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Susan Foreman 4th August 2016 05:49 AM

'Detroit City' is a great song, not only reminiscent of the early days of the Alice Cooper Group, but similar to the other Glam bands of the early 70's.

Lyrically, it's a tribute to his hometown, and the other acts that emerged from the area, featuring namechecks to Creem Magazine, Ted Nugent, Iggy Pop, The MC5, Eminem, Kid Rock, The Insane Clown Posse, Bob Seger, The Silver Bullet Band and David Bowie (as Ziggy Stardust). It has also been suggested that the second verse may be a reference to KISS, and the cover to the 'Destroyer' album, although other people think it's about the 1967 riots in the city

The saxophone is played by Scott Gilman and additional guitar is provided by Wayne Kramer from the band The MC5

It's also an enjoyable (fan) video, featuring a lot of rare footage of the original ACG in action

07/13 - Detroit City (Cooper/Roxie/Garric)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5As8LJGiTJ4

"Me and Iggy were giggin' with Ziggy and kickin' with the MC5
Ted and Seger were burnin' with fever
and let the Silver bullets fly
The Kid was in his crib, shady wore a bib
and the posse wasn`t even alive
Shock rock choppin' block, songs to make your heart stop
Shovie it in ta overdrive

Playing loud and fast
Make that guitar blast
Playing like today will be your last...

Well I was born there
Probably die there
With all my long hair
Detroit City
You feel your heart beat
You hit the concrete
Dance the mean streets
Detroit City

There`s a riot raging downtown
Tryin' to burn the place down
Skies glowin; red and grey
But the Riff kept a Rockin'
The Creem kept a-talkin'
And the streets still smokin' today

Playing loud and fast
Make that guitar blast
Playing like today will be your last...

Well I was born there
Probably die there
With all my long hair
Detroit City
You feel your heart beat
You hit the concrete
Dance the mean streets
Detroit City

Six mile seven mile eight mile nine mile
ten mile eleven mile Detroit city

Louder
Faster
Louder
Detroit City

Well I was born there
Gonna die there
With all my long hair
Detroit City
You feel your heart beat
Hit the concrete
Dance the mean streets
Detroit City

Well I was born there
Probably die there
With all my long hair
Detroit City
You feel your heart beat
You hit the concrete
Dance the mean street
Detroit City"


'Spirits Rebellious' is another prime cut of 70's garage punk. It's a good song (not a great one), and it has a wonderful gritty sound to it, although the ending is rather abrupt!

I'm glad that Alice has finally dropped the 'sweet' sounding pop-metal that had made up the album up to these two songs, and returned to his spiritual home

08/13 - Spirits Rebellious (Alice/Dover/Roxie)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPr2383Itb8

"I can`t do right when all I wanna do is wrong
My conscience sounds alarm like the waning on a Chinese gong
I know about the punishment, I know about the law
My sins cut deeper then the teeth on a saw
My attitude is bad and my nerves are raw
I`m a shotgun snake, I`m a jackal with claws
I was born with a chip on my shoulder on a stormy night
Alright
My spirits rebellious, you tell us everything OK
No way
Spirits rebellious, we won`t do anything you say

It`s a hard, hard world with a black corroded heart
There`s a livin', breathin' devil trying to tear my soul apart
In a cold, cold grave on a dark, dark night
Eternity is black, I'll never see the light
Never listen to advice, I was never that bright
Couldn`t walk away, I was lookin' to fight
I was born with a chip on my shoulder on a stormy night
Alright
My spirits rebellious, you tell us everything OK
No way
My spirits rebellious, we won`t do anything you say
No Way
My spirits rebellious, you tell us everything alright
Tonight
Spirits rebellious, all we gonna hear is lies,lies, lies
Lies......

