Alice Cooper – Live From The Astroturf
Alice Cooper – Live From The Astroturf
Format: CD – Vinyl LP – DVD – Digital
Label: earMUSIC
Release: 2022
Release date: September 30, 2022
Formed in 1968, the original Alice Cooper band forged a theatrical brand of hard rock that was destined to shock and had never been seen before. Within five years they would release no fewer than seven studio albums, amongst them their international breakthrough ‘School’s Out’ (including the Top 10 hit of the same name) and the US #1 ‘Billion Dollar Babies’ (1973).
By 1974, the band had risen to the upper echelon of rock stardom… and then, it dissolved.
In October 2015, over 40 years later, record store owner and superfan Chris Penn convinced the original line-up to reunite for a very special performance at Good Records, his record store in Dallas, Texas, USA.
Alice Cooper (vocals), Michael Bruce (guitar), Dennis Dunaway (bass) and Neal Smith (drums) were joined on stage by Alice’s current guitarist Ryan Roxie (standing in for the late Glen Buxton). A packed audience was expecting to attend Dennis Dunaway’s Snakes! Guillotines! Electric Chairs!’ book signing… but they ended up witnessing a full-blown happening.
The legendary reunion show including all-time classics such as “No More Mr. Nice Guy”, “I’m Eighteen” and “School’s Out”, is now available for the very first time worldwide. Luckily, the event was also filmed. The documentary movie “Live From The Astroturf, Alice Cooper” (edited and directed by Steven Gaddis) was very warmly welcomed at Film Festivals all over the world by music fans as well as rock journalists. The documentary won multiple awards for its coverage of the historic event.
Website: https://alicecooper.com/
Tracks:
Caught In A Dream
Be My Lover
I’m Eighteen
Is It My Body
No More Mr. Nice Guy
Under My Wheels
School’s Out
Elected
Desperado (Instrumental Bonus-Track)
DVD / Blu-ray Documentary
Music Video: “I’m Eighteen (Live From The Astroturf)”
Music Video: “Under My Wheels (Live From The Astroturf)”
Extensive Interview with Dennis, Michael and Neal