Pull out the leather and brush off the super-sized tongue: Rock music is back.
 

Lately it’s seemed like the head-banging tunes have been overshadowed by hip-hop and teeny-bopper pop. But Miley is no match for Metallica.
 

Fortunately, the mega-success of video games like “Guitar Hero” and “Rock Band” are bringing rock back for an encore.

From CNN:

A few years ago, rock music was struggling on the charts. With hip-hop and teen pop ruling, rock was finding it hard to break through with new music -- or sell more of the old.

But "Guitar Hero" and "Rock Band" have prompted kids born in the '90s to discover artists from the '70s and '80s such as Aerosmith, Twisted Sister and Pat Benatar. The games' amazing popularity -- last year, the two brought in more than $935 million in revenue, according to the NPD Group market research company -- has helped create success in other markets, according to observers.

In other news… “Call of Duty” is making war trendy again.