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by Dreary
Fri Mar 22, 2024 6:59 pm
Forum: Dr. Dreary's Secret Dungeon
Topic: Don't Blow Your Mind: The Mascot Sessions
Replies: 3
Views: 298

Re: Don't Blow Your Mind: The Mascot Sessions

Jack Curtis had booked two hours of session time. The songs didn't make radio playlists, but they were so heavily used in the VIP Lounge radio ads that they seemed like hits in Arizona. In that respect, they were heard more often that most groups that were on the radio playlist. I only recall record...
by Dreary
Thu Mar 21, 2024 9:56 pm
Forum: Dr. Dreary's Secret Dungeon
Topic: New Theatrics
Replies: 7
Views: 315

Re: New Theatrics

Dennis: One of my favorite moments of any concert was when you appeared with Blue Coupe at Cleveland's Beachland Ballroom in the summer of 2015 and started Black Juju offstage, concealed behind a theater curtain at stage left. Instead of walking on conventionally, you began to slowly push your way ...
by Dreary
Thu Mar 21, 2024 4:08 am
Forum: Dr. Dreary's Secret Dungeon
Topic: Good to see you again,AC
Replies: 61
Views: 11618

Re: Good to see you again,AC

Overall, we were high school kids that set out to make an artistic statement, and Hell over high water, we achieved our dream. Sure, I wish we would have done more but we did achieve our goals. Your ongoing interest is proof of that.
by Dreary
Thu Mar 21, 2024 1:49 am
Forum: Dr. Dreary's Secret Dungeon
Topic: New Theatrics
Replies: 7
Views: 315

Re: New Theatrics

If I told you, they wouldn't be unexpected if I ever get a chance to do them.
by Dreary
Wed Mar 20, 2024 10:31 pm
Forum: Dr. Dreary's Secret Dungeon
Topic: New Theatrics
Replies: 7
Views: 315

Re: New Theatrics

It's fairly common for musicians who are watching other musicians perform, to think to themselves that they could play that music better. Well, I'm the guy that's always thinking I could do the theatrics better. Of course things evolve from tour to tour. Things evolved at a rapid pace for Alice Coop...
by Dreary
Wed Mar 20, 2024 4:23 pm
Forum: Dr. Dreary's Secret Dungeon
Topic: Good to see you again,AC
Replies: 61
Views: 11618

Re: Good to see you again,AC

I’m so glad I got to see the B$B’s at The Fore N Aft show in 2019….and after hearing a complete live concert from “77” on the “complete B$B’s Battle Axe cd” I really wish that tour hadn’t been cut short, amazing stuff. A side note on the 2019 Danbury concert. As me and the missus were driving back ...
by Dreary
Wed Mar 20, 2024 3:59 pm
Forum: Dr. Dreary's Secret Dungeon
Topic: Double Albums
Replies: 2
Views: 183

Re: Double Albums

I don't think our Warner Bros. contract allowed a double album. At the frequency of albums owed to them, we never had enough songs anyway. Plus, you could make a splash with one double album but two single albums equaled two splashes.
by Dreary
Tue Mar 19, 2024 5:26 pm
Forum: Dr. Dreary's Secret Dungeon
Topic: Good to see you again,AC
Replies: 61
Views: 11618

Re: Good to see you again,AC

jacknifejohnny wrote:
Tue Mar 19, 2024 4:19 pm
Is there a law that says you, Mike and Neal couldn’t go out and perform as The Alice Cooper GROUP ?
I'm pretty sure we would have some legal challenges. Also, that would be misleading to fans. Whenever the 3 of us do anything, we use Billion Dollar Babies.
by Dreary
Tue Mar 19, 2024 3:40 pm
Forum: Dr. Dreary's Secret Dungeon
Topic: Good to see you again,AC
Replies: 61
Views: 11618

Re: Good to see you again,AC

At that time, erasing the original band members was intended to establish the band's name as a solo artist, and in my opinion, likely intended to help prove so in court cases that never came. We had spent a small fortune on a lawyer, then I decided to drop it because the band had started as friends...
by Dreary
Mon Mar 18, 2024 4:08 pm
Forum: Dr. Dreary's Secret Dungeon
Topic: Good to see you again,AC
Replies: 61
Views: 11618

Re: Good to see you again,AC

At that time, erasing the original band members was intended to establish the band's name as a solo artist, and in my opinion, likely intended to help prove so in court cases that never came. We had spent a small fortune on a lawyer, then I decided to drop it because the band had started as friends ...
by Dreary
Mon Mar 18, 2024 4:01 pm
Forum: Dr. Dreary's Secret Dungeon
Topic: Good to see you again,AC
Replies: 61
Views: 11618

