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'Guitar Hero' Amps Metal Sales

Rock star wannabes turning to real bands

By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff

Posted Nov 28, 2007 12:07 PM CST

(Newser) – Red-hot video game Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock is helping lift heavy metal sales, the Boston Herald reports. Massachusetts metallers Killswitch Engage have seen CD sales top half a million since being featured in the game—pretty good going in the age of illegal...   Read full story »

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