Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page, and The White Stripes' Jack, er, White, have criticised the pretend-to-play video game 'Guitar Hero' at a press conference in Los Angeles for 'It Might Get Loud', a new documentary exploring the history of the guitar and focussing on the careers and styles of Page, White and U2's The Edge.
White said: "It's depressing to have a label come and tell you that is how kids are learning about music and experiencing music". He added that while he would never want to dictate how people consume music, that "if you have to be in a video game to get in front of them, that's a little sad".
Page said that he can't see playing the game can teach anything significant about playing an instrument, adding: "You think of the drum part that John Bonham did on Led Zeppelin's first track on the first album, 'Good Times Bad Times'. How many drummers in the world can play that part, let alone on Christmas morning?"