Jimmy Page criticizes Rock Band and Guitar Hero
Jimmy Page claimed that Led Zeppelin would never follow the example of Metallica, The Beatles or Aerosmith and never would give their agreement to create Rock Band or Guitar Hero game about the band. The legendary guitarist said that if fans want to follow Led Zeppelin, they should pick up a real instrument.
“You’ll see if you’ve got a passion to want to play the instrument, and that is a good initiation. From my experience, once I got a guitar that was relatively user-friendly, but not super-duper easy, I really came on as a guitarist, at that point”, said he.
Jimmy Page added that people can never learn to play music instruments through Guitar Hero and other videogames. “You think of the drum part that John Bonahm did on Led Zeppelin’s first track on the first album Good Times Bad Times. How many drummers in the world can play that part, let alone on Christmas morning?” he said.
Earlier The White Stripes and The Raconteurs frontman Jack White also criticized Rock Band and Guitar Hero: “It’s depressing to have a label come and tell you that Guitar Hero is how kids are learning about music and experiencing music. I do not try to dictate which format people should get their music in, but if you have to be in a video game to get in front of them, that’s a little sad.”
