Vendetta Violent is a shaman, shadowrunner and rockstar living in the Seattle Metroplex. Vendetta is lead vocals of the synthcore shadowband 'Riot Blue' and her own solo endeavor 'Mana Burns'. This weekly shadowblog is simple fan tribute to a growing fanbase and will give insight into the life and trials of living in the shadows and keeping an underground musical career going.
((OOC note: I put one of these out every week for my gaming group and thought I'd share. It's a bit of flavour and fluff that I try to keep relevant as something different then just the usual 'this is what happened in my life' by doing it blog style and keeping to a topic. I hope someone likes 'em and maybe gets inspired to do their own! Feel free to chime in with Shadowland style comments if you'd like.))
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Violent Life 1: Culture Clash, Nightlife and Living Nova Hotby: Vendetta Violent
Hollywood is infectious, probably in more ways then one. Looking forward to getting back to the Seattle shadows. Until then, I've decided that in keeping with the LA spirit of airing out all your dirty laundry to the public eye I'm going to kick out this shadow-blog and see if it sticks.
So who am I? I'm Vendetta. I'm the almost-was rock-star that heads up vocals for Riot Blue. If your ears are to the ground, you've heard our stuff. If they ain't, you've heard our name on the news in relation to the late Taylor Hardline. If your heads up your hoop you might even think that we did it. I'm not here to get into it. I've never had to justify myself to anybody before and I'll be damned if I start now.
LA is different, you know? I remember the feeling when Riot Blue started really gaining momentum. We walked into our first real studio session and Tusk was finishing up. I looked at the walls and there were platinum records hanging on them. Hardline, Concrete Dreams and Mercurial. But it was what was behind the records. The faux weathered brick wall and fake graffiti. The suits were trying hard not to look like suits and the whole place felt like fraggin' uncanny valley. If it weren't for my blinding desire to 'make it' I'd of walked right out of there at that point. But I didn't. We sold ourselves that day, if only just a bit. That's the biz though, you do what you've got to do. We're all whores anyway. That's just perspective for you... LA is like that studio. The whole place is like that fraggin' studio. Clean and fake.
Ear to the ground, folks. Person: 2.1. Watch yourself and burn your coms if this thing gets in. They got you hooked on this thing and now that you think you need it they're going to nurse maid you. This thing tells you what to do and who to frag. I couldn't be more out. You want that smoke? You want a sniff of your favorite designer drug? You like something not on Horizons corporate agenda? Sorry, chum but you don't like any of that anymore. You can't even SEE any of that anymore if you've got cybereyes.
So now on to Nightlife. Got into the End of the World club in LA on business. Fancy place, ultra exclusive. Those who follow the whose who on the trid know that the club is the nesting ground for celebrities. If you're aiming to misbehave and you've got some stars under your name this is the place that you do it. Glitched thing is that the place is reeled so tight that nobody there seems to remember how to live or how to have a good time. Maybe I rubbed shoulders a little roughly but it was all in good fun and truth be told I had a good time enough there. Food was real wiz. Also, drek happens when you party naked, Blue Eyes. All of you can fill in the dead space on that one, needless to say our fame is going to need to outweigh our behavior if we ever hope to get back in that club.
Working on new material. Hoping that once we get back to Seattle we can put out our first full record out on the sly. That's right, we're releasing our dub on the underground ONLY. Riot Blue won't ever be on the corporate slitch-list again.
Personal Note: Went back to blonde. At first it was me trying to change things up because we have mercs on heel who are looking to plug us for our 'involvement' in the Hardline situation. Growing into it. It's my natural color anyway, nearly forgot how it looks. Went the extra mile here in LA and got it dreaded. I'm thinking next comes a designer tattoo or two. Any advise on where a girl can get some good ink in LA? Leave your comments below.
Tags: #Shadowlands, #RiotBlue, #StickinItToTheMan, #LilithIsMyPintSizedBombshell, @Pinkman, @Gatsby
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Violent Life 2: Riot Blue, Solo Project and The ShadowsBy: Vendetta Violent
I'm going to make this short and sweet. Hit you hard then slot and run. First thing I want to say is thank you. Whether you're a new fan or an old one... the fact that you're here and reading my drek means the world to me. I'm going to keep it up too.
The new album is nearly done. We've been working hard on it and have some studio time coming up real soon that should finish things up. I'm not going to get into it but believe you me, chum. We need it... and badly. We need something that isn't about gunshots and bandages so lets get some PVC and some stomp back into this violent life, yeah?
I've been thinking about music more though, lately. I'm not leaving Riot Blue and after this album comes out I promise we're going to support it while getting to work right away on something new. I'm going to share something with you all though. I... went through something recently. Something very personal and it's changed my perspective on a few things. The only way I know how to say what I have to say is through music but the things I have to say aren't Riot Blues language. Keep your ears to the ground, kids. Going to call it 'Mana Burns'.
Word to the wise if you'd allow me a moment for a PSA. The shadows are getting darker right now. So damned midnight pitch that you can't even see your own hands in front of your face. If you think that the Apollo space station was an accident think again. A lot of people died for no good reason and I'm not going to be the one who blows the top off it but it WILL fraggin' come out. I know you're reading this... and I know you don't understand fear. But I hope you will before the end... and there is always an end. For all of us.
In response to my last blog! Thanks for the advise on tattoo parlors in LA. Turns out things got a bit hectic over there towards the end of our trip. Drek... that's an understatement but it's sensitive enough that even I ain't going to say much more on it. Fortunately or unfortunately due to unforeseen circumstances I inherited some... interesting tattoos. Mana burns, boys and girls. Mana burns hot.
Also. Pandora. We need to get some drinks... and maybe one of those illegal sandwiches. I'll come back to LA for a weekend for that. Your people will never know. Just tell them a wizard did it.
Tags: #Shadowlands, #RiotBlue, #VendettaViolent, #ManaBurns, @Gatsby, @Pandora, @Pinkman