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In the late ’60s, Los Angeles produced some weird and wild rock bands, from the Doors to the Mothers of Invention. But even L.A. didn’t know what to do with the Alice Cooper band. “L.A. just didn’t get us at all,” Cooper told the Herald. “Frank Zappa didn’t even get us. He went, ‘I don’t […]
Stories, which arrives later this month. "A gift to Detroit, to my fans and to myself," Cooper said in a Twitter video, noting that the song was recorded by the "original" Alice Cooper band, whose surviving members include Neal Smith, Dennis Dunaway and Michael Bruce. (Original lead guitarist Glen Buxton died in 1997.) "We always felt like we were social debris, we didn't fit in," Cooper noted. "Nobody plays like the original band. They were more dangerous than any other band." From the beginning, Cooper and his band had a tough time figuring out where their distinct sound might fit it. In ...
Stories, which arrives later this month. "A gift to Detroit, to my fans and to myself," Cooper said in a Twitter video, noting that the song was recorded by the "original" Alice Cooper band, whose surviving members include Neal Smith, Dennis Dunaway and Michael Bruce. (Original lead guitarist Glen Buxton died in 1997.) "We always felt like we were social debris, we didn't fit in," Cooper noted. "Nobody plays like the original band. They were more dangerous than any other band." From the beginning, Cooper and his band had a tough time figuring out where their distinct sound might fit it. In ...
How Bob Ezrin Helped Peter Gabriel Escape from Genesis Bob Ezrin said Peter Gabriel had struggled through recording sessions for his debut solo album – but that the experience was easy for the producer himself. Ezrin jumped at the chance to be involved when the former Genesis singer started work in the fall of 1976, after having seen the band open for Lou Reed. He later told his wife: “I wanna meet that kid with the flower on his head!” “It was important to him that he step out and be recognized as an individual talent,” Ezrin told Classic Rock. “Peter is a larger-than-life pe...
Veteran rocker Alice Cooper, aka Vincent Damon Furnier, uses his latest album, "Detroit Stories," as a tribute to the city where he was born and raised during early childhood. The album, being released Feb. 26, celebrates the legendary music of the city and its hard-rock heritage, reports Ed Masley of the Arizona Republic: He met the other founding members of the Alice Cooper group in Phoenix, where his family moved when he was 12, the Cortez High School track star and his bandmates were sharing a farmhouse on the outskirts of Detroit when they recorded "I'm Eighteen," their bre...