My Spirits rebellious - I Can't do right when all I want to do is wrong
My Spirits rebellious - I know about the punishment, I know about the law
My Spirits rebellious - My sins cut deeper then the teeth on a saw
My Spirits rebellious - I'm the teenage curse of the monkey's paw"

Susan Foreman 5th August 2016 05:25 AM

'This House Is Haunted' is an engaging ghost story, featuring a slow, arpeggiated acoustic guitar motif that sounds like a child's nursery rhyme, bringing back memories of the 'Steven' trilogy from 'Welcome To My Nightmare'. The use of a clarinet, played by Scott Gilman and theremin, performed by Calico are nice touches

09/13 - This House Is Haunted (Cooper/Dover/Roxie)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLanq3e0L1E

"I was sitting in my room, dark and gray and crying
Someone in my life I fear was at the point of dying
A cold wind blew right up my spine, it was the break of dawn
A little voice went deep inside told me she was gone

Oh... This house is haunted
Oh... That`s how I want it to be
Oh... This house is haunted
You can always stay here with me...

No more singing, no more laughing, no more sunny days
She left and took the colours with her, buried in her grave
This is where we climbed the tower, this is where she fell
Then when her young heart stopped beating, I went to hell

Oh... This house is haunted
Oh... Ha....
Oh... This house is haunted
Ho.. . Oh...

You float through the living room, I watch my TV
I feel you sit down on the couch right here next to me
Then I feel you lips touch mine just like we used to do
I`m so happy all alone being here with you..."


'Love Should Never Feel Like This' is a very catchy song, with some nice sounding guitars and a good sneering vocal performance. However, it's back to the pop-metal of the previous songs on the album. It would have been better of the guitars had been 'dirtied up' a bit!

10/13 - Love Should Never Feel Like This (Alice/Dover/Roxie)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8154e-dcZ4

"Somebody told me love`s a beautiful thing
And when I found it all the bells would just ring
The sun would shine and all the birds would sing
Then I met you

I searched the planet for that magical girl
I walked a million miles all over the world
I found the oysters, but never the pearls.
Then I met you...

I can`t eat
I can`t sleep
I feel sick
I`m so weak

Love should never feel like this
I must be doing something wrong
I`ve never felt this way before

Walk in the bathroom and I take a deep breath
Look in the mirror and it scares me to death
Look like a junkie who's been strung out on meth
Since I met you

I can`t eat
I can`t sleep
I feel sick
I`m so weak

Love should never feel like this
I must be doing something wrong
I`ve never felt this way before

Love should never feel like this
I must be doing something wrong
I never felt this way oh no...

Oh, ignorance was always bliss
Love should never feel like this

Love should never, ever feel like this
I`ve never felt this way before
I must be doing something wrong
No, Love should never, ever feel like this
I must be doing something wrong
I`ve never, ever felt this way before
What`s wrong with me!"

Susan Foreman 7th August 2016 05:37 AM

'The Song That Didn't Rhyme' is another song that sounds like The Beatles, or possibly The Who ('The Song Is Over'). It's a very simple song, with a lovely guitar sound and a nice 'straight' performance from Alice.

It's off-the-wall and in no way typical of Alice Cooper, but it's my favourite song on the album

Drummer Teddy Zig Zag provides the accordion

11/13 - The Song That Didn't Rhyme (Cooper/Dover/Roxie)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBnlXB8OUlI

"Wrote a song, it was wrong from it`s very first conception
Seemed I struggled on every line
It wasn`t fast, wasn`t pretty, wasn`t serious or witty
The song that didn`t rhyme

The band couldn`t wing it, the singer couldn`t sing it
The Drummer's always out of time
The DJ`s were offended, my union card suspended
Billboard declared it a crime

The melody blows in a key that no one can find
The lyrics don`t flow but I can`t get it out of my mind
A three minute waste of your time
On a song that didn`t rhyme

It was bland, it was boring, all the groupies there were snoring
The first time we played it live
All the record guys got fired, the president retired
But somehow the song survived

Oh the melody blows in a key that no one can find
The lyrics don`t flow but I can`t get it out of my mind
Oh, the melody blows in a key that no one can find
The lyrics don`t flow but I can`t get it out of my mind
A three minute waste of your time
No redeeming value of any kind
But thanks for the twelve ninety nine
On a song that didn`t rhyme"


It's back to the garage punk for 'I'm So Angry', which is a good, fast rocker.

