The Alice Cooper Thread

[Susan Foreman]

Circa 1967 - Before they were The Alice Cooper Band, they were The Nazz (Alice in centre of pic)

[troggi]

Some pretty advanced lyrics for '67 there Suzi compared with say; "Daydream Believer" and "Puppet on a string!"

[Make Them Die Slowly]

Tod Rundgren's Nazz are worth checking out too. I think they were formed before Alice's band hence the change to Alice Cooper.

[Susan Foreman]

RIP Kim Fowley

Although he is probably best remembered for the all girl group The Runaways, he also co-wrote the song 'Escape' from "Welcome To My Nightmare"



Fowley later sued Randy Bachman, from Bachman Turner Overdrive claiming that the song 'Down To The Line' (from the album 'Head On') sounded like 'Escape' (Alice was not involved as he wrote the lyrics and not the music). BTO settled out of court and he both Fowley and Cooper had their names added to the publishing

[Susan Foreman]

Well, this is disappointing!

Motley Crue have announced the dates for the second leg of their 'farewell' tour in 2015

Once again, Alice is going to be the special guest for most of these

Dates announced:

July 22 - Eugene, OR @Matthew Knight Arena *
July 24 - Tacoma, WA @ Tacoma Dome *
July 26 - Billings, MT @ Rimrock Auto Arena at MetraPark *
July 28 - Boise, ID @ Taco Bell Arena *
July 29 - Salt Lake City, UT @ EnergySolutions Arena *
July 31 - Denver, CO @ Pepsi Center *
August 3 - Winnipeg, MB @ MTS Centre *
August 5 - St. Paul, MN @ Xcel Energy Center *
August 7 - Milwaukee, WI @ BMO Harris Bradley Center *
August 8 - Chicago, IL @ Allstate Arena *
August 9 - Detroit, MI @ The Palace of Auburn Hills *
August 11 - Hershey, PA @ Giant Center *
August 12 - New York, NY @ Barclays Center *
August 14 - Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Center *
August 15 - Worcester, MA @ DCU Center *
August 16 - Uncasville, CT @ Mohegan Sun Arena *
August 18 - Cleveland, OH @ Quicken Loans Arena *
August 19 - Cincinnati, OH @ U.S. Bank Arena *
August 20 - Indianapolis, IN @ Bankers Life Fieldhouse *
August 22 - Toronto, ON @ Air Canada Centre *
August 23 - Ottawa, ON @ Canadian Tire Centre *
August 24 - Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre *
August 26 - Baltimore, MD @ Royal Farms Arena *
August 28 - Raleigh, NC @ PNC Arena *
August 29 - Charlotte, NC @ Time Warner Cable Arena *
August 30 - Atlanta, GA @ Philips Arena *
September 2 - Miami, FL @ American Airlines Arena
September 4 - New Orleans, LA @ Smoothie King Center *
September 5 - Houston, TX @ Toyota Center
September 6 - San Antonio, TX @ Alamodome
September 15 Monterrey, NL @ Arena Monterrey
September 10 - Mexico City, DF @ Arena Ciudad de Mexico
TBA - Las Vegas, NV @ TBA
December 31 - Los Angeles, CA @ Staples Center

* With Alice Cooper

[Susan Foreman]

An amusing little scene

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Alice Cooper, Joe Perry And Johnny Depp To Perform At Rock In Rio As Hollywood Vampires - Blabbermouth.net

[Susan Foreman]

A very interesting blog entry by Kyler Clarke, who performs as the FrankenALice on stage

Be warned tho - there are spoilers about how the effect is executed (pardon the pun)

A View From The Top - Confessions Of A CerealKyler

I'm assuming that this is the same way that Iron Maiden bring Eddie to life during their shows as well

Here is footage of the FrankenAliceGaga creature in action!

[Demoncrat]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEcofEk1wSA

[Demoncrat]

Originally Posted by Make Them Die Slowly

Tod Rundgren's Nazz are worth checking out too. I think they were formed before Alice's band hence the change to Alice Cooper.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apW-fj11T_k