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Alice Cooper's Rock Theatre Not Too Tacky
(Des Moines Register, 1978-04-28)

As rock theater, Alice Cooper's show at Veterans Memorial Auditorium here Thursday was, as they say, not too tacky. A music purist would, however, have been disappointed. And that is surprising, considering Cooper's quintet, which...

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Cooper is back with shock rock
(Des Moines Register, 1986-10-30)

Razor-sharp guillotines. Crackling electric chairs. Slithering boa constrictors. These are wonderful ingredients for a hellish nightmare, but in the dark and mysterious world of legendary shock-rocker Alice Cooper, these are but a few of his...

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Glen Buxton
(Des Moines Register, 1997-10-21)

Glen Buxton, a 'shocking and irreverent' rocker, had retired to a quieter life on a northern Iowa farm. Clarion, Ia. (AP) -- Glen Buxton, the guitarist for shock-rock band Alice Cooper who retired to a quieter life on a northern Iowa farm, died...

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Two Faces of Alice Cooper
(Des Moines Register, 2004-07-08)

Alice Cooper is of two minds on most subjects. By day he is Alice Cooper the suburban dad, golfer and entrepreneur. But by night Cooper becomes the ringmaster of a rock 'n' roll circus that includes giant snakes, makeup and guillotines...

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