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THE ROCKHEADS
A ROCK BAND FORMED IN 1982 BY GUITARIST & BACKUP VOCALIST ROCCO, LEAD SINGER ARCHII, DRUMMER THORN. THE GROUP DISBANDED IN 1985.
ORIGINS
THORN
THORN WAS 17 YEARS OLD WHEN HE JOINED THE BAND.
HE WAS STILL A SOPHOMORE, CUZ HIS STUPID-ASS FAILED AND HAD TO REPEAT TWO YEARS.
HE HAS ALWAYS HAD THAT TOOTHY SNARK OF DEBAUCHERY, AND THE TYPICAL DOBERMAN STOICNESS.
THORN'S GOT PEDIGREE, BUT HE'S A NO-GOOD.
JOSEPH M. WILLIAMS
HE HAD SOME DRUNK DAD PROBLEMS UNTIL THE DAY MAMA PACKED UP AND LEFT. HE WAS 11 YEARS OLD.
DAD STILL DRANK... BUT WASN'T AN ANGRY ALCOHOLIC ANYMORE, JUST A SAD, MISERABLE DOG, MOURNING WHAT HE COULD'A DONE DIFFERENT.
THORN GREW PRETTY DETACHED FROM HIS FAMILY.
HE HUNG OUT WITH THE MUTTS FROM THE PERIPHERY OF TOWN. FILTHY MUTTS. SKIPPED SCHOOL, GOT BAD GRADES 'N ALLAT.
HE REPEATED A FEW YEARS IN SCHOOL, UNTIL FINALLY HIS FATHER SNAPPED:
"YOU DON'T STRAIGHTEN UP AND START GOING TO SCHOOL, I'M KICKING YOUR ASS OUTTA HERE NEXT YEAR. YOU'RE A GROWN ASS MAN. IF YOU WANNA KEEP LIVIN' UNDER MY ROOF, YOU'RE GONNA PUT SOME GOD-DAMN EFFORT INTO YOUR EDUCATION."
HE STARTED GOING TO SCHOOL. 17 YEARS OLD IN SOPHOMORE... EMBARRASSING.
HE HAD TO HANG OUT LESS WITH HIS MUTT PALS, SO MIGHT AS WELL TRY TO MAKE SOME FRIENDS IN SCHOOL, AS HARD AS IT MAY BE, BEING AWKWARDLY DISCONNECTED FROM THE REST.
HE JOINED THE ROCKHEADS WHEN HE FOUND A POSTER PUT UP BY ROCCO AND ARCHII THAT ANNOUNCED THEY WERE LOOKING FOR A DRUMMER FOR THEIR BAND.
HE'S ALWAYS BEEN GOOD AT THE DRUMS, SO MIGHT AS WELL GIVE IT A TRY. MIGHT BE A GOOD CHANCE AT MAKING FRIENDS.
THEY STARTED PLAYING IN ARCHII'S GARAGE.
FRIENDSHIP-WISE, HE'S ALWAYS BEEN KINDA DISTANT FROM THE OTHER MEMBERS.
THEY DIDN'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT HIM AT ALL, FEW OTHER THAN THE FACT HE WAS A PRETTY GOOD DRUMMER.
WHILE ARCHII AND ROCCO WOULD BE BUSY ARGUING OVER SONG LYRICS, THORN WOULD BE WEARING HEADPHONES, PRACTICING THE DRUMS, IN HIS OWN WORLD, UNBOTHERED...
ALWAYS IN HIS OWN MIND, QUIET, WITH THAT STERN (AND, FRANKLY, KIND OF SCARY) DOBERMAN STARE.
Thorn's neighborhood.
APPEARANCE: THORN IS A 6'1 BLACK & APRICOT PUREBRED DOBERMAN.
HE HAS CROPPED EARS AND HAIR STYLED AS LIBERTY SPIKES.
HE HAS AN "X" TATOOED BELOW HIS EYE AND A DRAGON ON HIS ARM.
