Chapter 1

• A Day in the Life (Beatles song). Chapter title.
• The Damned frontman Dave Vanian. Character name (Nick Vanian).
• By the Way (Red Hot Chili Peppers song/album). Location name (Byway Bridge).

Chapter 2

• On the Sunny Side of the Street (jazz standard). Chapter title.
• Put On a Happy Face (Dick Van Dyke song, from Bye Bye Birdie). Character name (Administrator Kurt Vandyke). (A/N: I was on stage crew for this play in sixth grade, and some of the songs SLAP.)
• Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain. Character name (Administrator Kurt Vandyke).
• Goodbye Blue Sky (Pink Floyd song). Stand name.
• Nirvana (band). Stand name.
• Electriclarryland (Butthole Surfers album). Stand name. (A/N: I can't find anything online about this, but I'm half convinced Electriclarryland is a parody album. "Pepper" is Beck's "Loser," "TV Star" is verbatim "Hungry Heart" by Bruce Springsteen, "Jingle of a Dog's Collar" is Lou Reed, etc. Also the album name itself.)

Chapter 3

• Have You Ever Been (To Electric Ladyland) (Jimi Hendrix song). Chapter/arc title.
• Welcome to Paradise (Green Day song). Character name (Paradizo). (A/N: I came up with the idea for this as a character name in early 2020 before deciding on the music reference. The song turned out to fit perfectly.)
• In Bloom (Nirvana song). Stand name.

Chapter 5

• It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back (Public Enemy album). Faction name (The Million).
• YYZ (Rush song). Organization name (YYZ News).
• Birdland (Weather Report song). Location name (Birdland Mall).

Chapter 6

• Femme Fatale (Velvet Underground song). Chapter/arc title.
• Cecilia (Simon & Garfunkel song). Character name (Cecilia Valdez).
• Vicious (Lou Reed song). Character name (Vicious).
• Better Man (Pearl Jam song). Character name (Betterman).
• The Trashmen (band). Organization name (Trashmen).

Chapter 7

• Soul Kitchen (The Doors song). Location name (The Soul Kitchen).
• Misty Mountain Hop (Led Zeppelin song). Character name (Misti Mountainhop).
• Nights in White Satin (The Moody Blues song). Organization name (White Satin Knights).
• Paranoid (Black Sabbath song). Stand name. (A/N: Electriclarryland's beta name.)
• Jalil Hutchins (Whodini frontman). Character name (Jalil Houdin).
• Whodini (band). Character name (Jalil Houdin).
• Kid Cudi (artist). Location name (Cudi Club).
• Disco Man (The Damned song). Character name (Discoman).
• Born to Kill (The Damned song). Reference for the performance scene.

Chapter 8

• Dizzy Gillespie (jazz trumpeter). Location name (Gillespie College).
• The Velvet Underground (band). Stand name.

Chapter 9

• Bridge Over Troubled Water (Simon & Garfunkel song/album). Chapter/arc title (abbreviated to Troubled Waters).
• Freaks Come Out At Night (Whodini song). Stand name.
• Yellow Ledbetter (Pearl Jam song). Location name (Ledbetter Municipal Water Treatment Facility).

Chapter 10

• The Ol' Diamondback Sturgeon (Primus song). Character name (ex-Mayor Diamondback Sturgeon).

Chapter 11

• John the Fisherman (Primus song). Character name (Mayor John Fisher).
• Alligator Pie (Dave Matthews Band song). Character name (Stella Grace). (A/N: Stella and Grace are Dave Matthews' two daughters. He wrote a song called "Grace is Gone," and the chorus of "Alligator Pie" references Stella asking to be put in a song of her own.)
• REM (band). Organization name (W-REM radio station).
• Even Flow (Pearl Jam song). Stand name.

Chapter 14

• Here Come the Bastards (Primus song). Chapter/arc title.
• Jerry Was A Race Car Driver (Primus song). Character name (Jerry Jarvis IV.) (A/N: Jerry Jarvis's great-grandfather was a mayor. You may be sensing a pattern.)
• All Along the Watchtower (Jimi Hendrix song). Location name (The Watchtower).
• Telegram Sam (Bauhaus song). Character name (Telegram).
• Reggatta de Blanc (The Police album). Character name (Reggatta).
• She's in Parties (Bauhaus song). Stand name.

