#skeleton guitarist

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(via "Rock the Boo - Halloween Skeleton Guitar Design"  for Sale by InkredibleZ)

[peppermint-candy]

[sol-thorne]

-And what are you,in definitive ? A ghost? An ectoplasm?

-And do you ever stop talking?

Quick illustration of a short story I recently wrote with my undead boys Gideon and Finn. Local skeleton meets a centuries-old ghost hunter and immediately tries to flirt-

[creepycornerart]

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[petar1989]

Spooky Guitarist T-Shirt

[raleksd]

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[wintersera]

rockstar!winter x f!reader

notes: completely self indulgent as you will be able to tell from all the screaming- i’m blaming that clip… drove me insane LIKE ACTUALLY INSANE

cw: dom winter, sub reader (OMG SURPRISE), daddy kink, is calling reader a ‘whore’ degredation? it’s also not proofread i just wrote this on autopilot-

word count: 0.8/0.9k i forgot….

showing up to your girlfriends performance for the first time ever was going to be the death of you.

the lights were dim, loudness of the bass shaking your skeleton? you didn’t even know that could happen. it was a bit overwhelming for you because honestly... you weren’t even into rock that much even though your girlfriend is a rock genius.

it was definitely worth your time. seeing the spotlight shine on her while she plays with her guitar. and in all seriousness you didn’t really give a shit about the music AT ALL. your focus was completely on her fingers, the way she was tapping and strumming the strings had you in a trance, and oh my! you’re panties are soaked through.

you didn’t even last one second into the song thag was playing, all that was in your mind was her fingers, oh my god her hands, her fingers should be in me right now, i want her fing- yeah…

“baby you did so good on stage” running to the back of the stage. you just couldn’t wait anymore

“of course, you were there. i had to put on the best show for my girl” standing there with sweat dripping down her face. “did you like my guitar solo? dont tell my fans, but i practiced it just for you”. your girlfriend, minjeong, was so sweet. the main guitarist of the band aespa and the hottest person to ever cross this universe. whatever you did in your past life must be crazy to bless you with such a fine ass girlfriend.

“no one is in this room right?”

“what are you implying y/n?”

“oh nothing, i just wanted to say that you looked so hot on stage daddy” seducing her by slipping the string of your top down your shoulders.

not expecting that, she dropped everything she was holding right at that moment and cornered you. locking the door just in case one of her bandmates decide to waltz in. “oh don’t you dare start this now. not with those skimpy ass clothes you're wearing” now you knew wearing a mini skirt and a tight top would do you justice even tho your ass was so cold waiting outside the venue 😭, and well today you couldn't help being turned on, seeing your girlfriend work her guitar with her skillful fingers on that electric guitar had your pussy throbbing.

“turning me on after my performance, oh my baby is such a whore for me” hiking up your skirt to reveal you pretty much soaked thong “and you’re wearing a thong? all dolled up for me? you’re so kind” tugging the thong that rubbed your clit all in the right ways.

“a-anything for you daddy” god you turned her on so much. she just wanted to fuck your pussy so hard rn, and thats what she’s doing 🤭 pumping not one but three fingers into your sopping wet hole while she messily makes out with you, her tongue dominating over yours with ease. the noises you were making were anything but holy, thanking the interior designers for the very good choice of making the room sound proof because god, you are literally screaming out her name, moaning, groaning, literally all the noises are coming out of your slutty mouth. and if the noises coming from your mouth weren’t enough to show that she had you wrapped around her fingers (PUN NOT INTENDED) your wet pussy definitely showed. sticky, wet sounds were definitely escaping out of you. oh my god she was making you so unbelievably wet, your juices literally spilling all over the floor coating her hands and dripping everywhere on your legs.

AND SHES NOT FINISHED WITH YOU, breaking your kiss to make you face the wall and bend over so she can see your pussy in full view!!! her licking your lips before she fully makes out with it. licking and sucking so violently on your clit it makes you squirm and buck your hips into her face, while also shoving her fingers back into your pussy, slamming them into you without any mercy. it doesn’t really take that long to make you cum, with the whole build up during the concert you were pretty much standing there in awe on the verge of cumming JUST BY SEEING HER PERFORM?? she’s so rough with you but that's how daddy minjeong likes it anyways, seeing you turn into her personal sex doll and treating you as such as well, slapping your ass as you're bent over like a whore, repeating to you that she’s “your daddy”. she would open the door to show the entire crowd her lovely baby being finger fucked with a stupid slutty fucked out face, but she’s overprotective like that you know.

when you finally, cum it’s so violent yet so so so good. legs shaking, BODY SHAKING, you’re on the verge of blacking out as you’re hitting the walls screaming “daddy- ah, daddy m-minjeong your fingers feel so good” biting down on your lip as you feel the ecstasy course through your entire body.

of course once you’ve had the most craziest orgasm of your life, you fall to your knees.

picking you up she just smiles at you, kissing you on the lips then whispering in your ear “let’s continue this at home”

[figdays]

Art print of Cowboy Skeleton Guitarist // DesertPalmStudios

[the-s1lly-corner]

The Amazing Digital Masterpost, Volume 2

Part 2 of this blog's TADC masterlist! As always if there is anything wrong with any of the links please let me know! You can find my other masterlists linked at the end of my pinned! As of 1/20/2024, this masterlist is complete!

