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The Dada Rockers
(Newsweek, 1969-12-15)
When the whole audience got up and walked out of Los Angeles's Cheetah while the Alice Cooper rock band was doing its thing last year, Alice, now a willowy, darkly mascaraed 21-year-old, was elated. He was hoping for just that response....
Vaudeville Rock
(Newsweek, 1972-10-30)
Whither rock? If the salad days of Dylan, the Beatles and their near peers constituted its high renaissance, rock music has evolved into a florid and self-conscious rococo period, which is also, sad to say, often decadent. Once the sound was what mattered most; rhapsodizing players would even turn their backs on the audience, and "performance" was almost a dirty word. Now the show is everything. A few rock groups share the evening with stand-up comedians or clowns and trapeze artists to liven their act up....
Mr. America
(Newsweek, 1973-05-28)
Little Vince (nobody knows his real name last name) grew up in Phoenix, Ariz., where his daddy was a minister. He spent his childhood watching TV, and his image of himself and America came right off the tube. Today, Little Vince thinks he's 100 per cent in the American tradition, a blend of Marjoe, Ozzie Nelson, Hell's Angels and P.T. Barnum - with bits from Dali and Bela Lugosi. He voted for Nixon and thinks "Madison Avenue men are the smartest in the world." Little Vince has become Alice Cooper, the fabulous Queen of Rock 'n' Rouge....
All American
(Newsweek, 1989-00-00)
Alice Cooper once tried, and failed, to borrow those snappy Nixon-era White House guard uniforms. His patriotism hasn't flagged, as his new duds evince. Cooper also has a new album, "Trash," with high-toned guests, Jon Bon Jovi and two members of Aerosmith. For old fans: vintage discs "Pretties For You" and "Easy Action" are available again. ...