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Herald Sun
Three Names That Mean Business
(Herald Sun - July 29, 1994)
It was a unique gathering, but, with all respect, not of the minds. This was a meeting of the oddly named. There in one room were three adult males with the unmasculine monickers of Alice, Molly and Shirley. The gathering of the clan occurred at Nine...
A Clown Like Alice
(Herald Sun - August 7, 1994)
A five-minute cameo in the movie Wayne's World brought Alice Cooper to a whole new generation of fans. Scarcely a day goes by without someone flinging themselves at his feet and chanting "We are not worthy, we are not worthy!" as did the stars of...
Alice Malice
(Herald Sun - June 20, 1999)
With the release of an in-depth career retrospective, Alice Cooper remains the unrepentant king of over-the-top rock. And he tells Paul Stewart, '90s rockers such as Marilyn Manson are nothing but show ponies. Pioneering rock showman Alice...
Rock back in time
(Herald Sun - July 28, 1999)
The millennium may be looming, but one rock tour promises to take music fans back in time. The Ultimate Rock Symphony Arena Spectacular will feature vintage rockers Alice Cooper, Roger Daltry (The Who), Peter Frampton, Thelma Houston, Jack...
Symphony for old rockers
(Herald Sun - February 22, 2000)
How does a bunch of old rockers keep on rocking? A deadpan Alice Cooper says: "We died about eight years ago, but nobody told us." But as far as corpses go, the principals of the Ultimate Rock Symphony looked in good nick when they were unveiled...
Phantom of Rock Opera
(Herald Sun - April 17, 2005)
He fell to his knees to hack at dolls with a hatchet, repeatedly lost his head on the guillotine and was strung, nightly, from the gallows. He splattered the stage with fake blood, sand one song in a straitjacket and in another revealed a hankering for...
Rock Beats Shock
(Herald Sun - June 16, 2005)
Alice Cooper has always had the power to shock. But nobody was more dumbfounded than the Baron of Blood himself when he opened a newspaper while in Australia and read he'd been arrested. It was the 1977 Welcome To My Nightmare tour...
Old School
(Herald Sun - June 18, 2005)
It was not all that long ago that rock monster Alice Cooper was the single worst nightmare of every right-minded, clear-thinking parent. But then, the fantasy of Alice was never quite aligned with the reality of the bloke behind the schlock-horror...
Rattling up a hell of a rock show
(Herald Sun - July 1, 2005)
ALICE Cooper, shock rock inventor, revived his dark theatrics in a commanding Palais show last night. Cooper, 57, predates Ozzy Osbourne, Marilyn Manson and Gene Simmons. And in 2005, for better or worse, that shows on the ageing face...
Wonder of Alice
(Herald Sun - July 8, 2007)
When Alice Cooper checked into a treatment center for alcoholism, it had no revolving door for celebrities. "It wasn't classy. It wasn't 'in'," Cooper said. "It wasn't classy. It wasn't 'in'," Cooper said. "Rehab doesn't mean what it used to. To most...