The voice heard growling in the background in the middle of the song is provided by producer Andrew 'Mudrock' Murdoch

12/13 - I'm So Angry (Alice/Dover/Roxie)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OkVmtRGRMo

"I`m so angry
I`m so angry
Something that you said burnin' in my head
I`m so angry
I`m so angry
Everything you do makes me furious with you

It`s like a poison to me
It`s like you put me in shock
You stick a needle in me
Every time that you talk

I`m so angry
I`m so stupid
Everything you say, I believe it anyway
I`m so stupid
I`m so angry
Running after you, that`s what I gotta do

It`s like a poison to me
It`s like you put me in shock
You stick a needle in me
Every time that you talk

Is there any one at all
Any one you didn`t call
Is there any one you didn`t deny
Is there any one you missed
Any one you didn`t kiss
Is there any law you didn`t defy

I`m so crazy
I`m so crazy
I used to be so cool, now I`m just your little fool
I`m so crazy
I`m so crazy
Talking in my sleep like a scary little creep

It`s like a poison to me
It`s like you put me in shock
You stick a needle in me
Every time that you talk

Is there any one at all
Anyone you didn`t call
Is there any one you didn`t deny
Is there any one you missed
Anyone you didn`t kiss
Is there any law you didn`t defy

I`m so angry
I`m so angry
Always chewing nails, it never, ever fails
I`m so angry
I`m so angry
Better hide my knife, better run for your life

So Angry
So Angry
I`m so angry
Angry, angry, angry etc."

Make Them Die Slowly 7th August 2016 09:01 AM

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Susan Foreman 7th August 2016 09:34 AM

That Whiplash mascara, which is from 1973, is VERY rare now. In 1995, it was stated that there were only 2 tubes still in existence in the entire world!

http://www.sickthingsuk.co.uk/misc/whiplash2.jpg

In 2013, it was reported that a tube was sold on E-Bay for $1,825

There is also a nail polish, whose color is called 'Alice Copper', but this is simply a play on words as has no direct Alice connection!

Incidentally, the packaging in the picture posted by Mr. Slowly is incorrect. It actually looked like this:

http://www.sickthingsuk.co.uk/misc/whiplash.jpg

Susan Foreman 8th August 2016 06:17 AM

The final song on the album is 'Backyard Brawl', a return to the garage sound with a simplistic (albeit nasty sounding) guitar.

13/13 - Backyard Brawl (Cooper/Dover/Roxie)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNGrEAXygQ0

"Got a cut on my thigh, got a nail in my eye
And I`m bleedin' all over the wall
Got a barbed wire bat and a dude on the mat
Ain`t getting up soon at all

Got a head full of rage and a belly full of hate
I'm the neighbourhood legend that just can`t wait

For the backyard brawl
Backyard brawl
Another backyard brawl
Backyard brawl
Another backyard brawl
Backyard brawl
Another backyard brawl

Don`t matter who you are, don`t matter what colour
Brown or white'll do
But if you`re yellow you`ll be covered in red
A whole lotta black and blue

Jump off the trailer in a pile full o' guys
Scratching and kicking and pulverised

For the backyard brawl
Backyard brawl
Another backyard brawl
Backyard brawl
Another backyard brawl
Backyard brawl
Another backyard brawl

Only got six teeth but three of those
Are sharp enough to bite off your nose

At the backyard brawl
Backyard brawl
Another backyard brawl
Backyard brawl
Another backyard brawl
Backyard brawl
Another backyard brawl
Backyard brawl
Another backyard brawl
Backyard brawl
Another backyard brawl
Backyard brawl
Another backyard brawl
Backyard Brawl
Another backyard brawl
Backyard Brawl

[Spoken] You think you`re so [beep] tough
You talkin' to me?
You`re mine
Come on, lets go
Come on stitches.."


