Shock rocker Alice Cooper went solo with his Welcome To My Nightmare album in 1975. To tie in with the 50th anniversary of its release, a seminal show from the tour is being released as a 2LP for Black Friday (November 28).
Welcome To My Nightmare Live From the Forum 6/17/75 will be available worldwide. 3500 copies.
English musicians and music geeks extraordinaire Steven Wilson and Tim Bowness have posted a new episode of their podcast The Album Years. They talk about 1972, discussing albums by Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, Alice Cooper, Hawkwind, and a whole lot more. This is part #4 about this year. The pair can be watched on YouTube as well.
On this day in 2004 Here Comes The Flood was launched with three posts: the death of guitarist Robert Quine, Phish calling it quits, and Kurt Cobain's mixtape. So today this blog comes of age. Take it away, Alice.
Watch metal band Meliah Rage tackle the Alice Cooper classic Halo of Flies. It was released as a bonus track on the remixed version of their The Deep And Dreamless Sleep album.
Wathc Alice Cooper discuss the Jimi Hendrix Experience - Live in Maui set with Eddie Kramer and Billy Cox on the Nights with Alice Cooper show.
Outlaw country rockers The Rev have made a video for their funky Mashed Potatoes single, "a song that has good time music written all over it in capital letters. all the bases are covered: sweet pedal steel, a fiddle and luscious background vocals as band leader Eric Meyers leads the way with om point lead vocals".
They filmed it @ Alice Cooper Solid Rock in Phoenix, AZ - a non-profit organization that "provides the music, arts, vocational programs and fellowship that challenge teens to discover their passion through music, dance, video and sound production, self-expression, and creativity".
HCTF review of the El Diablo EP.
Watch the new Deep Purple video, a track form their forthcoming new album inFinite. All their signature elements are in place, with a memorable Don Airey organ solo as the best bit. They will be on tour in Europe and North America (w/ Alice Cooper and special guest The Edgar Winter Band).
Deep Purple and Alice Cooper are co-headliners for a North American Summer tour that kicks off in Las Vegas on August 12. They are joined by special guest The Edgar Winter Band.
Live dates:The original shock rocker Alice Cooper has launched a weekly audio blog: Me, Alice.
Legendary shock rocker Alice Cooper embarks on a massive Fall tour later this month. Afte a warm-up gig in Verona, NY, he flies to Europe for a string of dates in the UK, Germany and Switzerland. Canada and the USA are next.
Live dates:
Greensky Bluegrass takes on School's Out, the Alice Cooper classic written by Alice Cooper, Michael Bruce, Glen Buxton, Dennis Dunaway and Neal Smith. Recorded live at the Kennedy School, Portland, OR - 2009/01/15.
Grab the full show from archive.org.
MP3: Greensky Bluegrass - School's Out
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» en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School's_Out_(song)
(Thanks: Triple-B)
General elections in The Netherlands today. Go vote, you hippie! Alice Cooper will hunt down if you don't.
