Maddox is American born with grandparents from Japan and Europe. He grew up in a small town in Vermont playing ice hockey and moved to LA to experience the gay scene, sunshine, and city life. He’s tall, blond, well-built, and is often mistaken for Maddox’s security. Licenses and copyright belong to the original creators/photographers) What do they look like? (I don’t own these photos. I love the pentagon shape though and it was perfect for my guys, given the five equal sides. I needed something with five sides and a solid pentagonal shape was too hard to work with. I went with atrous.Ītrous has five members: Maddox, Jeremy, Wes, Luke, and Blake.Ītrous’ logo is a pentagon.

So I searched some other words pertaining to onyx and there was perse, sable, and atrous. Then I liked the name Jet (from jet black) but that was taken too. I originally wanted to call the band Onyx but that name for a band was already taken. Okay now to the fun part… The band: Atrous

Their lives are tied up in contracts and non-disclosure agreements.Īnother thing to remember is Code Red is fictional and not a user-guide on how boy bands are managed. Their management company calls the shots in all matters, personal and professional. If you didn’t know already, boy bands are, more or less, owned by their management companies. One thing to remember while reading Code Red is that boy band management is very different to standard band management.

I watched tour documentaries, interviews and videos on fan and security interaction. And I also researched their management companies, their security details, their schedules daily and whilst on tour.

While writing Code Red, I researched boy bands such as BTS and One Direction mostly, and 5SOS to a lesser extent. He’s thrust into the centre of all interviews, fans and paparazzi hound him all the time, and because of security risks/measures, he lives an isolated, lonely life. While all five members of the band are equal, Maddox is singled out as the bad boy, the one everyone wants. Roscoe has been Maddox’s personal manager/handler for four years and he’s been in love with him for three of those. It’s release week for Code Red! Just a few more days to wait… so I thought I’d share some inside info.Ĭode Red is about the lead singer of a boyband (Maddox) and his personal manager (Roscoe).

Code Red by N.R. Walker