#Michael Dunaway

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Alice Cooper

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Dennis Dunaway (w/ Chris Hodenfield): Snakes! Guillotines! Electric Chairs!: My Adventures in the Alice Cooper Group (2018)

I’m still sore at Vincent Furnier for virtually erasing Michael Bruce from 2014's idiotically-named Super Duper Alice Cooper documentary (I think Bruce was mentioned ONCE near the very end!), and I was almost as pissed at original Alice Cooper band bassist Dennis Dunaway for being seemingly complicit with that crap.

But Dunaway quickly sought to redeem himself by setting the record straight with his memoirs, Snakes! Guillotines! Electric Chairs!: My Adventures in the Alice Cooper Group, in which he brought Bruce back into the picture, along with lead guitarist Glen Buxton (R.I.P.) and drummer Neal Smith, while taking Vincent/Alice to task for his sins.

As such, this book provides an engaging first-hand account of the original quintet's High School origins in Phoenix AZ, their protracted dues-paying throughout the late '60s, and meteoric ride through the early '70s, when Alice Cooper -- the band -- somehow became unlikely mega-selling superstars as theatrical and shock-rock pioneers.

As I'd hoped, the book only vaguely addresses the solo career Furnier embarked on after taking the Alice Cooper name for himself, but I do wish Dunaway had spared more than a few, cursory lines to his ill-fated post-A.C. project with Bruce and Smith, Billion Dollar Babies, and '77's flawed but collectible Battle Axe LP.

Nevertheless, whether you're a diehard or a casual Alice Cooper band fan like myself, this book provides a far more absorbing, detailed, and believably human account of this influential group's adventures and misadventures than the aforementioned puff-piece documentary.

Featured Records:

Alice Cooper: Love it to Death (1971)

Alice Cooper: Billion Dollar Babies (1973)

Billion Dollar Babies: Battle Axe (1977)

Buy from: Amazon

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Alice Cooper Muscle of Love [Deluxe Edition] 2024 Warner Brothers ��———————————————— Tracks LP One: 01. Big Apple Dreamin’ (Hippo) 02. Never Been Sold Before 03. Hard Hearted Alice                                   04. Crazy Little Child 05. Working up a Sweat 06. Muscle of Love 07. Man with the Golden Gun 08. Teenage Lament ‘74 09. Woman Machine

Tracks LP Two: 01. Big Apple Dreamin’ (Hippo) [early version] 02. Never Been Sold Before [early version] 03. Hard Hearted Alice [alternate mix] 04. Crazy Little Child [early version] 05. Working up a Sweat [alternate mix] 06. Muscle of Love [alternate mix] 07. Man with the Golden Gun [early version] 08. Teenage Lament ′74 [acoustic diversion] 09. Woman Machine [alternate mix]

Tracks CD One: 01. Big Apple Dreamin’ (Hippo) 02. Never Been Sold Before 03. Hard Hearted Alice                                   04. Crazy Little Child 05. Working up a Sweat 06. Muscle of Love 07. Man with the Golden Gun 08. Teenage Lament ′74 09. Woman Machine

Tracks CD Two: 01. Big Apple Dreamin’ (Hippo) [early version] 02. Never Been Sold Before [early version] 03. Hard Hearted Alice [alternate mix] 04. Crazy Little Child [early version] 05. Working up a Sweat [alternate mix] 06. Muscle of Love [alternate mix] 07. Man with the Golden Gun [early version] 08. Teenage Lament ′74 [acoustic diversion] 09. Woman Machine [alternate mix] 10. Teenage Lament ′74 [single version] 11. Muscle of Love [single version]

Tracks Blu-ray: 01. Big Apple Dreamin’ (Hippo) 02. Never Been Sold Before 03. Hard Hearted Alice                                   04. Crazy Little Child 05. Working up a Sweat 06. Muscle of Love 07. Man with the Golden Gun 08. Teenage Lament ‘74 09. Woman Machine —————————————————

Michael Bruce

Glen Buxton

Alice Cooper

Dennis Dunaway

Neal Smith

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Faye Dunaway-Michael Caine "La noche deseada" (Hurry Sundown) 1967, de Otto Preminger.

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Alice Cooper: Paranormal (2017)

2019 Reissue 2LP white vinyl 180g in a gatefold sleeve.

Limited to 1000 copies

Ear Music

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Bonnie and Clyde (1967) Arthur Penn

June 18th 2023

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I’m Eighteen - Alice Cooper (Beat Club, 1972) 

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“This is life, not heaven. You don't have to be perfect.”

Gia (1998)

Director: Michael Cristofer

Cinematography: Rodrigo García

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Alice Cooper

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Bonnie and Clyde Hold Up Yesterday's Movies

Bonnie And Clyde. Warner Bros. Pictures 1967.

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Alice Cooper School’s out and Other Hits 2004 Flashback ————————————————— Tracks: 01. School’s Out 02. Under My Wheels 03. Be My Lover 04. Elected 05. No More Mr. Nice Guy 06. Only Women Bleed 07. Welcome to My Nightmare 08. I Never Cry 09. Clones (We’re All) 10. I’m Eighteen —————————————————

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