Article Database
2008 - 2010
Alice Cooper
(Gothic Beauty, 2008-00-00)
Of course, the phenomenal Alice Cooper needs no introduction, especially to the Gothic world. In a career spanning 5 decades, he has spearheaded individuality in image, as well as being the father of Horror-Rock, blending the best of Theatre and Music for his shows. ...
Babies on Fire
(Guitar World, 2008-00-00)
In the history of rock and roll, 1973 is an exceptionally impressive year. Its 12 months saw the release of such gems as Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon, Led Zeppelin's Houses of the Holy, the Who's Quadrophenia, Stevie Wonder's Innnervisions, Yes' Tales from Topograhic Oceans, Black Sabbath's Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, Grand Funk's We're An American Band, Mahavishnu Orchestra's Bird of Fire...
Alice Cooper
(Shure, 2008-00-00)
When Alice Cooper takes the stage at the Sears Centre in West Suburban Chicago, you have to wonder -- does he still have it? By every measure -- from his larger-than-death stage antics that feature blood-drenched baby dolls and life-sized hangman's nooses to his dagger-sharp vocal sneer - the 59-year-old Godfather of Shock Rock is in finer form than ever. A whole lot of hard rocking artists owe a debt of thanks to Cooper - where would KISS or Marilyn Manson be without him? -but to spend time with Cooper backstage is to meet one of the most humble, affable rock stars around. In fact, Cooper ended the interview by autographing an SM57 with a metallic silver Sharpie... and started it, without prompting by talking about his love affair with Shure....
Daddy's Little Nightmare
(Sirens of Cinema, 2008-00-00)
She is the daughter of the ultimate rock 'n' roll nightmare. The eldest of the infamous and influential rocker Alice Cooper's three children, twenty-seven-year-old Calico Cooper is surprisingly well-adjusted to be the offspring of a man whose decadent musical excesses during the 1970s made him the progenitor and reigning king of what would come to be known as "shock rock", as well as a universal symbol of youthful rebellion. ...
Alice Cooper: The shock rock pioneer speaks about his Christian faith
(Cross Rhythms, 2008-01-03)
Sitting opposite Alice Cooper is an unnerving experience. It takes me back to my childhood. Top Of The Pops. Summer of '72. Back then, Top Of The Pops seemed very innocent. We hadn't discovered what Gary Glitter was really like. And everything...
Alice Cooper Receives MusiCares MAP Fund Award
(Billboard, 2008-04-18)
After 26 years of sobriety, rocker Alice Cooper has some advice to pass along to the younger generation: "I don't think you need to die for your art." And for his support of the MusiCares MAP Fund and devotion to helping other...
Zutons: 'Alice Cooper clogged our loo'
(Digital Spy, 2008-05-13)
The Zutons have claimed that Alice Cooper blocked up their toilet while they were recording in America....
Alice Cooper Shock Rock Pioneer
(Hit Parader, 2008-06-00)
Alice Cooper was the Big Bang of shor rock outrage. Prior to the arrival of this androgynous, Detroit-based hard rock "monster", outrageous rock and roll behavior generally consisted of the Stones singing about spending the ...
News Report
(Uncut, 2008-06-04)
Ozzy Osbourne and Slash will make guest appearances on Alice Cooper’s new album, Along Came A Spider. Ozzy Osbourne plays harmonica on a track he co-wrote with Alice and ex-member of Guns 'n' Roses, Slash plays guitar. He revealed details of his 25th studio album on his radio show, Nights With Alice Cooper: "It is a dark and menacing album for dark and menacing times"....
News Report
(Sun, 2008-06-07)
NOEL FIELDING is plotting a West End musical – with shock-rock lord ALICE COOPER in the lead role....
Alice Cooper - Along Came a Spider Review
(Anti Music, 2008-07-00)
Few artists, except maybe Pete Townshend, have the same success with concept albums as Alice Cooper. On the heels of two straight garage rock records, Cooper returns with the serial killer love story that is Along Came a Spider. In a career...
Alice Cooper - Along Came A Spider
(Blog Critics, 2008-07-17)
Well, it looks like the garage rock years are over, as Alice returns to his old stomping ground - the concept album! This time it tells the charming tale of a serial killer named Spider, whose trademark is wrapping his victims in silk. Hurrah! But don't...
