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Alice in Wonderland
(Sounds, 1971-10-30)
ALICE COOPER is a group. Alice Cooper is a performer who liks to turn press conferences at London airport into performances. Alice Cooper is also a man who sits in a hotel room, drinking Budweiser beer, and talking about the other two....
Return of the Bi-Sexual Sex Object
(Sounds, 1972-11-18)
They had the hanging, and the knife-fight, and everyone was getting pretty excited as Alice Cooper swung into "Elected". Some kids had made these white top hats, like Alice wears on Top of the Pops in election film, and a couple were thrown up on stage. Alice grabbed one, and looked inside it for a phone number; another fell at their feet....
Cooper Meets Claus
(Sounds, 1972-12-23)
Alice Cooper had a store all to himself for his Christmas shopping in New York last week. Alice, with snake, Yvonne and members of his group, had the run of Alexander's Department store in Manhatten one evening for their Christmas shopping....
Alice Elected!
(Sounds, 1972-12-30)
Killer Alice they call him - and it's not surpring. Of ll the American bands to have emerged in the past few years it's Alice Cooper that have captured the imagination of British audiences - pulling in sell out signs from every appearance, and featuring in both the singles and albums charts....
News Report
(Sounds, 1973-03-17)
Alice tells us his latest snake died a few weeks ago. The way Alice explained, he arose one morning, sniffed the air and was greeted by a foul odour. Looking about for the source of the odour, Alice had found the snake had expired in its sleep - three days earlier, hence the smell . . ....
On A Strange Trip With Alice Cooper
(Sounds, 1973-03-31)
A monkey on roller skates? Sounds man in New York, Chuck Pulin, had the memory of a live monkey, dressed in formal clothes, roller skating past his very eyes from Alice Cooper's lavish arrangements to entertain the jaded gentlemen of the American Press last summer in New Jersey. Sure, Alice Cooper sets his PR stunts in style. Chuck joined the boozers' caravan again for the start of Alice's new tour in Philadelphia, and reports yet more extravagent hospitality - booze, a private 'plane with Alice logos and dollar signs painted on the fuselage, hostesses in jeans and Alice T-shirts, booze, buttons, passes, itineraries, parties, booze, misbehaving guests, backstage frolics, booze, a riverboat party that won't sail, booze, breakfast with Alice . . . oh yeah, and the concert....
The Master Of Fantasy
(Sounds, 1973-04-14)
It's been said before, but until you go to America, it's difficult to realise just how much Alice Cooper's show is a reflection of America itself. If the show leaves a bad taste, the kids are used to it, roll it happily around the tongue. They live with it and love it. It's chilling, O.K., but ultimately as safe as slightly curdled milk. ...
MP Abse aims to ban Alice's Wonderland
(Sounds, 1973-06-02)
THERE'S SOMETHING faintly ridiculous about the sight of 56-year-old Labour MP from Pontypool - a man with a record of kindly if rather fashionable ideas - getting hot under the collar about dear ol' Alice Cooper and his conjurer's guillotine. The spectacle moves into the realms of farce when we're told that his attempt to get the Home Secretary to refuse Alice an entry permit for his planned Autumn tour was inspired by the revulsion of his teenage children....
The Good, The Bad, Ugly Alice
(Sounds, 1973-06-16)
It was a Vile, Evil, Ugly, Disgusting Alice Cooper last Sunday night at Madison Square Garden. The Alice Cooper Show "America 1973" finally made it to New York, show number 53 if you're counting in a tour that started off in March. If you love the absurd, to be spat on, to be crushed, to see evil and violence and blood, well that's what Alice gave New York (or 20,000 at least) last Sunday....
Alice to release 'Muscle'
(Sounds, 1973-09-29)
"Muscle Of Love" is the title of Alice Cooper's next album, being released world wide on November 15. The track titles emerging from a week in Los Angeles recording were "Big Apple Dream", "Teenage Lament", "Woman Machine", "Working Up A Sweat", "Never Been Sold Before", "Hard Hearted Alice", "Crazy Little Child" and the title track....
