Creative Writing: "The Day It All Changed"

This was the late 1970s in Nashville, Tenessee. Since the New York Dolls came about, the American punk scene had grown a lot there. Ruby was the vocalist of a growing punk rock band. They played punk rock with a slight touch of heavy metal. Their fame, and specially Ruby's, was growing increasingly. They were known for their literally "explosive" shows. She used to wear skinny black leather jeans and a black leather bra. Her hair used to be all spiked on the top of her head in a Mohawk style; or sometimes just tied up at the back of her head. She was known for her mad and crazed performances, like sledgehammering tv sets and chainsawing electric guitars on stage. Some night they had a great show in a famous subterranean hall in Nashville. The show had just finished and Ruby was chilling out with the rest of the band backstage. That night's performance was no less outstanding. She blew up a Cadillac on stage.

After a while of drinking simple vodkas and sniffing a few lines Ruby and the other members said goodbye to go home or party somewhere. Ruby was to meet her mate outside. He hadn't arrived yet, so she started to walk towards a nearby parking lot. The night was strangely dark and the zone didn't have much light. Suddenly, three policemen showed up behing a truck and surrounded her. They threw her to the ground and beated her into semi-consciousness. She was taken to the hospital and later thrown in jail under the charge of obscenity for simulating a sex act with a sledgehammer on stage. A trial was scheduled. The police officers stated that no beating had occured and she felt that this statement could jeopardize her chance at a fair trial. Fortunatelly, one of the photographers of the show had been able to photograph her being beaten, which refuted police's statements.

The trial began a few months later and the media and tons of fans came from miles away to see it. Ruby presented a strong testimony and made the judge change his mind when the full color photos of her being beaten on the ground were shown. After one week she is considered not guilty. Nothing happened to the three police officers. From that moment on she realized that nothing was what it seemed. She was living in a society where certain things could never be beaten. Yet, she kept on breaking social taboos assaulting American's popular culture.