Rock Band Track Pack Details (Will the add-on disc interrupt your jam sessions?)

Since Harmonix and MTV Games announced the Rock Band Track Pack Volume 1 for the Wii and PlayStation 2 last week, stay-at-home rockers have been wondering how the disc would work. Would gamers have to interrupt their jam sessions to swap discs and load the new songs?

At Electronic Arts' Spring Break event yesterday, an EA representative confirmed that Track Pack Volume 1 will be a standalone disc that does not require the original game DVD. Rock Band on the Wii and PS2 doesn't include the World Tour mode found in the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions where all of the available songs (both original and downloaded) are constantly being mixed into your set list. The less powerful systems feature a linear progression through the track list much like Guitar Hero. Either the Track Pack will offer a new set list to play through, or the songs will be available to play in free mode.