Desirée Bell (aka Lady Cacophony), the vocalist of The Last Word, made a soundcheck in Pocket D this morning.
Everything seemed to be alright for the main event on thursday.
The stage for The Last Word's gig has been set up by the large "floating truck" window in Pocket D.
A passing Hellion was heard to remark: "The rumors are true - The Last Word's amps really do go up to 11."
@Romanov
Nadja Romanov, Lily Pink, Little Death - The Cadre
Estoque, Bastinado, Spidermonkey, Chic Doyle - The Militia
Miss Teen, Dead Reckoner, Dee Dee Diablo, Kaneko
i'll see if i'm free..(i am always!)
((Hello, all. Just to clarify what we are doing: As much as we'd like to it's not really possible to rp The Last Word performing a gig so we're doing the next best thing - the after show party.
Band members will be in Pocket D from about 9pm UK time tonight. If your character liked the gig, they can compliment them and buy them drinks. If they didn't, they can criticise them and buy them drinks. If they missed it, they can just buy them drinks.
I'll post a review of the gig here by Stigma Magazine Online before 9pm so everyone will have an idea of the experience of the gig.))
@Romanov
Nadja Romanov, Lily Pink, Little Death - The Cadre
Estoque, Bastinado, Spidermonkey, Chic Doyle - The Militia
Miss Teen, Dead Reckoner, Dee Dee Diablo, Kaneko
((This review is posted on the Stigma Magazine website after 9pm tonight.))
Stigma Magazine Online
*The full review and interviews with the band will be published in next months Stigma mag, published by the Paragon University Student Press
[u]Infamous Last Words![u]
The Last Word at Pocket D
Thursday, May 24
Review by Chance Mullet
The buzz surrounding Paragon-based outfit The Last Word has been building for some time. With a reputation based more on their ability to raise hell than their music, tonight in the upstairs bar of Pocket D was when the band answered the critics and earned the first recruits of what looks to become a legion of fans.
Refusing to be pinned down to one music genre, The Last Word ride the razorblade between hard rock and punk metal, sometimes straying into melodic pop territory before turning the volume up to eleven and releasing another infectious rock riff.
Veteran of Dead Birthday Clown, Hex Addiction and Burn Unit, bass player and lyricist Dee Dee Diablo is the one recognisable face on stage. The music press branded her burnt out at 21, and The Last Word is perhaps the last chance saloon for Diablo. When she took to the stage and placed a bottle of Jack Daniels next to her amp it raised the question of whether she was going to bring her A game. But Diablo didnt disappoint, along with Alice Springs machinegun drumming, her heavy five-string bass is the engine which drives The Last Word on its high energy journey.
Fronting the band is Diablos partner in crime, the other half of the Chemical Sisters, Desirée Bell. Her hypnotic vocals add a beauty and eloquence to Diablos lyrics of the gutter. Bells vocal range is staggering, making you almost fall in love with her with a heartfelt melody before threatening to make your eardrums bleed when The Last Word take the safety off and show they can rock with the best of them.
On lead guitar is Lance Simmons, a new face in the music scene here in Paragon, and The Last Words token male member (which may explain why the other members of the band usually refer to him by names associated with a male body part). Displaying a refreshingly flexible style, from the screeching rock licks to the reflective moments during the bands rare times of restraint, he draws raw emotion from the instrument, adding the final embellishments that make the band's sound complete.
Last but not least, we're left with Samantha Carter, the keyboard/pianist for the group. Throughout the evening she gives flesh to the music with raw chords and harmony parts to each of the pieces making the band a smashing success.
The gig looked to have ended prematurely when Diablo left the stage and took refuge at the bar after a disagreement with lead guitarist Simmons. But as the song came to an end, with encouragement from Bell and the punters, Diablo returned to the band for the high-octane finale.
[u]Set list[u]
Slip of the Tongue
An anthemic rollercoaster ride driven by a relentless baseline and chugga-chugga guitar. Bell mesmerises the audience with a sordid tale of a one night stand that wants to be something more. Although, the first live airing of the song, the crowd were soon shouting along to the repeated hook What we did was fun/Wont say it was wrong/But you and me, honey/Was a slip of the tongue.
My Fire Truck
Haunting, seemingly steam of consciousness lyrics, pour from Bell like vocalised honey. But its really Springs turn to shine as her thunderous drumming gives this fire truck the engine of a freight train. As Bell sings the words my fire truck, Alice is beating out the message this is my band, and we rock!
Mothers Ruin
Diablo takes over lead vocals for this autobiographical meandering on abandonment and wasted lives. Her fears that her own talent could be squandered by inheriting her mothers alcoholic disease are worn firmly on her torn sleeve. Carter's hauntingly dark keyboards give every heart-felt word resonance in this rare spell of vulnerability from Pargaons most in your face ensemble.
