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by guttertrash
Thu Oct 25, 2018 9:48 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Alice Coopergroup - Record Store Day release
Replies: 81
Views: 31392

Re: Alice Coopergroup - Record Store Day release

I just don’t see how it is an issue. Most albums are released on vinyl, CD, and digital today, and there are plenty of albums with limited vinyl pressings that fetch more or around what you can get for most of your mass produced 70s and 80s albums, and those original vinyls resell prices haven’t bee...
by guttertrash
Wed Oct 24, 2018 4:36 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Alice Coopergroup - Record Store Day release
Replies: 81
Views: 31392

Re: Alice Coopergroup - Record Store Day release

I’m not sure why releasing an album digitally months down the road is an issue. We are talking such a limited pressing that there should be plenty of demand for the physical product to help push people into the stores for record store day. If there isn’t enough demand for a physical product to the p...
by guttertrash
Tue Sep 04, 2018 10:59 pm
Forum: Alice Cooper - On Tour
Topic: Cop cars, gay bars on your precious street
Replies: 17
Views: 12600

Re: Cop cars, gay bars on your precious street

I find this to be a rather interesting situation, because I definitely could see how in the 80s, Alice was mocking the worldview of the conservatives who were afraid of where the world was heading which has kind of come full circle also. I know that Alice has tried to stay out of the political world...
by guttertrash
Tue Sep 04, 2018 9:42 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 4 new albums announced
Replies: 86
Views: 36083

Re: 4 new albums announced

Danny Saber was and is still known as a remix guy. Greg being a rock guy should have at least been able to get some good sounding tones, but it all just sounds rather cheap and demo quality.
by guttertrash
Sat Sep 01, 2018 11:04 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: A Paranormal Evening at The Olympia
Replies: 46
Views: 18212

Re: A Paranormal Evening at The Olympia

It sounds great. Everything is great in execution, and the band shows that they can play every era well, but Pain is the only song that gave me any interest in the album. Paranoiac Personality is definitely the low point to me as it plods along and sounds as uninteresting to me as the album version....
by guttertrash
Sat Sep 01, 2018 10:52 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 4 new albums announced
Replies: 86
Views: 36083

Re: 4 new albums announced

[quote=Si post_id=299787 time=<a href="tel:1534116024">1534116024</a> user_id=488] [quote=Railwayman post_id=299786 time=<a href="tel:1534106351">1534106351</a> user_id=442] Would also like to give the current touring band the opportunity to contribute but wonder if they have the time or inclinatio...
by guttertrash
Tue Jul 17, 2018 7:13 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Sorry,....Hollywood Vampires....
Replies: 32
Views: 13681

Re: Sorry,....Hollywood Vampires....

Nita Strauss at the end of an Alice show always gets the second loudest response from fans (right next to Alice of course). She is a tremendous talent that has added so much to Alice's band in my opinion. I was recently having a discussion with a group of people who spent as much time talking about...
by guttertrash
Mon Jul 16, 2018 2:48 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Sorry,....Hollywood Vampires....
Replies: 32
Views: 13681

Re: Sorry,....Hollywood Vampires....

First, let me say anything the great Nita Strauss is involved in, I am buying. I can't wait for her solo album and I love what she has brought to Alice's band and I hope they do an album together as I miss the soaring guitar solos, etc. I don't have a ton of interest in the Hollywood Vampires proje...
by guttertrash
Sat Jul 14, 2018 12:02 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Sorry,....Hollywood Vampires....
Replies: 32
Views: 13681

Re: Sorry,....Hollywood Vampires....

I’m not a fan of the covers show, and I wouldn’t buy the album or go to the show as it is. If they stick to playing mostly cover, I will definitely still continue to stay away. I have no desire to watch a cover band even if it is made up of two of my favorite musicians. It just doesn’t intersst me n...
by guttertrash
Wed May 23, 2018 7:44 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: another 3 new color vinyl reissues
Replies: 35
Views: 12939

Re: another 3 new color vinyl reissues

Dear god! some people on here are the voice of doom!!! Lots of Alice albums being re-released with a bit of fan fare and the group of people who should be happy about it are doing the usual griping!!! I've bought LTD, WTMN, and SF. My black vinyl copies had scratches and jumps! I've never had TLT o...
by guttertrash
Tue May 22, 2018 9:38 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: another 3 new color vinyl reissues
Replies: 35
Views: 12939

