Alice cooper fans have a special prehalloween treat awaiting them this fall. In 2007 in his book alice cooper, golf monster cooper stated that his look was inspired in part by film. Whether youre buying an antique postcard, rare book, or collectible record, you can be certain your order from us will always arrive in the condition stated within the listing description. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. Detroit rated it really liked it firing his band and girding his loins, alice cooper keeps the name, hires producer bob ezrin and actor vincent price, and cements his legend. The nightmare for the first time ever on dvd, along with the 1976 welcome to my nightmare concert film in a set titled welcome to my nightmare special edition, which will hit shelves.
Alice may be the star but much of the success of welcome 2 my nightmare is due to the man behind the curtain, as ezrin gives this album flair and focus that not only make it an unexpectedly successful sequel but the best alice cooper record in decades. A quick search of dave thompson in books on amazon shows that he punches out, er, biographies faster than the octomom punches out babies. The cover artwork was created by drew struzan for pacific eye and ear. The author has made use of his extensive archive of interviews with alice and the band as well as producers, designers and even the amazing randi, worldrenowned magician and inventor of alices legendary guillotine prop. Alice cooper welcome to my nightmare releases discogs. However, by reuniting some of his 70s musicians with bob ezrin, producer of. Sorry, the book that you are looking for is not available right now. Welcome to my nightmare is a concept album by alice cooper, released in 1975. Welcome to my nightmare is the first solo album by alice cooper, released in march 1975.
Alice cooper goes to hell 1976 give the kid a break. Drawing from exclusive and unpublished interviews with a variety of names and faces from throughout alice s career, the book follows cooper s tale from his life growing up as a preachers. Drawing from exclusive and unpublished interviews with a variety of names and faces from throughout alices career, the book. Welcome to my nightmare by alice cooper on amazon music. Welcome to my nightmarefifty years of alice cooper by. Shockingly, there has not been a comprehensive alice cooper book since the eighties. Popoff is a well known and experienced rock journalist and does a good job in covering alice cooper history from the collage days right through to 2018. Alice cooper is an american singer, songwriter, and actor whose career spans over 50 years. Welcome to my nightmare, a song by alice cooper on spotify.
Alice cooper born vincent damon is an american rock singer, songwriter and broadcaster whose career spans more than five decades. With the 1974 disintegration of the original alice cooper group, alice was free to launch a solo career. Welcome to my nightmare is an immense addition to alice cooper scholarship. Alice cooper welcome to my nightmare cd 2012 atlantic records new. Ridiculous and brilliant ok, the appeal of coopers most ambitious concept album cant be denied. The key here is the rich content popoff brings to the project. Welcome to my nightmare was the first solo outing for vincent furnier, now going by the alice cooper moniker himself, but in many ways it was not altogether dissimilar to records already released by the alice cooper band like schools out and billion dollar babies of just a few short years before. It is alice coopers first solo album and his only album for the atlantic. Welcome to my nightmare, i think youre gonna like it, i think youre gonna feel you belong. In addition to his quite good syndicated radio show hes regularly recorded new records, some getting positive notice, some sinking into obscurity, but none have had quite the high profile of. Mixing cabaret, gore and hard rock, welcome to my nightmare is a record that could only have come out amid the weirdness of the 1970s. Renowned canadian rock author martin popoff has released a new book entitled welcome to my nightmare. Welcome 2 my nightmare live albums the alice cooper show a fistful of alice brutally live live at montreux 2005 compilations and box sets greatest hits prince of darkness the beast of alice cooper science fiction classicks super hits the life and crimes of alice cooper mascara and monsters. Alice cooper guitar chords, guitar tabs and lyrics album.
Alice cooper was one of the biggest concert draws in the seventies with a string of gold and platinum albums to his name. This is why crypticrock gives alice coopers welcome to my nightmare special edition dvd 4 out of. Given these blasts from the past, it would seem that welcome 2 my nightmare would be a throwback to the 70s, but one of the great unspoken things about alice cooper is that he always makes records that sound like their time and this is no exception, with ezrin pumping alice through enough autotune to compete with kesha, who happens to be brought in for a duet on the metallic bubblegum what baby wants. When i heard about this book, of course i wanted to read it. When viewing please select watch in high quality on the bottom right of the video box for better viewing. Welcome to my nightmare from dynamite comics collects issues 16 of the series. Provided to youtube by atlantic records welcome to my nightmare alice cooper welcome to my nightmare. Alice cooper lyrics welcome to my nightmare 1975 album.
Props and theatrics galore, alice coopers welcome to my nightmare will keep you captivated from beginning to end. Alice cooper is an american rock singer, songwriter and musician whose career spans more than four decades. It is also a conceptual effort that, like other alice cooper releases of the 70s, generated some controversy. Adding to all that, a concert film, also called welcome to my nightmare produced, directed, and choreographed by west. While the music lost most of the gritty edge of the. This here was basically a promotional movie for alice coopers first solo album welcome to my nightmare and as an added bonus the rock star managed to get vincent price on board. Alice cooper welcome 2 my nightmare releases discogs. Fifty years of alice cooper by martin popoff was released on july 20th 2018. Alice has always wanted to go hollywood, and tv hollywood at that. A nocturnal vacation, unnecessary sedation, you want to feel at home cause you belong.
