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Alice Cooper bringing the lulz

  • SportsAndLady
    Asked for his views on current rock music, he said: "I just feel that this whole generation needs to all eat a steak. Maybe they just need to quit eating vegetarian food and get out there and get some blood pumping in their system. Rock 'n' roll is not about 'Happy happy happy, everything's okay. We're The Lumineers, let's clog dance.' Hey, there's a place for that. If I wanted to see a great clog dancing band, I'd see The Lumineers."

    Using Mumford And Sons as an example, meanwhile, he went on to add: "Mumford And Sons are great at what they do. But it's not rock 'n' roll. Don't call it rock 'n' roll. It's an offence to rock 'n' roll.

    "I get they want to be folk rock, and I guess they want to look like everybody else," he continued. "I'm old school when it comes to if you're in a band, you're an outlaw. You don't play by those rules, you're a rock 'n' roll outlaw. It doesn't mean you have to be on drugs,, but when you get onstage you don't play the guitar up here, and it's not an acoustic guitar. You play the guitar down here. It doesn't come from your brain, it comes from your guts. It comes from your groin. It's sexual. It's tribal."
    Read more at http://www.nme.com/news/alice-cooper/71420#bWhAe6KjJtjgKfQO.99
    http://www.nme.com/news/alice-cooper/71420
  • Tiernan
    Alice was irrelevent 2 weeks after "Schools Out" hit the charts. Real rock n roll bands have laughed at him for 40 yrs.
  • vball10set
    Tiernan;1472539 wrote:Alice was irrelevent 2 weeks after "Schools Out" hit the charts. Real rock n roll bands have laughed at him for 40 yrs.
    ...and he's been laughing all the way to the bank ;)
  • sherm03
    ccrunner609;1472598 wrote:Alice is right. Rock is dead (minus the foo fighters)
    No. There is still good rock music out there. You just have to find it. Red Wanting Blue is a perfect example.
  • Mohican00
    sherm03;1472602 wrote:Red Wanting Blue is a perfect example.
    not sure I would call that rock music.......
  • Sonofanump
    ccrunner609;1472598 wrote:Alice is right. Rock is dead (minus the foo fighters)
    There are only two bands that are current that I would pay money to see. Foo Fighters and Black Keys.
  • ohiobucks1
    Don't forget The Killers :)
  • sportchampps
    I saw Alice cooper at last years Bonnaroo and he still puts on an awesome show.

    I'm gonna see the Killers next month in Columbus. There's a few bands I would pay money to see. To name a few Paul McCartney, the Killers, foo fighters, Tom petty, Neil young Greg Allman, Radiohead, and also bands like Mumford, the lumineers, and of monsters and men. My favorite show all year besides McCartnet was Capital Cities at the basement and it was only like $12.
  • said_aouita
    Sonofanump;1472618 wrote:There are only two bands that are current that I would pay money to see. Foo Fighters and Black Keys.
    How about individual artists? Neil Young, Chris Cornell and Trent Reznor I'd pay to see.
    Also would like to see the band Radiohead.
  • believer
    Good rock has been dead essentially since the late 80's. Frankly it's been pure crap. New wannabe rock bands since that time have fallen whoafully short of the talent we once enjoyed from the great bands of the 60's, 70's, and 80's.

    There are absolutely no "fresh" rock acts that will ever compare or rise to level of the Beatles, The Who, Led Zeppelin, AC DC, Pink Floyd, Deep Purple, Styx, Journey, Foreigner, Genesis, Aerosmith, The Doors, The Rolling Stones, ZZ Top, etc.

    Like some above there are very few true rock bands still on tour that I would pay money to see and most of those would be old skool bands like Rush...and Rush is getting ready to call it quits.
  • Sonofanump
    said_aouita;1472657 wrote:How about individual artists? Neil Young, Chris Cornell and Trent Reznor I'd pay to see.
    Also would like to see the band Radiohead.
    Bands that are current (had their heyday or started within the last 15 years). I would go see all three listed, seen NIN twice back inthe day.
  • Sonofanump
    Radiohead suxs.
  • Sonofanump
    I have a few Killers, Kings of Leon on the itunes playlist, but I would not shell out more than a Andrew Jackson to see them.
  • Mohican00
    believer;1472658 wrote:Good rock has been dead essentially since the late 80's. Frankly it's been pure crap. New wannabe rock bands since that time have fallen whoafully short of the talent we once enjoyed from the great bands of the 60's, 70's, and 80's.

    There are absolutely no "fresh" rock acts that will ever compare or rise to level of the Beatles, The Who, Led Zeppelin, AC DC, Pink Floyd, Deep Purple, Styx, Journey, Foreigner, Genesis, Aerosmith, The Doors, The Rolling Stones, ZZ Top, etc.

