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Okidok,
and to make it short. What else can i say about our cult horror-rocker
number 1? Because literatually everythings has already been said within
the last 4 decades. Whereby there have been certainly times, where his
carriere had it's low and down's, exspecially between 1994 and 2000,
where not much had happened.
But though Alice Cooper has increased his popularity again. His carriere
shows 25 studioalbums, 14 live recordings and 8 DVDs. And apart from
that Mr. Vincent Furnier (that's his real name), is involved in many
other things. He appeared in many movies, mainly Horror movies of course
as in Prince Of Darkness by John Carpenter or the sixth sequel of
Nightmare on Elmstreet.
In that one he plays Freddy's father. He also played himself in Wayne's
World and in the Road movie 'Roadie' feat. also Meat Loaf.
He is also a passionate Golf player, who's got handycap3. And despite
his image, he is a christian and still attends church service every
sunday.
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On the
LP „Welcome
to my nightmare” the US-Filmstar and actor Vincent Price (1911-1993)
spoke the Intro for the Song „The Black Widow”.
Cooper and Price became since then good friends.. Alice is also one of
the Sponsors of the famous Hollywood sign. And he is the new Testimonial
of the electro chain Saturn.
He also works as a radio DJ with his program „A night with Alice Cooper“
which is broadcasted by several stations.
That's
so far fro the Trivia, and I'm not sure anymore how often I've seen the
shock rocker live on stage 'till this very day. I can only guess. But it
must have been about 20 times at least. And tonight we got Nov. 6 2010,
and there we go again to our Zenith venue here in Munich to experience
the wonderful splatter show of Alice Cooper all over again. About 3.000
old and young fans have found their way here - elderly one's who have
grown with Alice like myself, or the young dudes, who are just about to
discover Alice for themselves.
The magic starts with the New-Rock Formation ‚Straight
Frank’.
These
guys are on their way now for 2 years and listen to the names of Tobias
(Voc/Git), Kaspar (Drums), Henrik (Voc/Bass) and Coma (Git). And there
is one record out which is to promote with this supportslot. The band
describes their musical style as normal Rockmusik, but this one I think
so, is surrounded by a very modern touch and is made for a rather young
audiance. Anyway, the first impression is not a bad one indeed. Although
I can't avoid the feeling, that Straight Frank would be received much
better in a smaller venue, as if they do here at the huge Zenith, where
they rather seem a little lost.
But
well, this happens pretty often, so what?! I'm sure, that this band will
find their way with more good music and a little luck - hope so!
http://www.myspace.com/straightfrank
Second support is served by
Tarja Turunen, who I have given the nickname Diridari, just to make it
more simple to pronounce.
Compared
to her usual headliner shows, this performance is simply just missing
the neccessary light. But it's only a couple of weak spots reflecting
Tarja's beauty. Well, I do a bit hard to criticize this mixture of opera
vocals and Heavy Metal, as this doesn't really meet my personal taste,
though it surely got something to it. - More important is, that she does
go well down at Munich's audiance. And that's the most important thing.
Currently
the focus is put on the, in September released album 'What Lies Beneath',
but we also get to hear older material of course. within her 45 minutes
stint. And no, her coverversion of 'Poison' is not on the setlist on
this tour - ask why?
Tarjas current backing back consists of: Mike Terrana (drums, Christian
Kretschmer (Keyb.), Kevin Chown (Bass), Alex Scholpp )Git) and Max Lilja
(Cello).
There
is not much more left to say, exept the critics about the lack of light.
And I surey have done better photos of Tarja in the past as tonight. So
please excuse me. Last but not least -let's face it: our finnish
Metal-opera diva doesn't really fit to Alice Cooper, does she... But who
cares.
http://www.tarjaturunen.com
And there he is, the boss of Rock’n’Roll Horror, our Hardrock
Jekyll & Hyde and the inventor of the Hardrock Frankensteins.
And
Alice Cooper seems in his usual outfit and make up as if years have
passed by without him getting any older. Only some wrinkles on the neck
and a little double chin shows signs of aging. But this again is only
discovered, when you're as close as I am right now in the photo pit,
only 8 feet away.What's up to condion he is still up to date and not
tired at all. Another aspect is the almost perfect professionality
of this show.
Everything
is right and in place, even the smallest detail. And of course again we
got all torture utensils. Inbetween you find some newbe's as the green
monster at the song 'Feed My Frankenstein'. And only the snake is not
taking part anymore. Since his beloved Boa Contrictor had died, Alice
decided, not to have another one.
Also the Band is still the
same as 3 years ago, when Cooper had toured last time together
with Whitesnake, apart from Festival appearances. This is: Jimmy
DeGrasso (Drums), Chuck Garric (Bass), Damon Johnson (Git) and Keri
Kelli (Git) who draws some attention as well because of his sparkling
appearance.
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