Music Knowledge
Music Knowledge
[Megan and Cueball converse.] Megan: What kind of music do you listen to? Cueball: Oh, a mix of things. Some classic rock like Boston, but then of course Queen and Bowie, Joan Jett... Megan: Definitely, we need more of those sounds. Cueball: But there's some great newer stuff too, like Franz Ferdinand, The Donnas, and Audioslave. Megan: Sometimes they're a little much for me. I go more for things like The Arcade Fire, sometimes mixing some electronic sounds like Postal Service. Cueball: Oh yeah—have you ever checked out Freezepop? Megan: Mhm! Synth pop can be fun, but at the same time, I agree that sometimes you just need to blast some Metallica. Cueball: Who? Megan: ...Metallica. Cueball: Are they new? I sound pretty knowledgeable about music until people figure out that I'm just naming bands from Guitar Hero.

The punchline of this comic is that just by naming bands from the game Guitar Hero , you can sound pretty knowledgeable about music without actually knowing anything about the bands you are naming. This is further emphasized when Megan mentions Metallica , a very famous band that mostly everyone can be assumed to have heard of, and Cueball has no clue who they are, because Metallica is not featured in Guitar Hero (at the time of this comic writing). A similar premise was demonstrated in 1859: Sports Knowledge .
Guitar Hero is a music rhythm video game developed by Harmonix and published by RedOctane for the Playstation 2 .
In the title text, Cueball (or possibly Randall) is just hoping for a sequel to Guitar Hero to get more, and newer, conversational material. As of 2019, there have been 6 main sequels to Guitar Hero , with numerous other spinoffs and expansions to the Guitar Hero series .
Classic Rock
Newer stuff
Other stuff
Interestingly, neither Arcade Fire nor Postal Service (mentioned by Megan) are featured in Guitar Hero , so Cueball should not have any knowledge of these bands.
[Megan and Cueball converse.] Megan: What kind of music do you listen to? Cueball: Oh, a mix of things. Some classic rock like Boston, but then of course Queen and Bowie, Joan Jett... Megan: Definitely, we need more of those sounds. Cueball: But there's some great newer stuff too, like Franz Ferdinand, The Donnas, and Audioslave. Megan: Sometimes they're a little much for me. I go more for things like The Arcade Fire, sometimes mixing some electronic sounds like Postal Service. Cueball: Oh yeah—have you ever checked out Freezepop? Megan: Mhm! Synth pop can be fun, but at the same time, I agree that sometimes you just need to blast some Metallica. Cueball: Who? Megan: ...Metallica. Cueball: Are they new? I sound pretty knowledgeable about music until people figure out that I'm just naming bands from Guitar Hero.
