It is essential that language arts teachers attempt to incorporate nonprint materials in their classrooms, such as music, film, and art, to involve, engage, and motivate a new generation of students. Using music in the classroom has shown to be effective from the elementary school level all the way to the university level. Using various forms of music, such as the blues, hip-hop, antiwar, country, North African, and heavy metal, can support and contribute to the discussion of classroom literature in myriad ways. Music speaks a language that most, if not all, teenagers seem to understand. The author believes that harnessing that connective ability can only add to the energy and atmosphere of the classroom. This article describes how the author uses a 1988 concept album from the heavy metal band Queensryche to broaden students' connections to Orwell's classic, "Nineteen Eighty-Four."