ACG Nashville reunion

[A_MichaelUK]

From Ted Sallis:
Alice was in rehab for awhile around 1977 - '78 so obviously wasn't musically active then.

That was only three months or so though.

[killer wolf]

Here's a crazy comment someone posted at another site that'll have steam coming out of some people's ears.

Lets hope they do this right and tour it a bit!!!

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Not gonna happen, and the reason issss . . .

Shep Gordon.

If you saw the great recent documentary Super Duper Alice Cooper, you learned that in the early 80s, after relapsing from his In the Inside rehab for alcoholism, AC became a raving cocaine/ freebase addict (look at any Flush the Fashion-era pics and you'll see he's rail thin, even for Alice Cooper). Long story short, Shep (and Sheryl) saved him from his cocaine addiction . . . literally saved his life. Well, apparently Alice Cooper's life indeed *does* have a price tag (congrats if you got *that* reference): instead of getting his usual manager fee, maybe 15 or 20 percent (not sure of Shep's exact vig), Mr. Gordon now takes a whopping *50 percent* of what Alice makes.

The original ACG guys plus GB's estate split their royalties for their original ACG work and such equally — 20 percent to each band member, and AC even pays the other four guys a yearly license to use the name "Alice Cooper" professionally. If the original ACG were to tour now, they would still split things equally. But since Shep doesn't manage the rest of the guys, he would get 50 percent of the 20 percent Alice the person would get instead of 50 percent of the 100 percent Alice the person gets with his current bands (the folks in Alice's band now are salaried employees).

So the reason there will be no widescale ACG tour is because Shep Gordon won't make enough money off it. Thanks, Supermensch!

wonder if that guy's posted an apology yet

[pitkin88]

Here's a crazy comment someone posted at another site that'll have steam coming out of some people's ears.

Lets hope they do this right and tour it a bit!!!

________________________________________________________

Not gonna happen, and the reason issss . . .

Shep Gordon.

If you saw the great recent documentary Super Duper Alice Cooper, you learned that in the early 80s, after relapsing from his In the Inside rehab for alcoholism, AC became a raving cocaine/ freebase addict (look at any Flush the Fashion-era pics and you'll see he's rail thin, even for Alice Cooper). Long story short, Shep (and Sheryl) saved him from his cocaine addiction . . . literally saved his life. Well, apparently Alice Cooper's life indeed *does* have a price tag (congrats if you got *that* reference): instead of getting his usual manager fee, maybe 15 or 20 percent (not sure of Shep's exact vig), Mr. Gordon now takes a whopping *50 percent* of what Alice makes.

The original ACG guys plus GB's estate split their royalties for their original ACG work and such equally — 20 percent to each band member, and AC even pays the other four guys a yearly license to use the name "Alice Cooper" professionally. If the original ACG were to tour now, they would still split things equally. But since Shep doesn't manage the rest of the guys, he would get 50 percent of the 20 percent Alice the person would get instead of 50 percent of the 100 percent Alice the person gets with his current bands (the folks in Alice's band now are salaried employees).

So the reason there will be no widescale ACG tour is because Shep Gordon won't make enough money off it. Thanks, Supermensch!

wonder if that guy's posted an apology yet

He wrote a half one as they aren't performing a full show/

[guttertrash]

I wouldn't call 5 or 7 shows a widescale tour, but I think it may be testing the waters for one.

[Toronto Bob]

I wouldn't call 5 or 7 shows a widescale tour, but I think it may be testing the waters for one.

Nor would I call a 15 minute set as part of a widescale tour. Nonetheless it's great that they're doing this and hopefully a full show and tour happens as a result of this test drive.

[guttertrash]

I definitely hope it does!