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10 Best Rock Operas

  • Posted on Apr 14th 2010 6:30PM by Nick Scaramuzzo
Pity the poor rock opera: the most garish example of pure decadence the music industry has to offer. It's not enough to put out a record -- you have to make a self-proclaimed mah-sterpiece. It's like one of those horror stories you hear about famous people who have so much money, they start going insane. In honor of Green Day's 'American Idiot' ...

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