In Vino Veritas

Hazel’s blog about things that come into her head and should quite possibly stay there

Air Guitar September 5, 2008

Air guitar has, believe it or not, really taken off in the last couple of years. I went down to London both in 2007 and this year to watch my friend The Axel Vicious (in case you hadn’t guessed, this is his stage name) compete for a chance to go to Finland for the World Air Guitar Championships.

If, like me, you’ve watched Bill and Ted more times than is healthy, you’ll know that air guitar reduces air pollution, and therefore MUST be a good thing. If only we all spent a few minutes stood outside rocking out with our various brands of air guitar, we’d live in a world with a cleaner atmosphere.

I could go on about air guitar, but I think I’ll leave that to Axel. He’ll also tell you a little bit about himself.

And here are two of his stellar performances: