definitely, they were around but for once it was the kids choosing it vs the kids being forced to listen by their parents / in ads whatever. kids were actually shreddding

dj hero was also pretty fun but i remember thinking it was too easy as a kid lol

Guitar hero 3 had HITS

I was hella trash @ rhythm games as a kid and still am as an adult

I knew kids who were named after the members in ACDC. My best friend's dad was obsessed with Kiss.

Idk, my dad got me into rap. When you're really young you aren't rebellious. That comes later.

They need to bring this wave back, we live in the fcking AI/social media era and this sh*t could make billions

theres a cool community of people who play it to this day but yea that level of phenomenon is tough to pull off now. i think culture might be too segmented for something this universal again

I was playing this s*** at boxcar

Easiest way to get p****

I was playing last night and yeah it definitely did . I had very little exposure to music outside of Houston hip hop so rock band and guitar hero helped me get into bands like the Dead Kennedys , nirvana and modest mouse

Loved this game so much

Rhythm games are the best genre, they need to make a comeback

I always thought rock was for old white people before guitar hero 3 but playing it made me realize how good a lot of the songs are

I’d say it had about the same effect as most licensed track video games had on my tastes which isn’t to sell it short of its influence. Just that games with licensed tracks in general outside guitar hero heavily shaped my tastes

Guitar Hero guided me through the fire and the flames and made me the man I am today.

Absolutely it did.

F***ing guitar hero 3 soundtrack is amazing and shaped my taste as a kid. This was before i knew how to discover new music myself.

Fortnite festival teaching kids music now

Jet set radio had a greater musical influence than GH. By that time I was transitioning to more mature alternative music than the basic rock they had on there

I discovered Butthole Surfers and Primus through them as an impressionable teen and I've had brain damage ever since

Then why are you never in my Bloc Party threads? Poser

I used to be able to play One by Metallica on expert. I’m prob trash now tho

Not a huge amount because I was already heavy into dad rock and s***

But gh/rb led me to getting into bands like system of a down, queens of the stone age, rage against the machine, afi, muse, the killers, etc

Looking at the tracklists right now is making me think it affected my taste a lot actually

Ddr 100% was what initiated my love of electronic music

Or hearing da funk on the radio

No but Tap Tap Revenge did

jet set radio prob worth its own video on the soundtrack if someone else hasnt done it already

im gonna do a whole video on fortnite music cause i have some friends who have their s*** on the radio in there lol

This is only sort of true bc not every song in those games was a huge smash