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by cooperrocks
Sun Mar 24, 2024 3:52 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Unleashed Spirits
Replies: 6
Views: 437

Re: Unleashed Spirits

This is just me thinking outloud but a few observations. The Hollywood Vampires sort of have an interesting trajectory in my opinion. They have only put out two albums, one almost entirely covers and the other almost entirely original material. It is kind of interesting, the popularity they have con...
by cooperrocks
Sun Mar 24, 2024 3:47 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Alice band members past and present best albums
Replies: 18
Views: 944

Re: Alice band members past and present best albums

Besides Alice's long solo career (which I enjoy even more than the original band as great as they are), here goes with the other members. With the original guys, Dennis Dunaway's "Bones From the Yard" is a masterpiece. It legitimately could be an Alice album and it rocks from start to finish. If you...
by cooperrocks
Mon Feb 26, 2024 3:55 pm
Forum: Dr. Dreary's Secret Dungeon
Topic: Generative AI
Replies: 3
Views: 879

Re: Generative AI

Dreary wrote:
Sun Feb 18, 2024 5:48 am
Artistic expression should come from the heart but I'm sure that AI is here to stay.
I saw a few reviews the other day of Ace Frehley's new album and one of the reviews said the lyrics sounded like it came from AI. My first thought was, "Uh Oh."
by cooperrocks
Wed Feb 21, 2024 10:47 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Alice UK presale 10am tomorrow
Replies: 51
Views: 4821

Re: Alice UK presale 10am tomorrow

I will speak on the U.S. experience of Presales these days. There was a time, for a short while, that doing a Presale could score you some great seats and you know you were set. But these days that is long over. One, a lot of times Scalpers will buy up entire rows of seats and as Si said unless you ...
by cooperrocks
Mon Feb 19, 2024 3:50 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Alice Songs That Went Over Well Live but Are Rarely Played
Replies: 31
Views: 4403

Re: Alice Songs That Went Over Well Live but Are Rarely Played

The only way to create new "stage favourites" is to play them live a fair amount. If you don`t play new songs for more than a few months and then drop them forever, they can NEVER become new stage hits. Of course that still doesn't mean it works for every song, but if you don`t play them it can nev...
by cooperrocks
Sun Feb 18, 2024 5:26 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Alice Songs That Went Over Well Live but Are Rarely Played
Replies: 31
Views: 4403

Re: Alice Songs That Went Over Well Live but Are Rarely Played

I can’t make up my mind on this. As has already been said, there are quite a few songs which just don’t get a reaction when played. Would the reputation of Alice’s shows stand up for long if 50% of the set fell into that category. I suspect audiences on subsequent tours might dwindle quite quickly....
by cooperrocks
Thu Feb 15, 2024 4:52 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Alice Songs That Went Over Well Live but Are Rarely Played
Replies: 31
Views: 4403

Re: Alice Songs That Went Over Well Live but Are Rarely Played

Model citizen was superb live as was grim facts. The last temptation tour is the only one I have missed so I would love to hear sideshow. Would also love to hear public animal no. 9 again. You know it's funny. When Alice played Public Animal No.9 and Long Way to Go back in 2016, I was very surprise...
by cooperrocks
Mon Feb 12, 2024 12:08 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Alice Songs That Went Over Well Live but Are Rarely Played
Replies: 31
Views: 4403

Re: Alice Songs That Went Over Well Live but Are Rarely Played

Hello Hooray featured as an opener on both the Bare Bones / The Eyes Of Alice Cooper (2003 to 2004) and Raise The Dead (2012 to 2015) tours. The rare live tracks I really liked were Wind Up Toy, Gutter Cat vs. The Jets (with the street fight) and Dragontown. Good grief you are right. The sad thing ...
by cooperrocks
Sat Feb 10, 2024 4:49 pm
Forum: Alice Cooper - On Tour
Topic: 2024
Replies: 29
Views: 14508

Re: 2024

I actually like shows where there are multiple bands but frankly I would love to see Alice go back to doing tours where he has an opener play 35-45 minutes and then he does a full show.
by cooperrocks
Sat Feb 10, 2024 4:38 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Alice Songs That Went Over Well Live but Are Rarely Played
Replies: 31
Views: 4403