Chapter 15

• Blue Oyster Cult (band). Faction name (Federal Bureau of Containment).
• Dave Brubeck (jazz pianist). Character name (Brubeck).
• High Hopes (Frank Sinatra song). Location name (High Hopes Batting Cage. (A/N: A reference to former Philadelphia Phillies broadcaster Harry Kalas, who sang this song after they won the World Series in 2008. Go Phils!)

Chapter 16

• Tom Sawyer (Rush song). Character name (Chief Administrator Robert Sawyer).
• The Sidewinder (Lee Morgan song). Referenced in-story.
• John Clayton (jazz bassist). Referenced in-story. (A/N: This performance is so good.)

Chapter 17

• Slippin' Into Darkness (War song). Chapter title.
• Butcher Pete (Roy Brown song). Character name (Pedro Verdugo).
• Duke Ellington (jazz pianist). Character name (Duke Goodenough).
• The B-52s (band). Character name (B-52).
• The Damned (band). Stand name.

Chapter 18.1

• Five Minutes of Funk (Whodini song). Chapter title.
• La-Di-Da-Di (Slick Rick and Doug E. Fresh song). Referenced in Jalil's morning routine.
• Mothership Connection (Star Child) (Parliament song). Character name (Starchild).

Chapter 18.2

• In Utero (Nirvana album). Chapter title.
• Steve Miller Band (band). Character name (Containment Director S. Miller).
• Rock Me Amadeus (Falco song). Character name (Containment Director Amadeus).

Chapter 18.3

• Breathe (In the Air) (Pink Floyd song). Chapter title.
• Warehouse (Dave Matthews Band song). Location name (Warehouse #34).
• #34 (Dave Matthews Band song). Location name (Warehouse #34). (A/N: It's such a dumb reference. I'm sorry! I couldn't resist.)
• Rapture (Blondie song). Concept name (rapture).
• Big Bang Baby (Stone Temple Pilots song). Artifact name.

Chapter 19

• Workingman's Dead (The Grateful Dead album). Chapter/arc title.
• American Beauty (The Grateful Dead album). Chapter/arc title.
• Paul's Boutique (Beastie Boys album). Location name.
• Avril Lavigne (artist). Character name (Henri Lavigne).
• Rhapsody in Blue (George Gershwin composition). Artifact name.
• Little Wing (Jimi Hendrix song). Stand name.
• Parallel Lines (Blondie album). Stand name.
• Scarlet Begonias (The Grateful Dead song, covered by Sublime). Stand name.

Chapter 20

• Gary Numan (artist). Location name (Numan Institute). (A/N: I love Gary Numan's song "Cars," but I can't name a Stand after it for obvious reasons.)
• Crash (Dave Matthews Band album). Artifact name.

Chapter 21

• Truckin' (Grateful Dead song). Stand name.

Chapter 22

• Jerry Garcia (Grateful Dead member). Character name (Janis and Mickey Garcia).
• Mickey Hart (Grateful Dead member). Character name (Mickey Garcia).
• Janis Joplin (artist). Character name (Janis Garcia.)

Chapter 23

• Casey Jones (Grateful Dead song). Artifact name.
• Les Claypool (Primus frontman). Character name (Ignatius Claypool). (A/N: Also a reference to John Kennedy Toole's "A Confederacy of Dunces." Great book.)
• The Winstons (band). Character name (Winston).

Chapter 24

• Machine Gun Etiquette (The Damned album). Chapter/arc title.
• Dani California (Red Hot Chili Peppers song). Character name (Dani Frusciante).
• John Frusciante (Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist). Character name (Dani Frusciante).
• They're Red Hot (Robert Johnson song, covered by the Red Hot Chili Peppers). Stand name.

Chapter 25

• Iggy Pop (artist). Character name (Jim "Pop" Popowicz).
• Jimmy Pop (Bloodhound Gang frontman). Character name (Jim "Pop" Popowicz. (Sorry for putting this song on the playlist. It slaps, though.)

Chapter 27

• The Stooges (band). Stand name.
• Nivek Ogre (Skinny Puppy frontman). Character name (Nivek).
• Rat Salad (Black Sabbath song). Artifact name.

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