Music: Alice Cooper: Rock’n’Roll and politics don’t mix

Music: Alice Cooper: Rock’n’Roll and politics don’t mix

“I believe that rock ‘n’ rollers should not use their fame to tell others who they should vote for,” says Alice Cooper in an interview. He will soon be coming to Germany on tour.

Singer Alice Cooper believes that rock ‘n’ roll and politics don’t go together. “I don’t think rock ‘n’ rollers should use their fame to tell others who they should vote for,” the 76-year-old said in an interview with the German Press Agency shortly before the start of his German tour.

He himself was never a really political person. “As a child, I always went into my room when my parents started talking about politics. I listened to music loudly, I didn’t want to hear any of it.” Cooper enjoyed success with songs like “Poison,” “No More Mr. Nice Guy” and “School’s Out.”

Cooper: “This isn’t rock ‘n’ roll. This is Vegas.”

The musician is certain: Rock is not dead. “It never dies – maybe it will change,” he said. The quality of music today is no longer the same. “When you see big solo artists today, I think: That’s not rock ‘n’ roll. That’s Vegas.” He did not want to name any specific names.

Anyone who wants to see real rock ‘n’ roll should go to concerts by Green Day, the Scorpions, Guns N’ Roses or The Rolling Stones, recommended the American, who has been on stage in a straitjacket and on the gallows. “They bring it every night, they play live, that’s where the energy is. And there’s no tape playing in the background.”

The production of music has also changed in recent decades, said the singer. In his opinion, new technology does not necessarily improve quality. “Young bands also have a much harder time.” In the past, they were built up by record companies – they were given money to grow. “They didn’t have to worry about starving,” said Cooper. That is no longer the case today. “Today, young bands only have one chance to prove themselves and even then they are usually not successful for very long.”

Starting in June, Cooper will also be touring Germany this year. The first concert of the “Too Close For Comfort” show will take place on June 12th in the Stadtpark in Hamburg. Afterwards, further concerts are planned in Northeim, Nuremberg, Dresden, Butzbach and Breisach until July. Cooper will then come to Germany for a second time in October. He will then play in Stuttgart, Oberhausen, Berlin and Leipzig, among others.

Source: Stern

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