Alice: Death of a Killer, Birth of a Lover
(Sounds, 1973-11-17)
Take heart, Mr. Leo Abse, Alice Cooper really likes you - even if you don't like him and you don't want him to come and play for us. It's true Mr. Abse - he said so. ...
Hard Hearted Alice
(Sounds, 1973-12-01)
Alice Cooper's Muscle Of Love was released last week and it's another fine LP. The album is packaged in a plain record mailing box which says on one side "Attention This Carton Contains One (1) Alice Cooper Muscle Of Love". Inside there's a school book cover (to use with your "School's Out" LP) and a picture of the lads going into well... look at the LP and it'll tell you 'bout what the Muscle Of Love is. ...
ZZ gigs with Alice
(Sounds, 1973-12-08)
Z.Z.Top will do venues this month with Alice Cooper which we think is a great way for the music fans to see this killer band....
Alice, and the babes roar back
(Sounds, 1974-01-12)
Vince Furnier and company made their long-awaited return to Toronto in front of about 16,000 people at Maple Leaf Gardens. Dry ice, snakes and beheadings - yes, Alice Cooper and his Billion Dollar Babies are back on the road for a short tour, bringing the spirit of Christmas and New Year to one and all. ...
Actor Alice
(Sounds, 1974-03-23)
Alice Cooper made his much talked about acting debut recently on the TV show "The Snoop Sisters". Helen Hayes, who plays one of the elderly detectives in the programme, was set the task of cheeking out a case of witchcraft. Alice played the part of Prince, a young singing witch (can you get that one together!). Although Alice's part in the show was a very short one, we found it a little clumsy, but you'll be able to judge for yourselves when it's screened in England. British Premiere For Alice Film. The Alice Cooper Band film, tentatively titled "Hard Hearted Alice", should be premiered here in May. This will partly compensate for the cancelled British tour caused by the energy crisis and the difficulty of fitting all the equipment on to British stages. ...
Bronzed Bomber
(Sounds, 1974-03-30)
Two ice-hockey teams are silently battling away for supremacy, but the man with the Michelob bottle is more engrossed in the morning's silly papers....
Alice: Teen Anthem
(Sounds, 1974-09-07)
The band are as significant to seventies rock era as The Who were in the sixties. The overgrown teenage rebel from Detroit who could identify with the generation of that era. Their music was aggressive, filled with violent innuendoes, maybe overstated in places, but definitely shit hot rock and roll. Alice presented something people like Iggy Stooge and other attempted but miserably failed. While Iggy had the violent performance and outrageousness he lacked in vocals, material and competent musicians. ...
Alice shoots Santa Claus
(Sounds, 1974-12-14)
Alice Cooper's Christmas card is a photo by New York photographer Bob Gruen. It's a shot of Alice shooting Santa Claus in the arse with a toy rifle....
Alice buys a rock dream
(Sounds, 1974-12-21)
Both Alice Cooper and Paul Simon have bought some of the original Guy Peellaert paintings from "Rock Dreams," and other rock stars are saving up to do the same....
Alice Cooper: Department of Youth
(Sounds, 1975-00-00)
FROM THE LP 'Welcome To My Nightmare'. I was out of sympathy with this until just about the last moment of the fade. The raspy vocals, the teenage rebellion theme seemed too old chapeau and contrived. Mind you, the former Lou Reed-ers who make up the band are good and there were redeeming...
'Farewell' Tour for Alice?
(Sounds, 1975-01-04)
Alice Cooper may be doing two American tours in '75. The first due for early in the New Year looks like being a 'Farewell Tour' with the original Cooper crew. This is expected to be followed in March by a "Solo Alice" tour. Perhaps that's why Alice has been taking dancing instructions from Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire. Meanwhile anyone keen to hear what an Alice Cooper tour is like should check out a new book, "Billion Dollar Baby", by Bob Green....
