Eric McFadden recently made a peculiar acoustic tribute to Alice Cooper, in a very good way. I give it thumbs up and I believe 'Laughing At Me' and 'Former Lee Warmer' are my favourites amongst others gems.
If you haven't heard it then have listen here (or on Spotify):
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=O ... uzg6YbCEl4
Eric McFadden Tribute
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Eric McFadden Tribute
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Re: Eric McFadden Tribute
Just listened to it. Thought it was a really interesting take on some top notch Alice material.
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Re: Eric McFadden Tribute
I appreciate the track list, thats a man who knows his coop! Its really not for me tho, I dig his versions of former lee warmer and it's me but the rest is waaaaaaay too lounge room stuff.
So while i want to support it, i just cant justify buying an album where i will never listen to these versions over the originals.
So while i want to support it, i just cant justify buying an album where i will never listen to these versions over the originals.
Re: Eric McFadden Tribute
I wasn't going to bother with this, since 'tribute' albums are usually dire. But I gave it a listen on Spotify and was astonished at just how good it is.
The song selections are wonderfully eclectic for starters. McFadden gives Hail To Hell a sort of overarching bare bones Americana feel. Crazy Little Child sounds like George Formby in Hawaii!! There's obviously been a lot of love and attention spent on the record; all the little instrumental tangents that it goes off on. Vocally, he tries on various guises, which adds to the interest. The Millie & Billie duet with Kate Vargas is excellent.
For me the only song that doesn't work is Desperado; too slavish a copy of the original. Overall though, this is stratospheres better than any other Cooper tribute album I've ever heard. It's not the usual auto-pilot, karaoke, 'rawk'. It sounds fresh, modern, original, and rather haunting. It certainly shows up The Hollywood Vampires covers album for the risible nonsense that it was.
The song selections are wonderfully eclectic for starters. McFadden gives Hail To Hell a sort of overarching bare bones Americana feel. Crazy Little Child sounds like George Formby in Hawaii!! There's obviously been a lot of love and attention spent on the record; all the little instrumental tangents that it goes off on. Vocally, he tries on various guises, which adds to the interest. The Millie & Billie duet with Kate Vargas is excellent.
For me the only song that doesn't work is Desperado; too slavish a copy of the original. Overall though, this is stratospheres better than any other Cooper tribute album I've ever heard. It's not the usual auto-pilot, karaoke, 'rawk'. It sounds fresh, modern, original, and rather haunting. It certainly shows up The Hollywood Vampires covers album for the risible nonsense that it was.