Why Bill Wyman is wrong about guitar games | Technology | guardian.co.uk .

And so yesterday, 24 hours before the release of The Beatles Rock Band, another hoary old rocker suggested that guitar games will destroy music as we know it. In an interview with the BBC, Rolling Stones star Bill Wyman moaned: “It makes less and less people dedicated to really get down and learn an instrument. I think is a pity so I’m not really keen on that kind of stuff.”

His comments reflect those of Chad Kroeger, lead singer with execrable post-grunge outfit Nickleback, who last year told MTV website readers: “Start rock bands. Set down the ‘Guitar Hero,’ learn how to play an actual guitar and start a band, because it’s hard to find more bands to put a solid rock-and-roll package together, to get out there.” Continue reading…