CAST POSTS:

x mermaid!reader

x Wally Darling!reader

x reader who likes singing

x reader w/ a computer virus

x Mushu!reader

x reader who swears a lot

x skeleton!reader

x rollerskater!reader

x PNG!reader

Their love languages

x Jack Skellington!reader

Role Models (Child!reader, platonic)

x reader who is warming up to touch

x feisty!tiger!reader

x princess!reader

x ghostsheet!reader

What they want in a partner

x skater!reader

x fairy!reader

x reader who loves to gossip

x kid!reader who is having nightmares (platonic)

x reader w/ a funny laugh

x chaotic!child!reader (platonic)

x reader who draws and crochets

x reader who uses crutches

x reader who bakes

x very sleepy!child!reader (platonic, i promise this one is different from the other one)

Break ups!

MULTI:

Jax and Caine x Fluttershy!reader

Ragatha and Jax x reader who can manipulate their hair

Caine, Jax, Kinger x reader who has a prehensile tail

Caine and Jax x Pinkie Pie!reader

Kinger, Ragatha, Caine x a reader who has a cat interest

Caine, Jax, and Kinger x reader w/ Caines powers

Reader telling Ragatha that they have a crush on Caine, Kinger, Jax, or Pomni

Caine and Kinger x deaf!reader

Jax, Pomni, and Ragatha x baker!reader

Gangle, Kinger, and Caine x reader who sings to cope

Caine, Ragatha, and Kinger x reader who wants kids

^Remainder of the cast x reader who wants kids

Everyone but Caine reuniting w/ the reader in the real world

Kinger, Caine, and Ragatha x grieving!reader

Gangle, Zooble, and Kinger x silly!reader

Reader cheering Ragatha and Gangle up with their singing

Jax, Caine, and Ragatha x sweet!goth!reader

Caine, Jax, and Kinger x sleepy!child!reader (platonic)

Kinger and Gangle x sensitive!child!reader (platonic)

CAINE:

More Caine x reader w/ a tail hcs

But I love you so (Caine x reader)

Caine x reader who stays in the digital world willingly

Caine x newbie!who flirts with him instantly

Caine x soft!nice!reader

Caine helping reader w/ their emotions

Caine x girly!reader

Caine x needy!reader

Caine x shy!reader whos opening up

Reader complimenting Caine

Caine comforting the reader after a nightmare

POMNI:

Reader holding Pomni like a hammed burger

Pomni x reader who is scared of jesters

Pomni x reader who purrs

More Pomni x reader who purrs

RAGATHA:

Ragatha x Raggedy Andy!reader (platonic)

JAX:

Jax x reader who is having a bad day

Jax x singer!guitarist!reader

Jax w/ a soft spot for the reader

Jax x Masc!reader who gets misgendered a lot

Jax x thin skinned!reader (platonic)

Jax x lucky!reader

Jax x really pretty!reader

Jax x reader who is indifferent to his pranks

Jax x reader who sings to cope

Jax x cat!reader w/ a dog hand puppet

Jax x Betty Boop!reader

Jax x chaotic!ferret!reader

Jealous!Jax x reader

Severed ties

Jax trying to be a good role model to child!reader (platonic)

Reader flirting w/ Jax and flustering him

Jax x Spot (lalaloopsey) reader

Jax x reader who is obsessed with him

KINGER:

Kinger x shapeshifter!reader but some of their features stay the same

Flustered!Kinger

Kinger and reader in the real world

Kinger x butterfly!reader

ZOOBLE:

Reader making Zooble flustered

Zooble x biblically accurate angel!reader

Jealous!Zooble x reader

GANGLE:

Gangle x reader who stands up for her

OTHER:

Pomni and Ragatha remembering they have a kid and partner in the real world

[libraford]

Aged skeleton guitarist: -weird seasonally appropriate filk-

Aged skeleton drummer: -bonk-

[boingfessions]

HAPPY OINGO BOINGO DAY EVERYNYAN!!!

I hope everyone has a great time today! Surely more than one person asked themselves a question: What the HELL is Oingo Boingo? Well, the name itself is complete absurdity! But what makes Oingo Boingo Oingo Boingo? Find out in this post under cut!

Our beloved crazy ginger man! Daniel Robert Elfman is an American film composer, singer, songwriter, and musician. Delusional, orange af, joker-like, face with a combination of slasher smile and Kubrick stare, perhaps even had prolonged non-fatal rabies in his time in Oingo Boingo that was only recently cured when the band broke, but unfortunately (or not) returned in recent years. Now his entire body is covered in tattoos and his hair is straight now because of dyeing it to hide his gray hair, ergo his old age. The truth is that he is actually a skeleton disguised as Danny Elfman to pass himself off as living human so that the Grim Reaper don't come after him, but SHHHH!!! I did not tell you anything!

