Death Metal Salvation
Mothers of the world, here's the solution to all your woes. Guitar Hero. No joke. After the week from Dante's innermost circle of hell, I was inspired to borrow my neighbor's Playstation and Guitar Hero II game last night. As of noon today, I'd won the game (on Medium, but still!)There is something about death metal that makes you toughen up and stop whining. I'm no longer the doormat mother, I'm now the stylishly anorexic, "Johnny Napalm." Butt wiper by day, rocking the universe at my sold out concerts by night.
My husband Spike and I are trying to decide whether to buy a Wii and Guitar Hero and if possibly it will make our lives better. Neither of us subscribe to the "money can't buy happiness" theory. If Guitar Hero can keep me from melting in a puddle of self-pity when I'm stuck at home with sick kids, it's worth the price. Plus, it has the unexpected benefit of being a great workout. I was stinky and sweaty after my two hour jam session last night and I have a feeling my poor choir-director arms have met their match.
Okay, confession. This post is mostly just to take the pressure off of poor Spike so that people stop submitting YouTube videos. I think he's going to get fired from his job because of all the videos he has to go through today. Speaking of that, Spike, who is our winner? Actually, let's have two winners. Let's hear it Spike.
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I like that you can play it while the kids are sleeping. I must say, though, that I adore Rock Band too. As awesome as Rock Band is, you can't play it in a small house with sleeping children.
I'm hoping this happens sometime in the next 7 years.
Thor and I saw the buzz and thought we'd jump on board, until we saw how much those things are! Yowser!
Most of you are young with little kids and (if you are like we were) littler income! We're hitting our prime $$ making time and we still can't find the cash. How do you people do it?
This is a serious question! I would really like a wii or guitar hero or the band thingy, HELP! Tell me how you afford it! Is there some secret sale I don't know about?
Good question, S'mee. We can't afford a Wii right now - it seems like you can't buy them for under $500 and that's just the platform, not the additional games. I'm guessing there is a short supply right now so we are going to wait until the game hits retail value again (around $250) and then buy it. As far as being able to afford it, we've been saving up for our $800,000 L.A. starter home for 4 years now and are feeling like we deserve to indulge ourselves a bit with some of our cash. Because who are we kidding, we're never going to be able to afford the house.
As a hopeless music nerd, I am compelled to point out that there is no death metal in Guitar Hero.
Azucar, good point about Guitar Hero being more commodious to apartment living. We were thinking Rock Band at first, but heard that the drum set was pretty loud and wouldn't work for after hours partying. Plus, I have no idea where we'd keep all those drums during the day.
Death metal.
Death metal.
Not exactly easy to do on Guitar Hero. Although my kids have hacked Guitar Hero and added custom tracks, including 20 minute Dream Theater songs.
The Rock Band drums are really loud but you can mute them---by wrapping the drum pads with some material. My kids use socks.
Seriously you need it.
I love the Wii!
That's pretty good you passed the medium level. I can't seem to get through a couple of the songs.
Good luck on those games!
In the interest of full disclosure, I actually work for the company that distributes RB, so I do "sell it" for a living. That said, if you have to choose one or the other, then RB is a no-brainer. That's because it's everything GH is, PLUS drums and vocals. You can choose to play with just a guitar, or just 2 guitars. You could sing solos wihtout instruments, etc. It's up to you to decide how to play.
AND, I heard there are 'silencers' available for the drums through a third party seller. Not sure who sells them, but they're little pads you attach to the drum pads that silence the knocking sound.
AND, although there's no official release date announced, it will soon be available on the Wii, which is much more affordable than PS3 and X360 if you don't already own a console.
And my tip for finding a Wii at regular retail price is to make friends with the clerks in the electonics department at your local big box or specialty retailer. They'll tell you when their next shipment is coming in, what time the driver usually delivers, etc. Basically if you're in the store at the right time on the right day, they usually go to those 10 or so people.
And one last little known fact for anyone looking for a RockBand deal: Sam's Club sells it $20 cheaper than most retailers - $149. That includes one drum set, one guitar, one mic and the software.
Good luck and ROCK ON!
YES! I rock!
I've since changed my tune, so to speak. I've played, and while it's nothing at all like the guitar, it is a lot of fun.
And it has exposed my younger kids to music in a fun way. It busts me up to hear my 8-year old, in his little sweet child voice, singing "IIII AAAMMM IIIIROOOON MANNNNN!"
And it also did my heart good to hear my 10 year old say to his friend, "My dad can play this song for reals!"