Hello Rock Banders, your Blogmaster has just gotten back from Atlantic City after an epic weekend. I want to thank all the bands: Wet Nelson and the Hot Commodities, Ninjas in Disguise, FA/KE, and The Gurn Killers. You were all awesome dudes, and the shows you put on were unbelievable. As I’ve said before, if there were a way to give all the talented plastic rockers in the world the trophy at the end of the competition, I’d do it. You are all rock stars.

It was such a close competition, again. Only 3 points separated FA/KE from The Gurn Killers. Here are the results from the finals.

In fourth place, winning $500, is Wet Nelson and the Hot Commodities, whose helmets were seriously heavy and deserve props for rocking out with them.

Wet Nelson in round 1 (pic courtesy of @SaikoSakura on Twitter)

In third place, taking home $750, is Ninjas in Disguise. The guys entertained the pants off everyone with their for serious ninja threads. They are also not bad dancers, if you ever find yourself on the dance floor with them.

NID rocking round 2 (pic courtesy of @SaikoSakura on Twitter)

In second place, a seriously close second place, and winning $1,500, is FA/KE. They put on a great show, and they had everyone going crazy for their God of Thunder’s pec dance. FA/KE was amazing on stage; I’ve seen riots with less excitement then their final act. If you’re sitting at your computer right now, please give them a standing ovation.

FA/KE in all their costumed glory.

And finally, winning $10,000 and an opening spot at the B-52′s concert at the House of Blues was The Gurn Killers!

Now that I think about it, there's no need for a caption.

Here’s what the agony of waiting for their win to be announced looked like. MTV’s Sway delivers the news. Very. Slowly.

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That was some dogpile of love! I want to give special thanks to the Gurn Killer Army, a group of regulars from the Rock Band nights at the Village Pourhouse in New York City. They came dressed in GK tee shirts to support their friends, but they were fans of everyone who took the stage. The army made the finals a true rock star experience, getting the crowd pumped and rocking out to every performance. That’s true Rock Band brotherhood!

Props should also go to Sway from MTV who hosted with some serious swagger, to Harrah’s, MTV Games, Harmonix, and Pepsi for putting together such an epic competition, to everyone who came out to see the shows, to everyone who competed, to the judges who had such a difficult job, and to everyone on Twitter and the Internetz who shared their photos, news, and videos with us here at the blog. Your Blogmaster hopes that everyone who was involved had just an iota of the fun that she herself had.

Soon we’ll be giving you an in-depth look at the winners, The Gurn Killers. Stay tuned.

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