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Music video games like "Guitar Hero" and "Rock Band" have grown so popular that bands like Guns 'n' Roses and Metallica are releasing their music on the consoles before the record store. Today we take a look at the power of video games to sell songs. Also: The New York rock quartet Ambulance LTD draws on influences ranging from The Beatles and the Rolling Stones to My Bloody Valentine. They worked with The Velvet Underground's John Cale on their latest album and today they join us to perform live.
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Ambulance LTDStraight to Video Games
Guns 'n' Roses will release one song from its long-overdue, much-leaked album "Chinese Democracy" on the new Rock Band 2. Metallica is making every song from the upcoming “Death Magnetic” available on the latest versions of Guitar Hero. And Wii Music lets Nintendo geeks simulate the playing of 60 different ...
Great Lawn – or Great Lie?
Just under 50,000 people showed up to the recent Bon Jovi concert at Central Park, and yet the Great Lawn looked full. One wonders how that's that possible, given the Simon & Garfunkel, Elton John and other concerts that have drawn hundreds of thousands? New York Times columnist Jim Dwyer ...
Ambulance LTD
The New York rock quartet Ambulance LTD draws on influences ranging from The Beatles and the Rolling Stones to My Bloody Valentine. They worked with The Velvet Underground's John Cale on their latest album and today they join us to perform live.
Ambulance LTD plays the Bowery Ballroom tomorrow night. Doors ...
Ambulance LTD plays the Bowery Ballroom tomorrow night. Doors ...