Trope Pantheons/Music

Music

"I've just been to Rock & Roll Heaven, and you know they got one hell of a band!"

- Stephen King

The House of Music is one big, endless concert, from the amateurs in the dingy basement to the lunatics on the roof (which is on fire). It's just as well every wall, floor and ceiling in the House is soundproof, as you may walk from a screaming crowd in one room, to an elegant ballroom dance in the next, and go downstairs to find a cacophonous endless jam session where the greatest musicians in history all have their styles clash horribly.

An entire security force of bouncers, some of whom are said to be trainees from the Defense house, do their best to keep things in line but the Music house is still the best place to find all kinds of mind/-altering substance if you know where to look (in particular, in the backyard it's like Woodstock never stopped).

Naturally, this house gets endless calls for being too noisy, but blame whoever decided to put it across the road from the House of Knowledge. The reason why the House of Craft didn't soundproof its outsides is generally speculated to have something to do with the Council of Shadows.

Elvis Presley, The King Of Rock And Roll
 * Greater God
 * Symbol: His hairdo
 * Portfolio: Catchy Tunes, Classic Rock
 * Domains: Craft, Pleasure, Country
 * Followers: The Kings
 * Does becoming a God count as leaving the planet?
 * Occasionally engages in jam sessions with many other deities, including Mozart, Beethoven, Michael Jackson and The Beatles. The styles clash horribly.
 * He is planning to make his followers build a golden temple in Las Vegas one day, filled with casinos, bars, dancers, neon lights and Elvis cosplayers.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Ludwig Van Beethoven, Twin Gods of Classical Music
 * Greater Gods
 * Symbol: A treble clef
 * Portfolio: Classical Music, Standard Snippets
 * Domains: Craft
 * Followers: Schroeder (Particularly follows Beethoven)
 * They are not aliens, or time travellers, incidentally.

The Beatles, Gods of Modern Music (The Fab Four, The Young Lads, The Boys From Liverpool, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band)
 * Greater Gods
 * Symbol: Drum logo reading "The Beatles" or the Yellow Submarine.
 * Portfolio: Pioneering Artistry, Breakaway Pop Hits, Genre Turning Points, The British Invasion, and too many others to list
 * Domains: Craft, Emotion, Liberation, Trade
 * Followers: JAM Project, Aerosmith, The Rolling Stones, etc.
 * No one is bigger than they are in the domain of Music.
 * Paul McCartney has been seen pulling double duty.

The Grateful Dead, Gods of Improvisation, Hippie Gods
 * Greater Gods
 * Symbols: "Steal Your Face" aka "Stealie", Dancing Bears, Dancing Terrapins
 * Portfolio: Never having two shows the same, Monterey Pop Festival, Woodstock, Acid Tests
 * Domains: Music, Crafts, Hippies, Art, Songs, Lyrics, Mind Altering Substances, The Wall of Sound, Blues, Folk, Rock, Psychedelics, Improvisation, Long Strange Trips, Shakedown Street
 * Allies: Bob Dylan, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, Jefferson Airplane
 * Enemies: "The Man"
 * Followers: Deadheads,
 * Phish has taken up the mantle of de facto jam band

Jimi Hendrix, God of Guitars
 * Greater God
 * Symbols: A burning guitar
 * Portfolio: Insane guitar soloing, Woodstock
 * Domains: Guitars, Acid, Rock, Jazz, Distortion
 * Allies: Jim Morrison
 * Jimi Hendrix is the god of all guitarists who have ever and will ever exist, and is the greatest guitarist in all of existence. Even the other guitar-playing gods look to him as the highest authority on guitar playing.
 * Jimi Hendrix had left the Earth to give the other gods guitar lessons. He is highly sought after by the rock, jazz and blues musicians in the Pantheon, and doesn't get much time to himself.

John Williams, God of Film Scores
 * Greater God
 * Symbols: A lightsaber with a dinosaur-bone handle, a bullwhip with a sharktooth pendant on the end
 * Followers: Jerry Goldsmith, Bernard Herrmann, Bear Mc Creary, Michael Giacchino
 * Portfolio: Crowning Music of Awesome, Leitmotif, Theme Music, Ear Worms.
 * Domain: Space and Time, the Oceans, Magic and Mayhem
 * In the beginning there was Williams. From him came Yoko Kanno and Hans Zimmer, and from them the film composers of today
 * Due to his tireless years of work, he is now focusing on overseeing the work of his successors.

Basil Poledouris, God of Ominous Russian Chanting
 * Demigod
 * Symbols: A large black submarine
 * Portfolio: Ominous Russian Chanting, Bilingual Bonus
 * Domain: Submarines

Yoko Kanno, Goddess of Anime Soundtracks, Manipulator of Music
 * Greater God
 * Symbol: a musical partition
 * Portfolio: Music Mixer, Music of Awesomeness
 * Domains: Creating, Music, Combinations, Harmony
 * Followers: Alternate John Williams
 * Can combine any musical style with any other and produce a masterpiece, regardless how impossible it sounds at first. Her soundtracks have touched the hearts of even the most cynical gods.
 * It is said that when the End Time comes, she will combine all music ever made into a single, beautiful melody that will echo throughout all eternity.

Yuki Kajiura, Empress of Anime Crowning Music of Awesome
 * Greater God
 * Symbol: A gregorian monk with a rock guitar
 * Portfolio: Epic Gothic, Supernatural Superheroism, World Saving Crowning Music of Awesome
 * Domains: Goth Loli, Rock Opera, Epic Awesomeness
 * Followers: Hans Zimmer, Adrew Lloyd Webber

Alice Cooper, God of Theatrical Rock (The King of Shock Rock, The Rock Villain)
 * Greater God
 * Symbol: Eyes with Make-up; top hat and cane
 * Alignment: Chaotic Evil
 * Portfolio: Concept Album, I Love the Dead, New Sound Album, They Killed Kenny, Villain Protagonist
 * Domains: Rock Theatre, Hair Metal
 * Followers: Kiss, Marilyn Manson, Rob Zombie
 * Has the ability to appear either as a band or as solo artist.
 * They keep killing him, but he keeps coming back.

Marty O'Donnell and Kelly Bailey, Dual Gods Of Video Game Music
 * Lesser Gods
 * Symbols: The Seventh Column and a Valve.
 * Portfolio: Crowning Music of Awesome, Theme Songs and Tear Jerker Music.
 * Domain: Video Games, Orchestras and Epicness
 * The best two people ever to make video game music, these two Bellevue-based Video Game music makers are best known for their epic music in the main franchise of the company they're with. Marty is known and loved for his work on the Halo Series and Kelly, while cursed with a girls name, is known and loved for his music heard in the Half Life Franchise.

