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Are video games spurring interest in rock music?
CNN has this intriguing story that the interest in video games like “Guitar Hero” and “Rock Band” have prompted a resurgence in rock music.
It also has enabled kids born in the 1990s to discover artists from the ’70s and ’80s such as Aerosmith, Twisted Sister and Pat Benatar.
I know that’s true for my kids, who play “Guitar Hero II” at home.
Apparently we’re far from alone. The two games last year brought in more than $935 million in revenue, according to the NPD Group market research company.
It’s a shame you can’t actually learn to play guitar from those games.
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By CS NATIVE
August 20, 2008 11:13 AM | Link to this
I agree and i am glad
By Mikey
August 20, 2008 1:19 PM | Link to this
Since I’ve been fearing the imminent demise of actual rock music, based on what I’m hearing young people listening to today, I’m also glad to hear that something is bringing them back to old school ideas like uh…melody…harmony…a backbeat generated by an actual human… You know, MUSIC.