Welcome To Alice's Nightmare
(Sounds, 1975-02-01)
Alice Cooper's new album will definately appear on Atlantic Records. Called 'Welcome To My Nightmare' it will be the soundtrack to his TV special to be screen in April. Alice is set to go on the road for a 65 date tour beginning in March and going through to July. His musicians will be the same as those on the solo LP. For the tour Alice has been brushing up his dance steps....
News Report
(Sounds, 1975-02-08)
The stage show of Alice Cooper's television show/solo album 'Welcome To My Nightmare' going out in the States for sixty dates from April 1 will be a multimedia re-creation of the album. Says Cooper, it will include "mirrors, elaborate props and five things never seen before on stage." Write your ideas for the 'five things' on a post card and send them to the Leo Abse of your choice......
Necrophiliac Nightmare Boogie
(Sounds, 1975-03-01)
This is Alice's soundtrack album... when you come to think of it, weren't all his others? Mr. Cooper has finally left the golf course to make a very welcome comeback to horrorock and rollsville. It's strange, I wasn't particularly enamoured by Cooper's efforts on 'Muscle Of Love' while a lot of people who were previously adverse to him went bananas over the album. Now with the arrival of this disc the same clan yell abuse when it touches the turntable....
Department of Youth Single Review
(Sounds, 1975-03-08)
From the LP 'Welcome To My Nightmare'. I was out of sympathy, with this until just about the last moment of the fade. The raspy vocals, the teenage rebellion theme seemed too old chapeau and contrived. Mind you, the former Lou Reed-ers who make up the band are good and there were redeeming features in the lyric - 'never heard of Billy Sunday, Damon Runyon' for example - but 'We're the department of youth, we've got the power' chorus, although tongue-in-cheek, no doubt, was just a bit too silly. Until, that is, Alice shouts 'Who gave it (the power) to you?' 'Johnny Otis' comes the reply. I hope I got that right - put the record in a completely different light for me. The 'B' side is for necrophiliacs only. ...
News Report
(Sounds, 1975-03-22)
Alice Cooper's 'Welcome To My Nightmare' TV Special goes out in the States on April 25 featuring Vincent Price on the 'In Concert' programme. Alice will tape the show in Toronto this month. He takes his show to Madison Square Gardens in May, but the tour starts April 1 in Chicago and winds up on July 13....
His Satanic Majesty Requests
(Sounds, 1975-03-29)
HIS SATANIC Majesty lay quietly on the couch, head propped up on the arm-rest, a can of dire elixir in hand. Ture to folk-lore of old, the being I watched exists by deceit and deception. It's apparent that his current incarnation as a rock and ...
News Report
(Sounds, 1975-04-05)
Neal Smith, drummer with Alice Cooper's band, will have a solo single out shortly....
News Report
(Sounds, 1975-04-12)
Alice Cooper stars in his first television spectacular 'Welcome To My Nightmare', in America this week. The presentation, which is said to be 'a visual interpretation of Alice's dreams, nightmares and fantasies', features Vincent Price as guest star, will be an edition of the 'Wild World: In Concert' series and will include music from Alice recent 'Nightmare' album. As yet, there are no definate plans for the show to be screened in Britain.Alice Cooper has reputedly made 45 million dollars since he changed his name from Furnier to Cooper....
News Report
(Sounds, 1975-04-19)
Alice Cooper has been prevented from including Australia on his world tour because the immigration people won't let him in; they've been upset by Alice's mutilation of birds, dolls and animals on stage. Don't forget that Labour M.P. Loe Abse tried to do the same in England a year or two ago....
Sounds A-Z of Heavy Metal
(Sounds, 1975-04-26)
Shockrock. The name was enough to confuse people. When Alice Cooper (alias Vincent Furnier) and his Detroit croones (Glen Buxton, guitar, Michael Bruce, guitar, Dennis Dunaway, bass and Neal Smith, drums) appeared on the scene, no one was ready. They were so unpopular that their mass dejection inspired Frank Zappa to sign them onto his label - Straight. They released two albums, 'Pretties For You' and 'Easy Action' in '69, and they bombed miserably. It wasn't until the band moved to Warners that they got the visuals of their act and music together, this resulted in the classic 'Love It To Death' album in '71, followed by US hit single 'I'm Eighteen' which was proclaimed a contemporary to 'My Generation'. Their show progressed from mere hangings to simulated mutilations as the years progressed, their music became more theatrical. They scored in this country with 'School's Out' in '72, followed by 'Elected'. ...
