The Pizza Toppings

## Information

**The Pizza Toppings** are an American Rock and Roll band and Crime Gang, who are the main characters and protagonists in the 'Bandit and Friends Series'. The band consists of members Oscar Williams, Molly Rodgers, Ian Alston, Claude Jester, Desmond Shaw, Marlow Cooper and Mike Woods. Jimmy Shaw was also briefly a member, until he was arrested by Detective Tyrell Buckley. In real life, it is the name of the gang that content creators are part of.

## The Pizza Toppings Gang

### Performers

Oscar Williams (Driver)Molly Rodgers (Manager)

Claude Jester (Lead Singer)

Ian Alston (Backup Singer and Drummer)

Desmond Shaw (Founder and Guitarist)

Marlow Cooper (Founder and Base Guitarist)

Mike Woods (Medic and Keyboardist)

Jimmy Shaw (Former Member before Incarceration)

## Members

The band has seven main members, and Desmond's little brother Jimmy Shaw is part of the gang briefly in Chapters two and three ('Bandit and the Run-In with the Crime Lords' and 'Bandit and the Bank Robbery'). All the permanent and part-time members include:

* Oscar Williams - The main character of the series, and one of the most impulsive gang members, and he is their official driver. He is nicknamed 'Bandit' by the other members.
* Molly Rodgers - Probably the smartest member of the band, who is always well intentioned and kind to the members, and is the band's manager.
* Ian Alston - The most 'innocent and pure' member of the group, Ian is very childish and optimistic, and one of the most moral. He is the backup singer and drummer.
* Claude Jester - One of the smartest and charming members of the group, and the lead singer.
* Desmond Shaw - The toughest and most 'dangerous' of the group, and the guitarist.
* Jimmy Shaw - Desmond's little brother, and the newest member. he is incredibly loyal, sacrificing his freedom for the gang in chapter three.
* Marlow Cooper - One of the most thoughtful and moral group members, and skilled in fighting, Marlow is the band's base guitarist.
* Mike Woods - The oldest and most medically trained of the group, and the keyboardist.

## History

### Pre-series History

Best friends Desmond Shaw and Marlow Cooper formed The Pizza Toppings band on December 18th 2017 and soon recruited Ian Alston, Mike Woods and Claude Jester. Molly Rodgers heard the band playing and became their manager, arranging them gigs around the place.

In February 2018 Desmond got angry when a night club manager refused to pay them, and punched him in the face. he reported them to the police, who started their search for them. The manger lied to Detective Tyrell Buckley, saying they robbed him too, as well as punching him. The band was on the run, occasionally robbing stores to survive, because the money they were earning from the occasional gig wasn't enough, and the police arrest warrant for them grew steadily larger with each robbery.

In May 2019, Desmond and Marlow decided to make a deal with notorious mafia boss Don 'Viper' Oliver for a loan of cash to get back on their feet until they could earn themselves money from gigs and get more popular, maybe even make a record. They agreed that in one year's time they would pay Oliver back for the cash he lent them. This deal would cause them major problems later on, and Desmond and Marlow were criticked for their decisions by the other gang members; Molly, Ian, Claude and Mike had all disagreed with the idea, and even Marlow was having second thoughts, but Desmond truly believed that this would help them and save their music careers, getting them away from the life of crime they had to live to survive.

In May of 2020 the gang could not afford to pay Don 'Viper' Oliver back his cash, and they had not made it big or gotten a deal with a record label like Desmond has hoped, and the mafia had agreed to attack and bring the gang member to Oliver if they found them. Then, at a bar in Sutton, Oscar found the Pizza Toppings Gang.

## Enemies

The following is a list of the enemies that the gang has faced/made thought the series.

* Detective Tyrell Buckley
* Don 'Viper' Oliver
* Chief Andrew Charlton
* Kathrine Swindler
* Silent Wilson
* Thomas Whittaker
* Ben Whittaker
* Sam Whittaker
* Jade
* Smokes
* Nigel

## Trivia

* The group name, 'The Pizza Toppings' is named after the real life clique that Phoenix Gaming, Laval40, Jack, Derangedbishop, Sebmceough, GhostZz\_Bandit and Diego are all part of.