Classic Rock
Alice Cooper explains why Hard Rock music still works
It’s not easy to point exactly where Hard Rock music started but it certainly evolved in late 60s with bands like Led Zeppelin, which transformed the music forever with the heavy riffs and fast rhythm. Alice Cooper was also one of the fundamental parts of American Hard Rock music and even when the band was over, and Alice continued as a solo artist with the same name, he still continued to be one of the most influential artists of that genre.
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So he knows exactly the power of Hard Rock music and in an interview with Metal XS (Transcribed by Blabbermouth), the musician explained why this kind of music still works.
Alice Cooper explains why Hard Rock music still works
“I just can’t get away from the sort of the classic rock from the ’70s only because it just still works. It’s a sort of a classic configuration of music where we’re all sort of based in early Beatles, Rolling Stones, Yardbirds, and then you take it off in your own direction. Almost every good hard rock band goes all the way back to Chuck Berry, ’cause that was the basis of that 4/4 beat, with the backbeat. And then you find your way to make it Alice Cooper, the way that Guns N’ Roses found a way to make it Guns N’ Roses, and Aerosmith found a way to make it [their own]. It’s all in how you perform it and really your personality coming out in it.”
“Somebody once said, talking about music is like dancing about architecture. It’s almost impossible to talk about it. You have to hear it and then either you like it or you don’t like it. But it’s basic hard rock, and it’s the one music that has gone for 50 years without losing its edge. Grunge, punk, hip-hop, disco, they’ve all had their moments, but hard rock has been the middle. It’s always been there, and it always will be. Led Zeppelin will always be Led Zeppelin . And you play Led Zeppelin for a 16-year-old kid and they go, ‘Oh, yeah.’ There’s something about that kind of music that will not die,” Alice Cooper said.
Alice Cooper started his career in 1964, six decades ago and counting the albums released as a band and as a solo act he released 29 studio albums. He sold an estimated amount of more than 50 million records worldwide.