Frank Klepacki, God of RTS Game Music
 * Lesser God
 * Symbols: Frank's custom guitar leaning against a Mammoth Tank
 * Portfolio: Rows upon rows of Nod soldiers, Soviet tanks, Hierarchy Walkers and Imperial Star Destroyers descending upon the free people while backed by The Power of Rock
 * Domain: Real-Time Strategy Games, Incredibly Kickass Mixtures of Electronica and Heavy Metal
 * THE composer of choice if someone wants an action-focused soundtrack for a strategy game. If you hear a game was made by Westwood Studios or Petroglyph Games, chances are Frank's behind the soundtrack. Even his 15+ year old songs are remixed to this day; hell, he's not above remixing his own songs to be used in new games! Outside of the world of videogaming, Frank composed several independent albums with the same kickass style of his.

"Weird Al" Yankovic, God of Parody
 * Lesser God
 * Symbol: An accordion
 * Portfolio: Weird Al Effect, Satire, Parody and Pastiche, Those Who Are White And Nerdy
 * Domain: Parody, Accordions
 * If there's a song to be written, Weird Al will find a way to make it funny by changing the words to include easy-to-recognize pop-culture references. He scoffs at the Friedberg/Seltzer directing team for taking the shotgun approach to parody by throwing out unrelated references to see what sticks.
 * He also has the magic ability to turn nearly any song into some form of polka mix. all he needs is his divine accordion.
 * Morrigan Aensland once tried to seduce him, but when he noticed that one of her teeth was 0,0019 milimeters smaller than the others, he simply replied with the following line before calmly walking away: "You're close, but no cigar!".

Lady Gaga, Goddess of Catchiness
 * Lesser Goddess
 * Symbol: A telephone
 * Portfolio: Cloudcuckoolander, Crazy Awesome, Costume Porn, Ear Worm
 * Domain: Madness, Glory, Persistence
 * Gaga has succeeded in creating some of the most incredibly catchy songs the world has ever experienced. The only possible explanation has to be divine power. Her cult is widespread, and her music videos don't afraid of anything.
 * Doesn't like the fact that she shares two portfolios with Orihime Inoue, and has been plotting to overthrow her with The Plan.
 * After the release of Gaga's "Born This Way" music video the Council of Shadows and even the Main House immediately held meetings behind closed doors, perhaps to discuss the video, how this affects Lady Gaga's godly position, and even how this might affect the Pantheon itself.

Jigglypuff, Goddess of Sketching and Lullabies
 * Quasideity
 * Symbol: A Moon Stone
 * Alignment: Chaotic Neutral
 * Portfolio: Face Doodlers, Brown Notes, Lethal Joke Characters, Glass Cannons, Pokémon-Speak
 * Domain: Dream, Glory, Moon
 * Allies: Kirby
 * Fans are convinced that Jigglypuff would have the #1 single in every country in the world if her songs utilized mind control rather than putting the judges to sleep.
 * All Glory To the Hypno- Jigglypuff!

I-No, Goddess of Musical Assassination
 * Intermediate Goddess
 * Symbol: A flashing red "WARNING" sign
 * Alignment: Chaotic Evil
 * Portfolio: Sexy Villainy, Nice Hats, Amazing Technicolor Battlefields, Fan Service, SNK Bosses
 * Domains: Evil, Death, Chaos, Pleasure
 * Allies: Eddie Riggs.
 * Followers: Kurow Kirishima (Rival Schools), El Kabong (Quick Draw McGraw), Harp Note (Mega Man Star Force)
 * While her power level would qualify her to be a Greater Goddess, she is curtailed by her loyalty to "That Man".

Lucia Nanami, Goddess of Idol Singers (Pink Pearl Voice)
 * Intermediate Goddess
 * Symbol: A pink seashell
 * Portfolio: Ditziness, Magical Girl, Bad Music Without The Pink Pearl, Magic Music, Mermaids In Disguise, Princesses In Disguise, Those Whose Family Names Sound Like Given Names
 * Domains: Craft, Dream, Water
 * Followers: Hannah Montana, Lacus Clyne (Gundam Seed), Sonia Strumm (Mega Man Star Force), the Vocaloids
 * Allies: Hanon Hosho, Rina Toin, Caren, Noel, Coco, Seira, Aqua Regina, Kaito Domoto, Prince Edward, Ariel, Jem
 * Enemies: Eddie Riggs
 * Is planning on forming "The Godliest Girl Band Ever" with Lynn Minmei, Mitsuki "Full Moon" Kouyama, Megumi Oumi and possibly Jem. If she's not available, Athena Asamiya has expressed interest in the fifth spot, even willing to be a backup dancer if Jem decides to join after all. She has even considered Sheryl Nome as a potential member after she saw how well she did singing duets with aspiring young singer Ranka Lee.
 * As a human, she shares notes with Edward to help him make his songs more passionate. As a mermaid, she spends time with Ariel chatting about the princes they used to know and love.
 * Has earned the ire of Eddie Riggs, though he knows it's not his place to complain.

Kotomi Ichinose, Goddess of Dreadful Music
 * Lesser Goddess
 * Symbol: Violin
 * Portfolio: Dreadful Music, Fake Magical Girl, Bokes, Cloudcuckoolanders, Teen Geniuses, Senseless Violins
 * Domain: Family, Craft
 * Follower: Cacofonix (Asterix)
 * Kotomi is a frequent figure on Celestial Idol, but in recent years has been shown the door repeatedly before she even gets a chance to unpack her violin case. Simon Cowell is still trying to block out the days-old ringing in his ears.
 * Just as long as she doesn't bring her violin, she's always welcomed to any party. But if she ever brings her violin, she'll end up Bound and Gagged in the corner.