ALICE-NCE TO KILL
(People, 2008-07-20)
Shock Rock legend Alice Cooper has been terrifying his fans for more than 40 years - and now he wants to scare the living daylights out of James Bond. The mascara-loving singer may have racked up millions of album sales and landed a string of prestigious awards for worldwide hits like Schools Out. ...
Along came Alice
(Times, The, 2008-07-20)
Alice Cooper has two laughs. One of them is a mirthless husk, and punctuates his conversation when he is sounding every one of his 60 years, embarking on a protracted "It wasn't like that in my day" moan. The other, though, is fascinating...
Alice Cooper Unleashing 'Killer' New Album
(Billboard, 2008-07-24)
For his new concept album, "Along Came a Spider," Alice Cooper wanted to create a serial killer people could, well, like. "It's very easy to pull for a fictitious serial killer, a Hannibal Lecter or a Jason Voorhees," says Cooper...
Backstage Pass: Alice Cooper spins another web
(Goldmine, 2008-07-24)
With its twisted lyrics, devastating sonic crunch and vicious hooks, many are calling Along Comes A Spider a return to the demented Alice Cooper of old...
New Alice Cooper a tad tame
(Chicago Daily Herald, 2008-07-25)
Let's take a minute to idolize Alice Cooper, shall we? After 25 albums, almost 40 years on the rock scene and six decades on the planet (not to mention one heck of a memorable "Wayne's World" appearance), Cooper maintains his "Feed My...
Alice Cooper, Along Came A Spider
(Guardian, 2008-07-25)
Golf addict Alice Cooper has dragged himself away from the fairway just long enough to make his 25th album and re-establish his shock rock roots. Revolving around the comic book crimes of a serial killer called Spider, who cuts off one leg from each of his female victims then binds their bodies in silk, it's as close to his 70s heyday as Cooper has come in decades, the metal guitars glinting against a wash of soaring pop choruses. His snarl and sneer intact, Cooper stalks the streets for prey in I Know Where You Live and The One That Got Away, though power ballads Killed By Love and Salvation are infinitely more scary. Some songs, like I'm Hungry, are laudably silly, others simply bland, but with a little help from Ozzy Osbourne and Slash, who adds glitzy embellishments to the heavy, anthemic Vengeance Is Mine, Cooper's back on par....
Alice Cooper could have packed away the makeup long ago
(Detroit Free Press, 2008-07-27)
But the Detroit-born shock-rocker didn't just keep chugging along — he actually emerged from middle age recharged and inspired, and has settled into the most consistent stretch of his career since the mid-1970s....
School's out, and so is Alice
(Guardian, 2008-07-27)
Alice Cooper - British International Motor Show, ExCel, London, E16...
Alice Cooper - Along Came A Spider (SPV)
(Pit Riff, 2008-07-27)
When I received the assignment to review the new Alice Cooper release I was excited and apprehensive. I was apprehensive because I had taken a long respite from Alice after the late 80's & 90's releases. I didn't know if I was able to be an impartial and objective review source for an artist I thought had seen his better days. However, I saw AC live last year when he toured with "Heaven & Hell" and felt he had blown away RJD and the boys from Birmingham in both musicality and presentation, so once I remembered that, I felt a bit more empowered to take on the task....
Alice Comment
(Contact Music, 2008-07-28)
Veteran rocker ALICE COOPER has cited 1968 movie BARBARELLA as the inspiration for his onstage persona. The musician — real name Vincent Furnier — gave his self-titled band a unique look with black clothes and lashings of dark make-up...
Album Review: Along Came A Spider
(National Post, 2008-07-28)
For his 25th album, Cooper’s alter ego, Schizo Steven, is a serial killer who wraps his victims in silk and removes a leg from each of them until he can collect eight and build his own super spider....
Rock singer Cooper resuscitates his favorite psycho
(Columbus Dispatch, 2008-07-29)
Longtime Cooper fans will recognize "Steven," the psycho who had a thing for necrophilia, violence and spiders on Cooper's classic concept album Welcome to My Nightmare (1975). Steven has popped up on subsequent albums and slithers back...
