Dance Moves that Rock

Look at this little guy go....breaking it down to Wait by the Ying Yang Twins.

14-Year-Old Breaks Guitar Hero III Record

14-Year-Old Breaks Guitar Hero III Record

[via Wired]
Danny Johnson, a 14-year-old from Texas, is the latest gamer to break a world record in Activision's Guitar Hero III, earning himself an endorsement deal in the process.

Johnson managed to pull down 973,954 points on Dragonforce's "Through The Fire And Flames" during a "media-sponsored" event at a Best Buy in New York City, topping the previous record of 899,703 set by Minnesota's Chris Chike, reports The New York Times.

Key to Johnson's success was carefully planned use of the game's Star Power points multiplier and months of strenuous practice, which included the destruction of "about 80 plastic Guitar Hero controllers."

"When you’re hitting that many notes and playing that fast, it just terrorizes the controller," Johnson's father remarked.

His virtual shredding skills (displayed in the below home video) earned Johnson an endorsement deal with "gaming team and event promoter" eMazingGaming.com, not to mention a write up in the New York Times -- a point that should illustrate the growing popularity (or, perhaps, perceived novelty) of competitive gaming.

Leaving a Broken Record (and Guitars) in His Wake [New York Times]

Kevin Rudolf - Let It Rock Music Video

Well this song is catchy as hell and has been stuck in my head for the last day so I will now attempt to ruin your next 24 hours and get it stuck in your head. Take that!

Kevin Rudolf featuring Lil Wayne - Let It Rock

Music Monday: Bang Camaro

Bang Camaro is composed of a bassist, a drummer, three guitarists, and anywhere from ten to twenty vocalists comprising a full choir of lead singers. The band's music is somewhat similar in style to '80s metal. The basic song structure employed by the band does away with traditional verses in order to highlight catchy choruses and integrate as many guitar solos as possible. The result has been described by the band as, "taking everything we loved about the genre, and throwing everything out that we hated." The band cites Elvis Presley and Buddy Holly as influences in addition to hard rock/heavy metal bands like Skid Row, Iron Maiden, and Dokken. "I would call us anthem rock," said Alex Necochea. "We're really not heavy metal. I think our focus is more on writing great singles, as best as we can make them. That's just something Bryn and I grew up on. We're big fans of melody and big driving hooks, that sort of thing." Some of Bang Camaro's songs have been featured in both Guitar Hero and Rock Band.

Push Push (Lady Lightning)


Night Lies


Pleasure (Pleasure)


Performance & Interview


Not a video, but interesting...think you could be in Bang Camaro?


Links:
Official Site
MySpace