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Toledo Stop Is No Longer A Nightmare For Legenday Theatrical Rocker Alice Cooper
(Toledo Blade, 1996-12-22)

Alice Cooper will never forget the night of Dec 13, 1973 when his band performed at the Toledo Sports Arena. As he later put it in a song: Welcome to my Nightmare. The show got off to a bad start, and went downhill from there. The moment Cooper took the stage, the frenzied Sports Arena crowd of 7000 began pelting the legendary rock showman and his band with all sorts of projectiles, including eggs, flash clubes, and hairbrushes....

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Two Aging Rockers Welcomed By Sellout At Sports Arena
(Toledo Blade, 1999-12-28)

Rock 'n Roll may never die but some of its practitioners do grow old. That's not stopping Alice Cooper and Ted Nugent. The two lelgendary rockers are 48. They sold out the Sports Arena last night as they probably would have done 20 years ago in their prime. The event dubbed "The Whiplash Bash" by promoters gave some Toledo-area parents a rare opportunity to spend a Saturday night with their teenage children. Both generations suffered hearing loss last night. ...

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Cooper blends camp with killer rock
(Toledo Blade, 2000-09-06)

The guillotine is back. What more could anyone want from an Alice Cooper concert? After a couple of relatively low-key tours, the master of rock theater put everything - including his neck - in concert last night before 1,600 fans at the Stranahan Theater. With his eyes painted black, wearing black gloves, and wielding a sword, a whip, and a riding crop, Cooper stalked through the carnage of his Brutal Planet Tour stage, pausing to pick up bones and body parts and two-headed mutant babies. Backing him up was a killer musical quintet with enough firepower to flatten anything in its path....

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Alice Cooper: The evil is for fun, but the rock is serious
(Toledo Blade, 2009-07-31)

If you're looking for a nightmare, Centennial Terrace is the place to be Sunday night. Alice Cooper is bringing his Theatre of Death tour to the newly renovated outdoor venue, and the master of the macabre promises it will be more terrifying than ever....

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