Alice Cooper - Along Came a Spider (SPV)
(Courant, 2008-07-29)
A July album release by Alice Cooper is as comparably early as a mall's hanging wreaths and tinsel before trees shed their leaves, but at least in Cooper's case there is a reasonable justification for issuing greetings out of season....
Album Review: Along Came A Spider
(Daily Iowan, 2008-07-29)
From the man who brought 1970's rock 'n' roll with School's Out (For Summer) and "No More Mr. Nice Guy," comes Alice Cooper's 25th and newest album, Along Came A Spider . Dark, cool, and featuring the tale of a serial killer, the old rocker's newest effort doesn't outdo the classic tracks that he has laid down, yet takes a moderately progessive step forward from his last CD release....
SOUNDBITE: Alice Cooper
(Daily Texan, 2008-07-29)
Aging gracefully does not come easy for rock bands. Many fall into the trap of putting out low-quality "modern" records to have an excuse to play biker rallies. Alice Cooper is another casualty of this phenomenon as shown with his latest album, Along Came a Spider....
Alice Cooper claims he is addicted to his wife
(Arizona Central, 2008-08-01)
The 60-year-old rocker — who has just released his latest album 'Along Came a Spider' — says he has loves spouse Sheryl Goddard so much that he has never been unfaithful to her. Alice said: "I’ve been married for 32 years and never...
Alice Cooper: 'Along Came A Spider'
(Arizona Republic, 2008-08-05)
The Valley's favorite rock star has recorded plenty of albums with concepts woven in, celebrating everything from school letting out to the excesses of America to the apocalypse. For his 25th studio release, the 60-year-old singer and his band ...
Prepare for great, dark haunting 'Nightmare'
(Argus Leader, 2008-08-07)
With Alice Cooper, you never really know what he'll be doing next. And really, what hasn't he done? The inventor of shock-rock and theater on the rock stage has spawned a generation of rockers from Motley Crue to KISS. Cooper recently finished...
Alice Cooper: Still scary
(Cincinnati Enquirer, 2008-08-22)
It's pretty hard to scare Alice Cooper. The grease-painted hard rocker, who almost single-handedly invented the concept of theatrical rock extravaganzas has been kissing snakes, singing hymns to darkness and dropping the blade on his onstage...
"I'm the oldest vampire around"
(Ashbury Park Press, 2008-08-23)
With Alice Cooper, you never really know what he'll be doing next. And really, what hasn't he done? The inventor of shock-rock and theater on the rock stage has spawned a generation of rockers from Motley Crue to KISS. Cooper recently finished...
25 albums later, rocker not punch-line material
(Columbus Dispatch, 2008-08-23)
Rock critics love to make fun of old rock acts -- the geezers in, say, Journey, Kansas and REO Speedwagon or even in the Rolling Stones, Van Halen and the Who. Few make fun of Alice Cooper, though. Cooper, also known as Vincent Furnier, just released...
Shock Rocer: Alice Cooper
(Scene, 2008-08-23)
The just-released Along Came a Spider is shock-rocker Alice Cooper's 25th album, and it harks back to his past in that the songs revolve around a concept. For Spider, Cooper takes on the persona of a serial killer who can't be stopped, boasting "They tried so hard to bury me, but I survived it every time" in "Vengeance Is Mine." Now 60 years old, Cooper recently spoke via phone about how he's been able to keep his rock 'n' roll alter ego going strong after all these years....
Cooper still going strong
(Canoe, 2008-08-26)
Settling in nicely to his role as one of rock's elder shock rockers, Alice Cooper isn't resting on his laurels. In fact, although this current Psycho Drama tour is well underway, Cooper is already thinking of next summer's tour behind the recently released...
Beware the Twizzler people....
(Hails & Horns, 2008-09-00)
"There are two types of people in this world; be vary wary of the Twizzler people. You're either a Red Vines person or a Twizzler person, and I'm a Red Vines guy. I'm never going to go the other way!"...
Vengeance Is Mine
(Metal Edge, 2008-09-00)
Without Alice Cooper, there might never have been the New York Dolls, KISS, Marilyn Manson, Nine Inch Nails, Motley Crue, Slipknow or Rob Zombie... maybe not even David Bowie. The iconic hard rocker, who literally invented the concept...
