Oasis' Noel Gallagher said WHAT about video games?

In a new interview with Noel Gallagher, Guitar World writer Joe Bosso posed this question to the Oasis guitarist:

GW What do you think of the Guitar Hero and Rock Band games?

In typical Gallagher fashion, his answer was of the no-holds-barred variety:

GALLAGHER If they put little plastic guitars into kids’ hands and helps fire their imaginations, I think that’s a good thing. I guess it’s harmless fun, isn’t it? I’d rather that genre of video game than somebody getting their fucking head chopped off with a Samurai sword while getting fucked up the ass by a goblin with a laser. Do you know what I mean? [laughs] Try looking that up on a web site. But like I said, if it gets kids interested in playing the guitar…wow! It’s better than trying to behead aliens.

Watch for the complete interview with Noel Gallagher to appear in the January 2009 issue of Guitar World, on sale Nov. 17!

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