Calvin and Hobbes where walking into the Spendalot Variety Store near their house, when Calvin saw a poster in the window.
"Hobbes, check it out!" Calvin said. The poster said:
Nameless City Battle Of The Bands! If You have a good band, great band, or even a last minute band, come and ROCK in front of a LIVE audience next Thursday at 12 PM! The winner will land an interview in our local paper, a fully paid-for recorded CD at Smith's Recording, a dinner with a famous record label owner, AND $5000 DOLLARS! Don't miss it!
"I wonder how they can afford to pay for the recording, much less give away the money and all that stuff," Hobbes said.
Calvin, however was jumping for joy.
"Who knew getting 5000 bucks could be so easy!" He screamed. "All we have to do is get a band, and we'll have RICH!"
"Calvin, playing instruments and singing in front of a crowd is harder than most people think," Hobbes said.
"Hobbes, Hobbes, Hobbes," Calvin said. "So naive. How could anything be more easy?"
Hobbes growled. "I'd love to see you whimpering in fear on a stage." He mumbled.
"And I've got lots of songs we can play!" Calvin said.
"YOU? WRITE SONGS?" Hobbes laughed.
"I've written LOTS of songs!" Calvin yelled.
"How many have you written?"
"15"
"How many are playable to an audience? And make sense?"
"None."
"You're doomed." Hobbes said.
"Oh well, I guess..."
"Hey twinky."
Calvin turned around into Moe's face. The bully was there with two guys Calvin had never seen before. One was as tall as Moe, wearing black shorts and a blue t-shirt with long blond hair running down to his back. The other was a tiny bit shorter, had a Knicks ball cap sideways on his head, with track pants and a Capitals jersey (Don't even ask why he wears these in summer). You couldn't see his hair.
"Hello, Moe." Calvin said.
"Thinking about joining the BOTB? Well, forget it, cause me and my pals here are gonna RULE the competition! I've actually been playing the guitar for a few months now and I'm ready to ROCK! These guys will be the bassist and drummer."
"Ha! Moe, you're probably so dumb that you couldn't even plug a cord into the..."
POW! Calvin flew into the wall from Moe's fist.
"If I see you at the Battle, you'll get an even worse beating!" Moe yelled as him and his friends sauntered away laughing.
"Things don't look good." Hobbes said as Calvin picked himself up.
"Ooh, I hate him! We NEED to win Hobbes! We can't just let Moe win and laugh in our faces!"
"Well, not me. Being on stage makes my tail go fuzzy." Hobbes said. "Besides, all you know is the piano! Who will you recruit?
"I think LeFace54321 can drum, so he'll be drummer. But we still need a vocalist, bassist, guitarists, and maybe an effects guy."
Calvin then turned to the reader (you). "Well, c'mon! That was your cue to join!"
REVIEW PLEASE! I need people to sign up! Space is limited to one bassist, two guitarists, one singer, and another backup singer (Preferably one of the guitarists). Maybe even an effects guy. Or DJ. Or WHATEVER you guys can think of! I'm the drummer, and Calvin is piano. So what will YOU play?