Return of the Spider
(Rue Morgue, 2008-09-00)
Alice Cooper is perhaps the world's highest functioning schizophrenic. He's one the the world's most recognizable rock personalities, a target of family-friendly music watchdogs (the PMRC), golf celebrity, radio show host, ...
Loud & Opinionated
(Metal Edge, 2008-10-00)
Alice Cooper — once a band, now a living legend. After nearly 40 years, Alice Cooper the man is still one of the mostrevered and respected figures in metal and hard rock. His bloody, theatrical stage shows inspired everyone from Marilyn...
Along Came A Spider...
(Black, 2008-11-00)
In many ways, Along Came A Spider is both a return to Alice's theatrical best and a legacy of his first (and legendary) solo album released in 1975, Welcome to my Nightmare. In fact, a thread could almost be drawn to Alice's first band name...
Alice Cooper's Christmas Pudding lineup announced
(Arizona Republic, 2008-11-13)
Fleetwood Mac alumnus Bob Welch, heavy-metal band F5, country-rockers Whiskey Falls and Tempe's Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers will headline the eighth edition of Alice Cooper's Christmas Pudding in Phoenix....
Alice Cooper and Salvador Dali Live the Surreal Life
(Spin, 2009-02-00)
In 1973, both legendary artist and the python-loving rocker were at the height of their infamy....
The youngest hardcore Alice Cooper fan?
(Sea Coast Online, 2009-04-28)
Alyssa Herries is an 8-year-old girl with three dreams: 1. To meet legendary shock rocker Alice Cooper. 2. To go to Alice Cooperstown, his restaurant in Phoenix. 3. To sit in the front row at an Alice Cooper concert....
At 61 Alice Cooper can still shock
(Age, The, 2009-05-26)
Veteran shock rocker Alice Cooper's stage schtick includes getting hanged in a straightjacket and decapitated on stage, spraying blood on the head-banging crowd. But the stage persona is worlds away from the 61-year-old clean-living...
Jeffrey Morgan's Media Blackout
(Detroit Metro Times, 2009-06-24)
Unfortunately, Jeffrey Morgan's Media Blackout #221 has the last laugh. Brian "Renfield" Nelson — The King of All VCRs (RIP) :: He may have handed out business cards which read "World's Biggest Alice Cooper Fan" and he may have parlayed that claim into a 29-year career as Alice Cooper's personal assistant...
Alice Cooper welcomes fans to nightmare at Fair
(York Daily Record, 2009-06-24)
Apply black eyeliner liberally and get ready to scream. Alice Cooper takes over the York Fair Grandstand Sept 17. His "Theater of Death Tour" comes complete with hard rock tunes and horrific stunts....
Alice Cooper's"Theatre of Death" bergenPAC - They Keep Killing Him... But He Keeps Coming Back
(Paramus Post, 2009-07-29)
The one and only Alice Cooper is set to unleash his trademark "Shock Rock" at his single performance in the Metropolitan area. For one very special and scary night, the BerganPAC is proud to host Alice Cooper's wild "Theater of Death" on September 23rd....
Alice Cooper extends trek into fall
(Live Daily, 2009-07-30)
Alice Cooper will continue his latest assault on the theaters and nightclubs of America this fall after he finishes up his current traipse through the fair circuit....
Alice Cooper: The evil is for fun, but the rock is serious
(Toledo Blade, 2009-07-31)
If you're looking for a nightmare, Centennial Terrace is the place to be Sunday night. Alice Cooper is bringing his Theatre of Death tour to the newly renovated outdoor venue, and the master of the macabre promises it will be more terrifying than ever....
Vinyl Cave: Battle Axe by Billion Dollar Babies
(Daily Page, 2009-08-01)
At one time, the moniker Alice Cooper referred to an entire band and not just singer Vincent Furnier, who eventually appropriated the name as part of the group's genius knack for marketing. ...
A - L - I - C - E spells entertainment
(Examiner, 2009-08-04)
Since 99-7 KY changed formats over a year ago, “Nights with Alice Cooper†can't be found on any Kansas City radio stations, which is too bad since Cooper is one of the great ambassadors of classic rock....