Danny Elfman (lead vocals, rhythm guitar)

Steve Bartek (lead guitar, rhythm vocals)

Fluffy tall boy <3. Steve Bartek is an American guitarist, film composer, conductor, and orchestrator. Elfman's right-hand man and the one he trusts with his skeletons in his closet, oh and his film compositions too of course! One of the few members of the band who was not consumed by it and therefore did not become a feral creature in the process. He plays little guitars because he's a big man, y'know! He usually wore ridiculously short ties along with baggy t-shirts. His guitar solos drove Danny so crazy that he was spinning around and caused him to have back pain to this day, so you know how to blame. Nowadays unfortunately his beautiful dark curls have become gray, but luckily he now looks like an adorable grandpa now! (just like the others)

Kerry Hatch (bass guitar, backing vocals)

A marvelous human being! Kerry Hatch is an American musician... and that's it. Walking diva and Zoolander wannabe, this lad was the band's bassist until 1984, when he decided to join the band "Zuma II" (what the HELL is that band? I have no idea!). A pretty lad who likes to be handsome and play bass guitars that don't even look like bass guitars, I don't know what else I could say about him! Maybe he thought the band wasn't good enough for him and decided to leave to pursue something better, but that's just a guess... if you can consider a landscaping business better!

Richard "Ribbs" Gibbs (keyboards, backing vocals)

Mister mistery~ Richard Gibbs is an American film composer and music producer. Like Kerry, he left the band in 1984 to join Zuma II, and to be honest I don't know what what that band had to make not one but TWO members of Oingo Boingo (the best band in the entire galaxy and even the sixth dimension) have left to be in that band. Anywho, all I have to say about him is that he did well in life, being a composer like Danny and that's it.

Johnny "Vatos" Hernández (drums, percussion)

THIS IS JOHNNY VATOS FROM OINGO BOINGO MAN!!!! He is a drummer with crazy hairstyles who likes to dum ba dum through life. Almost as crazy as Danny was, he stayed loyal to the band even after they broke up (yes, he was in another band called Food for Feet, but I don't give a DAMN!) Years after the band broke up he managed to reunite about four former members and form "Oingo Boingo Former Members", made up of him, Steve Bartek, John Avila, Carl Graves and Sam "Sluggo" Phipps, in addition to new members. Idk about you, but I would like to have him as my grandpa!

Sam "Sluggo" Phipps (saxophone, backing vocals)

Leon Schneiderman (saxophone, backing vocals)

Slam Bam "Sluggo" Phipps is an American saxophone player known for his signature bright, expressive smiles, where he shows off all his teeth and can light up an entire room. The tallest guy in the band and the one who likes to show off his instrument the most, rising it high in the air when attention is focused on him. Well, maybe not so much, but you understand what I mean! Maybe he can be too expressive and noisy, but we still love him ❤️

Dale Turner (trumpet, backing vocals)

Do you remember when I said that Sluggo had the brightest smile in the world? Well, I lied! That one goes to our dear Leon Schneiderman, the other saxophonist in the band. He could do anything in the whole world, even his own instruments! Being a childhood friend of Danny's, it can be said that he has been in the band every moment since it started, even longer than Danny himself! Don't you love him and his smiles?

John Avila (bass guitar, backing vocals)

Our beloved grandpa-mom. He is an American trumpet player who entered The Mystic Knights after they let him audition after seeing him practice in secret. He makes sure to keep an eye on the other guys in the band and can (if he hasn't already) spank them to make them behave (except for Sluggo; NOBODY spanks Sluggo). Even if he is the shortest member of the band along with John Avila, that doesn't make him any less authoritative, being around ten years older than the rest of the band. He is silent like a mouse and has never been heard to speak, perhaps because he is reserved or has nothing to say. He left the band and is currently enjoying his life privately, and I really hope he's okay!

HE IS MY BABY, MY CUTIE PIE, MY PUPPY, MY LOVE, MY LIFE, THE BEST BOY IN THE WHOLE WORLD!!!!!!!!! RAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!

Ahem, sorry about that... John Avila is an American bassist and music producer. A literal human puppy and the shortest member of the band. He looks like you could pick him up in your arms and cradle him like a baby... Sorry, I'm off topic again! What do you want me to do? He's simply adorable! (At least for me). Anywho, Although he appears in the Gratitude MV, it was not until 6 months after the release of the album So-Lo that he joined the band along with Michael Bacich, being the new bassist and keyboardist respectively. He is usually hyperactive and you can see him at concerts jumping, spinning and playing his bass like a pro. The strange thing is that, even though the years go by and he obviously ages, he still seems to be the same mischievous and playful puppy-like guy... Okay, sorry again!

Michael Bacich (keyboards, backing vocals)

Quiet nerdy boy. He's was the keyboardist of the band since 1985 until 1988. Yes, he didn't stay for a long time, but his presence in the band is still important as he was present in the band's best era (Dead Man's Party). He looks like the typical nerd who would say "actually☝️🤓" and give you information that you didn't even ask for but still decided to give you to expand your zero knowledge. He also looks kinda shy and like someone who Danny would bully if the band were in a cliché teen movie. Like Dale, he decided to move on with his life after leaving the band, which it's okay after all.

