Nickelback's game blame

Thursday, 20 November 2008

Nickelback blame computer games for the lack of new bands in America.

The 'Rock Star' hitmakers' frontman Chad Kroeger says young people are more interested in playing music simulation game 'Guitar Hero' than learning the instrument and has urged fans to think about penning their own songs.

He said: "I feel like there's not enough rock bands out there, especially when we go on the road.

"It's tough to find other bands out there, because either they're making a record, or they just got done touring. So kids, 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."

Chad also claimed he thinks the band's new album, 'Dark Horse', will match the success of their previous effort, 2005's 'All The Right Reasons'.

He added to MTV News: "The bar's been raised - it's pretty high, especially if we are going to be looking back at the last record.

"I think our fans were pretty happy with it, and we made a lot of new fans with that one, and we want to keep 'em. Call us greedy, but we want to keep 'em all.

"We want to keep going back to all those towns and have those people show up and want to sing our songs back at us, twice as loud. That's why we keep doing what we're doing."

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