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Dragontown
''Dragontown'' is the fifteenth solo album by American rock musician Alice Cooper. It was released in 2001 on Spitfire Records. Like ''Brutal Planet'', the album displays a heavier metal style than many of his previous releases. It peaked on Billboard's "Top Independent Albums" Chart at #12, and the ''Billboard'' 200 at #197, his lowest album chart performance since 1983’s ''DaDa'', which did not chart at all. This is the first Alice Cooper studio album to contain no singles. Although Cooper toured the album with his ''Descent into Dragontown'' tour in 2001 and 2002, only four ''Dragontown'' songs – “Sex, Death and Money”, “Fantasy Man”, “Every Woman Has a Name”, and “Triggerman” – were performed at all during this supporting tour, with only “Sex, Death and Money” and “Fantasy Man” remaining in the setlist to the end. With the exception of five performances of “Disgraceland” in July 2003 during the ''Bare Bones Tour'', nothing from ''Dragontown'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alice Cooper
Alice Cooper (born Vincent Damon Furnier, February 4, 1948) is an American rock singer whose career spans over five decades. With a raspy voice and a stage show that features numerous props and stage illusions, including pyrotechnics, guillotines, electric chairs, fake blood, reptiles, baby dolls, and dueling swords, Cooper is considered by many music journalists and peers to be "The Godfather of Shock Rock". He has drawn equally from horror films, vaudeville, and garage rock to pioneer a macabre and theatrical brand of rock designed to shock audiences. Originating in Phoenix, Arizona, in 1964, "Alice Cooper" was originally a band with roots extending back to a band called the Earwigs, consisting of Furnier on vocals and harmonica, Glen Buxton on lead guitar, and Dennis Dunaway on bass guitar and backing vocals. By 1966, Michael Bruce on rhythm guitar joined the three and Neal Smith was added on drums in 1967. The five named the band "Alice Cooper", and Furnier eventually ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calico Cooper
Alice Cooper (born Vincent Damon Furnier, February 4, 1948) is an American rock singer whose career spans over five decades. With a raspy voice and a stage show that features numerous props and stage illusions, including pyrotechnics, guillotines, electric chairs, fake blood, reptiles, baby dolls, and dueling swords, Cooper is considered by many music journalists and peers to be "The Godfather of Shock Rock". He has drawn equally from horror films, vaudeville, and garage rock to pioneer a macabre and theatrical brand of rock designed to shock audiences. Originating in Phoenix, Arizona, in 1964, "Alice Cooper" was originally a band with roots extending back to a band called the Earwigs, consisting of Furnier on vocals and harmonica, Glen Buxton on lead guitar, and Dennis Dunaway on bass guitar and backing vocals. By 1966, Michael Bruce on rhythm guitar joined the three and Neal Smith was added on drums in 1967. The five named the band "Alice Cooper", and Furnier eventuall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tim Pierce
Tim Pierce (born 1959 in Albuquerque) is an American session guitarist. He has worked for artists such as Joe Cocker, Crowded House, Goo Goo Dolls, Michael Jackson, Beth Hart, Roger Waters, Alice Cooper, Johnny Hallyday, Phil Collins, and the Cheetah Girls. Pierce's parents were not musicians, although, unbeknownst to Pierce, his father used to play the trumpet in his youth. He first tasted mainstream success in the early 1980s, when he began recording with Rick Springfield, who was emerging as one of rock's biggest stars with his hit "Jessie's Girl". In addition to playing on the studio recordings that followed, he also joined Springfield's touring band throughout the 1980s and appears in several of Springfield's music videos from the era. He has played on many hit songs including contributing second-guitar parts on Crowded House's "Don't Dream It's Over", mandolins and slide guitar on Goo Goo Dolls' "Iris", a rhythm guitar part during the bridge of Michael Jackson's "Black or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryan Roxie
