Alice Cooper

Beatle Films Soundtracks and Film Scores 

Fixing A Hole: Robert Stigwood’s Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band at 45

July 24, 2023July 24, 2023 Kara Tucker 2 Comments 1978, 45th Anniversary, Aerosmith, Alice Cooper, Earth Wind & Fire, George Burns, peter Frampton, Sandy Farina, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, The Bee Gees

Looking back on the project that almost killed the careers of the Bee Gees and Peter Frampton

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Hard Rock Heavy Metal Rock 

Nita Strauss: Into The Void

July 7, 2023July 7, 2023 Katherine Yeske Taylor 0 Comments Alice Cooper, Anders Fridén, Chris Motionless, David Draiman, Demi Lovato, guitar, Guitarist, Lzzy Hale, Marty Friedman, Nita Strauss, The Call of the Void

A chat with America’s most in-demand guitar virtuoso

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Hard Rock Rock 

Inside the Deluxe Editions of Alice Cooper’s Killer and School’s Out 

June 28, 2023June 29, 2023 Ron Hart 1 Comment 1971, 1972, Alice Cooper, Billion Dollar Babies, Deluxe Edition, Dennis Dunaway, Glen Buxton, Killer, Michael Bruce, Neal Smith, Rhino, School's Out

A chat with liner notes co-author and former CREEM editor Bill Holdship 

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Remembrance Rock 

Jim Gordon’s Dire Demise 

March 17, 2023March 17, 2023 Lee Zimmerman 1 Comment Alice Cooper, All Things Must Pass, Art Garfunkel, Beach Boys, Bobby Darin, Delaney and Bonnie, Derek and the Dominoes, Eric Clapton, Eric Crapton, Frank Zappa, George Harrison, Jim Gordon, Johnny Rivers, Layla, Leon Russell, Pet Sounds, RIP, the Righteous Brothers

The troubled drummer who jammed with everyone dead at 77

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Hard Rock Rock 

Generation Landslide: Alice Cooper’s Billion Dollar Babies at 50

March 4, 2023March 4, 2023 Craig Peters 0 Comments 1973, 50th anniversary, Agents of SHIELD, Alice Cooper, Ash vs. Evil Dead, Billion Dollar Babies, Donovan, Family Guy, Harry Nilsson, Keith Moon, Ringo Starr, T.Rex, The Simpsons

What you may not know about the band’s classic sixth LP

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Hard Rock Heavy Metal Rock 

No More Mr. Nice Guy: Alice Cooper Turns 75

February 4, 2023February 4, 2023 Kara Tucker 1 Comment 75th birthday, Alice Cooper, Bob Ezrin, Dennis Dunaway, Frank Zappa, Glen Buxton, Michael Bruce, Neal Smith, No More Mr. Nice Guy, Poison, School's Out, Shep Gordon, Trash, Vincent Furnier

Celebrating the wild career of horror rock’s mighty ringmaster

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Funk Rock Southern Rock 

Roll Um Easy: Little Feat’s Dixie Chicken at 50

January 25, 2023January 25, 2023 Craig Peters 0 Comments 1973, 50th anniversary, Alice Cooper, Bill Payne, Captain Beefheart, Dixie Chicken, Frank Zappa, Fred Tackett, Gordon Lightfoot, Jimmy Webb, Little Feat, Lowell George, Paul Barrere, Randy Newman, Ry Cooder

Looking back on the band’s greatest studio album

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Music Journalism Records Remembrance 

Record Man: Mo Ostin (1927-2022)

August 3, 2022August 2, 2022 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments Alice Cooper, Devo, Family, Fanny, Fleetwood Mac, Frank Sinatra, Frank Zappa, Gang of Four, Jethro Tull, Jimi Hendrix, Jonathan Richman, Joni Mitchell, Mo Ostin, Neil Young, Reprise Records, Rod Stewart, Ronnie Wood, Sex Pistols, T.Rex, The Everly Brothers, The Grateful Dead, The Kinks, The Modern Lovers, The Pentangle, The Small Faces, Van Dyke Parks, Van Morrison, Warner Bros. Records

Remembering a music industry giant responsible for Jimi Hendrix, Fleetwood Mac, Joni Mitchell and countless others

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Retail 

Record Store Day 2022: What To Buy

April 19, 2022April 19, 2022 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments 2022, Alice Cooper, Alice in Chains, Charles Mingus, Darlene Love, David Bowie, Detective, Harper Valley P.T.A., I'm So Free: The 1971 RCA Demos, Jeannie C. Riley, Joni Mitchell, Karen Dalton, Legacy Recordings, Light in the Attic Records, Lou Reed, Madonna, ORG Music, Patti Smith, Real Gone Music, The Doors, The Rolling Stones

