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The characters of the story were to be [[Jonas]] (voiced by [[Rivers Cuomo|Rivers]]), [[Laurel]] (voiced by [[Rachel Haden]] of [[that dog.]]), [[Maria]] (voiced by [[Joan Wasser]] of the Dambuilders), [[Wuan]] & [[Dondo]] (voiced by [[Brian Bell]] and [[Matt Sharp]], respectively), and a robot called [[M1]] (voiced by [[Karl Koch]] via the use of a vocoder). At the time, Wasser was unaware of Rivers' intention of having her play a role on the album. | The characters of the story were to be [[Jonas]] (voiced by [[Rivers Cuomo|Rivers]]), [[Laurel]] (voiced by [[Rachel Haden]] of [[that dog.]]), [[Maria]] (voiced by [[Joan Wasser]] of the Dambuilders), [[Wuan]] & [[Dondo]] (voiced by [[Brian Bell]] and [[Matt Sharp]], respectively), and a robot called [[M1]] (voiced by [[Karl Koch]] via the use of a vocoder). At the time, Wasser was unaware of Rivers' intention of having her play a role on the album. | ||
In the words of Rivers, taken from an interview in the [[November 15]], 2007 issue of Rolling Stone, "There's this crew - three guys and two girls and a mechanoid - that are on this mission in space to rescue somebody, or something. The whole thing was really an | In the words of Rivers, taken from an interview in the [[November 15]], 2007 issue of Rolling Stone, "There's this crew - three guys and two girls and a mechanoid - that are on this mission in space to rescue somebody, or something. The whole thing was really an analogy for taking off, going out on the road and up the charts with a rock band, which is what was happening to me at the time I was writing this and feeling like I was lost in space." | ||
Over the course of writing the album, Rivers, who'd enrolled at Harvard in the fall of [[1995]], was inspired to change his focus from the space rock opera theme of ''SFTBH'' to the ''Madame Butterfly''-influenced theme that permeates ''Pinkerton''. ''Pinkerton'' was released on September 24, 1996 and included the songs "[[Tired of Sex]]", "[[Getchoo]]", "[[No Other One]]", and "[[Why Bother?]]". These four songs had been written prior to the conception of ''SFTBH'' but reshaped for ''SFTBH''. Rivers had once more reworked them for inclusion on ''Pinkerton''. Further leftovers "[[Devotion]]", "[[Waiting on You]]", and "[[I Just Threw Out the Love of My Dreams]]" surfaced as b-sides to the ''Pinkerton'' singles "[[El Scorcho]]" and "[[The Good Life]]". "I Just Threw Out the Love of My Dreams" is notable as it features Rachel Haden singing lead vocals, in the role that was originally intended for ''SFTBH''. | Over the course of writing the album, Rivers, who'd enrolled at Harvard in the fall of [[1995]], was inspired to change his focus from the space rock opera theme of ''SFTBH'' to the ''Madame Butterfly''-influenced theme that permeates ''Pinkerton''. ''Pinkerton'' was released on September 24, 1996 and included the songs "[[Tired of Sex]]", "[[Getchoo]]", "[[No Other One]]", and "[[Why Bother?]]". These four songs had been written prior to the conception of ''SFTBH'' but reshaped for ''SFTBH''. Rivers had once more reworked them for inclusion on ''Pinkerton''. Further leftovers "[[Devotion]]", "[[Waiting on You]]", and "[[I Just Threw Out the Love of My Dreams]]" surfaced as b-sides to the ''Pinkerton'' singles "[[El Scorcho]]" and "[[The Good Life]]". "I Just Threw Out the Love of My Dreams" is notable as it features Rachel Haden singing lead vocals, in the role that was originally intended for ''SFTBH''. | ||