20 Years Of The Protomen

I wrote a long piece over on We Own This Town about 20 Years of the Protomen. I first posted about the band back in 2006 and my opinion of them has not waivered in the ensuing eighteen years.

If you're still unfamiliar with them - I suggest taking a read through on that deep dive I linked. If you're looking for a TLDR: they're a band that originated as a school project writing a rock opera about the videogame Megaman but over twenty years they've evolved into a full scale theatrical production about technology, the human race and the struggle between the two for survival. Oh, and none of it sounds like "videogame music". "This City Made Us" is one of the more recent releases and will give you a good idea of the kind of amalgam of influences they're dealing with.

It's impressive that any band would last 20 years but for a high concept band from Nashville to survive and thrive for so long, is truly remarkable.