When a fan connects with a band, it's often during moments like a drive down a highway at night reflecting on some aspect of his or her life; sitting at home after a fight with a girlfriend; singing in the shower; or celebrating at a party with her friends.  Music becomes a soundtrack to an individual's life, and a connection with the musician forms when the listener is able to peg a perfect moment or feeling to a song.  Boston-based mega-member rock group Bang Camaro's fan base claims a different level of interaction: they often have learned to play their music before they ever had a moment associated with it.  Bang Camaro found fame on the video game Guitar Hero II, where an aspiring rock god uses a guitar-shaped peripheral to play rock music as notes scroll towards him on the screen.
Wikinews reporter David Shankbone journeyed to the Bowery Ballroom to talk to the two founding members of Bang Camaro, Alex Necochea and Bryn Bennett.  But when MTV.com shows up at the same time as Wikinews to do an interview, the band must split up.  Below is our conversation with Necochea about touring, influence, politics, throwing his corpse out of a plane and flatulent women.
David Shankbone:  How's the tour going?
DS:  Poughkeepsie, huh?
DS:  What kind of crowd is there?
DS:  What's that like to have a fan base that comes from primarily video games?  Have you noticed a difference between being known as a local band playing in your city and being known through video games?  How would you compare the audience?
DS:  How does it feel to be looked-up to by the kids, by America's future?
DS:  Do you see parents at the show?
DS:  That must reduce the crotch grabbing.
DS:  Which is a lot different for audiences of many bands.  
DS:  Your fans are so engaged with your music, far more than most bands have.  Most bands they have fans who feel their music speaks to them, but your fans can say, 'I learned to play guitar on your shit and not on Eleanor Rigby!'
DS:  At this point of your career, you're not playing stadiums, but you're also not playing Otto's Tiki Lounge on a Tuesday night.  When you reflect upon it, what do you think about?
DS:  Do you have other areas of your life where you've been able to apply that?
DS:  What are some dream projects you'd like to work on?
DS:  In the creative process it's so difficult to be original today.  Everything has been done.  Do you ever let that trip you up, the Simpsons Did It problem?
DS:  If you could choose your own death, how would you die?
DS:  You guys have been described as Metal and Glam rock.  What would you describe your sound as?
DS:  Would you say anthem rock more in the Mötley Crüe vane or more in the T. Rex vane?
DS:  Does the war in Iraq affect you artistically at all?
DS:  If you had to fight in Iraq or Afghanistan, where would you fight?
DS:  Are you more inspired by things in nature or things that are man made?
DS:  Did you answer any of them?
DS:  That's important for a lot of people - you see your audience.  You're giving a lot of inspiration to a lot of people.  You don't know who you might be inspiring to pursue music.  
DS:  What's your favorite curse word?
DS:  What's your favorite euphemism for breasts?
DS:  Have you used that recently?
DS:  I read that you named the band after fast women and fast cars.  
DS:  What sort of qualities do you look for in a woman?
DS:  Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama?
DS:  What would be the greatest of misfortunes to befall you?
DS:  Do you have any special things you do to make sure you don't injure or lose an appendage?
DS:  That's a conscious choice?
DS:  What if you are just walking down stairs?
DS:  What possession do you treasure most?
DS:  What's your cat's name?
DS:  Like Sexy Sadie?
DS:  What trait do you deplore most in other people?
DS:  What do you think are the greatest threats to humanity?
DS:  Who would you get in trouble with?
DS:  What would be a bigger turn-off in bed: a woman who spoke in a baby voice, or someone who was overly flatulent?
DS:  You'd prefer the baby talk?
DS:  Have you ever been faced with either scenario?
DS:  At all?  Not even if she lets out a little giggle afterwards?
DS:  What if she was really flatulent?
DS:  And you've never had a baby talker?
DS:  In high school?
DS:  What if she was Dutch oven flatulent?
DS:  You can always go gay.  It's the new millennium.  

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Alex Necochea and Bryn Bennett: the 'Guitar Heroes' of Bang Camaro