Skip to main content
Music Radar MusicRadar The No.1 website for musicians
(opens in new tab) (opens in new tab) (opens in new tab) (opens in new tab) (opens in new tab)
  • Guitars
  • Amps
  • Pedals
  • Drums
  • Synths
  • Software
  • Pianos
  • Controllers
  • Recording
  • Buyer’s guides
  • Live
  • DJ
  • Advice
  • Acoustic
  • Bass
  • About us
  • More
    • Reviews
Magazines
  • Computer Music
  • Electronic Musician
  • Future Music
  • Keyboard Magazine
  • Guitarist (opens in new tab)
  • Guitar Techniques (opens in new tab)
  • Total Guitar (opens in new tab)
  • Bass Player (opens in new tab)
More
  • Lennon on Eleanor Rigby
  • Jimmy Page demos classic Led Zep gear
  • Classic rock riffs for beginners
  • Omnichord @ 70
  • SampleRadar: 163 tape loops samples

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

  1. Home
  2. News

In pictures: cool Lego Rock Band makeovers

By Tom Porter
published 16 October 2009

Blur join David Bowie and Iggy Pop

  • (opens in new tab)
  • (opens in new tab)
  • (opens in new tab)
  • (opens in new tab)
Lego Rock Band
Something for the weekend?

Lego Rock Band

When gaming meets music it’s easy to get bogged down in the details.

According to MusicRadar’s The Beatles: Rock Band review, for example, the screen version of Shea Stadium is pretty accurate in terms of the Fab 4’s costumes and haircuts - it’s just that the setlist fails miserably. And surely John Lennon would never strum a J-160E during If I Needed… erm, hang on. It’s supposed to be fun!

Enter Lego Rock Band - the game that turns your favourite rock star into Lego and your favourite stage (according to GamesRadar’s hands-on preview) into a "giant, ticked-off octopus" with blatent disregard for real life. Hooray.

Still, being the musical perfectionists that we are, there’s always time to inspect and compare the block-like avatars that we’ve had the pleasure of raising a collective eyebrow at so far.

First up: Blur

Page 1 of 8
Page 1 of 8
Blur
From L - R: Graham Coxon, Dave Rowntree, Damon Albarn and Alex James

Blur

As reported in Thurday’s (15 October) MusicRadar Daily, Blur are the newest edition to the Lego Rock Band lineup. It’s probably fair to say that guitarist Graham Coxon, bassist and cheese farmer Alex James and drummer Dave Rowntree are, in fact, ridiculously life-like. Mainman Damon Albarn, however, is not.

Check out the Lego-ised band’s rendition of Song 2.

Next: David Bowie

Page 2 of 8
Page 2 of 8
David Bowie

David Bowie

Believe it or not, this is David Bowie circa 1983 (the Lego tracklist includes Let’s Dance). Not convinced? Watch the real Let’s Dance video, the backdrop to which is apparently loosely replicated in the game…

Next: onstage

Page 3 of 8
Page 3 of 8
David Bowie onstage

David Bowie onstage

…or perhaps not. Here are a few in-action Bowie screenshots.

Next: with the band

Page 4 of 8
Page 4 of 8
David Bowie with band

David Bowie with band

You can watch Bowie’s gameplay here.

Next up: Bowie's old cohort, Iggy Pop

Page 5 of 8
Page 5 of 8
Iggy Pop

Iggy Pop

Iggy Pop’s contribution to Lego Rock Band’s tracklist is 1977’s The Passenger. This avatar is more on a par with the Iggy Pop of today (long grey hair, etc), although to be fair, ‘topless and jeans’ has long been uniform.

Next: onstage

Page 6 of 8
Page 6 of 8
Iggy Pop onstage

Iggy Pop onstage

Check out Iggy Pop's gameplay in action here. He looks a bit like a grey version of Darth Vader.

Next: with the band

Page 7 of 8
Page 7 of 8
Iggy Pop with band

Iggy Pop with band

Still to be unveiled is Queen guitarist Brian May in Lego form. It'll be interesting to see how they handle the copious amounts of curly hair!?

Be sure to come back next Friday when we may or may not be posting a critical evaluation of The Simpsons' various rock star characters.

