

In a 2015 interview, Post Malone attributed the beginning of his musical career to the ‘Guitar Hero’ franchise, and the series’ most famously difficult song ‘Through The Fire And The Flames’ managed to crack the lower half of the American pop charts, which is no mean feat for a 7-minute speed metal song.Ī 2008 report from The Independent said there were around 12 million young people aged between three and 18 in the UK, and per to a study by UK charity Youth Music, more than half of them play music games on consoles, and around 2.5 million of these have been inspired to learn real musical instruments. Prior to the fall, there was a meteoric rise for the music rhythm game.įirst released in 2005 in the United States and in 2006 in Europe for the Playstation 2, the original 'Guitar Hero' became an overnight sensation, instantly becoming a franchise in the process.
