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Face-melting faux guitar and a pair of furry red legwarmers led Matt "Romeo DanceCheetah" Cornelison to victory at the National Finals of the U.S. Air Guitar Championships at Irving Plaza Thursday night.The US Air Guitar Finals took place Thursday night at Irving Plaza, one night after a related event happened at Lukcy Cheng's. More pictures from the show below...DanceCheetah, from Milwaukee, will go on to represent the United States at the World Championships in Oulu, Finland. He played Daft Punk's "Robot Rock" on his way to the title.
The champion came dressed in cheetah-print leggings, a flare-collared top and a massive belt buckle emblazoned with his initials.
"My mom helped me out with this belt," he said.
Cornelison beat out Ryan "Dreamcatcher" Laman, who played The Eagles' "Witchy Woman" in the final air-off.
The event's judges were comedian Myk Kaplan, talk-show host Rachel Maddow and her on-air contributor Kent Jones, and "Daily Show" correspondent Jason Jones. [DNA Info]
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Amazingly, these people are still better musicians than the collective linups of all Chill-Wave bands.
Posted by Anonymous | July 26, 2010 1:49 PM
Geezum crow, these pics are amazing!!!!
Posted by Fan of a fan | July 26, 2010 2:32 PM
I was there, man. RAWK!
Posted by Berry, Dingle | July 26, 2010 2:47 PM
This should be on that "What white people like" site...
Posted by Anonymous | July 26, 2010 3:24 PM
How will we know when it's gone too far?
Posted by Anonymous | July 26, 2010 3:36 PM
I am a huge air guitar fan and player, but this looks pretty retarded. I hope no one paid to get in.
Posted by Anonymous | July 26, 2010 4:24 PM
I might have nightmares tonight thanks to the cheeks showing in the first picture!
Posted by eyeshadow | July 27, 2010 12:04 AM
These people are losers. Get a life losers.
Posted by Gordon Gecko | August 6, 2010 2:01 PM
Lighten up Gordon. Why do you care so much? They look like they're having a lot of fun so I say more power to them.
Posted by Lighten up | August 25, 2010 2:18 PM
jeezum
Posted by Jeezum.org | December 29, 2011 3:11 AM