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Master of Disaster
(Metal Edge, 1987-00-00)

Spiders, snakes, decapitated brides, and dead babies - it's all in a nightmare's work for Alice Cooper, the master of horror movie metal. On the charts with a 19th album, Raise Your Fist and Yell, the veteran rocker once again entertaining audiences...

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Revealing Quotes
(Metal Edge, 1989-00-00)

The idea of marrying splatter and music and theatre is a great thing to do, but the song has to stand on its own. If it can't, without all the effects, don't do it. It's the music itself that makes it come alive....

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Alice Cooper Metal Master Returns With Hey Stoopid
(Metal Edge, 1991-10-00)

In fine physical, vocal, and creative form, veteran rocker Alice Cooper is still going strong after 21 albums, the latest of which, Hey Stoopid, hits stores this month as Alice embarks on a co-headlining tour with Judas Priest. I got caught up...

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Operation Rock & Roll
(Metal Edge, 1992-01-00)

"Tonight was a breeze. I could have done three more songs easily. I felt really good up there," enthused Alice Cooper on his tour bus post-show. "I noticed a few rough edges, but I didn't think the audience noticed at all. The energy was there."...

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News Report
(Metal Edge, 1992-06-00)

Alice Cooper helped unemployed fan Patrick Kelly stave off foreclosure on his house by staging a rock 'n' roll yard sale at Patrick's jeopardized home in Riverside, CA, which had been spray-painted with Alice's name and likeness by devotee...

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News Report
(Metal Edge, 1992-07-00)

Alice Cooper will be seen and heard in the movie Wayne's World, due in February, in which Alice will be seen as himself in backstage sequences and performing "Feed My Frankenstein" with the band. At press time, he planned to make another...

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The Last Temptation Of Alice Cooper
(Metal Edge, 1994-08-00)

Three years since his last release, 1991's platinum Trash, shock rock-meister Alice Cooper is back with The Last Temptation, a concept album that follows a storyline illustrated in a three-part Marvel Comics series, the first installment of which...

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Hotter Than July
(Metal Edge, 1994-09-00)

Tentatively slated to begin a national tour in late summer, Alice Cooper will be doing scatter surprise dates until then in support of The Last Temptation, plus autograph signing parties and a possible late night...

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Behind The Scenes At It's Me
(Metal Edge, 1994-10-00)

Just back from a whirlwind promotional tour of Europe, Alice Cooper went before director Wayne Isham's camera at Hollywood's Cine Video to film sequences for 'It's Me' the romantic ballad from The Last Temptation. On this...

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Alice Cooper
(Metal Edge, 1996-04-00)

"Where has the time gone?," marveled Alice Cooper, reflecting on the passing decade. But for pioneer of shock rock, it's not just nostalgia. Alice is going strong in the '90s, working on an album for new label Hollywood Records that's based on a story...

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Alice Cooper On The Line
(Metal Edge, 1996-08-00)

Late on a Friday night in April, Alice Cooper called after returning from a charity event also attended by his favorite basketball team and good buddies, the Phoenix Suns. "Charles Barkley is the closest thing to a rock star," he said, noting...

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News Report
(Metal Edge, 1996-09-00)

Alice Cooper kicked off his current co-headlining tour with the Scorpions with a concert in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, where he was joined by such special guests as Slash, Sammy Hagar, Rob Zombie, Joey Ramone, and Steve Vai. This show was taped for...

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Alice Cooper Rocks Cabo
(Metal Edge, 1996-10-00)

Before heading out on a summer U.S. tour with the Scorpions, Alice Cooper headed south of the border to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico for a performance with a double purpose: a live warmup for his brand-new band lineup (guitarists Reb Beach...

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Alice Cooper
(Metal Edge, 1997-10-00)

Inside the sold-out auditorium, the frenzied crowd of teenagers dressed in black leather and strange eye-makeup frantically fight one another to get as close to the stage as possible. They cheer wildly for the deranged rock star with a woman's name...

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Alice Cooper & Warrant
(Metal Edge, 1997-12-00)

It was an unlikely place for a concert: an outdoor stage set up behind a gambling casino on an Indian reservation 15 miles east of San Diego, but 2500 fans found their way to the Sycuan Casino in El Cajon, CA on July 30 to see Alice Cooper play...

