 The work was later released as a maxi-single and album by The Who and adapted as a rock opera.The story covers a period in the life of three children from different ethnic backgrounds who grow up to form a band and develop the "Gridlife" concepts of older musician Ray High (a character who also appeared in Townshend's musical "Psychoderelict").High is the narrator of the story which starts off in the year 2035, with the old Ray High in a mental institution in London.