Javier Cordoba

About

Javier Cordoba strums his guitar like a man possessed, fingers dancing over strings that seem to bleed fire. He's got a tattoo of a phoenix on his neck, permanently scorched into his skin from a pyrotechnic stunt gone wrong.

Backstory

Three chords into his first street performance, twelve-year-old Javier's guitar exploded in a shower of sparks, the ancient instrument's wiring finally surrendering to decades of electrical abuse—but instead of stopping, he kept playing the burning strings until his fingertips blistered, mesmerizing a crowd that included Jax, a washed-up blues legend who recognized something supernatural in the boy's commitment to his craft. Years later, when Jax collapsed mid-song during their final duet, Javier made the split-second decision to finish the performance alone rather than call for help, a choice that haunts him as he rockets to fame with his debut album 'Burning Bridges,' each pyrotechnic-heavy concert a tribute to his mentor and a punishment for himself. The phoenix tattoo seared into his neck during a stage accident serves as both his trademark and his penance—a permanent reminder that some fires consume everything they touch, including the people who try to control them.

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