# Concept albums set in a dystopian future in which rock and roll has been made illegal

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 21, 2002, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concept-albums-set-in-a-dystopian-future-in-which-rock-and-roll-has-been-made-illegal/120049 "2002-07-21T03:37:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![refusal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ac91a4/32.png) [@refusal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/refusal)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2002, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concept-albums-set-in-a-dystopian-future-in-which-rock-and-roll-has-been-made-illegal/120049/21 "2002-07-22T11:05:10Z")

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Slight hijack, but do country musicians ever make concept albums about apocalyptic futures where country and western has been made illegal?

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**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2002, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concept-albums-set-in-a-dystopian-future-in-which-rock-and-roll-has-been-made-illegal/120049/22 "2002-07-22T11:13:07Z")

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The Bill Bailey work of genius that is _Human Slaves in an Insect Nation_ could fit the description.

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**Author:** ![Delta-9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3be4f8/32.png) [@Delta-9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Delta-9)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2002, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concept-albums-set-in-a-dystopian-future-in-which-rock-and-roll-has-been-made-illegal/120049/23 "2002-07-22T14:06:03Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Mr. Blue Sky \*  
> \*\*  
> [snip] “Kilroy…” was the beginning of the end for Dennis DeYoung’s involvement with Styx. Check out _Behind the Music_ for more info. \*\*

My favorite quote from that one was from **Tommy Shaw** :

“I just couldn’t write a song about robots.”

Heh.

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