THORN MOSTLY WEARS LEATHER JACKETS AND LEATHER VESTS, ALL CUSTOMIZED WITH SPIKES. THERE IS ALWAYS A BLACK SHIRT UNDERNEATH, AND WEARS BLACK JEANS (OFTENTIMES RIPPED), WITH A BLACK LEATHER BELT AND (SOMETIMES) A WALLET CHAIN.
THORN SMOKES REGULAR TOBACCO CIGARRETES. HIS DRINKS OF PREFERENCE ARE BEER AND WHISKEY.
ROCCO
DANIEL "DANNY" R.
ROCCO CREATED THE BAND WHEN HE WAS 17 YEARS OLD, WITH HIS LONG-TIME FRIEND ARCHII AND A NEWFOUND DRUMMER THORN. HE IS THE LEAD SINGER, WITH A RASPY DRY VOICE AND AN INFLATED EGO... HE THINKS OF HIMSELF AS A TEENAGE LEMMY KILMISTER.
DANNY AND ARCHII HAVE KNOWN EACHOTHER SINCE MIDDLE SCHOOL. THEY'VE BOTH BEEN FAIRLY POPULAR KIDS, BUT DANNY'S OVERBEARING NEED TO PLEASE HIS OWN EGO BORDERS CARTOONY LEVELS... LIKE A JOCK STRAIGHT OUT OF DISNEY'S HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL, HYPER-MANLY GYM GUY WITH GRINNING SARCASM AND A NEED TO PICK ON HIS CLASSMATES.
HIM AND ARCHII HAVE KNOWN EACHOTHER SINCE MIDDLE SCHOOL, BUT WERE NEVER REALLY FRIENDS.
WHEN ROCCO GOT TO HIGH SCHOOL, THOUGH, AND NONE OF HIS FRIENDS WERE THERE, HE HAD TO START HANGING OUT WITH ARCHII.
WITH FAIRLY NORMAL MIDDLE-CLASS PARENTS WHO WERE REALLY INTO OLD SCHOOL ROCK MUSIC, IT WAS LIKELY THAT ROCCO WOULD GROW TO HAVE A SIMILAR TASTE. HE SPENDS A LOT OF TIME AT THE WORKSHOP HELPING HIS DAD, WHO'S A MECHANIC, WORKING ON CARS AND MOTOS. THE TWO HAVE A VERY CLOSE BOND.
HIS FATHER KNEW A THING OR TWO ON HOW TO PLAY THE GUITAR - AND SEEING THE SON'S INTEREST IN MUSIC, HE TAUGHT HIM WHAT HE KNEW. AT AGE 10, DAD PAID HIM ELECTRIC GUITAR CLASSES, AND THE KID BEGAN ROCKING OUT WITH THE NEW WHITE STRAT DAD GOT HIM.
MENTIONING THIS IS NOT AS RELEVANT AS IT WOULD HAVE BEEN IN THE '60S, BUT DANNY IS A MIXED SPECIES. HIS MOTHER IS A CIVET MIX (OF CIVET FATHER AND FOX MOTHER), AND HIS FATHER IS A STRIPED HYENA. THAT BLOODLINE DOES NOT HAVE A LOT OF "SPECIES PURITY", WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT SOCIETY GENERALLY DISDAINS. HIS PARENTS EARNED EVERYTHING THEY HAVE BY THEIR OWN HARD WORK. 'HAPS DANNY'S HYPERINFLATED EGO COMES FROM BEING BULLIED AS A CHILD FOR NOT BEING A "REAL CIVET", BUT A MIXED FREAK.
