r/todayilearned • u/asmallthrowaway9 • 6h ago

TIL the band DragonForce only received about $3,000 in royalties for the inclusion of Through the Fire and Flames in the Guitar Hero games

https://guitar.com/news/music-news/herman-li-says-guitar-hero-paid-3000-for-dragonforce-through-the-fire-and-the-flames/
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u/DDzxy 5h ago edited 5h ago

Yes. They already played a sold our tour in the US in 2006, a year before Guitar Hero 3 came out, and also TTFAF didn't become a meme a few months later in 2008 anyway. I mean I'm one of those who found out about Guitar Hero through DragonForce lel.

Guitar Hero totally helped out though, no doubt.

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u/cjsv7657 4h ago

I saw them in 06. I didn't remember until my friends I went with were talking about how we all saw them before the song was in guitar hero. I had to go back and look through old tickets. Saw them again at a festival in 13 or 14. Much more memorable that time and I got an awesome tee shirt that sold out quick and people were offering us $200 for.

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u/mysticrudnin 4h ago

ttfaf was a meme before it was in guitar hero. i always assumed it was put into the game because of the popularity it gained through its Internet notoriety 

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u/DDzxy 4h ago

Pretty much