Saturday April 18, 2009
Rocktastic: How Guitar Hero brought stardom to the masses
Tim Walker
Independent
Guitar Hero is not just a video game phenomenon – it's changing the way we listen to music, and reshaping the record industry.
If you'd been living in the woods for the last 10 years and needed a quick pop cultural primer to bring you up to date, you could do worse than watch the new video by Eminem, for his single "We Made You". There's Sarah Palin, enjoying the attentions of the Village People's Alaskan chapter. There's the rapper dressed as Mr Spock, in anticipation of this summer's blockbuster Star Trek remake. There's Lindsay Lohan and Sam Ronson. There's Amy Winehouse.
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