VH1 Classic showed Super Duper Alice Cooper last night. It's a pretty great documentary, especially if you dig the Alice Cooper (the band, not the man) period.
― ^^^ NOT METAL (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 4 April 2015 20:17 (nine years ago) link
Dang, looks like it was showing again at 7:00PM tonight, don't know if they will show it again, don't see it on the schedule.
Definitely dig the band and think they were undersung. Always think the same thing about Elton John's classic lineup. Obviously that is a much different situation in terms of who was doing the songwriter, but in terms of a band that played well together and made great records, well..
― Is It Because I'm Blecch (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 5 April 2015 02:36 (nine years ago) link
Complete Warner Bros. Studio Albums Box: http://www.amazon.com/Studio-Albums-1969-1983-CAB-15/dp/B00ZGVMKU6/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1436212419&sr=1-1&keywords=alice+cooper+box+set
― Love, Wilco (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 6 July 2015 19:54 (nine years ago) link
damn it. I don't have the later stuff but I don't need to replace the early stuff either. Grr.
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 6 July 2015 21:19 (nine years ago) link
Looks like this is the 2011 Japanese remasters, at least for all the stuff through the 70s. Ugh. No money.
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 6 July 2015 21:44 (nine years ago) link
Found some money. Box set arrived today.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 5 August 2015 19:42 (nine years ago) link
So our own EZ Snappin there was a little bit of history tonight...
https://twitter.com/EZSnappin/status/651598763157381120
https://twitter.com/EZSnappin/status/651599309297709057
https://twitter.com/EZSnappin/status/651606411059707904
And some more:
https://twitter.com/RobertWilonsky/status/651599023820832768
https://twitter.com/RobertWilonsky/status/651604977136177153
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 7 October 2015 04:36 (eight years ago) link
AT a little bit of history, but sure he's a little bit of history now too!
This was amazing. Don't know what else to say.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 7 October 2015 06:58 (eight years ago) link
What'd they play?
― A. Begrand, Wednesday, 7 October 2015 07:09 (eight years ago) link
Erik, you lucky bastard! Jealousy doesn't even cover it... what did they play!?
― Turrican, Wednesday, 7 October 2015 10:31 (eight years ago) link
Alice Cooper = one of the best bands of the '70s, full stop.
― Turrican, Wednesday, 7 October 2015 10:34 (eight years ago) link
Wooooooooah
― Comme Si, Kamasi (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 7 October 2015 11:41 (eight years ago) link
So is Glen Buxton still alive?
― Terry Micawber (Tom D.), Wednesday, 7 October 2015 11:43 (eight years ago) link
No ;_;
Setlist:
http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/alice-cooper/2015/good-records-dallas-tx-73f40e01.html
Report:
http://ultimateclassicrock.com/alice-cooper-band-reunion/
And a Periscope:
https://www.periscope.tv/w/1DXGywbpWMkxM
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 7 October 2015 14:04 (eight years ago) link
And another report:
http://www.dallasobserver.com/music/alice-cooper-played-a-surprise-reunion-with-his-original-band-at-good-records-7663648
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 7 October 2015 14:39 (eight years ago) link
Apparently they've done this at the Cooperstown restaurant in recent years
― Comme Si, Kamasi (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 7 October 2015 14:44 (eight years ago) link
Interesting. Michael, Neal and Dennis told the crowd it was the first time the three of them had all been together since the Hall of Fame induction.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 7 October 2015 15:40 (eight years ago) link
who's the lead guitarist?
― Thus Sang Freud, Wednesday, 7 October 2015 16:33 (eight years ago) link
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― Comme Si, Kamasi (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, October 7, 2015 2:44 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
That was 16 years ago!
― Turrican, Wednesday, 7 October 2015 16:37 (eight years ago) link
23rd October 1999: CoopersTown, Phoenix16th December 2010: Dodge Theatre, Phoenix14th March 2011: Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame11th May 2011: Battersea Power Station, London6th October 2015: Dallas, Texas
― Turrican, Wednesday, 7 October 2015 16:41 (eight years ago) link
11th May 2011: Battersea Power Station, London
That wasn't a proper gig but some kind of "hologram" live broadcast.
― schlep and back trio (anagram), Wednesday, 7 October 2015 16:48 (eight years ago) link
Ryan Roxie from the current Alice Cooper lineup.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 7 October 2015 19:22 (eight years ago) link
makes sense. must have been a thrill for him.
― Thus Sang Freud, Thursday, 8 October 2015 00:12 (eight years ago) link
have you got the time to tell me did they play "is it my body?"
― La Lechera, Thursday, 8 October 2015 01:45 (eight years ago) link
They did. It was awesome.
Looks like they joined Alice for his set tonight opening for Motley Crue. I would totally go if they toured.
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 8 October 2015 02:05 (eight years ago) link
omgdid they do the extended "goin' to the graveyard" part or the album version?
― La Lechera, Thursday, 8 October 2015 02:06 (eight years ago) link
I think it was just the shorter version.