The tour to promote 'The Eyes Of Alice Cooper' was effectively a continuation of the previous years 'Bare Bones' tour, again split into two legs. The first leg was in America, and ran between September 23rd, 2003 and November 1st.

The band for these dates consisted of:

Alice Cooper - Vocals
Ryan Roxie - Guitars, Vocals
Eric Dover - Guitars, Vocals
Eric Singer - Drums
Chuck Garric - Bass, Vocals
Calico Cooper - Dancer

and a basic setlist consisted of:
  • Intro: Black Juju
  • Hello Hooray
  • No More Mr Nice Guy
  • Man of the Year
  • Between High School and Old School
  • Billion $ Babies
  • Long Way to Go
  • Be my Lover
  • Lost in America
  • What do you want from me
  • 18
  • Desperado
  • Halo of Flies
  • Welcome to My Nightmare
  • Cold Ethyl
  • Only Women Bleed
  • Ballad of Dwight Frye
  • School's Out
  • Poison
  • Detroit City
  • Novocaine
  • Under My Wheels

After a long break, the tour picking up with European dates between June 4th, 2004 and June 27th, before returning to the States between July 9th and October 31st, 2004

Only two UK dates were played. The European tour started on June 4th in Dublin, and finished on June 24th in London at the Hammersmith Apollo.

There was a slight change in the band line-up - Tommy Clufetos took over the drumming duty from Eric Singer, and the setlist had also been changed:
  • Intro - Black JuJu
  • Hello Hooray
  • No More Mr. Nice Guy
  • Man Of The Year
  • Billion Dollar Babies
  • Between High School & Old School
  • Muscle Of Love
  • Be My Lover
  • Who Do You Think We Are?
  • What Do You Want From Me?
  • I'm Eighteen
  • Desperado
  • Halo Of Flies
  • Sick Things
  • Gutter Cat Vs The Jets/Backyard Brawl
  • Cold Ethyl
  • Only Women Bleed
  • Ballad Of Dwight Fry
  • School's Out
  • Brutal Planet
  • Wicked Young Man
  • Poison
  • Under My Wheels

There was no official DVD released of this tour, although audience shot versions can be found here Toronto and here New York

Susan Foreman 10th August 2016 08:19 PM

Apparently Sheryl was injured in an incident at last night's show (Tuesday, 9th August 2016) in Huntsville, Alabama

Details are sketchy at the moment, but from what I am hearing, a drunken moron threw a 'half full tall boy can of beer' at Sheryl as she performed the 'Zombie Hillary vs Zombie Trump' skit during 'Elected' at the end of the show. She was hit in the eye, but luckily escaped with just some bad bruising.

Despite an understandably furious Alice asking who had thrown the can, the sad excuse for a human escaped identification.

Of the incident, Sheryl herself has said: "My understanding is that this person was so intoxicated that he or she could barely stand. Getting hit in the eye with a full can of beer certainly hurt! It could have been so much worse. I am thankful I'm not in the hospital or had to have stitches. My hope and prayer is that this individual made it safely home without injuring another."

Susan Foreman 12th August 2016 08:33 AM

August 12th, 1972. 'School's Out' reached number 1 in the UK singles chart

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ji1A6rVr34

The video is from The Madhouse Rocks tour in 1979, promoting the 'From The Inside' album

Alice Cooper - Vocals
Davey Johnstone - Guitar (The Elton John Band)
Steve Hunter - guitar (The Lou Reed Band)
Pentti “Whitey” Glan - drums (The Lou Reed Band)
Fred Mandel - organ
Prakash John - Bass (Parliament/Funkadelic)

Demdike@Cult Labs 13th August 2016 01:59 PM

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Finally bought the Hollywood Vampires album.

Susan Foreman 15th August 2016 07:39 AM

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