WORLDBUILDING NOTE:
THERE USED TO BE A LOT OF DISCRIMINATION AROUND MIXED SPECIES MARRIAGE A FEW YEARS BACK, BUT LATELY, IT'S BEEN GROWING MORE ACCEPTABLE, AT LEAST FOR SPECIES OF CANID APPEARANCE. RACE AND SPECIES PURITY IS STILL A VALUE THAT MOST CONSERVATIVE GROUPS DEEM EXTREMELY IMPORTANT... AND CROSS-DIET MARRIAGE IS STILL ABOMINABLE IN THE '80S. GENERALLY, HIGHER SOCIAL CLASSES ARE RESERVED FOR THE PUREBRED. IT'S RARE TO FIND MIXED SPECIES WITH HIGH SOCIAL STATUS... AND SOME SPECIES, REGARDLESS OF RACIAL PURITY, ARE NATURALLY DISCRIMINATED (LIKE RODENTS, HYENAS, BATS AND FOXES), ALTHOUGH STILL POSSIBLE FOR THEM TO CLIMB THE SOCIAL RANKS BY THEIR OWN MERIT.
DANNY CREATED THE BAND WITH ARCHII AND THORN IN 1982. DANNY WAS THE GUITARIST AND BACKUP VOCALIST, WHILE THORN WAS THE DRUMMER AND ARCHII WAS THE LEAD SINGER. IT WAS SOME SIMPLE GARAGE ROCK MUSIC: SOMETHING LIKE A WANNABE RADIOHEAD, SWITCHING BETWEEN OLD SCHOOL ROCK AND DISTORTED GRUNGE...
APPEARANCE: DANNY ROCCO IS A 5'9 AFRICAN CIVET AND STRIPED HYENA MIX.
HIS COLORS FEATURE LIGHT AND DARK WARM GRAY TONES, WITH GRADIENTS AND STRIPES.
DANNY ISN'T TOO PICKY ABOUT CLOTHING. IN A RUSH, HE MAY PICK A BLACK TANK TOPS AND BLACK JEANS, ALONG WITH A SPIKED COLLAR AND BRACELETS. IN A COLD TEMPERATURE, HE'LL WEAR A LEATHER JACKET... BUT I'M FAIRLY LENIENT WITH WHAT HE'LL WEAR. HE ENJOYS SOME "ROCKER"-STYLE ATTIRE, BUT WILL OFTENTIMES DRESS VERY CASUAL, TOO.
HE HAS FACIAL AND EAR PIERCINGS (WHICH I AM VERY FLEXIBLE WITH - YOU CAN DRAW THE PIERCINGS IN ANY WAY YOU'D LIKE WHEN DRAWING HIM)
HE HAS NO TATTOOS.
HE RARELY SMOKES, AND HIS DRINK OF PREFERENCE IS WHISKEY.
archii
AIDEN N.
SWANKY FLORIDIAN WITH A LOT OF SASS AND A LOVE FOR THINGS VITAGE AND RETRO. HE DRIVES A BRIGHT ORANGE CONVERTIBLE AND SPENDS HIS SUMMERS IN HAWAII, WHERE HIS PARENTS LIVE. WE'VE GOT OURSELVES A CHEEKY AND SASSY FLORIDIAN-HAWAIIAN COYFOX.
BACK IN HIGH SCHOOL, HE ALREADY WAS THE SAME PRICK HE IS NOWADAYS, JUST TINIER AND BRATTIER. JAMMIN' OUT TO 70-80S POP HITS AND CHILL ROCK (LIKE EAGLES), HE FORMED THE BAND WITH ROCCO, WHO'S MORE INTO HARD ROCK. THE RESULT WAS A MIX OF ARCHII'S SWEETER VOCALS AND MELODY ALONG WITH ROCCO'S GRUNGIER DISTORTED GUITAR: THE SOUND WAS ALL OVER THE PLACE, AND DEFIINTELY NOT FOR EVERYONE (IT WAS JUST SOME TEENS' GARAGE ROCK BAND, AFTER ALL).
