Are Strip Clubs The Secret To Rock’s Longevity?

We tend to think strip club DJs’ playlists consist entirely of 80s metal hits.

Who would of thought the songs that get the most play in these top-rated establishments are Hollywood Undead, Weezer, Muse and a slew of KROQ bands?

Click more to see rock music’s secret to longevity.

Bubbles Burbujas, a stripper who runs the site Stripper Tweets says bands like Hollywood Undead are club staples along with Shinedown, Buckcherry and Hinder. Who would have thought that Weezer’s ”Let It All Hang Out” or “(If You’re Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To” would be the epitome of “lap-danceable” songs? Well, the fact that these bands get a ton of play at strip clubs could be a reason for their longevity on charts.

Bubbles continues to say, “Weezer = crowd pleaser, these days the guys who like Weezer are pretty much a part of our target audience. And by that I mean guys who were giant dorks about 15 years ago now have money.”

Bubbles goes on to say, “I dance to Muse, I admit it, because the crowd loves it. I do now and always have thought they were a Styx for our time. (Also) Yeah Yeah Yeahs have always been big with strippers, for good reason — they have a beat.”

I don’t know if I agree with Miss Bubbles Burbujas that strip clubs are keeping mainstream rock on the charts, but I do agree with her when she says, “RAWK has been the music of the t*tty bar for 30 years, “ RAWK has been the music of the t*tty bar for 30 years
” and someone is going to keep making it. It’s the music of good times and bar fights! And, male bonding through the homoerotic experience of the stripper–proxy lap dancing for your friend!”

Read more of Bubbles Burbujas’ fascinating interview with The Village Voice’s Sound of the City blog by By Maura Johnston