Before the term rock’ n’ roll was smothered to death by its younger sibling, rock music, it had a profound and resonant meaning, one that has been lost in the shadow of that more prevalent genre. The latter, sadly, seems to be monolithic, austere, lumpy, and slightly awkward music made by serious-looking men, often in big shorts and complicated hair. However, rock’ n’ roll is a form full of swing and swagger, groove, and, in its way, grace. It is spacious when it needs to be, ebbing and flowing between subtle understatement and foot-on-the-monitor, as well as incendiary and infectious delivery. In short, rock’ n’ roll is sexy!
Let me put it this way: AC/DC wasn’t a metal band, a hard rock band, or any of those other pointless modern tags. They were a rock ‘n’ roll band that just happened to trade in volume and velocity. And if you can’t grasp that concept, you need to listen to “Burn It Down” repeatedly until you understand the difference. King’s Vengeance and their latest single could be the best teachers you’ve ever had.
Yes, they make music full of incendiary salvos and thundering backbeats, but they have that all-important thing that most rock bands lose sight of in their effort to be big and brash and bold and bombastic—swing. Yes, “Burn It Down” swings, it grooves, it swaggers, it has attitude, and it rocks like a bad boy. In short, it kicks arse and cuts the mustard!
It might beat with a classic rock pulse at its heart, but it is classic rock imbued with melody as well as muscle, groove and grit, poise, and of course, power. And that is what makes them not just another rock band. They are much more than such a tag implies. Of course, they rock, but they also roll, and they roll with the best of them and that makes all the difference.
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