stabbim wrote:yogi wrote:A 20 + minute actual movie,
9ish, actually.
yogi wrote: that then turned into a play, that then turned into a concert, that then turned back into a play.
They all had those??
Perhaps not in a single gig following that exact structure, but yeah, the elements were already out there (including the futuristic censorship concept, in the case of Zappa.) DDY combined them in a fairly interesting way but I wouldn't call KWH/CITA a major step forward in the rock/theater idiom.
However, one thing that I do think was truly innovative was the incorporation of Styx's regular set list into the concept, so they could still milk their greatest hits while putting the new theatrics across. Very savvy marketing concept -- makes one wonder why, with such flexibility built into the show, they couldn't just loosen up and play regular gigs when the situation called for it (young Mr Sucherman's story comes to mind.)
The reason Kilroy failed - there was not a rock track on that album.
Who was responsible for Rock Tracks in the Band? Tommy Shaw
Instead of getting a good rock track out of Tommy, we got absolute crap like "Cold War".
Stop putting 100% of the blame for Kilroy on Dennis. Tommy shouldered quite a lot. In fact, Tommy didn't contribute a rocker to Styx since 1978. He shares some of the blame.