When Harmonix released the game in November 2007, I was a 14-year-old kid who thought "tempo" was just a fancy word for speed. I liked whatever was on the radio, but I didn’t love music. That changed the first night my friend brought the giant box over to my house.
It was chaos. We had the drum kit set up on a shag carpet (it slid everywhere), the microphone stand was a broomstick taped to a chair, and the guitar kept losing sync. But the second the opening bassline of "Highway Star" by Deep Purple kicked in, we were no longer in a suburban living room. We were on a stadium tour. rock band 1
Every time I hear "Electric Version" by The New Pornographers or "Are You Gonna Be My Girl" by Jet, my right hand twitches, looking for a strum bar. When Harmonix released the game in November 2007,
It wasn’t just a rhythm game. It was a band. And for one magical summer, we were headlining. It was chaos
If you miss a note on Guitar Hero, you groan. If you miss a note in Rock Band , you look across the room at your drummer, laugh as the crowd boos, and try to activate "Overdrive" to save the band.