Bright57

HAILING FROM COLLINGSWOOD NJ BRIGHT 57 IS THE BRAINCHILD OF SONGWRITER/LYRICIST GRIFF KINSEY. THE SELECTIONS IN THE PLAYER ARE CULLED FROM THE FIRST CD OF A THREE CD ROCK OPERA ENTITLED METROPOLIS. OUR STORY TAKES PLACE IN NEW PHILADELPHIA IN 2057. AFTER THE CYBERNETIC WARS ALL PRODUCTION OF FOOD AND EVERYDAY PRODUCTS ARE CONTROLLED BY MASSIVE AUTOMATED PRODUCTION LINES TIED INTO A MASTER COMPUTER OF ALIEN TECHNOLOGY. OUR GOVERNMENT AND A COMPENDIUM OF THE WEALTHY HAS SOLD US OUT FOR A PERCENTAGE OF THE TAKE.THE RESISTANCE HAS BEEN CRUSHED! EACH CITY IS RULED BY A FEUDAL OVERLORD AND THE MONEY ROLLS TO NEW WASHINGTON WHERE THE MASTER COMPUTER DWELLS. OUR HERO JOEY BRIGHTON HAS BEEN GROOMED FOR THE POSITION OF MACHINIST FIRST CLASS FROM A YOUNG AGE.THOSE WHO ACHIEVE THIS HONORED JOB DON A NEURO-HELMET AND LINK WITH THE MACHINE TO ORCHESTRATE THESE PRODUCTION LINES. SOMEHOW JOEY HAS NOT SUCCUMBED TO THE BRAINWASHING PROCESS IMPLEMENTED TO KEEP THE MACHINISTS DOCILE AND STARTS THINKING THAT THERE MUST BE MORE TO LIFE THEN THIS ABOMINATION AGAINST HUMAN DIGNITY!.WHERE DOES THE MAN END AND THE METAL BEGIN? JOEY HAS BEEN BLESSED BY VIVID DREAMS OF FLIGHT ALMOST FROM BIRTH.TAKING THESE DREAMS TO HEART, HIS GREATEST DESIRE IS TO FIND A WAY TO ESCAPE THE LIFE THAT HAS BEEN PLANNED FOR HIM. AFTER A GREAT DEAL OF SOUL SEARCHING HE DECIDES TO TENDER HIS RESIGNATION NO MATTER WHAT THE CONSEQUENCES. TIME FOR A VISION QUEST. GOOD LUCK JOEY, OPTIMUM PRIME HAS BIGGER THINGS IN MIND FOR YOU THEN YOU REALIZE!