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Billion Dollar Babies Hits #1
On This Date, March 24th in 1973: The Band Called Alice Cooper’s sixth studio album, Billion Dollar Babies (released 2/25/73) entered the U.K. album chart at Number One. The album hit #1 in the US a few weeks later, on April 21st.
Congratulations to Neal Smith and The Band Called Alice Cooper!
Congratulations go out to Michael Bruce, Neal Smith, Alice Cooper and Dennis Dunaway on their induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame last evening, March 14, 2011, which took place here in NYC at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel. Alice Cooper was a band, no matter what any historical revisionist wants to tell you these days. The ceremony and performances will air on the FUSE network this coming Sunday, March 20th at 9 PM Eastern /8 PM Central. Check your local listings for the correct channel to tune to in your area.
Alice Cooper Band Joins 2011 Class of R&R Hall of Fame Inductees!
“I Think I Love It: I Love It To Death”
All five members of the original band called Alice Cooper will be inducted into Cleveland’s Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on March 14, 2011. Among their fellow performer inductees are Neil Diamond, Dr. John, Darlene Love, Tom Waits and Leon Russell. This was the first nomination for all inductees with the exception of Love, who was nominated twice previously. It’s unfortunate that nominee Donovan wasn’t also inducted, because then he and the band could have performed “Billion Dollar Babies” (on which Donovan sang back up) live at the induction ceremony. Talk about missed opportunities. The Worley Gig sends sincere congratulations out to all five members of the band that created Shock Rock – lead guitarist Glen Buxton (RIP), rhythm guitarist Michael Bruce, bass player Dennis Dunaway, drummer Neal Smith and vocalist Vince Furnier – without whose enduring influence bands like Kiss and Marilyn Manson would certainly be doing something else for a living.
Original Members of the Alice Cooper Band Record New Material for Cooper Solo Album
Alice Cooper in 1972: Neal, Alice, Michael, Dennis and Glen
Hello, Hurray! Fans of the original 1970s band Alice Cooper are about to have one of their long-hoped-for dreams come true. The band’s four surviving members, guitarist Michael Bruce, bassist Dennis Dunaway, drummer Neal Smith and vocalist Alice Cooper (lead guitarist Glen Buxton passed away in 1997) spent two days in September at a NYC studio recording three original tracks for Cooper’s next solo album. Rumored to be a follow-up to Cooper’s first solo effort, 1975’s Welcome To My Nightmare, the album is due to be released in the fall of 2011. These sessions were the first to feature all members of the original Alice Cooper band since the group recorded its 1974 swan song, Muscle of Love.
At the board for these sessions was studio legend Bob Ezrin, who not only produced the band’s commercial breakthrough, 1971’s Love it To Death (featuring the hit single “I’m Eighteen”), but who was also responsible for producing several of their other classic hits, including School’s Out and their most popular and commercially successful album, 1973’s Billion Dollar Babies. Ezrin has also produced many solo albums for Alice Cooper the individual since the band’s breakup. Ezrin, whose exhaustive body of work includes landmark albums such as Pink Floyd’s The Wall, has been quoted as saying that the work he did with the Alice Cooper Band in the seventies gave him his career. It is also rumored that rock photographer Bob Gruen, who took many photos of the original band back in the day – including promotional shots for Muscle of Love featuring the band dressed in identical sailor suits – made an appearance to visually document the band hanging out in the studio.
Those Alice Cooper band devotees still hoping for a reunion that would see the band perform live can hold out hope that Smith, Dunaway and Bruce make good on rumors that they will join Cooper this coming December in Phoenix, AZ for his annual Christmas Pudding charity concert event.