Rock & Roll Is Dead

Rock & Roll Is Dead
Rock & Roll Is Dead
Studio album by The Hellacopters
Released	6 June 2005
Recorded	February 2005
Genre	Garage rock, punk rock, garage punk
Length	40:22
Label	Universal AB, Universal International, Wild Kingdom, Liquor and Poker Music, Sacred Heart Recordings
Producer	Chips K.
The Hellacopters chronology

Rock & Roll Is Dead is the sixth studio album released by the Swedish rock band The Hellacopters. The first edition of the CD came with a 25-minute bonus DVD entitled Poking at the Stiff and chronicled the second of the two weeks of recording the album. The vinyl release had seven different colors of the vinyl: brown, green, white, clear, orange, red and black. There was also picture disc from Sacred Heart Recordings available in a limited run of 200 units with the inner sleeve artwork printed on the vinyl and the songs "It Might Mean Something To You" and "Positively So Naive" as bonus tracks.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Pitchfork
The Aquarian	Positive^[2]
Rolling Stone	^[3]

The track "I'm in the Band" is available as a bonus song in the game Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, while the track "Bring It on Home" is featured on the soundtrack of the game NHL 07.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Nicke Andersson, except where noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Before the Fall"	Nicke Andersson, Kenny Håkansson	2:11
2.	"Everything's on T.V."		3:14
3.	"Monkey Boy"		2:38
4.	"No Angel to Lay Me Away"	Andersson, Robert Dahlqvist, Håkansson, Anders Lindström	3:55
5.	"Bring It On Home"		2:11
6.	"Leave It Alone"		4:00
7.	"Murder on My Mind"	Andersson, Håkansson	3:10
8.	"I'm in the Band"	Andersson, Dahlqvist	3:19
9.	"Put out the Fire"	Andersson, Håkansson	3:08
10.	"I Might Come See You Tonight"		3:24
11.	"Nothing Terribly New"		2:59
12.	"Make It Tonight"		2:44
13.	"Time Got No Time to Wait for Me"		3:28

Personnel

The Hellacopters

Nicke Andersson – Vocals guitars, piano, percussion
Robert Dahlqvist – Guitars, vocals
Kenny Håkansson – Bass guitar
Anders Lindström – Organ, piano, guitar, backing vocals
Robert Eriksson – Drums, backing vocals

Additional musicians

Pelle Almqvist – Howl
Linn Segolsson – Backing vocals
Clarisse Muvemba – Backing vocals
Mattias Bärjed – Acoustic guitar
Johan Bååth – Hand claps

Production

Chips Kiesbye – Producer, engineer
Michael Ibert – Engineer
Janne hansson – Engineer
Henrik Johnsson – Mastering

References

^ Prato, Greg. "Rock & Roll Is Dead Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
^ Koczank, JJ. "CD Reviews". The Aquarian. Archived from the original on 22 June 2008. Retrieved 21 October 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ Hoard, Christian (15 February 2006). "The Hellacopters – Rock & Roll Is Dead". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 3 June 2008. Retrieved 21 October 2017.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[1] Prato, Greg. "Rock & Roll Is Dead Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 21 October 2017.

[2] Koczank, JJ. "CD Reviews". The Aquarian. Archived from the original on 22 June 2008. Retrieved 21 October 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[3] Hoard, Christian (15 February 2006). "The Hellacopters – Rock & Roll Is Dead". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 3 June 2008. Retrieved 21 October 2017.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

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