From 'Theatre of Death' to 'spiritual country,' grandstand crowds are in for a wild ride
(Quad-City Times, 2009-08-04)
"Theatre of Death," iconic shock-rocker Alice Cooper's newest concert-and-stage spectacle, lives up to its title. "I think they kill me four times in the show," Cooper nonchalantly said during a telephone interview from Elizabeth, Ind. "If you don't do those things right, you can actually get punctured."...
Alice Cooper Rocks the Clearfield County Fair
(Gant Daily, 2009-08-05)
CLEARFIELD – On Tuesday Alice Cooper kicked off the nightly entertainment at the Clearfield County Fair....
Alice Cooper's 'death' tour brings Clearfield alive
(Progress, The, 2009-08-05)
Alice Cooper's "Theatre of Death" tour, with its skeletons, magic tricks and outlandish costumes, captivated the stage last night at the Clearfield County Fair. Theatrics ruled the night as the rock legend appeared with on-stage guillotines, gallows and torture devices....
Cooper indestructible amid death
(Southbend Tribune, 2009-08-06)
The Alice Cooper concert experience, infamous for simulated beheadings, hangings and other bloody mayhem, has become the stuff of legend. Without good music to back it up, however, it’s “nothing but a puppet show,†Cooper says during a phone interview last week from the Horseshoe Casino in southern Indiana, where he and his band were in the midst of a two-week rehearsal for the Theatre of Death tour that makes a stop Sunday at the Morris Performing Arts Center....
Alice Cooper Lifts The Curtain On 'Theatre Of Death' Tour
(Billboard, 2009-08-07)
With a revamped set list and four onstage "deaths," Alice Cooper is shaking things up a bit with his just-launched Theatre of Death North American tour. "It's Alice all the way, but the formula is totally upside down and backwards...
An ageless clown like Alice
(WA Today, 2009-08-07)
Vincent Damon Furnier may be getting on but his alter ego is ageless, writes Bruce Elder. The problem for any artist who creates an alter ego is always: "Who the hell are you?"...
Alice Cooper's Theater of Death thunders into KC
(Kansas City Star, 2009-08-08)
Friday's concert was barely 15 minutes old when Alice Cooper was forced under the guillotine. The crime was impaling a roadie and the sold out Ameristar Casino crowd were all witnesses to his guilt....
Seamstress helps Alice Cooper's flashy finale move along smoothly
(Progress, The, 2009-08-08)
Mary Ann Rafferty is known as the mayor of Grampian, but she has a new title to add to her resume - Alice Cooper's seamstress. Earlier this week, Ms. Rafferty was asked to sew a satin liner in Mr. Cooper's leather pants....
Alice Cooper show like 'Sweeney Todd' meets rock and roll
(Quad-City Times, 2009-08-08)
Alice Cooper's Theatre of Death is hands down the best concert I have ever seen. Cooper's appearence at the Mississippi Valley Fair Saturday even tops Kanye West's Glow in the Dark Tour. And that's coming from someone who was less than thrilled to review a guy her dad listens to....
Alice Cooper spot for U.K. television filmed in Jackson
(MLive, 2009-08-11)
Television viewers in the United Kingdom will get a glimpse of downtown Jackson and rocker Alice Cooper next month. Film crews were here Monday and today to shoot a 60-second commercial for Sony TV, although viewers in Jackson likely will never see the ad....
Alice Cooper's rocking horror show a hit with fans at the Jackson County Fair
(MLive, 2009-08-12)
School's been out for summer since June, but it became official Tuesday night. With the sound of a ringing school bell, a large "Theatre of Death" banner concealing Alice Cooper's stage show at the Jackson County Fair fell and the school of rock was in session....
Alice Cooper makes stop at Austad's Golf
(Argus Leader, 2009-08-13)
Shock rocker Alice Cooper was in Sioux Falls today, spotted at the east location of Austad's Golf checking out the gear. Cooper plays the Sioux Empire Fair at 8 p.m. tonight. Dave Austad, president of Austad's Golf, said Cooper shopped for about...
Alice Cooper show set to kill
(New Zealand Herald, 2009-08-16)
How many times has Alice Cooper died? It's hard to know but by the end of his current Theatre of Death tour he'll likely have kicked the bucket at least 300 times....
Alice Cooper banned from gig for anti-Christian values
(Examiner, 2009-08-18)
Alice Cooper, of “School’s Out for Summer†and “I’m 18†fame, was told that his show can’t go on in Finland. Cooper and his band were booked to perform at Tampere Areena Oy, an arena in Tampere, Finland Dec. 11....