Pre-order or buy (from 27 November) Lego Rock Band here: Amazon UK | Play.com | HMV

Page 8 of 8
Page 8 of 8
  • (opens in new tab)
  • (opens in new tab)
  • (opens in new tab)
  • (opens in new tab)
Tom Porter
Social Links Navigation

Tom Porter worked on MusicRadar from its mid-2007 launch date to 2011, covering a range of music and music making topics, across features, gear news, reviews, interviews and more. A regular NAMM-goer back in the day, Tom now resides permanently in Los Angeles, where he's doing rather well at the Internet Movie Database (IMDB).

More about guitars
Catalinbread STS-8 Flanger/Reverb

Catalinbread launches the STS-88, “a love letter to the flanger” that can cloak its modulated swoosh in huge dreamy reverb

Harley Benton 25th Anniversary Firemist

Harley Benton strikes gold for its 25th Anniversary, debuting a Firemist finish and high-quality specs on eight Special Edition models priced under £500

Latest
Thomann Easter Sale

Thomann’s mega Easter sale includes up to 30% off Harley Benton, Taylor, Electro Harmonix, Sennheiser, AKAI and more

See more latest ►
Most Popular
Audio Damage's Replicant 3 multi-effects plugin is a sound-mangling glitch powerhouse

By Matt Mullen30 March 2023

Was Paul McCartney the "best drummer in The Beatles"?* Listen to the fab 4 tracks he played on, and the isolated drum parts, and decide for yourself

By Will Groves30 March 2023

Jackson and Anthrax’s Scott Ian join forces for a signature X Series King V that pays tribute to Dimebag Darrell

By Jonathan Horsley30 March 2023

This is Wikipedia’s new audio logo, which is designed to be ‘The Sound of All Human Knowledge’

By Ben Rogerson30 March 2023

Marshall has been sold to Swedish speaker company Zound, ending over 60 years of family ownership

By Jonathan Horsley30 March 2023

Soundtracking secrets: How to get started writing music to picture

By Andy Price30 March 2023

Spectrasonics’ Keyscape 1.5 includes a Double Felt Grand piano, and existing users get this “#1 most requested sound” for free

By Ben Rogerson30 March 2023

Best hardware vocal compressors 2023: analogue studio hardware to suit all budgets and styles

By Simon Truss30 March 2023

Gear Expo 2023 is coming - tune in on 28 April

By Gear Expo 202130 March 2023

Hear the oldest guitar effects pedal demo ever from 1962

By Rob Laing30 March 2023

A drummer has recorded 75 new versions of the Amen break for you to use in your music

By Ben Rogerson30 March 2023

  1. Paul McCartney and John Lennon in 1966
    1
    John Lennon on completing Eleanor Rigby's lyrics for Paul McCartney: "It's his first verse, and the rest of the verses are basically mine"
  2. 2
    A faulty mixing console meant that Prince’s The Ballad of Dorothy Parker was recorded ‘wrong’, but he used it anyway
  3. 3
    How to use the '3 reverb approach' to nail reverb in almost any mixing scenario
  4. 4
    An audio engineer shows you "how the pros mix vocals" and get that ‘glued-in’ sound
  5. 5
    What is the heaviest guitar riff of all time? Metal musicians have their say
  1. clark and thom yorke
    1
    Thom Yorke on his 'executive producer' role for Clark's new album Sus Dog: "I ended up being a kind of backseat driver"
  2. 2
    Hear the oldest guitar effects pedal demo ever from 1962
  3. 3
    Take a deep dive into drum recording at Foo Fighters’ Studio 606 courtesy of Lauten Audio's in-depth video
  4. 4
    A faulty mixing console meant that Prince’s The Ballad of Dorothy Parker was recorded ‘wrong’, but he used it anyway
  5. 5
    An audio engineer shows you "how the pros mix vocals" and get that ‘glued-in’ sound

MusicRadar is part of Future plc, an international media group and leading digital publisher. Visit our corporate site (opens in new tab).

  • About Us (opens in new tab)
  • Contact Future's experts (opens in new tab)
  • Terms and conditions (opens in new tab)
  • Privacy policy (opens in new tab)
  • Cookies policy (opens in new tab)
  • Accessibility Statement
  • Careers (opens in new tab)

© Future Publishing Limited Quay House, The Ambury, Bath BA1 1UA. All rights reserved. England and Wales company registration number 2008885.