    Like some above there are very few true rock bands still on tour that I would pay money to see and most of those would be old skool bands like Rush...and Rush is getting ready to call it quits.
    Jesus, you sound like every man over 50 (muh dadrock)
  • Manhattan Buckeye
    ^^^

    Be that as it may, Believer's point is true. Even the crappy bands of glam rock (Kiss) or 80's butt rock (Poison) were at least entertaining. It wasn't a decision to go see Justin Bieber or Beyonce lip synch, but rather to actually watch people perform. As horrible as boy bands like Menudo or New Kids on the Block were, they had a short shelf life. Now it appears that we're going to be Ke$ha'd forever with terrible music. Ask yourself this question: if money was no object and you could see any show, who would it be. My wife and I would say Fleetwood Mac, which had their heyday 30 years ago.
  • Mohican00
    Manhattan Buckeye;1472679 wrote:^^^

    Be that as it may, Believer's point is true. Even the crappy bands of glam rock (Kiss) or 80's butt rock (Poison) were at least entertaining. It wasn't a decision to go see Justin Bieber or Beyonce lip synch, but rather to actually watch people perform. As horrible as boy bands like Menudo or New Kids on the Block were, they had a short shelf life. Now it appears that we're going to be Ke$ha'd forever with terrible music. Ask yourself this question: if money was no object and you could see any show, who would it be. My wife and I would say Fleetwood Mac, which had their heyday 30 years ago.
    Any show from an existing artist or band? Queens of the Stone Age

    I just think it's shortsighted and trite to say music is dead and point at Kesha or Justin Bieber to back up your point. There are still decent groups out there, you just have to dig for them which is really my point. Has the Top 40 list be forever tainted with pre-fab bubble gum pop/hip hop? That might be possible but to say quality performance artists are through would be doing a disservice to garage acts out there who still put out quality music
  • Manhattan Buckeye
    Well, that might be the case. I don't know. What I do know is that one could look at the Billboard top chart for a period of time and find music that wasn't only popular, but actually good. And even acts that weren't radio darlings (just off the top of my head, Grateful Dead, The Who, and even early Bruce Springsteen) had success touring due to word of mouth.

    It seems strange to me that living in the information age we have to work harder to find good music than we did when we had 3 FM stations (and maybe 1 AM stations) that showcased new talent.
  • Mohican00
    Manhattan Buckeye;1472699 wrote:It seems strange to me that living in the information age we have to work harder to find good music than we did when we had 3 FM stations (and maybe 1 AM stations) that showcased new talent.
    I think it's more of a testament to what the music industry has (incorrectly) deemed their market.

    (http://money.cnn.com/2010/02/02/news/companies/napster_music_industry/)

    Unfortunately there are very few media outlets willing to showcase new, unique talent, and as the industry continues to plunge, more are going to be less willing versus taking their share from a sure thing (American Idol contestants, teen idols, standard music giants). Hell, maybe the consumer is to blame for the industry's current state due to file sharing.
  • Classyposter58
    He is right, rock music is dead. Hell Guitar Hero actually even said they stopped making games because of the lack of interest in rock music. I mean the only resemblance of rock for the most part is country, that's why I think it's blown up so much. Seriously it's crazy how in the last 5 years everyone has started listening to country more
  • thavoice
    In fact, isn't "Milwaukee" an Indian name? Yes, Pete, it is. Actually, it's pronounced "mill-e-wah-que" which is Algonquin for "the good land."
  • vball10set
    Classyposter58;1472742 wrote: Seriously it's crazy how in the last 5 years everyone has started listening to country more
    This may have something to do with it...

  • Midstate01
    Sonofanump;1472618 wrote:There are only two bands that are current that I would pay money to see. Foo Fighters and Black Keys.

    I wouldn't consider the black keys rock at all. They're more alternative.

    Rock music definitely sucks right now.
  • Heretic
    Like others have said, the problem isn't really that the music sucks -- it's that what gets promoted via radio and charts that sucks. As someone's who more a metalhead than a rock fan, I learned a few years ago that all you get is shit listening to hard rock/metal stations (where all the good songs played seem to be from the early 90s and earlier). But I find tons of stuff I like using online streaming radio and sources like that because there's tons of good underground stuff.

    Don't know for sure, but I'd imagine things should be kind of similar with other branches of music. Just seems you have to try harder and put more effort into finding good newer music, but it is out there.
  • Sonofanump
    Midstate01;1472828 wrote:I wouldn't consider the black keys rock at all. They're more alternative.

    Rock music definitely sucks right now.
    What? If I did not know any different, I would have assumed that Cream kicked Jack Bruce out and got a new lead singer.
  • Sonofanump
    I might actually pay $7.50 to see this.