Thursday Thirteen #68 -- Bands Abound

Good thing I finished this early this week; the week's sports news (scroll down) has me bummed out.

Thirteen Bands I've Created 1. ShapeShifter, obviously. And admit it, you're a ShapeShifter fan even though you don't like heavy metal. 2. Deadly Metal Hatchet. The fledglings around here. They suck, but they're fun and sometimes, you need fun. 3. Walter Cicewski. He's one of those guitar guru-types whose backing band is a revolving door. Many of his backing musicians go on to huge musical careers, thanks to what Walter taught them. He's never had huge success, but it's been huge enough for him. 4. Hammerhead. You'll meet them when you get to read Trevor's Song. You'll never forget them. If you can find the few passing mentions of them on this blog, more power to you. 5. Tech Support. The ShapeShifter roadies got together during a band hiatus and decided to make some music. 6. Carrion. I haven't done much with them yet, but stay tuned. They have a part in a current WIP. 7. Bitterness. Same thing. 8. Temple of the Book. If you're too rushed to read the whole blog about them, here's what Chelle has to say: They're not all acoustic, they don't wear ponytails and the only glasses were the ones they were drinking their beer out of. And they rock. Hard. Geoffrey, the guitarist, might be able to out head-bang some of you regulars, and that's no joking on Chelle's part. 9. The Gathering Rising. I created The Gathering Rising in response to literary agent Nathan Bransford's blog about the many books he'd been seeing queries for that involved those two words in their title. I asked Nathan what kind of music he liked to listen to, and created this band in his honor. I think his tates lean too literary for him to represent me well, so this wasn't a kiss-up on my part. It was just something fun to do. 10. Nerdvana. I created them around the same time as The Gathering Rising. 11. Vanessa Kontempt. You guys haven't met her yet and I'm not sure when you will. She's a girl from Riverview, the only band on this list to be from there other than ShapeShifter (which is funny, given what a musical mecca Riverview becomes). Cross Britney with Courtney Love, throw in some Susan magic, and you've got Vanessa. The woman's a disaster. 12. Jim Shields. A guy sort of like Ozzy. ShapeShifter was touring with him (and his latest backing band) when Mitchell's hair turned green. (You mean you missed Green Hair Week? The shame!) 13. Jock La Feet. Another New Orleans band; Chelle's review of them was her first appearance here on the blog.

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