Comments on: Long Live Rock (Opera)!

Long Live Rock (Opera)!

nromanek — Mon, 07 Nov 2005 11:08:05 -0800

Burnt Church, the Opera - When I was a kid some of my greatest literary influences were "Quadrophenia", "The Wall", "Tommy", and "Jesus Christ Superstar". And did I mention "Quadrophenia"? Jeff Parker and Paul Roessler have put online their entire Floyd-esque concept album "Burnt Church" (complete with groovy Flash bits) and they are encouraging people to download for free. Check it!

By: interrobang

interrobang — Mon, 07 Nov 2005 12:55:13 -0800

Interesting.

By: kenko

kenko — Mon, 07 Nov 2005 19:00:05 -0800

This is not the Chicago guitarist Jeff Parker.

By: yakcat01

yakcat01 — Mon, 07 Nov 2005 19:03:47 -0800

Paul Roessler was in the Screamers (who were the best of the LA punk bands in the 1977-1980) era, and later on with 45 Grave, Twisted Roots, Nina Hagen Mike Watt, etc.

By: yakcat01

yakcat01 — Mon, 07 Nov 2005 19:10:34 -0800

PS: looks like you can listen to excerpts of the songs in the "gallery" section...along with flash/photoshop illustrations for each. There's also a screenplay (?) Kind of an on-line multimedia extravaganza. Oh, and that is indeed the same Paul Roessler of Screamers/Nina Hagen fame

By: pyramid termite

pyramid termite — Mon, 07 Nov 2005 20:53:40 -0800

track 01's missing ... this is interesting ...

By: keds

keds — Mon, 07 Nov 2005 22:13:57 -0800

Track 1 is guessable. Hope this works: http://www.burntchurchtheopera.com/01%20(Intro%20Interlude).mp3