The_gladiator
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Hard Rock Love: passion… or commitment?
Sam made the notes of the guitar scream out over the crowd. He was glad to take a breath giving his voice a rest as he shredded through the guitar solo. He could hear the cheers of the crowd; especially the women and he loved it. He enjoyed it, yet it was still fairly new to him and the rest of the band.
They had been a local band for years. They had gone to high school and even to college together. They’d started out playing mostly cover songs, but as they got older Sam and Kyle the rhythm guitarist began to write their own material together. Eric and Ron, the drummer and bassist respectfully could write music and did so on occasion, however the primary writing duo was Sam and Kyle.
Sam had dropped out of the band about a year ago because he was tired of just playing the same cover songs for the same loyal 200 fans in local bars. He was also tired of his friends’ slightly crazy party lifestyle. “You’re like a bunch of frat boys, or rock star wannabes that have no fucking talent. The shitty part is you all have talent, you just don’t apply yourselves.” That’s what he had said to them that night.
He had maybe been out of the band for 2 or three months before he got tired of those 200 fans pestering him to rejoin the other guys and had sat down with them. They had agreed to do a few things. Sam was now the manager, they would try to write new material, the others would try to treat it like a job and they would apply themselves. Sam couldn’t prevent his buddies from drinking entirely but he did as manager put his foot down and he would no longer allow them to go on stage drunk or high. Sam had a fairly hefty list of replacement musicians that he knew he could call to fill in for the others. According to Sam’s rules, if you sat out a gig because you were deemed to be too drunk to play you didn’t get paid for that gig. You also didn’t get to play the next gig. It only took 3 gigs of this before Ron sobered up after watching the crowd cheers and potential hook up partners lavishing attention on his brothers Don and Jon, before he sobered up on stage. The other two followed suit slowly after that.
Whether it was the new material or the sobering up, the band’s popularity began to grow by leaps and bounds. Before they knew it they’d been offered a record deal. They went into the studio and recorded their first EP. The single and its accompanying video had exploded.
Now the band was playing their last gig before they got to go on their first national tour. Sam found the experience to be somewhat bittersweet. He would miss this, but he was excited for the future.
Eric watched Sam talk to the crowd. They had just come back onstage for their encore and he was introducing their major ballad. The song that had made the band viral so far. He watched Sam move to the front of the stage and actually sit down on the edge of it.
Eric knew what would follow and as he expected the women in the crowd either pushed forward or crowd surfed closer almost straining to touch him. Everyone knew he sang to one woman for this song, a different woman typically every night and they all wished to be that woman.
A pang of jealousy struck him at how much attention Sam got as the singer and lead guitarist all in one package, but quickly shrugged that away. He might get all the adoration on stage, but many of the old fans at least knew well that Sam wasn’t the one to go to off stage, and Eric and the others would have no lack of people to hook up with. The rest of the band teased Sam that this was probably the closest he came to fucking a woman.
Eric was a bit surprised to see who it was that Sam had singled out, the girl holding the mic for Sam looked like Joe, his best friend’s twin sister. The realization of who she was made his grin widen as his mind flashed to an image of her licking Jell-O shots off his body before giving him a mind “Blowing” orgasm. Now, there was a memory. He would look for her after the show for sure.
************
Ron sighed as he watched the girls all trying to climb all over Sam. He shot Kyle a look and the two of them laughed, if they only knew what a prude he really was it would be he and Kyle they’d be all over. But alas the two of them were mediocre singers at best. It was Sam that was the star and Ron accepted this, he wished he would lighten up on some of his blasted rules, but he wasn’t going to risk one of his other triplet brothers replacing him in the band. It irked him that Sam had done that to him, hell the crowd hadn’t even known it was a different guy. The rest of the band had thought it was hilarious though. “He’s such a faker.” He mouthed to Kyle, receiving a nod and a smile in return.
Every band had its different personalities. Eric was the outgoing loudmouth who flirted with anyone that would stand still long enough. Ron was the guy that ran around a lot, kind of the goofball, one to play jokes on the others such as stealing all Kyle’s underwear making him play a show commando once. Or impersonating his brothers to try to see if their wives would notice the difference. Sam was the fan favorite yet, the center stage while performing, but the leader off stage. Sam never did anything halfway; he attacked everything he did with an incredible intensity. Kyle himself was the mystery. He was the quiet member of the band, the one who wore all black and tried to stay to the shadows. He was just as hedonistic as Eric or Ron, but somehow… darker. He didn’t speak much but when he did people listened for fear they might miss what he had to say. He didn’t need words; he could entice women with just a stare, or send people away with just a glare. He would make fun of Sam having the limelight, with Ron and Eric, but he was ok with that. Being on the sidelines was ok for him. He didn’t even take center stage when he played his guitar solos. He only grudgingly put his name with Sam on the song credits. He liked to have his fame quietly, or was it more that he didn’t want too much attention drawn to the darker things he enjoyed.
