for Rob:
dear fan, I don't think a rock opera should be good enough. musically, it's far from where the band is. some of the best rock operas, Bat Out Of Hell (Meat Loaf), has some shimmering highs in everything... it's very difficult to write something like this, it's like a concept-album, if you don't do it well, it's really really bad. even if you can find some great ones (the wall, operation: mindcrime...), there are some many crappy ones...
so making one song about Tommy & Gina would be fine, but a whole record...