Set list:
Caught in a Dream (sung by Michael)
Alice then joined them:
Be My LoverI'm EighteenIs It My BodyNo More Mr. Nice GuyUnder My WheelsSchool's Out
Encore:
Elected
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 8 October 2015 02:09 (eight years ago) link
shut up
elected!!
― La Lechera, Thursday, 8 October 2015 02:59 (eight years ago) link
Which he ended by urging us all to vote as long as it wasn't for him.
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 8 October 2015 03:13 (eight years ago) link
Full set is up. A little rocky, especially at the start, but once Alice comes out it's a lot of fun.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=sQuYnldPlqY
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 8 October 2015 05:46 (eight years ago) link
Whenever I get on a kick of listening to those Alice Cooper albums from 1971-1974, I always find myself thinking that it was a shame that a band that good didn't get back together after a temporary break. I often wonder how many great albums they had in them, and whether Muscle of Love (as much as I love the highlights of that record) would have been just a temporary dip.
― Turrican, Thursday, 8 October 2015 18:17 (eight years ago) link
Alice's dip into addiction and Bernie Taupin might've just meant we got the same albums with a better backing band
― jimmy falloff (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 8 October 2015 19:07 (eight years ago) link
Hmm. I guess the lyrics could have had some of the same themes but musically they would have been very different, definitely. I couldn't imagine Bruce/Buxton/Dunaway/Smith going for some of the disco/funk type of tracks that ended up on Goes To Hell and I definitely can't imagine the original band going "new wave" as Alice did in the early '80s. There may have been some wet ballads, but on the whole I think the LP's would have rocked and had interesting musical passages.
― Turrican, Thursday, 8 October 2015 19:15 (eight years ago) link
I love a good alternate universe thought experiment, too, but how many hard rock bands made it past '74 without succumbing to some dumb fads or attempts at commercial accessibility?
― jimmy falloff (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 8 October 2015 20:12 (eight years ago) link
Well yeah, I'm sure you could look at the discographies of various hard rock bands and point to a moment or two where they attempted to have a go at then-popular styles, it's just that I find it difficult to imagine the original band attempting to play funk or making an album like, say, Moving Pictures.
I think '75 and '76 were great years for hard rock, myself. '78 an underrated year, too.
― Turrican, Thursday, 8 October 2015 20:24 (eight years ago) link
The Strand has a pile of signed copies of Dennis Dunaway's book.
― The Cosimo Code of Blueshammer (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 12 November 2015 10:06 (eight years ago) link
My piece about the reunion show went up today at Noisey:
http://noisey.vice.com/blog/surprise-alice-cooper-reunion
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 16 November 2015 21:43 (eight years ago) link
Man!
― henry s, Monday, 16 November 2015 23:08 (eight years ago) link
Listening to 'Dead Babies' right now and thinking "christ, how goth/post-punk is that bassline?"
― the hair - it's lost its energy (Turrican), Thursday, 28 July 2016 15:51 (eight years ago) link
That song always strikes me as pretty Beatle-esque. Something about the harmonies.
― henry s, Thursday, 28 July 2016 17:43 (eight years ago) link
Yeah that song is so goth. Tied with Black Sabbath's "Born Again" for gothest songs by heavy rockers.
― Have you hugged your timeghoul today? (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 30 July 2016 19:26 (eight years ago) link
Finally saw "Good To See You Again" which is now on some streaming service. I can't believe it hasn't come up more here. The non-concert parts are terrible, though in a funny way, but the actual music footage is insanely good.
― dlp9001, Thursday, 10 November 2016 18:19 (seven years ago) link
Lot of weird stuff in that stage act, like roadies running on stage and pretending to fight. So right about the comedy bits in that movie. Painful to watch! Whoever made that film probably thought they were making the next "Head."
― henry s, Thursday, 10 November 2016 20:12 (seven years ago) link
'Lace and Whiskey' and 'Alice Cooper Goes to Hell' are pretty much show tunes for an unmade John Carpenter musical. Very strange, I can see why the hard rockers went WTF at the time.
― earlnash, Tuesday, 18 September 2018 03:29 (six years ago) link
Back in the late 80s I used to frequent this rock and roll tshirt/head shop and the crusty dude that owned it and the guy from the health foods store next door used to hold court telling the young ones how it is. Those two guys loved Alice Cooper and pretty much hated everything after 'Welcome to My Nightmare' with a passion. Kinda weird to finally get around to hearing the records 30 years later and getting "I can see why you did not like 'em."
That said, they do have a car wreck interest, so I will probably listen to them again.
― earlnash, Tuesday, 18 September 2018 03:36 (six years ago) link
Sinatra covered "I Love The Dead" "You And Me".
― Ubering With The King (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 18 September 2018 03:47 (six years ago) link
Heard "Is It My Body?" while shopping for groceries today. It was very weird.
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Monday, 17 December 2018 20:39 (five years ago) link
haha wow that is an odd one
― No Smockin' (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 17 December 2018 21:05 (five years ago) link