Biography
Kyle Justin Rogers is an American singer-songwriter, actor and musician. He is best known for performing the "Angry Video Game Nerd Theme" and for portraying the recurring "Guitar Guy" character in the web series "Angry Video Game Nerd".
As an actor, Rogers appeared in several episodes of the series. In the episode "Spider-Man", he portrayed the title character. In "Fester's Quest", he appeared as Cousin Itt and performed a parody of "The Addams Family" theme song. Beginning with the episode "Battletoads", Rogers was established as the Guitar Guy, a fictional character who lives behind the Angry Video Game Nerd's couch and performs the show's theme song.
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In the episode "Bugs Bunny's Crazy Castle", the Guitar Guy assists the Nerd after Bugs Bunny destroys the couch. In "Ikari Warriors", the character is revealed to have died after being neglected by the Nerd. The Nerd later discovers the Guitar Guy's skeleton behind the couch and uses a resurrection cheat code from the game to bring him back to life. During the episode, Rogers performs the improvised song "Where Did Their Hair Go?".
In addition to his work on "Angry Video Game Nerd", Rogers has pursued a music career. Several of his songs unrelated to the series have been featured on Cinemassacre's YouTube channel. In 2009, he took a hiatus from appearances in the series to focus on his family life.
Following his on-screen hiatus, Rogers continued to contribute to Cinemassacre productions behind the scenes. He received credits for creating the set used in the episode "Sega Activator Interactor Menacer", the false wall featured in "Mega Man Games", and the "13 Dead End Drive" set used in the "Board James" episode "Nightmare and Beyond".
Biography text from Last.fm, available under CC BY-SA.