The Alice Cooper Thread 1 Attachment(s) Use this thread to discuss anything and everything to do with the ultimate Rock 'n Roll ghoul - Alice Cooper To start with, it seems that Uncle Alice is going to be the 'special guest' on Motley Crue's "farewell" tour Can't help thinking this is a case of the Master supporting the Students |
Possibly, though I can see why they'd have Alice opening for Crue. I take it that tour is in America? As far as I know, Crue are bigger than Alice over there. If it were here it'd likely be the other way around, or at least a co-headline. |
The Nightmare - a 1975 television special featuring Alice and Vincent Price, based on the 'Welcome To My Nightmare' album...and a few other Cooper classics. Alice Cooper The Nightmare with Vincent Price - YouTube Uncle Alice with 'The Muppets'* The Muppet Show S03e07 - Alice Cooper - YouTube *And this was the 'most dangerous man on the planet' at the time! |
Alice Cooper - Under My Wheels |
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Weird, last time I saw Crue in the UK they were co-headlining with Def Leppard. Last Alice show I saw in the UK was Wembley Arena with Motorhead supporting, so I thought he was bigger. |
Also has anyone read the graphic novel based on his The Last Temptation album? It's pretty cool. Been meaning to have another read of it, actually. |
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Alice varies in venue size around the UK. His 2011 tour with New York Dolls took in arenas and theatres. Anyway it matters not. Both acts are great and Motley have given themselves serious competition and the fans a fantastic bill. |
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1 Attachment(s) It has just been announced that Alice will join Aerosmith for the June 4th date of their upcoming Global Warming World Tour in Kristiansand, Norway! Johnny Depp, Alice Cooper & Aerosmith Rocking Out to The Beatles "Come Together" - YouTube ...and (of course) it HAD to be done! ( Alice Cooper Looks Like a Lady ) Aerosmith - Dude looks like a lady - YouTube |
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Also, regarding The Last Temtation comic, a sample page.. |
I don't care about Crüe, but I'm a big Alice fan, seen his show I think 7 times in Finland now. |
If you people can get your hands on this one from the Billion Dollar Babies you wont be disappointed. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dilrC__7x1g |
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The album 'Battle Axe' features material that was originally written for the follow up to 'Muscle Of Love'. |
The original ALice Cooper Band cover The Beatles in 1972 Warning - It's VERY rough! Alice Cooper - Hard Days Night Live 1972 - YouTube |
1 Attachment(s) In keeping with the kind of picture certain cult members always seem to post! |
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From what I am led to believe, Alice is to be the special guest on ALL these shows Before those dates, Alice is due to appear on the 'Rock Meets Classic Tour', which runs from Mar 9th - Apr 5th, but this tour is ONLY in Germany. May 30th - June 5th feature more dates in Germany and a couple in Scandinavia Looks like there is going to be very little Alice live activity in the UK this year |
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Just read all the Crue stuff about their final tour and Alice is special guest on all 77 dates. He was there onstage in Vegas when the Crue final tour contracts were signed so he really is part of proceedings, rather than a hired hand. Basically Alice is onto a winner because 77 dates in the US / Canada is a lot. Its also something he doesn't have to organize, plus with the hype starting now its bound to be selling out arenas constantly therefore he should regain a lot of fans Stateside. I hope the tour comes over here next year. Lets pray it doesn't snow as our roofs may not be able to cope. The cynical side of me says that whilst Crue will not tour again they will probably do one off shows. |
For unknown reasons, it seems that Alice will NOT be appearing at the Hollywood, FL and Syracuse, NY shows with Mutley Crow It has also been announced that the forthcoming Alice Cooper documentary, 'Super Duper Alice Cooper', directed by Sam Dunn (Metal: A Headbangers Journey', 'Iron Maiden: Flight 666', 'Rush: Beyond The Lighted Stage') will premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival which runs between April 16th and 27th in New York. |
