Theatrical Rock/Metal
 

Hey Guys!

What you think about genres like theatrical rock or metal? It's just underground music or could be popular one day? U know, projects like "Charlemagne" by Christopher Lee.

Alice Cooper pioneered in this genre decades ago.

In which albums? Can you give me some examples?

Kiss (rock)
Gwar (metal)
Meatloaf (rock)

Even Iron Maiden has a "Theatrical" element.

As for Alice, Billion Dollar Babies would be a good place to start.

I think he captured some of his best of theatrical stage show with reasonably sophisticated songs underneath the noise on Billion Dollar Babies.

Iron Maiden? I'm not saying you're wrong, but it's just too good to be true :P Following your train of thought, we can say that most of rock ballads have a "theatrical" elements.

Most ballads? *shrug* I don't know about that but what I'm saying is that IM aren't just up there playing their instruments, there's quite a bit of imagery and stage props going on at the same time.

Have you ever watched an Iron Maiden concert?



Come to think of it, Pink Floyd can fall into the "Theatrical Rock" department too.

Iron Maiden really delivers a powerful/intense vocal and stage performance, there should be a countless number of Death Metal/Metal etc. bands out there that carry the same theatrical signatures.

Yeah, you're right, but I rather think about "theatrical vocal". Something like this:
Igor Szpotakowski - Cardinal Richelieu - YouTube

I like it, youve got something there.

So, do you think people enjoy listening to "theatrical vocal" and music like that one?

I really wouldn't know how to answer that one correctly. I actually have no ideal.

Pioneered?
Even he admits he stole his ideas from The Crazy World of Arthur Brown and this guy....

That's an awesome video, Cooper even styled his look after that guy. Even so, Cooper took the theatrical stage performance to a different level. That's actually something I never knew about Cooper, thanks for the info.

Won't argue with that.

This deserves a shout too, from what I gather this stageshow was even more expensive to put on that the one Kiss was using at the time.


(8 minutes in)

Yeah, I had forgotten just how theatrical George Clinton and Parliaments stage show actually was back in the day. The Screaming Lord Sutch video is basically a definition of 'Shock Rock' period, he had some of those girls terrified in the audience.