On December 9th, 1972, God and the Devil met at a crossroads in Paradise City. While Earth had devolved into chaos, wars and insanity, the divine balance grew increasingly unstable. So God and the Devil agreed to create someone who would restore balance to the planet. God had no sympathy for the devil and the devil wanted nothing to do with God. Yet there they stood across from each other at that crossroads in Paradise City. Only the river Styx separated them from each other. And then, it happened, God took one of his ribs and threw it into the river Styx. At the same time, the devil vomited fire into the fiery river Styx. And then, God and the devil parted ways never to meet again. God's rib and the devil's fire exploded into a rocket that landed on the dark side of the moon. And out of that rocket was born a Voodoo Child -- a person who's mission it was to restore balance to Planet Earth. That person is Jude Blues, Jr.. And so it was, Jude Blues, Jr. was born on the dark side of the moon. Jude had no means of transportation to get to Planet Earth, so he started walking through space. During this period of time Jude was in a state of meditation as he gradually made his way from the dark side of the moon to the living planet called Earth. He only made one stop on his way to Earth -- a detour to the Sun to meet a guitar player named Jimi H. Because of this detour, the time-space continuum experienced an interruption -- an abberation apart from the normal order of things. So, even though it took Jude almost forty years of walking until he finally made it to Earth on Halloween Night, 2010, he remained forever trapped in the body of a 17-year-old boy. The most beautiful boy the world had ever known. Jude landed at a place called Toronto, in a land called Canada. Once he got his bearings, he decided to re-name the place. His city is now known as NewRockCity (NRC), a place governed by the tenets and principles inherent in that dogma now known as Rock-and-Roll. A place where there is no such thing as money and war and fear and crime and corruption and darkness. For the next four years NewRockCity was a Utopian society. Those who did not agree with the tenets and principles inherent in that dogma known as Rock-and-Roll moved away -- to the west coast -- and started their own city, which they originally named 'Rockopolis.' However, in 'Rockopolis,' everything stayed the same, and while NewRockCity enjoyed four years of peace, beauty, prosperity and serenity; 'Rockopolis' declined into a cesspool of greed, crime, corruption, pain, and -- worst of all -- bad music. In fact, the current governing regime of Rockopolis recently declared a new name for their city, which is now known as Hippityhopolis. From time to time, the denizens of Hippityhopolis infiltrate NewRockCity with the intention of turning it over to the dark side, like their own Hippityhopolis. And when this happens -- and it's been happening a lot lately -- Jude Blues, Jr. and his team do their best to keep the peace and fight the darkness wherever it may roam. The year is 2014. The day is October 31st, once known as 'Halloween,' but now known as 'Blue Monday,' an annual holiday to mark the anniversary of Jude's arrival to Planet Earth and the birth of NewRockCity. Every year on this day, the city takes a day 'off' to celebrate, relax, and play or listen to their favorite rock-and-roll music. In the evening, Jude Blues, Jr. gives his annual 'State of the Rock' address. This is where we begin: Jude: "The planet is polarized. All of us who believe in Truth, Love and Clarity now live here in NewRockCity. Those who continue to live in willfull ignorance, denial and darkness now live in Hippityhopolis. Only one road connects our two cities -- the Highway to Hell. We, the people of NewRockCity maintain our half of the Highway to Hell in order to send humanitarian assistance to struggling Hippityhopolers -- their struggles are due to poverty, sickness and other unfortunate circumstances beyond their control. And we have compassion for those people as we do for ourselves. Hippityhopolis maintains its half of the Highway to Hell solely in order to send forces of darkness into NRC from time to time. And so it is..." Because of his teen-aged body, Jude Blues, Jr. is forced to work in a space that would intimidate any human being -- otherwise known as High School. And so there is where Jude spends many days and nights, and the school is called the Upper Clapton Academy (also known as UCA). Jude's crew consists of himself, Spacey Tracey, Led Brett and Lil' Walter. Together, these four modern-day folk-heroes protect NewRockCity from the darkness that wishes to extinguish the light at the heart of the city, otherwise known as TRUTH. And so it was.