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"Air Guitar Nation" Rocks L.A.

by Steffie Nelson

March 27, 2007 2:03 PM

"Air Guitar Nation," a brand-new documentary about the real art of air guitar, winner of the audience award at SXSW this year, is premiering at the NuArt Cinema in Santa Monica this Friday. Later that night, air guitar virtuoso and "Air Guitar Nation" poster boy Bjorn Turoque (pictured above) will host a free Aireoke after party at the Westwood Brewing Company. Despite his busy schedule and undoubtedly cramped fingers from so much shredding overtime, Bjorn Turoque (apologies, Bjorn, for the dearth of umlauts - sp???) answered several deeply personal questions just for you sexy Style Council readers.

Name your top three air guitar songs.

Motörhead – Ace of Spades, Sweet — Set Me Free, and Motley Crüe, Kickstart My Heart

What song is so easy even your dad could pull it off?

My dad only listens to Frank Sinatra...so he couldn't really pull off much in the way of air guitar. But, I find that Deep Purple's lugubrious-yet-rocking "Smoke on the Water" can usually be handled by the most novice of air guitarists.

What's your ace-in-the-hole air guitar move that makes the girls cry?

The young girls cry? That'd be my "Flying Buttress" - it's a leap through the air with a front kick, which ends with me landing on my knees. I've only attempted this once. The results were both painful and powerful.

What life experiences prepared you best for this whirlwind journey?

Few things in life can prepare one for going to Finland to play an invisible instrument in front of 5,000 people, and then appearing years later in a documentary about it—but I will say that drinking helps.

For the novice, what are the benefits of doing Aireoke?

Aireoke is an excellent training ground for competitive air guitar, much as Guitar Hero is proving itself to be. Aireoke is really the farm system for the majors.

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I'll be there on Friday, laughing and crying my ass off. Watch the trailer at the film's website, and you no doubt will be there too.

Buy advance LA tix here

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