Chapter Text
Contains some, uh, spoilers...
Metropolis
Daniel J. Asheton Jr - guitar, songwriter, management (long-term partner of Merry)
Dieter (nee Ezra Dieter Finkel) - bass; visuals and creative concepts
Doyle Saunders - lead vocals, guitar; sex symbol
Dick Sticciano - drums; down-home Texan truths
(Duncan Cortez - live keyboards)
Former members
Darin - fired for drinking/quit to go on tour with Motion Sickness
Dylan - underage, left to go to university
PCPete - Dieter's housemate / drug dealer / (vague hints at a sexual relationship)
Downtime / Deltawave
Elisha Diamond (nee Diarmud) - keyboards, vocals
Gabriel Ekangaki - drums
Miriam "Merry" Wythenshawe - bass, vocals (long-term partner of Daniel)
Record Company and Industry People
Windlass Records - Daniel's first proper job, Deltawave's label
Sol Glass - owner
Bebe Newcolm - A&R, Daniel's mentor
Andre - accounts manager
Sergei - accounting clerk, introduces Daniel to Dick
Barry Michaels - super-producer, owns Catskills Mansions, partner of Cindy
Cindy Birdweather - former pop star, Deltawave road manager
Michael - asshole manager of Deltawave
Musketeer Records - Metropolis' label
Gerry Warschultz - A&R
Roger - contact in London
Charlie - Three Square Records (Metropolis' first label)
Terry - producer/enginner for Metropolis, owner of Cranberry Sound
Taylor - manager for Metropolis
Charlene - manager of the Lacuna Lounge
MetropoList / Publicists / Street Team
Emma - PR
Sandra - runs fan website/mailing list, becomes PR
Becky - fan website
Becca - fan website
Metropolis' road crew:
Simon - driver, eventually soundman
Tony - tour manager (recruited by Cindy)
Ronnie - roadie
Established Bands:
Mexican Summers
Jorge Vincennes - singer / bassist
Jeanette Flores - dummer
Dead Letters
Matthew - singer
Peter Book - bassist, former lover of Merry
The Curse
Simon Fillup - bassist, Merry's (and Dieter's) idol
Other Scenester Bands
The Charms
Beth Blair - vocals
Maddie Cerbone - drums
Kate Gordon- bass
Emma Noguchi - guitar
The Rocket Pops
Jeremy Kane (now deceased) - vocals, guitar
Phil - guitar
(drummer and bassist never named)
Eric - manager
The Bunnygirls
Laura - guitar (later forms The Louche with Phil Rocket Pops)
Marla - vocals
Merry - bass (later forms Downtime)
Taylor - drums (later manages first the Rocket Pops and then Metropolis)
The Motivators
Blandford Lannings - vocals (went to school with Daniel)
Laura - guitar (formerly of Bunnygirls, later of The Louche)
Merry - bass
The Stakes
Fabrizio Tiberi (went to school with Daniel)
Jules
Al
Rotating cast of losers
Branwell and the Belles
Branwell Cortez (brother of Duncan) plus three women not yet named
The Jesus Sugarpussy
Rob - (guitar) - later works A&R for MVC
Carlos - (drums) marries Maddie Charms, goes into advertising
Tony - (bass, vocals) brother of Maddie, his drug addiction wrecks the band
Will Zarnetski - provocateur, party host, DJ and producer
Girlfriends:
Daniel:
Yvonne (teenage girlfriend from Dalton)
Merry
Elizabeth (Record Company rep, we haven't met her yet)
Dick:
Jessica (Polish girl who kicks him out for being away on tour for 2 years)
Clara (photographer, we haven't met her yet)
Dieter:
...not even going to try to list all his lovers...
a menage a trois with Linda and Frank that comes back to haunt him
*Dieter's eventual OTP; we have met this person many, many times but not telling because SPOILERS
Doyle:
Effie (French model)
Brenda (Spanish telenovela actress)
Jenny (Swedish)
Auntie Beast (smack dealer)
Sal (have we met her yet?)
... to be continued, endlessly
Family:
The Ashetons:
Daniel J Asheton Sr - father, owner, Asheton Industrial Accounting
I am certain Daniel's mother had a name but I can't remember it. TAMARA. Daniel's mother is called Tamara
Pricilla Asheton - sister, writer, contributing editor at Vogue
Grandpa Davis - Writer, Hampstead intellectual, Daniel's doppelganger
The Wythenshawes:
Meredith - mother, Professor of Art History at Williams, corgi lover
Marcus - brother, deceased in fire
Jack - father (a bit Freudian; short, slender man with too much curly brown hair and a crooked nose) deceased in fire
Great Great Grandfather, reputed Duke of Derbyshire (Merry may be a little bit of a liar over this, it's never fully confirmed or denied.)