 and 2 tracks. I'm really looking forward to playing more in the months ahead.

Hysteria (Muse)
I'll Stick Around (Foo Fighters)
March of the Pigs (Nine Inch Nails)
More Human Than Human (White Zombie)
My Generation (Live from Leeds) (The Who)
Black (Pearl Jam)
Jesus Christ Pose (Soundgarden)
Gone Away (The Offspring)

Back to Rock Band 2

We invested in some new songs and played a quick set on Rock Band 2 to close out the night:

Ring of Fire (Social Distortion)
21st Century Digital Boy (Bad Religion)
Wonderwall (Oasis)
The End (Pearl Jam)

(GHVH) Might as well jump!

Today in the mail we received Guitar Hero Van Halen from the fine folks at Activision. We played a quick set of six songs:

Best of You (Foo Fighters)
Dope Nose (Weezer)
Pretty Fly (For a White Guy) (The Offspring)
Semi-Charmed Life (Third Eye Blind)
Stacy's Mom (Fountains of Wayne)
Jump (Van Halen)

Not the greatest game on earth, but hey, it was free.

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ShellE played through the entire Pearl Jam album that came out this week, getting five stars on 10 of the 11 tracks and four stars on Speed of Sound.

1. "Gonna See My Friend"
2. "Got Some"
3. "The Fixer"
4. "Johnny Guitar"
5. "Just Breathe"
6. "Amongst the Waves"
7. "Unthought Known"
8. "Supersonic"
9. "Speed of Sound"
10. "Force of Nature"
11. "The End"

(GH5) Plugged In Baby!

Tonight, TBA played a quick three song set in Ireland:
You Give Love a Bad Name (Bon Jovi)
In The Meantime (Spacehog)
Plug In Baby (Muse)
UNLOCKED MATT BELLAMY!!!

(GH5) Sideshow

Sideshow:
Play That Funky Music (Wild Cherry)
Fame (David Bowie)
Under Pressure (Queen and David Bowie)
Sex On Fire (Kings of Leon)

EMG FTW Challenge:
Sex On Fire (Kings of Leon)

(GH5) Club Boson

TBA played Club Boson in Switzerland for quite some time this afternoon. M is rehearsing her vocal abilities and I figured I would take the time to tell you what we played:

Club Boson:
Hurts So Good (John Mellencamp)

Sideshow:
Ex-Girlfriend (No Doubt) (e- solo just to get the song overwith)

Club Boson:
Blue Day (Darker My Love)
Gratitude (Beastie Boys)
Sowing Season (Yeah) (Brand New)
Blue Orchid (The White Stripes)

Audio-Technica Seeks Vocal Talent Challenge:
In My Place (Coldplay)

Rags to Rich's Guitars Challenge:
Hurts So Good (John Mellencamp)

(GH5) Shirley is teh queen!

TBA got back together with M and I working with some new musicians, Pandora on drums and Lars on bass guitar for a quick jaunt through Activision's new Guitar Hero 5. After some technical difficulties resulting in a deceased XBox 360 and a returned defective copy of the game, we're on track and we've already achieved greatness.

The 13th Rail:
Song 2 (Blur)
They Say (Scars on Broadway)
Gamma Ray (Beck)
In My Place (Coldplay)
Feel Good Inc. (Gorillaz)

Club Boson:
Steady, As She Goes (The Raconteurs)

The 13th Rail:
All Along The Watchtower (Bob Dylan)
Sympathy For The Devil (The Rolling Stones)

ESP Wants You! ...Maybe Challenge:
Song 2 (Blur)

Club Boson:
Only Happy When It Rains (Garbage)
UNLOCKED: SHIRLEY MANSON!!!

[Unplugged] Song List

Here's the tracks TBA played as a part of our Rock Band Unplugged Tour (on the Sony Playstation Portable):

AFI - "Miss Murder"
All-American Rejects - "Move Along"
Audioslave - "Gasoline"
Black Tide - "Show Me the Way"
Freezepop - "Less Talk More Rokk"
Jimmy Eat World - "The Middle"
The Killers - "Mr. Brightside"
Lacuna Coil - "Our Truth"
Lamb of God - "Laid to Rest"
Modest Mouse - "Float On"
Queens of the Stone Age - "3's and 7's"
System of a Down - "Chop Suey!"
Tenacious D - "Rock Your Socks"
3 Doors Down - "Kryptonite"
Alice in Chains - "Would?"
Blink 182 - "What's My Age Again"
Foo Fighters - "Everlong"
Judas Priest - "Painkiller"
Lit - "My Own Worst Enemy"
Lush - "De-Luxe"
Mighty Mighty Bosstones - "Where'd You Go?"
Nine Inch Nails - "The Perfect Drug"
Nirvana - "Drain You"
The Offspring - "Come Out and Play (Keep 'em Separated)"
Pearl Jam - "Alive"
Smashing Pumpkins - "Today"
Social Distortion - "I Was Wrong"
Soundgarden - "Spoonman"
Weezer - "Buddy Holly"
Billy Idol - "White Wedding Part 1"
Bon Jovi - "Livin' on a Prayer"
Dead Kennedys - "Holiday in Cambodia"
Motörhead - "Ace of Spades"
The Police - "Message in a Bottle"
Siouxsie & the Banshees - "The Killing Jar"
Boston - "More Than a Feeling"
Jackson 5 - "ABC"
Jethro Tull - "Aqualung"
Kansas - "Carry on Wayward Son
Rush - "The Trees"
The Who - "Pinball Wizard"

While it is a fun game with a diverse setlist, it is now time to return to the XBox360 rock!