Alice Songs That Went Over Well Live but Are Rarely Played

Whenever Alice is off tour, it is always a good time for the random question. I was thinking about songs that Alice played perhaps only on one tour or hasn't played in years that always got good crowd responses. Are there any songs that the crowd reacted to positively (not necessarily your own prefe...
by cooperrocks
Fri Feb 02, 2024 4:08 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: New Beasto Blanco First Single Out
Replies: 6
Views: 1515

New Beasto Blanco First Single Out

I hope its okay to post this but considering Chuck Garric is Alice's long-time bass player and of course Calico is Alice's daughter, it seems appropriate. Beasto Blanco has released the first single of their upcoming album, I personally love it because I like a lot of heavier music. I have always th...
by cooperrocks
Sun Jan 28, 2024 5:37 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The 'Secret' Next Album
Replies: 67
Views: 16471

Re: The 'Secret' Next Album

Just throwing it out there... no one has said that any future band album will actually be the next album released... Just saying. Absolutely. Plus even if the next one is a band album, I think people are assuming that means sometime later this year. Alice didn't really promote last year's Road albu...
by cooperrocks
Mon Jan 22, 2024 4:44 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Saxon -From The Inside
Replies: 7
Views: 1549

Re: Saxon -From The Inside

Saxon are one of my favorite bands. Great cover!
by cooperrocks
Mon Jan 22, 2024 12:28 am
Forum: Alice Cooper - On Tour
Topic: 2024
Replies: 29
Views: 14508

Re: 2024

rodentdog wrote:
Thu Jan 04, 2024 10:23 pm
Where are the US dates?
More than likely it appears not until the Fall meaning there wont be any US dates probably announced for a while but should be coming out soon.
by cooperrocks
Mon Jan 08, 2024 4:00 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The Beginning of the Comeback of Alice Cooper (1986)
Replies: 10
Views: 1951

The Beginning of the Comeback of Alice Cooper (1986)

Hey everyone. This question is aimed for those of us who have been an Alice fan since at least the mid 80's. While most would cite 1989 as Alice's true comeback due to the tremendous success of the Trash album, it was really 1986 when the comeback began. Constrictor, while not a major hit, did okay ...
by cooperrocks
Wed Jan 03, 2024 4:49 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The 'Secret' Next Album
Replies: 67
Views: 16471

Re: The 'Secret' Next Album

I'm rapidly approaching 70. I bought my first AC record in '69. and everything since then. I would also like a record with longer and maybe somewhat darker songs. The emphasis is on "would have" I'm actually grateful for every new album that AC records that I can still listen to. For me, the “probl...
by cooperrocks
Tue Jan 02, 2024 5:56 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The 'Secret' Next Album
Replies: 67
Views: 16471

Re: The 'Secret' Next Album

For me it is just a case of anything can wear thin after a while. Ezrin is a legend no doubt, but when you do several albums in a row with basically the same formula it becomes "just another album." As I have stated many times before I am actually a bigger Alice solo fan than the original band thoug...
by cooperrocks
Thu Dec 28, 2023 12:31 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The 'Secret' Next Album
Replies: 67
Views: 16471

Re: The 'Secret' Next Album

While I am a slightly bigger fan of solo Alice than the original band material, if the original band were part of a tour then they definitely would only do their own songs. But there also lies the problem. Alice does a lot of festival shows overseas etc. He has to do stuff like Poison, etc for those...
by cooperrocks
Fri Dec 22, 2023 11:50 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The 'Secret' Next Album
Replies: 67
Views: 16471

Re: The 'Secret' Next Album

Likely will be called "secret" just like the very thought out title of "road". I think we'll have a cover by Photoshop. I think the songs will be a mixed bag as usual along with a cover of some Detroit band. I'm sure there will be a few guests and wouldn't be surprised if one is Orianthi. Also, I w...
by cooperrocks
Thu Dec 14, 2023 5:47 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Desmond Child Thoughts
Replies: 6
Views: 3124

Re: Desmond Child Thoughts

I watched the video and thought Desmond Child came across as very arrogant frankly. He seemed to almost brag about all the guests he brought in for the Trash album. In other words, some name dropping going on and it is kind of ironic that Bob Ezrin (And yes I think the Ezrin creative well has run dr...