PAGE: 'THERE WILL NEVER BE A LED ZEPPELIN VIDEO GAME'

Last updated: Tuesday, July 21, 2009

PAGE: 'THERE WILL NEVER BE A LED ZEPPELIN VIDEO GAME'

Rock legend JIMMY PAGE has ruled out the possibility of a LED ZEPPELIN-based video game - because their musical compositions are impossible to replicate.

Jimmy Page at 'It Might Get Loud' LAFF premiere held at the Mann Village theater.
Los Angeles, California - 19.06.09

Bands like Aerosmith, Metallica and even The Beatles have allowed the makers of computer games like Guitar Hero and Rock Band to use their songs in the software, giving fans the chance to recreate the music.

But Page has no plans to follow the trend for a future video game based on the Stairway to Heaven stars' hits - because it just wouldn't work.

He tells Starpulse, "Obviously, there have been overtures made to Led Zeppelin, but if you start with the first track on the first album, Good Times Bad Times, and you think of the drum part that John Bonham did there, how many drummers in the world can actually play that, let alone dabble on a Christmas morning? There could be a lot of alcohol consumed over Christmas, and you still aren't going to get it."

Instead, Page has urged wannabe rockers to pick up a real musical instrument if they're serious about learning to master the art.

He adds, "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. It helped. It wasn't a super-expensive guitar either, but something needs to steer you a bit, if you're playing an instrument that is really hard."

Source: WENN

| Tuesday, July 21, 2009

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