Meet 22 year old Tara Blanc! Lead Guitarist for The Midnight Rejects and niece of Marilyn Manson. When Tara's band receives a call from their manager, Terrance, they find out that Marilyn Manson, Rob Zombie, and Palaye Royale want them to join their...
The tour bus hummed with soft talking and laughter. Now it was time to warm up our vocals and songs which the driver will hate. "Y'all ready?" I said and everyone nodded. I strummed the first notes of "taste the water" and then everyone joins me. Halfway through the song it was time for my guitar solo. I started playing the notes of it when my damn string broke in half. "God damnit!" I said and everyone looked at me. "What happened?" Jake said and I looked at him. "My damn string broke." I said and went to go look in my back for another one. I was very lucky that I had one and had to replace it. It took me like 20 minutes but I did it. I walked back up. "Take 2" and I began my solo again without failure. The rest of practice went fine. We were lucky that we had our own floor to practice on the bus. All of a sudden the bus stopped. We all looked at each other. I ran down to see what was up. Robert stood up and smiled. "WE ARE HERE!" I screamed and everyone came down. It was assembly time. I took the first shower quickly, then I got dressed into my gear.
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I then did my hair quickly and my makeup.
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I walked out and helped the boys with their makeup and hair. At 6 we were heading down for meet and greets. I stood next to Axel at the end of the room. After a number of fans, a little girl came in and ran towards me. I smiled and hugged her. "Hi! What's your name?" I said and she smiled. "Isabella." "That is a beautiful name! How old are you?" I said and she giggled. "6 years old." She said and my jaw dropped. These parents were doing it right. I met the parents and took pictures with them. Then the girl handed me a drawing of me. It was so sweet. "Oh thank you! I will put this in my room on the tour bus! How does that sound?" I said and she smiled and nodded. They left and I smiled. "That family was doing it right man. Sweetest kid ever." I said and they smiled. "Kids love you!" Jake said and I laughed. I got a ton of fan art and I loved every single one of them. At 8:30 I started walking towards sound check for Palaye Royale. I walked in and my stuff was already there. I walked onstage and I was met with 3 smiling boys. "Awesome, early!" Emerson said and I laughed. We hanged out till it was actually time. I preformed every song they asked me too with no issue. "Holy shit! I can't believe you learned all those notes in one night!" Remington said and Sebastian put his arm on his shoulder. "It's because I taught her last night." He said and I smiled. We talked until my band came in for soundcheck and I had to perform it all again. It came time for my solo and I was nervous as hell. "Wanna practice Cancer?" Gage asked and I was hesitant. "Lets give a go." I said hopeful that this was gonna be okay. I walked up to the mic and I shook. The band moved around to make it work. I tapped my toe to the beat of the guitar. I heard my que so I began to sing. Turn away If you could get me a drink Of water 'cause my lips are chapped and faded Call my aunt Marie Help her gather all my things And bury me In all my favorite colors My sisters and my brothers, still I will not kiss you 'Cause the hardest part of this Is leaving you Now turn away 'Cause I'm awful just to see 'Cause all my hair's abandoned all my body All my agony Know that I will never marry Baby I'm just soggy from the chemo But counting down the days to go It just ain't living And I just hope you know That if you say (if you say) Good-bye today (good-bye today) I'd ask you to be true (I'd ask you to be true) 'Cause the hardest part of this Is leaving you 'Cause the hardest part of this Is leaving you. I looked out into the stadium to see the boys with their jaws dropped clapping. "Holy shit Tara Blanc! Where the hell did that beautiful voice come from!" Remington screamed and I giggled. It went perfectly. "Don't know." I smiled. Emerson ran up and hugged me along with the boys. My band mates high fived me. "You should consider a solo project, seriously." Emerson said and I smiled. "I might consider it." I said. Security came and let us know they were gonna start letting people in. We quickly went backstage. The Midnight Rejects come out first and out in 45 minutes. I sat backstage jumping, trying to contain my excitement. I can't wait to feel that thrill out there. As I was jumping all of a sudden a tap we felt on my shoulder. I turned around to find my uncle. "Uncle Manson!" I said and he smiled. I hugged him and he hugged me back. "Wanna go grab a drink real quick before you go out?" He said and I nodded. We walked back to the open bar and ordered some beer. "I heard you're singing tonight!" He said and I nodded with a huge smile. "What song?" He said