Highway81Revisited.com Interviews Alice Cooper

[AlongCameASpider27]

http://highway81revisited.com/a-convers ... -part-two/

Information includes brief mentions of the new covers album, etc.

[mestreech]

From that interview :

H81R: Are you working on a new album?

AC: I just finished the bed tracks for a new album in Los Angeles. There’s about seven vocals that I finished and I have about five or six vocals I need to finish, then that album’s done.

I have never done a covers album, and I decided to cover all my dead drunk friends. All the guys I used to drink with, we had a drinking club called the Hollywood Vampires. And so I’m covering Harry Nilsson, John Lennon, Keith Moon, Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, The Small Faces, T Rex. It’s one of those things where all of the guys I used to drink with are gone, so we are covering those songs.

H81R: Do you have a title?

AC: Not yet. Bob Ezrin’s producing, so it’s a really good hard rock album.

[scotty]

I think the mention of "dead drunk friends" could be a hint of what way he's leaning. I like
"Hollywood vampires" myself though!

[tuneylune]

With all the bands mentioned, will be interesting to see what the tracks will be.

[Mr.Bluelegs]

Always thought Alice should cover "The Monster Mash".

[RemarkablyInsincere]

I'm guessing there will be a Monkees track on here too. Didn't Alice say that Micky Dolenz was going to guest?

That would be awesome to hear Alice do Pleasant Valley Sunday or The Last Train To Clarksville.

[scotty]

oh,that would be cool! how about "steppin' stone"? I always thought that was one of their better rocking tracks.

[VinceRaven]

Since Mickey Dolenz isn't dead it would kind of make the Monkees track different from the others. If he was to guest on the album that would be good, being a Hollywood Vampire and all. Doubt he'd get any drumming duties but the man can certainly sing.

[Rhapsody of Fire]

The Monkees was behind my time, but I like them, and I think that Alice should cover this.

http://youtu.be/gTzJn6qvLCA

[pinkerton]

The Monkees were a huge influence on the Beatles.

[tuneylune]

[scotty]

this is why if mickey is indeed on the album,it should be "Hollywood vampires". I wonder if pete townsend or roger daltry would be up for work on a who track?

[concolz]

The Monkees were a huge influence on the Beatles.

Hey, Hey We're The Beatles, Last Train To Peppersville etc. Now that's one covers album I'd definitely buy!

[Daggers & Contracts]

The Monkees were a huge influence on the Beatles.

Ok, I know a few of you are too young to remember this but, The Monkees exist because of The Beatles! After the '64 release of the movie "A Hard Days Night" (required viewing) the idea sprang up that why can't we do this weekly on American TV? They decided to "create" a band - so auditions began. Not saying that once The Monkees started recording in '66, The Beatles weren't paying attention, they still needed to keep their ears open to trends.

[Swinger]

I do believe Pinkerton was joking about that.

[pinkerton]

The Monkees were a huge influence on the Beatles.

Hey, Hey We're The Beatles, Last Train To Peppersville etc. Now that's one covers album I'd definitely buy!

I have a mash-up of paperback writer and daydream believer. its something.

[pinkerton]

I do believe Pinkerton was joking about that.

Obviously

[pinkerton]

The Monkees were a huge influence on the Beatles.

Ok, I know a few of you are too young to remember this but, The Monkees exist because of The Beatles! After the '64 release of the movie "A Hard Days Night" (required viewing) the idea sprang up that why can't we do this weekly on American TV? They decided to "create" a band - so auditions began. Not saying that once The Monkees started recording in '66, The Beatles weren't paying attention, they still needed to keep their ears open to trends.

D&C, I think you missed the joke. It was a reference to Dumb and Dumber.

There are actually few laymen who know more about the beatles than I.

[Lucius Morthem]

Do you know wich song I'd love to hear in Alice's voice?

People who died, it fits with the Dead Drunk theme, and with an Alice touch it would be perfect. Also, Jim Carroll is dead!

[Daggers & Contracts]

D&C, I think you missed the joke. It was a reference to Dumb and Dumber.

There are actually few laymen who know more about the beatles than I.

Sailed right by me, been years since I viewed Dumb & Dumber & only saw it once. Tuneylune got it right off because he's a huge movie buff. Maybe not so for the rest of us. I'm spending alot of my free time with the needle in the grooves of my vinyl making a digital archive.