Michael Jackson, King Of Pop (Space Michael, Captain EO, the Gloved One)
 * Intermediate God
 * Symbol: A pair of shoes moonwalking
 * Portfolio: Dance, Pop Stars, Tabloid Fodder, Adult Children, Accused Pedophilia, The Downward Spiral
 * Domain: Moon, Dream, Community
 * Followers: Several hundred famous pop musicians, Bubbles the Chimp
 * Allies: MTV, Elizabeth Taylor, Diana Ross, The Simpsons, Eddie Van Halen, Motown, Brooke Shields, Macaulay Culkin, Thomas Mesereau, Chris Tucker
 * Enemies: CNN, the paparazzi, "they", Joe Jackson, Martin Bashir, Thomas Sneddon, Debbie Rowe (former ally)
 * Was accused twice of using his divine power in ways not approved of by the Moral Censors, and was eventually taken to the Court of the Gods. There was little evidence that he had actually done, well, anything, but the trial was sensationalized immensely, the God of Judgment gleefully extending it for three days. At the end of the third, the God of Justice walked into the courtroom dragging an unconscious Red Skull, looked about at the proceedings in disgust, and decreed, "You're still debating this? It's a simple case. Just call Jean Valjean in here, determine whether this man violated Dream's restrictions on What Gods Are Not To Do, and have done with it. You're trivializing our justice system with this farce. Now finish, or I tell my second in command that he can have my throne for a day."
 * Eventually, Michael was acquitted before the Captain had to make good on his threat, but public opinion of him was low enough that he was constantly on the verge of being cast out of the Holy Garden, and his powers were curtailed. There was fierce debate on whether or not his title and position should pass on to another, but it was eventually decided that he could keep it out of respect for his early life.
 * Has never been seen in the same room as Orochimaru or The Other Mother.
 * Is capable of turning into a car, but has never been seen in the same room as Akio Ohtori or Brett Matthews.
 * Recent events have left him resting easy in the Pantheon...for now.

Yui Hirasawa, Airheaded Muse of Guitars.
 * Intermediate God
 * Symbol: Les Paulman Guitar
 * Porfolio: Fuwa Fuwa Time, Fude Pen Ball Pen, U&I.
 * Domains: Good Hearted Idiocy and Talent disproportionate to intelligence.

Elzam von Branstein, God of the Unstoppable Theme Song, Co-God of Bash Brothers (Ratsel Feinschmeker)
 * Intermediate God
 * Symbol: Black Horse (Trombe!)
 * Portfolio: Paper Thin Disguises, Ace Pilots, Heterosexual Life Partners, Real Men Who Ride Other Real Men, Theme Songs That Override All Other Theme Songs
 * Domains: War, Teamwork, Music
 * Allies: Sanger Zonvolt, Bang Shishigami (Blaz Blue)
 * Before being deified, he was an avatar of Char Aznable. He was deified in his own right due to a legendary Game Bug.
 * Nekki Basara was his follower, or to be exact... the former God of Theme Song, until Elzam replaced him and refined the title. One of his lesser archangels, Stan Bush, performs whenever the Autobots pick up the Matrix of Leadership.

Orihime Inoue, Goddess of Ear Worms
 * Lesser Goddess
 * Symbol: A spinning leek, alternatively, a six-pointed hairpin
 * Portfolio: Healing Others, Really Strange Cooking, Being Waaaaay Out There, Getting Songs Stuck In Your Head
 * Domains: Song, Food, Health
 * Followers: Badgers, Magical Trevor, Max Tennyson (Ben 10) (for being a Lethal Chef)
 * Allies: Ichigo Kurosaki, Hinata Hyuga, Prince Edward, Mikuru Asahina
 * Every song that remains forever ingrained in the minds of the Gods and the universe is a manifestation of Orihime's overactive imagination, having taken a musical form.
 * Shares a special friendship with Hinata of the Love Pantheon, due to sharing the same English voice actress, which normally results in sharing her special cooking, and talking of the boys they pine for.
 * Also has some connections with Mikuru Asahina, Goddess of Moe, due to similar appearance and English voice as well.
 * Same with Prince Edward, but only because she likes spoons...and bards.

Yngwie Malmsteen, The Lord of Guitar Battles
 * Lesser God
 * Symbol: A Fender Stratocaster over a lightning bolt
 * Portfolio: What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?, Monster Killing, Musical Assassins.
 * Domains: Elemental Magic, Ice, Fire, Lightning, Celebrity.
 * Followers: Brian May, Adrian Smith and Dave Murray, Herman Li, Slash, and Tom Morello are all known to have belonged to the cult of Yngwie at some point. Whether they remain active followers is debatable.

Brook, God of Violin (Humming Swordsman, Gentleman Skeleton, Brooke)
 * Intermediate God
 * Symbol: His sacred afro.
 * Portfolio: Funny afros, Post-Mortem Perverts, Badass/ Heartwarming Songs, SKUUULLL JOOOOKKEES, Implausible Fencing Powers, Cool Swords, Being A Skeleton
 * Domains: Undead, Death
 * Followers: Wataru and Otoya Kurenai (Kamen Rider Kiva)
 * Allies: Luffy, Franky, Ataru Moroboshi, Jiraiya, Yurika Kirishima, Geoff Peterson.
 * Enemies: Brook is overall liked, but many of the female gods get angry when he asks for their panties.
 * Says that everyone of his followers hold a special place in his heart. But, as a skeleton, he has no heart. Yohohoho! SKUUUUUUUUUUULLLLLLLLLL JOOOOOOOOOOOOOKKKKKKKKKKKKKKEEEEE!!!
 * Has kindly offered to give Kotomi violin lessons. "Her music would be painful to my ears. But, as a skeleton, I have no ears! Yohohoho! SKUUUUUUUUUUULLLLLLLLLL JOOOOOOOOOOOOOKKKKKKKKKKKKKKEEEEE!!!"

Elwood Blues and Jake Blues, Gods of R&B
 * Lesser Gods
 * Symbol: The Bluesmobile
 * Portfolio: Cool Shades, Wearing Said Shades Even At Night, Awesome Music, Cool Car / The Alleged Car, Putting On Shows, Saving the Orphanage, Putting the Band Back Together, Hilarity Ensues, Limited Wardrobe, Missions From God
 * Domains: Music, Mad Cap Car Chases

Richard Wagner, Lord of the Leitmotif
 * Quasideity, claims to be Greater God
 * Symbol: A profile of his physical form's head.
 * Portfolio: small people with HUGE EGOS, Standard Snippets, '''PARALELL UNIVERSES ENTIRELY CONSTRUCTED OF PIG'S BEHIND, Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness, The Reich.
 * Domains: Song, War, Evil, Glory.

