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5-13-07 Wowah? It's been a while since I've updated this got some new things going on. I have a solo show at concretewalls gallery. It is up till June 16th - go see it and tell your gramps. I also have something coming up this week with VH1/Ballys fitness. I'm helping promote the VH1 Rock Honors so keep yer eyes out. The rumors are true, I will be competing at the LA regionals this year. Thas all folks.
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| See what others have got to say about therocknessmonster! ! ! | ||
| “... I’ve seen video of the returning national champion, and I can take him,” Bartet said. “So I guess my hope is that there aren’t going to be any other people that are going to come out of the woodwork and surprise me. I’ve been preparing for this one guy, kind of pompously almost, pretending the national champion will be my only competition.” ___________________________ “Never go up against an Asian in an air guitar contest,” ___________________________ this is by far the best review i have been able to find "Anyway, let me get this out of the way before I run out of room: Shit was totally fixed. Here's the simple scenario: L.A. dude (Fatima "Rockness Monster" Hoang) wins in L.A. (@ the Key Club, easily the Sunset Strip's least glamorous venue) with a song by an appropriately over-mythologized L.A. icon ("Stop" by Jane's Addiction). As magical a coincidence as that tepid triumvirate may have appeared to the judges, Hoang was clearly inferior to his competitors in the finals -- one Dan "Bjorn Turoque" Crane, of New York City and Daniel "Glitter" Alvarez of Austin -- in at least one of the three criteria of judgment." __________________________ We at Mazurland support the right of others to flamboyantly flaunt their absence of talent and wish Rockness the best of luck at the upcoming World Championship in Finland... __________________________ ". . . but that kid who did win, man he was pretty ****ing terrible. But with judges like that schmuck from "Harold and Kumar go to White Castle", it doesn't surprise me that Slayer was too hard for them. That ***hole will get laughed offstage in Finland. Slayer would have owned." *see "first song done by the rockness monster" to the right.
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". . . Rockness was a small, long-haired, asian hipster wearing a Henry Winkler shirt and denim vest with trademark leather-fringed super-hero forearm coverings. . . I liked Rockness Monster, but I thought he tried to shred a little too hard on Rock Me Like A Hurricane, which is a straight power chord kinda jam with a real masterbatory solo. Plus, he kinda bit Billy Ocean's forward flip . . ."________________________ ". . .Bjorn Turoque gave the performances of his life. He received the evening's first perfect score (four 6.0's) and was told he had finally "defined airness." But it was not enough. He lost to the hometown favorite, the Rockness Monster. A tragedy for Bjorn, and perhaps for the nation -- will Rockness have what it takes to go all the way? " ________________________
In the end, it came down to a battle between the Rockness Monster
and Sonic Rock, both rom South-East Asia, a region of the world
which, for some reason, produces a disproportionately large number
of air guitar champions. . ."
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some video clips from the 2004 L.A. Regionals/ U.S. Nationals
first song done by the rockness monster [9.1 mb]
the song he didn't know [1.9 mb]
part one of welcome to the jungle [2.3 mb]
part two of that same song [3.3 mb]
no more tricks in this hat [1.3 mb]
www.airguitarusa.com has more videos
on a satallite rides a star [30 someodd megs]
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10_30_2005 |
The Rockness Monster Returns to NEW YORK BITCHES!!!. Yah I make music videos on the side (while not tourning and signing boobs). Some of the videos will be on display at Artists Space Gallery in NYC. The opening is the evening of November 16th at the gallery. I return to New York late in December for a special air guitar evening put on by the gallery. new footage found of the rockness monster. Looks like the only online footage is all from the 2004 competition. This guy ross gave me this link, check it out |
08-15-05 |
| well the world championships are a little over a week away, time to start the missle launch sequence. looks like ill have the travel docs i need and all will be good, Janice is coming too...wooohooo, just got the tickets today. after finland, we get a week and a half in hawaii to relax and see some family. cant wait, if you want to see me in hawaii, ill be at the beach. we didnt get to go to the beach the last few times we were there so ill make up for it this time. |
08-07-05 |
| funny how people remember different things about the night, i guess i wasnt there because i remember totally different events. oh well. Finland is coming up and me getting there looks promising, hope USCIS helps speed things along, so if you know anyone high up, goverment wise, let me know, i need help. |
07-23-05 |
| its true, its true, therocknessmosnter has won the U.S. air guitar championship and will be fighting for the title of world champion in late august in finland. |
04-05-05 |
| the music video i did for the Old 97's has been released and it is on the the New West site. it turned out pretty well. and in august, go buy the bill and teds special edition dvd, dunno what is there, but i think im excited |
therocknessmonster is one word, my name is one word... and that is therocknessmonster