The Protomen: A true example of excellent fan service

I'm back, though I wont be as frequent as usual. I've been slammed with ridiculous work hours. Anyways, thats none of your business. I'll be doing a quick post on a band I recently picked back up, The Protomen, who do an amazing thing for this world. They've somehow made Mega Man even MORE awesome, and turned a reworking of the story into a phenomenal and emotional rock opera.

The first album, simply entitled The Protomen, tells the story of a distopian future in which Dr. Wily uses his robots (the six from the first game) to rule the city with an iron fist. Dr. Light, alone and a broken man, builds Proto Man in the hopes that he will bring down Wily's tyrannical rule. Proto Man, despite getting close, does not succeed, and is destroyed by the robot masters. To add fuel to the fire, the residents gather to watch Proto Man fall, as its explained, "they don't want a hero, they want a martyr, another statue to raise". Dr. Light then builds Mega Man, not to fight, but to assist him. Against his wishes, Mega Man takes to destroying Wily's army to avenge his fallen brother. Its emotional, its dramatic, its bleak and most certainly a nice, neatly woven tale. It's like Mega Man meets 1984.

The second album, Father of Death, serves as a prequel, detailing Dr. Wilys corruption, the death of Dr. Light's love, Emily, and the establishment of Wily's empire. All in all, its still a great album, albiet much lighter of a sound than the album before it, which had a very dark, grungy "dirty" sound to it. If you like Mega Man, or the novel 1984, or both, then definitely give them a listen. They weave a gripping story seamlessly with catchy music, and is something I would most certainly see in concert.