Official Statement On Alice Cooper Ban Over Suspicious Values
(Anti Music, 2009-08-19)
Alice Cooper's publicist sent this official statement out last night after we ran a report on this ban. Here is what AC's camp had to say on the matter: Alice Cooper has been barnstorming concert venues in North America, Australia and Europe with his latest...
Music at the Crossroads: Alice Cooper, at age 61, still rockin' on
(Victoria Advocate, 2009-08-20)
He's pretty sick when he performs, but I think fans like him that way. I'm talking about Alice Cooper....
Alice Cooper delivers 'Don't throw your TV' message for Sony ad
(Guardian, 2009-08-21)
Alice Cooper's Sony Bravia TV ad suggests trading in an old television is better than throwing it out of a window....
Alice Cooper Talks About His Finland Ban
(Undercover, 2009-08-21)
Alice Cooper does not have an issue with being banned by a venue in Finland. In fact, he says he respects their decision....
Alice Cooper rocks Newcastle Entertainment Centre
(Herald, 2009-08-22)
EXPERIENCE is not a quality frequently associated with rock'n'roll but last night Alice Cooper gave a packed Newcastle Entertainment Centre the benefit of all of his 40 years in the business....
Alice Cooper Recruits Broadway Director For Theatre of Death
(Undercover, 2009-08-22)
The new Alice Cooper Show 'Theatre of Death' is a whole new act for Alice. Broadway director Robert Roth put it together....
Alice Cooper Sings On Slash Solo Album
(Undercover, 2009-08-23)
Alice Cooper is back working with Slash. The former Guns n Roses / Velvet Revolver member is making a solo record with a whole host of special guest singers....
Alice Cooper: Over 60, Clean & Sober, and Still Kicking Ass
(Aquarian, 2009-09-23)
If a nom de plume can be an enigma, then Alice Cooper is its riddle. He is the flash-in-the-pan that is mere months from entering a sixth decade of volume-addled irony that is best described in his memorable tune, "Guilty," as "waking up the neighbors...
Alice Cooper rocks charity golf tourney with tribute band
(Your West Valley, 2009-10-18)
The 13th annual Alice Cooper Pro-Am Golf Tournament, hosted by Alice Cooper’s Solid Rock Organization, will be Nov. 7 at the Los Caballeros Golf Club in Wickenburg....
Alice Cooper brings Halloween to Indio
(Press-Enterprise, 2009-10-22)
In his latest stage show, shock-rock superstar Alice Cooper is going to die four times. Cooper said the show, which comes to Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio on Oct. 30, will go through the phases of Alice Cooper the character, including one segment where Cooper is put to death by a giant hypodermic needle....
Mr.Halloween Himself – Interview with Alice Cooper
(San Diego Entertainer Magazine, 2009-10-26)
Stale candy corn, leaves beneath the trees, and pumpkins are all reminders of the Halloween holiday which is upon us. As children get out their pillow cases to prepare for the attack on homes with “trick or treats,†we all can recognize one fact: if any one person signifies what Halloween is all about, it is Alice Cooper....
House of Blues Concert Review
(Aquarian, 2009-10-28)
Alice Cooper and his Theatre of Death tour invaded the House of Blues and, as usual, the stage show changed but not the music and the fans like the fact that they will hear his biggest — he gives the people what they want...
Alice Cooper's emcee gig at Fantasy Springs
(Audio File, 2009-10-29)
After Cooper's gig, he'll head over to the Rock Yard outdoor party area for the "Rockaoke" competition finale. There are four finalists left and Cooper is going to announce the winner. After Cooper's gig, he'll head over to the Rock Yard outdoor party area...
Trick or Treat with Alice Cooper
(Crawdaddy, 2009-10-29)
Hard to believe that Alice Cooper's new single, "Keepin' Halloween Alive", packs more punch than any 10 new rock songs combined, especially when you consider the fact that the Shock Rock King has, as the song says, "kept Halloween alive...
Alice Cooper -- Concert Review
(Hollywood Reporter, 2009-10-29)
Watching Alice Cooper onstage is like taking in a familiar movie. You know what's coming, but it's no less entertaining....
