Jack White and Jimmy Page Condemn 'Guitar Hero'

Don't expect Jack White and Jimmy Page to be hangin' out in a basement, throwing back a few and rocking out to 'Guitar Hero' anytime soon. For one, yes, they probably have better things to do. But for two, the respective White Stripes and Led Zeppelin guitarists criticized the popular video game as an undesirable way for people to be exposed to music.

"It's depressing to have a label come and tell you that ['Guitar Hero'] is how kids are learning about music and experiencing music," White said at an L.A. press conference Friday for the upcoming Davis Guggenheim documentary, 'It Might Get Loud.' The film -- which focuses on three masters of the instrument from different generations -- chronicles White, Page and U2's the Edge.

While White added that he doesn't want to dictate "which format people should get their music in" he said, "If you have to be in a video game to get in front of them, that's a little sad."

Meanwhile Page said that he can't imagine kids are really learning anything significant about playing instruments through video games. "You think of the drum part that John Bonham did on Led Zeppelin's first track on the first album, 'Good Times, Bad Times,'" he said. "How many drummers in the world can play that part, let alone on Christmas morning?"

Point taken.

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