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Here's a passage describing some rival musicians - any suggestions for more?


Rival musicians are occasionally a nuisance. Sometimes they try to compete for public attention and money, sometimes they seem to be pawns of Costello, the gods, and other movers and shakers. Some typical examples:

The Booze Brothers are identical twins with an interest in rock music and alcohol. They’re adherents of the cult of Bhud, god of beer, and regard it as their sacred mission to get their audience “as drunk as skunks” whenever they perform. This isn’t a huge problem in some areas, although the there are invariably a few fist fights after performances, but King Martin Luther’s church tends to dislike drunkenness, while Uncle Sam regards it as subversive activity; since everyone in his state is supposed to be a soldier, and permanently on duty, any drunken citizen is drunk on duty, a court martial offence. The Booze Brothers have the mystic Jug of Bhud, a pitcher that is always full of beer; as soon as one glass is poured out it refills magically. It’s the only one known, and there have been several attempts to steal it or destroy it.

The Rambling Rocks are a British rock group, notable mostly for the extreme age of the musicians. Whenever they appear the performance is attended by elderly fans who claim to have childhood memories of the group. They are always accompanied by extremely heavy security and rarely seen off-stage. It’s possible, of course, that some or all of the members have been replaced by younger musicians – there are very few pictures of their earlier years – but there are theories that they might be clones of the original musicians, or possibly even undead. Chancellor Thatcher (see Diana…) is allegedly a fan and widely believed to be undead, which may be significant.

Date: 2005-08-31 10:06 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] robertprior.livejournal.com
Would the leader of the Rocks be Mick the Jogger?

Date: 2005-09-01 06:42 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ffutures.livejournal.com
Possibly.

Date: 2005-08-31 10:31 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] agent13.livejournal.com
The Man in Black - Guitarist, gunfighter, leylinewalker. Dark of clothing and demeanor, sorrowful of song and countenance. Possibly named 'Sue'.

Date: 2005-09-01 06:42 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ffutures.livejournal.com
Maybe a little too subtle.

Date: 2005-09-02 03:23 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dsample.livejournal.com
I got it. It can't be that subtle.

Date: 2005-09-01 12:35 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ci5rod.livejournal.com
What of the Jackson family: Michael, Janet, Samuel, Joe and Steve? As the Mafia In Black, surely they deserve some mention :-)

Date: 2005-09-01 06:42 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ffutures.livejournal.com
Thanks - an excellent idea.

Date: 2005-09-01 10:20 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sirernest.livejournal.com
How about some animal-totem musical cults? The monkeys, the beetles...

Date: 2005-09-13 03:18 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] erik-boielle.livejournal.com
Mention of the Gang Warfare between Oasis and Blur, culminating in the death of Oasis front man John Lennon in a drive by in downtown Manchester?

And the Blur OGs are all like Zombies and Gorillas and shit?

Meanwhile the evil corporation run by Senior Partners The Stock, The Eight Kin, and The Water Man are attempting to destroy real music by releasing thousands soulless automoton cyborgs with implanted computer voice processors on a unsuspecting public.

These cyborgs assassins have so infested the world (cue Terminator after the bomb footage) that Real Music fans are forced to abandon the music halls and instead hold Illegal Raves, descending on a remote location to party and moving on before the Squares find them.

Also, every year thousands of pagans descend upon the ancient holy site of Glastonbury to perform rituals involving music and mind expanding chemicals to ensure that the rains come to bring fertility to the soil.

Elton ‘Little’ John is a friend of Diana’s naturally, and is locked in a battle with Uncle Sam to free his love of George Michael from the Giant Quartz Crystal in which it has been encased.

Also, Vera Lynn defeated the Axis of Evil by the power of her voice, Minmei from Robotech style.





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