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Alice
(Good Times, 1972-02-11)
It was Sado-Mach Rock Night at the Berk Com Theater last Thursday, as Mother Alice Cooper and his Leather Acolytes brought their traveling religious carnivorous carnival to town. Combination of Living Theater and Rock and Roll Revival...
Album Review
(Rock & Folk, 1976-08-00)
As a true metal kid, Alice Cooper stopped interesting me after Killer. I can live without the rest of his discography (from School's Out to Muscle of Love) because the killer discovered the allure of musical theater, denied his roots and tried to become the...
Album Review
(Rock & Folk, 1979-02-00)
Alice is no longer here! "From The Inside" is the best Elton John album since he started calling himself Alice (and no, this isn’t a reference to Elton’s private life!). Coincidence? Bernie Taupin, Elton's muse, icon, and lyricist, has left Elton for the boa...
Alice Cooper, the Clown Worth a Billion Dollars
(Ciao 2001, 1973-05-06)
Having just completed the gigantic tour that has kept him busy in America, the singer will embark on a tour in the coming months that will also take him to Italy in early July. The show will be completely revamped in its spectacularity: Alice, as always...
Alice Cooper: Aggression and the Spectacle
(O Cruzeiro, 1974-04-10)
In the report by O CRUZEIRO, for an exclusive interview — in one of the 12 apartments and five suites at the San Raphael Hotel, where he stayed with his band and Cindy Lang, his companion of five years — is a slim figure with long hair...
Alice Cooper
(Muziek Expres, 1973-01-00)
The sky bursts open, thousands and thousands of soap bubbles fall onto the heads of the large crowd of innocents. The thundering sound surrounds them as if it were a huge mass of cotton. Right in front of us, the scenery changes colors...
Alice Cooper
(Music Connnection, 2023-10-00)
Seventy-five is an auspicious age for any rock star — especially if you're one who cavorts with snakes and gets your head chopped off every night on stage. Alice Cooper turned 75 in February, but the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame shock rock...
Tell 'Em, Sell 'Em Alice Cooper
(Bugle American, 1973-06-13)
The press conference took place at poolside on the top of the Holiday Inn at 26th and Wisconsin. Alice strolled out about a half an hour later, naked to the waist, and followed by his lead guitarist, Neal Smith, the drummer, and Volman and Kaylan from Flo and Eddy...
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...
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...
Alice Cooper's Panties Were Hot Stuff
(National Star Chronicle, 1972-08-14)
As previously reported in the STAR CHRONICLE, Alice Cooper is a far-out guy who heads a far-out rock group, also known as Alice Cooper. Well, these characters were all set to release their latest album, "School's Out." And the way Alice intended to market...
Alice Cooper — Making It As A Sadist Drag-Queen Singer
(National Star Chronicle, 1972-07-31)
Alice Cooper's definition of entertainment: Throwing a stuffed rabbit out into an audience, to the accompaniment of raucous rock music, and wildly urging fans to "kill it, kill it!" Dismembering a golden-haired baby doll before a packed...
Cooper Solo Show Rocks Garden
(Daily Record, 1975-05-06)
For a long time, there have been rumors that Alice Cooper wants to shed some of his rock ghoul image and become more of a show-business personality. His stage show at Madison Square Garden last night lent a great deal of credence to the rumors...
A Little Help For His Fans
(Orlando Sentinel, 1992-11-24)
Alice Cooper helps out Patrick Kelly — a fan whose house is painted in a rainbow of colors with likenesses of Alice Cooper — by selling T-shirts, compact discs and poster to raise money for Kelly's house payments. Kelly faces foreclosure...
Alice Cooper does it old-school at UCF
(Orlando Sentinel, 2013-10-26)
Halloween arrived early at UCF on Friday, thanks to the utterly old-school shock tactics of Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Alice Cooper. Cooper, a guy who looks like he would celebrate All Hallow's Eve year-round, was the featured attraction at...
Alice Cooper's old-school showmanship still delivers
(Orlando Sentinel, 2011-12-15)
An Alice Cooper concert is a carnival spook-house in a theme-park world. Let other rock tours lean on the technological: Lasers, fireworks, videos. Cooper, who hasn't updated his stage props since the Carter administration, had the audacity to go utterly...
Ghoulish Alice Cooper to play date in Kissimmee
(Orlando Sentinel, 1990-02-02)
Good ol' Alice Cooper is still going strong. The schlock-rockmeister's new Trash isn't outselling albums by upstarts such as Skid Row and Whitesnake, but his latest video, "House of Fire," is getting plenty of play on MTV. And wasn't that a great jacket...
Alice Cooper Has Changed His Tune But Not His Music
(Orlando Sentinel, 1990-03-02)
There was a strange buzzing on the line when Alice Cooper called, so he said he would call back. On the second try, the line was clear. With mock regret, Cooper cracked: "It's the only buzz I get anymore." Not strictly true, of course. The 42-year-old...
The Ghoul Next Door
(Orlando Sentinel, 2001-11-06)
One guy who can always find work around Halloween is Alice Cooper. "October is always like that," rock's top ghoul says from Mount Pleasant, Mich., on the last week of a tour that brings him to Hard Rock Live on Wednesday, just a week after the...
The Nightmare Continues
(Record Collector, 2001-11-00)
Few artists can boast as turbulent a career as the 50-something Vincent Furnier, who has survived alcoholism, the wrath of the Christian right wing and the horror that was 80s hair-metal with equal aplomb. Decades have passed since his creepily...
