Today, March 16th, 2008 marks the 40th Anniversary of the first show performed by the original band called Alice Cooper after changing their name from The Nazz. Happy Anniversary guys!
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My Dinner With Blue Cheer
I Sat Next to the Guy on the Left. And yes, he still has all his hair.
When I was in college, and for a few years after I graduated, I had an amazingly progressive, eccentric and entertaining boyfriend named Mark. I met Mark when we were both DJs at the campus radio station (KUCI FM in Irvine), and we had a pretty wild ride together. I was the same elitist hipster doofus about music back then that I am today. I thought I knew absolutely everything about every band or album that was worth listening to, and if I didn’t dig it, it didn’t need to be dug. But Mark had been raised by acid-dropping hippy parents, and he was actually able to turn me on to music I was completely unfamiliar with at the time, such as the first two Alice Cooper albums, The Fugs and a power trio that were often lauded as the supposed originators of the Heavy Metal Sound, Blue Cheer.
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Book Review: Alice Cooper, Golf Monster Online Now!
Alice Cooper is Dennis, Neal, Alice, Michael and Glen
My highly controversial review of the recent Alice Cooper biography, Golf Monster is up now at This Link! Check it out now!
Alice Cooper Band Release Billion Dollar Babies
I Think I Got a Live One
On This Day, February 25th, in 1973: The band called Alice Cooper released its sixth studio album and pivotal, glam rock opus, Billion Dollar Babies.
Original Alice Cooper Band to Reunite! One Night Only!
Alice Cooper Was a Band: L to R Michael Bruce, Alice Cooper (with his then-girlfriend, model Cindy Lang), Dennis Dunaway, Glen Buxton (RIP) and Neal Smith
Well, this sure is exciting news for all the Glam Rock heads out there. The four surviving members of the groundbreaking ’70s rock band, Alice Cooper, will reunite for one performance only on Saturday December 16th. Guitarist Michael Bruce, Bassist Dennis Dunaway and Drummer Neal Smith will join vocalist Alice Cooper on stage at Cooper’s annual charity event, Alice Cooper’s Christmas Pudding. As of last night, tickets are still available. The Pudding, as it is known, also features a dozen other bands and comedians, so I’m sure it’s worth the price of admission, if only to see Alice Cooper perform its classic songs like “Billion Dollar Babies” and “I’m Eighteen” as they were originally captured live and on vinyl over 30 years ago. If you’re in the Phoenix area, I strongly recommend you not miss it.