Alice Gaga

After pop star Lady Gaga posted a photo of herself and Alice on twitter yesterday the UK press seem to have made up text to go with it with the Daily Star deciding it means the pair will appear together at some point during May's Brazil shows. As far as I know this is based on nothing more than this photo. There's also a photo of photo of Robert Patterson and Alice backstage at the Late show appearance.
Posted on 28 Mar 2011

Alice In Turkey

Alice Cooper have been announced as playing the Istanbul, Turkey Sonisphere festival on June 19th.

Sheryl Cooper was honoured by the Phoenix Business Journal as one of their top 25 'Businesswomen in the Valley' at the Arizona Biltmore Resort and Spa on Tuesday night. Honorees were chosen by their peers, colleagues and the Business Journal’s news staff for their professional accomplishments, leadership and community involvement. Alice accompanied his wife to the awards.

Kane Roberts will be returning to live performances and performing at Firefest in Nottingham Rock City on 22nd October backed by 'Talon'.
Posted on 24 Mar 2011

Going To Brazil

Three shows in south America have appeared for June. They are:
May 31st - Porto Alegre, Brazil Pepsi On Stage
2nd June - São Paulo, Brazil @ Credicard Hall
3rd June - Curitiba, Brazil @ Master Hall
AC.com has VIP tickets coming it seems.

There's also a new US show for 21st August at the Count Basie Theatre, Red Bank, NJ. Appears tickets are on sale now.

The first full episode of Ryan Roxie's 'Big Rock Show is now up and running at http://bigrockshow.se/ so remember to go check out Roxie and guest Zak Wylde.

Karen Ann Hunter (a.k.a. The Deaconness) has posted a few blog reports at her site about husband Steve Hunter's recent AC activities. Make sure you check out her recent album "Empty Spaces" which of course features Steve.
Posted on 23 Mar 2011

Catching Up

Back home finally so I'll try and catch up on stuff that has happened over the weekend. Appologies if any of this is repeated or anything I miss.

Fuse TV have added a couple more clips from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame events last week including a full version of the band playing 'School's Out'. From what I've heard Fuse disapointingly only aired a heavy edited version of the show at the weekend which seems a bit of a wasted opportunity, athough maybe more will be aired at some stage. For an alternative fan filmed clip hilighting the SO Kids from the NYC Ronald Macdonald home check out this video which included some more of Alice's speech. Rob Zombie's Speech can be seen here. There is also the closing titles from the Fuse show showing Alice singing 'Da Do Ron Ron' and showing the band's thanks listings.

Superfan Paul Brenton and Renne Dunaway held a party Sunday night at the R bar in NYC for Dennis Dunaway. Dennis and Blue Coupe played a couple tunes and all the members from Dennis' other bands (of recent years) DDP and 5th Avenue Vampires were in attendence. They also aired an uncut version of Rob Zombie's induction speech. Check out videos here and here.
(Thanks Jim)

Alice's solo appearance on the Jay Leno Show featured 'School's Out' with the house band and a surprise appearance by Dweezil Zappa, and there's a short interview clip from the show here. Clips from the 'Hoppus' appearance is also up there here, here and here as well as a show promo.

AC.com have released a short promo advert for the forthcoming Boxset which you can see on YouTube. Also on Youtube check out this interview clip of Alice chatting and putting on his makeup.

And while at youTube check out this clip I don`t think I've mentioned which is a Arizona PSU advert from Alice, an advert for the Indiana show and a promo for the forthcoming Alice Cooper Group performance at the Golden Gods awards show in LA.

Alice has commented in the current celebrity trainwreck that is Charlie Sheen over at Digital Spy.
Posted on 23 Mar 2011

Leno Tonight

As mentioned a couple of weeks ago Alice Cooper is listed as a guest on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" on NBC tonight. the full broadcast will be available sometime afterwards on the show website.

Alice and Rob Zombie will also appear on Fuse TV tonight on "Hoppus On Music" at 11pm.

Alice was a guest on the "Joy Behar Show" yesterday and you can see two videos from the show at the show website.