Dr Rock: Love And Poison, An Alice Cooper Interview
(Quietus, The, 2009-11-03)
This week I'm thrilled to be grilling the original Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde of rock. At day a loving, pious member of society formerly named Vincent Furnier, and at night terrifying monster that won't stop short of murder. All hail blood, guts and rock & roll, all hail the golf & guillotine aficionado that is Alice Cooper!...
Alice Cooper's Christmas Pudding lineup grows
(Arizona Republic, 2009-11-18)
The list of acts for the ninth edition of Alice Cooper's Christmas Pudding benefit concert has grown to include rockers Dee Snider, Lita Ford, Warrant and Roger Cline & the Peacemakers, "American Idol" contestant Scott Macintyre and comedian...
Alice is much more than a nightmare
(Express & Star, 2009-11-19)
Alice Cooper, the most famous villain in music brings his all-new Theatre Of Death tour to Wolverhampton next month. Ian Harvey catches up with the godfather of shock rock and finds he's not all guillotines and golf....
Alice Cooper's holiday heaven and hell
(Telegraph, 2009-11-19)
My wife Sheryl and I went to Jamaica a couple of years back after we'd been on tour for two years staying in a different Holiday Inn every night. We literally travelled with no luggage — we just jumped on a flight that showed up, and that was it...
Golf: My Saviour
(Times, The, 2009-11-20)
Typical, isn't it? You fly to Las Vegas to have a nice quiet chat with Alice Cooper, but by the end of the night you're dressed in a zombie costume, splattered with blood, and trying to kill him in front of thousands of shrieking fans....
Expect there to be murder by the Clyde come Wednesday night.
(Herald (Scotland), 2009-11-24)
Many murders. And expect that they be committed in the most gruesome ways imaginable. The authorities apparently know the identity of both the culprit and the victims and they insist the situation is well in hand....
King Of Shock Rock is Gore to the Core
(Western Morning News, 2009-11-27)
Don't be fooled by the thoughtful, kindly demeanour of family man and golf fanatic Vincent Furnier - when his alter ego Alice Cooper emerges on stage at Plymouth Pavilions next week all hell will break loose, along with enough fake blood for a whole series of Casualty. ...
Alice Cooper wows crowds at Wolverhampton Civic Hall
(Birmingham Mail, 2009-12-02)
PANTO season started early in the Black Country when grandfather of gothic Alice Cooper and his Theatre of Death burst on stage at Wolverhampton Civic. Within minutes of the show opening, the golf-loving 60-plus-year-old was...
Alice the master of shock rock at Civic
(Shropshire Star, 2009-12-02)
You can guillotine him, poison him, hang him and spike him, but Alice Cooper keeps coming back. The macabre rock star "dies" four times in his latest rock theatre spectacular which thrilled and shocked the Civic Hall last night....
Theatre of the macabre
(Plymouth Herald, 2009-12-03)
LIKE your very worst nightmare, shock rocker Alice Cooper's Theatre of Death rolled into town on Wednesday, promising all manner of gore and gruesomeness....
Alice Cooper, Royal Concert Hall
(Nottingham Evening Post, 2009-12-05)
OPTING for a theatre venue before a gaping arena, the shock rocker emphasised that the theatrics of his show are intensified in such a setting....
Alice Cooper is 60 going on 30
(Planet Radio City, 2010-02-25)
Rock legend Alice Cooper is 60 and still touring throughout the year. This is not uncommon, since so many musicians from the sixties still do so. However, Cooper is one of the few fully active musicians from that time....
Composing Screams: The Sounds of the 80's Slashers
(HorrorHound, 2010-03-00)
Easily one of the most important things to come out of the 1980s was the birth of MTV (Music Television) on August 1st, 1981. The advent of this cable network music video jukebox introduced a new generation to what was hip and trendy in music with packaged programming revolving around the music video. ...
Cooper ready to hit the road with Zombie
(Toronto Sun, 2010-04-25)
Alice Cooper and Rob Zombie are a match made in heaven. And hell. "It's heaven for me and hell for him, probably," cracks the 62-year-old Coop, who is about to join forces with Zombie on the Gruesome Twosome tour....
