Punk Rock Musical

[So I started to write this musical about the corporate control over punk rock, and how the genre and ideas have been skewd by pop culture and et cetera. I only got to the first stage directions and opening of the play. A band would actually play live onstage though, making it a real performance. There would be a number of performances by bands in different subgenres of punk rock. The characters would meet a representative of a Record Company, maybe a short five-minutes-of-fame, then get screwed over. Social commentary on the youth of today, and analysis of pop culture, perhaps.]

Curtain Up

The stage is dark, the sound of radio static slowly fades in. (rock ballad about punk rock vs. corporate music). The static builds and builds to a very loud point, then cuts out. As it cuts out, the lights come up. There is an explosion of music as the ska band onstage begins playing, in a choreographed rock show performance, the song “Get Us Off the Air” The set is not unlike a gritty club stage. The band is dressed as traditional Rude Boys in three piece suits and other dress clothes.