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Post by BelgianCumCrabs on May 30, 2012 4:55:45 GMT -5
a quote from an interview:
"I always like to put Alice where he doesn't belong," Cooper explained. "I think there's going to be 80 percent of that audience that has never seen Alice. They've only heard of Alice via Slipknot or Marilyn Manson or whatever. They'll see the real thing this time. If you're in the first 20 rows, you'll probably get some blood on you."
I am so excited for this show. As many times as I've seen Alice, there's just so much to look forward to here. I've not gotten to see him with Orianthi on guitar. Ryan Roxie, who I have seen with Alice and who is a beast on guitar, is back with the band. And I'm really curious how the new material will sound live. Welcome 2 My Nightmare is his best album since Last Temptation, in my opinion. Looks like he's adding "Nightmare Express" and "Caffeine" to the setlist for the new tour. I'm still hoping for Bonnaroo he brings out either "Disco Bloodbath Boogie Fever" or lets Orianthi take Ke$ha's vocals on "What Baby Wants".
Post by chemicalbrother on May 31, 2012 22:52:21 GMT -5
After seeing that video of the chick playing guitar for Alice Cooper, I'm sold on that show. Was probably gonna do it anyways. It's one of those those "when else am i gonna catch him? and at what better place?" type of sets at Roo.
As for Danzig, hell yes. Never listened to Samhain much....but some Danzig....and the finishing it off with Danzig/Doyle doing the Misfits? Fuck yes! Just having an opportunity to hear Astro Zombies and Skulls live has got me fucking ready. Might even be a real pit at Roo.
After seeing that video of the chick playing guitar for Alice Cooper, I'm sold on that show.
His other guitarist, Ryan Roxie, is almost as good. That's the thing about Alice. He's always got a great band. You look back through the years and he's had Steve Hunter, Dick Wagner, Tony Levin, Al Pitrelli, Eric Singer, Derek Sherinian, Jimmy DeGrasso, Damon Johnson, and Orianthi just to name a few in his tour package. It's been the secret to his success as he's aged, I think. He hires these really young energetic musicians and then pushes himself to keep up with them.
I'm risking a custie here, but having never seen Alice Cooper live, the recent stuff on YouTube kind of sucks. Is there something I'm missing? I really like Alice Cooper and I'm considering catching some of his set, but if the available videos are it, I'll give it a miss.
Alice is all about theatrics and live energy, neither of which translate onto short Youtube clips well. If you're really curious, see if Netflix or Amazon has any of the last 3 live videos for rent (Brutally Live, Live at Montreux, or Theatre of Death) and watch the whole thing. You still won't get the live energy of an Alice show, but you'll at least get a sense of how his shows ebb and flow. Alice's voice will never win any competitions. What he does better than anyone in Rock is craft a show like a good movie. It peaks and valleys and then peaks again over and over until you emerge 90 minutes later feeling like you've just run a marathon. Watching a Youtube clip of an Alice show is like watching 5 random minutes of the middle of The Godfather and not understanding what the hype is about.
I don't say that about ANY other artist. But Alice really is a unique entity in that you're not watching a concert, you're watching a very well crafted live theater show and, like any live theater it only really makes sense when taken as a whole unit.
Also, I would hope no one custies you for asking that question. I totally get why people see one video and go "I don't get it."
“If you're in the first 20 rows, you'll probably get some blood on you,” he said during a recent conference call, explaining that the festival audience would get the “full-out Alice Cooper show,” which includes Cooper getting under a guillotine and appearing to have his head chopped off.