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The Little Bang
Successful rock band from the 2010 novel Rock Star's Rainbow by Kevin Glavin. Lead singer Rook goes on an adventure to rescue the daughter he never knew he had.
The band wound down then finished the song with a leaping crescendo and the obligatory smashing of drums, guitars, and amps.
"Hey all," Rook said, lighting up a smoke. "It's been quite the party. I love a party! And you're all invited to our next one! Good night!" They bounded offstage, in the throes of celebration and sadness. It was the last night of their yearlong world tour, and they were back in their hometown of Los Angeles. Everyone had come to see them: other rockers, movie stars, industry people, politicians, sports greats, and of course the media. As they made their way through the sea of VIPs, Southhampton held out his arms and shook his head, smiling.
"Boys," he said, "great show, great show. But let's get out of this and into the meet and greet." He draped his arms around them as if they were valuable luggage, and herded them towards the private room where they could mingle with some semblance of order.
'Tm gonna stay out here a little while," said Billy Razor, the bassist (who got his stage name when the band was in its early stages-he would always be late to practice because of stopping at 7-11 to buy razor blades for his cocaine habit). He took a chug of a Heineken. "You always want to keep us moving ... the tour's over now-there's nowhere to go except there," he said, eyeing a porn-star in tight, bright orange leather with matching lipstick. Southhampton raised a wandering eyebrow towards the young lady. And as the memory of one of her scenes involving ice cubes went through his mind, he said: "Lovely, but we have some interviews to do."
"Interviews, splinterviews," said Chop Shop, the drummer (and a car freak), gazing at a tall drink of water in a bebe mesh tube top inadequate to restrain her top. "Will you look at her-I'm gonna interview her!" And Chop slithered towards her.
Southhampton pulled his windswept hair and grabbed the two remaining band members-Shitfaced, the keyboard player (almost always plastered), and Rook (the only band member to keep his original name-though he dropped the surname of Heisenberg-"It's too uncertain for a rock star," he would joke, although there was no relation to the famous physicist).
