Xmas rocks
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[edit] Introduction
xmas_rocks is a Secret Santa project for slash BandFic. It was first held in the winter of 2006/2007.
[edit] Moderator
- sidewinder runs the exchange as well as moderates the associated LiveJournal community.
[edit] History
- The xmas_rocks LiveJournal was created on October 11, 2006.[1]
- The 2007 story exchange went live on January 3, 2007[2] and resulted in 21 stories for 17 participants. Frandoms represented in this year's exchange included: Aerosmith, The Beatles, Bon Jovi, Def Leppard, Green Day, Guns N Roses, Foo Fighters, Led Zeppelin, Metallica, My Chemical Romance, Nirvana, The Police and Sex Pistols.
- The 2008 story exchange went live on January 4, 2008 and resulted in 31 stories for 28 participants. Fandoms represented in this year's exchange included: Aerosmith, The Beatles, Billy Idol, Bon Jovi, Def Leppard, Depeche Mode, Eagles of Death Metal, Fall Out Boy, Foo Fighters, Green Day, Klaxons, Marc Bolan, Metallica, My Chemical Romance, Nirvana, Pink Floyd, The Police, Queen, Queens of the Stone Age, Soft Machine, The Spiders from Mars, The Stokes, Velvet Underground and Zico Chain.
- The 2009 story exchange went live on January 4, 2009 and resulted in 25 stories for 22 participants, by 23 different authors. Fandoms represented in this year's exchange included: The Academy Is..., Adam Ant, Aerosmith, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Bon Jovi, Curved Air, Def Leppard, Depeche Mode, Evanescence, Fall Out Boy, Flogging Molly, Janis Joplin, Jefferson Airplane, John Cale Band, Lacuna Coil, Led Zeppelin, Metallica, My Chemical Romance, Panic! At The Disco, The Police, Reggie and the Full Effect, Velvet Underground, The Who. This was the first year the exchange produced femmeslash as well as m/m slash fiction.
