Credit:
Blabbermouth.net
Chris Jericho
recently spoke about the rock and roll influence on wrestling and more. Here are
the highlights…
On comparing live rock performances to pro
wrestling: “The comparison is just the rush of being in front of a
live crowd. You’ve gotta connect with the crowd and you’ve gotta always be the
party host for the people, Especially on a day like this, because it is very
cold and rainy, but if you can get people involved in the show, that takes their
mind away from the weather and they just get enjoyment from a great rock and
roll show. Anytime you’re in a live element, whether it’s music or wrestling or
live theater or whatever, you have to have a connection with the crowd; it’s the
most important thing. It’s more important than nailing every single one of your
shows. If you’re connecting with the crowd and getting them involved in what
you’re doing, it’s always gonna be a great show.”
On using rock
and roll antics in wrestling: “When I started wresting, I wanted to be
the ultimate rock and roll frontman in wrestling, I wanted to be the Paul
Stanley [KISS] of wrestling, the Dave Lee Roth [VAN HALEN] of wrestling. So when
I started becoming big in the WWE, the Y2J character was, basically, just the
same traits and characteristics that I had ripped off from Paul Stanley or James
Hetfield [METALLICA]. So then when we started FOZZY, I took the same
characteristics that I was using in wrestling that I had stolen from rock and
roll and just brought it back into rock and roll. So it’s all a very similar
circle of show-business pomposity, shall we say.”
On possibly
appearing in a Broadway musical: “I would love to do Broadway. I had
Sebastian Bach [SKID ROW] on my podcast a couple of weeks ago; he did great on
Broadway, because, once again, you’re performing. Anytime you can perform… And
singing is acting; you have to get into it, you have to believe what you’re
singing and believe what you’re doing, and, once again, believe in the show that
you’re putting on. ‘Cause people aren’t stupid; they can sniff out somebody that
is real, they can sniff out a fake from a mile away. If you get their trust and
you make them realize that we will have a great time at this show, [they’ll]
have a great time watching this play or whatever, they’ll get more involved and
get into it.”
