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- Wed Mar 20, 2024 4:23 pm
- Forum: Dr. Dreary's Secret Dungeon
- Topic: Good to see you again,AC
- Replies: 61
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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 ...
- Wed Mar 20, 2024 3:59 pm
- Forum: Dr. Dreary's Secret Dungeon
- Topic: Double Albums
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2570
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.
- Tue Mar 19, 2024 5:26 pm
- Forum: Dr. Dreary's Secret Dungeon
- Topic: Good to see you again,AC
- Replies: 61
- Views: 33196
Re: Good to see you again,AC
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.jacknifejohnny wrote: ↑Tue Mar 19, 2024 4:19 pmIs there a law that says you, Mike and Neal couldn’t go out and perform as The Alice Cooper GROUP ?
- Tue Mar 19, 2024 3:40 pm
- Forum: Dr. Dreary's Secret Dungeon
- Topic: Good to see you again,AC
- Replies: 61
- Views: 33196
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...
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 4:08 pm
- Forum: Dr. Dreary's Secret Dungeon
- Topic: Good to see you again,AC
- Replies: 61
- Views: 33196
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 ...
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 4:01 pm
- Forum: Dr. Dreary's Secret Dungeon
- Topic: Good to see you again,AC
- Replies: 61
- Views: 33196
Re: Good to see you again,AC
Thanks for posting.jacknifejohnny wrote: ↑Fri Mar 15, 2024 12:30 amALMOST
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- Thu Mar 14, 2024 5:06 pm
- Forum: Dr. Dreary's Secret Dungeon
- Topic: Good to see you again,AC
- Replies: 61
- Views: 33196
Re: Good to see you again,AC
I have a digital copy of the photo but I'm not sure how to post it here.Daggers & Contracts wrote: ↑Thu Apr 15, 2021 10:00 pmIs there a photo available w/Michael on stage also?
- Wed Mar 13, 2024 4:51 pm
- Forum: Dr. Dreary's Secret Dungeon
- Topic: Good to see you again,AC
- Replies: 61
- Views: 33196
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 ...
- Wed Mar 13, 2024 4:36 pm
- Forum: Dr. Dreary's Secret Dungeon
- Topic: Good to see you again,AC
- Replies: 61
- Views: 33196
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...
- Wed Mar 13, 2024 4:24 pm
- Forum: Dr. Dreary's Secret Dungeon
- Topic: Good to see you again,AC
- Replies: 61
- Views: 33196
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, ...
- Mon Mar 11, 2024 5:30 pm
- Forum: Dr. Dreary's Secret Dungeon
- Topic: hello hurray
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2849
Re: hello hurray
Getting on board on the B$B questions… At the time you recorded those amazing songs, did any of you thought that after 50 years you would still be honoring this album and young people would still be discovering it and you would be getting new generations of fans? At the time, my thoughts were alway...
- Sun Mar 10, 2024 7:02 pm
- Forum: Dr. Dreary's Secret Dungeon
- Topic: Texas Theater
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2169
Re: Texas Theater
The event was a super cool success, mainly because everybody that had braved the heavy storm to get there were so genuinely appreciative of the trip back in time that was so carefully planned out by Chris Penn with the support of Rhino Records. Cindy and I enjoyed seeing familiar faces and meeting n...
- Thu Mar 07, 2024 6:39 pm
- Forum: Dr. Dreary's Secret Dungeon
- Topic: hello hurray
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2849
Re: hello hurray
"Strangely enough, no clear answer came on the question if there would be a new ACG album "soon"..." I think the old saying "Once bitten, twice shy" applies here. Over the decades, there have been several occasions when rumors have circulated about another original Alice Cooper album. And there have...
- Thu Mar 07, 2024 6:12 pm
- Forum: Dr. Dreary's Secret Dungeon
- Topic: Diary of mad housewife experience
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4468
Re: Diary of mad housewife experience
Hi Dennis do you know if there’s a full audio of your performance? If so do you have a copy and might it ever see the light of day? We saw the entire performance in the "rushes" (raw footage) and loved it. The song ended in a complete white out of feathers, and when that settled the cameras kept ro...
- Mon Mar 04, 2024 8:06 pm
- Forum: Dr. Dreary's Secret Dungeon
- Topic: B$B reissue and more?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2698
Re: B$B reissue and more?
Studios have their own sound qualities due to room acoustics and equipment more than expense. Muscle Shoals isn't fancy but it sure sounds great. Most of Billion Dollar Babies was recorded in a recording studio truck but the Galesi Estate had many rooms with a variety of acoustics from a small woode...
- Mon Mar 04, 2024 5:44 pm
- Forum: Dr. Dreary's Secret Dungeon
- Topic: B$B reissue and more?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2698
Re: B$B reissue and more?
Rhino and Warner make all of the re-issue decisions based on what they estimate as profitable. You're right in thinking they consider how well previous re-issues have sold. Collectively, fans have way more say than I do. The popularity of vinyl has created a long line at pressing facilities which ef...
- Mon Mar 04, 2024 4:31 am
- Forum: Dr. Dreary's Secret Dungeon
- Topic: hello hurray
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2849
Re: hello hurray
We had most of the album recorded but we wanted a great opening song for the record and for the show. So, Bob brought in a demo. It was just an acoustic guitar and singer, probably the writer Rolf Kempf. I didn't know Judy Collins had covered it, and hadn't herd that until years later. We liked the ...
- Thu Feb 29, 2024 1:57 am
- Forum: Dr. Dreary's Secret Dungeon
- Topic: Supermen ripped off.
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2606
Re: Supermen ripped off.
I once wrote a song called "Rockin' in The U.S.A." which I admit isn't remotely off the beaten path, but I was excited about what I thought were fairly clever lyrics incorporating all of the originators of Rock and Roll. I got Neal to play it with me at a rehearsal. I think Alice and Kane Roberts we...
- Tue Feb 27, 2024 5:15 pm
- Forum: Dr. Dreary's Secret Dungeon
- Topic: Supermen ripped off.
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2606
Re: Supermen ripped off.
It's natural for a new song to remind people of the similarity to a song they're already familiar with. That often dissipates upon further listenings. And like Michael Bruce used to say, there are only so many notes in an octave. As a songwriter, sometimes inspiration is influenced subliminally as i...
- Sun Feb 18, 2024 5:48 am
- Forum: Dr. Dreary's Secret Dungeon
- Topic: Generative AI
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2213
Re: Generative AI
Artistic expression should come from the heart but I'm sure that AI is here to stay.