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'Rock Band' Reinvents the Cover Band

Video game may spell end of bad cover acts

By Drew Nelles, Newser Staff

Posted Jun 17, 2008 8:07 AM CDT

(Newser) – The hugely popular "Rock Band" is more than just a video game—it's a musical revolution, Brett McCallon writes in More Intelligent Life. The game, which expands "Guitar Hero" to two axes, a drum kit and a singer, finally realizes “the democratizing... Read full story »

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