I ran out of space for more images! Don't worry, I'll reblog this post right away talking about the rest of the band (which are only two members but still!). Thank you very much for reading this far and HAPPY BOINGO DAY TO ALL OF YOU AGAIN!!!

[starrysharks]

next design thingy i want to do is like. a guts and organs rock band. rn i got:

drums is like a spunky heart/circulatory system girl because i personally think the drums are the beating heart of a band. also beating heart? like drum beat? maybe heartstrings for a guitarist would've been easier but i like to be a little weird, a little quirky, a little freak, etc

bassist is um. the spine/nervous system in general. because the bass has a long neck like how spines are long you gets? maybe her bass can be spine shaped

guitarist? the stomach/digestion system. bear with me here. the stomach has acid in it. acid conducts electricity. electric guitar. you gets? i would've gone with the nervous system but that's taken. maybe they could be a foodie or something

keyboard - lungs/respiratory system. the ribs are kind of shaped like a keyboard, i'm just pulling shit out of my ass here to be honest with you guys...

lead vocal - SKELETON!!! specifically the skull should be the most present in their character design. they hold everyone together and lead the band.

idk if i'll take this idea anywhere this is just brainstorming i did on the bus to be frank with you. maybe their manager is the endocrine system, and they could have a rival band of bacteria pop idols? who nose. this is a sort of thing that i think would be cute as a hypothetical cartoon (like how spectre city online is a hypothetical virtual world, NO i haven't forgotten about SCO, i'm just busy as fuck), but if i do make them properly i'll prob start out with mini comics.

[blacklight-creature]

☆IF IT ALL BURNS DOWN☆

Chapter 1:

Description: Phantom is summoned that's really it for this chapter

Tw: panic, brief depiction of burns

☆-☆-☆-☆-☆-☆-☆-☆-☆-☆-☆-☆-☆-☆-☆-☆-☆-

Everything was suddenly dark but also blindingly bright it was freezing but also burning hot. It was quite deathly silent all of this happening within moments. Phantom's life in the pit although painful and lonely was familiar.....all of this so violently ripped from his claws in seconds.

Phantom's body was freezing only being covered by a tattered set of trousers, bandages and a shirt. The ground under him was frigid the cold seeping into his bones painfully as he became aware of his surroundings.

He looked around noticing that he was in a stone room that was only lit via candle light surrounding the circle he seemed to be in the middle of.

Adrenaline began to pump through his body as he looked infront of him and saw a man adorned in robes and skeletal paint towering over his body. Instinctively Phantom dashed to the back wall of the room knocking a candle over and onto his tail in the process, shrieking at the pain the flame cause by making contact with the sensitive skin of his tail. He looked back to where the man was and to Phantom's horror saw the figure approaching him. Phantom pressed his back against the cold stone wall hissing aggressively as his frills opened, scales mimicking eye patterns that some butterfly species are known to use to scare off predators, in an attempt to make himself look bigger as his tail lashed defensively.

Phantom made eye contact with the strange skeleton creature who knelt before him. The creature made no indication of aggression looking back at him with an expression with the only explanation too is that of sympathy.

The creature then spoke to Phantom "Hey, hey calm down I'm not going to hurt you little one, just breathe ok"?

Phantom calmed down after a minute or 2 of the man anxiously rambling in an attempt to help the kit, although Phantom was still incredibly suspicious of this unknown perso-

His thoughts were cut off by the man "Oh Satanas I forgot to introduce myself please forgive me for that. My name is Papa Emeritus IV but you can call me Copia" he nervously exclaimed with an even more nervous smile on his painted face. "You are currently in the summoning room, where you have been summoned to serve the dark duties of the Satanic ministry, you will accomplish this by helping around the ministry and performing as rhythm Guitarist for the ghost project!"

Phantom looked at the man he now knew as Copia with a confused gaze although he still nodded as if he had completely understood the man.

Copia smiles at the small quintessence ghoul infront of him "Now my Ghoul I must ask you a few questions if that's ok with you"?

Phantom looks unsure but mumbles a barely audible confirmation in response.

"Alright!" The man happily speaks "I only need to know 2 things off of you for now that being your name and age and don't worry this will only go on your file you can introduce yourself properly to the others later."

Phantom freezes at the mention of other not knowing what Copia could mean by other, but nevertheless tells Copia that his name is Phantom and he is 15 years old.

Copia looks at Phantom with what seems to be concern after the mention of him being 15 but doesn't say anything.

"Now Phantom I am a very busy man sadly, so I cannot show you the sights around the ministry at this moment so I will quickly leave to get a Ghoul who can give you a tour" with that Copia leaves Phantom alone in the summoning room shaking in fear at the thought of their being other Ghouls in the ministry, in the pit other Ghouls were a death sentence let alone a full pack of them. Phantom never had a pack in the pit being kicked out of his original pack at 5 then adopted by another quintessence ghoul a few weeks later who would later die in a fire which left Phantom with the scars that covered half his face turning the purple and blue of his skin bone white these scars also made one of his once bright orange eyes milky and blind. Ever since then its been Phantom alone against the whole of hell. Needless to say he did not like the idea of other Ghouls who could very easily kill hi-

Phantom's panicked thoughts are interrupted yet again by Copia joined by another much larger Ghoul.

