Detroit rock
The term Detroit Rock , also known as High Energy Rock , describes a style of music that was shaped by groups such as The Stooges and MC5 , who were active from the mid-1960s to the early 1970s and came from the greater Detroit area.
Typical representatives include a. Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels, the Up, Bob Seger Band, Sonic's Rendezvous Band (consisting of former members of MC5, The Stooges, Rationals & the Up), Scott Morgan, The Frost, The Rockets.
Although most of the representatives with their powerful rock were relatively unsuccessful commercially at the time, their influence on the subsequent rock music scene is immense. Many bands and musicians mention MC5 and The Stooges as their main influences.
In the mid-1970s, both groups were considered forerunners and trailblazers of punk, and numerous punk bands such as Sex Pistols or The Damned covered songs by The Stooges. In the course of time, Detroit Rock grouped together bands who not only named MC5 or The Stooges as an influence, but also copied the sound and manner of presentation.
In the 1970s, mainly Australian bands such as Radio Birdman with Deniz Tek from Ann Arbor , Michigan , Celibate Rifles or The Saints appealed to Detroit rock influence. In the 1980s it was performers like u. a. Jeff Dahl, Plan 9, Thee Hypnotics and Union Carbide Productions and in the 1990s especially the early Hellacopters or The Flaming Sideburns , who revived this sound. Newer bands of this style are Black Moses, which consist of former Thee Hypnotics members, Dollhouse , Nixon Now or The Bellrays . Even Power Trane and The Hydro Automatics with Scott Morgan, the former lead singer of The rationale, are current representatives of style.
The term is often used as a collective term for the rock scene in the city of Detroit, which unites artists such as the group Alice Cooper or, more recently, The White Stripes or the Detroit Cobras or Kid Rock , who have little in common other than their geographical home.
literature
- David A. Carson: Grit, Noise, and Revolution: The Birth of Detroit Rock 'n' Roll. University of Michigan Press 2006, ISBN 978-0-472-03190-0 (English).
- Steve Miller : Detroit Rock City: The Uncensored History of Rock 'n' Roll in America's Loudest City. Da Capo Press, Boston, Massachusetts 2013, ISBN 030682065X (English).