Tue, Dec 16, 2008 | 07:30 GMT
Guitar Hero may create “entire culture of future musicians,” says Metallica
Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett has told USA Today that games like the band’s upcoming branded version of Guitar Hero may be the key to getting young people into playing music. And he may well be right.
“It is kind of weird to know that people are going to have an experience that is going to be similar to my own experience playing and performing music,” he said.
“It’s going to open people up maybe to the prospect of taking the whole thing one step further and actually picking up an instrument. We might be rearing an entire culture of future musicians. That prospect is just super-cool.”
There’s a full interview through there with Hammett and drummer Lars Ulrich. The game’s out next year.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, PS3, Rhythm action, Xbox 360
Tags: Guitar Hero: metallica, Kirk Hammett, red octane
8 comments
#1
Blerk
16/12/08, 8:53 am
Perhaps they ought to try it themselves, given that they haven’t done anything even remotely musical for about 15 years?
#2
evilashchris
16/12/08, 9:04 am
i thought the new album was pretty damn good, so there
#3
Blerk
16/12/08, 9:09 am
I used to be a big fan back in my more youthful days, saw them a couple of times at Sheffield Arena in the early 90s and they were \m/. But.. eek. What happened? It all went very rapidly downhill for me after the ‘black’ album.
#4
evilashchris
16/12/08, 9:13 am
yeah me too, I saw them at the NEC, amazing stuff, I’m still betting you haven’t heard the latest album though, it’s so very nearly a return to form. Honest.
#5
Blerk
16/12/08, 9:17 am
I haven’t actually. I’ll steal it later, because I know that annoys them.
#6
evilashchris
16/12/08, 9:19 am
\m/ (^_^) \m/
#7
mortiferus
16/12/08, 3:23 pm
Blerk c’mon! Death Magnetic brought me and a few others back in. After 3 worthless shit albums they got their balls back! DM was a great fuckin album and hopefully they follow it up sooner rather than later.Maybe thy can do something cool for GH… a few new songs.
#8
airdom
16/12/08, 3:30 pm
Guitar Hero will help to further sell out the Guitar Hero franchise! awesome!!!
though that’s true(they should of went with rock band
), i’m sure it’ll still be pretty awesome to play a bunch of their songs 