Anyone think Alice is getting some help from background tracks? I saw KISS right before the pandemic broke in early 2020 and it is so obvious that Paul Stanley is singing to tracks most of the time. I saw Judas Priest this week and I looked for it, but I think Rob’s vocals were inconsistent enough ...

Maaki wrote: ↑

Fri Sep 17, 2021 1:24 pm

Artists get old mellow out and wise up. That's life. What often takes place is that their audience does the same and most people are happy.

Maybe we're afraid of getting old.

Dennis, those are fantastic memories. Thank you.

PS - I rhyme orange with door hinge. :D

I recall a single mention of "Everything's Orange" as the title of a very early (The Spiders?) song.

Dennis, if there's any information on that song, I'd appreciate it much. (Maybe one of my fellow Sickthings could win a coloring book!)

Thanks

Del, agreed that most of us will be fans for life. He never slops his way through a show, which is admirable. It's human nature to find fault at times - I know I'm guilty as charged, but when I take stock of what Alice has to offer, he's not washed up by a long chalk.

jacknifejohnny wrote: ↑

Tue Sep 14, 2021 12:24 pm

….and here’s me thinking it ain’t been loud enough

I'm ancient.

Was looking through Michael's book last night and there is a pic of Neal and Charlie. Charlie was 80 years old. Many of the parents of musicians I admire were born before him and have outlived him to this day. Many Stones fans' lives were begun and completed between his birth and passing. It blows ...

Patrick, I wasn't saying the crooner path would have been good nor bad, but a possibility.

MacQueen, I'd like for Alice to leave Detroit myself, but it's not my name on the marquee.

If they'd drop the sound pressure level by 5dB, you could hear what each guitarist was playing.

I watched and listened as Alice matured then attempted to regress. He might have become one of the great crooners of our time had he followed the adult contemporary path. We will never know.

del wrote: ↑

Wed Aug 04, 2021 10:02 pm

Tubes fan since the first album so enjoyed this. Cheers.

del wrote: ↑

Wed Aug 04, 2021 10:02 pm

Tubes fan since the first album so enjoyed this. Cheers.

Fan since Remote Control. They're doing a show in October at Ludlow Garage (where Alice played the Easy Action show).

I didn't intend to come off so bitterly, but, why string people along for decades? Unreleased tracks were unreleased for a reason - they didn't make the grade. The original releases on plain black vinyl are fine. My biggest gripe is that throwing the original group a bone every few years seems cruel...

KeithGale wrote: ↑

Sun Aug 01, 2021 10:18 am

Thanks for posting; that is a great article.

You're more than welcome, Keith.

Not jaded, but we have grown old waiting for him to take the fans, the original band members and the music seriously.

I was reading an article which was written by Vince Welnick's mother. Vince was The Tubes' pianist. Lots of info on the California and Phoenix music scene in the 1960's. The Alice Cooper Group receives a few mentions, which are salted throughout the piece. Here's the link: https://www.sandiegoreader...

To me, it isn't about a few expletives - I've been known to paint the air dark at times myself. The line-crossing comes in terms of mentioning J-Lo in a song or trying to be Steven Tyler on the live intro to I'm Your Gun. And most definitely being influenced by Bon Jovi in the 80's. Embarrassing thi...

I had the B$B tour book, the Bob Greene book, a promo of Reflected/Living, original PFY and EA, bunch of autographs, Madhouse Rock tee, quad 8 track of MOL, magazines, just tons of stuff...for some reason I threw it all away. I guess I quit collecting. Sorry to hear that. :( But, who has the abilit...

I also had an autographed and personalized Rock Rolls On lp I bought in 1983.

I had the B$B tour book, the Bob Greene book, a promo of Reflected/Living, original PFY and EA, bunch of autographs, Madhouse Rock tee, quad 8 track of MOL, magazines, just tons of stuff...for some reason I threw it all away. I guess I quit collecting.

lordcatfish wrote: ↑

Sat May 08, 2021 10:09 am

Make That Money would be good live I think. An instrumental jam with a couple of these songs could work too (leading up to, or in place of, the drum solo perhaps).

I'd rather see tap dancing poodles than a drum solo. :D