Sam handed the microphone to the woman that had managed to work her way in the closest to him. He could feel one of her hands on his knee as the other took the Mic. He leaned forward to sing into it as his eyes met hers. Some fans got cute and held the mics close to their face so Sam almost had to kiss them to sing the song. Others pushed it way into his face so he almost had to lean back. This woman for the moment seemed to be holding it a comfortable distance away from his face, somewhere between them.
His fingers stroke the opening notes as he sang the first lines, “you hold my soul so close within you, I can barely even breath. Just being here beside you is all that I have left. So hold my love close in your heart. For forever together means we shall never part.”
Some women blushed, some laughed, and he had even seen one woman cry. The song was about an intensity of love that consumed an individual, but that sort of love although wonderful is also very painful. Some individuals found the song very uplifting, others found it very sad. All found it hauntingly beautiful. As the last notes fade Sam’s left hand came off the neck of his guitar, covering her hand with his on the Mic and he leaned forward pressing his lips to hers. He didn’t do this every night, but any night he did the crowd went nuts for it.
The woman in question got a healthy share of glares from some of the others even as the rest cheered her. The glares were born of jealousy; they wanted to be her in her position. It didn’t help that half of them thought a kiss meant he had marked that one as his for the night, and each strove to be one who earned a kiss. Some tried rather lewd things to get that kiss too when between his leg as he played. When confronted by the press about whether he really was picking woman to hook up with, Sam had only smiled secretively. He knew if he told the press that he did it at random, or on a whim most often, it might spoil that rock star image the band needed to continue to increase their popularity.
After the kiss Sam climbed back to his feet. The band broke into “Self-designed Personal Hell”, a fast number that was a fan favorite which they typically closed all their shows with. It got the crowd singing and clapping in time. It was a high energy way to finish the show and a stark contrast to the intimacy of “Closer than skin before it.
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Sam made the notes of the guitar scream out over the crowd. He was glad to take a breath giving his voice a rest as he shredded through the guitar solo. He could hear the cheers of the crowd; especially the women and he loved it. He enjoyed it, yet it was still fairly new to him and the rest of the band.
They had been a local band for years. They had gone to high school and even to college together. They’d started out playing mostly cover songs, but as they got older Sam and Kyle the rhythm guitarist began to write their own material together. Eric and Ron, the drummer and bassist respectfully could write music and did so on occasion, however the primary writing duo was Sam and Kyle.
Sam had dropped out of the band about a year ago because he was tired of just playing the same cover songs for the same loyal 200 fans in local bars. He was also tired of his friends’ slightly crazy party lifestyle. “You’re like a bunch of frat boys, or rock star wannabes that have no fucking talent. The shitty part is you all have talent, you just don’t apply yourselves.” That’s what he had said to them that night.
He had maybe been out of the band for 2 or three months before he got tired of those 200 fans pestering him to rejoin the other guys and had sat down with them. They had agreed to do a few things. Sam was now the manager, they would try to write new material, the others would try to treat it like a job and they would apply themselves. Sam couldn’t prevent his buddies from drinking entirely but he did as manager put his foot down and he would no longer allow them to go on stage drunk or high. Sam had a fairly hefty list of replacement musicians that he knew he could call to fill in for the others. According to Sam’s rules, if you sat out a gig because you were deemed to be too drunk to play you didn’t get paid for that gig. You also didn’t get to play the next gig. It only took 3 gigs of this before Ron sobered up after watching the crowd cheers and potential hook up partners lavishing attention on his brothers Don and Jon, before he sobered up on stage. The other two followed suit slowly after that.
Whether it was the new material or the sobering up, the band’s popularity began to grow by leaps and bounds. Before they knew it they’d been offered a record deal. They went into the studio and recorded their first EP. The single and its accompanying video had exploded.
Now the band was playing their last gig before they got to go on their first national tour. Sam found the experience to be somewhat bittersweet. He would miss this, but he was excited for the future.
Eric watched Sam talk to the crowd. They had just come back onstage for their encore and he was introducing their major ballad. The song that had made the band viral so far. He watched Sam move to the front of the stage and actually sit down on the edge of it.