[Unplugged] Immortals

So TBA have played the last shows of our Unplugged Tour in Shanghai. First we tested the waters with a new cover of Painkiller, then we played the Rolling Stone Immortal List Marathon which consisted of the following five songs:

Pinball Wizard
Kryptonite
Everlong
Carry On Wayward Son
Livin' On A Prayer

Then we had our names added to the Rolling Stone Immortal List!

TBA has made it once again!

The credits rolled for around an hour and afterward we were awarded a new Backbone Guitar because we have a lot of time on our hands.

Hopefully we will fill that time on our Rock Band 2 World Tour in the near future!

[Unplugged] Final leg before immortality?

We played some more shows debuting some new songs in both Europe and North America:

Stockholm (Mjolnir Lodge)
Less Talk More Rokk
De-Luxe

Amsterdam (De Magische Tuin)
3's & 7's
Kryptonite

Rome (Il Grande Teatro Della Roccia)
What's My Age Again
Spoonman

Dublin (504 Cypress)
Move Along
Chop Suey

Berlin (Das Krapfertheater)
Rock Your Socks
Laid To Rest

Montreal (Chronos Club)
Aqualung
The Middle

Chicago (The Rails)
Our Truth
The Killing Jar
Carry On My Wayward Son

Now we head to Shanghai for the Rolling Stone Immortal List Marathon!

[Unplugged] TBA Unplugged in Europe

We played several shows, starting in Spain and ending in London:

Madrid (Teatro Fantasma)
Everlong
The Perfect Drug

Roadie Rockathon:
Drain You
Carry On My Wayward Son
Kryptonite
Spoonman

We earned ourselves some roadies from the Roadie Rockathon. Then we headed to Paris for the NAAM Convention.

Paris (La Salle de Bal Royale)
Come Out and Play (Keep 'em Separated)
Would?

NAAM Convention:
Pinball Wizard
De-Luxe
Carry On My Wayward Son

We hired ourselves a sound guy before heading to London for a huge showcase show.

London (Penfold Dome)
Holiday in Cambodia
Ace of Spades '08

Global Promotion Showcase:
3's and 7's
Move Along
Less Talk More Rokk
Everlong

We signed a contract with a worldwide promoter and will be playing a few more dates in Europe before heading to Shanghai for the Rolling Stone Immortals List Marathon!

[Unplugged] Los Angeles

TBA flew from Seattle to Los Angeles where we played a one off show. We played a three song set for the first time on medium difficulty, consisting of:

Gasoline
Buddy Holly
I Was Wrong

We're amped and geared up for our first tour through Europe!

[Unplugged] More in New York and Seattle

TBA played a bunch of quick gigs in New York, where we played the following songs:
Aqualung
Mr. Brightside

Today
The Killing Jar
De-Luxe

Chop Suey

Today
Where'd You Go?
Livin' On A Prayer

Then we flew back to the West Coast and played in Seattle:
White Wedding (Part 1)

After the Seattle gig they informed the band that we were too good to keep playing at the Easy difficulty level and in order to gain huge amounts of fans we'd need to play at a more challenging level.

[Unplugged] In New York

Played a huge gig in New York and got a plane out of it!

At the Empire Square Garden:

The Trees (Vault Edition)
Gasoline
Pinball Wizard

Then the No Pain, No Plane Challenge:

Everlong
The Middle
Pinball Wizard

Now we're off to play gigs in Europe and beyond.

[Unplugged] Boston by way of Montreal

Played a quick one song set in Montreal at Chronos Club as a warm up to a big Boston show. We played Drain You which proved to be popular with the Quebecois. In Boston, we played at the Hancock Theater:

Mr. Brightside
Show Me The Way
Where'd You Go?

Then we were invited to play a Merch Search Showcase and played:
The Killing Jar
De-Luxe
Alive

We've got ourselves a merch girl and a trip to New York in hopes of winning a plane to take this tour all over the planet!

[Unplugged] West Coast Tour

Our first West Coast tour started with a Mystery Setlist of one song at home at Alice's Free Love Cafe in San Francisco. We played ABC.

For our Make a Setlist, we played Livin' On a Prayer.

Then we headed to Seattle (The Sealth Theater), where we played:

White Wedding (Part 1)
Message in a Bottle
Today

A mystery setlist of:
Float On
Livin' On a Prayer

Next was Austin (The Bison Room), where we played:
ABC
Miss Murder
Buddy Holly

A mystery setlist of I Was Wrong

Then onward to Los Angeles (Wilshire Forum):
More Than A Feeling
Float On
Alive

Then we were entered into a three song Bus or Bust Competition.

We played:
Float On
Gasoline
Livin' On A Prayer

We won ourselves a nice bus, and now have a ton of staff. We've got promoters on the East Coast, West Coast, Eastern Europe, Western Europe, a marketing guy, a street team, an intern, a stylist... we're almost big time.

We went home to San Francisco and played our last hometown gig for awhile, a Local Artist Spotlight cover of Holiday in Cambodia.

It has been a fun first leg out.

[Unplugged] TBA Unplugged Tour Begins!

Hey there ShellE and TBA fans! I know it has been quite a long time but I've got good news! TBA is currently on an Unplugged tour sponsored by Sony Playstation Portable.

We've played a show at Alice's Free Love Cafe in San Francisco, with the following songs:

Livin' On A Prayer
I Was Wrong
My Own Worst Enemy

Then a Battle of the Vans which got us our first tour van:
Float On
Today

We've got a manager and gigs being booked in Seattle and Austin as well as more hometown gigs if you want to check us out in San Francisco. It is good to be back in the smaller clubs with this tour!