“Guitar Hero was such an important tool for exposing kids from the late-’90s to the electric guitar. We’ve got some guitar heroes now – 10 years ago, we didn’t”: Michael Rubin went from playing video games to rocking vintage guitars with King Falcon

King Falcon's Michael Rubin with a Gibson Les Paul.

If you thought playing video games for hours upon hours could yield no transferable life skills, think again. 

According to King Falcon guitarist Michael Rubin, a borderline unhealthy obsession with Guitar Hero was what set him on the six-string path and acquainted him with the greats of rock ’n’ roll.