HE GREW UP WITH HIS GRANDPARENTS IN FLORIDA, IN THE HUMID EVERGLADES. HIS PARENTS ARE FAIRLY RICH, AND LIVE IN HAWAII, TENDING TO THEIR EXTREMELY EXPLOITATIVE (BUT VERY PROFITABLE) BUSINESSES THERE. CURRENTLY, THEY'RE PAYING FOR ARCHII'S COLLEGE - BUT HAVING IT ALL PAID BY MAMA AND PAPA, HE BARELY PUTS ANY EFFORT INTO ACTUALLY GRADUATING. HE'S ROCKING OUT ALL TIME IN FLORIDA.
HE TRAVELS TO VISIT HIS PARENTS AT THE ISLAND EVERY SUMMER.
APPEARANCE: ARCHII IS A 5'7 COYOTE AND FOX MIX.
HE'S A LIGHT PINK COLOR, WITH BLACK AND WHITE EXTREMITIES.
HE WEARS SKINNY JEANS, PAIRED WITH A CASUAL POLO SHIRT OR AN OPEN HAWAIIAN HIBISCUS FLOWER SHIRT. ON SHOES, HE USUALLY WEARS ALL STAR OR VANS, OR WHATEVER STYLISH-CASUAL THING THAT FITS. MIGHT HAVE A PIERCING HERE AND THERE.
VERY RARELY SMOKES, BUT DRINKS QUITE OFTEN. HATES VODKA.
LOVES PARTYING. MASTER RIZZLER.
STORY
THE BAND "ROCKHEADS" WAS FORMED IN 1982 BY ROCCO, ARCHII AND THORN, IN SOPHOMORE YEAR.
ROCCO AND ARCHII HAVE KNOWN EACHOTHER FOR A LONG TIME. IN HIGH SCHOOL, THEY WANTED TO FORM A BAND: ROCCO COULD PLAY THE GUITAR, ARCHII COULD SING... NOW, THEY JUST NEEDED A DRUMMER.
THAT'S WHEN THORN COMES IN: A TALL, KINDA OMINOUS DOBERMAN, OLDER THAN HIS PEERS BECAUSE HE REPEATED A FEW YEARS. HE SHOWED UP AFTER SEEING A POSTER PUT UP BY ARCHII & ROCCO, ANNOUNCING THEY WERE LOOKING FOR A DRUMMER TO FORM THEIR ROCK BAND. HE'S IN.
THE GARAGE ROCK BAND WENT ON FOR THREE YEARS.
IT SOUNDED LIKE A MIX AND MATCH OF THE THREE INTEGRANTS' MUSIC TASTES: ROCCO'S RASPY BACKUP VOCALS AND A GUITAR DISTORTED MUCH IN HEAVY ROCK FASHION, ARCHII'S SOFT LEAD VOCALS WITH A MORE MELODIC SWAY, AND THORN'S INTENSE BEATS STRAIGHT OUT OF PUNK ROCK AND METAL.
THE BAND ENDED IN SENIOR YEAR, WHEN SOME SHITTY DRAMA HAPPENED BETWEEN ROCCO AND ARCHII.
ROCCO HAD BEEN DATING A FOX GAL FOR ABOUT A YEAR NOW. ALL HAD BEEN GOING WELL FOR THE TWO, UNTIL THE DAY A PARTY WAS THROWN NEARING THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.
ARCHII IS ONE SWANKY, RIZZLY BASTARD. HE WAS WELL AWARE THAT FOX WAS DATING ROCCO, BUT SHE WAS CUTE, AND HE WAS A LITTLE TIPSY. SO HE HITS ON HER.
THE NEXT DAY, ROCCO HEARD GOSSIP GOING AROUND THAT ARCHII AND HIS GIRLFRIEND WERE HANGING OUT THE WHOLE PARTY... AND THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE BEEN SEEN KISSING.
HIS HEART WAS SHATTERED.
NEEDLESS TO SAY, HE DEVELOPED A DEADLY HATRED FOR ARCHII. THE BAND'S OVER.
EPILOGUE
AFTER THEY DISBANDED, EACH WENT ON WITH THEIR SEPARATE LIVES.
[COMING SOON]
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