Eddie Riggs, God of Roadies
 * Intermediate God, although if asked he will claim to be a mere Demigod.
 * Symbol: The Separator and his guitar Clementine crossed against each other
 * Alignment: Chaotic Neutral or Chaotic Good, depending on who you ask.
 * Portfolio: Hypercompetent Sidekicks, The Power of Rock, Getting the job done without hogging the Spotlight, Hot-Blooded, Heavy Mithril
 * Domains: Darkness, Creation, Liberation, Metal, Productivity.
 * Allies: Dethklok, I-No (who's "Kinda sexy in a weird way" by his admission), Raz
 * Enemies: Miku Hatsune, Lucia (none of them outright stated)
 * Eddie is the head of all of those who work in the shadows to keep the musicians doing what they do best.
 * Has served Dethklok and helped train their roadies.
 * Although he'll serve any musician without complaint, has barely-hidden contempt for Lucia and her followers and can be seen Face Palming backstage during concerts.
 * Maintains the pantheon's instruments when they're not performing.

Miku Hatsune, Goddess of Synthesizers
 * Lesser Goddess
 * Symbol: A spinning leek (Which she stole from Orihime)
 * Portfolio: Being whatever her friends want her to be, taking on the world and winning (though it was self defense), Virtual Idols
 * Domains: Song, Creation, Dance, Music
 * Allies: The other Vocaloids, The Companion Cube, Lain Iwakura, Lucia Nanami (and the other Mermaid Princesses)
 * Rivals: Orihime, Eddie Riggs

Bob Dylan, God of Lyrics
 * Greater God
 * Symbol: His hair
 * Portfolio: Pretty much every lyrical trope in the books...and getting everybody stoned. Oh, and Mondegreens.
 * Domains: Music, Craft, Symbolism, Emotion
 * Followers: John Lennon, Bruce Springsteen, Joan Baez, and many, many others, most of whom made famous his songs.
 * A group of Canadian musicians were once his allies and were known as "The Band." It is unknown whether they still ally with him.

The Music Meister, God Of Villain Songs (Maestro of Villainy)
 * Intermediate God
 * Symbol: His glasses
 * Alignment: Neutral Evil
 * Portfolio: Constantly Changing Costumes, Compelling Voice, Evil Redhead, Making a Spectacle of Yourself, Mad Artist, Musical Episode, Musical World Hypotheses, Neil Patrick Harris, Death Traps, Card Carrying Villainy, Having a Glass Jaw, Hamminess, Villain Songs
 * Domains: Mind Control, Musical Episodes, Crowd Songs
 * Followers: Dr. Horrible, Sweeney Todd, and just about every villain from the Disney Animated Canon, Black Beauty Sisters, The Winged Ones (Lady Bat, Lanhua, and Alala)
 * Enemies: Batman, Captain Hammer
 * In his presence, all visitors and gods Intermediate level or lower are compelled to start singing instead of speaking, and posing or even dancing as they do so. It's possible to resist, but every second he is present the compulsion becomes more powerful. Batman distributes earplugs which convey immunity, but careful - they tend to fall out.

Animal, God Of Drummers
 * Quasideity
 * Symbol: His head
 * Alignment: Chaotic Neutral, though sometimes leans toward Chaotic Good
 * Portfolio: All Drummers Are Animals, The Unintelligible
 * Domains: FOOOOD, WO-MAN, BEAT DRUMS, Sleeping
 * Followers: Gene Krupa, Keith Moon, John Bonham, Mick Fleetwood, Tommy Lee...
 * Allies: The other Muppets
 * Rivals: Buddy Rich (because Animal threw a drum head onto him after Rich won a drum battle against him)
 * The Pantheon provides him with some of the strongest drums on the planet. Regular drums tend to break at the force of his drumming skills ever since he became a diety.

Ronnie James Dio, God of Metal
 * Greater God
 * Symbol: The devil horns
 * Alignment: Neutral Good
 * Domain: Music, Heavy Metal
 * Followers: All Power Metal bands, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Jack Black and Tenacious D, Tim Schafer
 * Rivals: Ozzy Osbourne, Prince of Darkness
 * He has rocked for a very long time.
 * He keeps Dethklok in check and has forced them to stop making Tenacious D do their dirty work. The only objectors to this are Dethklok themselves.
 * Is known to command a legion of demons, devils and fallen angels. He enslaves them by the power of his music alone. This ability has saved many members of the pantheon in the past since he can use them for both good and evil. Dio himself is universally recognized as one of the most benign and likeable of the gods in the pantheon, but those who underestimate him because of this end up destroyed by his powerful voice of pure metal awesomeness.
 * There is no need for altars or temples for Dio. Those who pray hard enough to one of his posters will recive his aid and wisdom when they need it the most.

Chuck Schuldiner, God of Death Metal
 * Intermediate God
 * Symbol: BC Rich Stealth Guitar
 * Domain: Music, Death Metal
 * Portfolio: Guttural Growlers, Epic Rocking
 * Followers: Cannibal Corpse, Possessed, any Death Metal band.
 * Rivals: Dethklok
 * Unintentionally brought Dethklok into existance.
 * Affectionately known as "The Grandfather of Death Metal".

My Bloody Valentine, Gods of Shoegazing
 * Lesser Gods
 * Symbol: That pink guitar on the cover of Loveless
 * Portfolio: Shoegazing, Indecipherable Lyrics, Loudness War, Word Salad Lyrics
 * Domains: Music, Song, Emotion, Pleasure
 * Followers: Lush, Ride, Chapterhouse, Slowdive, Mojave 3, Asobi Seksu, M83 (traditional flavour), A Place to Bury Strangers, Jesu, The Horrors (murderously intense, terrifying flavour).
 * Rivals: None really, considering they nearly killed their own genre.
 * The Naive Newcomers of the Pantheon for now, known chiefly for their ability to make any loud noisy guitars sound beautiful and their incredibly resistent ears.
 * Not invited very often to jam sessions because participants prefer to actually hear themselves playing. They're honestly surprised by people who advise them to "turn it down once in a while".
 * They're just as unintelligible in person as they are in music.
 * The second most frequent question they're asked after "Can you turn that down?" is "So, how do you pronounce 'Colm Ó Cíosóig'?" The gods are still trying to decipher their answer.

