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David Bowie and Iggy Pop Star in 'LEGO Rock Band'

by Caleb Johnson on October 7, 2009 at 02:54 PM


Just when you thought it was impossible for David Bowie to appear more androgynous, the Thin White Duke will appear in living LEGO as part of the upcoming 'LEGO Rock Band' video game. He's not the only legendary musician willing to lend his likeness, either. A bare-chested version of proto-punk rocker Iggy Pop will also appear in the video game, which will be released by Harmonix and Traveller's Tales later this fall. But Bowie and Pop won't be mere eye candy for gamers. According to USA Today, they're playable characters in the game, too. As they are wont to do, gamers will be able to sing off-key and arrhythmically strum along with Bowie's 'Let's Dance,' Pop's 'The Passenger,' and hundreds of other songs.

While some musicians are bashing the music video game trend, Pop told USA Today that it's all in good fun:
When I was a kid, the first records that spoke to me were novelty songs, like Charlie Brown by the Coasters or The Witch Doctor and Flying Saucer records in the 50s. Later, as my tastes developed, of course, I changed, but these silly songs got me started. So I say I come down on the 'let the kids have some fun and get into it' side of the argument.


We'd much rather our siblings rock out with Bowie and Pop than with some of those Disney bands that seem to be so popular. Maybe they'd actually start borrowing from our music collections, and grow some taste. At the very least, we could get a reprieve from that Jonas Brothers song that won't stop running through their bedroom walls (and through our heads). [From: USA Today, via CVG, via Mirror]



Tags: david bowie, DavidBowie, harmonix, iggy pop, IggyPop, lego, music, rock-band, top, videogames

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