Guitar Hero Is Big Hit With Bands

Carl Bialik from WSJ writes "An unlikely but growing group of rock stars are also avid players of Guitar Hero, a PlayStation title that uses a miniature plastic guitar to let gamers pretend to be, well, rock stars, the Wall Street Journal reports. From the article: 'Michael Einziger, the 30-year-old guitarist for the hard-rock band Incubus, says he was "shocked at how hard it was" to play the videogame's version of his song "Stellar." He admits he was handily beaten by his then-14-year-old sister, Ruby Aldridge, when the two of them squared off earlier this year. "It doesn't have anything to do with playing guitar," Mr. Einziger says. "It's all rhythmic." When the four members of the punk-pop band the Donnas got together to play Guitar Hero last week, guitarist Allison Robertson took some good-natured ribbing from her bandmates, says drummer Torry Castellano. That's because Ms. Robertson had a hard time playing along with the band's own song "Take It Off." "Expectations for her are pretty high because she's the guitar player and because she's so good at videogames in general," says Ms. Castellano.'"

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[eldavojohn]

Hi, and welcome to the world of marketting.

Hello, nice to meet you. Well, Zonk decided to post this so I decided to open the discussion up with my opinion.

This article was not written to talk about the bands in question and their love of playing a video game. It was written to give exposure to the Guitar Hero franchise of games, and bring attention to the impending release of the game's sequel, which is now an MTV property (who incited the writing of this article to generate sales).

Insightful note, and I agree with you. You seem to agree with me to the point of it-doesn't-make-sense-that-these-guys-would-play-i t.

Now that you realize your error for even giving it attention,

Like I said, this is Slashdot and the story was posted, so I commented on it.

please take your haughty "Hi I'm a real musician, allow me to tell you how much better I am than you" attitude elsewhere.

Well, I never claimed to be a real musician. And I recall saying, "to each their own." I never said I was better than you, I merely suggested trying a cheap guitar if you enjoy Guitar Hero. I've tried Guitar Hero, so I am in a position to say I don't like it. Have you tried playing a real guitar? If you haven't, you're in no position to comment on it.

It's really worse than the brainwashing corporations responsible for this kind of media in the first place.

Well, you're entitled to your own opinion and that's certainly an interesting one but I simply don't agree with it. I don't know what I said that made me sound like an ass but if it made me sound like I was on my high horse, I apologize.

Thanks.

No, thank you. The high rating of your comment opens up my eyes about the what the Slashdot community values--people who tear other people apart and make quick judgments are pretty much modded up. I apologize for trying to add the conversation, I won't let it happen again.