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(Los Angeles Times - January 23, 1973)
Alice Cooper, who ran into legal problems with flammable panties in the packing of a recent album, has new problems with its "Billion Dollar Babies" album. It seems the U.S. Treasury Department has refused authorization for a Los Angeles firm...
Alice Cooper's Cash the Real Thing
(Los Angeles Times - January 27, 1973)
Alice Cooper, that rock 'n' roll lovely whose new "Billion Dollar Babies" album cover had been placed in peril by federal regulations covering color photographs of money, has been granted permission to use the original art work. So, the...
News Report
(Los Angeles Times - February 20, 1973)
ALICE COOPER DATES: The local stops on Alice Cooper’s lengthy March 5-June 3 U.S. tour will include May 11 at the Inglewood Forum, May 12 at the Swing Auditorium in San Bernardino and May 13 at the San Diego Sports Arena...
A Devil's Advocate Slicks Up His Act
(Los Angeles Times - May 20, 1973)
"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...
The Line Between Illusion and Reality Grows Thin
(Los Angeles Times - July 1, 1973)
They have gone too far. We almost cannot know any longer what is real and what is not. Down from that part in the hills between Westwood and Encino where L.A. leaks into the rest of the world, there comes a runnel of cars along the highway...
Clearing the Decks for '74 Album Flood
(Los Angeles Times - December 11, 1973)
With only three weeks left in 1973, we've got to hurry to catch up with some of the year's remaining albums that deserve comment — either pro or con — before turning attention to the flurry of next year's offering...
Classic of the Week
(Los Angeles Times - January 14, 1993)
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...
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(Los Angeles Times - June 5, 1994)
[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...
Ghoul's Out as Alice Lets the Songs Speak
(Los Angeles Times - June 24, 1996)
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...