Rarities from Lou Reed, Charles Mingus and Darlene Love highlight the 15th anniversary of the music industry’s annual shoppers holiday

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Art Pop Britpop Glam Heavy Metal 

The Man Who Made Metrobolist

January 8, 2021January 8, 2021 Nathan Carson 0 Comments 2020, Alice Cooper, Black Sabbath, Cream, David Bowie, Led Zeppelin, Metrobolist, Mick Ronson, Parlophone, Reissues, The Man Who Sold the World, Woody Woodmansey

David Bowie’s classic proto-metal third album gets a new stereo facelift from its original producer

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Music Journalism 

Famous Quotes Vol. 12: October 2020

October 5, 2020October 5, 2020 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments Alice Cooper, Blue Oyster Cult, Eric Bloom, Famous Quotes, Hope Sandoval, Hope Sandoval and the Warm Inventions, J.K. Rowling, Jim Sullivan, Mazzy Star, Robert Galbraith, Steve Jones, The Sex Pistols

Veteran rock critic Jim Sullivan looks back on a career of epic interviews in the latest installment of his inquisitive column

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Rock Rock Docs 

Hell Bent For Leather Tuscadero

July 3, 2020March 24, 2022 Lily Moayeri 1 Comment Alice Cooper, Blondie, Cherie Currie, Chris Franz, Clem Burke, Debbie Harry, Detroit, documentary, Fishbone, Joan Jett, John Norwood Fisher, Kathy Valentine, Leather Tuscadero, Lita Ford, Mickie Most, Suzi Q, Suzi Quatro, Talking Heads, The Go-Gos, The Runaways, Tina Weymouth

A new documentary shines a long overdue spotlight on rock legend Suzi Quatro

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Music Journalism 

Famous Quotes Vol. 8: June 2020

June 8, 2020June 8, 2020 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments Aerosmith, Alice Cooper, Bikini Kill, CHEAP TRICK, David Johansen, Famous Quotes, Gene Simmons, Geri Halliwell, Ginger Spice, Jack Douglas, Jesus Mezquia, Joan Jett, John Lennon, Kathleen Hanna, Kiss, Lou Reed, Mia Zapata, New York Dolls, Patti Smith, The Gits, The Spice Girls

Jim Sullivan looks back on a career of epic interviews in the latest installment of his inquisitive column

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Rock Southern Rock 

The Allman Brothers Band: A Half Century of Southern Solidarity

June 1, 2020June 23, 2023 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 0 Comments Alice Cooper, Allman Brothers Band, B.B. King, Berry Oakley Jr, Black Cat Bones, Brownsville Station, Butch Trucks, Cactus, Canned Heat, Capricorn Records, Cream, Dickey Betts, Duane Allman, Fleetwood Mac (1967-1969), Gary Moore’s Skid Row, Gregg Allman, Humble Pie, Jamoie, Killing Floor, Leaf Hound, Nitzinger, Pot Liquor, Savoy Brown, Stan Webb’s Chicken Shack, Status Quo, Tear Gas, Ten Years After, the Groundhogs, Trouble No More, Vinegar Joe, Warren Haynes

A definitive new box set looks back at a career that defied the racial divide in America

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Radio Records 

Music In A Time Of Coronavirus

March 18, 2020March 19, 2020 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments “Achoo, “Another World, “Don’t Stand So Close to Me, “Isolation, “No Sex, “Sick Again, “Sick as a Dog, “Sick Things, “So Alone, “State of Confusion, “The Lonesome DJ, “Too Sick To Pray, “Touch Me, “Ventilator Blues, “You Got to Take Sick and Die Some of These Days, “You Sound Like You’re Sick, ” “Le Freak (Freak Out), ” Antony and the Johnsons, ” Buzzcocks, ” Chic, ” Gilbert O’Sullivan, ” Golden Earring, ” Ramones, Aerosmith, Alex Chilton, Alice Cooper, Corona, Coronavirus, I’m Sick, Johnny Thunders, Joy Division, Led Zeppelin, Lou Reed, Muddy Waters, MUDHONEY, Naturally, R.E.M., Rolling Stones, Sparks, The Kinks, The Police, The Specials, Too Much Joy, Warren Zevon, Willie Nelson

10 songs that speak to the uniqueness of a once-every-hundred-years situation

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