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Phoenix New Times
"I Bore Alice Cooper's Child!"
(Phoenix New Times, 1983-09-07)
The man of the house - unshaven, barefooted and clad in jeans, a tee shirt and a baseball cap - rummages through the kitchen looking for something to eat. The wife, who is curled up on a couch in front of the TV screen, smiles affectionately as her husband enter the living room fresh from his raid on the family fridge....
Hangin' With Mr. Cooper
(Phoenix New Times, 1996-00-00)
TV characters who became American institutions in the '70s had a nasty habit of growing stale as they "grew up." Hot Lips Houlihan morphed into the Susan B. Anthony of the Korean DMZ, while everyone's favorite bigot Archie Bunker devolved into a politically correct bartender so bland the show's writers had to kill off his dingbat wife, Edith, in desperation....
Alice Cooper happy with the irony of having become 'family'
entertainment
(Phoenix New Times, 1996-06-28)
In the era of Nine Inch Nails, gangsta rap and navel-piercings, the panic of the early '70s seems almost quaint. But at the time, it was anything but funny. Alice Cooper looked like the biggest threat to America's youth since the H-bomb. Parents were outraged and forbade their children to listen or go to the shows. Preachers warned against Cooper from the pulpit. He was banned from performing in some cities. ...
School's Out
(Phoenix New Times, 1997-08-21)
In 1982, Pete Townshend sat down for one of his many lengthy interviews with Rolling Stone magazine. The primary topic of conversation was Townshend's prolonged battle with the bottle, which had recently sent him to a clinic for treatment. ...
Unsung Guitar Hero
(Phoenix New Times, 1997-10-30)
Glen Buxton played a crucial role in rock history but how many people knew about it? It was a Friday night and Glen Buxton was jumping up and down with excitement as watched boxing on TV. The only indication that anything was wrong was a pain in his side, which he mentioned to his younger sister Janice Davison over the phone that night He thought he'd strained his back, carrying luggage on a recent trip to Houston "He said, 'I'm going to have to see the bone crusher tomorrow; my back's hurting me,'" Davison recalls....
Kiss the Culprit
(Phoenix New Times, 1998-11-26)
When the Rolling Stones staged the first genuine rock 'n' roll circus in 1968, they distributed gold-embossed metallic tickets to their fan-club members and lucky NME readers, fed them, gave them 20 hours of music, clowns and amusements and then arranged for buses to take everybody home. All free o' charge! In stark contrast, anyone attending Kiss' overpriced raveling carnival would've been soaked nonstop for his last remaining dollars. Just look at the shameless merchandise huckstering packed inside the band's new Psycho-Circus CD: "Limited Edition Commemorative Psycho-Circus Silver Proof Coins" - $279.00!! "Psycho-Circus Throw Blanket" - $70.00!! ...
All Revved Up, Surrounded by Suits
(Phoenix New Times, 1998-12-24)
Friday night downtown, between the decades-old warehouses and America West Arena, where old trolley tracks remain visible under streets paved over years ago, the dust and car exhaust blended with pithy scents of perfume and floated on a warm December breeze. Like carnival barkers, the lanky parking-space hawkers with chutzpah in their pitch waved flashlights, directing the Lexi and Mercedi to empty spots in the throngs of shining cars lotted for the night's only events: the Amy Grant concert and the invite-only party for downtown's newest splash: Cooper'stown restaurant and bar. ...
Outta the Park
(Phoenix New Times, 1999-03-11)
It's spring, and our senses are awakening after a long winter's hibernation. Watch the blooming wildflowers swaying in the breeze. Sniff the fragrant orange blossoms perfuming the mild desert air. And listen closely for the sharp thwack of horsehide meeting leather, as major-leaguers begin limbering up for a new season. Wildflowers, orange blossoms and baseball players aren't the only things springing into action right now. So are the restaurants and watering holes near Bank One Ballpark and America West Arena, which rely on sports fans streaming into downtown for most of their trade. For them, it's been an exceptionally long winter -- no basketball until February, no baseball since the end of September. ...
Go Ask Alice
(Phoenix New Times, 1999-04-29)
Look through the north window of Alice Cooper'stown and the message is clear. You're greeted by a life-size cardboard cutout of the king of shock rock in black leather, welcoming you to his nightmare, In front of the cutout, the window sports an orange neon Alice Cooper signature, and directly beneath it, in purple neon, is a single word: PROPRIETOR....
New Years Eve 1999/2000
(Phoenix New Times, 2000-01-00)
Friday night downtown, between the decades-old warehouses and America West Arena, Arrive at Alice Cooper'stown just as "No More Mr. Nice Guy" ends and "Be My Lover" begins. I look this crowd over. If this is supposed to be a masquerade ball, then everyone's come disguised as wealthy middle-aged couples from Scottsdale. Indeed, at 500 clams a pop, it's hard to imagine everyone in this slacker-free zone owning Beck's new CD. There are, however, a handful of people under the age of 16 in attendance, probably because even this shindig's steep ticket price is still cheaper than what baby sitters charge on New Year's Eve....
Once More, Mr. Nice Guy
(Phoenix New Times, 2001-04-19)
In other nickel-and-dime news, this year, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame short-changed Alice Cooper singularly and collectively when it again failed to nominate Vincent Furnier and friends into the old boys' club. S...
Anniversary Party
(Phoenix New Times, 2022-12-01)
Legendary shock rocker Alice Cooper — you know, the one who uses electric chairs and guillotines as props and once famously threw a chicken off the stage — isn't the most likely host of a beloved, family-friendly Christmas show....