Pink Floyd’s drummer, Nick Mason, told the BBC the band would consider inclusion on a Rock Band or Guitar Hero-style game, although largely for business reasons.
While we may someday see a reimagining of Pink Floyd’s work in a videogame, perhaps in the same manner as the recent The Beatles: Rock Band, don’t expect any new material from the band.
“We’re all still interested in the catalogue and trying to make the most of it, re-mastering when necessary, and looking at other things that we could do with it,” Mason said. “I think we’re all still very proud of it – we do talk to each other occasionally.”
Even though the drummer said the band would consider doing a Rock Band/Guitar Hero game, Mason said he is not completely behind music genre games. “It irritates me having watched my kids do it – if they spent as much time practicing the guitar as learning how to press the buttons they’d be damn good by now.”
In regards to a possible Pink Floyd game, he said, “I think everyone’s looking at new ways of selling the music because the business of selling records has almost disappeared.”
With so many bands taking part in the music genre games, bands like Pearl jam, Aerosmith, Metallica, and The Beatles, we wonder what other bands will consider making the avatar transition. It may not be too long before we see Rock Band or Guitar Hero eat-up bands like U2, Led Zeppelin, Elvis, or Bob Dylan for full games.