[Charles Martel]

A lot of people forget, or never realized in the first place, that Kilroy Was Here was a concept album about the dangers of censorship and how the government could (abusively) control the future of music. Those concerns certainly solidified just a few years later with the formation of the Parents' Music Resource Center and the Senate hearings which did initiate the "parental advisory" stickers that were added to music packaging. Dennis DeYoung was ahead of the curve in raising that concern.

Concept albums don't always work out well. Certainly, the cheesy stage play that the band performed during that tour to set up the various songs didn't thrill the fans - but the album itself isn't bad. Yes, DeYoung has a flair for the theatrical, but it didn't merit the tantrum that his band mates threw back then.

[NorthMountain]

A lot of people forget, or never realized in the first place, that Kilroy Was Here was a concept album about the dangers of censorship and how the government could (abusively) control the future of music.

Good point. I heard the entire album before hearing any of it on the radio and never understood the hate. The movie "Demolition Man" was released 10 years later on the same concept. I like them both.