Alex Lerner '09 Rocks Out at National Guitar Hero Tournament, Takes First Place
Alex Lerner '09 Rocks Out at
National Guitar Hero Tournament
by Alisa Giardinelli
11/28/2007
Alex Lerner '09, a mathematics and economics major from River Vale, NJ, took first place - and the $5000 prize purse - at a national Guitar Hero II tournament recently held in Los Angeles. The event, whose judges included Motley Crüe's Vince Neil, required contestants to perform complicated songs on a guitar-shaped game controller set on the hardest difficulty.
![]() | "Judges rate things like your stage presence, tricks, and crowd control, so you'll get people who play with their teeth, behind their back, blindfolded, or while doing a backflip," Alex says. "Before this event, I had come in fourth place and then in second place. But I think I really stepped it up in L.A. when I let loose my newest trick and played with my feet while signing autographs with my freed-up hands. Surprisingly, the crowd really loved it." Alex Lerner '09 during his winning performance |
Alex used his new move while performing "War Pigs" by Black Sabbath. His performance from this year's World Series of Video Games in Toronto can be seen here.