Superstar 'Sci-fi' Album
(Sounds, 1975-05-17)
This Week Chrysalis release 'Flash Fearless Vs The Zorg Women Parts 5 and 6' an album featuring Alice Cooper, Elkie Brooks, Jim Dandy, James Dewar, John Entwistle and Maddy Prior among many others. The album, which was recorded in London, New York and LA and Memphis was produced by Jack Alcock and John Entwistle. The Ox appears as anchor man on every track. The idea behind the album was to afford an opportunity to musicians who could not normally play together to do so. Instead of a loose jam the album is based upon a story line concerning the adventures of Flash Fearless, a legendary spoof Sci-Fi character forever escaping imminent and horrible doom at the hands of his adversaries, the Amazonian Zorg Women, who rule the planet Zorg where men are an inferior slave class....
It's Only Rake and Roll....
(Sounds, 1975-08-30)
A mousached Alice Cooper, looking like a Mexican bandit buzzed into New York last week with his 'Depertment Of Youth' clean up crew. They plan to clean up various parks in the Autumn. Alice, Die to play some British dates in a few weeks, is seen here at New York's Riverside Park supervising the rubbish collection. Meanwhile, rumours that the next Alice album will contain versions of the David Gates song 'Never Litter Go' plus Gary Benson's 'Don't Throw It All Away' have been fervently denied by Britain's Anchor press office....
A Teddy Bear's Picnic with Alice
(Sounds, 1975-09-06)
If we looked at Alice Cooper as a latter-day Mr Bojangles he would probably be flattered. Fred Astaire would certainly be puzzled and the thousands of Cooper fiends would look askance at the connection: what sort of snake is Ginger Rogers?...
Satan on top of the world
(Sounds, 1976-07-10)
This album has already received an almost unamimous thumbs down form the staff which really suprises as it's no better or worse than 'Welcome To My Nightmare'. In fact I would say this one is musically much more interesting. ...
From the days when Alice was straight
(Sounds, 1977-00-00)
"I'm caught in a dream - so what?" I loved it to death. In 1972 a bunch of ex-bikers in drag wearing kohl stiletto-spiking round their eyes, wasn't the terminal snooze it proved to be by '74. Sitting huddled around a little gas heater in Earlsdon, a spectacularly dreary suburb of Coventry, Alice Cooper beckoned as a symbol of everything that was avant-garde, horrific, and romantic. Just some bunch of alien weirdos from over the water, no past and a dubious future, to say the least - hurtling our mundane present into convulsions of decadence, earth tremors as acutely exquiste as the cold chills of excitement I felt queuing up and seeing Lou Reed playing at the Kings Cross Cinema on his first ever British date....
Alice sucks a big one
(Sounds, 1978-12-16)
Alice was staying in The Hilton. Room 152 to be precise. The man at reception said that Mr.Cooper was expecting me. Excellent! I was flattered by the tought. "Hi! You must be Eric! Come right in. My name's Kenny! I'm Alice's tour manager!" Tha man was fat and terminally blow-dried, a sort of male Lucille Ball. Alice was being interview by some girl from Ritz. "And how does it feel to be a sex symbol, Alice?" "Well, Lucinda..." And it went on and on and on....
All trashed up and nowhere to go
(Sounds, 1989-08-19)
Woodstock, bloody woodstock. Not that Alice Cooper was there of course. On the contrary, nigh on two decades back, Alice Cooper represented a genuinely threatening, subversive alternative to all that hippy detritus (and at Woodstock most of the acts were, and still are, unmitigated drivel)....