Ryan Roxie (born Ryan Rosowicz, December 1, 1965) is an American guitarist, singer/songwriter best known as a solo artist and for playing guitar with Alice Cooper, Casablanca, Gilby Clarke, and Slash's Snakepit. Roxie is the primary founder of the System-12 Guitar Method and also hosts the weekly ''In the Trenches with Ryan Roxie'' podcast. Early Years Roxie was born in Sacramento, California and grew up in the East Bay in Pleasanton. Roxie's father, Polish, was a trumpet player and his mother was a drummer in her high school marching band. When he was about the age of five Roxie picked up the guitar but was more interested in drums. It wasn't until he was around eleven or twelve that he started taking guitar seriously. Roxie learned to play guitar from an old record player and invented his own form of scratching, going through many records in the process, picking out guitar parts. He was influenced by albums like ''Van Halen'' and has had many guitar heroes including Brian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brutal Planet
''Brutal Planet'' is the fourteenth solo studio album by American rock musician Alice Cooper, released in 2000. Musically, this finds Alice tackling a much darker and heavier approach than on previous albums, with many songs approaching a somewhat modern-sounding, industrial/metal sound. Lyrically, it deals with themes of dark " social fiction", including domestic violence ("Take It Like a Woman"), prejudice ("Blow Me a Kiss"), psychopathic behavior ("It's the Little Things"), war ("Pick Up the Bones"), depression, suicide ("Sanctuary"), Neo-Nazism and school shootings ("Wicked Young Man"). The album was followed by a sequel, titled '' Dragontown'' (2001). Doug Van Pelt, editor of the alternative Christian music-oriented '' HM Magazine'', found that the lyrics communicated biblical morals "in a very powerful way". Van Pelt stated further that the final argument is provided in the title track, which condemns the systems of judgment that the world uses. Moreover, "Blow Me a K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Ezrin
Robert Alan Ezrin (born March 25, 1949) is a Canadian music producer and keyboardist, best known for his work with Lou Reed, Alice Cooper, Aerosmith, Kiss, Pink Floyd, Deep Purple, Peter Gabriel, Andrea Bocelli and Phish. As of 2010, Ezrin's career in music had spanned four decades and his production work continued into the 21st century, with acts such as Deftones and Thirty Seconds to Mars. Ezrin is the winner of three Juno Awards. In 2011, he was awarded the Special Achievement Award at the 2011 SOCAN Awards held in Toronto. Early life Ezrin was born in Toronto, Ontario, on March 25, 1949. His family is Jewish. He resided in the Forest Hill area of Toronto. Music and production career As of 2014, Ezrin continues to work as a record producer, arranger and songwriter, in addition to being involved with a variety of other projects in digital media, live production, film, television, and theatrical production. Ezrin has worked on recordings with numerous major artists, in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brutal Planet (song)
''Brutal Planet'' is the first song from the album of the same name by heavy metal singer Alice Cooper. It is noted for the contrast between Cooper's harsh delivery and the softer tone of female vocalist Natalie Delaney, who features on the chorus. The lesser-known song "Sister Sara", from Cooper's following record '' Dragontown'', uses a similar template. A "Promotional Sampler" of it with 2 other tracks was released to radio stations prior to the album release - the song was never commercially released as a single. During live performances, it is typically the first song played after the Spend The Night intro. The song was written by Cooper and Bob Marlette. Track listing #"Blow Me A Kiss" #"Brutal Planet" #"Take it Like A Woman" Personnel *Alice Cooper - vocals *Ryan Roxie - guitars *Phil X - guitars *China - guitars *Eric Singer - drums *Bob Marlette Robert Roy Marlette (born December 7, 1955) is an American record producer, recording engineer, mixer, and songwrite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teddy Andreadis
Teddy 'Zig Zag' Andreadis is an American piano/harmonica player who has worked with many popular musicians, including Carole King, Guns N’ Roses, Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Alice Cooper, Bruce Willis, and the Boxing Gandhis. In 1999 he was voted “Outstanding Keyboardist of the Year” by the L.A. Music Awards. He currently lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Lisa Goich, an author (14 Days/Savio Republic, The Breakup Diary/Virtual Bookworm). Recordings Andreadis performed vocals, organ, piano, synthesizer and harmonica on three albums with Carole King, and has appeared on her 1994 live album '' In Concert''. He has also played keyboards on the Boneshakers' latest release. He has also contributed to the work of former Guns N' Roses members, including ''It's Five O'Clock Somewhere'' by Slash's Snakepit, and the 2001 album ''Rock & Roll Music'', by the band Col. Parker, which features former Guns N' Roses member Gilby Clarke. In 2007, Andreadis appeared on the album ''Dopesnake'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Eyes Of Alice Cooper
