In 1983, Styx released a concept album, "Kilroy Was Here" as a reaction
to all of the anti-rock activists who had been predicting that the "evil
rock music" was going to destroy society ever since Elvis Presley first
hit the airwaves in Memphis in the 1950's.
The album predated Tipper Gore's "Parents Music Resource Center," album
warning labels, and other forms of attempted government control over the
music industry.
This was the era where claims of backwards-masking -- supposedly hiding
evil messages in rock songs by mixing them in reverse -- were rampant
and resulted in the banning, and burning, of a number of albums by
various artists. Styx was one of those, with claims of hidden messages
in the song "Snowblind" from "Paradise Theatre."
When we were planning to take "Kilroy" on tour, we envisioned a full
theatrical experience. A film telling the backstory was created that was
shown at the opening of the concert. This transitioned into live action
with me, as Kilroy, telling Tommy, as Jonathan Chance, the story of the
event at a rock concert that led to his incarceration.
The actual Styx concert was a part of the rock opera, essentially a
flashback in Kilroy's story.
This video includes the full "Kilroy Was Here" film, leading into the
live performance of "Mr. Roboto."
The whole show is available on the "Caught In the Act" DVD, available here:
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