Friends, it’s time to be just as unserious as our very own Lestat. As we know, we’ll finally get to see his rockstar days in Interview with the Vampire Season 3, so the natural question is what kind of band the Brat Prince will form. Obviously, there are books out there — all written by Lestat and not some mortal woman, of course — that tell us every little detail about his ill-fated music career. But, well. In the series’ version of the story, Louis finishes his interview, then visits his maker in modern-day New Orleans, before hearing anything at all about Monsieur de Lioncourt going on tour. So, all we can guess from that is that our beloved vampire with a flair for the theatrical will draw from modern influences.
…and, folks, here is where the totally unserious side of things begins. You’ve been warned or whatever. Oh. And let’s get this out of the way: Whatever that was in that one film we don’t speak of: No. Absolutely not.
Emo!Lestat
In the 2020s, early 2000s emo is making a comeback with many of the era’s top bands doing reunion tours. The main characters in Interview with the Vampire are nothing if not very emotional (in a very sad and dramatic way). So, honestly, would it really be too far outside the realm of possibility to get an emo Lestat? The answer: In any kind of serious speculation post, sure. But in this one? Nah. Hear us out: Lestat de Lioncourt is a pretentious egomaniac who calls his music videos short films like a certain “Mars” band, with a certain actor-turned-frontman, does. Like, it’s kinda perfect. Our vamp even is an actor-turned-frontman.
But. Eh. Alternatively, he could also rewrite emo history and say he — not Gerard Way — first welcomed us to the Black Parade. But he’ll swear MCR stole the concept album from him, which he totally wanted to call “Welcome to the Savage Garden.” Lyrics could be something like “when I was/a fledgling/my maker/gave me his ancient Blood and/then jumped into the flames.”
Inspired by Bon Jovi
Look: Sam Reid has some lovely flowing locks, so we tried slapping Bon Jovi’s hair from the Livin’ On A Prayer video on a photo of him. And well…we don’t hate the concept. The final product? Definitely can’t stand it. (The joys of free software. You get what you pay for. Yadda, yadda, yadda.) But the vision? It’s there.
The last true rockstar?
Just saying, the Brat Prince looks good in Dave Grohl’s clothes. Black T-shirt, wristband, guitar. Done, done, done. This look works for nearly any kind of rock band you want to start, so he can be versatile AF. We call this one “old school grunge dude, still rockin’.”
Whatever this is.
Since the whole professional musician thing is supposed to cause a stir and tell all the vampires’ secrets to the world, we may as well just bring back this iconic look. He can sing about founding the Théâtre des Vampires while dressed to impress. Just saying. The look works. Always did, always will.
Sad acoustic piano guy.
At the end of Interview with the Vampire Season 2, Louis finds…this guy. So, as of now, all we actually know about Lestat’s future music career is the concept starts here. Dirty, sad man, clinging to his filthy little keyboard/the part of his ancient piano that still lives. We’d call it grunge, but that’s not quite accurate. (Needs more flannel, plus we already did the Dave Grohl mockup.) So, yeah. This is totally its own, vampiric thing. That’s our starting point. And from there? We literally have no idea.
But, for what it’s worth, this was a fun way to waste some time and show that, really, we should just stick to writing and leave the artwork alone.
What kind of music do you to hear Lestat making in Interview with the Vampire Season 3? Leave us a comment!
I liked the nu metal aspect of queen of the damned and almost nothing else about it. Maybe they can get jonathan davis back hahaha
Would not be opposed to Davis making an appearance. And yeah “almost nothing” is exactly what worked about that film.
Jokes aside, it’s going to be REALLY interesting to see where they go with this. Especially since the bar is in, like, Hades after that QoTD movie.
Or perhaps they will consider beloved fellow charismatic Aussie rock star Michael Hutchence as an inspiration. Without Michael’s devastating & untimely ending, of course.
Love that idea!