Battle of the arena shock-rockers
(Winnipeg Free Press, 2010-04-27)
Not many soon-to-be senior citizens could make playing with dolls look cool, yet somehow Alice Cooper still does....
Gruesome Twosome: Win some, lose some
(Winnipeg Sun, 2010-04-27)
At least, it was when Alice Cooper and Rob Zombie's Gruesome Twosome tour kicked off at MTS Centre on Monday night for 5,500 fans....
Master showman Cooper delivers raucous spectacle
(Star Phoenix, 2010-04-28)
And so it was that a 62-year-old Christian and avid golfer found himself in Western Canada on a Tuesday night getting his head chopped off, having a lethal injection and hanging by a rope. All in a night's work for Alice Cooper....
The Gruesome Twosome
(Bubblegum Slut, 2010-07-00)
This spring/summer a terrible two-headed beast swept across the USA. Citizens turned out in their thousands to witness the monster terrorize their towns with it’s armory of guillotines, gallows and brain-rotting rock ‘n’ roll beats......
Cooper ready to rock The Friendly City
(Belleville Intelligencer, 2010-07-16)
Alice Cooper is coming to Belleville to die. Five times. That's how many times the legendary shock-rocker is "killed" on stage every night during his Theatre of Death World Tour. At 62-years-old, Cooper shows no signs ...
Alice Cooper: Master of the Musical Macabre at Fraze
(Dayton Daily News, 2010-07-16)
Guillotines, a hangman's noose and other implements of torture were not common rock 'n' roll stage props when Alice Cooper first pioneered the mixture of horror, theatrics and hard rock in the early 1970s. Four decades later, few artists still come close to the extreme of his live rock 'n' roll spectacular....
Alice Cooper, Huey Lewis play on area golf courses
(Dayton Daily News, 2010-07-31)
Golfers at a couple of Dayton’'s country clubs were surprised in recent days to see headliners of Fraze Pavilion performances teeing it up in their midst. On the day he was scheduled to perform at The Fraze, rock star Alice Cooper warmed up by playing 18 holes in the morning at Dayton Country Club...
The Story Behind...
(Metal Hammer, 2010-08-00)
IT WAS 1975. The year Led Zeppelin released Physical Graffiti, Thin Lizzy rocked things up with Fighting and UFO released Force It. It was the year that Motorhead and the Sex Pistols formed. And with glam rock an ever-fading force, Alice...
Alice Cooper Live DVD and Halloween Shows
(Anti Music, 2010-08-02)
Alice Cooper made too big announcements last week. One he has a new concert DVD coming out at the end of September and also he announced two special Halloween shows and is inviting fans to become part of the show. Here are both...
Alice Cooper 'dies' four times
(Sun, 2010-08-02)
And the legend - who topped himself FOUR times during his gig at Sonisphere this weekend - insists he is just a normal family man who is scared of his own alter-ego. The rocker, whose real name is the not-so-cool Vincent Furnier, said: "Usually I do a meet-and-greet with the audience and take pictures with everybody. I'm not a recluse at all. I don't go and hide....
13 Questions: Alice Cooper
(Bizarre, 2010-10-00)
Alice Cooper (or Vincent Damon Furnier to his mum) was shocking audiences before most of you were born. He started his career in the mid 1960s, and his horror-and-gore-soaked live shows have involved simulated hangings, boa constrictors...
Alice Cooper's Hallowe'en Night of Fear
(Times, The, 2010-10-30)
It's a question of how you like your Hallowe'en thrills. Do you prefer bobbing apples or gawplng at sideshow freaks? Do you take ghoulish fascination in watching a man drive a long nail into his nostril? Hey, do you want the most legendary shock-rocker...
My dad had silver hair at 40 - I'd probably have the same if it wasn't for Lady Clairol
(Sun, 2010-12-01)
EACH week our no-nonsense (and frankly eccentric) Mistress Of Modern Manners quizzes a nervous celebrity about ethics and standards....
Alice Cooper: Pete Townshend
(Rolling Stone, 2010-12-09)
"The Who were almost like a dominatrix who inflicted the show on the audience — that definitely influenced me," says Alice Cooper, describing his admiration for the London rockers. "Pete's the best stage guitarist I've ever seen — the best showman, conveying the pure spirit of rock & roll. And he's still up there with his fingers bleeding to this day."...