Gene Simmons of the legendary rock band KISS, along with five of the top Guitar Hero II™ gamers in the country, rocked out in a Guitar Hero II JamFest. The player with the best song—and highest score on the Xbox Live® Leaderboard—played the signature KISS song "Strutter," one of the popular game’s classic rock tracks, with Simmons.
J.W. McNay Rocks "Strutter" with Gene Simmons April 11 five Guitar Hero II champs battled for the chance to rock with Gene Simmons at the Virgin Megastore in Times Square, New York City, Wednesday. J.W. McNay came out on top, winning an exclusive Xbox 360 guitar. Read more …
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Meet the Five Guitar Hero II Champs
These five rockers vied for the chance to jam with Gene Simmons:
Kelly Law-Yone Hometown: Dallas, Texas Age: 20
Kelly is currently a sophomore at UT Dallas majoring in Arts and Technology. Her interests include gaming, music, horror films, and watching Nip/Tuck, while her hobbies range from playing the electric guitar and keyboard, creating websites, and knitting scarves, to video games and competing in Guitar Hero II tournaments.
Daniel Serna Hometown: Albuquerque, New Mexico Age: 19
Having recently been featured in an MTV documentary on Guitar Hero II, Daniel doesn’t just attend Guitar Hero II tournaments—he organizes and runs them himself. When he's not jamming on the guitar or playing other video games, this graduate of ITT Technical Institute in Albuquerque enjoys fast cars, computers, music, and swing dancing.
When not playing Guitar Hero II, J.W. acts as a teacher's aide at his local high school while working on his Bachelor's degree at the University of North Texas. He enjoys listening to and playing music, watching movies and playing DotA and 2-D fighting games. J.W. is the Midnight Gaming Championship Guitar Hero II champion and has won over $2,500 in prizes.
Matt Nowak Hometown: "Everywhere" (Dad was in the Air Force) Age: 24
Matt rates his major accomplishments—so far in life—as winning numerous Guitar Hero II tournaments and earning his B.S. in Industrial Engineering. Citing cars, video games, computers, and music as some of his top interests, you're more likely to catch him with a burger in his hand than a book.
Felicia Williams Hometown: New York, New York Age: 24
Felicia is an avid fan and player of Guitar Hero II and works as a game designer and writer in New York City. Her love of games is as much of a part of her life as good food, dancing, traveling, and schooling others in four square. This Cornell University graduate gets just as excited when making great games or playing them.