Tori Amos, Goddess of Pianos
 * Lesser Goddess
 * Symbol: A piano, a fairy
 * Portfolio: eccentricity, flaming red hair, army of devoted Toriphiles, feminism
 * Domains: Madness, Community
 * Allies: Neil Gaiman, Bjork, PJ Harvey, Damien Rice, Alanis Morissette, Trent Reznor (former ally), Robert Plant, Michael Stipe, Maynard James Keenan
 * Enemies: Amanda Palmer, Courtney Love, certain Moral Guardians, ex-Toriphiles
 * Rivals: Kate Bush, Regina Spektor
 * Followers: virtually all Toriphiles
 * The eccentricity from various gods came together, and another deity formed as a result – Tori Amos. She came to Earth as an alt. rock/baroque pop singer-songwriter and attracted many loyal and equally strange fans known as Ears With Feet or Toriphiles with her therapeutic music. She has gained an army useful in attacking misogynistic & homophobic bases.
 * She never was a cornflake girl.
 * She prefers to wear powerful orange knickers.
 * She used to be allied with Trent Reznor, but Courtney Love broke up the alliance, possibly to get more money to buy heroin. They still hold a grudge against her for that.
 * May be an avatar of Delirium. Or maybe not. Who knows?

Pink Floyd: Gods of Progressive Rock (That Sound Effects Band, The Pipers at the Gates of Dawn, Purveyors of the Interstellar Overdrive, Stethoscope Owners, The Crazy Diamonds)
 * Lesser Gods
 * Symbol: A prism pyramid with a ray of light going through it, a brick wall with "Pink Floyd" written on it, a giant inflatable pig (sometimes floating over Battersea Power Station), a businessman shaking hands with a man on fire, a shining diamond, a giant human meatgrinder, marching hammers, a cow on a pasture, a saucerful of secrets, a pillow of winds
 * Portfolio: Progressive Rock, Epic Rocking, Creator Breakdown, Concept Albums, Sound Effects,
 * Domains: Music, Craft, Symbolism, Emotion, Madness, Space
 * Allies: Yes, Emerson Lake and Palmer, Genesis, Rush, King Crimson, Kate Bush (formerly), Roy Harper (formerly)
 * Rivals: The Sex Pistols (formerly), Punk Rock
 * Followers: The Mars Volta, Dream Theater, Trent Reznor, Radiohead, The Smashing Pumpkins, U2, Marillion, Porcupine Tree
 * Known for putting on the most epic, conceptual live shows in the Pantheon.
 * Kate Bush and Roy Harper were formerly allies, but their current alignment is unknown.
 * Syd Barrett and David Gilmour's styles clash horribly.
 * They're legendarily horrible spaceship pilots.
 * One of these days they will cut you into little pieces. So try not to cross them.
 * They'd like people to remember that their domains are not limited to "Space", thank you very much.

Joy Division, Gods of Alternative Rock
 * Lesser Gods.
 * Symbol: Pulsar PSR B1919+21
 * Portfolio: Lyrical Dissonance, songs about loss of love, untimely suicide, synthesizers done right
 * Domain: Music, Post-Punk, Alternative Dance
 * Allies: The Cure, Bauhaus, U2, John Peel, other original acts on the Factory label.
 * Followers: Interpol, Bloc Party, Editors, The Killers, Moby, later acts on the Factory label.
 * Reincarnated as New Order shortly after the suicide of frontman Ian Curtis

Kyuss, Gods of Stoner Metal (Space Cadets, Purveyors of the 50 Million Year Trip [Downside Up], The Freedom Runners)
 * Lesser Gods
 * Symbol: A guitar, a marijuana leaf, a green machine, Allen's Wrench, the Mondo Generator,
 * Portfolio: Watch It Stoned, Stoner Metal
 * Domains: Music, Song, Emotion
 * Allies: Sleep, Monster Magnet, Electric Wizard, Queens of the Stone Age, Fu Manchu
 * Rivals: No known ones at the moment.
 * They have their own room in the Pantheon, decorated to look like an old Palm Desert generator party.
 * They would really appreciate it if people stopped making jokes about their drummer's name.
 * Whenever they have a concert in the House of Music, the smell of questionable substances fills the air.

Cocteau Twins, Gods of Dream Pop
 * Lesser Gods
 * Symbol: An indistinct blur, a kissed out red floatboat, a skirt made out of serpents, glass candle grenades, a tinderbox
 * Portfolio: Dream Pop, Echoing Acoustics, Sweet Dreams Fuel, Melismatic Vocals, Indecipherable Lyrics, Word Salad Lyrics
 * Domains: Dream, Music, Emotion
 * Allies: This Mortal Coil, Dead Can Dance, Dif Juz, Massive Attack
 * Rivals: No known ones at the moment.
 * Followers: Beach House, Love Spirals Downwards, Mazzy Star, Sigur Ros
 * Their music is known to be a great cure for nightmares. There have been rumours that they were specifically created by Dream to be living Sweet Dreams Fuel and that they possess the oil of angels. When confronted with this question, they just shrug and carry on.
 * Served as Mentors to My Bloody Valentine, and share the portfolio of Indecipherable Lyrics and Word Salad Lyrics with them. So far they're the only people in the pantheon who don't avoid them, and translate their incomprehensible mumbling into English for the benefit of everybody else.
 * Yoko Kanno is interested in collaborating with them.

Vladimir Meller, God of the Loudness War (Vlado, The Squish Wizard)
 * Lesser God
 * Symbol: An audio editor showing a completely brickwalled song, a mixing board with everything turned Up to Eleven
 * Portfolio: Loudness War
 * Domains: Craft
 * Rivals: Throw a rock, you're going to hit one.
 * Followers: Howie Weinberg, Rick Rubin, Iggy Pop, Dave Fridmann
 * He has the "reverse Midas touch", and often acts surprised as to why the other gods try to avoid him as much as possible.
 * Even My Bloody Valentine don't want anything to do with him.

Ramones, Gods of Punk Rock
 * Lesser Gods
 * Symbol: A circle containing an bald eagle with the members' first names on the outside
 * Portfolio: Four-Temperament Ensemble, I Want Songs, Three Chords and the Truth, Inaction Videos
 * Domain: Music, Song, Madness
 * Allies: Sex Pistols, Patti Smith, Blondie, Talking Heads, The Clash (formerly)
 * Rivals: Progressive Rock, Disco, Led Zeppelin, Elton John
 * Followers: Green Day, The Offspring, Sum 41, blink-182. The Ramones refuse to respect them because these bands are "corporate."
 * Known for putting on the loudest and fastest-paced concerts in the Pantheon. Like Pink Floyd's, they are exciting, but are completely different in style.
 * The Clash were formerly allies, but were dumped by the Ramones for "selling out."
 * Joey and Johnny Ramone have conflicting opinions, yet each seems to allow the other to express his opinion in song.

