I've got a guitar hero story.
My favorite local band in high school/college circa 94-98 was a rockabilly act made up of ex punk rockers. They were loud, fast, and absolutely incredible. Supremely talented, went from playing to nobody to packing a 1200 capacity club within 2 years. They busted their butts touring, and sold 100k copies of their debut album (over the span of 3 small labels). Lineup changes, getting sued by Warner Bros (2x!) for their name being 'too similar' to that of a (horrible) WB act, and the grind of 7 yrs relentless touring took its toll and they called it quits in 01.
They were friends of mine, treated everybody and their fans great, all of us 2nd and 3rd tier musicians/bands idolized them whether we admitted it or not, and they were the center of the fairly burgeoning scene in little old Providence RI in the 90s. They deserved a better fate than breaking up still owing lawyers and labels money. They weren't young kids anymore, either.
But, the ex frontman took some courses, got into programming and 3d modeling for gaming, hooked up with another smart guy (another musician and RISD professor)...and ended up working on GH and GH2. He's the voice-over guy on GH2, and one of his old band's tunes even made the game.
So, although I could care less about video games PERIOD, I gotta feel great that fate smiled upon this dude and he's been part ($$$ Viacom bought the company $$$) of something so successful and music finally paid off.
As far as guitars go, I'll stick with my les pauls and old marshall JCM800s. Grown-azz men don't need games.
