Shacknews have pointed out The Who singer, Roger Daltry, may have let slip the next full-band Rock Band treatment as being his own outfit, The Who, after the front-man sat down and chatted openly about his own recent soloing run of shows.
"The game, yeah, yeah, they're [Harmonix] going to be doing a Who one next year," he he said recently in an interview with
Mass Live. "There is one planned. (The idea) is fabulous. Anything that gets non-musical people interested in music is wonderful. In my opinion, music is our last true great freedom. They can burn our books, they can burn our paintings, but they can't stop us singing and making music."
It's funny that he thinks it's a fabulous idea. Last year's E3 I was lucky enough to see a Rock Band-specific live show with The Who, where outspoken guitarist, Pete Townshend couldn't dig his heels into the idea and its parent companies enough - he hated the idea of people playing with a plastic guitar instead of the real thing, and its commercial value.
Posted 12:08pm 28/10/09
They really need to choose really good groups for these games.
Beatles = win, Metallica = win.
Aerosmith, no, The Who, no.
Posted 12:09pm 28/10/09
Posted 12:58pm 28/10/09
Posted 01:01pm 28/10/09
and I dont even listen to pink floyed
or play Rock Band
Posted 01:11pm 28/10/09
Would be cool, I just can't ever see it becoming a reality
Posted 02:28pm 28/10/09
Posted 03:15pm 28/10/09
Beatles was a no-brainer and executed well, Metallica however really was a rush and squandered effort. Here they had the perfect opportunity to do an unprecedented band biography but nope, they include hardly any history and ignore the fact that the previous two bass players ever existed.
They also chose not to separate the rhythm and lead guitar parts, only letting you play as Kirk as a guitarist, completely ignoring the fact that Hetfield is recognised as one of the top rhythm guitarists in the world - in a game called 'guitar hero' ffs.
It really just smacked of being a half-assed rush to market. May as well have been just a few albums as DLC for World Tour or GH 5.
As for other bands that could potentially have their own game and do it well, I don't know. The Stones may be ok, but none of their recent material has made much of an impact and they already have a bunch of their better tracks in the existing games.
U2 are stupid popular, but most of their hits would be boring as s*** to play in a game.
TOOL would be ok, if executed properly. Same with Rage Against the Machine.
The only bands that I could 100% say would justify their own game would be Iron Maiden and Guns n' Roses, but only if they really went all out for the complete biographical experience.
Posted 03:17pm 28/10/09
Posted 04:46pm 28/10/09
Slayer
Jimi Hendrix
Rush
Posted 07:56pm 28/10/09
I think Led Zeppelin would make for an awesome GH title.
Posted 08:03pm 28/10/09
but yeah who gives a f*** about the who?
Posted 08:40pm 28/10/09
the singing and drum bits good....guitars = fail.
Posted 08:48pm 28/10/09
agreed, i tried the guitar in RB-The beatles and i just tossed em aside after one song and started singing to the songs and had way more fun then i ever had with any other music game before.
Posted 09:42pm 28/10/09
Posted 11:22pm 28/10/09
Also not surprised that Daltrey and Townshend are expressing divergent opinions; those two fought like cats and dogs for the majority of their early career.
Posted 07:27am 29/10/09
Posted 07:30am 29/10/09
this
Posted 08:23am 29/10/09
my opinion is purely based on what will sell.. i dont believe a who game would sell that well in gamings current market.