Best cuts: "Devil's Food," "Some Folks," "Only Women Bleed" (the Lennon styled cut), "Department Of Youth" (like "School's Out"), "Cold Ethyl," "Steven" (a truly frightening piece of rock theater), "Escape.". He proves himself able to handle many kinds of music, though the rock is still dominant. Alice has always been recognized as a masterful rocker, but we see here there is far more to him than that. There's a John Lennon type song here that is beautifully arranged and sung, some material reminiscent of "School's Out," and a variety of other things. More universally appealing than previous LPs, with the vocals simply better than on recent LPs, the arrangements more interesting and sophisticated and the package more commercial. Fine use of horns and strong arrangements throughout, as well as the powerful metallic sound (Dick Wagner on guitar) and razor sharp vocals Alice is associated with.
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LP is soundtrack to upcoming TV special, and is vastly different in parts from his group efforts, but similar enough to retain old fans. Solo set from Alice is by far the best musical project he has yet undertaken. The Grosse Ile ceremony was not civil but the guests were. Also in attendance, Alice's other new sidemen: Steve Hunter, Prakash John and Penti Glan, along with Grand Funk Railroad and estranged manager, Terry Knight. falling apart." Manager Shep Gordon says, "It's a beautifully written book, but so many things are taken out of context." As to the band's rumored crackup: "Everybody has decided well before the tour was over to do solo projects." Meanwhile, Alice attended the November 30th wedding of new guitarist Dick Wagner (former Lou Reed crony) to Elizabeth "Lizard" Marsh of Grosse Ile, Michigan. Greene tells us Alice "was scared and upset about what he was doing. Internecine rumblings sprouted from Chicago columnist Bob Greene's book, Billion Dollar Babies, covering the group's winter tour 1972-1973.
In fact, the band has at least temporarily disintegrated for Alice's next album, Welcome To My Nightmare. Revised Alice Cooper bulletin: We reported last issue that Alice's band was not splitting.
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