The Ghoul in question had multicoloured locks that consisted of bright cyans and warm pinks, contrasting with the honey and copper patternings of their skin.

The Ghoul seemed to have noticed Phantom staring and smiled brightly at him, this appeared to Phantom though more as a snarl in attempt to intimidate him this caused Phantom to sqeak rather embarrassingly.

"Phantom this here is our multi Ghoul Swiss he will be showing you around today" Copia said motioning to the Ghoul who was now waving at Phantom politely.

"Now Seestor wants me to send her even more paperwork so I must go now Ciao!"

Notes: SORRY IF THIS IS BAD THIS IS TGE FIRST FIC IVE EVER PROPERLY WRITEN ALSO REALLY NEW TO TUMBLR SO IDK IF ITS WRITTEN RIGHT

[x-emeraldsky-x]

Sasuke wandered confusedly through the hall, loud chatter and excited squeals ringing in his ears as he passed booths filled with merchandise; all with crowded lines waiting for a chance to at least see what was being offered.

His eyes narrowed as he searched for the bright blonde hair of the friend that annoyed him into coming in the first place, but amongst fans covered in merch and with hair that was dyed to match the musicians, he was no where to be seen. Sasuke scoffed. Naruto begged him to come to support a friend of his, and he didn't even choose to show? What a loser.

Sasuke pressed on, scanning past the branded shirts and faces covered in paint. "XO" was printed everywhere on every thing, it slowly started to become a blur of colours.

Purple, red and pink spotlights lit every room in the stadium, music from the band blasting from the speakers, every song was instrumental to tease the fans flooding in as the concert time grew closer. Sasuke's head spun with all of the stimulus.

Suddenly a strong arm wrapped around his shoulder, a familiar burst of laughter relaxed him just enough. He actually decided to show, hm? Could have come on time. Loser.

"Whatdya think, Sasuke?! This place is packed!- oh, I got you some freebies too. I figured you'd get lost, 'tebayo"

Sasuke scoffed, taking the bag from Naruto. It was similar to one of the showbags you'd get as a child, but featured a near gruesome image instead of a typical cartoon character. A skeleton covered in branches and cherry blossoms, it was posed like it was praying. He preferred the cuter stuff, the stuff that wouldn't give him nightmares.

"My friend drew that, yknow! She designs a lot of the merch stuff for the band. Oh! Also! You hear that drumming? That's her too! Oh, oh! And-"

Naruto continued to rant while dragging Sasuke off, assumingly to where they'd sit for the show. Naruto said something about VIP tickets and being close to the action a few days ago, so they'd be able to see and hear everything the best. A perk of being "The Lead Singers Best Friend and Little Brother Figure" he said.

The hallway leading to the entrance was just as packed as the room with the booths. Black shirts with a symbol of "XO" interlocking printed in crimson, similar ones with a purple moon cycle on the front, one fan even had their own shirt with a design drawn with bleach. Whoever this friend of Naruto's was, they were very good at drawing a crowd.

Naruto flashed a card to the bouncer minding the doors, and much to everyone's disgust and rage, they were let in just a few minutes early.

With no need to be mindful of others, Naruto raced down to their seats, while Sasuke paid closer attention to the scenery. The room was lit only at the seats, the stage was shrouded in darkness, the leg of a mic stand could hardly be seen poking out from under the curtain. Even if he squinted, there wasn't much to behold.

When he reached his friend, he looked at their slightly separated seats. Two more bags sat at their legs, each with unique designs. More freebies, he guessed.

Naruto jumped into his seat and urged Sasuke to join him. Sasuke sighed. Despite being nineteen, almost twenty, Naruto still acted like a complete child. How can someone with a drivers licence, fully capable of purchasing alcohol and cigarettes, be this obnoxious and shameless? He sat without argument, though.

Before he knew it, the doors opened and fans started pouring in. Sasuke glanced behind him out of curiosity; every seat was filled, and everyone was restless in their seats with excitement. Amongst them all, though, was the last person he'd expect to see there. Nara Shikamaru, a former classmate of theirs, was sitting in a signed jacket with an unfamilar glisten in his eyes.

"He's a massive simp for the guitarist," Naruto whispered, catching where Sasuke's eyes sat. "He fought off like, three guys for that jacket."

Sasuke snorted and shook his head, turning his attention to the stage when the lights shut off.

The stadium grew silent, the lack of light felt like a void. Sasuke's arms started forming goosebumps from the atmosphere.

A soft beat settled in through the speakers, the sound of the curtain reeling back made people inch closer to the edge of their seats. A hooded figure walked up to centre stage, bringing their arms up above their head and forming an 'X' with their arms in sync with the spotlight shining on them. Bright red illuminated the figure, revealing a punk-eqsue outfit with belts being a consistent theme, but their face remained unknown. They started a hard beat by stomping their boot on the stage, which was followed by fans clapping to it.

