The 1999 Bemani title `` DrumMania '' featured a drum kit controller , and could be linked with `` GuitarFreaks '' for simulated jam sessions . Similarly , this concept was later appropriated by Harmonix for their game `` Rock Band '' .
Similarly , `` DrumMania '' from 1999 used a drum kit controller and could be linked with `` GuitarFreaks '' for simulated jam sessions , several years before the concept appeared in `` Rock Band '' .