Styx released their eleventh studio album, Kilroy Was Here, February 22, 1983. The concept album, which is based on a dystopian future where rock music is outlawed, was in part a mocking reponse to fundamentalist Christian groups, who managed to persuade the Arkansas State Senate to pass a bill requiring that all albums containing "back-masking" be labeled. Styx was among other groups such as the Beatles, ELO, Pink Floyd and Queen.
According to wikipedia.com, the fifth track Heavy Metal Poisoning, contains the two mottoes found on the U.S. one-dollar bill back masked.
This is the last album of original material to be released by the "classic" lineup of Dennis DeYoung, Tommy Shaw, James Young, and twins John and Chuck Panozzo.
The biggest hit from teh album was Mr. Roboto, which reach #3 on the Billboard charts.
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