Strutting their stuff
RUMOURS of rock’n’roll’s demise are greatly exaggerated, says Morning Parade’s Steve Sparrow. If you know where to look, you will find ample evidence of its continued good health.
“Everyone is going on that ‘Oh, rock music is over, pop is in control’,” he says. “That’s a hangover from the X Factor generation, which is maybe starting to dwindle a little. It is silly to say rock is on the way out. Everywhere around the world people are still going to festivals, buying tickets for gigs. We were listening to the radio in the tour van earlier and they were playing band after band. People are always going to want to pick up guitars and start groups.”
