Alice Cooper has offered up a new preview to his upcoming studio album, Detroit Stories, with a cover of the classic Velvet Underground song “Rock & Roll.”

Due out February 26, 2021, Detroit Stories is a continuation of Cooper's 2019 EP Breadcrumbs, which paid tribute to some of the most iconic acts from the Motor City including the MC5, Suzi Quatro and Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels.

While Velvet Underground is not a Detroit band, the choice to cover the New York band’s “Rock & Roll” was “not a casual choice,” as explained in the cover’s description on YouTube. The description adds, “It’s a song of joy and celebration of that magical moment when we all first turned on Rock and Roll radio …and it saved our lives. Have a listen: Maybe it will save yours too!” You can hear Cooper’s cover of the track below.

As for the album honoring his hometown, Cooper said in a statement, “Los Angeles had its sound with The Doors, Love and Buffalo Springfield. San Francisco had the Grateful Dead and Jefferson Airplane. New York had The Rascals and The Velvet Underground. But Detroit was the birthplace of angry hard rock. After not fitting in anywhere in the US (musically or image-wise) Detroit was the only place that recognized the Alice Cooper guitar-driven, hard rock sound and our crazy stage show. Detroit was a haven for the outcasts. And when they found out I was born in East Detroit… we were home.”

Detroit Stories is currently available for pre-save on digital platforms here. Physical copies, including special purple colored vinyl editions of the album, are available for pre-order at AliceCooper.com. A full tracklisting is below.

Alice Cooper – Detroit Stories – Tracklisting

1. Rock & Roll
2. Go Man Go (Album Version)
3. Our Love Will Change The World
4. Social Debris
5. $1000 High Heel Shoes
6. Hail Mary
7. Detroit City 2021 (Album Version)
8. Drunk And In Love
9. Independence Dave
10. I Hate You
11. Wonderful World
12. Sister Anne (Album Version)
13. Hanging On By A Thread (Don’t Give Up)
14. Shut Up And Rock
15. East Side Story (Album Version)

21 Classic Rock Songs About Cars/Driving

• Alice Cooper – “Under My Wheels”

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  "Telephone is ringing/You got me on the run/I'm driving in my car now/I got you under my wheels."

• The Doobie Brothers – “Rockin’ Down the Highway”

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  "Got those highway blues, can't you hear my motor runnin'/Flyin' down the road with my foot on the floor/All the way in town they can hear me comin'/Ford's about to drop, she won't do no more."

• The Who – “Goin’ Mobile”

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  "I can pull up by the curb/I can make it on the road/Goin' mobile/I can stop in any street/And talk with people that we meet/Goin' mobile/Keep me movin'."
• Rush – “Red Barchetta”

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  "I strip away the old debris/That hides a shining car/A brilliant red Barchetta/From a better, vanished time/We fire up the willing engine/Responding with a roar/Tires spitting gravel/I commit my weekly crime."

• Janis Joplin – “Mercedes Benz”

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  "Oh Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz/My friends all drive Porsches, I must make amends/Worked hard all my lifetime, no help from my friends/So Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz."

• Grateful Dead – “Truckin’”

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  "Truckin', got my chips cashed in/Keep truckin', like the do-dah man/Together, more or less in line/Just keep truckin' on."
• Van Halen – “Panama”

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  "Jump back, what's that sound?/Here she comes, full blast and top down/Hot shoe, burnin' down the avenue/Model citizen zero discipline."

• The Beatles – “Drive My Car”

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  "Baby, you can drive my car/Yes, I'm gonna be a star/Baby, you can drive my car/And maybe I'll love you."

• Steppenwolf – “Born to be Wild”

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  "Get your motor runnin'/Head out on the highway/Looking for adventure/In whatever comes our way."
• Talking Heads – “Road to Nowhere”

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  "We're on a road to nowhere/Come on inside/Taking that ride to nowhere/We'll take that ride/I'm feeling okay this morning/And you know/We're on the road to paradise/Here we go, here we go."

• Sammy Hagar – “I Can’t Drive 55”

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  "One foot on the brake and one on the gas, hey/Well, there's too much traffic, I can't pass, no/So I tried my best illegal move/A big black and white come and crushed my groove again."

• Deep Purple – “Highway Star”

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  "Nobody going to take my car I'm going to race it to the ground/Nobody going to beat my car/It's going to break the speed of sound."
• Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers – “Runnin’ Down a Dream”

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  "It was a beautiful day, the sun beat down/I had the radio on, I was drivin'/Trees went by, me and Del were singin' little Runaway/I was flyin'."

• Aretha Franklin – “Freeway of Love”

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  "City traffic's moving way too slow/Drop the pedal and go, go, go/We going riding on the freeway of love/Wind's against our back/We going riding on the freeway of love/In my pink Cadillac."

• Cyndi Lauper – “I Drove All Night”

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  "I was dreaming while I drove/The long straight road ahead, uh, huh/Could taste your sweet kisses/Your arms open wide/This fever for you is just burning me up inside/I drove all night to get to you."
• Billy Ocean – “Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car”

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  "Get outta my dreams/Get in to my car/Get outta my dreams/(Get in to the back seat baby)/Get in to my car/ (Beep Beep, yeah)."

• Tom Cochrane – “Life is a Highway”

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  "Life's like a road that you travel on/When there's one day here and the next day gone/Sometimes you bend, sometimes you stand/Sometimes you turn your back to the wind."

• Sheryl Crow – “Everyday is a Winding Road”

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  "I hitched a ride with a vending machine repair man/He said he's been down this road more than twice/He was high on intellectualism/I've never been there, but the brochure looks nice."
• Kenny Loggins – “Danger Zone”

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  "Revvin' up your engine/Listen to her howlin' roar/Metal under tension/Beggin' you to touch and go."

• Lindsey Buckingham – “Holiday Road”

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  "Jack be nimble, Jack be quick/Take a ride on the West Coast kick."

• Prince – “Little Red Corvette”

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  "I guess I should've closed my eyes when you drove me to the place/Where your horses run free/'Cause I felt a little ill when I saw all the pictures/Of the jockeys that were there before me."

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