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Alice Cooper In New York
(Rock Scene, 1973-07-00)

Alice has been living in New York for several months now, high above the city in a sumptuous East Side penthouse apartment, but he's still not totally used to urban living. "I'm just learning about New York," says the man who has lived in Hollywood, Detroit, and, most recently, Connecticut. "The rest of the band still lives in that big house in Connecticut, but I found that I was coming into the city every night....

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The two best shows in town ALICE & BOWIE
(Rock Scene, 1973-09-00)

New York - Rock and roll has gone through some weird changes during the past ten years or so. When the Beatles first invaded the airwaves across America, rock was something you listened to and looked at - no one ever closed their eyes at a Beatles concert, except, maybe in ecstasy. But during the latter part of the Sixties a lot of people did close their eyes. Audiences and groups alike got so wrapped up in the music they were making that the visual element of rock got lost. ...

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Flying Tigers
(Rock Scene, 1980-11-00)

When one group fights another group for glory and gain that's called war!! That's a lot like the rock scene.a war of musicians battling each other to get to that mythical "top." The battlefield is the staqe and the weapons are the music. Here is a group that calls itself the Flying Tigers, a nom de guerre for four very talented guys who are in the war to win! The day that Rock Scene talked to Neal Smith and Paul Roy they had just come to New Haven for a gig at "The Great American Saloon," having journeyed down from a very successful show at "Uncle Sam's" in Boston. We arrived late and Dennis Dunaway and David Stackman had to leave. We're sorry we couldn't talk to all four Tigers, but two Tigers at a time are plenty....

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Constrictor Review
(Rock Scene, 1987-05-00)

On the last day of eighth grade, some of my buddies and I had the bright idea of tapping in to the school PA system just before the bell rang and blasting "School's Out" throughout the school to celebrate our ascension to high school. It didn't come off, but it's nice to contemplate such dreams of glory while listening to Alice Cooper's latest LP, Constrictor. Everything I ever loved about Alice is in there....

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Alice Cooper
(Rock Scene, 1990-11-00)

Alice Cooper. The stage shows. The anthems. The name itself. There ain't a high schooler out there that hasn't been heard to exclaim "SCHOOL'S OUT FOREVER!" 'round the time graduation day rolls around....

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