Ilmakitaransoiton MM-Kisoihin - Air Guitar World Championships
ARE YOU READY TO ROCK?!
Eric "Mean" Melin
So, as you may have guessed, I went to the Ilmakitaransoiton World Championships last night, and it was totally awesome. There were competitors from Belgium, USA, Russia, France, and even Bulgaria and Japan!
For those of you who have never been to the AGWC, there are two rounds: The first round is where each performer has 60 seconds to impress the judges and are scored from 4 to 6 on their performance. In the first round the competitors get to choose their own songs and arrangement of sounds. In the second round, each performer performs to the exact same song, and each interprets it differently. The lyrics to the second round song were literally "I've gotta find some way to get my hands on your electric butt". Yep. Not even kidding. The song was by a local Finnish band called The Wedding Crashers. After the second round there was a tie for first place, which has apparently never happened before, between Doug "The Thunder" Stroock and Eric "Mean Melin" Melin. In the final round, the finalists performed to Wheezer's "Hash Pipe". It honestly wasn't the best song for Air Guitar-ing, but oh well. The two American finalists ROCKED the stage, but the Dave Grohl look alike Eric "Mean" Melin took home first prize, which was a clear guitar. It looked pretty cool actually. Here are a few videos and photos from the show. I can now scratch this off of my Bucket List! :D
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