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Tag Archives: Alice Cooper
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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DVD review: ALICE COOPER – Raise The Dead Live From Wacken

UDR [Release date – 20.10.14] No one would begrudge Alice Cooper a quiet retirement, playing away his twilight years on the golf course fairways he loves almost as much as the concert hall stage. Alice, thankfully, shows no signs of … Continue reading
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Tagged 2013, Alice Cooper, CD, Chuck Garric, DVD, Glen Sobel, live, Orianthi, Poison, Raise The Dead, review, Ryan Roxie, Tommy Henrikson, Wacken Festival, Welcome 2 My Nightmare
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Album review: THEORY OF A DEADMAN – Savages

Roadrunner Records [Released 29.07.14] Theory Of A Deadman (TOAD) return with a new album, certainly darker lyrically than the last couple of albums and they are working again with Howard Benson (My Chemical Romance/Halestorm/Black Stone Cherry). They are definitely a … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Alice Cooper, Rascall Flats, review, rock, Savages, Theory of a Deadman
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Album review: POOBAH – U.S. Rock

Ripple Records [Release date 10.02.14] This album was originally released back in 1976 during the peak of Poobah’s career and has now been lovingly re-mastered and reissued by Ripple Records. Poobah were formed by guitarist Jim Gustafson back in 1972 … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Alice Cooper, Cream, Jim Gustafson, Judas Priest, Ohio, Poobah, remaster, review, Ripple Records, rock, U.S Rock, Youngstown
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