No, I haven't. I tried to read a wikkipeedeeyuh article that summarized it in a condensed version just now, only to realize the story is much too deep; much too complex to do so. Like understanding Rael in "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway".
Not everyone can get into it. Given your taste in music I am guessing you might... then the rest of the books. Somewhere I have a sealed first edition of one of them