Critics have long labeled bands such as Journey, Boston and REO Speedwagon as corporate rock, and Alice Cooper agrees, but he explains why.
“I always say, ‘OK, that’s corporate rock.’ And that’s not an insult! Corporate rock is a real brand of music. It’s Boston, Journey, REO Speedwagon — it’s all those bands that play perfect records. They make perfect records, but they’re very non-threatening.
“Now, Guns n’ Roses, Alice Cooper, Motley Crue, The Rolling Stones, a little more threat in that music! It’s got much more attitude, and so, I call that hard rock.
“So when I say ‘corporate rock,’ people think ‘oh, you’re knocking that band,’ I’m not — I’m just saying what it is: It’s rock and roll, you know?”
Cooper, who kicked off his tour last Friday in Cincinnati, is in Louisville, Kentucky last night (Thursday), Cherokee, North Carolina tonight (Friday) and Savannah, Georgia on Saturday.
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