We talk a lot about "gateway drugs" in the world of music. For my parents, it was The Beatles on Ed Sullivan . For my older sister, it was Nirvana’s Nevermind . For me? It was a plastic Fender Stratocaster with four colored buttons and a sticky strum bar.
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. 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. We talk a lot about "gateway drugs" in the world of music
My original Xbox 360 is long gone. The drum pedals snapped years ago, and the wireless guitar has a sticky battery terminal. But the Rock Band 1 legacy lives on in my vinyl collection. For me