One I missed previously was Alice's appearance on "Wreaker In The Morning" on 104.9 The Eagle Tuesday which you can listen to at Blabbermouth.

The Telegraph (UK) has an article on Alice Cooper and the Hall of Fame.

Alice has donated a signed Fender guitar to the 'Fayetteville Lions Club' to be auctioned on April 2nd at the Fayetteville Church of God activity building.

We've mentioned it before, but the "Big Rock Show with Ryan Roxie" is all ready to debut on March 23rd and now has it's own website at bigrockshow.se! The web show sees our (other) hero interview stars from the rock and roll world weekly and will be distributed by Aftonbladet.se media group (the largest and most well circulated media company in Sweden). Check out the latest promo below featuring Black Label Society and former Ozzy guitarist Zak Wylde.

I will be out of action for the next week or so which means there won`t be any minor news updates for a few days (we'll try and get any BIG news up here but can`t promise it) so as always when this happens I suggest keeping an eye on the STUK forums for any news updates.
Posted on 18 Mar 2011

Hall Of Fame

Reports are starting to filter in with information about just what happened last night in New York when the Alice Cooper band were finally inducted into the 'Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame'.
Rolling Stone confirms Rob Zombie joined the band for 'School's Out' (one of three songs they performed) which also included a "small pack of school children wearing make up like Alice's', and the snake made an appearance. Said Alice: "I hope I never outgrow a Pete Townsend windmill chord," he said. "I hope I never outgrow a Jeff Beck lead guitar. I wish I could tell you that being in the Hall now, we'll never embarrass you, but I really can't make that promise. After all, we are Alice Cooper. It's what we do."
The official Alice Cooper YouTube channel have posted a clip of 'Eighteen'.
Newsday, Reuters, and Getty Images (lots of small pics unless you are a member) have a few photos with I'm sure many more to follow over the course of today.
Posted on 15 Mar 2011

New Box Set Announced

Box set

AC.com have just announced the following amazing new package which is now available for pre-order:

Available June, 2011
"The Old School 1964-1974 Box Set", comes in a commemorative 12 inch square "school desk" box and includes:

4 CDs from the years 1964-1974:
Disc 1: Demos, rarities, live, and advertisements
Disc 2: Demos from "Muscle of Love," a pre-production of songs from "Schools Out,"1973 Madison Square Garden live track, and advertisements.
Disc 3: Spoken word
Disc 4: Live show of the 1971 "Killer" tour in St. Louis
DVD (single disc in Amaray case) with 3 never before seen features (over 2 hours)
64 page, full-color yearbook style book with hard front & back cover:
Period pictures of all band members, many never before seen
Book written by Lonn Friend, a well-known heavy metal journalist
Gatefold folder containing: 2 tour programs, ticket stubs, set list, 5 prints
Bootleg Vinyl: 1971 "Killer" live show in St. Louis
7in Vinyl: Songs "Wonder Whose Lovin' Her Now" & "Lay Down & Die, Goodbye" from The Nazz
* IMMEDIATE DOWNLOAD of the "Elected" Music Video (AliceCooper.com Exclusive)- Available as a M4V or MOV download as soon as you complete the pre-order transaction.
You can pre-order the set now from AmazonUK and AmazonUS.

Posted on 15 Mar 2011

Press

Two short video clips of the Alice Cooper band rehearsing have been released on YouTube. Check them out here. There are also some photos from the rehearsals on the official facebook page.

Fuse TV have posted a couple of clips from the Alice Cooper and Rob Zombie documentaries "Mad Genius" which started to air last night and will be repeated. You can check them out on their YouTube channel here.

Detroit News has an article about the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame induction.

Several places have been filing reports about the Tuscon charity show a couple of nights ago where Alice performed 'School's Out' and 'Eighteen' . KOLD and Fox AZ have video with a few words from Alice, M & C has some photos, LA Times, Reuters, AZCentral, mentions.
Posted on 12 Mar 2011

New Press

The Arizona Republic has an article/interview with the original band. They also have a great new interview with Sheryl Cooper. On top of that they are also reprinting a 1999 article about Glen Buxton.

