Shock-rock legend Alice Cooper calls rock stars campaigning for Democrat John Kerry treasonous morons.
The 56-year-old Cooper says he was disgusted to learn the likes of Bruce Springsteen, John Mellencamp, R.E.M., Sheryl Crow, James Taylor and Dave Matthews were hitting the road for a series of concerts designed to help defeat President Bush.
"To me, that's treason," Cooper told the Canadian Press. "I call it treason against rock 'n' roll because rock is the antithesis of politics. Rock should never be in bed with politics."
"When I was a kid and my parents started talking about politics, I'd run to my room and put on the Rolling Stones as loud as I could. So when I see all these rock stars up there talking politics, it makes me sick.
"If you're listening to a rock star in order to get your information on who to vote for, you're a bigger moron than they are. Why are we rock stars? Because we're morons. We sleep all day, we play music at night and very rarely do we sit around reading the Washington Journal."
"Besides," he continued, "when I read the list of people who are supporting Kerry, if I wasn't already a Bush supporter, I would have immediately switched. Linda Ronstadt? Don Henley? Geez, that's a good reason right there to vote for Bush."
"If you're listening to a rock star in order to get your information on who to vote for, you're a bigger moron than they are. Why are we rock stars? Because we're morons. We sleep all day, we play music at night and very rarely do we sit around reading the Washington Journal."
The Hollywood crowd as well, Alice -- if anyone proves they are morons, Matt Damon does.
“If you’re listening to a rock star in order to get your information on who to vote for, you’re a bigger moron than they are.”
YES, that has come to mind numerous times over the last few years. I was watching Rodney Crowell a while back and had to turn it off, now wonder Rosanne Cash dumped him.
mark!
Alice is da bomb!
>> “I call it treason against rock ‘n’ roll because rock is the antithesis of politics. Rock should never be in bed with politics”
I agree. Those polirockers are out of tune man!
Ha ha ha... Alice Cooper could always think for himself.I saw him a few times around 1970. Unlike all those anti-Bush musicians Alice was original and not derivative.