Rock Band 3

Need to do this SOLO?

This is very easily done on The Kill (DLC) on Expert Guitar. Get the first three energy phrases, which completely fills the energy meter, then activate when you see next phrase coming. If you overlap every phrase, you can stay in Overdrive for about two minutes.

One song that you get get this on (with guitar) on easy difficulty is "We Are the Champions" by Queen, if you've imported the Lego Rock Band songs. There is a section in the middle with a lot of sustained overdrive notes, just whammy the hell out of them. I was able to get a 62 second streak without realizing it. If you don't get it the first time just keep experimenting.

The Key to this is how slow the Overdrive bar decreases. I recommend Epic by Faith No More if you have the Rock Band 1 songs Exported. There are lots of Energy sections and the bar decreases very slowly. I got this on that song on Medium Guitar.

Thank you to Super Harold for the following information that greatly improves this solution. I am including the info he left as a comment word for word in the solution to improve the solution for everyone and make sure they see this info, so credit the following to him:

This solution DOES actually work and is easy! It is, however, missing a crucial bit of information – where in the song should you go into overdrive?

I assumed (as I’m sure many of you did) that it was before the solo, as there are lots of glowing note phrases there. However, this assumption is false, as the maximum you can get there (after wasting hours of my life) is 58 seconds.

To confirm, here is how (and where) to do it:
Song: Faith No More – Epic
Instrument: Guitar
Difficulty: Medium
Solution:
- Build up your energy meter so that it is full when the solo begins.
- When you are about 75% of the way through the solo, go into overdrive.
- Be sure to use your whammy bar on the long glowing notes.

More Details:
You need to go into overdrive before you can see the last set of glowing notes that appear in the solo. The amount of time you leave here is the key difference between success and failure. Do it too early and you’ll easily know you haven’t made it, as you will see a block of glowing notes, but your energy will run out before you can nail them all. Do it too late and you’ll be on about 55+ seconds. Use a stopwatch to time if you are going into overdrive at the right time.

Conclusion:
It is pretty close (it isn’t possible to get much more than 60 seconds) so you might need a couple of tries before you nail it, but once you know what you are looking for, it’s a doddle.

theres many ways of getting this

i got this by playing handlebars by flobots on guitar/any difficulty should work
get your overdrive full then use it
more overdrive will keep coming (dont miss)for more than 60 seconds and and at the end of the song u should get it

you can do this on any song
makes it easier if u have a full band(its possible to get it with 2 or 3 people)
example. 1st drummer uses od until its near empty, then guitarist uses it and then bassist uses it.
should be easier to get than rb2

heres an example

What I've noticed in all of these solutions are there are none for the actual songs on the disc. For those who don't want to spend any money, load up David Bowie's Space Odysseys and have two people playing. One person will be on Medium Guitar while the other is on Expert keys (not entirely sure if bass works, but this is how I got it). One player fills up their overdrive meter, deploy it and proceed to finish the song, hitting every overdrive and switching off between the guitar and keys to maintain it. If you are having trouble, throw in a mic on easy and hum along to add to your overdrive boost. The only problem with this achievement is that it will only pop at the end of the song, so best of luck and keep on rockin'!

Me on expert drums and my buddy on expert guitar and we got this achievement easy with the exported RB1 songs we play "Welcome Home - Coheed and Cambria" excuse if i mis-spelled we both built up our overdrive then i would use mine first and once i was almost out of star power he went into overdrive and we managed to get it

If you have rock band 1 imports and can play expert guitar this is very easily done.

Load up Foreplay/Long Time and play the first part of the song. you must whammy long star power notes In order to get the achievement. deploy your overdrive when you have a full overdrive meter and notes are coming. Remember to whammy on the long star power notes. If you have done it correctly, you should be able to break one minute.

As vSully said - "The Kill" by 30 Seconds to Mars is the easiest song to get this on, at least that's where I FINALLY got it!
However, you don't have to play at an expert level - I played the song on medium and built up a full bar and then continued to hit every note and the overdrive patterns just kept coming.
Easy (well, medium) peasy!

SOLO METHOD!

Song: Flirtin' With Disaster (RB1 Export)
Instrument: Drums
You must hit all overdrive sections!!
Save your star power until it is full. You will get a unison phrase, and two normal phrases.
Once it is full wait one fill section, then use overdrive on the next fill section that comes.
Now hit every overdrive section while you are in overdrive. the last overdrive will be a unison bonus. (on expert it is 4 blue toms and then a green crash)
Your overdrive will end just before you hit another overdrive phrase, but dont worry because even without the one that you can almost fit into your overdrive run, you will still get the achievement at the end of the song!

I have only done this on expert drums, but I believe that the overdrive phrases will be the same for all instruments.