Freddie Mercury, God of Charisma
 * Greater God
 * Symbol: A bottomless microphone stand
 * Portfolio: Heavy Mithril, Crowd Songs, Operatic Stadium Rock, Fetish Fuel, Porn Stache, Crowd Pleaser, Cat Lover, Too Good to Last
 * Domain: Music, Rule of Cool
 * Allies: Queen, David Bowie
 * Rivals: The tabloids
 * Followers: Everybody.
 * Was a personification of pure energy and talent in human form, sent from beyond the stars and heavens above to bring truly epic music to the masses.
 * King Freddie's voice is regarded as the most beautiful sound in the universe on several alien worlds and at least 3 alternate dimensions.
 * Chuck Norris' beard lives in awed reverence of Freddie's moustache.
 * Former occupant of the royal throne in the court of the fairies.
 * Will be reincarnated in exactly 300 years and become the saviour of humanity. May or may not have already passed on part of his soul into Noel Fielding.
 * Although he has transcended unto the Seven Seas of Rhye, he still sends his love, darling.

Sheryl Nome, Goddess of Hopes and Dreams (The Galactic Fairy)
 * Intermediate Goddess
 * Symbol: A golden heart-shaped loop with a butterfly wing spread from one side of the cleft (primary) or one of her earrings (secondary).
 * Alignment: Chaotic Good
 * Portfolio: Stage Outfits, Beauty, "Assets", Heroic Willpower, Mentoring, Professional Exhibitionism, Inspirational Music, Marketing, Blood Songs, The Lady's Favour, Cold Hard Cash, Narcissism
 * Domain: Music, Song, Craft, Emotion, Love, Illusion, Seduction, Sexiness, Heroism, The Power of Rock, Blood, War
 * Allies: Yoko Kanno, Lucia Nanami, Nekki Basara, The Blues Brothers
 * Rivals: I-No, Elzam von Branstein
 * Followers: Ranka Lee, Otaku, Aspiring Singers, Heroes, May'n
 * Favored Weapon: The Black Vega (her credit card)
 * Some say she is the illegitimate spawn of Nekki Basara and Sharon Apple made possible by The Power of Rock.
 * Her first scene was Fan Service. Her first words were a sleepily uttered "Strawberry pie..." In effect, she hit the demographic attracted by the sexy and the demographic attracted by the Moe, or, in short, everyone in the first forty-five seconds.
 * Legend has it that Yoko Kanno noticed Sheryl Nome when she was a mortal child, and so Graced her with an avatar to guide her into becoming a star. Unfortunately, the Queen of Mixing found she was simply unable to create something that was not Crazy Awesome, which compromised her desire to create a timid Sexy Secretary. She instead forged a Complete Monster out of Despairs and Nightmares who would play the part in secret. In the end, The Plan proved successful, and the ensuing events developed Sheryl into a being worthy of godhood.
 * As a very young goddess, she tends to fail epicly when attempting anything beyond her godly domains, though as she is an orphan, The Blues Brothers ensure her protection even while Hilarity Ensues. She was such a good sport that they even gifted her with an R&B song.
 * Her opposition to Elzam von Branstein stems from his overthrowing of Nekki Basara as God of the Unstoppable Theme Song, and from when he denied her his favor when she tried to summon a Theme Music Power-Up as a mortal. As a result, she frequently aids Basara in attempts to regain his former title.
 * Rivals I-No for possession of the prestigious Fan Service portfolio, once attempting to fly a VF-25 Messiah to oppose her. It doesn't end well.
 * Heroes pray to her for success and survival, and she may show them her favor, especially if they're hot Bishonen fighter jocks. Those favored may hear her singing, if she chooses to sing for them, which will fill The Hero with a Hot-Blooded Unstoppable Rage, providing a huge force multiplier to the pilot's Badass level. Note: Survival and skill power up only extends to the physical pilot, and NOT said pilot's Cool Plane, which may or may not get shot up (or down) in the process of your Crowning Moment of Awesome.
 * More recently Sheryl released the Universal Bunny concert vid in an attempt to flat out steal the Fan Service portfolio from I-No. It was sprinkled liberally with Fan Service, BDSM, Lesbian Vampires, and even a little Sheryl on Sheryl Les Yay. The jury is still out on if she should inherit the portfolio, in part due to most of it being closer to examples of Playing to The Fetishes, a portfolio that Sheryl already owns outright.
 * The implosion of the Playing to The Fetishes portfolio into the Fetish Fuel portfolio did not affect her nearly as heavily here as it did in the House of Love, but, like there, she was able to nab the Fetishes portfolio here in its place. The battle for it was less epic, as the competition was not high in this pantheon, nor did it have as much of an effect on her power level.
 * Gained a Cool Car in the Nyan Cli short, an interview/music video montage, in the form of a red Ferrari California with a six-speed manual transmission. The Blues Brothers were probably involved with this.
 * Took a spot in the House of Love when she heard they had the best sound systems, getting in simply by the Playing to The Fetishes portfolio being open at the time.
 * Promoted to Intermediate Goddess after the second movie (The Wings of Goodbye) when she wrote a new song on a prison wall in her own blood while sitting on death row. Then there's The Wings Of Goodbye, and when she sings that, . Yeah, we kinda thought that was awesome enough to warrant a promotion here, too. She got promoted in the Love Pantheon, too,.
 * Among her mortal accomplishments, when her home is threatened and the local government refuses to help (That distress call is sabotage. Really), what's a gilr to do? She has no skill at fighting, no weapons, no soldiers, but what does she have? A credit card and a credit rating better than most countries. She hires an entire Badass Army of mercenaries for a rescue mission, including a full squadron of Super Prototype Space Fighters and the carrier they come with. Did we mention said carrier packs a Wave Motion Gun? It takes her all of two minutes, she just throws them her credit card, the Black Vega, which is why the Black Vega is her favored weapon. Seriously, who needs a gun when you have cold hard cash?
 * Take note of her immediate neighbors in this list and know that this is strangely fitting. May be taking pointers from them in order to build her way up to Greater Godhood.

