
Rock stars talk up industry, Guitar Hero and more
Rock band Metallica have called video games – particularly Guitar Hero – “f*cking way cool” – and said that the medium offers “many positive things” to young people.
In an interview with US music bible Rolling Stone, drummer Lars Ulrich added that Guitar Hero has allowed him to connect with his own offspring about music.
When asked ‘You signed a lot of Guitar Hero controllers. Is that cool?’, he said:
“It's fucking way cool. Our kids love playing Guitar Hero and Rock Band. It's awesome. There's something really positive coming out of video games.
"It's so cool to sit there and have your kids talk to you about Deep Purple and Black Sabbath and Soundgarden.”
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Perhaps the positive quotes are a little more calculated than first impressions would have you believe, however: rumours abound that Metallica will release their next single through Rock Band.
That would be following the example of Motley Crue, who have released their new single ‘Saints of Los Angeles’ on Xbox Live and PSN Store.
1980s rock gods Def Leppard will follow suit tomorrow, when it releases new single ‘Nine Lives’ as part of a GHIII song pack on Xbox Live.
Comments
Past it...
Music acts are releasing singles through games! A new dawn for the pop industry? Erm, no. They're all washed up and badly dated. Yes, including Metal Licker.
Re: Past it...
You may not like the musicians releasing the music, but the bigger picture is a new delivery format and revenue stream for the music industry. Our industry is now aiding the crippled music business, pardon the pun, back into the game. I too think it is f*#*$*' awesome.
Give me strength
Is that Simon Pegg on the right?
Actually, it seems to be their kids that think games are cool. Not really the most rock n roll endorsement after all then. Might have been, had they done it 20 years ago, mind.
Re: Give me strength
Metallica washed up? Wow. That is a very ignorant comment. They continue to reinvent themselves in an industry that is notoriously complacent. Metallica has more talent and more guts then 90 percent of the musical acts in the industry right now, in the past and in the future.
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