Rob Brown "Air Guitar" Fame Watch

The Human Train Wreck got his horrific story published.


So this is a good thing. I was more than a little disappointed that something this stupid didn't get a lot more publicity. I mean, come on? Who doesn't like to pull out the old air guitar sometimes? Only in America can you get a trip to L.A. from doing just that.

Now, the biggest thing is that Rob seemingly never gets a break. Well, actually he does get breaks, but they get drowned out by the same things that bother most people. Loneliness, money problems, demons. This kid is just dying for a break, and he does deserve it. The little breaks are't enough for a kid with this much passion. He sees it as someone should whisk him away, give him all the drugs he desires, and allow him to overdose in peace. But no. He has to work, and struggle, and deal with the dark reality of life. You're probably thinking, "Don't we all?" If you knew him like I knew him, just try walking a mile in his skin (or deadskin), and you'll see that life is a lot more black than white to him. Hey, society did him in. Just like a lot of mass murderers, and Mike Tyson. They just don't work in the system. Anyways, I digress.

Glenn Yoder from Northeaster University wrote an article called "Rockin' On Air" and he describes the night in overall detail, although he screwed up the name of the band Rob air guitared to. It was actually Slayer instead of Pantera, but again, why give Rob his due? Here are some words from it.

"The most entertaining portion of the night came when a contestant without the customary stage name took a spill in the midst of head banging. Rob Brown was throwing around his shoulder blade length hair about 20 seconds into a Pantera number when he stepped off the stage and fell onto his ribs on top of a speaker cabinet - hard. He bolted to his feet immediately and proceeded to point his finger toward the ceiling for the remaining 70 seconds, letting the audience and judges know he was "number one."

"That guy is metal as [expletive]," one judge exclaimed as he justified giving Brown a perfect score. "He probably shits iron ore."

Asked what it felt like to take the involuntary stage-dive onto a speaker cabinet, the 29-year-old Stoughton native responded, "It felt drunk [sic] ... I had Lager and beer and three shots of rum, and that's just the alcohol. I won't tell you about the rest."

He wasn't the only one laying it all on the line. Rock Greenwood, who was "rocking for two" after his buddy was booted from the competition by the club, fell offstage and onstage - including taking a swan dive from the drum stage face first into the regular stage. The judges rewarded his aches with high enough scores to qualify for round two." Glenn Yoder from Northeaster University

Did you get that last part? People were trying to upstage Rob by falling on stage. Yikes!

Here are some recent pics of a band he actually plays in. For one more week.