David Bowie, God of Reinvention (David Robert Jones, Major Tom, The Man Who Sold the World, Ziggy Stardust, Aladdin Sane, Halloween Jack, The Thin White Duke, Thomas Jerome Newton, Major Jack Celliers, Jareth the Goblin King, Detective Nathan Adler, Ramona A. Stone, Algeria Touchshriek, Leon Blank, Baby Grace Blue, Boz, Nikola Tesla, Lord Royal Highness, etc., etc.)
 * Greater God
 * Symbol: His seemingly mismatched eyes
 * Alignment: Depends on the stage persona...
 * Portfolio: Memetic Sex God, Shapeshifting, Coolness Untarnished by Age (not even by a Dork Age), Making Evil Sexy and Goodness Adorable, Sheer Beauty, Infinite Closets, High Theatricality, Everybody Wanting Him, Stealing the Show
 * Domains: Music, Theater, Love, Shape, Magic, Time and Space, Otherness
 * Allies: In this pantheon alone he is allied with John Lennon (of the Beatles) and Freddie Mercury, and thinks well of Prince. Other allies include Iggy Pop, Lou Reed, Brian Eno, Trent Reznor, Tina Turner, Mick Jagger...
 * Enemies: Johnny (of the song "I'm Afraid of Americans").
 * Followers: David Byrne and Madonna are just two of many. Another, Lady Gaga, exists elsewhere in this Pantheon.
 * Not unlike The Doctor (which makes deities wonder...), each of his personas has a secondary holy symbol; examples of these include a dead circuit, a painted-on lightning bolt, a pack of Gitanes cigarettes, and a crystal sphere.
 * His ascent to godhood was the result of his transformations, which first gave him a mastery of Sound and Vision. While already handsome, the abilities he gained in his more exotic forms eventually rendered him an alarmingly sexy entity unique to the cosmos.
 * His gift for ch-ch-ch-ch-changes has earned him the (apparently very tender) affections of Luna in the Main House.
 * Legends and rumors about him run rampant. There are claims that the Great Pyramids of Egypt were built in anticipation of his arrival, that he is The Sovereign and/or a zombie ninja, and that his nipples can serve as antennae...and then there's The Area...
 * Some of his forms are as cruel as they are generous, so it's best to tread gently in his domain.
 * Always available to judge walk-offs in the House of Personal Appearance.
 * Has been seen conversing with Lord Chaos on more than one occasion... though apparently it was a case of mistaken identity on Chaos' part. Also, in another identity related mishap, Naoki Fushima once thought he opposed YHVH.

Yoshiki and Hideto, Gods of Visual Kei
 * Greater Gods
 * Symbols: The rose and a crystal piano for Yoshiki, pink hair and a yellow guitar with red hearts for hide
 * Alignment: Chaotic Evil AND Chaotic Good for both. Depending on who you ask, sometimes both at the same time, and sometimes changing at different points in the day depending on everything from alcohol consumption to temper.
 * Portfolio: Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, Visual Kei, Alternative Rock, Punk Rock, Classical for Yoshiki.
 * Domains: Craft, Pleasure, Music, Theater, Love, Emotion, Beauty, Sorrow, The Power of Rock, Visual Kei, Necromancy
 * Does becoming a God count as leaving the planet for hide? And appearing to perform after death?
 * The top drummer alive, and a now-dead guitarist who, had he lived and been recognized more widely, would have been right along with Jimi Hendrix and Kurt Cobain. And who, ironically, in death is.
 * Almost singlehandedly created a new genre of their own.

Archie "Snake" Simpson, Joey Jeremiah, and Derek "Wheels" Wheeler, Gods of Former Garage Band Members (Zit Remedy, The Zits)
 * Demigods
 * Alignment: Lawful Good, Chaotic Good and Lawful Neutral respectively.
 * Symbol: An old cassette recording of Everybody Wants Something.
 * Portfolio: Reasonable Authority Figures forced to Take A Level In Jerkass, The Peter Principle (Snake), High School Hustlers grown up into used-car salesmen (Joey), Atoners (Wheels), Garage Bands, those who Used To Be Kind Of Cool Once.
 * Domains: High School (literally, in Snake's case), Music, Family
 * You now have Everybody Wants Something running through your head. The title phrase is the only part of the song's lyrics you know. Sore-y, eh?

Gorillaz, Quartet Gods of the Virtual Band
 * Demigods
 * Alignment: Chaotic Neutral.
 * Symbol: A monkey wearing headphones.
 * Portfolio: Uncanny Valley, Everything's Better with Monkeys, Everything Is an Instrument, Art Major Biology, Neoclassical Punk Zydeco Rockabilly, Dysfunction Junction, Morality Pet, Brainless Beauty (2-D), Waif Fu (Noodle), Magnificent Bastard (Murdoc) and Gentle Giant (Russel).
 * Internet band and patron saints of the Uncanny Valley, the Gorillaz bassist, Murdoc Niccals, bought their position on the Tropes pantheon with organs and cold hard cash.
 * It's Gorillaz. No The.

Bruce Dickinson, God of Singing (The Air Raid Siren)
 * Greater God
 * Symbols: An actual Iron Maiden, a fencing sword, and an airplane
 * Portfolio: Epicness, Screaming like an air raid siren, Incredibly Long Notes, fencing, flying
 * Domains: Metal, Voice, Literature, Combat
 * Allies: Monty Python
 * Followers: Almost every Power Metal singer and many Progressive Metal ones as well. Also, interestingly, Lady Gaga.
 * Rivals: David Lee Roth

KISS, Quartet Gods of Hard Rock and Roll All Night (and party every day) (a.k.a. The Elder, Knights In Satan's Service)
 * Intermediate Gods
 * Symbols: Their individual painted faces
 * Alignment: Chaotic Neutral
 * Portfolio: Spectacle, Fireworks, Bloodspitting (Gene the Demon)
 * Domains: Rock, Power Ballads, Theatricality, Merchandising
 * Followers: Those who love their music loud, Those who want the best and expect to get the best

Led Zeppelin, the Hammer of the Gods
 * Greater Gods
 * Smmbols: Their individual symbols from the spine of Led Zeppelin IV
 * Portfolio: Epic Rocking, Heavy Mithril, Metal Scream, Crazy Drummers, Backmasking, Incomprehensible yet poetic-sounding lyrics.
 * Domains: Valhalla, the Houses of the Holy.
 * Followers: Wolfmother, Them Crooked Vultures, Mark Gormley.
 * Rivals: Early reviews of their albums, Moral Guardians.
 * Briefly went to Valhalla following drummer John Bonham's ascension in 1980, but returned to earth for one last show in London in 2007.
 * Basically invented metal by playing Blues really really loudly.
 * The high priests of Zeppelin are still trying to figure out what "Stairway to Heaven" was actually about. They doubt it has anything to do with Satan, however.

