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Alice Cooper's Rock Theatre Not Too Tacky
(Des Moines Register - April 28, 1978)

As rock theater, Alice Cooper's show at Veterans Memorial Auditorium here Thursday was, as they say, not too tacky. A music purist would, however, have been disappointed. And that is surprising, considering Cooper's quintet, which...

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Cooper is back with shock rock
(Des Moines Register - October 30, 1986)

Razor-sharp guillotines. Crackling electric chairs. Slithering boa constrictors. These are wonderful ingredients for a hellish nightmare, but in the dark and mysterious world of legendary shock-rocker Alice Cooper, these are but a few of his...

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Glen Buxton
(Des Moines Register - October 21, 1997)

Glen Buxton, a 'shocking and irreverent' rocker, had retired to a quieter life on a northern Iowa farm. Clarion, Ia. (AP) -- Glen Buxton, the guitarist for shock-rock band Alice Cooper who retired to a quieter life on a northern Iowa farm, died...

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Two Faces of Alice Cooper
(Des Moines Register - July 8, 2004)

Alice Cooper is of two minds on most subjects. By day he is Alice Cooper the suburban dad, golfer and entrepreneur. But by night Cooper becomes the ringmaster of a rock 'n' roll circus that includes giant snakes, makeup and guillotines...

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