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Start a Band, Rock the World, Get Married! The true love story of Ryan and Laura

Filed under: Interviews / Tags: die-in-a-fire, audio-interview, roy-orbison / 20 comments

We knew all along that Rock Band was about more than having fun thrashing around with plastic guitars. No, our game is all about passion, togetherness, and true love!

So it warmed our to hear the story of Laura and Ryan—the couple who not only met playing Rock Band online, but recently got engaged during a Rock Band night at the Village Pourhouse in NYC. And it might never have happened if Ryan Clementz, who was going stir-crazy trying to master the solo of "Green Grass & High Tides", hadn't gone online to find some new bandmates. There he met Laura Ramkissoon, and romance blossomed as they got to know each other between songs. Little did he know that Laura was a member of reigning leader-board champs Die! In a Fire, already a celeb in our book.

Did it stop them that he lived in Arizona and she was in NYC? Not a bit. Their cross-country courtship reached its peak last month, when he popped the question after a rousing live rendition of "You Got It"—mere days after the Roy Orbison package hit as DLC! The proposal made the Internet rounds—she did of course accept—and they're now working on wedding plans, assuring us that Rock Band will figure into their wedding as well.

Just in time for Valentine's Day, we tracked down the happy couple—both now based in NYC—for this chat.

Want more Rock Band lovin'? Check out Jason Kendall's Rock & Roll Romance Confessions!

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Rockfreak900...

lol

Saturday, February 28, 2009

Hanzolebot...

that is really awesome!

Sunday, February 22, 2009

Kayhawk...

wow!

Thursday, February 19, 2009

Drumkingkk...

Congates on the engagement. I never thought that rockband could bring people together. I gess I was wrong. Good Luck you two and have a grate wedding.
P.S. Sarry if there is spelling errors; I am not a good speller.

Monday, February 16, 2009

REJECTED-SOUL...

hahaha a video game brought em together lol good for them best of luck

Monday, February 16, 2009

zachy3621...

see games do have good qualities ! lol

Monday, February 16, 2009

mxp1l0t...

woo hoo! that is super news!

Sunday, February 15, 2009

CaNnIbAl LoSeR...

thats freakin awesome

Sunday, February 15, 2009

Reidster88...

congats guys hope you're happy

Saturday, February 14, 2009

p34nUt...

i was there! it was amazing! although i kinda felt like he was singing to me the whole time... haha. good luck guys! see you at the wedding! haha
p34nUt

Saturday, February 14, 2009

Branr...

As someone who's BIRTHDAY is Feb 14th, all I can say is "Love Stinks"

Saturday, February 14, 2009

Aberyf...

cool guys! so glad that rock band brought ya together :)

Saturday, February 14, 2009

Bassani...

wooot, grats again you two, awesome =)

Friday, February 13, 2009

smeeguel...

I cried too... congratulations- again Ryan and Laura! I'm glad that RockGamer could share this special moment with you. If you want more details, you can read the original story here: http://www.rockgamer.com/2009/01/07/rock-band-night-yields-marriage-proposal/

Friday, February 13, 2009

SaikoSakura...

That's my photo! Congratulations- again, and again to Laura & Ryan. You had us in tears!

Friday, February 13, 2009

Sophrosyne...

Thanks for interviewing us! It's a very special moment to us and now it's immortalized on Rockband.com! If you guys are interested, the link to the proposal video can be found here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDubUQb9AFQ

Friday, February 13, 2009

shondria...

awesome dudes that was very nice of u

Thursday, February 12, 2009

TheWretched99...

Well it's been working for conversations (in forums and instant messenger) for years, so why-not a rock game that pushes community involvement, same concept, really... kinda.

Best of luck to the both of them--but might I warily add that I hope this doesn't start a massive new trend. =X

Wednesday, February 11, 2009