Ever since Rock Band 1 came out in 2007, there have been a crazy number of accessories released for it, including the Rock Band Stage Kit, and the Fender Precision Bass Guitar. Well, it looks like the peripheral band wagon isn’t stopping any time soon, as Mad Catz has announced a new lineup of seemingly very useful items for the hardcore Rock Band players out there.

All the information after the jump.

Mad Catz was kind enough to send me a review copy of their new line up, and I decided to send most of them out to the self proclaimed “God of Rock Band,” DeathbyWaffle to review. Why? Because I’m lazy and it seemed like the easiest way to get this review out without doing much work.

The first peripheral is the officially licensed Rock Band Ice Pack for guitarists who just don’t know how to strum up and down. I suppose I should be surprised this took so long to came out, but I also remember the cries of agony from people during “Let There Be Rock” in Rock Band 2 because they didn’t realize the strum bar went both ways.

Here’s what Waffleboy had to say:

This Ice Pack is absolutely amazing! At first I thought I would have to learn how to strum like an actual guitarist or risk serious injury, but Mad Catz answered my prayers. The most amazing thing about the Ice Pack is that all you have to add to it for it to work is water! Who would have thought? After a long night of down-strumming through the fastest songs in Rock Band 2, there’s no quicker way to get back into the game than to use the official Rock Band Ice Pack.

The second thing is a set of items for all you drummers out there. It comes with its own, smaller ice pack that is meant to be strapped around your ankle after a night of bass pedal madness, and also comes with two wrist splints for when you try to play a song that’s just out of your league – or 20 of them in a row that are in your league.

Waffle chimes in with:

Now, I don’t normally play the drums because I’m a bit uncoordinated when it comes to using both hands and my foot at the same time, but I can rock out on them pretty well compared to many noobs out there. For someone who isn’t used to using the Bass Pedal, the ankle ice pack is quite welcome. I even went as far to have it on while playing, and I couldn’t even feel any pain in my ankle! But then my pedal shorted out for some reason. I really didn’t understand what the wrist splints were for until my bass pedal shorted out after about 30 songs and I went to start typing this review, then suddenly I couldn’t move my hands! I had someone help me put the splints on and I was ready to start rocking out again in a few days, though my doctor said I should never do that again. But what does he know? Mad Catz knows what’s best for me.

The last item on the list was a bag of throat lozenges for the vocalist in your band. I wish I could tell you how well these worked, but they were honey flavored and I ended up using them all before I even got my 360 to read the Rock Band disc. They come in bags of 50, and Waffle didn’t get this particular item because I confiscated his bag for review. I bet they work because after using all 100 of them, I couldn’t feel my throat, mouth, tongue, or half of my face.

Stay tuned to Sarcastic Gamer for your Mad Catz Rock Band peripheral release dates!

Props to DeathbyWaffle for being such a good sport!

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