SickthingsUK

Alice Cooper stated himself in the early days they would use a mop or anything the band could get their hands on and use it for a stage prop.



I miss the days when rock n roll just did things without explanation, and it didn't have to mean anything. Bands these days just think too hard. Why does it seem to always have to mean something.


Alice still uses the snake. Alice is correct, some people take it sexually some people fear snakes and take it seriously and some folks think its funny.

Here are a few of my favorite Alice Cooper moments on stage:
The fat lady walking across the stage during Welcome to my nightmare on the Nightmare returns show.

The Psychotic look in Alice's eyes during Chop chop chop as he is swinging a hatchet on the RYFAY tour.

Nightmare returns tour, the Goes to hell segment Alice shoved the mic pole through the camera man. The part I love is when he comes back with another mic pole and it appears he is talking to himself and reenacting his crime!! What a sick moment

The comptroller from Brutal Planet

The podium used in the Carnival Tour during the song Cleansed by Fire & Nothings Free!!! Alice looks great!! Top hat ,attitude and all

These are some of the bigger moments that stick out with me..I always loved it when Alice behaved more "Clock-ward Orange" like on stage.



These days I would be happy if Alice in smeary eyed make-up wearing a derby got out a trash can, leaned over and sang Public Animal # 9

I've always liked Department Of Youth on the Welcome To My Nightmare tour where Alice picks up a mask thrown onto the stage and puts it on.

Another good moment from Welcome to my nightmare is the segment where he sings like a little boy, and a man....the sudden switch of personality!! Loved it..

I'm a little boy, NO your a great big man!!!

Here are some photos of the Spiders/ACG using odd stage props.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/59749761@N05/10368894376/ (Commode and fence at the VIP)


http://www.flickr.com/photos/59749761@N05/10368903696/ (door)


http://www.flickr.com/photos/59749761@N05/9178886122/ (Dennis told me that the large condiment jars were going to be stage props. This was the early Spiders at the VIP)

Definately the dancing spiders. Just. So. Goofy.

tim10cc wrote:These days I would be happy if Alice in smeary eyed make-up wearing a derby got out a trash can, leaned over and sang Public Animal # 9

He could do it as a duet with Oscar the Grouch!

Love the door as a stage prop...

If the Children Television Network would let Alice and Oscar sing together...GO FOR IT

Alice and Oscar would probably get along fine, I mean Oscar loves Trash after all.

During the Nottingham show last year, somebody threw a bunch of roses on stage. He picked them up and smashed them against his knee, showering me and the other guys at the front with petals. Love it when he reacts like that to something unexpected landing in his 'space'.

cherrypie wrote:During the Nottingham show last year, somebody threw a bunch of roses on stage. He picked them up and smashed them against his knee, showering me and the other guys at the front with petals. Love it when he reacts like that to something unexpected landing in his 'space'.

Do you remember the color of the roses, Cherrypie... Were they white, pink or were they red, black?

>Definately the dancing spiders. Just. So. Goofy.

Which tour was that?

Do you remember the color of the roses, Cherrypie... Were they white, pink or were they red, black?

They were pink - was it you?? You can see all the petals on the stage here:
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid= ... =3&theater

cherrypie wrote:

Do you remember the color of the roses, Cherrypie... Were they white, pink or were they red, black?

They were pink - was it you?? You can see all the petals on the stage here:
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid= ... =3&theater

Never went to England.

One part that I've always loved is when Alice turns around for the first time with makeup on Trashes The World. Always gives me chills.

Inmate wrote:One part that I've always loved is when Alice turns around for the first time with makeup on Trashes The World. Always gives me chills.

Always loved that (video) moment. Really marks that moment when he goes insane and all.

One of my favourites has always been Dwight Fry and the straight jacket. What a treat it was to see this from so close in Basel last year! So emotional! If you go here: http://www.baloisesession.ch/de/mediathek/gallery and find the gallery for Alice Cooper. Second photo, that's my hand on the very left! And a few lucky one to the right as well

And of course I always adored the Dirty Diamonds routine, what fun!

A_MichaelUK wrote:>Definately the dancing spiders. Just. So. Goofy.

Which tour was that?

Wouldn't that have been Welcome To My Nightmare, during Black Widow?

>Wouldn't that have been Welcome To My Nightmare, during Black Widow?

They weren't really "dancing" though.

>Wouldn't that have been Welcome To My Nightmare, during Black Widow?

They weren't really "dancing" though.

Crazy Little Child wrote:Definately the dancing spiders. Just. So. Goofy.

A_MichaelUK wrote:Which tour was that?

Loomis wrote:Wouldn't that have been Welcome To My Nightmare, during Black Widow?

A_MichaelUK wrote:They weren't really "dancing" though.

Um...they weren't really spiders either!

They were people dressed up in spider costumes!!

:Rasp:

cherrypie wrote:During the Nottingham show last year, somebody threw a bunch of roses on stage. He picked them up and smashed them against his knee, showering me and the other guys at the front with petals. Love it when he reacts like that to something unexpected landing in his 'space'.

Nobody in his right mind would throw roses on stage, at an Alice Cooper show, and expect Alice to take them and say thanks. It's against the character.

Several years ago at a show in Ohio, a rather large woman thought it would be a good idea to come up near the stage and flash Alice during "Dirty Diamonds". Alice looks at the woman, gets a hilarious disgusted look on his face and half-heartedly tosses the diamonds at the woman as if to say, "Just take them and get the hell away from me."