Alice Cooper Claims Labelling Mumford And Sons As Rock And Roll Is 'Offensive' To The Genre
Monday, 15 July 2013
Written by Elliott Batte
Alice Cooper has claimed that labelling Mumford and Sons as rock and roll is offensive to the genre, in a stinging attack on new generation bands including the Lumineers.
The shock-rock pioneer talked to Fuse recently, and decided to take some potshots at today’s breed of rockstars. He reckons they should man-up, quit being vegetarians, and eat a steak. He told the site:
“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.”
He continued on to target Mumford and Sons, stating that although he thinks they’re ‘great at what they do’, labelling them as rock and roll is offensive to the genre itself.
“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.
“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.”
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