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A Devil's Advocate Slicks Up His Act
(Los Angeles Times, 1973-05-20)
"You know what?" Alice Cooper asked the capacity audience that paid nearly $100,000 to see his rock 'n' roll sideshow at the Inglewood Forum "I think you're crazier than I am."" To prove his point, Alice sauntered to the edge of the stage...
Classic of the Week
(Los Angeles Times, 1993-01-14)
Although not Alice Cooper's debut, "Love It to Death" was the first album to establish the group (named after its tarted-up singer) as a troublesome noise to be reckoned with. The peace, love and patchouli oil sentiment of the '60s lingered into the next decade; when this uniquely twisted record was released in the midst of all those groovy good vibes, it tweaked a lot of noses. Coming on like a violent storm of satanic malevolence and sexual confusion, "Love It to Death" signaled that some folks weren't buying into the Age of Aquarius anymore. "I'm Eighteen" was the first and arguably the best of many teen-rage anthems of the '70s, and it's surrounded by such pounding, primal fare as "Long Way to Go," "Is It My Body (That Makes You Love Me)" and the sublimely disturbing "Ballad of Dwight Fry." ...
News Report
(Los Angeles Times, 1994-06-05)
[Keanu] Reeves' mother was British, his father was a geologist of Chinese-Hawaiian descent (Keanu means "cool breeze over the mountains" in Hawaiian), and his family bounced from Beirut to Australia to New York City before settling in Toronto, Canada, where Reeves spent his teen-age years. Reeves knew he wanted to be an actor by the time he was 14, but can't recall what his fantasy of the life of a successful actor was at the time. "I don't remember what that boy was thinking, but there were various things that probably led to my interest in acting," he says. "My mother worked in rock 'n' roll doing costumes for people like Emmylou Harris and Dolly Parton--in fact, when Alice Cooper was recording 'Welcome to My Nightmare' in Toronto he stayed at our house. So, I was around performers from a fairly young age." ...
Ghoul's Out as Alice Lets the Songs Speak
(Los Angeles Times, 1996-06-24)
IRVINE-For years now, Alice Cooper has lurked on the fringes of musical insignificance. True, he had a cameo appearance in the "Wayne's World" movie, but he hasn't had a hit song since "Poison" in 1989; still has no new record to plug and, until now, hadn't toured the states in five years....