Alice Cooper

[Dead N' Bloated]

I'm so pissed that Alice is comming to Australia and not to anywhere in Victoria....its really quite weird too....

I Noticed that. It is very odd to play everywhere but not Victoria. Did the shows go well in 2005?


 

[stolat]

Hey, I just read that Alice is doing the Palais theatre in St Kilda.

[Dead N' Bloated]

Yeah I saw an ad for the tour last night and it said melbourne. 1st I had heard of it.


 

[stolat]

WEll, it is the morning after spending a lovely evening with Uncle Alice - still feeling warm and fuzzy, which is a funny thing to say considering that I witnessed a hanging, a baby being stabbed in the head, the usual domestic violence and other macabre delights!?

Alice left the stage calling us his 'sick' friends!

I can't really put into words how awesome it is to see the Alice show in an old theatre - 2000 people max. It is the perfect setting for the Psyco Drama tour. Alice takes us back to his early shows were the theatrics are almost as loud as the music. From the shilouette screen effect at the start of the show, to the strange "Silent Hill" type monsters floating in an out of Alice's nightmare we were caught up in the drama of it all.

Someone should put that Alice in a movie! You know how Alice has said that you can't shock people anymore? The hanging scence was rather shocking beacause this is a stunt that is known to go wrong many times. I don't know if many have witnessed a hanging up so close, but the look on Alice's face in the noose was pretty scary - (and this is coming from someone who can watch absolutly horrific WW2 footage). Mind you after the gallows were wheeled off stage the band broke into a rousing rendition of "I Love the Dead"?

The band have improved since I saw them two years ago - they rocked then, they absolutly ROCK now! The whole ensemble have the act down - with Alice schizophrenically weaving throught the whole thing!

He is the King of the Silver Screen!

Must stop now - still can't hear.......still have no voice left........ VOTE ALICE - HE DOESN'T CARE!

[stolat]

And do you know what was really cool! I could have sworn that Alice's last costume change comprised of Axl's military cap and one of Slash's leather jackets! 

[mrlee]

is alice coopers line up still the awesome line up he had trash era and hey stoopid era?

[stolat]

I got into Alice in a hardcore way a little after those eras, so I can't answer you for sure there! They were still feeling thier way around Alice's older music when I saw them 2 years ago.

But I think that this is a new line up because these guys are all hot young players.
The drum solo was awesome, with the drummer doing a wicked double bass thing whislt the guitarists were up at the kit hitting toms on either side of him.

The duelling guitars "Lord of the Flies"/"Billion Dollar Babies" was hard rock/glam metal rock at its finest!

Alice had a great way of poking the guitarists in the back with his swords or forcing them out the front of the stage to play with his cane. He was the rockmeister!

[stolat]

I got the theme running through Alice's show last night! - he threw abit of George Werewolf  Bushmonster into his character.

There was the gruesome hanging scene - mmm I thought, now that's certainly topical - it really wasn't pretty!

Then there were alot of deadbabies, stabbed through the back with a steak - American health system??

There was a mesmerising performance of Alice dressed as a cowboy - no explaining needed there.....

At the end of the show this George Werewolf Bush monster stood on the stage with a huge auusie flag tied to a missile shaped flag pole......ghoulies carried Vote Alice He Doesn't Care signs across the stage.......

Got the concept Uncle Alice and the "You are my sick friends comment"!

[Dead N' Bloated]

Alice Cooper tomoz night. Cant wait. Wooooooo 


 

[fuckin crazy]

Did he play "Only Women Bleed", if I remember correctly, a chick in a white dress would be "cut up" by him with a chain saw during that song(maybe too misogynistic if he didn't), though my memories could be wrong. It been 30 years since I've seen him.

[Cornell]

I'm looking forward to seeing him in Sept.  I just heard that he'll be opening for Black Sabbath! 

[stolat]

Did he play "Only Women Bleed", if I remember correctly, a chick in a white dress would be "cut up" by him with a chain saw during that song(maybe too misogynistic if he didn't), though my memories could be wrong. It been 30 years since I've seen him.

Yes, Alice did do Only Women Bleed. This time his daughter played the role that his wife originally played. He did the 'domestice violence' thing/act, but this time no chainsaw........quite moving actually.....

The first time I saw him do the song he sat on a rubbish bin, with a spotlight on him - that was about 10 years ago.....

[Dead N' Bloated]

Awesome show last night. Setlist was unreal. Halo of Flies, Desperado, Dirty Diamonds. I caught a pic to.
I dont no what is wrong with people at Alice Cooper shows, but they sit down untill they cant see because a handfull of people infront of them stand up. Pussies.


 

[stolat]

Awesome show last night. Setlist was unreal. Halo of Flies, Desperado, Dirty Diamonds. I caught a pic to.
I dont no what is wrong with people at Alice Cooper shows, but they sit down untill they cant see because a handfull of people infront of them stand up. Pussies.


 

Man! I always call Halo of the Flies, Lord of the Flies!  Word association football!

[Dead N' Bloated]

Awesome show last night. Setlist was unreal. Halo of Flies, Desperado, Dirty Diamonds. I caught a pic to.
I dont no what is wrong with people at Alice Cooper shows, but they sit down untill they cant see because a handfull of people infront of them stand up. Pussies.


 

Man! I always call Halo of the Flies, Lord of the Flies!? Word association football!

Was there alot of people sitting down at your show?


 

[stolat]

Yes, everyone stood because Alice said "you have to stand"!? and they did!

[Dead N' Bloated]

Yes, everyone stood because Alice said "you have to stand"!? and they did!

I cant believe it. Why would ya wanna sit at a fuckin rock show. Thats so gay


 

[stolat]

Yes, everyone stood because Alice said "you have to stand"!? and they did!

I cant believe it. Why would ya wanna sit at a fuckin rock show. Thats so gay


 

No, I think all the gay people were up and standing.....

[Dead N' Bloated]

There was a song or 2 that I had never heard before, was there any new songs played on this tour?


 

[stolat]

No, I don't think so, but I'm not up with his more 'metal' stuff. There was one song that I wasn't familiar with. What was interesting was that Alice played alot of his 'B sides'.....

It was great to hear Public Animal No #9!

Do you know what the song was when he was dressed as the cowboy?