and I smile. "Cancer by My Chemical Romance." I replied sipping on the alcohol. His smile grew. "That is an amazing song for your voice kiddo." He said. I nodded and asked him questions. "How have you been?" I said and he shook his head. "Been better, after tour I gotta go back to rehab." He said and I nodded. "Well please don't end up like mom and dad. I gotta have you in my life okay?" I said sad that he is following what my parents did. "I promise short shit, I'm gonna be around a while longer." He said and smiled. I finished my beer and realized I gotta go on stage in 5 minutes. "Shit I gotta go!" I said and stood up. "Catch up later?" I said and e nodded. "Go kick some ass!" He said and I yelled "I will." And ran. I made in time and grabbed my guitar. The cape around the stage covered us and we came into place. I started playing the beginning notes of "Devils Graveyard" and the crowd went wild. As soon as drums hit the curtain came down. Gage ran across the stage, death screaming. "Well hello motherfuckers! Come on give us that energy!" He screamed and everyone screamed and threw their fists in the air. "Yes that is what I like to here!" It was time for him to start singing. We finished all the other songs and it was my turn to sing it out loud. "Well tonight we had the opportunity to get our favorite guitarist in the band to sing a special song that connects in our hearts. If you didn't know already, Tara lost her mom a few months ago to drugs. So tonight, we set aside our time for Tara." He smiled and I smiled as well. I walked up to the microphone. "Thanks Gage. As he was saying, I did lose my mom a few months ago to cocaine and cancer. I used to sing this song to her everyday before she passed so this song means the world to me. So if I could get everyone's phone lights on so I can you see your pretty faces and sing this with me, that would be amazing. This song is called Cancer by My Chemical Romance." The whole crowds screamed and lights began to glow up the stadium. Gage began to strum and I tapped my toe to the beat. My que came. Turn away If you could get me a drink Of water 'cause my lips are chapped and faded Call my aunt Marie Help her gather all my things And bury me In all my favorite colors My sisters and my brothers, still I will not kiss you 'Cause the hardest part of this Is leaving you Now turn away 'Cause I'm awful just to see 'Cause all my hair's abandoned all my body All my agony Know that I will never marry Baby I'm just soggy from the chemo But counting down the days to go It just ain't living And I just hope you know That if you say (if you say) Good-bye today (good-bye today) I'd ask you to be true (I'd ask you to be true) 'Cause the hardest part of this Is leaving you 'Cause the hardest part of this Is leaving you. A tear streamed down my face in happiness and sadness. The sound of my name was being screamed. "Tara! Tara! Tara!" Continuously. I smiled and grabbed the mic again. "You guys! You just made my night! We are The Midnight Rejects, and until next time." I said and I began playing riffs on my guitar as the band walked off the stage. I was last and played as I walked off. I was met with 3 teary eyed boys. "That was amazing Tara!" They said and hugged me. "Thank you! I gotta go so I can get ready for your guy's show." I said and they nodded. I ran to the dressing room and redid my makeup and walked out in time again. Darkness covered the stage as we walked out. We all hugged each other and walked out. I sat in the left corner of the stage and let Sebastian start off the song to "Mr.Doctor Man". The crowd went willed. Remington sang the words "oh Mr. Doctor Man" and I began playing and the lights came on. The energy was amazing! We finished the song and Remington began talking to the crowd. "Well hello!!!! Tonight we are joined by the amazing guitarist, Tara Blanc from The Midnight Rejects! Give her a big huge hello!" He screamed and everyone smiled and screamed for me. It made me so happy. "I don't know how this girl did it, but she learned all of our songs LAST NIGHT at last minutes notice." He said and smiled. "It almost made me feel like she was, I don't know, fucking with my head?" He smirked and we began playing the song, "Fucking With My Head." Things slowed down for "Ma Charíe" my favorite song. After we finished their set, they screamed. "Let's hear it one more time for Tara!" Remington said and they did. We all walked off stage and we smiled. "Kick ass job, Tara! I'm impressed!" Marilyn said scaring the shit out of us all. "Playing two shows in one night, gotta day I'm impressed!" He said and hugged me. "It was nothing with these guys!" I said and they smiled. "Nice job guys!" I said and they smiled. "It was nothing." Emerson said jokingly twirling his hair. We all laughed and went to go get drinks. Emerson jokingly, at least I think it was jokingly, put his arm around me and I giggled as we walked back from drinks. I walked into my dressing room, changing into a more comfortable clothing choice.