A second figure joined the first, cloaked much the same, but their guitar adding a much different silhouette. They pulled it off their back and lifted it up, the body of the guitar facing to the ceiling. The lights turned off and a purple LED light was shon onto it, revealing a fluorescent purple circle on the back. Together, their symbols formed 'XO'.

After a moment, music started pouring from the speakers around the stadium and a clear spotlight lit the stage, allowing full sight to the audience. They dropped their symbols and pulled the cloaks off in unison.

'O' was clearly the older of the two. A tall woman with lightly tanned skin, features sharp and almost deadly. Her hair was dry, parted quite messily into four parts, part of her bangs nearly covering her right eye. 'X' seemed much more friendly, smiling wide to the whole crowd. From the looks of it, she had no instrument. She lacked a mic on her earpiece as well.

The two women were dressed with a theme, both with their own symbolism. 'X' wore a red jacket with two crosses on her arms and black gloves. The small belts around her thighs were wrapped unevenly. Two on one, three on the other. 'O' was much similar, although her jacket was black, made from a thick leather and had purple moons running down the sleeves. Her jeans were ripped at the knees and her boots were covered in the same belts.

Sasuke furrowed his brows and squinted, focusing on the finer details of the first part of the band. Her hair was a familiar shade of pink, thick and clearly unconditioned, and her eyes were a deep emerald green. He swore he knew her, but he couldn't put the name to the face.

She pulled a microphone from a pouch on her hip, spinning it in her hand while more music kicked in. She raised her fist and everyone focused on her.

"Good evening Konoha!! How's everyone feeling tonight!?"

The audience roared in respose, Sasuke needing to take a moment to cover his ears. He glanced over to Naruto who sat unfazed. He too was focused on the woman in red. She must be the friend he always talked about.

"That's great to hear! Are you all ready to go?!"

Another roar came, but Sasuke took focus to her speech.

"Hell yeah!! That's what I like to hear! First things first though... Temari, sound check!"

Her voice was familiar too. Deeper than most women Sasuke had met, and rougher too, as if she'd had a broken nose before. However, there was a softness to it. A kindness. It almost sounded like...

"On it, Sakura."

Sasuke didn't hear the next sounds to come. He leaned back in his chair, staring blankly in the direction of the stage. Sakura? Haruno Sakura? That's her?!

Temari smiled at her partner, flipping the guitar so the strings faced their fans and pulled the strap above her head. The body was painted a shiny black with purple lightning like strikes going across it, a job clearly done at home, but not by her. She pulled a pick from her jacket and struck the cords, the sound alone made the floor shake, and the following cheer broke Sasuke out of his trance.

"All right!!! Sounds good! Lets get this show started, shall we?!"

The two women backed up to the middle of the stage, the lights dimming to prepare for their first song. A cold silence filled the room, the speakers dying down as sound technicians prepared the track, Sasuke squinted to take in more features.

Despite the darkness, the white of her teeth shone through. She smiled with a joy she never had during their highschool years together. Her academics were her highest priority, fitness came next, and lastly was her crushes. She'd always smile wide when her test scores were high, or she had scored big during extracurricular sports, but nothing compared to this.

A warm spotlight hit them as the music began, Temari's guitar the only live instrument. It was an up beat rhythm, vaguely following the rock genre they were going for. Sakura nodded and loosely danced as she found the rhythm in herself, her voice powerfully hitting the mic when she started to sing, although it was more of a rap than anything else.

Sasuke stared with his mouth hung loosely open. Sakura's energy grew with the song, her movements becoming sharper and more pronounced as she found moves to her words, her hair and jacket adding secondary motion that flowed so smoothly with her body. Sasuke's legs grew weak, sinking into his chair as he watched as closely as his eyes could. It was mesmerising.

Sakura's eyes danced over the audience. Her smile grew when she saw her close people in the crowd, Sasuke could only see Naruto, but he was certain someone like Sakura would have a lot of friends. Her eyes moved from left to right, eventually meeting his at the centre.

Her smile fell, but her voice didn't. Sasuke couldn't tell if it was disbelief, disappointment or disgust, but Sakura didn't stop her performance. She focused her gaze to the wall, finishing the song before meeting his eyes again.

He felt his cheeks begin to burn under her gaze. The soft shimmer in her eyes, the gentle curl of her lips... it had been many years since she looked at him like that. Sasuke missed it dearly, her eyes filled with adoration and love. He felt like a complete fool for rejecting her love once.

Their eyes locked for what felt like hours. Sasuke's focus never once leaving her eyes or her smile, even when she turned away. She was still working, afterall. Sasuke would have to wait, and he would wait an eternity just to have her look at him once more.

The second song began to play through the speakers, fans cheering and shouting as they recognised what it was, and although Sasuke was clueless, he was just as excited to hear it.

[hometoursandotherstuff]

1958 home on Jerusalem Bayou in Spring Lake, Michigan has some crazy features, but it's a real party house. 3bds, 3ba, $1.425M.