Eric knew what would follow and as he expected the women in the crowd either pushed forward or crowd surfed closer almost straining to touch him. Everyone knew he sang to one woman for this song, a different woman typically every night and they all wished to be that woman.
A pang of jealousy struck him at how much attention Sam got as the singer and lead guitarist all in one package, but quickly shrugged that away. He might get all the adoration on stage, but many of the old fans at least knew well that Sam wasn’t the one to go to off stage, and Eric and the others would have no lack of people to hook up with. The rest of the band teased Sam that this was probably the closest he came to fucking a woman.
Eric was a bit surprised to see who it was that Sam had singled out, the girl holding the mic for Sam looked like Joe, his best friend’s twin sister. The realization of who she was made his grin widen as his mind flashed to an image of her licking Jell-O shots off his body before giving him a mind “Blowing” orgasm. Now, there was a memory. He would look for her after the show for sure.
************
Ron sighed as he watched the girls all trying to climb all over Sam. He shot Kyle a look and the two of them laughed, if they only knew what a prude he really was it would be he and Kyle they’d be all over. But alas the two of them were mediocre singers at best. It was Sam that was the star and Ron accepted this, he wished he would lighten up on some of his blasted rules, but he wasn’t going to risk one of his other triplet brothers replacing him in the band. It irked him that Sam had done that to him, hell the crowd hadn’t even known it was a different guy. The rest of the band had thought it was hilarious though. “He’s such a faker.” He mouthed to Kyle, receiving a nod and a smile in return.
Every band had its different personalities. Eric was the outgoing loudmouth who flirted with anyone that would stand still long enough. Ron was the guy that ran around a lot, kind of the goofball, one to play jokes on the others such as stealing all Kyle’s underwear making him play a show commando once. Or impersonating his brothers to try to see if their wives would notice the difference. Sam was the fan favorite yet, the center stage while performing, but the leader off stage. Sam never did anything halfway; he attacked everything he did with an incredible intensity. Kyle himself was the mystery. He was the quiet member of the band, the one who wore all black and tried to stay to the shadows. He was just as hedonistic as Eric or Ron, but somehow… darker. He didn’t speak much but when he did people listened for fear they might miss what he had to say. He didn’t need words; he could entice women with just a stare, or send people away with just a glare. He would make fun of Sam having the limelight, with Ron and Eric, but he was ok with that. Being on the sidelines was ok for him. He didn’t even take center stage when he played his guitar solos. He only grudgingly put his name with Sam on the song credits. He liked to have his fame quietly, or was it more that he didn’t want too much attention drawn to the darker things he enjoyed.
Sam handed the microphone to the woman that had managed to work her way in the closest to him. He could feel one of her hands on his knee as the other took the Mic. He leaned forward to sing into it as his eyes met hers. Some fans got cute and held the mics close to their face so Sam almost had to kiss them to sing the song. Others pushed it way into his face so he almost had to lean back. This woman for the moment seemed to be holding it a comfortable distance away from his face, somewhere between them.
His fingers stroke the opening notes as he sang the first lines, “you hold my soul so close within you, I can barely even breath. Just being here beside you is all that I have left. So hold my love close in your heart. For forever together means we shall never part.”
Some women blushed, some laughed, and he had even seen one woman cry. The song was about an intensity of love that consumed an individual, but that sort of love although wonderful is also very painful. Some individuals found the song very uplifting, others found it very sad. All found it hauntingly beautiful. As the last notes fade Sam’s left hand came off the neck of his guitar, covering her hand with his on the Mic and he leaned forward pressing his lips to hers. He didn’t do this every night, but any night he did the crowd went nuts for it.
The woman in question got a healthy share of glares from some of the others even as the rest cheered her. The glares were born of jealousy; they wanted to be her in her position. It didn’t help that half of them thought a kiss meant he had marked that one as his for the night, and each strove to be one who earned a kiss. Some tried rather lewd things to get that kiss too when between his leg as he played. When confronted by the press about whether he really was picking woman to hook up with, Sam had only smiled secretively. He knew if he told the press that he did it at random, or on a whim most often, it might spoil that rock star image the band needed to continue to increase their popularity.
After the kiss Sam climbed back to his feet. The band broke into “Self-designed Personal Hell”, a fast number that was a fan favorite which they typically closed all their shows with. It got the crowd singing and clapping in time. It was a high energy way to finish the show and a stark contrast to the intimacy of “Closer than skin before it.
Moderator’s note: this thread is closed; please do not post without the permission of the authors. Reading and feedback via PM are always more than welcome. Enjoy!