Science Fiction Disc
(Record World, 1975-04-12)
"Flash Fearless Versus The Zorg Women, Parts 5 & 6" is the title of Chrysalis Records' unique all-star science fiction concept album, which features performances by Alice Cooper, John Entwistle of The Who, Jim Dandy...
Alice Cooper in Person Not All That Horrible
(Wichita Eagle, 1973-05-17)
"No I don't rape ostriches." With that comment Cooper took center stage for the Wichita press Wednesday afternoon. Armed with an open can of Budweiser and two unopened cans on an adjacent coffee table, Cooper said he was well prepared...
Single Review
(Record World, 1975-04-05)
Cooper's first solo outing, culled from the soundtrack of his upcoming ABC-TV "Welcome to My Nightmare" special, is a ballad with a surprisingly international flavor. Alice's new sound should prove a soft touch for reaching his widest...
Alice Cooper? David Bowie? Ugh! And Ugh Again!
(New York Times, 1972-09-24)
UGH. Alice Cooper is ugly. His music is ugly. His boa constrictor is ugly. Why, then, is he the hottest rock act around? Because, my pets, ugly is in. Call it freak rock, transvestite rock or decadent rock, the uglies are the latest giggle...
Preacher Alice
(Circular, 1972-02-28)
From Atlanta, Georgia, comes the news that Alice Cooper performed a wedding ceremony. As a preacher. He joined in holy though probably illegal matrimony Smokey Frisch and Debbie Bost. Alice made up the vows as he went along...
New Singles
(Circular, 1972-02-21)
This side is almost already a hit, thanks to concerted exposure from its parent Killer album. Its incarnation as a fast-spinning single should cement its hitdom. Alice belts out a semi-autobiographical song anent the dating possibilities...
Do the Funky Chicken
(Circular, 1971-12-27)
Alice Cooper, the group unanimously blackballed from membership in the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Poultry (ASPCP), made it close to the top of the charts with the single "Eighteen" and entered the Hollywood social register...
Alice Cooper
(Circular, 1971-11-22)
I love you and your group. Everytime I play your album in the house my mother gets mad at me. When you were playing in Chicago at the Opera House in April, my parents forbid me to go, and my sister and I had to sneak out of the house so my...
He Could Drive Them Nervous
(Circular, 1971-11-01)
Alice Cooper arrived in England, to the unmitigated delight/dismay of the populace, with, sure enough, an electric chair, a boa constrictor and a straitjacket. The English didn't believe Alice would really bring those things. Wait till they find...
New Singles
(Circular, 1971-10-25)
Alice has revved up in his singles mode again, and the result is a predictably powerhouse side dominated by largish guitar chords and a hoarsely forceful vocal. The instrumental track hums with energy derived from a flotilla of guitars, drums, saxes and...
The AMA and Alice Cooper
(Circular, 1971-09-06)
The American Medical Assn. Journal devoted an article to Alice Cooper's "I'm Eighteen" (a single and a track from Alice's current Love It to Death LP) and its pertinence to mid-teen alienation. Meanwhile, two Michigan University students toured...
Alice in the Studio
(Circular, 1973-04-16)
He's an expert theatrician in the studio. He's an actor. His studio craft is totally distinct from his stage craft. He takes a lot more time on each piece of material, and tends to be much more analytical. He's not so much reacting to the feel of an audience...
Cooper: An Outrageous Show
(Cardinal, 1973-04-05)
"When I was a kid, I would save an entire week's allowance and blow it on a Saturday afternoon horror show. And if I didn't get scared shitless, I'd come out feeling extremely disappointed. The kids pay their money for a show and that's...
Cooper Raises the Roof
(Isle of Man Examiner, 2006-06-06)
DECAPITATION, resurrection, a murderous dancer and dollar bills — an average evening of family entertainment at the Villa Marina on Thursday. Alice Cooper brought his legendary show to town and rocked a sold-out venue in a fantastic...
A Clown Called Alice
(Independent, 2000-07-21)
THE YEARS pass slowly in heavy metal. Whereas most contemporary music is required to assimilate new ideas and modify its sound, this essentially conservative genre has remained locked in a timewarp for decades. It has the advantage of...
Alice's Tour Data
(Disc, 1973-06-16)
ALICE COOPER American Tour 1973. Starship One: Total flights — 62. Miles logged — 20,700. States visited or flown over — 43, Canadian provinces — 2. Total flight time — 66 hours, 44 minutes. Fuel consumed (for the plane!) — 51,820 gallons...
Alice — Killer Off the Cuff
(Sounds, 1972-02-19)
"YEAH," SAYS Alice lounging in the back seat of a limo cruising towards Connecticut, "it's coming. We've always considered Alice Cooper to be the 1970's new thing. Suddenly we're coming in and drawing 10,000 people, mostly...
"I Was a Functioning Alcoholic — the Dean Martin of Rock'n'roll"
(Times, The, 2023-08-19)
In 1972, when moral outrage typically came from conservatives rather than liberals, one figure stood out as a particularly virulent neighbourhood threat. Tales of Alice Cooper's live act involving guillotines, chopped up dolls and chickens having their...
Alice Had Weird Parents
(Record Mirror, 1971-11-13)
IN minced Alice with his boa constrictor coiled around his shoulders, black-spider eye make-up and his jump suit zipped uninvitingly down to his navel to confront the Press which Kinney Records shanghaied down to London Airport for the reception...
All Hail the godfather and undisputed king of shock rock
(Classic Rock, 2006-12-00)
When I was nine I was playing on the floor with my GI Joes while my parents were watching this TV show called The People's Court when suddenly a commercial flashed up on the screen: 'This Saturday — Alice Cooper at The Coliseum'. It showed all...