Large open concept main living area looks dated, but that may b/c of all the stuff. There's a wall of glass, though, with a view of the water, and a stone fireplace.

Note the long-haired skeleton guitarist sitting on the piano.

This is the only dining area, next to the kitchen.

I like the blue lights in the kitchen. I wonder if they change color.

There's an office, but it doesn't look like it has any windows.

Look at this. The stairs have illuminated glass block.

Downstairs is an indoor pool and a game area.

Plus an illuminated glass block bar and a built-in hot tub.

On the way to the primary bedroom is a walk-in closet.

In the primary bedroom there's a big marble fireplace, and a gold framed TV shelf coming out of the ceiling.

Deck outside the bedroom.

In the en-suite is a glass block tub surround with purple lights and lots of mirrors.

Plus a shower, huge fridge, w/d and sink.

The secondary bedrooms are lackluster.

The other bathrooms have been redone. This one has a nice TV next to the sink.

Deck and patio outside.

Spiral stairs come down to the dock and there's a building for boating and fishing stuff. Plus there's a deck on top of the building.

The property measures 1.6 acres.

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Mikey Way: Inside The Return Of Electric Century

As Electric Century gear up to unveil their second album and accompanying graphic novel, Mikey Way reveals how it all came about…

May 20, 2020

Words: Emily Carter

Full interview under the cut:

Mikey Way is, he says, in “the best place” he’s ever been. Some four years on from the release of his debut album under the Electric Century banner with David Debiak, the bassist has since dipped his toes into the world of comics with last year’s Collapser, toured with Texan stars Waterparks, and, most importantly, become a father of two. He’s spent a great deal of time lately soul-searching, and believes that having children has made him “kinder and gentler”, as well as helping him to think more clearly – something that his creative work away from parenthood has greatly benefitted from.

In fact, were it not for this perfect amalgamation, Mikey might have struggled to make his latest ambitious venture come together: a brand-new Electric Century album and accompanying graphic novel of the same name. Working with David as well as the team at Z2 Comics, the 39-year-old used whatever spare time he had in-between dad duties to form a cohesive, fantastical new world for this music and story to live in – with both arriving later this year.

Catching up with Kerrang! from his home, Mikey is feeling grateful about where he’s at right now, not just with a new project on the way, but because this unplanned time at home amid the coronavirus pandemic has given him the chance to spend even more time with his family (“I’m having a really good time watching these milestones I would have missed – my one-year-old has just started walking!”). Taking a short break from cleaning up after his two “balls of energy”, he lifts the lid on the new Electric Century record, how he came up with the graphic novel, and his plans for the future…

When Electric Century first came about, and For The Night To Control was released with Kerrang! in 2016, was it always the plan to have a second album, or did it feel like a more standalone thing at the time? “I didn’t know what the project was really gonna be. I didn’t honestly know if there was going to be a second Electric Century album, because the songs had to be there. I’ll make an album when I’m compelled to, and I have a collection of songs for this project where I’m like, ‘Oh, this is an album.’ It felt like, over a period of time, me and Dave started to amass this group of songs from sending iPhone voice memos to each other where it was like, ‘I think we kind of have an album…’ That’s what happened, and we started to build the quantity of stuff that I loved. For me, I have to keep creating something or I take a nose-dive; there has to be something – usually music-related, but I’m writing a bunch of comic books right now which has been a great outlet. I feel like, at the time, it was a great thing for me to fixate on. It was something creative to build, so I started assembling the album with Dave, and it grew into what it is today over a span of, I guess, two years. I think we started writing [this album] in 2017, but maybe some of the songs were around when the first album was being recorded, and we just hadn’t finished them. There’s one in particular that was supposed to be on For The Night To Control that is actually my favourite on this new album; we left it off because it wasn’t quite there yet, and I’m glad we’ve had the time to make it exactly how I wanted it.”

Was there a eureka moment when you suddenly realised you’d amassed enough material for a full album? “The eureka moment was working on a song called Alive with Ray [Toro, My Chemical Romance guitarist] who also produced the album. The way we recorded it was David sent like a skeleton of a song based on voices memos that he’d record on Pro Tools, and then he’d send the session to Ray, and I remember Ray sending me an idea for Alive – and that’s the song that’s playing in the trailer, the piano one. And that was the moment: I was like, ‘Oh wow!’ I was taken aback by it, because the demo didn’t sound like that. And I feel like that song set the tone for this whole album – to me, it’s definitely the keystone, and the anchor to the whole thing.”

The band account tweeted in March 2019 that the album was “already recorded”. Is that referring to the final thing that we’re all gonna hear, or have you made tweaks since then? “We’re still making tweaks – we made tweaks last night (laughs). We’re still working but we’re putting the finishing touches on it now. Ray just sent me something that was really exciting.”