Chemical Burn
Diablo and Simmons set the frantic pace, in a duel of dirty bass and screeching guitar, over the relentless pounding of Springs relentless drumming and Carters keyboard. Bell holds her own to deliver headstrong vocals over the cacophony. This is the Last Words celebration of rock and roll excess, from the heights of Saturday night to the never again ruminations of Sunday morning. This has debut single written all over it.
F*** Buddy
Pure filth. Bell and Diablo explicitly explain what they would like to do to each other, and random members of the crowd, after the gig. The lyrics spill into degenerate improvisation as each tries to put the other off. The smut is compounded as the girls muse over a bouncy sound thanks to Carters Elton John-esque, by way of the Scissor Sisters, keyboards that are here more akin to the commercial end of pop punk than hard rock
Youre in a Band?
Bell spits out Diablos diatribe against everything she hates in the music scene. Lead guitarists, c*ck rockers, record companies, and even Celine Dion all get it with both verbal barrels. Bells staccato delivery is matched by Simmons frenetic riffs. He delivers an almost faultless guitar solo, an impressive feat given Bell and Diablos obscene gesturing and other efforts to break his concentration.
The Place Where You Are
A change of speed for The Last Word as they almost threaten to enter rock ballad territory. Here, over Carters faultless piano, Bell shows just what an amazing vocalist she is, hitting what seem to be unattainable high notes. The almost sugary sweet lyrics take on a new meaning when you realise the place she is referring to isnt on any map. The Last Words rock rollercoaster begins again, as each member seems to be competing to raise the roof with ferocious licks and infectious riffs, while almost inconceivably coming together as a whole that suggest those at Pocket D last night witnessed the birth of Paragon Citys next musical phenomenon.
@Romanov
Nadja Romanov, Lily Pink, Little Death - The Cadre
Estoque, Bastinado, Spidermonkey, Chic Doyle - The Militia
Miss Teen, Dead Reckoner, Dee Dee Diablo, Kaneko
(( Kassie would of been there, hyped up on Redbull (And in the mosh pit if it were there 
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Original concept and hard to impliment for the group i bet. I regret not dragging her to after the gig. Had a few Supergroup things to do IC, otherwise i certantly would of. 
Nice work though guys, i admire the effort put into it.
I think she would of liked this song best;
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The Place Where You Are
A change of speed for The Last Word as they almost threaten to enter rock ballad territory. Here, over Carters faultless piano, Bell shows just what an amazing vocalist she is, hitting what seem to be unattainable high notes. The almost sugary sweet lyrics take on a new meaning when you realise the place she is referring to isnt on any map. The Last Words rock rollercoaster begins again, as each member seems to be competing to raise the roof with ferocious licks and infectious riffs, while almost inconceivably coming together as a whole that suggest those at Pocket D last night witnessed the birth of Paragon Citys next musical phenomenon.
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((Band members will be in Pocket D from about 9pm UK time tonight. If your character liked the gig, they can compliment them and buy them drinks. If they didn't, they can criticise them and buy them drinks. If they missed it, they can just buy them drinks.))
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((Ah, missed that thread yesterday otherwise I'd have at least acknowledge the gig.
At least, you got drinks bought by Coile after his future was predicted ))
((Three things: Damn i wish i had computer-ableness now and then for that (sounds fun to RP with)
I smell a Spinal Tap referance...
Thirdly,Coiles future is being horribly mauled dead by Whiskers the kitten (I loved the concept once,will always love it )
Cant wait to see how this continues (once i get my new shiny computer) ))
Word is rapidly spreading among Paragon's students, Hellions and music fans that The Last Word will be performing new material at The Silent Tempest/Angel Foundation charity ball on Monday night.
@Romanov
Nadja Romanov, Lily Pink, Little Death - The Cadre
Estoque, Bastinado, Spidermonkey, Chic Doyle - The Militia
Miss Teen, Dead Reckoner, Dee Dee Diablo, Kaneko
((This review is posted on the Stigma Magazine website at 10am this morning.))
Stigma Magazine Online
The Last Word Stripped Bare
The Last Word at the Silent Tempest/Angel Foundation Charity Ball
Monday, July 9.
Review by Chance Mullet
I have just returned from the least secret gig in secret gig history, and I want to tell you that it rocked. The rumor mill has been working overtime about The Last Word performing a set at a charity gig, but fans found it impossible to get tickets for last nights high-class shindig. But Stigma Magazine was there and witnessed the latest step in the evolution of Paragons hottest, genre-blurring outfit.
