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Paul Simon and Alice Cooper, So Differently the Same
(New York Daily News, 1973-06-10)

Carnegie Hall, it was just a boy and his guitar, more or less. At Madison Square Garden, it was a boy and his rhinestone G-string and his executioner, not to mention his dentist, his snake and his almost run-proof mascara. I doubt if there's a wider gap in...

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Alice Cooper In Brazil - It's a Rio Thing
(New York Daily News, 1974-04-28)

Brazil is only 10 hours away by plane, but it's 10 years away in time. Although the lovely white beaches of Rio de Janeiro are lined with magnificent modern apartment buildings and the gross national product of the country has quintupled in a few...

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Two Insiders View the Wild World or Rock
(New York Daily News, 1974-12-08)

A ROCK-AND-ROLL tour is an event that's unlike any other kind of rock show. When 40 or 50 young people assemble to zig-zag across America with a million-dollar caravan of equipment, props and a superstar or two, you know that a fascinating journey...

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Alice doesn't do that anymore
(New York Daily News, 1990-03-08)

ALICE COOPER. YOU remember him from the '70s. Mr. Nice Guy. Dark black makeup. Snake around his shoulders. Used to show up on stage with a guillotine. Well, take Vincent Furnier's word for it. That Alice Cooper was soft. And Furnier should...

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Cooper's Union of Rock and Bad Fun
(New York Daily News, 1990-03-14)

THE MAN WHO TAUGHT 'rock 'n' roll to barf blood made his first New York appearance in nine years Monday night. Alice Cooper's sold out show at the Ritz was as grisly as ever, only this time he balanced his most ghoulish hits with material...

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