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Curiouser and curiouser - that's poor, rich Alice
(Cleveland Plain Dealer, 1973-04-06)
Alice Cooper bounces out on stage in see-through white. He spears a baby doll, chops off its arm and legs and gleefully tosses it to the audience. He's way out. He's way beyond. He's sadistic. He's unisex gone berserk....
The indestructible Alice
(Cleveland Plain Dealer, 1978-05-00)
If you were over 30 and had already been guillotined, electrocuted and attacked by three black widow spiders onstage, you might hang it up. But not Alice Cooper. The superstar was not only hammered into a graveyard coffin ...
Tamer Cooper is still cheered
(Cleveland Plain Dealer, 1980-07-00)
Alice Cooper wasn't electrocuted, guillotined, hung or even chased by an amorous tooth last night at the Coliseum. You'd think that 10,000 faithful fans would have been ready to shoot him, right? But they were up on their feet, even...
Welcome to his nightmare
(Cleveland Plain Dealer, 1990-03-16)
For two generations now Alice Cooper has been specializing in being parents' worst nightmare, while his rolling circus of rock, blood and guts keeps finding a new and younger audience. Call him what you want, but Cooper, nee Vincent Furnier...
Alice Cooper's Pantyhose Have Endured 26-Year Run
(Cleveland Plain Dealer, 1997-08-15)
At a concert in North Ridgeville 26 years ago, the lead singer with heavy mascara and long hair suddenly zipped off his silver latex suit. And there he was... on stage in black pantyhose. And all hell broke loose. "Alice Cooper is shock rock," said...
No headbangers allowed?
(Cleveland Plain Dealer, 1999-03-15)
Many cite the influence of Black Sabbath, Deep Purple and Alice Cooper on today's music, but they remain outside the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Black Sabbath will not be attending the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's induction ceremony tonight...
Ask Alice: The shock rocker talks about God, golf and what it's like to be Alice
(Cleveland Plain Dealer, 2001-10-19)
Alice Cooper's vision of the future depends on which Alice you happen to ask. The on-stage Alice imagines a society without morals collapsing into a radioactive pit of violence and horror. That's the theme of the legendary shock rocker's first album...
Rocker Cooper winning over fans on new restaurant's opening day
(Cleveland Plain Dealer, 2002-04-04)
Rocker-restaurateur Alice Cooper welcomed 500 guests — not to his nightmare, but to a pulled pork-smoked turkey dreams come true. Cooper autographed jeans, a $50 bill and a Kermit the Frog during the opening of his Cooper'stown Cleveland...
Alice Cooper, the early days, and being hated
(Cleveland Plain Dealer, 2011-03-13)
Before shock-rock superstardom beckoned for singer Alice Cooper and his group, which included two Northeast Ohio natives, they were just another garage band. Literally. They used to rehearse at the Phoenix home of guitarist Glen Buxton...