[He's right, it does sound ridiculous when phrased like that.]

But that's preposterous...

[Or is it? Doc feels an odd familiarity about his situation now that he looks at his faded surroundings. Like a voice in a dream, an image both close and far away...]

Or so I've been led to believe by my educational grounding, though I don't stick to scientific convention either.

These rock stars...their previous identities were erased?