Fans of Anne Rice's vampires are happy with anticipation with the official confirmation this Interview with the vampire The third season will show Lestat (Sam Reid) in full rock star mode. Since this confirmation, fans have been wondering what Lestat's music will sound like in season three. It will be Nu metal from the 2000s, like in the movie Queen of the damned? Luckily, that doesn't seem to be the case. In a second season finale discussion with The Los Angeles Times, Showrunner Rolin Jones gave hints about what musical styles they're looking for. And it's a little more glamorous. Here's what he had to say:
Lestat becomes a rock star. Let's start here. We're going to do a lot with it and we're excited to potentially work with Daniel Hart, who has done the music for the first two seasons. We will try to win Hedwig and the Angry Thumb i Rocky Horror. We're about to attempt a little pop masterpiece.
Hedwig and the Angry Thumb i Rocky Horror they are two musicals that rely heavily on glam rock, even though they came out decades apart. Both have a genre-bending quality to them though, definitely rock, but lean towards humor and country in their songs. This is perfect for Lestat, who is known as the “Brat Prince” by other vampires. Korn's Jonathan Davis' nu metal sound for Lestat's band in 2002 Queen of the damned is a lot heavy and serious. Aggressive, but not seductive. Not how most readers imagined Lestat's music would sound in the books.
In Anne Rice's second undead novel1985 Lestat the vampire, the titular vampire awakens from a decades-long slumber in New Orleans. Although many things woke him up, one last thing finally got him off the ground. This was rock music from a local band that lived near the cemetery where I slept. This band, called Satan's Night Out, captivated Lestat. First, he revealed that he was a vampire to these young mortals. He then agreed to fund his band with his considerable wealth, with himself as the lead singer.
Forming a rock band, Lestat decided to overcome his fledgling vampire Louis' revelations to the world about the existence of vampires in his Confessions (now a mass market book called Interview with the vampire) augmenting her former lover with her own revelations, through songs, music videos and a nationwide tour. It was 1985, a time when someone could take over the world via MTV. Their songs do more than enrage the vampire nation, they also awaken the oldest vampires in existence. Hopefully, we'll see all of that, glam rock style, in season three Interview with the vampire.