''The Eyes of Alice Cooper'', released in 2003, is the sixteenth solo album by American rock musician Alice Cooper. With this album, Cooper returned to his earlier hard rock sound, in the vein of '' The Last Temptation'', and left the heavy industrial metal sound found in his last two studio albums. _Overview_))).html" ;"title="allmusic ((( The Eyes of Alice Cooper > Overview )))">allmusic ((( The Eyes of Alice Cooper > Overview )))/ref> Of note is the album cover, which was released in four different versions, featuring alternate colours in Cooper's eyes and the crescent around the 'A' in the title. It was available in blue, green, purple and red. In the 2010 '' Behind the Music Remastered'' on Alice Cooper, "Between High School & Old School" was described as "a modern Alice Cooper classic" for its return to the topic of school (a reference to " School's Out"). Track listing Personnel *Alice Cooper - vocals *Eric Dover - guitar *Ryan Roxie - guitar, backing vocals, part-lead v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Best Of Alice Cooper
''Mascara and Monsters: The Best of Alice Cooper'' is a compilation album by rock singer Alice Cooper, released by Warner Archives/Rhino in 2001 in the United States only. Its worldwide companion release is ''The Definitive Alice Cooper'' compilation album, which has a slightly different track listing and different packaging, though both compilations feature the same back cover and disc image. The album features material from his solo career and from his tenure with the Alice Cooper band; however, like the 1974 ''Greatest Hits'' compilation, material from ''Pretties for You'' and ''Easy Action ''Easy Action'' is the second studio album by the American rock band Alice Cooper, released by Straight Records in March 1970. The title comes from a line from one of the band's favorite films, the musical ''West Side Story''. As with ''Pretties ...'' is not present on ''Mascara and Monsters''. The album cover features Cooper in the mid-1970s looking at his mascara-eyed monstrous alte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Marlette
Robert Roy Marlette (born December 7, 1955) is an American record producer, recording engineer, mixer, and songwriter. His production, writing and mixing credits include David Lee Roth, Ozzy Osbourne, Alice Cooper, Rob Zombie, Sebastian Bach, Rob Halford, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Seether, Atreyu, and Ill Niño. Career Marlette started out as a session musician and the first album he appeared on was Al Stewart's '' 24 Carrots''. He has then worked as a musician, mainly as keyboarder and pianist, and composer for numerous artists including Tracy Chapman, John Wetton, Laura Branigan, Alice Cooper, Krokus and The Storm. In 1994 he produced Red Square Black's '' Square EP'', his first collaboration with John 5, which would be followed by David Lee Roth's album ''DLR Band'', 2wo (industrial metal project of John 5 and Rob Halford), the mixing of the UK bonus CD of Marilyn Manson's ''The Last Tour on Earth'' and ''Loser''. In the late 1990s besides Rob Halford he started producing ot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spitfire Records
Spitfire Records was a subsidiary of Eagle Rock Entertainment located in New York City, United States. In September 1998, Paul Bibeau founded, launched and rapidly developed Spitfire Records Inc. from a two-man operation located in his home bedroom in suburban Long Island, New York, to one of the premier independent record labels worldwide. The label experienced consistent growth from start-up, Mr. Bibeau successfully negotiated a partnership with Eagle Rock Entertainment (Eagle Vision), a London, England-based audio and visual company. Releases * Crimson Glory – '' Astronomica'' – 1999 * Testament – '' The Gathering'' – 1999 * Pride & Glory – '' Pride & Glory'' (reissue) – 1999 * Zakk Wylde – '' Book of Shadows '' (reissue) – 1999 * Black Label Society – ''Sonic Brew'' – 1999 * Eric Carr – ''Rockology'' – 1999 * Sebastian Bach – ''Bring 'Em Bach Alive!'' – 1999 * TNT – ''Transistor'' – 1999 * Enuff Z'Nuff – ''Paraphernalia'' – 1999 * N17 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