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I walked out and Emerson eyed me. "You look really pretty." He said and I smiled. "Well thank you." I said and blushed. We walked over to watch Rob's and Marilyn's show together. We laughed and watched them be idiots together. "Target Audience" came on. I felt a hand on my leg and I looked over to see Emerson's hand there. I smiled and took his hand. "Care to dance?" He said with a smile. "Absolutely." I said as he spun me around and made me giggle. His facial structure took me in as my smile grew bigger. God he is so hot. "I don't know how I got so lucky to meet you." He whispered in my ear and I blushed. "I don't know why your so lucky, I'm really nothing special." I said back. He shook his head, "You got that all wrong sugar." He said. "Unfortunately I don't, even my mom made sure I knew that when she was around." I said and looked down. "That woman made an amazing creation and made some of the best decisions except saying that." He whispered in my ear making me melt. I lov-, wait what was I about to say? I could've possibly... I could. I stared in his eyes and thought a million things. How could this happen? "What's on your mind?" He said and I just shook my head. "Nothing, just lost again." I said and he looked at me. "Why is that?" He said and I tried to brush it off but failed. "It's just the shit that happened with my mom and dad. Both addicts, both dead. Now my uncle is doing the same shit and I'm afraid to lose him." I said and Emerson just looked at me and hugged me. I was taken aback by it but hugged back. "I will always be here to protect you okay?" He said and I nodded. "I'm sorry I shouldn't of brought it up." I said and shook my head. "Don't be Tara, don't be. You're one of the prettiest girls I have ever met and you're so talented and you're funny and creative. I couldn't ask to be friends with someone better." He pulled and said looking into my eyes. All of a sudden his lips were on mine and I kissed back instantly, no hesitation. I can't believe this is happening! I pulled away and smiled as did he. "Please don't ever say you're not something special ever again." He whispered and I nodded. The song ended and we payed attention to the show again but it was so hard. All I could think about was how amazing he is. After the show they both came off smiling like idiots. "Amazing show guys!" I said and Marilyn came and hugged. "It always a good show when you got the twins of evil!" Rob replied and he hugged me as well. After that we all walked out in a huge group with security so nobody would come at us. We all departed and went to our busses. I sat down on the couch and smoked while Axel day next to me and everyone else was on the floor watching tv. "I have been meaning to ask you, how was that kiss?" Axel said loudly and everyone turned and smirked at me. My face was instantly blood red. "What kiss?" I said trying to play it off. "Oh sorry, I should remind you. When Emerson kissed you while you two were dancing to "Target Audience." Axel replied. "It was so cute! Even Remington and Sebastian thought it was cute!" Jake said and I curled up into a ball. I called Emerson and put him on speaker. He answered and I mumbled "they say anything to you?" and he laughed and nodded. I love FaceTime. "Of course we did!" Remington came into view along with Sebastian. Emerson moaned a "go away" and they laughed. "We ship it!" Sebastian said and we both blushed like crazy. They walked away so I started talking to Emerson. "Whatcha doing?" I said and he sighed. "I was actually drawing out my newest book." He said and I smiled. "What's it called?" I replied and he smiled. "Lost Again." He said and I smiled bigger. "Taking inspiration from earlier?" I said and he laughed. "Yes I actually am. How could I not take that opportunity?" He said and I smiled. All of a sudden I heard "IS THAT EMERSON?" In a jokingly Manet and everyone gathered around me. "How was that kiss?" Jake said and I laughed. I wasn't actually expecting him to answer. "My best yet." He said and everyone's jaw dropped as I bit my lip and smirk. "Guys we should leave the couple alone." Gage said jokingly and they all nodded and left. "Well that happened." I said and he laughed. "I should have expected that coming." He said and I nodded. "We both should have." I said and he nodded. "Well I will let you go so you can write, the band probably wants me anyways so." I said and he looked nervous. "Wait hold on um, would you ah, would you go on a date with me?" He said and I smiled. "I would love to." I said and he smiled. "I will text you details about it later." He said and I nodded. "Bye" we both said at the same time which made us laugh. He hung up and I smiled. I fell back on the couch with the biggest smile. I then realized how disgusting the bus was so I got up and started cleaning. I did the dishes and vacuumed. I folded all the blankets and placed them were they were supposed to go. I walked into the bathroom and took my makeup and washed my face and got ready for bed. I texted Emerson quickly.
Tara- goodnight🖤 A minute later at my phone ringed.
