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Alice Cooper: Rock
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Now, definitely, Alice Cooper isn't the greatest human being regurgitated from the bowels of the XXth century. He is obsessed about commercial success - always was; he is pretty conservative and has a rather limited inventory of tricks when it comes to writing actual material; he isn't exactly the Deepest Thinker of Rock Music, having mostly exploited the same limited set of lyrical themes for more than thirty years now; and his obstinate fascination with cheap horror motives has quite often washed any potential "edge" out of any lyrical/musical messages he had to offer. But, in his defense, let it be said that, for one thing, his commercial instincts have only occasionally overshadowed both his lyrical wit and his knack for creating solid melodies, and that he'd rather take a couple thousand bucks over a million when this involves compromising his vision (according to the well-formulated principle of the lead singer guy from Almost Famous - 'and it's not about the money - although some money would be nice!'). For another, he is a good lyricist: he doesn't dabble all that much in abstract symbolism or complex metaphors, but he's got a way of taking even the dumbest of cliches and somehow making 'em work in the context of whatever he's saying. Plus, much of the time he's honestly funny, and the constant humor and tongue-in-cheekiness on even the bleakest Alice Cooper records certainly lift any accusations of "pretentiousness" he might ever have received.
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Very few musicians can claim to have changed the face of music completely, and Alice Cooper is one of those as well. Some credit him for the creation of semi-metal music, others say his music is a forerunner to P'nked or Shlock Rock. None of this is true, but that is what people say.
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In the heyday of Glam rock, Alice Cooper's blood-and-guts stage show put conservative America on alert in much the same way as Marilyn Manson's 1996 tour. The media portrayed him as a sort of Antichrist -- venues were shut down, records were burned and box offices swarmed with teenagers wearing white face paint, black clothes and a frightening amount of eyeliner. The years have passed, and shot after shot of Alice Cooper playing golf and helping challenged kids has assured the general public that he was a mere showman and rocker, not the force of evil they once imagined. The music that scared everybody was a commercialized combination of Stooges ruthlessness and New York Dolls retro-rock energy, injected with gore borrowed from the burgeoning slasher flick genre. Alice Cooper's earliest records are the best example of this, and his explorations of Rock Opera prove to be fun, if indulgent, gems. Cooper's later material relies more on Pop Metal pose and extremely slick production.
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On January 26, 2004, Cooper's radio show, Nights with Alice Cooper, began airing in several US cities. The program showcases classic rock, Alice's personal stories about his life as a rock icon, obscure rock history facts, as well as interviews and special segments like the "OffBEAT News" with his counterpart, Mistress Kitty. The show appears on nearly 100 stations in the USA and Canada, and has been sold in the UK, Ireland, and Australia as well.
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When Alice Cooper decided to write his rock and roll autobiography, he gave it a strange title. "Alice Cooper, Golf Monster," is an homage to the sport that Cooper credits with saving his life when he was recovering from alcohol addiction. The subtitle of the book is, "A Rock 'n' Roller's 12 Steps to Becoming a Golf Addict."
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Alice Cooper pioneered shock rock with his wild black grease paint and crazy stage theatrics! Don't miss your chance to see the star behind hard-rock hit songs “Love It To Death,” “No More Mr. Nice Guy,” “School's Out For Summer,” and many others! Buy your Alice Cooper tickets now!
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