Re: Good to see you again,AC

Thanks for posting.
by Dreary
Thu Mar 14, 2024 5:06 pm
Forum: Dr. Dreary's Secret Dungeon
Topic: Good to see you again,AC
Replies: 61
Views: 11618

Re: Good to see you again,AC

Daggers & Contracts wrote:
Thu Apr 15, 2021 10:00 pm
Dreary wrote:
Thu Apr 15, 2021 12:12 am
pitkin88 wrote:
Wed Apr 14, 2021 8:02 pm
I have to ask why was Michael Bruce airbrushed from the cover?
I was told that they wanted the cover to have a cleaner look.
Is there a photo available w/Michael on stage also?
I have a digital copy of the photo but I'm not sure how to post it here.
by Dreary
Wed Mar 13, 2024 4:51 pm
Forum: Dr. Dreary's Secret Dungeon
Topic: Good to see you again,AC
Replies: 61
Views: 11618

Re: Good to see you again,AC

The schtick comedy bits were added for running time in order to attain feature length status, however, at that time, rock films weren't chalking up big numbers at the box office, so it was decided to do it as cheaply as possible. Joe Gannon was in charge and it seemed like every question we had was ...
by Dreary
Wed Mar 13, 2024 4:36 pm
Forum: Dr. Dreary's Secret Dungeon
Topic: Good to see you again,AC
Replies: 61
Views: 11618

Re: Good to see you again,AC

Regarding “The Lady is a Tramp” did you guys actually perform the song or was it just a backing track that Alice sang over? The band was kept in the dark about the plot, perhaps because we had spent nearly a decade brainstorming our own ideas for our movie, which would have also included humor, but...
by Dreary
Wed Mar 13, 2024 4:24 pm
Forum: Dr. Dreary's Secret Dungeon
Topic: Good to see you again,AC
Replies: 61
Views: 11618

Re: Good to see you again,AC

I have to ask why was Michael Bruce airbrushed from the cover? I was told that they wanted the cover to have a cleaner look. Is there a photo available w/Michael on stage also? The original photo includes Michael in his white suit with red lighting, which makes the overall photo more colorful and, ...
by Dreary
Mon Mar 11, 2024 5:30 pm
Forum: Dr. Dreary's Secret Dungeon
Topic: hello hurray
Replies: 6
Views: 698

Re: hello hurray

Getting on board on the B$B questions… At the time you recorded those amazing songs, did any of you thought that after 50 years you would still be honoring this album and young people would still be discovering it and you would be getting new generations of fans? At the time, my thoughts were alway...
by Dreary
Sun Mar 10, 2024 7:02 pm
Forum: Dr. Dreary's Secret Dungeon
Topic: Texas Theater
Replies: 1
Views: 294

Re: Texas Theater

The event was a super cool success, mainly because everybody that had braved the heavy storm to get there were so genuinely appreciative of the trip back in time that was so carefully planned out by Chris Penn with the support of Rhino Records. Cindy and I enjoyed seeing familiar faces and meeting n...
by Dreary
Thu Mar 07, 2024 6:39 pm
Forum: Dr. Dreary's Secret Dungeon
Topic: hello hurray
Replies: 6
Views: 698

Re: hello hurray

"Strangely enough, no clear answer came on the question if there would be a new ACG album "soon"..." I think the old saying "Once bitten, twice shy" applies here. Over the decades, there have been several occasions when rumors have circulated about another original Alice Cooper album. And there have...
by Dreary
Thu Mar 07, 2024 6:12 pm
Forum: Dr. Dreary's Secret Dungeon
Topic: Diary of mad housewife experience
Replies: 4
Views: 1988

Re: Diary of mad housewife experience

Hi Dennis do you know if there’s a full audio of your performance? If so do you have a copy and might it ever see the light of day? We saw the entire performance in the "rushes" (raw footage) and loved it. The song ended in a complete white out of feathers, and when that settled the cameras kept ro...
by Dreary
Mon Mar 04, 2024 8:06 pm
Forum: Dr. Dreary's Secret Dungeon
Topic: B$B reissue and more?
Replies: 5
Views: 462

Re: B$B reissue and more?

Studios have their own sound qualities due to room acoustics and equipment more than expense. Muscle Shoals isn't fancy but it sure sounds great. Most of Billion Dollar Babies was recorded in a recording studio truck but the Galesi Estate had many rooms with a variety of acoustics from a small woode...