Air Guitar in Oulu

Here’s some of our favorite air guitar videos, send yours to videos[@]airguitaronline.com and we’ll post them here.

Something very, very special
Inspired Hello Kitty-clad rocker and folk hero C Diddy

Senior Section*
*because Geriatrics like to rock too, damn it!

Grandpa/Grandson power duo on Smoke on the Water

Down Home Air Guitar

MTV Interstitial

Anime of Black Winter Night by DRAGONFORCE

Incredible Hulk Stop Motion Air Guitar Glory!

Claymation Creature Gets Down to “Summertime Rolls” by Jane’s Addiction

A Stikfa and His Guitar
this one features no music and misspelled “boardom”! Rock on!!!

Coke vs Pepsi Claymation
Coke and Pepsi claycreatures (claytures?) battle it out via hand to hand combat, AIR GUITAR and….baseball. What could be more American than that, right? You be the judge but we think this piece has a certain je ne sais quoi-

Have you ever asked yourself “What Gundams do in Their Spare Time”? Thank God here’s an answer: What Gundams do in Their Spare Time

Led Zeppelin Lance
A stop motion slideshow of sorts, wherein Lance jams to Black Dog.

Works of art inspired by the noble profession of air guitar.

If Yogi could get down…. And can anyone explain the 1700’s Puritan bib??

Air Grrrl!

The US Air Guitar Championship does not welcome Sissy Mary’s.

A poetic interpretation, by artist Ed Heck.

Artist K. Cornell was clearly inspired by air guitar god Windhammer’s disarming intensity:

Check out his 2008 US Air Guitar Championship performance, yes that’s Bjorn Turoque MC-ing!

“Air Guitar” by John Kraft, become a fan of John’s on Facebook!

Super hot Jem meets Max Headroom air goddess, by MischeviousMartin

Ruh Roh!  What happened to him?!  Maybe she knows…

Teach your kids to rock (and spell) with AquaticFishy’s piece!

Searching for a gift for a Dad or a grad? Look no further, air guitar strings available for purchase: http://www.airguitarstrings.com/

Australian Scientists unveil sensor-enabled air guitar “shirts” that play how you move, click through for article and video interview: http://www.csiro.au/science/AirGuitar.html

An air guitar tutorial by Amanda Hamers.

Glasgow’s 96.3 Rock Radio is GIVING AWAY free air guitars in downtown Glasgow. Call in to your local radio station and see if they’ll match Rock Radio’s generosity!

Check out this hilarious interview with former worldwide #2 Air Guitarist and author of To Air is Human, Bjorn Turoque. Bjorn, now an official spokesman for U.S. Air Guitar delves a little into the technique and history of air guitar.

From Air Guitar Canada : Quebec Finals…
“The Quebec regional finals will be held at the Green Room in Montreal on July 9th.  Entries can be sent in via the website or by email to enter (a) airguitar (dot) ca. The winner of the Quebec regionals gets a trip to Toronto and automatic entry into the Canadian finals.
Don’t forget that the Canadian Championships will be at Lee’s Palace on July 11th. “

Canada’s own Johnny Utah came in 3rd at the Air Guitar World Championships in Oulu, Finland!!!

Reigning World Champ Hot Lixx Huluhan to preside over Cleveland Air Guitar Regional on June 3rd. Check out the master in action: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efNdI8uzWN8

According to Wikipedia, early examples of air guitar activities occurred in the late 1970s. Robin Yeatman, a patron of the Heavy Metal club, “The Soundhouse,” in London, made cardboard guitars and played them on stage. Soon many others started making their own “guitars.” This soon became a trend.

“The roots of air guitar go back much earlier. The father of air guitar might be Joe Cocker, who actively demonstrated an air guitar technique on stage. During the guitar solo lead-in to his live performance of “With a Little Help from My Friends” at the Woodstock Music Festival in 1969, he can be observed simulating the music with his hands, sans guitar.”

Preceding that date by 12 years, Bill Reed of The Diamonds, during a live TV performance, is seen playing the “air guitar” while doing his recitation on the song, “Words of Love.” This performance, circa 1957, has been added to YouTube from a kinescope recording. The innovation begins at 0:55 seconds in to the performance, the first known recording of air guitar!!!