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John Walsh meets Alice Cooper
(Independent - June 21, 1997)
"Take the electric chair," said Alice Cooper's genial, owlish manager Toby, indicating a floral monstrosity in the corner of the sixth-floor suite at the Conrad Hotel. It was not, in fact, wired up, or plugged into the mains, but I could see his point: the...
How to get a perfect swing - Alice Cooper
(Independent - July 5, 1997)
You know how you feel when you are so furious you want to throw the club away forever? Well, that's your perfect swing. Take your right arm right back, and then let it swing through the apex, aiming at one o'clock. Just don't let go. Before hitting, I...
Concert Review
(Independent - July 11, 1997)
Alice Cooper's songs only appeal to minority groups, For example, "School's Out" will have no meaning for people who've never attended an educational institution. In the same way "Only Women Bleed" merely addresses the problems...
Obituary: Glen Buxton
(Independent - November 3, 1997)
Glen Buxton, guitarist: born Akron, Ohio 17 June 1947; died Clarion, Iowa 18 October 1997. Striking, outrageous frontmen often obscure the contribution other musicians make to a particular band. Indeed, before its singer branched out as a...
I Wanna Be Respected
(Independent - May 14, 2000)
In 1969, Alice Cooper was booked to fill time between the Door and John Lennon at the Toronto Rock 'n' Roll Revival. His band weren't much good at the time, but the singer was already making a name for himself, not least because he has adopted a...
A Clown Called Alice
(Independent - July 21, 2000)
THE YEARS pass slowly in heavy metal. Whereas most contemporary music is required to assimilate new ideas and modify its sound, this essentially conservative genre has remained locked in a timewarp for decades. It has the advantage of...
Cooper's still rockin', still theatrical and still contemporary
(Independent - October 3, 2000)
Alice Cooper presented a full, fantastic rock show Sunday night at the Murat Theatre. To show gratitude, every person in the sold-out audience of 2,450 should buy a copy of Cooper's current album. Without the songs of Brutal Planet — a criminally overlooked...
'Most bands today are so PC, so boring...'
(Independent - October 29, 2011)
Alice Cooper is living the rock'n'roll dream: perched on the sofa of a luxury hotel suite, shortly after the sun has risen over the nearby Hollywood Hills, with a half-empty bottle in his hand, and an enormous flat-screen TV blaring....