Metallica the Heavy Gods
 * Intermediate Gods
 * Symbols: Marionette strings, An electric Chair, A blackened snake, and a hammer.
 * Portfolio: Epic Rocking, H.P. Lovecraft, Money
 * Domains: Metal (Both Ore and Music), Bass Guitar
 * Followers: Metal Heads, Guitar Heroes.
 * Rivals: Thieves, Bob Cesca, Rock Bands, Music Producers.
 * Unfortunately they lost one of their most powerful comrades, Cliff Burton, to an unforeseen incident.
 * They will fight tooth and nail for what they believe is theirs.

JAM Project, Choir of Hot Blood and Heralds of Mecha
 * Collectively wielding the power of a Lesser God
 * Symbols: A rocket punch aimed upward
 * Portfolio: Hot Blood, Cool Old Guy, Supergroup
 * Domains: Strength, Courage, Hot Blood
 * Allies: The Beatles (distant as it seems), Yoko Kanno, Super Robot pilots (plus a few Real Robot pilots too)
 * Rivals: none at the moment
 * A lot of gods don't want them to make contact with the conclave of ZUN, Yuki Kajiura, Yoko Kanno, and Nobuo Uematsu. They have fears that such a music will make reality implode.
 * They have been doing support work for Super Robot Pilots; whenever their music show up, EPIC will ensue.

Eduard Artemyev, God of Electronica
 * The success of electronic music owes as much to him as it does to Vangelis or Mike Oldfield.
 * Symbol: A synthesizer sitting in the middle of the tundra, emitting a haunting trance song.
 * Portfolio: Older Than They Think, Mother Russia Makes You Strong, Drone of Dread, Ethereal Choir, Cool Old Guy, Badass Grandpa
 * Domains: Electronica, trance, film scores
 * Followers: Daft Punk, Mikael Tariverdiev, PPK, Mike Oldfield, Kraftwerk
 * Allies: Vangelis
 * Rivals: None
 * Whenever you hear electronic music, thank Eduard Artemyev.

The Protomen, Gods of Video Game Inspired Rock Opera
 * Many others have done Rock Operas in the past, but The Protomen dedicate theirs to Mega Man and Crowning Music of Awesome.
 * Symbols: Mega Man's helmet, Protoman's helmet, KILROY's mask.
 * Portfolio: Crowning Music of Awesome, Darker and Edgier, Rock Opera, loads of band members, Ridiculously-Human Robots, Mega Man, Chiptunes, Deconstruction, Hot-Blooded main characters and band members.
 * Domains: Nashville, conventions, the City.
 * Followers: Many many fans, Capcom, Brentalfloss, the Chamethrawer Squadron, the L.I.G.H.T. Brigade.
 * Allies: Makeup and Vanity Set, Capcom, The Megas, Daft Punk, Alan Shacklock, Dead of Summer.
 * Rivals: Dr. Wily, Phish, Nickleback.

ZooG and DestroyX, Gods of Distortion and Chaos-Ridden Music
 * Lesser Gods
 * Symbols: Their S-in-a-border symbol, a skull over crossed syringes
 * Portfolio: Crazy Awesome, Dark Is Not Evil, Hell Is That Noise, Nightmare Fuel
 * Domains: Synthesizers of any kind, Zines, Fashion, Rebellion, Anti-Conformity
 * Followers: All their fans, any lovers of chaotic distortion or people who like different things
 * Allies: KMFDM, The Birthday Massacre, Ego Likeness, Legion Within, Shiv-R, Combichrist
 * Rivals: None as of now, though creators of EBM might count

Sabaton, Great Skalds Of War
 * Collectively wielding the power of a Lesser God
 * Symbol: Metal shoe in a suit of armor from which they took their name
 * Portofolio: Power Metal, testosterone, glory and horror of war, encouraging to read history books
 * Domains: Music, Craft, War, Knowledge
 * Regular visitors at house of war, where they gather stories about greatest and most tragic battles, heroic deeds and similiar, which they can dedicate a song to.
 * Well regarded by Nico Robin, Godess of History, for encouraging their listeners to do a lot of research.

Kanye West, God of Music Production
 * Demigod
 * Symbol: Dropout Bear
 * Portfolio: Being Happy for Others and Letting Them Finish
 * Domain: Music, City, Craft
 * He accended to the Pantheon's House of Music when he made a couple of good deeds to redeem himself from the Jerkass behaviour that he had kept up for a while. He currently spends most of his time in the music studio, trying to help the other Gods to make music.
 * His last day amongst the Disgraces ended with him interrupting a speech made by Eragon, claiming that the House of Music had one of the best music studios of all time.

Cab Calloway, God of Scat Singing (The Hi-De-Ho Man)
 * Intermediate God
 * Symbol: A gong
 * Portfolio: Jazz, Swing, Blues, Odes to Intoxication, dancing
 * Allies: Louis Armstrong, Al Jolson, Betty Boop, Minnie the Moocher and Smokey Joe
 * Followers: Scatman John
 * Has been seen comparing notes with Michael Jackson since Jackson's ascension, discussing moonwalking techniques and the like.
 * Can also appear as a creepy rotoscoped walrus.

2Pac and Notorious B.I.G, Gods of Gangsta Rap (Tupac Amaru Shakur and Christopher George Latore Wallace)
 * Intermediate Gods.
 * Symbols: An East Side Hand (B.I.G) and a West Side Hand (2Pac)
 * Portfolio: Intimidating dark-skinned individuals, rivals, conflict between worshippers, sad endings of ones life on Earth
 * Domains: Music.
 * Accended after their mortal coils were shed. Despite living in the House of Music, they tend to keep a distance from eachothers.
 * When either of these gods have a concert, many guards are at place. To say that their followers are known to be troublesome in eachothers precense would be an understatement.

Dave Grohl, God of Grunge and Grunge-Pop
 * Intermediate God
 * Symbols: A Drum Kit and a Microphone, Seven Balls connected by Nine Pieces of String
 * Portfolio: Bands that release very little material before disbanding, Bands that release matrial on small record labels that rarely rerelease their albums, Bands that change name every time their members switch instruments.
 * Domains: Music.

Muse, Gods of Rock Anthems
 * Intermediate God
 * Symbols: The underlined, overlined name in ALL CAPS, The guitar "Glitterati"
 * Portfolio: Bands that use human bones as instruments, Bands that might have inspired Twilight
 * Domains: Music.