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38 Years Ago: Alice Cooper Stages 'Welcome to My Nightmare' Tour

Sterling Whitaker — Wed, 15 May 2013 20:29:05 +0000

Kiss recently revealed that the staging for their upcoming tour will feature an enormous, fireball-spewing spider. And while the stage set is brand new, the idea is not -- in fact, David Bowie's 1987 Glass Spider tour featured a huge spider set, and more than a decade before that, original shock rocker Alice Cooper used an oversized arachnid as part of his 1975 tour.

Alice Cooper, Rush, Tom Petty + More Announced for Summerfest 2013 Lineup

Jeff Giles — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 13:35:49 +0000

As if anyone really needed another reason to wish they were in Milwaukee during late June and early July, this year’s Summerfest lineup looks like the classic rock party of a lifetime. The event, slated to take place June 26-30 and July 2-7, is assembling a typically crowded list of talent that includes the Eagles, [...]

Alice Cooper's Stolen 'Wayne's World' Jacket Returned

Jeff Giles — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 14:49:12 +0000

Roughly a year after thieves broke into a storage unit containing Alice Cooper‘s archives and absconded with a collection of priceless rock memorabilia, one of the items has resurfaced. Cooper’s website (via BraveWords) reminds us that some of the most valuable items lost in the break-in included the sculpture used on the cover of his [...]

Alice Cooper Leads All-Star Benefit for Youth Music Academy

Billy Dukes — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 19:27:27 +0000

Thursday night (March 28) Alice Cooper headlined a concert to celebrate the opening of the Brennan Rock & Roll Academy in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Sebastian Bach, Kiss's Tommy Thayer and Eric Singer, and Doors guitarist Robbie Krieger also performed. Before the show Cooper explained how the lineup came about, and talked about the importance of this school and his own Solid Rock Foundation.

Alice Cooper Targets Beatles, Who and Jimi Hendrix for Covers Album

Nick DeRiso — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 23:45:46 +0000

Alice Cooper might finally be ready to get around to that classic-rock covers album he first mentioned last summer. Bob Ezrin has already been tabbed to produce the project, with sessions set to commence after Cooper's upcoming tour with Marilyn Manson.

40 Years Ago: Alice Cooper's 'Billion Dollar Babies' Released

Eduardo Rivadavia — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 17:08:41 +0000

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times… The era dawned on a deeply divided America, caught between the iron grip of conservative government and the leather glove of shock rock, courtesy of Alice Cooper, who released ‘Billion Dollar Babies’ on Feb. 25, 1973. Some three months prior, Richard Nixon had [...]

Alice Cooper Calls Metal History 'Louder Than Hell' a 'Must-Read'

Sterling Whitaker — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 21:33:48 +0000

Headbangers rejoice! An upcoming book promises to trace the entire history and development of heavy metal through first-person interviews with many of its most important performers -- including pioneering shock rocker Alice Cooper, who calls 'Louder Than Hell: The Definitive Oral History of Heavy Metal' the "book every metal fan should own."

Alice Cooper 'Love it to Death' Photographer Roger Prigent Dies at Age 89

Jeff Giles — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 16:20:47 +0000

Photographer Roger Prigent, whose album cover shots included Alice Cooper‘s ‘Love It to Death,’ has passed away at the age of 89 after suffering a stroke that left him in a coma. Prigent rose to prominence in the 1950s, kicking off a nearly three-decade stint as a fashion photographer for magazines such as Vogue, Harper’s [...]

Don Felder and Johnny Depp Join Alice Cooper Onstage — Pic of the Week

Sterling Whitaker — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 16:29:14 +0000

Former Eagles guitarist Don Felder and actor/musician Johnny Depp joined legendary shock rocker Alice Cooper onstage this past Saturday night (Dec. 8) as part of his eighth annual Christmas Pudding show in Phoenix, Ariz.

Alice Cooper Reportedly Recording Covers Album

Jeff Giles — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 19:00:39 +0000

From Paul McCartney to Ozzy Osbourne, pretty much every artist gets around to releasing an album of covers at some point — and it sounds like Alice Cooper is getting ready to join the list with his next LP.

Alice Cooper and Iron Maiden Kick Off North American Tour – Exclusive Photo Gallery

Mary Ouellette — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 18:30:29 +0000

It doesn’t get any more ultimate than the combined forces of rock juggernauts Alice Cooper and Iron Maiden, so when the two announced plans to tour North America together, it quickly became the most anticipated tour of the summer.

Alberta Bair's New Season – Our Top 10 Picks

K Bear — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 17:28:40 +0000

With Alberta Bair's brand new season bringing so much talent to the area, it can be hard to pick which performances you can make it to. To help you out, we've come up with our Top 10 Picks for Alberta Bair's 2011-2012 Season. Tickets are on sale for all of the following events, and can be purchased at albertabairtheater.org. Be sure to check out their entire schedule for great children's performances, inexpensive matinees and student discounts.

Alice Cooper Freaks out Norway! [VIDEO]

Big Bear — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 18:05:22 +0000

If you are a fan of Alice Cooper you may find this story interesting. The pop star Ke$ha was performing in Oslo Norway Tuesday night and she launched into a cover of Alice Coopers “School’s Out”. Now granted the audience was full of teenie boppers who had no idea who this weird old dude was. [...]

Elvis Presley Nearly Killed By Alice Cooper [VIDEO]

Big Bear — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 17:40:35 +0000

That just makes a weird headline that you don’t see everyday. When two icons of rock get together you just never know what can happen. Alice Cooper says he almost killed the king of rock & roll! He told the UK’s Mirror tabloid that one night back in the mid-1970′s (he doesn’t remember the exact [...]