page_title: The Protomen
section_title: Concepts and themes
hierarchical_section_title: The Protomen / Concepts and themes
caption_attribution_description: Protomen Concert
context_page_description: The Protomen are an American rock band, who started their career on and are perhaps most widely known for composing concept albums loosely based on the video game series Mega Man. Their stage names are largely references to pop culture films, song titles, and fictional characters. The group members refer to themselves as storytellers, creating a "rock and roll fable";.
context_section_description: The Protomen's work is inspired by the first six NES Mega Man games. This franchise has an existing storyline featured in the games, manga, and anime; however, The Protomen have concocted a dark and dystopian version of the game's underlying world. The group is generally uninterested in concerns of making their story adhere to the original. Instead, they view the games as a jumping-off point for the story they want to tell, and have borrowed surface attributes of some characters while heavily altering their histories and functions.
  The band has stated that they intend to make a three-part story. Two of the parts are completed with the release of their first two albums, while the third is in outline form.
  The overall story as created by the band deals with loss, and they "don't really expect it to end well for humanity."
caption: The Protomen playing at Holy Mountain in Austin, Texas
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