Last night, viewers watched rock history being made as Stephen Colbert went head to head in a “shred-down” with Decemberists lead guitarist Chris Funk. “Guitarmageddon” settled once and for all the age-old question of whether or not Colbert rules at everything, including axe-wailing. Morley Safer, Henry Kissinger and Apples in Stereo singer Robert Schneider looked on as the competish got underway. After some impressive riffage from Funk, Colbert — rocking a five-neck guitar and Village People-style vest — stormed onstage and promptly injured his hand, thus rendering himself unable to compete. Luckily, Peter Frampton was on hand to step in. The all-star panel of judges, which included Rolling Stone scribe Anthony DeCurtis (holler!) and New York governor elect Eliot Spitzer, weighed in. But in the spirit of democracy, it was the American public that declared the winner.
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