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* The protagonist of [[Green Day]]'s ''[[American Idiot]]'' is introduced in his namesake track, "Jesus of Suburbia". He is dissatisfied with life in his city, being a powerless desensitized "everyman".

* Nikki, the protagonist of [[Queensryche]]'s ''[[Operation Mindcrime]]'', a drug addict who is dissatisfied with the current state of political affairs, joins a terrorist group.

* Jonathan, the protagonist of [[WASP (Music)|W.A.S.P.'s]] ''The Crimson idol'', was [[Why Couldn't You Be Different|hated by]] [[Abusive Parents|his parents]], a hatred that intensified when his "perfect" brother died. He runs away from home to become a rock musician. He hopes that one day his success will make his parents [[Well Done Son Guy|come to see him as a good person]].

* Jonathan, the protagonist of [[WASP (Music)|W.A.S.P.'s]] ''The Crimson idol'', was [[Why Couldn't You Be Different?|hated by]] [[Abusive Parents|his parents]], a hatred that intensified when his "perfect" brother died. He runs away from home to become a rock musician. He hopes that one day his success will make his parents [["Well Done, Son" Guy|come to see him as a good person]].

* Imp/Buddy, hero of the Music With Rocks In novel ''[[Discworld (Literature)/Soul Music|Soul Music]]'', flees [[Land of My Fathers and Their Sheep|Llamedos]] after a blazing row with his father (who doesn't appreciate music and wants him to be a druid) and swears to become the greatest musician who ever lived.

* [[David Bowie|Ziggy Stardust]] is overwhelmed by the impending end of the world and disillusioned from the hippie days by the destructive nature of love.