Alice Cooper features in the next episode of a half hour documentary show on Fuse channel in the USA entitled "Mad Genius" which will air this Friday March 11th at 10pm. This is followed by an episode on Rob Zombie.
Posted on 10 Mar 2011

USA Today

USA Today has a new interview and video with Alice in which he talks about the new 'Welcome 2 My Nightmare' album and the Hall of Fame induction (which will air on Fuse TV on March 20th).

The Revolver 'Golden Gods' Award show, which will feature a performance by the Original Alice Cooper Band will be aired in VH1 classic on May 28th.

Gibson.com chats with Michael Bruce about his role in the band. W2MN and the Hall of Fame.

MPR News have resurrected and old 2007 Alice interview (audio) which you may not have heard before.

Alice Cooper will be featured in "Rock N' Roll Exposed", a new series about photographer Bob Gruen, beginning 21st March on the Sky Arts 1 HD and Sky Arts 1 channels in the UK.

Dennis Dunaway will be appearing with Blue Coupe buddies Joe and Albert Bouchard along with Tich and Snooky at 'Joe Hurley's 12th Annual Irish Rock Review' which takes place at the Highline Ballroom in NYC on March 12th.
Blue Coupe then play the R Bar in Manhatten on March 17th and will also appear at the annual Chiller Theater Expo in New Jersey at the end of April.

The ultra rare 1970 Alice Cooper appearance on the 'Barry Richards Show' is getting a DVD release in May entitled "The Barry Richards TV Collection Volume 1. Turn-On, Groove In and Rock Out". The bands performance on the show has previously only existed in fan circles in extremely poor quality.
Posted on 08 Mar 2011

New Tour And Band Line Up

For Alice Cooper's "No More Mr Nice Guy" summer tour, May-August 2011, Alice has announced a revamped band line-up. The tour will kick off in North America May 12-21, then go to South America May 25-June 3, and England & Europe June 7-July 16, before returning to North America again for the month of August.

Alice is bringing back to his stage show guitarist Steve Hunter, who famously toured and recorded with him for several years. Additionally, Tommy Henriksen will be replacing Keri Kelli on guitar, and Damon Johnson will be continuing with the band, making for a three guitar attack.

Glen Sobel will be joining the band on drums, replacing Jimmy DeGrasso, while bassist Chuck Garric will continue to anchor the rhythm section.

Said Alice, "Steve's always been one of my favorite guitarists since the first time I ever heard him play, and I've been working with Tommy a lot on the new album. Oh, and yes, a new snake might make the band lineup...you never know. We will miss Jimmy and Keri, but I know we will be sharing a stage again in the future."
Posted on 07 Mar 2011

Devil Side Canceled

The "Devil Side Festival" in Oberhausen, Germany, where Alice was due to appear on July 2nd, has been cancelled. The festival's promoters have released a statement on their homepage stating too much competition from "The Big 4" show in nearby Gelsenkirchen as the reason for the cancellation of "Devil Side". Metallica, Slayer, Anthrax and Megadeth are due to appear at Gelsenkirchen (Schalke) football stadium the same day.
Posted on 05 Mar 2011

Alice In Indiana

According to AC.com Alice Cooper will be playing the Horseshoe Casino in Elizabeth, Indiana on May 12th.

Damon Johnson will be performing with Black Jacket Symphony on Friday June 3rd when the band will perform The Beatles 'Sgt Pepper's' album along with various other Beatles hits at the Alabama Theatre.

'In The Studio' will be dedicating two radio shows to Alice Cooper on the eve of the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame induction. The first this week will concentrate on the 'Love It To Death' and 'Killer' abums while next week they will cover 'Billion Dollar Babies'. These shows are presumably updated versions of the previously aired specials on the same subjects.

Michael Bruce makes an appearance on the new Ant-Bee album entitled 'Electric Church Music'. Ant-Bee is the stage name of writer and musician Billy James, who co-wrote Michaels book 'No More Mr Nice Guy'. Ant-Bee's last album 'Lunar Musik' featured a host of celebrities including Michael, Neal Smith and Glen Buxton.
Posted on 04 Mar 2011