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Warrant, Dokken and Slaughter: Hair to stay
(Get Out, 1997-08-21)
Lately, there have been enough "hair band" sightings to get executives at Aqua Net worked into a tizzy. Five years have passed since the flannel invasion, and now pop-metal is staging a surprisingly fierce comeback. ...
The Rock 'n' Roll Villain
(Get Out, 1999-04-22)
A restaurateur sits in the office under his downtown Phoenix eatery and thinks back on the momentous decision that shapes his life. Alice Cooper's late-'60s decision had nothing to do with food....
Delivery From Evil
(Get Out, 2000-05-18)
Though he was once considered something of a dark prince himself, the Valley's rock 'n' roll legend Alice Cooper is sounding an unequivocal warning to the world about the source of its troubles on his new album, Brutal Planet. "It's really coming from a classically place --- it's coming from Satan himself," Cooper says. "I don't mind trying that. It may sound archaic or old-fashioned, but it's something that we just overlook. As far as I'm concerned, that's one of his greatest weapons....
Alice Cooper cooks up Christmas Pudding show
(Get Out, 2001-12-13)
Alice Cooper, Paradise Valley's own rock'n'roll legend, has long been involved in charitable efforts through his Solid Rock Foundation and its annual celegrity golf tournament. Now he's added a Christmas show to raise funds for the organization. "All the money goes to teenagers as part of our bylaw," Cooper said of his foundation, which was created in 1995 to financially aid Christian organizations and ministries that work with youths. "This came along, and we thought it would be great to have two money markets." It all started when Cooper was approached by the folks at Celebrity Theatre. "(General manager) Reed Glick, who's always supported the Solid Rock Foundation, came to us and said, 'Hey, we've got nothing going on the 13th, why don't I give you the Celebrity Theatre?' (Concert promoter) Danny Zelisko said (his company) Evening Star would help put it together. And my wife, who's been in show business as long as I have, is going to direct it."...