We have been holding onto this announcement for a while and we are proud to finally reveal it. Internet sensation and Guitar Hero II World Series of Video Games Champion Freddie Wong has stepped up to bring his unique style of entertainment and flair to The Rock-A-Thon stage. We are sure Freddie will provide excitement and passion to the crew. When asked to describe himself, he replied with the following. In his own words…

“While there are no doubt busloads of teenagers who could annihalate Freddie with technical ability in just about every song in Guitar Hero or Rock Band, few can rival his ability to showobat on a plastic guitar in a manner traditionally reserved for actually talented musicians. It’s this utter disregard for self image that launched Freddie to fame in the first place with a YouTube video with 6.7 million views of him playing Rush’s YYZ while wearing chains and a glittering red party shirt. As of this writing, his YYZ video is the most viewed Guitar Hero video on YouTube featuring a grown man actually playing the game. In addition, his Bike Hero response video took Activision’s viral concept to the next level, featuring Freddie playing Guitar Hero from a screen in the back of a car while riding a bike.

Freddie’s brief stint as a pro gamer started in 2006 when he won first place at the Dallas World Series of Video Games, which aired on CBS. His career as a performer was kick started by a front page article in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer about his WSVG victory in what would prove to be the slowest news day in Seattle history.

In addition, Freddie’s Rock Band band “Hellanor Brozevelt” won an MTV sponsored nationwide search for the best game band, and performed at the Rock Band west coast midnight launch party in Los Angeles. In addition, Hellanor Brozevelt performed in Ibiza, Spain for the Rock Band 2 European launch, netting them the dubious honor of being the first video game band to tour internationally.

The novelty of Freddie’s emphasis on performance over technical playing has taken him around the world – he most recently performed alongside Joe Satriani at YouTube Live, and will challenge Finland’s best player at DigiExpo in Helsinki later this year.”

We welcome him to the crew and look forward to rocking our faces off with him. For more info on Freddie Wong visit his personal home page: http://facerocker.com or his twitter account http://www.twitter.com/fwong

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