What idea came first this time around: the Electric Century comic, or the album? “It was actually the album. I’m gonna bring you back a little bit: In 2014, as you remember, the press started to begin for For The Night To Control, and then I went to rehab – and you guys came and interviewed me while I was in rehab. And when I got out, I felt very differently about the project, because at that time in my life I was worried about my mental health and my sobriety, and I didn’t want to go on tour. It gave me pause for a minute, and I was like, ‘What is this project now? I love it, but I don’t know what to do right now.’ I had a thought in my head where I thought, ‘Maybe this is a fictional band…’ I was thinking along the lines of Gorillaz or Daft Punk where it’s fictional, and I thought that I could create a world for this band to live in. I kind of put a pin in that thought, and as you know, we released the album through you guys, which was awesome – and it encouraged a lot of people to go and find their CD player (laughs).

“We did that, and I still didn’t have a desire to tour on it, but at some point I just thought, ‘Hey, I feel like it’s time to move on.’ I’m really bad with dates right now, but I think in late 2018 Z2 reached out to me, and an old friend of mine was working with them, and he’s been working on graphic novels for musical acts, and coupling the two together – which I think is a great idea. Even since the ’70s, having music and comics together is something that people have dipped their toe in for quite some time. And something that one of the gentlemen said on the phone was, ‘Hey, what I see for this band is kinda like the Gorillaz…’ and I had another eureka moment where I was like, ‘That’s what I thought about!’ I wanted to do something different with it because it’s not your traditional, ‘Here’s an album and here’s your tour…’ thing. It wasn’t that. But I wanted it to be something fun, and I wanted to make it entertaining. So when he said that on the phone, immediately I was like, ‘Dude, I can’t believe you said that, because I actually had that thought in 2014!’

“We were all on the same page, and he told me to come up with the story of it. But I was like, ‘That’s weird, because the album is already done,’ because usually people would do it in reverse; the graphic novel would come first, and then you’d write the album around it. So that put me in a really interesting position where it was like, ‘Man, I get to create a world around these songs.’ So I listened to them over and over again, and thought about it for a long time. And what sticks out to me about Dave is that you can hear the New Jersey in him (laughs) – he’s got that voice, and his subject matter can feel very Springsteen at times to me. I grew up in New Jersey as well, and it evokes memories for me. I immediately thought about Atlantic City, which is a place that was very important to my childhood – me and my family spent a lot of time there, and we’d go there over the summer. I had that vision in my head of that boardwalk – though at the time, I hadn’t been there in decades – and there were these beautiful neon structures everywhere. It made me think about nostalgia, and how we think back over these memories fondly, but maybe if we were there it wouldn’t be as great as we remember. And then I thought, ‘What if there’s a way that you could actually go back to those memories?’ And that’s where the genesis of the story came from.”

Was it a challenge at all to merge the album with the graphic novel? It sounds like it came quite naturally… “It came naturally, but I don’t know how (laughs). I don’t know how I came up with it so quick – it just came to me. It was a big challenge, though, because it’s like, ‘Create a world for this band to live in.’ I knew it had to be in New Jersey, but I think maybe I’ve always wanted to tell a story about Atlantic Story – deep in the recesses of my brain, there’s a want for some kind of fantasy story that takes place there! I think that’s why maybe it jumped out at me so fast.”

What genres are you dipping into on the album? For The Night To Control had a real ’80s vibe to it, but is there anything else that influenced you musically on this one? “I feel like there are similarities between the two album; what I always lean towards with this project is ’80s music, because I’m fascinated by it. I love ’80s new wave and British rock… that whole era of music just had this hopefulness, and this cool longing that these people were singing about. It was a cool era, and there was still some innocence left – and I feel like that may have been the last era that had this innocence to music. So the way I explore it with Electric Century is, ‘How would you be in one of those bands, but through a modern lens?’ It’s kind of ’80s new wave through a modern lens. I don’t want it to be pure nostalgia; I want it to be palatable for a modern audience, and that’s the wheelhouse Electric Century lives in.”

As a musician, how much have you changed between albums? Since the debut album you’ve worked with Waterparks, and you even toured the UK with them and Good Charlotte. Have experiences like that had an impact? “It really has. Getting to tour with Waterparks was an interesting adventure, because I had never done anything like that where there was no responsibility. It was purely playing with my friends, and I didn’t have to do press or anything like that. And I really got a chance to explore the cities we were in, which usually didn’t happen when I toured with My Chemical Romance because we were so busy all the time. So that was a cool and interesting take on touring for me, and those guys are great – I love Waterparks so much. They’re good dudes, and they have a great work ethic and a vision, and you can tell that they really give a shit about everything in those songs. It was just cool to play music with some like-minded people. And one of my favourite places in the world is the UK, so I got to do that tour with them which was really special. It was definitely a different experience because of the busy-ness of My Chemical Romance; touring with Waterparks was a more laid-back adventure.”

What are your plans for Electric Century beyond the comic and album? Do you hope to play live once shows are back on? “I’ve always had it in my head! And it almost happened a couple of times: we almost had Electric Century shows. At some stage I’m sure it’ll happen – I’d love to do it – but now’s also a good time for interesting ways to play, because we can’t do traditional shows right now. Maybe this will lend itself to this project really well, because me and Dave are on two different coasts. There’s something that maybe we can do there, because it’s now widely accepted, and that gives us a better chance of there being an Electric Century show!”

Electric Century will be releasing new music soon.