From dystopian grids to teenage tragedies, we rank 15 bombastic masterpieces that pushed the boundaries of rock’s dramatic ...

Forget Tommy. The newly re-released Quadrophenia represents the highest achievement in a lovably overblown genre: guitar music with story lines. MCA/Polydor Frequently pretentious, occasionally ...

SEATTLE — It’s a Monday night at El Corazon here, and the Protomen are trying to figure out their set list. There are few recent standbys — they’ve been playing “Princes of the Universe” a lot on this ...

All video games are a sort of tenuous performance art, requiring players to take on the role of both audience and performer as they inhabit an interactive story designed to create a shared experience.

Anderson made the announcement via Facebook, posting some artwork for the tour as well as some background information about a set list that purports to "tell the story of the original Jethro Tull’s ...

Pete Townshend is turning his 2019 novel The Age of Anxiety into a rock opera, featuring a soundtrack of new original songs. The Who guitarist is also working on a documentary chronicling the entire ...

Rock opera is a very niche sub-genre that hasn’t necessarily graced the music industry in a successful manner regularly. However, when it has, it has made history. Two musicians who made a killing on ...

The Rock Opera or conceptual album first came to light in popular music during the late 1960s. Obviously inspired by the sweeping orchestral suites of such composers as Tchaikovsky (The Nutcracker ...