I made this ink-scratchy in high school, 1974.

zom-zom wrote:

I made this ink-scratchy in high school, 1974.

Kinda reminds me of the gatefold picture in Love It To Death.

zom-zom wrote:

I made this ink-scratchy in high school, 1974.

THat's pretty cool Zom.

I remember wanting to be Alice Cooper for Halloween, I think in 8th grade.

I never saw prime Alice Cooper Band, (unless you think seeing Kip Winger on bass is prime. Yeah, Boombats, I'm lookin' at you), but even in this not-so-good era, seeing him perform live was still a thrill. At the most he would half-heartedly throw the current single into his set, and the rest was all 70's goodness.

Damn my age.

zom-zom wrote:

I made this ink-scratchy in high school, 1974.

One of my prize possessions is a multi-color painting of Alice Cooper--on a window shade--done by some stoner chick in Shively, Kentucky, circa 1976. I don't have a digital image of it, but it's a truly beautiful work of art.

The late Chad Donnelly, singer for Louisville punk band OUT., once asked me what I listened to before punk rock. I told him that the holy trinity of Malignant Growth was Sabbath, The Stooges, and Alice Cooper--you couldn't be in the band if you didn't love alll three bands. Chad allowed for Sabbath and The Stooges, but he ridiculed me for liking Coop, calling it "pinky rock" (Chuck Berry-derived boogie) and claiming that no one but old-timers like me got it.

I told him that the next time I came to Louisville, I'd have a personally selected Alice Cooper cassette for him. And the time after that when I came to town, he'd be so grateful he'd wanna suck my dick. Needless to say, OUT. covered "Under My Wheels" on its next record.

Alice Cooper is pretty cool, though I haven't heared much by him.

But Marilyn Manson just makes awful music. Processed, canned guitar sheen. Stilted, New Order-esque synth beats. Croaky toad-voice singing. Pretentious lyrical garbage. All style and no substance.

I like Alice Cooper a lot, good songs: riffs and lyrics. Ahead of his time and what not, fun live show.

I hate Marilyn Manson quite a lot.

Alice Cooper wins this with one arm tied behind his back.

Brett Eugene Ralph wrote:Why don't more people play EB-0's and EB-3's? Are they hard to play? Do they sound shitty? I've never played bass, but they have to be the coolest looking bass guitars ever. Dennis Dunaway is one of my absolute favorite bass players.

EBs are great.

Alice Cooper is great.

Dudley wrote:Didn't Alice once stand for Mayor of somewhere, under the slogan of "A troubled man for troubled times"?

I'm not a fan of his, but for that alone, he deserves kudos. I'd vote for pretty much anyone standing on that ticket. (Ironically, possibly not Alice, but hey - nobody said being iconoclastic was going to be easy)

Marilyn Manson - yawn

This pretty much nails him.

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/28771

"You hear that, kids? Marilyn Manson says you should shoot your friends in the head with a gun! And everyone should eat babies! And rape their dead grandparents! And poop on a church! There, now will someone please be offended?"

From 1969 - 1972, Alice Cooper had one of the all time greatest hard rock outputs, eclipsed only by bands like Sabbath in badassedness.

"Billion Dollar Babies" and "Killer" have been in my father's car since they were released most likely. I've seen vinyl, cassette, and CD copies of this album at various points in my life.

Marilyn Manson dreams about being as awesome as Alice Cooper, who in real life I've read is one of the nicest, down-to-earth people ever.