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You shunned the road less traveled for the security of a day job. For years, the closest you got to partying like a rock star were the Shop Boyz crammed down your throat. You even gave in to cracking open your cell phone at shows rather than fishing around in...

By Jose Gonzalez

August 7, 2008

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You shunned the road less traveled for the security of a day job. For years, the closest you got to partying like a rock star were the Shop Boyz crammed down your throat. You even gave in to cracking open your cell phone at shows rather than fishing around in your pocket for a lighter. Lame.

Enter Guitar Hero, the video game that threw a plastic ax into your nimble fingers. Long dormant, your hands awoke and pushed you to rock divinity, leaving destroyed riffs in your wake. Then, lo and behold, Guitar Hero: Aerosmith dropped, enabling you to taste the life you could've had from high school gym gigs to a Super Bowl halftime shows.

The Guitar Hero: Aerosmith Rocks the Hard Rock tour rounds up local video-game rockers who'll vie for a trip to Boston to rock for the Bad Boys themselves and possibly score Steven Tyler's custom motorcycle. Competitors must be 21 or over.

Sun., Aug. 10, 7 p.m., 2008

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