This was The Last Word stripped bare. Without the melodic keyboards of Samantha Carter and the awesome vocal gymnastics of Desiree Bell, the performance was raw, brutal and frenetic. With the bands songwriter Dee Dee Diablo taking on vocal duties with a schizophrenic tone jumping from raucous staccato to heart-felt, dirty emotion, The Last Word showed authenticity and maturity sometimes lacking in their early performances.
It usually takes the acquisition of a couple of mansions and a private jet before rockers start producing their worthy cause material. But Diablo has jumped the gun with the first of three new tracks performed last night. Other Side of the Street isnt your usual charity track though, seething with Diablos trademark rage and language of the gutter. Backed by Alice Springs machinegun drumming and Lance Simmons screeching guitar riffs, Diablo enters an on stage confessional with a song about a girl, lost and abused on the streets of Paragon. Losing her familiar **** you swagger, Diablo becomes the vulnerable girl in her song as she tells us about a young woman bouncing between one night stand to one night stand in search of the love never shown to her but condemned to always be on the other side of the street.
The Last Word didnt disappoint the audience, although they didnt exactly look like the bands usual crowd, playing the high octane anthems Slip of the Tongue and Chemical Burn before Diablo got all introspective again with the heartrending diatribe of Mothers Ruin.
The band rounded off the set with another brand new track. Turmoil is a Jekyll and Hyde of a number, with Diablo baring her soul in the versus about a girl at a crossroads between her self-destructive lifestyle and the looming danger of alowing herself to believe in the hope of change.
But after she has laid it on the line, she screams But lets talk about you again! leading Springs and Simmons into a rollercoaster cacophony of rage.
@Romanov
Nadja Romanov, Lily Pink, Little Death - The Cadre
Estoque, Bastinado, Spidermonkey, Chic Doyle - The Militia
Miss Teen, Dead Reckoner, Dee Dee Diablo, Kaneko
((Nene certainly enjoyed the brief chat she had with Dee Dee Diablo during the charity ball, and listening to the group perform set her pondering. Damn cool concept, in any case. ))
((Hi, I think you posted that Nene was a musician too. I'm keen for the Last Word to appear at other rp events and, due to the practicalities of getting five people online at the same time, was thinking the band could establish a roster of guest musicians to fill in. Maybe Dee and Nene should swap numbers next time they meet.))
@Romanov
Nadja Romanov, Lily Pink, Little Death - The Cadre
Estoque, Bastinado, Spidermonkey, Chic Doyle - The Militia
Miss Teen, Dead Reckoner, Dee Dee Diablo, Kaneko
((I actually have a guitarist character as well, in his background he's played in various bands in the past, I'ld be up for it for sure. PM if you are interested))
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((Aye, Nene sings and plays acoustic and lead, as well as piano on occasion. She mostly performs at The Pits alternative/BDSM nightclub in Kings Row. Nene'll be about, so if they bump into each other, might be a cool thing to happen.
Could also perhaps arrange The Last Word playing at The Pits too, Isaac is looking for musical acts to play on Livewire Thursdays.))
((Members of The Last Word will be in Pocket D for the aftershow party on Thursday night))
Monday, May 21, 10am.
An article is posted on the Stigma Magazine website. Stigma Magazine is published by the Paragon University student press, and is considered one of the best guides to the citys underground music scene.
"Well the Paragon music scenes worst kept secret is now officially out of the bag, with The Last Words announcement that their first ever city tour is to start this week.
Launching at Pocket D on Thursday night, the eagerly anticipated Slip of the Tongue tour.
With the exception of two download tracks, Slip of the Tongue and Mothers Ruin, nobody has heard The Last Word and these gigs already look like being this years hottest tickets."
Here are those dates:
Thursday, May 24 Pocket D
Friday, May 25 The Comet Club, Galaxy City
Friday, June 1 The Portal, Kings Row
Friday, June 8 Super Lanes bowling alley, Skyway
Thursday, June 14 Paragon University Steel Canyon Campus
Friday, June 15 Hotel Geneva, Steel Canyon
Friday, June 22 Perez Park, free open air gig (TBC)
Thursday, June 28 The Comet Club, Galaxy City
Monday, May 21, 12noon.
Posters begin appearing across the city for The Last Words Slip of the Tongue tour. In black, white and red, the posters depict a close up of a stuck out tongue with The Last Word logo on a stud through it.
Students who are obviously into their music can be seen chatting by the posters, but they also seem to be attracting the interest of Skull and Hellion gang members. There were no reported clashed between the students and gang members.
The posters list the tour dates and add that an aftershow party will be held at Pocket D on Thursday from 10pm.
@Romanov
Nadja Romanov, Lily Pink, Little Death - The Cadre
Estoque, Bastinado, Spidermonkey, Chic Doyle - The Militia
Miss Teen, Dead Reckoner, Dee Dee Diablo, Kaneko