Alice in TO @ the Youth Pavilion Aug. 1968! 1st hand account

[Toronto Bob]

Saw this at Nash the Slash's site. He has a bunch of nice photos and humorous write ups of the shows he saw back in the day. Excellent stuff

"August 1968. The Canadian National Exhibition (aka CNE, The Ex) is a yearly late-summer event in Toronto and features a midway, plus pavilions full of food and other obvious consumer stuff plus lots of music concerts.

The family-friendly artists like Tom Jones or The Carpenters would play at The Grandstand (an outdoor gig of 15,000 that Alice would do in the very-near future).

That summer, there was an indoor gig called the 'Youth Pavilion'. On a hot afternoon about 3 pm, performing on a three-foot high portable stage, Alice Cooper made his Canadian debut. The group was one of many unheralded bands to play the venue.

No make-up, no props, just this grungy band from Detroit who were not only noisy but great fun to watch, especially Alice.

He snarled around the stage, while the guitars screeched through fuzz-boxes.

I was among a lucky crowd of 50 or so 'youths' who were witness to greatness in the making and didn't know it. At least I have the pictures to prove it."

Go here http://www.nashtheslash.com/news/ and click the Rock Photos gravestone. Then click around - nice site.

[moonshadow]

Cool! Thanks for the link Toronto Bob. Great site.

[Guilty]

wish we could see more photos of this era.
nice one Toronto bob.

[Shoesalesman]

I was reading about this show in the TIMELINES section on this site.

I will ask again, as this question went unanswered months ago... did Alice use a toy gun that shoots ping-pong balls during this show? And I realize it said "no props" in the first post.

Weird question... but I have my reasons.

[daytripper63]

Thanks for link....nice old pictures.

[lattss]

Cool.I always think it's great to look at pictures of the band from back then.Thanks.

[Jason]

Thanks man! Very cool indeed!