Artist: STYX
Album: KILROY WAS HERE (CD US-IMPORT)

Release date: 1983
EAN/UPS: 0075021373426
Media type: CD

Kilroy Was Here is a rock opera/concept album by the rock band Styx. It was released in February 1983. The title comes from a famous graffiti saying "Kilroy was here".

"Kilroy Was Here" was conceived by lead singer Dennis DeYoung as an album and accompanying stage show, which opened with a short film of the same name. While the supporting tour was a financial disaster, the album sold over 2 million copies and peaked at #3 in the US.

The album's somewhat rock-operatic story tells of a future where rock music is outlawed by a hyperconservative government and the "MMM (the Majority for Musical Morality)". The story's protagonist, Kilroy, is a former rock star who has been imprisoned by MMM leader Dr. Righteous. He escapes using a disguise (according to the album's famous song "Mr. Roboto") when he becomes aware that a young musician, Jonathan Chance, is on a mission to bring rock music back.

The album spawned two hit singles, "Mr. Roboto" and "Don't Let It End".

TRACKLIST:

1. "Mr. Roboto" DeYoung 5:28
2. "Cold War" Shaw 4:27
3. "Don't Let It End" DeYoung 4:56
4. "High Time" DeYoung 4:33
5. "Heavy Metal Poisoning" Young 4:57
6. "Just Get Through This Night" Shaw 6:06
7. "Double Life" Young 3:46
8. "Haven't We Been Here Before?" Shaw 4:06
9. "Don't Let It End (Reprise)" Shaw/DeYoung 2:22

TOTAL TIME: 40:41

LINE-UP:

Dennis DeYoung - keyboards, vocals
Chuck Panozzo - bass, vocals
John Panozzo - drums, vocals
Tommy Shaw - guitar, vocals
James Young - guitar, vocals

Additional personnel:
Dan Barber - horn
Steve Eisen - saxophone
Mike Halpin - horn
Michael Mossman - horn
Mark Ohlson - horn