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Welcome to his Nightmare
(Detroit News, 1997-12-23)
Things will be considerably more adult-oriented — well, maybe more adolescent-oriented — at Alice Cooper's New Year's Eve Nightmare at the State Theater at 8 p.m. Tickets are $45. Call (313) 961-5450. The Coop's shlock-rock antics are slightly less shocking than in his halcyon days. "Alice doesn't wear quite as much make-up as he used to, and his show is a bit less theatrical than in the old days," says publicist Randy Haecker. ...
It's Just Shocking
(Detroit News, 1998-08-28)
If rock 'n' roll is a carnival, says Alice Cooper, he is the sideshow. The tongue-in-cheek master of shock rock is back on the road. People who, since 1969, missed the point about what Cooper was trying to do with his music have missed the fun, he suggests....
Alice Cooper Clarification
(Detroit News, 2000-09-08)
With the huge boa constrictors, chopped-up baby dolls, guillotines, electric chairs and fake blood that populated his stage shows during his early '70s heyday, Alice Cooper was the first to take shock rock to theatrical extremes. Today, controversy over issues generated by his well-orchestrated spectacle seem comparatively tame. ...