Flush the fashion 1980 special forces 1981 you look good in rags. Dave thompson drawing from exclusive and unpublished interviews with a variety of names and faces from throughout alices career, the book follows coopers tale from his life growing up as a preachers son in. Alice cooper for me all started from welcome to my nightmare vincent price steven only women bleed. Alice cooper welcome to my nightmare live 1979 youtube.
You will sing along to every song and start a nightmare of your own, so be sure to get out and pick this up to relive the magic. He wisely decided to reenlist the services of bob ezrin for his solo debut, welcome to my nightmare, which was a concept album tied into the story line of the highly theatrical concert tour he launched soon after the albums release. Alice cooper is an american rock star whose career has spanned more than four decades. With the 40th anniversary of welcome to my nightmare coming up, cooper is still bringing the nightmare to life. I remember at the time this album was the most alternate of my collection. Originally released on lp in 1975 and reissued on cd in 2002, welcome to my nightmare is, quite simply, a shock rock masterpiece.
Cooper, alice guitar chords, guitar tabs and lyrics album. It is alice coopers first solo album all previous alice cooper releases were band efforts, and his only album for the atlantic records label. This was alice coopers first solo album all previous alice cooper releases were band efforts. Saw alice cooper perform this album in 1975, what a great show and a great album, support at wembley was the heavy metal kids with the late gary bolton on vocals, only women bleed was a hit for julie covington two years later but alices original by far superior. The alice cooper story paperback september 1, 2012 by dave thompson author. Listen to your favorite songs from welcome to my nightmare by alice cooper now. Welcome to my nightmare bonus tracks by alice cooper. Performing all the songs and the full stage show with all. I have and still do make reference to this album and alice cooper as one of the greatest artists a must listen. It was 1975, the year that led zeppelin released physical graffiti while motorhead and the sex pistols formed. Alice cooper vol 1 welcome to my nightmare signed edition.
Alice cooper is an american rock star whose career has span. October 1975 welcome to my nightmare is the first solo album by alice cooper, released in march 1975. Listen free to alice cooper welcome to my nightmare welcome to my nightmare, devils food and more. Welcome to my nightmare is simply a synthesis of every mildly wicked, tepidly controversial trick in the cooper handbook. Alice cooper to release welcome to my nightmare special. Chordie is a search engine for finding guitar chords and guitar tabs.
Welcome to my nightmare, a song by alice cooper on spotify we and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. For additional information please refer to our grading terms link above. Welcome to my nightmare, a nightmare of my own set in this book is fraught with factual errors that people will take as truth. The official website of alice cooper providing recent news, tour dates, music, history, and other ways for fans to interact. Alice cooper is not just a rock icon, but he is also lord of nightmares, ruling his own kingdom. Welcome to my nightmare welcome to my nightmare, i think youre gonna like it, i think youre gonna feel you belong. This special edition dvd feature from alice cooper includes the 1976 concert film welcome to my nightmare and, appearing on dvd for the first time, the 1975 tv special alice cooper. Alice cooper goes to hell followed in 1976, and in the next decade alice cooper branched out to acting roles. Welcome to my nightmare, alice coopers solo debut, was released in 1975 and on the strength of the hit only women bleed became a top ten hit. The pioneering shock rocker has hit the archives and will release his 1975 tv special alice cooper.
Welcome to my nightmare, fifty years of alice cooper by martin. After touring for years, the members of the alice cooper band were burned out, and wanted to take a break by recording solo albums according to alice coopers golf monster book. Watch the video for welcome to my nightmare from alice coopers welcome to my nightmare for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. Within minutes of ripping the box open and flipping through the pages of alice cooper. The nightmare 1975 out of 4 if youre an alice cooper and horror fan then theres no way that you couldnt love this television special. Alice coopers welcome to my nightmare is one of those records. The best of alice cooper the definitive alice cooper. We did a search for other books with a similar title, however there were no.
Alice cooper may not have had a hit single in two decades but hes hardly kept quiet during the two decades that separate 1991s hey stoopid and 2011s welcome 2 my nightmare. With a stage show that features guillotines, electric chairs, fake blood, boa constrictors and baby dolls, cooper has pioneered a grandly theatrical and violent brand of hard rock designed to shock. It gets high marks for style, but loses some of them for substance and coherence. With a stage show that features guillotines, electric chairs, fake blood, boa constrictors and baby dolls, cooper has drawn equally from horror movies, vaudeville, and garage rock to pioneer a grandly theatrical and violent brand of heavy metal that. Drawing from exclusive and unpublished interviews with a variety of. Alice cooper performing the song welcome to my nightmare, live in san diego, california in 1979 as part of the madhouse rock tour.
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