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June 2012

3 posts

Current US Champ Nordic Thunder "Does" Public...

US Air Guitar Regionals Come to KC: Meet The Oxygen Warriors

April 2012

2 posts

February 2012

7 posts

July 2011

1 post

June 2011

11 posts

The US Air Guitar Championships: Champions: MEAN... →

I HAVE MY OWN US AIR GUITAR TRADING CARD!!!!! usairguitar: Eric Melin is the type of guy who’s waiting at the hotel with cookies when the van pulls up. He’s the type of guy who gets you free passes to AMC’s flagship theater in Kansas City. He’s the type of guy who’s always smiling. MEAN MELIN, Eric’s alter ego, is a world class son of a bitch….

Photo Gallery from KCUR’s Central Standard radio show and video podcast

Here is the video from Central Standard’s first videocast EVER. Proud to say US Air Guitar broke their cherry on this one - and received numerous complaints! Hilarious stuff. This one features air guitar author/speaker/legend Bjorn Turoque, World champ Hot Lixx Hulahan, US National champ Romeo Dance Cheetah, and 3-time regional champ Mean Melin

Download/listen to US Air Guitar all-stars on KC... →

Public radio will never be the same. Did KCUR get complaints? You betcha.

World champ Hot Lixx Hulahan, US National champ Romeo Dance Cheetah, and 3-time regional champ Mean Melin give the Kansas City FOX-4 crew some tips on air guitar “verocity” on the morning newscast. Best quote: - “That’s just [the Cheetah’s] daywear. When he gets into his costume, it’s pretty stunning.”

Kansas City Gets It - Official USAG Blog

A raging account of the 2011 Kansas City US Air Guitar Regional *Best quote from ATC, USAG blogger extraordinaire: Last night’s GLORY WHOLESOME (Whitney Young) and PORK SWORD (Cameron Hawk) need to go mate & procreate, producing a GLORY SWORD (hot) or perhaps WHOLESOME PORK (delicious and nutritious).

Up with the air - U.S. Air Guitar Championships... →

“Mean Melin and he doesn’t rely on props or big, bombastic stage shows....”

May 2011

1 post

April 2011

2 posts

March 2011

2 posts

February 2011

3 posts

“One-minute thundering blasts of intense rock licks that leave the competitors...”

– Air Guitar Championship back at The Trap Friday! (SPLASH! Magazine) Click photo to read new interview with MEAN MELIN.

The Trap Air Guitar Championship is FRIDAY!

The Trap Air Guitar Championship in Topeka is THIS FRIDAY. If you weren’t there last time, this is what you missed: (photos by Emily Henson, Pitch)

January 2011

3 posts

I will be hosting two Kansas City Air Guitar competitions Jan. 28 and 29 at the Uptown Theater at the Kansas City Rock & Metal Fest! The winner of each night will be automatically entered into the official US Air Guitar KC Regional, which takes place in May 2011!!! I just found out that Topeka’s champion, the CorpAIRation, will be competing Friday night! This is exciting news. Check...

November 2010

1 post

October 2010

1 post

August 2010

2 posts

July 2010

3 posts

“It was a tight competition, with first round ties for fourth and fifth sending a...”

– Click on the photo to read the full press release of the 2010 U.S. Air Guitar Championships!

Not Quite 20 Questions with Eric "Mean" Melin →

Portland, OR-based online magazine Circle Into Square interviewed me about the upcoming US Air Guitar Nationals in NY and general rockness—check it out!

June 2010

8 posts

“I can now die a happy air guitarist. Coolest photo ever.”

– 2008 World Champion and best air guitarist of all-time, Hot Lixx Hulahan models his brand new Mean Melin T-shirt (and pulls off a sweet MM trademark sneer). How awesome is that? I still have some left after the mass order to help me get to Vegas, so if you want one, email me at...