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Phoenix New Times
"I Bore Alice Cooper's Child!"
(Phoenix New Times - September 7, 1983)
The man of the house - unshaven, barefooted and clad in jeans, a tee shirt and a baseball cap - rummages through the kitchen looking for something to eat. The wife, who is curled up on a couch in front of the TV screen, smiles affectionately as her...
Hangin' With Mr. Cooper
(Phoenix New Times - 1996)
TV characters who became American institutions in the '70s had a nasty habit of growing stale as they "grew up." Hot Lips Houlihan morphed into the Susan B. Anthony of the Korean DMZ, while everyone's favorite bigot Archie Bunker devolved...
Alice Cooper happy with the irony of having become 'family'
entertainment
(Phoenix New Times - June 28, 1996)
In the era of Nine Inch Nails, gangsta rap and navel-piercings, the panic of the early '70s seems almost quaint. But at the time, it was anything but funny. Alice Cooper looked like the biggest...
School's Out
(Phoenix New Times - August 21, 1997)
In 1982, Pete Townshend sat down for one of his many lengthy interviews with Rolling Stone magazine. The primary topic of conversation was Townshend's prolonged battle with the bottle, which had recently sent him to a clinic for treatment. ...
Unsung Guitar Hero
(Phoenix New Times - October 30, 1997)
Glen Buxton played a crucial role in rock history but how many people knew about it? It was a Friday night and Glen Buxton was jumping up and down with excitement as watched boxing on TV. The only indication that anything was wrong was a pain in his...
Kiss the Culprit
(Phoenix New Times - November 26, 1998)
When the Rolling Stones staged the first genuine rock 'n' roll circus in 1968, they distributed gold-embossed metallic tickets to their fan-club members and lucky NME readers, fed them, gave them 20 hours of music, clowns and amusements and then...
All Revved Up, Surrounded by Suits
(Phoenix New Times - December 24, 1998)
Friday night downtown, between the decades-old warehouses and America West Arena, where old trolley tracks remain visible under streets paved over years ago, the dust and car exhaust blended with pithy scents of perfume and floated on a warm...
Outta the Park
(Phoenix New Times - March 11, 1999)
It's spring, and our senses are awakening after a long winter's hibernation. Watch the blooming wildflowers swaying in the breeze. Sniff the fragrant orange blossoms perfuming the mild desert air. And listen closely for the sharp thwack of...
Go Ask Alice
(Phoenix New Times - April 29, 1999)
Look through the north window of Alice Cooper'stown and the message is clear. You're greeted by a life-size cardboard cutout of the king of shock rock in black leather, welcoming you to his nightmare, In front of the cutout, the window sports an orange...
New Years Eve 1999/2000
(Phoenix New Times - January 2000)
Friday night downtown, between the decades-old warehouses and America West Arena, Arrive at Alice Cooper'stown just as "No More Mr. Nice Guy" ends and "Be My Lover" begins. I look this crowd over. If this is supposed to be a masquerade ball, then...
Once More, Mr. Nice Guy
(Phoenix New Times - April 19, 2001)
In other nickel-and-dime news, this year, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame short-changed Alice Cooper singularly and collectively when it again failed to nominate Vincent Furnier and friends into the old boys' club. Sure, getting into the R'n'R hall of fame is a...
Anniversary Party
(Phoenix New Times - December 1, 2022)
Legendary shock rocker Alice Cooper — you know, the one who uses electric chairs and guillotines as props and once famously threw a chicken off the stage — isn't the most likely host of a beloved, family-friendly Christmas show....