The Kinks "Soap Opera" 2024-10-04 Hoppus and Gaskarth are long-time

Hoppus and Gaskarth are long-time friends who both found some downtime whilst blink-182 and All Time Low were between albums

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The Kinks "Soap Opera" 2024-10-04 Hoppus and Gaskarth are long-timeThe Kinks' fourteenth studio album, from 1975, and a continuation of the band's theatrical musical style from Preservation Acts 1 & 2. Soap Opera is the grandest concept album the Kinks ever made, in which Ray Davies tackled the topic of how "ordinary people" escape the doldrums with dreams of stardoms. In it, a musician called "Starmaker" swaps lives with an ordinary man named Norman to better understand life. Standout tracks are "A Face in the