This long review sums up the movie as 'flawed but fascinating'. http://www.mysteriousuniverse.org/2014/04/super-duper/ The reviewer has some strong words of support for ACG and AC, plus a royal slagging off for Bowie: "The documentary aims to place Alice in his rightful context as an original who ha...

My friends knew I was an AC fan but I made sure they didn't hear the hair metal albums or even see them (the album cover for RYFAY was horrible). Apart from being a wonderful album, the 'Dada' cover is stupendous as well. Even 'SF' and 'ZCS' have quirkily interesting covers. But 'Constrictor' and '...

It's pointless really to consider the 'what might have beens', re Alice's 1986 comeback. The facts are that he hitched his wagon to the prevailing US hair metal scene, releasing a trio of financially successful albums - with equally successful tours - which culminated in the megabucks 'Trash'. My op...

I always try very hard not to think about - let alone listen to - Alice's hair-metal, bandwagon-jumping records. (Although I do retain a soft spot for 'Poison'.) They're my own personal 'blackout albums'. For me, 'Dada' and 'TLT' are perfect musical bookends; both artistically great and both borne o...

For me, 'Dada' reinforces the notion that adversity often creates the greatest music - 'tortured artist' territory basically. Alice, at crisis point with his health, personal life and career summons up one of the most musically accomplished and literate albums of his entire career. Three years later...

>Love how the guys asking the questions obviously know their AC, They did a good job but they didn't seem to know the chronology particularly well (for example, when they asked whether Dick and Alice ever performed any songs from the album on the Australian tour which actually happened six year bef...

Just finished listening. It's a brilliant broadcast. Love how the guys asking the questions obviously know their AC, and Dick's detailed recollections and insights are simply spellbinding. I'd never heard the story of the two waitresses - who became the 'Scarlet And Sheba' characters - before, plus ...

The reviewer repeats the standard mantra that Alice didn't care about anything except making money and being famous, that he had no artistic interest in what he was doing. The reviewer also says the music didn't matter to Alice or the band. Very few music critics ever liked Alice Cooper, even back ...

The deluxe edition has finally appeared on Amazon UK. Pre-order price of £29.55.

It gets three stars in the latest edition of Mojo music magazine. The reviewer writes that it's 'a playful study' but 'Banger don't enjoy quite the level of access that made the films about Rush and Iron Maiden so special.' There's praise for the Montreal Uni show that's included with the extras.

Here's another one: http://www.theupcoming.co.uk/super-duper/ One thing that made me laugh is the assertion that beyond the big hit singles 'the Cooper discography isn't exactly oozing with memorable songs'. That's been a theme in quite a few of the critics' reviews, and I can only conclude that - a...

As I didn't get to see the movie, due to ill-health unfortunately, I obviously can't comment yet on its merits or otherwise. I'm looking forward though to buying the deluxe edition, hopefully at a reasonable price! I've really enjoyed reading the comments, and it's always interesting how people perc...

'Spin CDs', based in Newcastle, are going to be selling the deluxe edition! Just type in Super Duper and up it pops for pre-order at £34.99, free postage. (Amazon UK haven't listed anything yet, beyond the ordinary DVD.)

http://www.spincds.com

Well here's a good, long review by bona fide music critic, Eric Cohen. He has the odd nitpick, but is generally very positive calling the movie: 'a very entertaining look at a cultural icon' and 'pretty damn engrossing, aided no less by the honesty and self depreciating humour of the subject himself...

Regarding the covers album, does this mean there will be a tour based around it when it eventually comes out .... Hmm, isn`t that what we have HAD for the last two years? Or does he mean a show with even more covers?!?!? Well, I've just looked into my crystal ball for next year, and it seems AC wil...

Every time I hear a Kiss record I think of a cash register. So, they could have the world's biggest till trundled on stage to go 'Kerching' as an apt induction.

>but I am struggling getting a set definition that I am happy with. That is a good point because concolz didn't explain what it means. After reading the Alice vs Bowie debates on the other thread, I'd come across an article about artistic relevance - which strangely enough singled out Bowie as a pr...

There's been an interesting debate on another thread regarding AC vs David Bowie. Most music critics, with the exception of a period in the 80's, have always viewed DB as being artistically relevant right up to the present. Alice Cooper never had many journos championing them even at their peak, whi...

I don't see/hear a problem with Alice's vocals at all. To be honest, I think an older age 'look' plus a raspier voice suits the Alice character better than when he was younger. He sounded superb at Cropredy last year; many of the non-fan folkies commented afterwards not just about the magnificent sh...

jesus wept. even filtering the troll ruins this site cos threads turn into huge lists of people bitching back and forth pointlessly in the must-have-last-word garbage of the average 6-year-old. I heartily agree. Is it an excess of male testosterone or just narcissism run rampant? Whatever the initi...