MEME: Build-a-Band!

[valarauka]

 It's time to do our very own band AU! Take your pups, and tell us what they'd be if they were a musical sensation. Take as many of them as you want, or just one or two of them, that's up to you. Here's a few questions to get you started (and please, feel free to add any of your own ideas) if your inspiration's needing a kick in the rear. 

• Who's playing what instruments?
• Who's the roadie?
• What's the hot gossip about them, if any?
• What genre do they play?
• What kind of weird crap do they get up to on tour?

Have fun! I'll post my own in a bit. 

Comments

[gaynecologist]

David's a one-man band called Heard the Nerd. No one wanted to join him so he went solo. He plays the keyboard and foot drum and translates mathematical equations into noises.

He's got a cult following. His fans are called Nerders. I wish he had some hot gossip following him around but no luck in that department.

I highly doubt he's married to Bryan in this scenario XD

[kissmehardy]

Julie's gonna learn to play the bagpipes, I guess. #notevensorry

Her one woman show is a sensation in plaid. She starts all sorts of trends, including haggis onna stick at the refreshment stands.

[valarauka]

Valkyrie, Galadriel, and Rachel will form a group called Magical Realism. They have a kind of prog-rock vibe, tending towards extremes of either very loud and heavy sounds or a very mellow, very far-away style. The lineup is as follows:

- Galadriel is the quiet, contemplative one, the "soulful" member. She plays bass or the harp, depending on song. Also the vocalist and the main songwriter. Nobody really knows exactly what she's up to outside of the band, and interviewers keep getting frustrated when they ask her straightforward questions and get long, often completely unrelated answers that don't really give any sort of concrete information (she's trying to annoy them into not asking her questions anymore).

- Valkyrie plays guitar. She tries to keep out of the public eye, but every time she does get noticed, it's for something utterly ridiculous, like getting caught up in a solo and melting the guitar strings, or somehow getting a mob boss arrested at a concert. The fact that she used to be a detective is not known, but people keep hearing stories about how she has a hidden past.

- Rachel is on drums - it's a way for her to release that pent-up energy, and she can put on a persona without having to feel any guilt about it, because it's for the stage. I figure she'd try and do solos a la Joey Jordison, being as loud and spectacular as possible. Would probably end up getting in at least one fight on the road, and is banned from at least three bars.

Oh, and Rachel would absolutely try to recruit Cassie as the band manager, while Val would grab Billy Batson as the roadie.

[wildefae]

Can we recruit other pups? Grantaire and Blue both come with their own ensembles (not to mention friends, of course). COME BAND AU WITH ME.

But, if they have to work together:
I actually headcanon Grantaire has a very nice singing voice a la his PB, so he's the singer. He gets super anxious before every show and 90 percent of his stage presence has been while drunk, so trying to get sober has been a big deal for him. However he definitely has a certain, crazy sort of appeal and likes to climb on things and swing mics around. He goes on long, heavily referenced rambles and the songs he writes are thick with weird mythology and puns.

Blue would probably be either the drummer or the guitarist. I'm leaning guitar because I'm imagining an audition stolen straight from Lyn-Z from MSI (who ended a less than stellar performance by doing a shot, striking a match off her bass and breathing fire at the band). And also because I have her learning guitar on/off rn in Darrow. She also designs some of the merch.

Lyall is absolutely the tour manager and he has a migraine FREQUENTLY. But he loves his stupid, stupid kids. He has been known to sub in when they're missing a drummer, which is all the time. He keeps beat like a metronome.

Arthur ...writes a lot of lyrics? I'm imagining him playing bass badly and quietly. He has his own contingent of fans, mostly because of his cheekbones and the fact that he's more prone to glitter than the rest.

They really, really have problems keeping drummers.

Their name is Something to Do With Stars and their genre is just as DIY as their clothing, a sort of glittery folk punk aesthetic. There's some southern Gothic in there but their upbeat songs get the crowd fucked up.

The hot gossip is that Grantaire's drinking again, probably, or that Arthur's dating a (different) rockstar. Feuds. There's a lot of Real Person fanfic about them and their compatriots in the band world.

Their tour hijinks include a lot of selfies wearing stupid shit, ill advised falling in love and writing about it, adopting cats and deciding to wander through woods and getting lost. And occasionally Grantaire and Blue wreaking absolute havoc while Arthur and Lyall put their heads in their hands.