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Tag Archives: Alice Cooper
Album review: NASHVILLE PUSSY – Pleased To Eat You

earMusic [Release date 07.09.18] For those of you unfamiliar with the sounds of Nashville Pussy, it could be described as Southern boogie on steroids (if you can imagine that), with lyrical content that at times makes Steel Panther look safe. … Continue reading
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Tagged AC/DC, album, Alice Cooper, boogie, Nashville Pussy, Pleased To Eat You, review, rock, southern rock
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Book review: SNAKES! GUILLOTINES! ELECTRIC CHAIRS! Dennis Dunaway & Chris Hodenfield

St Martin’s Press [Published 14.08.18] Although this book, co-authored with Rolling Stone writer Chris Hodenfield, was first published in 2015, it now gets a paperback version and if you missed out on it first time around make sure you get this one. … Continue reading
Album review: RYAN ROXIE – Imagine Your Reality

Cargo When I look through my record collection there are not many other guitarists that feature as much as Ryan Roxie. Having recorded with the likes of Slash, Gilby Clarke, Electric Angels, Casablanca, Roxie 77, more than a few Alice … Continue reading
Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), All Posts, INTERVIEWS, Interviews/10 Questions, Interviews/Rock Stars
Tagged album, Alice Cooper, Cheap Trick, Coldplay, guitarist, Hollywood Vampires, Imagine Your Reality, interview, melodic rock, review, Robin Zander, rock, Ryan Roxie
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Album review: BILLION DOLLAR BABIES – First Ever Live Show Flint 1977

Gonzo Multimedia [Release date 17.11.17] The ill-fated Billion Dollar Babies project is something of a holy grail amongst acolytes of the original Alice Cooper band. And there are many, myself included. The last time this recording hit the streets was … Continue reading
Gig review: SIN HOUSE – Spirit Of The Torrington, Old Finchleians, London N12, 15 October 2017

It’s take some gumption to start a new band when celebrating the 50th anniversary of your pro career, but then Stevie Smith, the former Bad Manners, Ruthless Blues, Salt and Long John Baldry harp player, is no ordinary performer, and … Continue reading
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Tagged Alice Cooper, Bad Manners, blues, Bobby Womack, Clive Edwards, Elmore James, gig, harmonica, J.J. Cale, John Lee Hooker, Lionheart, Long John Baldry, Nils Lofgren, Old Finchlieans, Pat Travers, review, Richard Taylor, rock, Ruthless Blues, Salt, Sin House, Spirit Of the Torrington, Steve Smith, Stevie Smith, The Right Rev Swifty, UFO, Wild Horses
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DVD review: ALICE COOPER – Welcome To My Nightmare Special Edition

Eagle Rock [Release date 08.09.17] Alice’s long available Welcome to My Nightmare, December 1975 Wembley, Empire Pool footage gets a 2017 ‘reboot’ with the addition of a same year TV special - ‘Alice Cooper: The Nightmare’. It’s the first time … Continue reading
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Tagged Alice Cooper, DVD, glam, review, rock, shock rock, special edition, Tour, TV special, Vincent Price, Welcome To My Nightmare
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Gig review: STONE FREE FESTIVAL Day 1 – 02 Arena, London, 18 June 2016

Once upon a time, gigs took place indoors, or in football stadiums for the very largest acts, and festivals in a muddy field. While rock festival demographics have gradually got older, the havoc wreaked by the vagaries of the English … Continue reading
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Tagged Alice Cooper, Apocalyptica, Blackberry Smoke, blues rock, festival, gig, glam, Jackaman, Jared James Nichols, Michael Monroe, review, rock, southern rock, Stone Free, The Darkness, THERAPY?
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Album review: FISCHER’S FLICKER – Fornever And Never

Lavender Kartydid Music [Release date 15.08.15] ‘Fornever And Never’ by Chicago Fisher’s Flicker is a bewildering musical journey that reflects its leader’s Scott Fischer’s eclectic musical background. Described by his PR as a ‘a vast musical amusement park’, Scott Fischer … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Alice Cooper, David Bowie, Elvis Costello, Fischer's Flicker, Frank Zappa, Graham Parker, prog, R&B, review, rock, Scott Fischer, soul, Steely Dan, The Band, Todd Rundgren
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Album review: CASABLANCA – Miskatonic Graffiti

Despotz Records [Release date 25.09.15] I am a big fan of the first two albums from Swedish/American band Casablanca, and album number three is no disappointment. A concept album based on Chuthulu mythology, that aside, the album has a maturer … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Alice Cooper, Casablanca, glam, Miskatonic Graffiti, review, rock, Ryan Roxie
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Gig review: RICKY WARWICK AND DAMON JOHNSON – Bannerman’s, Edinburgh, 31 May 2015

It has been a busy year so far for Black Star Riders. They completed a UK tour with Europe, played shows in the US and have been supporting Def Leppard at various European shows. You would think then that having … Continue reading
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Tagged 31st May 2015, acoustic, Alice Cooper, Bannermans, Black Star Riders, Damon Johnson, Don Mercy, Edinburgh, gig, live, Ricky Warwick, rock, The Almighty, Thin Lizzy
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Album review: STEVE HUNTER – Tone Poems Live

CD Baby [Released 01.09.14] ‘Tone Poems Live’ pairs New York guitarist Steve Hunter (Alice Cooper/Lou Reed/Julian Lennon/Aerosmith) with top session players, bassist Tony Levin, drummer Alvino Bennett and keyboards Phil Aaberg in a in live studio setting that is also … Continue reading
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Tagged Aerosmith, album, Alice Cooper, Alvino Bennett, blues, Brian Brinkerhoff, funk, guitar, jazz, John Lennon, Lou Reed, Paul Lani, Peter Gabriel, Phil Aaberg, review, Steve Hunter, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Tone Poems Live, Tony Levin
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