Back in the 1980s, heavy metal and New Wave music never mixed. No, never. If you wore a mullet or rocked a Mohawk, you may have shared a type of hair spray, but never a mix tape.Nostalgia, though, heals all wounds — at least in the recently released "Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s" (PlayStation 2, $49.99, rated T for Teen). In the latest edition of the popular "Guitar Hero" series, players can jump from the Vapors' "Turning Japanese" to Skid Row's lighters-up ballad "18 and Life." No problem.
It may surprise you to know that a favorite song isn't always the most fun to play — and that the opposite can be true. Back in high school, I hated Poison and Quiet Riot, but now I can't stop strumming them. Let's hear it for heavy-metal power cords! I wanna rock! ROCK!
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