Likely be a bit rough to renegotiate that 50 years after the fact, but I'm glad you like the bass part.

In the Hollywood days, most every critic bashed us. It made us become an "us against the world" band. Then as bands like Zappa, Jefferson Airplane, and the Doors showed some respect, we felt like we were thumbing our noses at the critics. But with the success of Love It To Death and Killer, when our...

The Spiders had a number 11 hit single in the southwest and we had played some pretty big shows like opening for the Byrds at the Phoenix Memorial Coliseum where we had also opened for Iron Butterfly. We had played festivals ever since our L.A. days so headlining arena-size crowds didn't seem like s...

Early on, rock journalists called us psychedelic rock, acid rock, hippies, or freaks, but then they had to invent new categories to put us in. Those included art rock, theatrical rock, glitter rock, and glam. The one that seemed most fitting was shock rock. I've always been surprised having never se...

Are there any stories about how you celebrated your birthday when you were on tour with the band ... or are they best left to the imagination ?? !! I have a photo of me at the Galesi Estate circa '72 blowing out candles on a cake that Cindy made. Alice is in it. He has a beer and is wearing jeans a...

Thanks a Billion! And here I am celebrating my 78th Levity Ball. - DD

I wrote 137,000 words for my book then landed a standard first-time-author publishing deal for 90,000 words. Before all of the required editing, there was more praise for both Mick and Bob. We had already clawed our way to stardom when they stepped in. Bob seemed like more of an observer to the circ...

I enjoy PLATINUM GOD, but with You, Mike Bruce, Mike Marconi , Mick Mashbir and "Rockin''" Reggie helping out, Neal's solo album is almost a group album. You're right, it was like most solo albums where all of the usual suspects lend a hand. Neal wrote the songs then Marconi, and I helped him devel...

I was notified that the release was coming after Warner/Rhino had already decided what songs would be included. "Baby Please Don't Stop" would have been nice, as well as "School's Back In" but perhaps someday. Brian Kehew did a great job restoring and mixing the outtakes that were available though. ...

The natives that faintly leaked through during the pause in "Levity Ball" was a recording that I had made from a television broadcast of King Solomon's Mines. We recorded over that but it didn't get fully erased due to the worn heads on our old reel to reel tape recorder. I had recorded a scene in t...

He had tears in his eyes when I told him he's a filthy liar. Never talked to him again. :rotfl: :rotfl: No. It was just a joke. But wouldn't it be awesome if that friend read this. Or the original guy and he could finally show it to his friend, and tell him, I told you so, after half a century of be...

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I was that friend. Now I believe it.

Really? Well, the mystery of half a century is finally solved. What town was it and how did your undeservedly duped friend react at the time?

The commission in New York City are in charge of nominations and overseeing voting. As an inductee, I get to vote for my top 5 choices from a list of about 15 finalists. I try to base my choices on artist's originality and their influence on other entertainers rather than who my personal favorites a...

I've never thought about it but perhaps Bill Wyman's Famous Framus. I admire Paul McCartney for owning the upright bass used by Bill Black on Elvis' "Heartbreak Hotel." Bergdorf Goodman on 5th Avenue in New York City are legendary for their holiday window displays. They once had a window with a musi...

There are insightful stories in Snakes! Guillotines! Electric Chairs! and in Living and Touring with Alice Cooper. However, here's a story that didn't make the final edit in my book. The festival had rented a house with a small empty room where we set up to rehearse with Gene Vincent. Through the ye...

Yes, DDP had started working on a second album. We were working on "Fireball" and "Bottomless Well" when Rick Tedesco decided to do a solo album.

Hi Dennis, I'm wondering, if you were to give 3 tips on how to write a good song ... what would it be? Good songs can reveal themselves in many different ways, however, for me, it usually begins with a thought that grabs me in some way. The thought, or idea, usually has a mood that supports the fee...

My best guess is that it was something that Joe Greenberg arranged - he was the co-manager that was always on the phone hustling up opportunities in the Hollywood days. So I sent the photos to Joe. He said he doesn't remember it, but he does remember getting the Acoustic Amplifier Company to sponsor...

Anders,

Usually, my memory is fairly vivid, however, it has proven to be selective, and unfortunately, I don't remember anything about this gig.

In those days, we felt we had the visuals for TV appearances, but our image caused things like this to be rare.

DD

The Hiwatt amps behind our amps in the photo of Alice holding the chicken and pointing tells me that its from Alice Cooper and the Who at the Grande Riviera in Detroit 10/11/69. We used chickens a few times. Alice would toss one out and whoever caught it would be invited back stage to meet us and we...