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A Guide to Stops on the Internet: Alice Cooper
(Metal Edge, 1998-09-00)

Alice Cooper Ephemera Archive - http://207.49.108.200/stagedive/ldavey/ - This is a VERY cool site! TONS of info resides here housed in an easy-to-use design. Exceptional discographies from many countries...

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Alice Cooper Rocks L.A.
(Metal Edge, 1999-01-00)

No time like summer for a carnival, and Alice Cooper put a typically demented twist on the sideshow theme for his latest concert program, performing amidst clowns and brandishing an array of props as he entertained a packed House of Blues...

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Alice Cooper
(Metal Edge, 1999-08-00)

Imagine trying to put 30 years on your life into one box. Now, try that again when you're Alice Cooper. That cozy little box would have to have seating for everyone from Chris Cornell and Rob Zombie to liza Minelli and Vincent Price. Not to mention...

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Metal Wire
(Metal Edge, 2000-01-00)

Alice Cooper, who just recently wrapped up a tour, is teaming up with actors Sharon Stone and Michael Douglas to bring Maui Tacos, a Hawaii-based taco, burrito and wrap shop, to New York. The restaurant's theme is surfing and features...

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Brutal Planet Review
(Metal Edge, 2000-08-00)

It's been five years since Alice Cooper's last studio effort, and it's certainly nice to hear that nasally, cynical whine once again. While the Coop will probably never match the utter brilliance of his early '70s heyday and albums like School's Out...

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Brutally Honest
(Metal Edge, 2000-10-00)

Phoenix, Arizona has its famous Suns: A great basketball team that made it to the semi-finals this year. And Phoenix also has its famous sons, one of them being a rock star by the name of Alice Cooper. Tonight especially, Cooper is indeed...

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Metal Wire
(Metal Edge, 2001-04-00)

Alice Cooper's Paradise Valley, AZ home was robbed Nov. 25. Over $6,400 worth of clothes and shoes (beloning to one of Cooper's daughters) and video cameras were taken. Metal Edge Asks: Which Song Best Describes Your Love Life?...

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Welcome To The Nightmare
(Metal Edge, 2001-06-00)

The fact that Dope were able to tour with Alice Cooper for a short time was unbelievable for me. But even more unbelievable was having the opportunity to roll into my band's hometown of New York City and share the stage with Alice on the first Halloween...

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Nothing's Shocking
(Metal Edge, 2001-12-00)

Burning pyres of flame burst upward, searching with blazing orange heat, as beaded sweat glistens with the illumination that sweeps across a sea of faces. Adorned in black darkness, they chant, dancing the celebratory ritual of rock 'n' roll. ...

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The Complexity Of Alice Cooper
(Metal Edge, 2002-12-00)

"If you were a [traveling] band in the early '70s, people always mistook you for Alice Cooper," remembers New York Dolls guitarist Sylvain Sylvain, recalling that very misconception once happening to him on a transcontinental flight...

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Alice Cooper
(Metal Edge, 2003-03-00)

The embossed plaque of Frank Sinatra handing in the lobby of the Fox Theatre commemorates its inaugural show. With a regally fabricated elegance borne of architectural modernism, the 1,400-seat theater reflects on opulence of discriminating taste ...

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Alice Cooper, New York City, Beacon Theater
(Metal Edge, 2004-03-00)

Twister Sister was my first concert ever. Maybe the first tape I ever bought. From Twisted Sister I got into Alice Cooper. From Alice Cooper, I got sent home from school. One of the lunch ladies didn't agree with the Alice Cooper t-shirt I was wearing...

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Killing Paris Hilton
(Metal Edge, 2006-01-00)

Alice Cooper's Dirty Diamonds stands up to almost anything the revered shock-rocker had ever recorded. The legend has been chopping up dolls onstage since 1969, influencing generations of metal bands, some who have taken it to extremes...

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Vengeance Is Mine
(Metal Edge, 2008-09-00)

Without Alice Cooper, there might never have been the New York Dolls, KISS, Marilyn Manson, Nine Inch Nails, Motley Crue, Slipknow or Rob Zombie... maybe not even David Bowie. The iconic hard rocker, who literally invented the concept...

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Loud & Opinionated
(Metal Edge, 2008-10-00)

Alice Cooper — once a band, now a living legend. After nearly 40 years, Alice Cooper the man is still one of the mostrevered and respected figures in metal and hard rock. His bloody, theatrical stage shows inspired everyone from Marilyn...

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