In a nod to the ascendancy of video games, rock 'n' roll bad boys Motley Crue will become the first group to release a new single through Rock Band, the developer of the wildly popular game said Monday.
"Saints of Los Angeles," the first single from the group's upcoming album, will be available for download for 99 cents on Tuesday via Microsoft's Xbox Live Marketplace and on Thursday via Sony's PlayStation store, said Viacom's MTV Games.
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The games' success has underscored the potential of video games as a new source of revenue for a music industry grappling with falling CD sales.
Details of Motley Crue's album are expected to be announced during a news conference in Hollywood Tuesday.
The hard-living metal band, which rose to prominence during the glam-metal era in the late-1980s, is famed for such tunes as "Dr. Feelgood" and "Shout at the Devil."
