I play Rock Band like a champ, and when I’m with my crew I’m usually on drums. I’m a drummer, and I love playing them, and the included drum controller always seemed just fine to me. Kotaku found this photo of the premium Rock Band 2 kit and I’ve decided I must have it. UPDATE: OK, so this kit doesn’t ship with Rock Band 2, it’s a US$300 optional purchase.

Instead of just four heads, the badass looking kit gives you four heads, hi hat, crash, and ride cymbals. This kit, which will come with Rock Band 2 certainly beats the Guitar Hero: World Tour offering, but it also signals something unusual: the start of a music games arms war. I hope they bring it hard.
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laxdrummer
July 20, 2008 at 1:44 AM
I cant wiat for this new addition to the rock band world, just looking at it I can tell it is going to be much better than the original rock band set. I also heard that it doubles as an elctronic set wich would be kickass : )
Report Permalinkjolson42
July 27, 2008 at 1:18 AM
It looks like the colours of the cymbals/hi-hat/whatever are the same as the yellow, green and blue drum pads. Maybe they’re not essential to gameplay, but you can use them if you want?
Report Permalinkdrew
August 15, 2008 at 12:14 PM
i would rather learn the real drums than pay that much.
Report Permalinkpete
September 12, 2008 at 7:01 AM
Drew: you’d spend more on a real drum kit.
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