1 Attachment(s) The infamous chicken incident, at the Toronto Rock N' Roll Revival Show on September 13th, 1969 For those who do not know the story, Alice claims that the infamous "Chicken Incident" at the Toronto Rock and Roll Revival concert in September 1969 was an accident. A chicken somehow made its way onto the stage and not having any experience around farm animals, he presumed that, because the chicken had wings, it would be able to fly. He picked it up and threw it out over the crowd, expecting it to fly away. The chicken instead plummeted into the first few rows occupied by disabled people in wheelchairs, who reportedly proceeded to tear the bird to pieces. The next day the incident made the front page of national newspapers, who reported that he had bitten off the chicken's head and drunk its blood on stage Frank Zappa, who was the bands producer at the time, told Alice not to deny this story because he said you can't buy this type of publicity! |
Influences??? Missa Luba 1965: Sanctus Missa Luba 1965: Sanctus (B4) - YouTube Alice Sick Things 1973 Alice Cooper - Sick Things - YouTube |
1 Attachment(s) The psycho-nurse from the recent tour Remind anyone of Heath Ledgers Joker?? |
Trailer for the upcoming documentary 'Super Duper Alice Cooper' Super Duper Alice Cooper (Trailer) - YouTube |
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The trailer is back up on the alicecooper.com website. It would appear that comments about the use of cocaine have been removed from the one that appeared on youtube alicecooper.com | EXCLUSIVE - Super Duper Alice Cooper Trailer "“Super Duper Alice Cooper is the twisted tale of a teenage Dr Jekyll whose rock n roll Mr Hyde almost kills him. It is the story of Vincent Furnier, preacher’s son, who struck fear into the hearts of parents as Alice Cooper, the ultimate rock star of the bizarre. From the advent of Alice as front man for a group of Phoenix freaks in the 60s to the hazy decadence of celebrity in the 70s to his triumphant comeback as 80s glam metal godfather, we will watch as Alice and Vincent battle for each others’ souls. The film is the first ever ‘doc opera’ – a dizzying blend of documentary archive footage, animation and rock opera that will cement forever the legend of Alice Cooper.”" |
The 'Super Duper Alice Cooper' DVD and Blu-Ray is set to be released on May 26th, and can be pre-ordered from Amazon here - http://www.amazon.co.uk/s?ie=UTF8&in...ickthingsuk-21 |
Alice is currently taking part in the 'Rock Meets Classic' tour in Germany, featuring the Bohemian Prague Symphony Orchestra House Of Fire, No More Mr. Nice Guy, Only Woman Bleed, Welcome To My Nightmare and Poison are here: Alice Cooper at Rock meets Classic 2014 - YouTube while School's Out, featuring all the artists who took part, is here: Alice Cooper - School's Out - Rock meets Classic 2014 - YouTube This constitutes the entire set, with the exception of the intro, which was the opening to 'Hello, Horray' |
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I KNOW we don't do politics here, but UKIP... AliceCooper - Elected (1972 promo video) - YouTube Alice Cooper - Laughing At Me - YouTube Alice Cooper - Luney Tune (with lyrics) - YouTube Alice Cooper - Damned If You Do - YouTube Alice Cooper - Guilty - YouTube MODS - if this is overstepping the mark, please feel free to remove this post! |
There is a new Alice Cooper comic book, coming in September Joe Harris Brings Alice Cooper To Comic Shelves - Bleeding Cool Comic Book, Movies and TV News and Rumors |
Enjoyed Super Duper Alice Cooper, although there wasn't that much new revelations for me as a long time Cooper fan.There was that 2009 gig on CD too, nice set.He's currently making a cover album, presumably titled Hollywood Vampires.If anyone can cover Jim Morrison, it's Alice. |
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It seems that it's not going to be a completely covers record either. It should include some new songs, specially written for this release. Alice is quoted as saying: "We decided that in order to set up the 'Hollywood Vampires' thing, you had to kind of tell the story, and you had to write songs that were going to set up the story, and then get into the covers. So we had fun sitting there writing these new songs around it. So it's going to be quite a package, this thing is." Due to the fact that most of the remainder of this year is being taken up with the Motley Crue tour, it's unlikely that the record will be released until either the end of 2014, or the beginning of 2015 |
Good news. |
Suzi, I just got back from my 9 year old daughter's music night at school...the guitar class played "School's Out"! |