Re: another 3 new color vinyl reissues

So many special and limited editions that nothing seems special or limited anymore. The most special thing that could happen is to press some black vinyl considering that it holds up better and has less chance of having issues in general than colored vinyl. I'm worn out with this vinyl explosion an...
by guttertrash
Tue May 22, 2018 4:08 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: another 3 new color vinyl reissues
Replies: 35
Views: 12939

Re: another 3 new color vinyl reissues

So many special and limited editions that nothing seems special or limited anymore. The most special thing that could happen is to press some black vinyl considering that it holds up better and has less chance of having issues in general than colored vinyl. I'm worn out with this vinyl explosion an...
by guttertrash
Wed May 02, 2018 1:44 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: I still think Paranormal is mediocre........
Replies: 53
Views: 20503

Re: I still think Paranormal is mediocre........

Ezrin apparently thought it made more sense to ripoff the likes of Jimi Hendrix, ZZ Top, and other classic rockers than create an album that actually sounds like Alice Cooper. I'm really not getting the bob ezrin hate here. He seems to pull the better stuff out of alice recently in my opinion. I kn...
by guttertrash
Tue May 01, 2018 5:53 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: I still think Paranormal is mediocre........
Replies: 53
Views: 20503

Re: I still think Paranormal is mediocre........

I forgot about that, what happened to the whole killer vibe he was talking about in interviews, is there a whole raft of other songs sitting there to be finished? not sure I have seen him mention it since Ezrin apparently thought it made more sense to ripoff the likes of Jimi Hendrix, ZZ Top, and o...
by guttertrash
Tue May 01, 2018 1:28 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Ryan Roxie: "This is Alice's most cohesive band"
Replies: 30
Views: 11348

Re: Ryan Roxie: "This is Alice's most cohesive band"

I just feel like you are basing attributions of the band of that era on things that are not comparable to the current lineup. Alice has decided to not play the older material like it was played in the 80s, and I don't feel like that is due to Ryan Roxie not being able to play it. You can always find...
by guttertrash
Sat Apr 28, 2018 10:12 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Ryan Roxie: "This is Alice's most cohesive band"
Replies: 30
Views: 11348

Re: Ryan Roxie: "This is Alice's most cohesive band"

Cohesive band is a loaded statement if ever I heard it but I think this. Alice had several great live bands, I personally think outside of the original unit (which obviously started out as close as anyone can get and quickly dissolved ) I think the 86/88 years were the best. The band leader was kan...
by guttertrash
Fri Apr 27, 2018 7:46 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: I still think Paranormal is mediocre........
Replies: 53
Views: 20503

Re: I still think Paranormal is mediocre........

I think the first half has some decent stuff, the second half sounds like it falls apart (Although I really like Private Public Breakdown.) I think a couple of issues here are that Alice doesn't seem to have a real song-writing partner anymore (I know you could argue Bob Ezrin is, but how much is A...
by guttertrash
Thu Apr 26, 2018 7:14 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: I still think Paranormal is mediocre........
Replies: 53
Views: 20503

Re: I still think Paranormal is mediocre........

You And All Your Friends, The Sound Of A, and Fireball are all great compositions (Dennis creates some great blueprints to build a song on). Tommy also brought a classic Alice vibe with Rats. Glad that it features the guys. Sadly I don't care to listen to any of them due to way too much low-end and ...
by guttertrash
Tue Apr 24, 2018 11:18 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: I still think Paranormal is mediocre........
Replies: 53
Views: 20503

Re: I still think Paranormal is mediocre........

I think the last two Alice albums have been ho-hum; plus HVs was crap. They're a mish mash of superfluous guests; a handful of great songs, derailed by another handful of 'goofy' nonentities; slick, yet soulless. Why not use ACG, or the touring band, for a whole album? At least that would lend some...
by guttertrash
Tue Apr 24, 2018 10:49 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Ryan Roxie: "This is Alice's most cohesive band"
Replies: 30
Views: 11348

Re: Ryan Roxie: "This is Alice's most cohesive band"

I wonder if the other members prefer to have their own projects or if they would rather work with Alice full-time and just have the projects since they are not writing and recording with Alice and also have downtime sometimes since Alice is doing the HV shows. It was originally mentioned that the W...