The Mutley Crow/Alice Cooper tour started yesterday (2nd July) in Grand Rapids, MI Apparently, this is Alice's setlist: 1. Hello Hooray 2. No More Mr. Nice Guy 3. Billion Dollar Babies 4. I'm Eighteen 5. Under My Wheels 6. Poison 7. Dirty Diamonds 8. Welcome to My Nightmare 9. Feed My Frankenstein 10. Ballad of Dwight Fry 11. Killer/I Love The Dead 12. School's Out Because he is the support act, the set is shorter than normal, and, although it is still going under the 'Raise The Dead' name, it seems that the covers section has been dropped I have not seen any proper reports as yet, but it still seems that there is a lot of scope for the theatrics - the crutch ('I'm 18'), the FrankenAlice ('Feed My Frankenstein'), the straight-jacket ('Ballad of Dwight Frye') and the execution ('Killer'/'I Love the Dead') |
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Melonfarmer [sic] of the Year Wild Side Primal Scream Same Ol' Situation (S.O.S.) Looks That Kill On With the Show Too Fast for Love All Bad Things (World premiere) Guitar Solo Smokin' in the Boys' Room Without You Saints of Los Angeles Anarchy in the U.K. Too Young to Fall in Love Drum Solo Shout at the Devil Don't Go Away Mad (Just Go Away) Live Wire Dr. Feelgood Girls, Girls, Girls Kickstart My Heart Encore: Home Sweet Home HOWEVER...it seems that things didn't go well with the Crow set: Concert review: Motley Crue muffs 'The Last Tour' kickoff at Van Andel Arena | MLive.com "To put it politely, Motley Crue did not have a good night Wednesday at Van Andel Arena. It was the official kickoff of the band’s 70-odd-date “Final Tour” – its last-ever go-round, they promise - and some glitches are to be expected. But the train derailed early and significantly, and it took the clearly frustrated group half the show to get back on track. Three songs in, during “Primal Scream,” drummer Tommy Lee broke the head on his kick drum, prompting Mick Mars to fill time with a guitar solo. After five minutes of noisemaking and riffing on Jimi Hendrix’s “Little Wing” – Mars seemed hung out to dry – singer Vince Neil took the mic and apologized, tossing in a forced laugh as he told the audience it would be a few minutes before they were ready to play again. The house lights came up, and the crowd got restless. After a 10-minute delay, the band made a decent recovery, chugging through “Same Ol’ Situation” and “Looks that Kill.” “On With the Show” was supposed to merge with “Too Fast for Love,” but the band stopped dead in its tracks. “He broke something again,” Neil said of Lee. “The band forgot their own song,” bassist Nikki Sixx said. They restarted and powered through the number, Sixx visibly upset and off his game, and Neil looking confused. Then Mars experienced problems with his monitors and guitars. Cue another delay, and a few boos. “Oh man. First-night (expletive). We’re breaking down. You guys can always say you were here,” Neil half-heartedly joked." But, remembering who this thread is about, what was the report concerning Alice: "If the world was a just place, opener Alice Cooper would be headlining arenas, with his protégés in spectacle – Kiss, Motley Crue, Iron Maiden – as the support act. But the Detroit-born legend is primarily a nostalgia act now, albeit a damn good one. His 50-minute set was all hits – “School’s Out,” “Under my Wheels,” “I’m Eighteen,” “Poison,” “No More Mr. Nice Guy” – and classic Alice shtick. The original horror-rocker trotted out his pet boa constrictor, had his head chopped off in a guillotine, was tortured by a naughty and ghoulish nurse and was electrocuted in a Frankensteinian contraption. Nothing new for Alice, but we love him for never breaking character, and entertaining us without fail." |
Rumour has it that the upcoming covers album will feature Paul McCartney, Joe Perry, Johnny Depp and Orianthi amongst others! |
Yawn! Same old, same old from Alice, with the exception of Dirty Diamonds. He's getting a free ride, be adventurous in your song selection for a change. |
Not surprised to hear Motley Crue are leaving much to be desired. I saw them at Hellfest 2009 and walked off halfway through their set (they declined to appear on the screens either side of the stage, and instead played porn. Not what you want to be watching with your best mate and his Dad!), and again in 2011 or 2012 (I forget which) with Def Leppard and Steel Panther. They weren't the worst of the night (Def Leppard just sounded exhausted - understandable on the last gig of a full world tour, but talk about going out with a fizzle) but they weren't a patch on Steel Panther. Alice, however, I've never seen put on a bad gig (although Hellfest 2010 was questionable, but only because he played School's Out twice for some reason). |
I must admit i couldn't give two hoots if this tour crosses the Atlantic or not. The Crue were past their best on The Carnival of Sins tour, occasionally it was difficult to tell if Mick Mars was actually alive or not. Neil's voice is totally shot now. They are quitting touring for a reason. If it wasn't the case they would continue just like Alice has. :) |
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